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OCTOBER 2014 number 124

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 w________w
The main line of the Queen’s árhb1kgw4]
Gambit Accepted goes 2...dxc4 à0p0wdp0p]
3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 when ßwdwdphwd]
QUEEN’S
KIRIL’S
KLASS White regains the pawn with a Þdwdwdwdw]
GAMBIT good position (diagram #2). ÝwdB)wdwd]
Winning Back The Pawn The move 3.e4 is playable but Üdwdw)Ndw]
Black can get an equal game. ÛP)wdw)P)]
For example, after 3...e5, there Ú$NGQIwdR]
are these lines: wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

This lesson looks at the
opening 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4. 4.d5 f5! 5.Nc3 Nf6 w________w
4.dxe5 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Be6 árhb1kgn4]
4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Bb4+ à0w0w0p0p]
A gambit is an opening in which a player gives up a This is why White normally plays ßwdwdwdwd]
3.Nf3, to stop 3...e5. Þdpdwdwdw]
pawn to speed up their development or to gain control
of the centre of the board. After 3.Nf3, Black can try to Ýwdp)wdwd]
Here are some of the best known gambits: hold the pawn in several ways. ÜdwdwdNdw]
The standard method is 3...b5. ÛP)wdP)P)]
King’s Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 See diagram #3. Ú$NGQIBdR]
Danish Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 White should reply with 4.a4!  wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 Then 4...a6? loses to 5.axb5 since
Benko Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 5...axb5? 6.Rxa8 costs a rook. A
From Gambit 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 heavy price to defend the pawn.
They all have one thing in common. Once the pawn is If 4...Bd7, White gets the better
sacrificed, it cannot be won back if the opponent wants game with 5.axb5 Bxb5 6.Nc3 c6
to keep it and plays accurately. w________w 7.e3 e6 8.Ne5 followed by Bxc4.
That is not the case with the árhb1kgn4] If Black pushes 4...b4, White
Queen’s Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4). à0p0w0p0p] easily recovers the pawn after
If Black “accepts the gambit” ßwdwdwdwd] 5.e3. One possible line then is
by 2...dxc4, there is no way to Þdwdwdwdw] 5...Ba6 6.Ne5 Qd5, which can
hold on to the extra pawn. Ýwdp)wdwd] be met by 7.Be2!? because
In other words, the Queen’s Üdwdwdwdw] 7...Qxg2? 8.Bf3 forks the black
Gambit is not really a gambit at ÛP)wdP)P)] queen and rook.
all. White always gets the pawn Ú$NGQIBHR] The trickiest move is 4...c6,
back. In this class, we look at wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
 guarding the b-pawn. White
lines where Black tries to keep Queen’s Gambit Accepted answers with 5.e3, reaching
the pawn. diagram #4 (next page).
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 w________w w________w
In this position, 5...Bd7 6.Ne5 árhb1kgn4] The last line that we will look at árdb1kgn4]
e6 loses to 7.axb5 cxb5 8.Qf3!, à0wdw0p0p] is the sneaky 3...Nd7 4.e3 Nb6, à0p0w0p0p]
threatening Qxa8 and Qxf7#. ßwdpdwdwd] protecting c4 with a knight. See ßwhwdwdwd]
Black’s most common move is Þdpdwdwdw] diagram #7. After 5.Nbd2 Be6, Þdwdwdwdw]
5...e6. Then, after 6.axb5 cxb5 ÝPdp)wdwd] Black’s extra pawn is secure. Ýwdp)wdwd]
White plays 7.b3! (diagram #5). Üdwdw)Ndw] But White has a simple way Üdwdw)Ndw]
The pawn moves a4 and b3 are Ûw)wdw)P)] to win back the pawn. 5.Bxc4! ÛP)wdw)P)]
often the key to winning back the Ú$NGQIBdR] Nxc4 6.Qa4+, forking king and Ú$NGQIBdR]
“gambit pawn”. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw knight. 6...Bd7 7.Qxc4 leaves  wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
7...cxb3 8.Bxb5+ followed by White with the freer game.
9.Qxb3 gives White a very good w________w Gambits are not for everyone. Many players are not
position with better development árhb1kgn4] comfortable giving up a pawn, even if they get quick
and a strong centre. à0wdwdp0p] development and central control in return. But that is
7...Nf6 8.bxc4 bxc4 9.Bxc4 is ßwdwdpdwd] no reason to avoid playing the Queen’s Gambit. It’s a
pretty much the same. Þdpdwdwdw] great opening, solid and strong. And if Black accepts
Black should probably choose Ýwdp)wdwd] the gambit, the loss of a pawn is only temporary.
7...Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Nbxd2 ÜdPdw)Ndw]
a5!? 10.bxc4 b4 with a complex Ûwdwdw)P)]
position. White has won back the Ú$NGQIBdR]
pawn with a small edge. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
From diagram #4, Black can also try 5...a6. Once again,
the best reply is 6.axb5 cxb5 7.b3! (7...cxb3 8.Bxb5+!).
It looks a little strange but Black sometimes plays 3...a6
(after 2...dxc4 3.Nf3). The best approach for White then is
4.a4 (diagram #6), preventing ...b5. A typical follow-up is
4...Nf6 5.e3 Bf5 6.Bxc4. w________w
árhb1kgn4]
àdp0w0p0p]
ßpdwdwdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
ÝPdp)wdwd]
ÜdwdwdNdw]
Ûw)wdP)P)] BLACK PAWN ON C -4!
Ú$NGQIBdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

