More Tournaments

Please see my tournament link on the side bar for my recent tournament post. Here are some more:

Canadian Chess Academy Tournaments (CFC rated)
- Every Sunday
- 25 Fairway Heights Drive (Steeles & Leslie), Toronto
- 1 pm to 4 pm
- $20, family discounts available, third child free, discounts for 8 week session
- FREE for all group and private students of Predrag Putic
- All equipment provided
- http://www.chessteacherno1.com/

Royal Game Blitz Tournament
- February 19
- Olympic Stadium, Montreal
- 7 pm, tournament starts at 7:30 pm
- $10
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2760

Stephen Leacock Chess Challenge, Grades 1 - 12
- February 27
- Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute, Toronto
- 9 am, tournament 9:30 am - 6:30 pm
- $20
- All equipment provided, lunch & merchandise for a fee
- http://www.chess.ca/misc2010/SLCI.pdf

Ontario Team Chess Championship (Juniors CMA)
- March 6 - 7
- Senator O'Connor C.S.S., North York
- 10:30 am, tournament 11 am - 5 pm
- $40 per team, must register by February 28
- 4 sections (K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12)
- http://chess-math.org/pdf/tor_mar_6.pdf

--> for more CMA events outside of the GTA (Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg, etc.), Provincial qualification tournaments, and information on March Break camps, visit http://www.chess-math.org/calendar/?date=2010-03

Mauricie Open Chess Championship
- March 19 - 21
- L'Hotel du Roy
- Register online (Paypal), see site for more details
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2720
- http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=actu&id=2768&catagorie=1

Toronto Open @ Hart House
- April 2 - 4
- Hart House, U of T
- 10 am & 4 pm each day
- $70 in advance, $80 cash on-site, $10 extra to play up one section
- Please bring sets and clocks
- http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/hhopen
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2749

Saguenay Open
- April 9 - 11
- La Pulperie de Chicoutimi
- 90 player limit
- Accommodation rates available
- See site for additional features
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2751
- http://www.clubechecschicoutimi.com/cos2010.html

2010 Lanaudiere Regional Chess Tournament
- April 17 - 18
- Jean-Baptiste-Meilleur Secondary School, Repentigny, Quebec
- See site for schedule
- $30 for juniors 16 and under, $35 for section D, $45 for section B and C, $55 for section A, add $15 after April 9, 2010 (no additional fee for junior and unrated)
- Free for NM and FM if confirmed before April 1, 2010; $20 after
- Free for IM and GM
- Accommodation rates available
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2714
- http://www.lechecsl.org/activites.php

Canadian Junior 2010 @ Hart House
- April 30 - May 4
- Hart House, U of T
- 6 pm Friday, 10 am & 4 pm all other days
- $150 by April 26
- All equipment provided
- http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/cj
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2728

43rd Annual Ontario High School Chess Championship
- May 7 - 9
- New College, U of T
- See link for schedule
- $30 per individual by March 26, $40 by April 16, $50 by May 3, school/family discounts available (see link)
- Equipment provided (bring your own for practice)
- Championship, immediate, and beginner sections
- Individual and team awards
- Bed and breakfast for $40 per night available
- http://www.chess.ca/misc2010/OHSCC.pdf

35th Annual Paul Keres Memorial (featuring GM Manuel Rivas and IM Georgi Orlov)
- May 22 - 24
- Delta Hotel, Vancouver
- See site for schedule and entry fees
- FIDE and CFC rated
- Accommodation rates available
- All equipment provided
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2758
- http://keresmemorial.pbworks.com/

Congrats to:
FM Eric Hansen, who has been invited to Susan Polgar's SPICE Spring Invitational, to play alongside IMs and GMs from around the world!
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2684

Cafe Pi Blitz (next tournament March 7 in Montreal)
1. Andrei Gulko 21.5/22.0
2. Marc Ghannoum 20.5/22.0
3. Roland Chabot 17.5/22.0
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2726

Shirov Simul - Congrats to Pranav Sharma and Karoly Szalay!
Photos and article: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2737
Simul report: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2739
Participant game: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2756
Participant game: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2761

2010 Guelph Pro-Am Results
Nikita Gusev, 2660 performance! http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2732
Now FIDE rated: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2746
Report by Hal Bond: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2709
Pro Section: Artiom Samsonkin, Nikolay Noritsyn (4.5/5)
U2000: Israel Crooks, Ian Finlay, Liza Orlova (4/5)
U1700: Shafkat Ali (5/5)
U1400: Sergey Noritsyn (4/5)

Gerzhoy beats GM Petrosian at the 2010 Moscow Aeroflot!
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2755

Simul for Haiti - report by Karoly Szalay
$200 raised for the relief fund!!!!
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2764

Ontario Chess Challenge Top Ten Pre-Qualifiers!
(event - April 18, 2010 @ Paradise Banquet Hall, Jane and Highway 7)
http://members4.boardhost.com/chess-math/msg/1265383849.html

Games & Analysis from RA Winter Open (January 22 to 24)
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2725

Top Ten!

