In recent news...

Queen Elizabeth II shows a chess set given by Nelson Mandela.
http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/the-royal-game/

Guess who was on his school chess team? He seems to show up everywhere nowadays.
http://zacquisha.com/justin-bieber-the-chess-master-miley-cyrus-message-for-daddy/2358/

Hazel's Jokes!

The day chess and poker combine...

http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3329

(note: this blog post is not indicating that the combination isn't a possibility - just a fun joke)

Sally played in some chess tournaments (and she happens to be really good!).

In the first tournament, she got a souvenir chess pin.
In the second tournament, she got a ribbon.
In the third tournament, she got a medal.
In the fourth tournament, she got a trophy.
In the fifth tournament, she got a giant plaque.
In the sixth tournament, she got cash.
In the seventh tournament, she got a spot on the national team.
In the eighth tournament, she got a norm.
In the ninth tournament, she got a title.
In the tenth tournament, she got a trip to the WSOP...

...and in the WSOP...

...she got a headache.

Poor Sally. Better go back to chess.

Tournaments and Results

For the following, see my previous post (May 2)

Canadian Chess Academy Tournaments (Sundays)
Oriole Chess Club (Sundays)
Swansea Chess Club (Saturdays)
Knights of Chess (Sundays)
Chess in the Library (Saturdays)

Tournaments

St-Jean Tournament 2010
- June 25 - 27, 2010
- Laval University
- $45 - $50, $10 discount for juniors, add $5 on-site, free for IM/GM
- $2,000 guaranteed prize fund
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3273

Chess in the Library 1st Annual Festival
- June 26, 2010
- North York Central Library
- registration 12:30 am - 1 pm, 1 pm opening ceremony
- free (but must represent and attend an eligible library)
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3239
- http://www.chessinthelibrary.com/

London June Open
- June 26, 2010
- Hillside Church, London
- registration 9:30 am - 9:55 am, 10 am start
- $20
- bring your own equipment
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.shtml

Chess for Charity
- June 26, 2010
- Lloyd D. Jackson Square, Hamilton
- 4 pm
- $15
- bring your own equipment
- partial proceeds to City Kidz
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.shtml

Chess Village Tournaments
- June 26 and 27
- Optimist Community Centre, Windsor
- registration 10:15 am - 10:45 am
- $25 for Saturday, $20 for Sunday, add $5 on-site
- entry fee includes $10 food coupon
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3352

Hart House Summer Open
- July 2 - 4, 2010
- Hart House Chess Club, Toronto
- Friday 6 pm, Saturday & Sunday 10 am & 4 pm
- $60 in advance, $80 cash on-site, $10 extra to play up a section
- $4,200 in prizes
- http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/hhopen.html
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.shtml
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3219

2010 Calgary Canada Day Open
- July 2 - 4, 2010
- Calgary Chess Club
- $35, free for titled players
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3306

Brantford Olympic Waive Fundraiser
- July 4, 2010
- Harmony Square, Brantford
- 10 am
- $20
- all money raised goes towards the Canadian Olympic teams
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.shtml
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3266

Canadian Youth Chess Championships
- July 6 - 9, 2010
- Hilton Hotel, Windsor
- free t-shirt for players, free chess bag/set for Hilton guests
- http://www.chessreg.ca/
- http://www.cycc.ca/
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.shtml

Canadian Open
- July 10 - 18, 2010
- The Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto
- $195 until July 6, no entries on-site
- guaranteed $32,000+ in prizes
- special accommodation rates available
- http://www.chess.ca/misc2009/2010CANOP.pdf
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3215
- http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadian-Open-Chess-1273255.htm

Quebec Open
- July 24 - 31, 2010
- $18,000 guaranteed in prizes
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3294
- Chess camp: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2908

2010 Pan American Youth Festival
- August 1 - 8, 2010
- http://www.fideamerica.com/2010/abril/23/PAN%20AMERICAN%20YOUTH%20FESTIVAL%202010.pdf