Did you know that C-4 is the name of a powerful explosive?
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 l canada top ten l
TACTICS 101
GRADE 1 GRADE 7
1 OFFENGENDEN Ron
2 WANG Daniel
1202
1099
AB
BC
1 DOKNJAS Joshua
2 OUELLET Maili-Jade
2215
1911
BC
QC
FIND THE QUEEN FORKS
3 CHANG Alexander
4 CHEN Freddy
1031
962
QC
BC
3 ZHAO Yue Tong
4 YAO David
1897
1877
ON
AB White to play and win material.
5 HANNAH-LEE Toro 936 BC 5 SU Michael 1874 BC
6 JACKES Cole 925 ON 6 FAN Run Kun 1848 QC solutions page 45
7 ATANASOV Anthony 887 ON 7 CAI Jason 1726 ON
8 OMICHI Kevin 882 QC 8 YIE Kevin 1708 ON
9 CHEN Jason 828 BC 9 LIANG Hairan 1639 ON
10 HUARD Matheo 815 QC 10 MA Derek 1607 MB
GRADE 2 GRADE 8
1 GUIPI BOPALA Prince
2 ZHENG Richard Q.
1212
1161
QC
QC
1 ZHANG Yuan Chen
2 WAN Kevin
2310
2227
ON
ON

w________w 
w________w
3 XU Andrew 1157 BC 3 BALENDRA Harigaran 2093 ON
4 CHEN Max
5 LIU Kevin
1148
1077
ON
QC
4 CHEN Richard
5 GEDAJLOVIC Max
2086
2081
ON
BC áwdw4wdkd] árhw1kdw4]
6 GHAZARIAN Tigran 1057 ON 6 XU Jeffrey 2038 ON
7 CHEN Derek
8 LI Dylan
1017
960
ON
ON
7 SHEN Chris
8 ZOTKIN Daniel
2008
1988
ON
ON
àdpdwdpdp] à0b0wdw0p]
9 QIAN Jason
10 SUN Justin
GRADE 3
932
931
BC
QC
9 SHAMRONI Dennis
10 SAHA Ananda
GRADE 9
1832
1820
ON
QC ßwdqdpdwd] ßw0wdwdwd]
1 ISSANI Nameer
2 ZHOU Aiden
1566
1496
ON
BC
1 CAO Jason
2 ZHOU Qiyu
2373
2242
BC
ON
Þ0wgwdpdw] Þdwdpgwdw]
3 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan
4 NOORALI Aahil
5 GU Chuyang
1405
1398
1339
ON
ON
BC
3 BELLISSIMO Joseph
4 SONG Sam
5 ZHONG Joey
2209
2068
2042
ON
NB
ON
Ýwdwdwdwd] ÝwdwHwdwd]
6 RUSONIK Max
7 JIANG David
1321
1310
ON
BC
6 WANG Eric
7 LEI Sean
2042
1936
ON
ON Üdw)PdNdw] ÜdwdB)wdP]
8 KULESHOVA Julia 1276 QC 8 KASSAM Jamil 1854 AB
9 WU Lucian
10 GILANI Mysha
1268
1242
BC
ON
9 YU Wenlu
10 SHI Linda
1790
1756
ON
QC
ÛPdP!w)P)] ÛP)Pdw)Pd]
GRADE 4
1 LOW Kevin
2 HUANG Qiuyu
1734
1691
BC
QC
GRADE 10
1 PREOTU Razvan
2 SONG Michael
2579
2441
ON
ON
ÚdRdwdwIw] Ú$wdQdRIw]
3 HUANG Patrick
4 ZHU Harmony
1675
1638
BC
ON
3 YU Zong Yang
4 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
2420
2416
QC
QC wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
5 DOKNJAS Neil 1598 BC 5 SHI Diwen 2279 AB
6 ZHAO Jonathan 1558 ON 6 DOKNJAS John 2234 BC
7 ENGLAND Max 1557 ON 7 AWATRAMANI Janak 2227 BC
8 JAMES Rowan 1549 BC 8 LI Yinshi 2136 ON
9 SUPERCEANU Andi 1460 AB 9 ZHU HongRui 2097 QC
10 WU Nicholas 1411 ON 10 KONG Dezhong 1980 BC
GRADE 5 G R A D E 11
1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn
2 ZHONG Wenxuan
1779
1747
QC
QC
1 PLOTKIN Mark
2 DORRANCE Adam
2409
2252
ON
NS 
w________w 
w________w
3 VETTESE Nicholas 1648 ON 3 LIN Tony 2229 ON
4 LIN Benjamin
5 AKOPHYAN Nick
6 LIU Lambert
1618
1571
1543
ON
ON
QC
4 SONG Terry
5 ADRIAANSE Adam
6 HERDIN Mathew
2213
2202
2200
ON
ON
BC
árdwdwiwd] áwiwdwdrd]
7 ZHAO Ian
8 MAH Sean
1519
1511
AB
AB
7 NASIR Zehn
8 PENG Jackie
2127
2090
ON
ON
à0w0qdwgp] à0wdwdwdp]
9 WASHIMKAR Arhant
10 DURETTE Francis
GRADE 6
1503
1491
ON
QC
9 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan
10 HUI Jeremy
GRADE 12
2012
1968
ON
BC ßwdwdpdpd] ßwdpdwdpd]
1 NORITSYN Sergey
2 MING Wenyang
2149
1986
ON
ON
1 WANG Richard
2 KNOX Christopher
2484
2427
AB
ON Þhwdw)wdw] Þgwdwdwdw]
3 GROSSMANN Lenard 1908 AB 3 LI Kevin 2326 MB
4 HUA Eugene
5 WANG Kaixin
1858
1776
ON
AB
4 SEMIANIUK Konstantin
5 FU James
2272
2241
ON
ON
ÝwdwdwdQd] Ýwdw)wdwd]
6 PULFER Luke
7 GUO Thomas
8 TALUKDAR Rohan
1765
1759
1754
BC
ON
ON
6 LO Ryan
7 KALRA Agastya
8 LUO Zhao Yang
2180
2161
2096
BC
ON
QC
Ü)wHwdw)w] Üdwdw!w)r]
9 RICHARDSON Kai
10 LIU Daniel
1729
1656
BC
ON
9 WU Ray
10 LEPINE Cedric
2042
2024
BC
QC Ûw)wdw)B)] ÛP)Bdw)wd]
ROOKIE ROLL top K-6 HONOUR ROLL
1 NORITSYN Sergey
2 MING Wenyang
2149
1986
ON
ON
1 PREOTU Razvan
2 WANG Richard
2579
2484
ON
AB
Údwdw$wIw] ÚdwdwdwIw]
3 GROSSMANN Lenard
4 HUA Eugene
5 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn
1908
1858
1779
AB
ON
QC
3 SONG Michael
4 KNOX Christopher
5 YU Zong Yang
2441
2427
2420
ON
ON
QC
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
6 WANG Kaixin 1776 AB 6 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2416 QC
7 PULFER Luke
8 GUO Thomas
1765
1759
BC
ON
7 PLOTKIN Mark
8 CAO Jason
2409
2373
ON
BC
FIND 2 FORKS FIND 3 FORKS
9 TALUKDAR Rohan 1754 ON 9 LI Kevin 2326 MB
10 ZHONG Wenxuan 1747 QC 10 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2310 ON