Top 10 ways to spend reading week
1. eat
2. sleep
3. play/teach chess
4. watch the olympics
5. visit friends
6. update blog
7. anticipate all the tough times ahead (exams, assignments, ...)
8. celebrate the holidays (well, sort of...)
9. eat and sleep some more...
10. read? ...it IS reading week after all...

Happy Valentine's + Year of the Tiger!

Double the fun, double the chocolate!

Hazel's Jokes!

What did the chess player order at the pizza parlour?
Answer: A "pawn"zerotto!

My new favourite = apple cinnamon panzos!!!!

Top Ten!

Top 10 things to bring to a chess game:

1. pen/pencil
2. scoresheet
3. board & pieces

4. clock

5. water bottle

6. tylenol
7. kleenex

8. a smile :)
9. a teddy bear :) (if anyone remembers, awhile back, I used to have a lucky teddy bear)
10. yourself!

Smiley graphics: http://www.cybergifs.com/faces/indexr1.html

Tournament Update (Mainly Ontario)

Juniors

TOMORROW!!!
Scholastic Grand Prix Event #2
- January 31, 2010
- Marshall McLuhan Catholic S. S., Toronto
- 10 am - 11 am registration, 11:15 am start
- $25
- http://chess-math.org/pdf/tor_jan_31.pdf

--> corresponding Grand Prix event in Montreal (Feb. 7) http://chess-math.org/pdf/mtl_feb_07.pdf

Knights of Chess Sunday Rated Tournaments
- Every Sunday
- 5635 Yonge Street, Toronto
- 2:30 pm, tournament starts at 3 pm
- $15 per tournament, family discounts available
- http://chess-math.org/pdf/childrens_sunday_instructional_chess_info.pdf

Oriole Chess Club Junior Tournaments
- February 7, February 21, March 7, March 21
- 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_winter_2010.pdf

Swansea Chess Club Saturday Rated Tournaments
- Every Saturday
- Swansea Town Hall Community Centre
- 12:30 pm, tournament 1 - 4 pm
- $15 per tournament, family discount available
- http://chess-math.org/chess/ontario.php?fonction=begin-ON-Toronto-SwanSea
- http://www.chessforchildren.ca/

Scholastic Tournaments in Ottawa (Feb. 14 & Feb. 21) and Winnipeg (Feb. 7 & Feb. 28)
http://www.chess-math.org/calendar/?date=2010-02

York Region Tournaments for February & March!
http://www.optimistchess.com/

2010 Quebec Junior
- March 12 - 14, 2010
- $40 before March 8, $50 on-site
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2646

World Amateur Chess Championship
- March 19 -25, 2010
- Skokie, Illinois
- titles, scholarships available
- http://www.worldchesschamps.com/

Ontario Girls' Chess Championship
- May 22, 2010
- Fieldstone Day School, Toronto
- $28 per player
- http://www.freewebs.com/ogcc/

OYCC/CYCC
http://www.chessreg.ca/
http://www.cycc.ca/
The Canadian Youth Chess Championships will be held in Windsor from July 6 to 9.

North American Youth Championship
- August 16 - 22, 2010
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2593
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2650

For more information on lessons, ratings, news, and tournaments outside of the GTA, visit http://chess-math.org/

Juniors & Adults

CMA February Active (25 min. time control + increment)
- February 6, 2010
- Strategy Games, 701 Mt Pleasant Road, Toronto
- Six rounds starting at 10 am
- $20 BY TOMORROW (Jan. 31), or $30 after that date
- limit 24 players
- all equipment provided
- http://chess.ca/ontoronto.htm

CMA February Blitz (5 min. time control + increment)
- February 7, 2010
- Strategy Games, 701 Mt Pleasant Road, Toronto
- 1 pm
- $15
- limit 24 players
- all equipment provided
- http://chess.ca/ontoronto.htm

Guelph Winter Pro-Am
- February 6 - 7, 2010
- Guelph University Centre, Guelph
- 10 am, 1:30 pm, & 6 pm Saturday, 10 am & 2 pm Sunday
- $55 Pro section, $35 other sections (add $10 for all on-site entries)
- all equipment & snacks/refreshments provided
- Pro section plays for cash, other sections play for trophies
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2674
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.htm

2010 K-W Winter Open
- February 19 -21, 2010
- Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener
- 7 pm Friday, 10 am & 3 pm Saturday and Sunday
- $70 in advance, $80 cash on-site, $15 discount for juniors (17 and under) and seniors (65+)
- all equipment provided
- http://www.chessreg.ca/kwwo10/online_reg1.htm
- http://www.kwchess.com/

London February Open
- February 27, 2010
- Hillside Church, London
- 10 am
- $20
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.htm

2010 RA Spring Open
- March 5 - 7, 2010
- RA Centre, Ottawa
- 7 pm Friday, 1 pm & 6 pm Saturday, 9 am & 2 pm Sunday
- $80, discounts listed on the website link (one discount ENDING SOON)
- CFC and FIDE rated
- http://www.eoca.org/PDF/2010%20RA%20Spring%20Open.pdf
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2668