London August Open #1
- August 7, 2010
- Hillside Church, London
- registration 9:30 am - 9:55 am, 10 am start
- $20
- bring your own equipment
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.shtml

2010 North American Youth Championship
- August 16 - 19, 2010
- UQAM Sports Center, Montreal
- $75 before July 12, $100 July 12 - August 13, $125 after August 13
- special accommodation rates available
- featuring GM Pascal Charbonneau and IM Igor Zugic
- http://chess-math.org/fide-nayc.htm
- more info: http://members4.boardhost.com/chess-math/msg/1275846053.html
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3241
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3224

London August Open #2
- August 28, 2010
- Hillside Church, London
- registration 9:30 am - 9:55 am, 10 am start
- $20
- bring your own equipment
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.shtml

2010 NATO Chess Championship
- October 18 - 22, 2010
- Koege, Denmark
- for military personnel
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2944

Outdoor Chess in Victoria, BC
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3315

CMA Summer Chess Day Camps (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto)
- http://www.chess-math.org/camps

Various CMA Events for Juniors
- http://www.chess-math.org/calendar

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

Results

Ottawa Grand Prix Results
U8: Stephane Zafiu
U10: Jeffrey Ye
U12: Simon Kuttner
U14: Kevin Zhang
- http://members4.boardhost.com/chess-math/msg/1272979212.html

Toronto Grand Prix Results
U8: Nicole Birarov and Taylor Zhang
U10: Joseph Bellissimo
U12: Mark Plotkin
U14: Alexandru Florea and James Fu
- http://members4.boardhost.com/chess-math/msg/1273169910.html

Ontario High School Championship Results
1st: NM Karoly Szalay (5/5)
2nd: WIM Yuanling Yuan (4/5)
3rd: Paul Gelis (4/5)
- http://members4.boardhost.com/chess-math/msg/1273497202.html

Canadian Chess Challenge
1st: Ontario
2nd: Quebec
3rd: BC
- http://www.chess.nl.ca/year/2009+2010/ccc/national/results/english/index.html
- images: http://picasaweb.google.com/renepreotu
- more images and movie: http://members4.boardhost.com/chess-math/msg/1276458235.html
- more info: http://members4.boardhost.com/chess-math/msg/1274722188.html
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3209

Ontario Girls' Chess Championship
- http://www.freewebs.com/ogcc/

Canadian Junior
1st: Shiyam Thavandiran (7/9)
2nd: Bindi Cheng (6.5/9)
3rd: Alexander Martchenko (6/9)
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3110
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3131

GM Eugenio Torre Simul in Calgary
Win: Sean Perron
Draw: Nicka Kalaydina, Adie Todd, and Roy Yearwood
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3179
- more games & results from the Calgary International (1st GM Victor Mikhalevski (7/9)): http://www.albertachess.org/2010CICC/Games.html

OYCC
U8: Nicholas Ene, Zhehai Zhang, and Henry Hu (4/5)
U8G: Nicole Birarov and Varshini Paraparan (4/5)
U10: Joseph Bellissimo (5/5)
U10G: Jiarong Zhu (5/5)
U12: Guannan Terry Song, Zehn Nasir, and Kevin Z Zhang (4.5/5)
U12G: Zhanna Sametova (4.5/5)
U14: David Itkin (4/5)
U14G: Rebecca Giblon (4/4)
U16/U18: Kevin Chung (4.5/5)
- http://www.psmcd.net/oycc2010/2010standings.htm

Guelph Olympic Fundraiser
Group 1: Michael Zaghi (2.5/3)
Group 2: Bob Gillanders (2/3)
Group 3: Mei Chen Lee and Nicholas Jackson (2.5/3)
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3072

Quebec Elite Championship
1st: Renier Castellanos (4.5/5)
2nd: GM Bator Sambuev, Jean Hebert, and Daniel Rousseau (4/5)
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3144