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 MIKHAIL BOTVINNIK C O M B O M O M B O !!
(1911 - 1995) SPOTLIGHT ON QUEEN FORKS
w________w
This electrical engineer from St. Petersburg,
áwdwdwdkd]
Russia became world champion by winning the
àdwdwdw0w]
1948 FIDE championship tournament in Moscow
ßw0w1wdpd]
and The Hague. Except for two years, he kept the
world title until 1963.
ÞhPdwdpdw]
Ýwdw)ndwd]
ÜdrdwdN)w]
ÛwdwdQdw)]
Ú$wGwdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
A fork is a tactic where a piece attacks two opposing
pieces at the same time. Because she moves in eight
directions, the queen is extremely good at forking.
K White wins with the exchange sacrifice 1.Rxa5!
After 1...bxa5 2.Qc4+, the black king and rook are
forked. 2...Kh7 3.Qxb3. (1...Rxf3 2.Ra8+ Kh7 3.Qxf3)
k If Black goes first, they also have a fork combo.
1...Rxf3! 2.Qxf3 Qxd4+ 3.Kg2 Qxa1. (2.Rxa5 Qxd4+!)
w________ww________w
árdwdkdw4]áwiwdrdwd]
“It takes two players to make a draw.” àdpdw0pgp]à0p0w1p0w]
ßpdn0whpd]ßwdw0wdpd]
BOTVINNIK ATTACK (Caro-Kann Defence)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4
Þdwdwdwdq]ÞdwdPdwdw]
ÝQdwdPdwd]ÝwdPdndQd]
Known for his “iron will”, Botvinnik’s strengths ÜdwdwGNdw]Ü)wdRdNdP]
were self-discipline and thorough preparation. ÛP)wHw)P)]Ûw)wdw)Pd]
After retiring from competition in 1970, he Údw$wdRIw]ÚdwdwdwIw]
programmed chess computers and founded a wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈwwÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
chess school. One of his students was future  WHITE TO MOVE  BLACK TO MOVE
world champion Garry Kasparov. Win Material Win Material
solutions page 45

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 CANADA AND WORLD NEWS
CHESS OLYMPIAD CANADIAN YOUTH WORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
The 41st Chess Olympiad was The Canadian Youth Chess The 2014 World Youth Chess Championships were played at
held on August 2-14 in Tromso, Championships took place on Durban, South Africa on September 20-29. There were 959 kids
Norway. There were 177 teams July 15- 18 in Montreal, with 253 from 89 countries participating this year, including 16 Canadians
in the open section of the 11 boys and 64 girls taking part. (7 boys and 9 girls).
round tournament. This year’s national champions The big news for Team Canada is Qiyu Zhou, the new World
China won the gold medal, led and runners-up are: Champion for girls under 14! The ninth grader from Ottawa went
by grandmaster Yangyi Yu who undefeated, scoring 8½ points out of 11 games. Congratulations!!
<8 Nameer Issani ON
scored 9½/11 on third board. Qiyu is the third Canadian to win a world championship in the last
Aahil Noorali ON
There was a four-way tie for four years. The others were Jason Cao (2010, open under 10) and
Aiden Zhou BC
second place, with Hungary and Harmony Zhu (2013, girls under 8).
India receiving the silver and <10 Wenxuan Zhong QC Maïli-Jade Ouellet (Montreal) also had an excellent result, placing
bronze medals on tiebreak over Nicolas Vettese ON 15th in the girls under 12 section with 6½ points.
Russia and Azerbaijan. Max England ON The three boys with a positive score in the open section were
Judit Polgar, the highest rated <12 Sergei Noritsyn ON Richard Chen (Ancaster ON, 6½ points <14), Wenxuan Zhong
female player for over 25 years, Joshua Doknjas BC (Montreal, 6 <10), and Zachary Dukic (Fonthill ON, 6 <18)
scored 4½/6 for Hungary. After Jason Cai ON See page 17 for all the Canadian results and the winners in each
the event, she announced her section. Next year’s WYCC will be held in Greece.
<14 Richard Chen ON
retirement from competition.
Max Gedajlovic BC
Canada finished in 54th place, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Dane Forsyth ON
scoring 5 match wins, 3 draws, Magnus Carlsen (Norway) will
and 3 losses. Team members <16 Richard Wang AB defend his world title next month
were Anton Kovalyov (QC), Eric Mark Plotkin ON against former champion Vishy
Hansen (AB), Leonid Gerzhoy Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratté QC Anand (India). The twelve game
(ON), Bator Sambuev(QC), and <18 Christopher Knox ON match will be played in Sochi,
Aman Hambleton (ON). David Itkin ON Russia from November 7 to 27
The women’s section was won Kevin Li MB at the site of the 2014 Winter
by Russia, followed by China Olympics. The prize fund is over
and Ukraine. Canada, with top The winners of the separate one million dollars!
scorers Yuanling Yuan and Qiyu girls competition were: Carlsen, the highest rated
Zhou, placed 41st out of 136. <8 Mysha Gilani ON player ever, became champion
<10 Kylie Tan ON last year at age 23 by defeating
<12 Maïli-Jade Ouellet QC Anand, who held the title since
<14 Yilin Li QC 2007, by a score of 6½-3½ in a
<16 Uranchimeg Nyamdorj BC QIYU ZHOU
match held in Chennai, Anand’s
<18 Yan Wang QC GIRLS <14 WORLD CHAMPION
hometown.
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 MORE NEWS 2014 W YCC
September 20 - 29
Durban, South Africa
959 players 11 rounds

