Chess Puzzle

USSR (Spassky...black) vs. the Rest of the World (Larsen...white)

Belgrade, 1970
Black to move and win.

Hazel's Jokes!

Why did the little boy eat his chess set?

Answer: Because someone said his game was sweet!

Best Wishes to WYCC participants!!!!!!

Canadian juniors begin their "battle" against the world this week!

World Youth Chess Championship 2009, Kemer-Antalya, Turkey

November 11, 2009 - November 23, 2009

Official site: http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/

Good luck!

Chessca & Hart House!

Congrats to Chessca participants & prizewinners!

OPEN

1st and 2nd Roman Sapozhnikov, Artiom Samsonkin 4.5/5
3rd GM Bator Sambuev, IM Tomas Krnan, Mikhail Egorov, Brian Fiedler, Alexander Martchenko 4/5

U2200
1st & 2nd Robert Bzikot, Richard Garel 3.5/5
3rd Aaron Both, Robert Gashgarian, Kyle Jolliffe, Laurentiu Grigorescu, Daniel Wiebe, Tim Knechtel, Robert Gillanders, Richard Moran 3/5

U1700
1st & 2nd Mario Piccinin, Nathan Farrant-Diaz 3.5/5
3rd Mario Moran-Venegas, Adam Cormier 2.5/5

http://www.chess.ca/xtable.asp?TNum=200911001

Upcoming Events @ Hart House!!!!

Hart House Holiday Open
- December 18 - 20, 2009
- Hart House, University of Toronto
- 6 pm Friday, 10 am & 4 pm Saturday & Sunday
- $60 in advance (by Dec. 17), $70 cash only on site (5 pm - 5:30 pm)
- Extra $10 to play up each section
- http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/hhopen

Canadian Post-Secondary Chess Championship
- January 15 - 17, 2010
- Hart House, University of Toronto
- 6:30 pm Friday, 10 am & 3 pm Saturday & Sunday
- $120 per team
- $20 discount if registered in advance by cheque by December 15th. Free for schools outside of Ontario (register by e-mail by Dec. 15)
- http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/cpscc

Junior Update!

2009 Alberta Junior Chess Championship live games http://www.albertachess.org/AJ09/Home.html

World Youth Chess Championship: Canadian team blog & photos

http://2009cyct.blogspot.com/

(I wish there had been a blog like this when I used to play at the world's. Andrei Botez is doing a great job with it)

Junior Tournaments:

- Chess Academy of Canada tournament

- Oct 25, 2009 – Dec 13, 2009 (a new tournament every sunday)

- Thornhill Community Centre, 7755 Bayview Avenue (North of Steeles at John Street)

- 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm lessons

- 2:30 pm – 5 pm tournaments (CFC rated)

http://www.chessacademycanada.110mb.com/flyers/RP2009TournamentsC-jan09.pdf

Grand Prix Event #1

- November 15, 2009

- Marshall McLuhan Catholic S. S., Toronto

- 10 am, tournament starts at 11:15 am

- $25 per tournament

- http://chess-math.org/pdf/tor_nov_15.pdf

- For best prize eligibility, attend all three grand prix events: November 15, 2009, January 31, 2010, and May 2, 2010

Oriole Chess Club Tournaments
- November 22, December 6 & 20, 2009

- Oriole Community Centre, Toronto

- 12:45 pm, tournament starts at 1:15 pm

- $8 for members, $12 for non-members (per tournament)

- http://chess-math.org/pdf/oriole_nov_22.pdf

Swansea Chess Club Saturday Rated Tournaments

- Every Saturday

- Swansea Town Hall Community Centre

- 12:30 pm, tournament 1 - 4 pm

- $15, second child in the same family $10

- http://www.chess-math.org/chess/ontario.php?fonction=begin-ON-Toronto-SwanSea

- http://www.chessforchildren.ca/

Knights of Chess Sunday Rated Tournaments

- Every Sunday

- 5635 Yonge Street, Toronto

- 4 pm, tournament starts at 4:30 pm

- $15

- http://chess-math.org/pdf/knights.pdf

Regular Scholastic Tournament

- November 22, 2009

- Marshall McLuhan Catholic S. S., Toronto
- 10:30 am - 11:30 am - lessons (extra $9)

- 11:30 am, tournament starts at noon
- $16 per tournament
- http://chess-math.org/pdf/tor_nov_22.pdf

Regular Scholastic Tournament
- December 13, 2009
- Marshall McLuhan Catholic S. S., Toronto

- 10:30 am - 11:30 am - lessons (extra $9)
- 11:30 am, tournament starts at noon

- $16 per tournament

- http://chess-math.org/pdf/tor_dec_13.pdf

Mini Camps During Christmas Break

- December 21-23, 2009

- December 28-30, 2009

- Northern District Public Library, Toronto

- Morning 9 am - 1 pm; Afternoon 1 pm - 5 pm

- Half-day $90 per mini-camp or $160 for both

- Register before December 1 - $80; $145
- Full-day $160 per mini-camp or $285 for both

- Register before December 1 - $145; $260
- For kids 6 -14 years old & up to 1500 rating

- http://chess-math.org/pdf/tor_dec_30.pdf

Other Lessons
http://www.chess-math.org/chess/lesson.htm

New libraries NOW OPEN (Chess in the Library)

- Maria A. Shchuka Library

- Deer Park Library