Keres Memorial
OPEN
1st - 5th: IM Georgi Orlov, GM Manuel Rivas Pastor, FM Jack Yoos, WGM Katerina Rohonyan, and Roman Jiganchine (4.5/6)
U2200 - Howard Wu (4/6)
U2000
1st: Louis Cheng (5.5/6)
2nd: Sylvain Gaudreau (5/6)
U1800 - Juni Caluza, Dejan Radic (4.5/6)
U1600
1st: Jack Qian (5.5/6)
U1400 - Lionel Han, Petr Straka (4/6)
- http://keresmemorial.pbworks.com/Standings2010

Ontario Open
OPEN - GM Bator Sambuev
U2000 - Derick Twesigye
U1600 - Qiang Li
- http://www.canadianchess.info/articles/2010OntarioOpen.html
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2568

Sherbrooke Open
1st: GM Bator Sambuev (4.5/5)
- http://echecs-sherbrooke.com/pdf/Tableau%20des%20resultats%20Open2010.pdf

Chess in the Street
- http://chessinthestreet.pbworks.com/

Guelph Olympic Waive 2
Open - Mikhail Egorov, Ross Cunningham, and Kevin Chung (2.5/3)
Unopen - Nicholas Jackson and Liquan Wang (3/3)
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3279
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3271

GTCL Cup
1st: Chess Academy of Canada
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3247

Tecumseth Chess Open
1st: Hans Jung (4/5)
2nd - 3rd: Alex Ferreira and Agastya Kalra (3.5/5)
non-rated: Andrew Hewson
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3148

Eastern Ontario Open
1st: GM Bator Sambuev (4.5/5)
2nd: IM Artiom Samsonkin (4/5)
3rd: IM Tom O'Donnell and Victor Plotkin (3/5)
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3317
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3321

KW Chess Club Team Active Challenge
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3318

New Titles
WFM Cornelia Dinca
FM Yaaqov Vaingorten
IM Eric Hansen

Follow GM Mark Bluvshtein on his new blog:
http://markbluvshtein.wordpress.com/

Hazel's Jokes!

There were only two types of animals at the weekend tournament. What were they?

Answer:

(1) Round Robins

(2) Mice

Huh...mice? Hey, where did all the "swiss" cheese go?

Note: The cute picture above was found at: http://www.uniquedaily.com/fat-n-round-robin/

Chess Openings Named After Animals

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/animals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_openings_named_after_animals

Don't be surprised if someone calls your game a kangaroo (1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+) or pterodactyl (1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 c5), but really, a wild bull (1. e4 Nh6), crab (1. a4 e5 2. h4), or...fried fox (1. e4 f4 2. d4 Kf7). A good way to get fried, that's for sure.

More Images!

Wake me up when pieces fly!

http://www.worldimages.com/LeisureTime_Sports_Chess.php

Where's the dessert?

http://missdelite.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

Care to play?

http://www.welaughalot.com/wp/?p=191

That's one sturdy queen.

http://www.copperurns.com/custom-urns.htm

After every game, there is a rainbow.

http://patricktay.wordpress.com/

So that's where he went!

http://pillanatgepek.c3.hu/en/

With such beautiful compositions, I can't help but stare at the battery and Coke.

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/02/03-week/

That's better...

http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/4420

Okay...this one's a little scary.

http://www.newopticalillusions.com/3d-optical-illusion/chess-optical-illusion/

I wouldn't want to play against this army.

http://einarwiekeiner.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/lego-chess/

Another Beautiful Image

What a world!

http://jaced.com/2006/10/09/chess-master-illusion/

Chess Boxing Illusion

This one's great!

http://www.moillusions.com/page/30

And another...

Very interesting, but gives me headaches looking at it.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/16787305/unexpected-first-move-chess-isometric

Another Chess Illusion

This is quite amusing. Too bad the photographer didn't shoot the "two" boards as "one".

http://www.interactiveangle.com/2009/01/

Chess Illusion

Well...they're sort of like chess pieces :)

http://www.ddschroeder.com/2009/06/optical-illusions.html

Daredevil Chess

Found this image online - do you have a good caption for it?

http://games.on.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=159731&p=2167354

Hopefully this piece doesn't move!

Kabul Citadel, Afghanistan

http://www.pbase.com/image/1464028