OPEN under 8 (64 players) GIRLS under 8 (51)

NEW IM
1 Makoveev Ilya Russia 9½ 1 Davaakhuu Munkhzul Mongolia 8½
Congratulations to Canada’s newest International Master, Razvan 2 Tugstumur Yesuntumur Mongolia 9½ 2 Luu Ha Bich Ngoc Vietnam 8½
Preotu of Burlington, Ontario. The 10th grade student made his third 3 Mendonca Leon Luke India 8 3 Ezizova Bagul Turkmenistan 8
and final “IM norm” last month in a tournament at Greensboro, North
59 Fedyushchenko Alexander Canada 3½
Carolina. Razvan has placed first in his grade the last two years at GIRLS under 10 (68)
the Canadian Chess Challenge. Good luck, IM Preotu! 1 Deshmukh Divya India 10
OPEN under 10 (100)
2 Assaubayeva B. Kazakstan 10
1 Nihal Sarin India 9
NORTH AMERICAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 3 Asadi Motahare Iran 8
2 Abdusattorov N. Uzbekistan 8½
The 11th annual North American Youth Chess Championship 3 Tsoi Dmitry Russia 8 40 Tan Kylie Canada 5½
was held in Tarrytown, New York on June 12-16. The nine round 39 Zhong Wenxuan Canada 6
FIDE event attracted 296 participants, including 54 Canadians (39 GIRLS under 12 (80)
boys and 15 girls) who took home their share of the trophies. 1 Yu Jennifer USA 10
OPEN under 12 (105)
Here are the players who finished in the top three of their section. 2 Solozhenkina Elizaveta Russia 8
1 Nguyen Anh Khoi Vietnam 8½
3 Badelka Olga Belarus 8
Three cheers for continental champs Kylie Tan and Julia Kuleshova. 2 Zarubitski Viachaslau Belarus 8½
3 Taghizadeh Rayan USA 8½ 15 Ouellet Maili-Jade Canada 6½
OPEN GIRLS
<8 2. Nameer Issani ON <8 1. Julia Kuleshova QC 45 Noritsyn Sergey Canada 5½ GIRLS under 14 (73)
3. Aahil Noorali ON 2. Mysha Gilani ON 1 Zhou Qiyu Canada 8½
<10 2. Nicholas Vettese ON <10 1. Kylie Tan ON OPEN under 14 (101) 2 Kiolbasa Oliwia Poland 8½
1 Liu Yan China 9½
<14 3. Richard Chen ON <12 3. Lily Zhou ON 3 Babu Vaishali Ramesh India 8½
2 Tabatabaei M. Amin Iran 8½
<16 2. John Doknjas BC <18 2. Qiyu Zhou ON 33 Gao Christine Canada 5½
3 Costachi Mihnea Romania 8½
35 Li Yilin Canada 5½
31 Chen Richard Canada 6½
NORTH AMERICAN JUNIOR
GIRLS under 16 (84)
The first annual North American OPEN under 16 (94) 1 Unuk Laura Slovakia 9
Junior Chess Championship was held 1 Pichot Alan Argentina 9 2 Tsolakidou Stavroula Greece 8½
in Ontario July 30 to August 4 as part 2 Aravindh Chithambaram India 8½ 3 Gazikova Veronika Slovakia 8
of the 2014 Kitchener Chess Festival. 3 Bellahcene Bilel France 8½
The winner of the under 20 year old 43 Nyamdorj Uranchimeg Canada 5½
45 Adriaanse Adam Canada 5½ 45 Zhang Manxuan Canada 5½
competition, Andrew Tang (Minnesota),
53 Tao Rachel Canada 5
was awarded the title of international OPEN under 18 (74)
master for his victory. The runners-up, 1 Bortnyk Olexandr Ukraine 9½ GIRLS under 18 (65)
Edward Song and Safal Bora (both 2 Vaibhav Suri India 9 1 Saduakassova Dinara Kazakstan 10
from Michigan) received FIDE master 3 Henriquez Villagra C. Chile 7½ 2 Osmanodja Filiz Germany 8½
titles (FM). 33 Dukic Zachary Canada 6
3 Xiao Yiyi China 8½
The top Canadian, tying for 2nd but 51 Nyamdorj Davaaochir Canada 4½ 43 Wang Yan Canada 5
finishing 4th, was Michael Kleinman.
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 CHECKMATES
WHITE TO MOVE solutions page 45