Hamilton Winter Open
- March 13 - 14, 2010
- Hamilton Wentworth District School Board
- 9:30 am, 2 pm, & 6 pm Saturday, 11 am & 3:30 pm Sunday
- $45, juniors $15, $5 discount for registrations by March 12
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.htm
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2600

4th Annual Grand Pacific Open
- April 2 - 5, 2010
- Grand Pacific Hotel, Victoria
- See round schedule online
- $70 registered and paid before March 1 ($50 for U1400), $80 registered before April 1 ($60 for U1400), $90 on-site ($70 on-site for U1400)
- add $16 for non-CFC members
- side events have a small fee
- http://grandpacificopen.pbworks.com/FrontPage

2010 Ontario Open Championship
- May 22 -24, 2010
- 918 Bathurst Street, Toronto
- 10 am and 4 pm each day
- $80 before March 1, $90 after (must register before May 17), $60 for K - 12 or summer term university students, another $10 discount for seniors (65+) and titled (WFM/FM/WIM/IM) before March 1, free for WGM/GM before March 1
- limit 200 players
- http://chess.ca/ontoronto.htm

2010 Calgary International Chess Classic
- May 20 - 24, 2010
- CFC and FIDE rated, norms possible
- http://www.calgarychess.com/2010CICC.html

Canadian Open
http://www.chess.ca/misc2009/2010CANOP.pdf
The Canadian Open will be held in Toronto from July 10 to 18

Serbian Bosna Open 2010
- 109800 euro prize fund
- May 2010
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2655

Victoria Active Fundraiser (to support the olympiad teams)
- February 20, 2010
- Victoria Chess Club, BC
- 9 am, tournament starts at 10 am
- $10 pre-register and pay before Feb. 15, $11 pre-register by Feb. 15, $13 at the door
- http://victoriachessclub.pbworks.com/Active-Fundraiser-For-the-2010-Olympiad

Shirov is coming in February!
Feb. 11 in Ottawa, Feb. 18 in Scarborough
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2386
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2640

Results across Canada - congrats to all participants

Montreal Pere Noel (December 26 - 30, 2009)
1st: GM Bator Sambuev (5.0/5)
2nd - 5th: FM Louie Jiang, Kishor Ramaswamy, FM Sylvain Barbeau, Hugues Masse (4.0/5)
More results: http://fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=actu&catagorie=209&id=2750
Photos: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2549
Games: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2527

2010 Canadian Post-Secondary Championship (January 15 - 17, 2010)

Teams:
1st - Toronto A
2nd - Ottawa A
3rd - Waterloo A

Individual:
1st board - Minhea Voloaca (Ottawa A, 5.0/5)
2nd board - Kevin Chung (Waterloo A, 5.0/5)
3rd board - Haizhou Xu (Toronto A, 5.0/5)
4th board - Jeff Willms (Waterloo A, 4.0/5)

- Detailed report, including reserve section results: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2604

RA Winter Open (January 22 - 24, 2010)
Top section winner: GM Bator Sambuev (5.0/5)
U2400 winners: Minhea Voloaca, Hugues Masse, David Gordon, Nikita Kraiouchkine (3.0/5)
U2200 winners: Alain Regnier, Michel Desjardins (3.0/5)
*U2400 and U2200 were paired together*
U2000 winner: Serge Gagnon (4.5/5)
U1800 winners: Alan Tomalty, Gerhard Roth, Joe Burton (2.5/5)
*U2000 and U1800 were paired together*
U1600 winner: Jayson Huang (4.5/5)
More results: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2648

For more chess-related information, visit http://www.chess.ca/

Fifth Library Now Up and Running!

The Chess in the Library program has successfully expanded to a fifth library!

Fairview Library (near Fairview Mall and Don Mills Station) had its first meeting yesterday, and a new library leader has been declared, Jesse Wang. His group is currently looking for volunteers.

http://jesse-wang.blogspot.com/

35 Fairview Mall Dr.
Toronto, ON
10 am - 12 pm (Saturdays)

Other News from CITL...

- Also recently opened, Northern District Library (40 Orchard View Blvd. Sat. 10:30 am - 12:30 pm) is running smoothly.

- Unfortunately, Pleasant View leader Yutong Luo has moved and will no longer be able to participate in the program. As a volunteer at PV, I worked with Yutong, and the time and effort he put into each week will always be remembered. Best of luck to him in the future. Pleasant View will remain open under the leadership of Kevin Wu.

- The Chess 'n Math Association has agreed to provide three months of free rating for CITL tournaments.

- CITL will now provide brief lessons, puzzles, and simuls during the first 20 minutes of each meeting.

- New PDF flyers available (contact Yuanling)

- Goal for 2010: 15 locations

http://yuanlingyuan.blogspot.com/
http://www.chessinthelibrary.com/