Monday, July 4, 2011

Marvelous Monday - Quote

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.

Ralph Charell

Saturday, July 2, 2011

CITL Quiz Answers

CITL Quiz

1. CITL's logo is blue.
2. When the quiz was created, CITL operated in 20 library branches. However, a 21st library confirmed its participation in the program just before the festival!
3. WIM Yuanling Yuan is President of CITL.
4. For a list of branches, please visit http://www.chessinthelibrary.com/
5. CITL operates in Ontario, Alberta, and B.C.
6. CITL started operating in 2009 at the Brookbanks branch.
7. Brookbanks won the 2010 CITL Festival.
8. Answers may vary.
9. Barrie (this is when CITL had 20 branches).
10. Answers may vary; most said they like chess!

Fun Chess Quiz

1. b) Thousands of years ago (though we had a good joke going about chess being invented 'yesterday')
2. c) GM Viswanathan Anand
3. a) Hedgehog Chess
4. c) Italian
5. d) More than 250 moves (actual number = 269 moves)
6. b) Encyclopedia of Chess Openings
7. d) A rook on the 7th rank
8. a) GM Bobby Fischer
9. c) Blind Chess
10. b) Knight
11. d) Bulgaria
12. c) 400
13. c) draw
14. c) veterinarian
15. a) cat

More Happy Face Coupons

I will be visiting the Canadian Youth Chess Championship on July 9, and the Canadian Open on either July 10 or July 16. I highly recommend attending, since these are two of the largest, most prestigious, tournaments in Canada!

(I will bring ten happy face pins per event, since I have extras from previous tournaments)

CYCC website: http://www.2011cycc.ca

Canadian Open
website: http://www.canadianchess.info/home

Friday, July 1, 2011

Happy Canada Day!

What a great country! Keep supporting Canadian chess :)

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