w________w 
w________w 
w________w
ákdwdwgw4] áwdrdwdkd] árdw1w4kd]
à0wdwdw1p] à0bdwdp0p] àdp0wgp0p]
ßQdwdw0wd] ßw0wdpdwd] ßpdndwdwd]
Þdw0Ndbdw] Þdwdwdwdw] Þdwdw0wdQ]
ÝwdPdwdwd] Ýw)w!wdwd] ÝwdwdNdwd]
ÜdwdwdwdP] Ü)wdwdw1P] ÜdwdBdwdw]
ÛwdPdr)PG] ÛwGwdwdPd] ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$RdwdwIw] ÚdwdRdwdK] Ú$wdw$wIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 1 MATE IN 2 MATE IN 2


w________w 
w________w
áwdrdw4kd] áw4w4wdkd]
àdpdn1p0p] à0wdwdp0w]
ßwdwdpdwd] ßw1n0wdpd]
Þ0wdpHwdN] Þdw0Bdwdw]
Ýwhw)wdwd] ÝwdPdwdw!]
ÜdwdQdw)w] Üdw)w$wdw]
ÛP)Pdw)Pd] Ûwdwdw)Kd]
ÚdwIRdwdR] “Wow! Nice move.” Údwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 2 MATE IN 3
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 CHESS’N MATH LIL Y ' S P U Z Z L E R
ASSOCIATION Hi boys and girls!
Canada’s National Scholastic Usually we try to beat our
Chess Organization opponent in chess. But in
these puzzlers, we actually
visit our website for information on try to help them!
TOURNAMENTS Black goes first and plays
a move that lets White give
CLASSES mate.
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would be this nice in your
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OF BOOKS AND EQUIPMENT solutions page 45

w w w . c h e s s -m
math.org A
w________w B
w________w
áwdkdw4wd] áwdk4wdw4]
Check it out! àdwdwdw1w] à0pdwdpdw]
ßwdwdwdwd] ßwdndwdqd]
Þdwdwdwgw] ÞdNdwdwdp]
Ýwdw$wdwd] ÝPdBgwdw)]
HEY, FRIENDS! ÜdwdwdwGw]
ÛwIwdwdBd]
Üdwdwdw)b]
Ûw)QdR)wd]

..
I’VE GOT E-MAIL. ÚdwdRdwdw] Údwdw$wIw]
Yo u c a n w r i t e m e a l e t t e r wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
or enter my contest at:
HELPMATES IN 1
kiril@chess-math.org BLACK TO PLAY. FIND THE MOVE THAT
LETS WHITE MATE IN 1.
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 KIRIL' S KONTEST
1
w________w 2
w________w
áwdrdwdkd] árdwdw4kd]
à0bdwdpdw] àdp0wdwgp]
ßwhwdwdw0] ßw1wgwhwd]
ÞdwdwdQ0N] Þ0wdwdwdw]
Ýw0wdwdwd] Ýwdwdwdw!]
ÜdwdBdwdP] Ü)PdBdwdw]
ÛP1Pdw)Pd] ÛwIPdwdP)]
Údwdw$wIw] Údwdw$Rdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Can you solve these puzzles? wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 2 Send in your answers and HELPMATE IN 1
maybe you will win the contest.
White to play. Black to play.
The prize is a chess tuque, just
Force checkmate Make a move that allows
in two moves. like the ones we’re wearing. White to give checkmate.
See page 21 for examples.

Enter the contest by mailing your solutions to: We received 4 correct solutions to June’s contest.
kiril@chess-math.org 1 Mate in 1 1.Qxg6#
2 Mate in 2 1.Bd1 any 2.Bh5#
Deadline: November 30, 2014 3 Maze Nh8-g6-f8-d7-b6-a4-b2-d1-f2xe4
One lucky person will win the drawing for a 4 Loyd A.Kh4 B.Kh2 C.Kc1 (Qd1#)
“chess tuque” (navy blue acrylic pullover cap The winner of the drawing for a Kiril T-shirt is:
with an embroidered knight insignia). William Wang of Barrie, Ontario
22 23
 KIRIL
KIRIL
K I R I L’ S
O

