Saturday, November 7, 2009

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

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
(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)

Grand Prix Event #1
- November 15, 2009
- Marshall McLuhan Catholic S. S., Toronto
- 10 am, tournament starts at 11:15 am
- $25 per tournament
- 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)

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

Knights of Chess Sunday Rated Tournaments
- Every Sunday
- 5635 Yonge Street, Toronto
- 4 pm, tournament starts at 4:30 pm
- $15

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

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


New libraries NOW OPEN (Chess in the Library)
- Maria A. Shchuka Library
- Deer Park Library