IN
IN THE
THE
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N
E

BOX
BOX
R

The life of a chess piece has its ups and downs. Or maybe we
should say “ins and outs”. The following true story is based
on actual events. Some of the names have been changed at the
request of the International Babysitting Union.
Bob and Judy had finished their chess game and were CHESS
about to go downstairs for supper. Then a voice from the
hallway shouted, “Don’t forget what I told you kids. When
you’re done playing with your toys, put them away where
they belong.”
“But Miss Hilga, we always leave our chess pieces out. It was every pawn’s nightmare, especially for Kiril and his
We play with them everyday.” pals. They had always been free to move around in the
“Don’t talk back, Bob. Just do what I say.” room when the children were away.
Now it was Judy’s turn to reason with the new babysitter. Kiril and Jay were the first ones in
“My brother is right, Miss Hilga. And besides, a chess set the box. That was unlucky, because
isn’t really a toy.” a few seconds later, they were at the
“Listen here, dear child, bottom when the other pieces piled
your parents are gone until on. And then it happened. The lid
next Tuesday, and they left closed!
me in charge. If you want to Darkness filled their eyes, and their
have your dinner this week, hearts too.
then you will put the chess It took a while, but the pieces finally shuffled around
pieces away like I ask.” and got comfortable. They were cramped but they all
Hilga had just moved here cooperated to make the best of the situation.
from Finland, and it seems The waiting game had begun. Waiting for Bob and Judy.
that she wasn’t used to kids There was a bright side though. Frizoon found a flashlight
arguing with her orders. in her purse, and Kiril had a little chess set with him. You’ll
So Bob and Judy gave in. never guess what they did to pass the time!
24 Scholar’s Mate 124 Scholar’s Mate 124 25
 3. ... Qxd5 5. ... Bb4
Bringing the queen out early Developing the bishop and
in the opening is only bad if pinning the knight.
she can be chased around w________w
by developing moves. Here, árdbdkdn4]
the obvious 4.Nc3? loses a à0p0wdp0p]
pawn to 4...Qxd4. ßwdndwdwd]
Þdwdq0wdw]
4. Ne2 ?!
Ýwgw)wdwd]
Kiril wants to avoid a pin ÜdwHwdwdw]
by 4.Nf3 Bg4 but blocks in ÛP)PdN)P)]
The pieces all took turns playing chess. The game given his bishop on f1. Ú$wGQIBdR]
here, from “Box Day #3”, was one of the best. The usual move is 4.Nf3, wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
w________w which is best met by 4...e5!
White KIRIL the PAWN árdb1kgn4] Possible lines are 5.dxe5 6. Be3
Black K N I C K t h e K N I G H T à0p0w0p0p] Qxd1+ 6.Kxd1 Bc5 7.Ke1 Kiril guards the pawn on d4.
ßwdndwdwd] Bf5 8.c3 0-0-0! and 5.Nc3 If 6.Bd2, Knick planned to
1. e4 Nc6
Þdwdpdwdw] Bb4! 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 e4 play 6...Bxc3 7.Bxc3 e4.
Ýwdw)Pdwd] 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Be6.
This underrated move is a Üdwdwdwdw] 7. ... Bg4!?
favourite of Knick and the 4. ... e5!
ÛP)Pdw)P)] Knick likes to pin knights
other knights. Ú$NGQIBHR] 5. Nbc3 with his bishops! He also
2. d4 wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Threatening her majesty. prepares to castle long.
NIMZOVICH DEFENCE
Kiril sets up a classic pawn
3. exd5
centre. If White plays 2.Nf3,
Black can switch back to 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 leads to
normal lines by 2...e5, or a closed position similar to
continue in new style with the French Defence (1.e4 e6
2...e6, 2...d6, or 2...d5. 2.d4 d5 3.e5), but with the
bishop from c8 outside the
2. ... d5 pawn chain.
As in any good defence, 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.d5! Ne5 5.Bf4
Black fights for control of Ng6 6.Bg3 is an interesting
the central squares. gambit. (Safer is 3...e6.)
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 8. ... exd4
SHELF LIFE A fork regains the piece.
w________w
áwdk4wdn4]
à0p0wdp0p]
ßwdndwdwd]
Þdwdqdwdw]
Ýwgw0wdPd]
ÜdwHwGwdw] 11. Be2 ?
ÛP)PdNdP)]
This mistake hastens his
Ú$wdQIBdR]
w________w defeat. Kiril’s best chance
Meanwhile. back at the wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw for survival was 11.Ne2,
árdwdkdn4]
game, it is White’s turn. 9. Bd2 moving the knight back to
à0p0wdp0p]
ßwdndwdwd] 7. f3?! where it just came from.
Black has the advantage
Þdwdq0wdw] But White is still in trouble
Kiril unpins his knight on e2 in the endgame following
after 11...Qe4 or 11...Be7!?
Ýwgw)wdbd] but does not develop. He 9.Bxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4
ÜdwHwGwdw] should have “unpun” with 11.Nxd4 Rxd4. 11. . . . Qxg2
ÛP)PdN)P)] 7.Qd2 though Black stands 9. ... dxc3 A crushing capture that was
Ú$wdQIBdR] well after 7...Qa5. Another overlooked by Kiril.
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw cool variation is 7.a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3
8.Nxc3 Qxd4!? 9.Bxd4 Bxd1 12. Rf1 Nd4!
It was about this time that Also bad is 10.Bxc3 Qe4!
10.Bxe5! Nxe5 11.Rxd1 with w________w Knick the Knight jumps right
the flashlight started to go
equality. áwdk4wdn4] in the action. The threat is
dim. Luckily, Frizzy had a
bright idea! She got some 7. ... 0-0-0!? à0p0wdp0p] 13...Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Rxe2+.
ßwdndwdwd] w________w
of the pieces to stand on Knick ignores the threat to áwdkdrdn4]
each other’s shoulders so Þdwdqdwdw]
the bishop, and castles his à0p0wdp0p]
they could reach the lid. It rook onto the d-file. Best
ÝwgwdwdPd]
ÜdwHwdwdw] ßwdwdwdwd]
was too heavy to lift all the was 7...Bxf3! 8.gxf3 Qxf3,
ÛP)PGwdP)] Þdwdwdwdw]
way, but they did manage to forking e3 and h1.
open it a crack to let a little Ú$wdQIBdR] ÝwgwhwdPd]
light in. Kiril was at the top
8. fxg4? wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw ÜdwHwdwdw]
and took a quick peek Kiril gets too greedy. He ÛP)PGBdq)]
10. . . . Re8+ ! Ú$wdQIRdw]
outside. There was no sign should have attacked the
of Bob or Judy. other bishop with 8.a3! Check out the open king! wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
28 Scholar’s Mate 124 Scholar’s Mate 124 29
 13. Rf2 13. . . . Qg1+
Kiril guards e2 again, but 14. Rf1 Nf3# FREEDOM
now Black forces mate. White’s king is nicely boxed
w________w in! “Good game, Knick.”
áwdkdrdn4]
à0p0wdp0p]
ßwdwdwdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
ÝwgwhwdPd]
ÜdwHwdwdw]
ÛP)PGB$q)]
Ú$wdQIwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
BLACK TO MATE IN 2

The days went by slowly, and some of the pawns began And the moral of the story?
to lose hope. Kiril tried to cheer them up, but even he was Beware of babysitters from Helsinki!
worried that the kids might have given up chess forever.
One morning, they heard noises in the room, and yelled
for help. But nobody heard them. Kiril peeked out, and PAST ISSUES OF
saw Bob and Judy sitting at the computer. That was the
saddest moment of all. “Gee, don’t they know chess is SCHOLAR’S MATE
more fun than computer games?” in PDF or DNL format are available at:
Luckily, our tale has a happy ending. On Tuesday night,
the missing parents finally came home. After a quick www.chess-math.org/scholarsmate
goodbye to Miss Hilga, Dad said the magic words ...
Click on “PAST ISSUES”.
“Hey kids, do you want to play
some chess?” Free and fun. What a deal!
So the box came down from
the shelf, and the lid opened.
Biff the B was the first one out.
You can write to Kiril the Pawn at:
The others, all shouting for joy,
were close behind. kiril@chess-math.org
“YIPPEE, we’re free!”
30 Scholar’s Mate 124 Scholar’s Mate 124 31
 w________w
áwdwdwdKd]
TRIPLE àdwdwdwdw]
ßwdwdwGwd]
LOYD Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
ÜdwdwHwdw]
ÛwdwdwdBd]
ÚdwdwdNdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
k Place the black king
on the board so that:
A. Black is in checkmate.
B. Black is in stalemate.
C. White has mate in 1. Halloween Tournament Toronto, October 2013

w________w
Chess áwdwdwdNd]
àdBdwdkdw]
maze ßwdwdwdwd]
Þgwdwhwdw]
Ýwdwdnhwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛPdwdwdw)]
ÚdwIwdw$w]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
ROOK MAZE IN 13
Only the white rook moves. Capture the black king
in thirteen moves (or less) without taking any pieces
or moving to a square where the rook can be taken.
T.J. the Cheshire Cat. Does your pet play? Black does not get a turn. solution page 45

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 ONTARIO TOP TEN QUEBEC TOP TEN
GRADE 1 GRADE 7 GRADE 1 / KINDERGARTEN * GRADE 7
1 JACKES Cole 925 1 ZHAO Yue Tong 1897 1 CHANG Alexander 1031 1 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1911
2 ATANASOV Anthony 887 2 CAI Jason 1726 2 OMICHI Kevin 882 2 FAN Run Kun 1848
3 ETTIBARYAN Hovanes 673 3 YIE Kevin 1708 3 HUARD Matheo 815 3 ZHANG Hou Han 1600
4 ZHANG Luke 636 4 LIANG Hairan 1639 4 TAO Neilson 724 4 LU Daisy 1517
5 KUMAR Shreyas 618 5 ZHANG Zhehai 1591 5 PU Victor 658 5 LU Jasmine 1438
6 MAK Joshua 611 6 HUANG Immanuel 1535 6 BASSALETTI Julien 656 6 LUO Muhan 1423
7 CHAN Anson 600 7 IANSAVITCHOUS James 1493 7 POULIN Emile 654 7 TURGEON Yoakim 1371
8 QIN Vincent 545 8 XUE Andrew 1491 8 LI Ze Yue 600 8 GAO Catherine 1307
9 GAO Tianwen 542 9 SEKAR Varun 1481 9 LAMONTAGNE Christophe * 598 9 YIP Mattew 1289
10 LU Jeff 490 10 PARAPARAN Varshini 1462 10 ZHONG Kevin 569 10 WU Zhao Ran 1272
GRADE 2 GRADE 8 GRADE 2 GRADE 8
1 CHEN Max 1148 1 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2310 1 GUIPI BOPALA Prince 1212 1 SAHA Ananda 1820
2 GHAZARIAN Tigran 1057 2 WAN Kevin 2227 2 ZHENG Richard Q. 1161 2 YANG Eddie 1770
3 CHEN Derek 1017 3 BALENDRA Harigaran 2093 3 LIU Kevin 1077 3 ZHANG Evan 1651
4 LI Dylan 960 4 CHEN Richard 2086 4 SUN Justin 931 4 JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN Matthieu 1595
5 NAYAK Anuj 928 5 XU Jeffrey 2038 5 LI Zhong Xuan 924 5 SAINE Zachary 1529
6 ROBERT KENNEDY Haris 897 6 SHEN Chris 2008 6 MARLEAU Jonathan 753 6 SUN Benjamin 1522
7 KOTHAPALLI Rohith 881 7 ZOTKIN Daniel 1988 7 ZHANG Chuhang 744 7 ST-CYR Xavier 1491
8 SHAPIRO Idan 826 8 SHAMRONI Dennis 1832 8 ZHANG Chen Rui 720 8 AUDET Olivier 1399
9 VERMAN Paul 811 9 ZHAO Harry 1751 9 LIANG Simon 693 9 FENG Ruo Pan 1359
10 ZHANG Henry 773 10 NGUYEN Duy Thien An 1682 10 LI Oliver 662 10 YIP William 1353
GRADE 3 GRADE 9 GRADE 3 GRADE 9
1 ISSANI Nameer 1566 1 ZHOU Qiyu 2242 1 KULESHOVA Julia 1276 1 SHI Linda 1756
2 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan 1405 2 BELLISSIMO Joseph 2209 2 OMICHI Haruaki 1128 2 LI Yilin 1747
3 NOORALI Aahil 1398 3 ZHONG Joey 2042 3 ZHONG Ziyi 1019 3 WANG Kelly 1724
4 RUSONIK Max 1321 4 WANG Eric 2042 4 HOWALD Connor 982 4 LUO Alan 1648
5 GILANI Mysha 1242 5 LEI Sean 1936 5 LEVESQUE Bastien 928 5 GAO Christine 1526
6 SHEN Isamel 1192 6 YU Wenlu 1790 6 HE Yu Xi 911 6 VAILLANT Charles-Etienne 1382
7 RADIN Andrew 1173 7 PENG Janet 1605 7 DIMITROV Philippe 909 7 LUO Wei Han 1368
8 SYDYKHANOV Arman 1113 8 ZHANG Jeff 1598 8 XU Yihan 901 8 XIONG Yiwei 1343
9 KANG Dorian 1073 9 AGHAMALIAN Derick 1597 9 CHEN Jacques 896 9 HE Haley 1341
10 XU Yaorui 1069 10 SONG Eric 1510 10 CAI Tony 890 10 LI Frank 1288
GRADE 4 GRADE 10 GRADE 4 GRADE 10
1 ZHU Harmony 1638 1 PREOTU Razvan 2579 1 HUANG Qiuyu 1691 1 YU Zong Yang 2420
2 ZHAO Jonathan 1558 2 SONG Michael 2441 2 BERCUVITZ Tani 1162 2 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2416
3 ENGLAND Max 1557 3 LI Yinshi 2136 3 YU Daniel 1157 3 ZHU HongRui 2097
4 WU Nicholas 1411 4 KUTTNER Simon 1900 4 LI Johnson 1125 4 CHANG Michael 1853
5 CHEN Hao 1313 5 MICHELASHVILI Aleksandre 1880 5 RASMUSSEN Nicolas 1119 5 LIU Yu Qing 1846
6 TANG Matthew 1252 6 YE Hanyuan 1865 6 WANG Isabelle 1112 6 POIRIER Alexis 1526
7 MO Aidan 1215 7 TERRY Joshua 1791 7 TANAKA Tyler 1106 7 NIKULICH Andrey 1363
8 GAN David 1191 8 TAO Rachel 1630 8 LIU Owen 1064 8 LI George 1316
9 KULIC Mateo 1175 9 LI Michael 1622 9 MOCANU Alexander 1044 9 LIM Victor 1292
10 YUAN Daniel 1162 10 SIRKOVICH Daniel 1598 10 LAROCHE Hugo 1010 10 GAO Ying Chen 1287
GRADE 5 G R A D E 11 GRADE 5 G R A D E 11
1 VETTESE Nicholas 1648 1 PLOTKIN Mark 2409 1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 1779 1 JOHNSON Nicholas 1874
2 LIN Benjamin 1618 2 LIN Tony 2229 2 ZHONG Wenxuan 1747 2 YUN Chang 1870
3 AKOPHYAN Nick 1571 3 SONG Terry 2213 3 LIU Lambert 1543 3 FARAJI Jafar 1803
4 WASHIMKAR Arhant 1503 4 ADRIAANSE Adam 2202 4 DURETTE Francis 1491 4 MANAILOIU Dragos 1698
5 YANG Fan 1462 5 NASIR Zehn 2127 5 LIU Robert 1406 5 GU Sheng-Ming 1614
6 LI Alan 1461 6 PENG Jackie 2090 6 YU Xi Ming 1347 6 NAZARIAN Ara 1433
7 MIRABELLI Aidan 1452 7 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan 2012 7 XIE Dazhuo 1227 7 SAMIKOV Chingis 1431
8 ZHENG Ethan 1365 8 ZHANG Kevin Z. 1863 8 DEMERS Alexis 1200 8 HARRIS Gabriel 1385
9 TAN Kylie 1348 9 SAMETOVA Zhanna 1838 9 SHI Leo 1175 9 JALALI Salar 1318
10 LAWRENCE Livinson 1274 10 LI Robert 1670 10 ZUO Dustin 1113 10 TURCOTTE VAN DE RYDT C. 1249
GRADE 6 GRADE 12 GRADE 6 GRADE 12
1 NORITSYN Sergey 2149 1 KNOX Christopher 2427 1 LAI William 1564 1 LUO Zhao Yang 2096
2 MING Wenyang 1986 2 SEMIANIUK Konstantin 2272 2 TINICA Gabriel 1523 2 LEPINE Cedric 2024
3 HUA Eugene 1858 3 FU James 2241 3 GUAN Ziyu 1457 3 ALCANTARA Maximo 1604
4 GUO Thomas 1759 4 KALRA Agastya 2161 4 TSYPIN Allison 1426 4 PAQUETTE Alexandre 1505
5 TALUKDAR Rohan 1754 5 SUN Mike 1938 5 ZHAO William 1302 5 SHI Yang Tian Jiao 1440
6 LIU Daniel 1656 6 GIBLON Rebecca 1903 6 LIU Julia 1253 6 LIU Mu Dong 1426
7 SURYA Benito 1644 7 BOHAN BAO Tony 1900 7 SEGUIN Eliott 1166 7 XIANG Qun Tian 1403
8 SIVAPATHASUNDARAM Manojh 1523 8 QIAN Owen 1810 8 CAUCHY-VAILLANCOURT Marek 1152 8 LORANGER Erika 1401
9 DEMCHENKO Svitlana 1449 9 POSARATNANATHAN Juliaan 1683 9 LI Jason 1145 9 VOLKOV Vladislav 1387
10 LANDA Tamir 1448 10 JEYAPRAGASAN Kuha 1659 10 LI Tony 1140 10 SMIRNOV Arteme-Iouri 1304
ROOKIE ROLL top K-6 HONOUR ROLL ROOKIE ROLL top K-6 HONOUR ROLL
1 NORITSYN Sergey 2149 1 PREOTU Razvan 2579 1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 1779 1 YU Zong Yang 2420
2 MING Wenyang 1986 2 SONG Michael 2441 2 ZHONG Wenxuan 1747 2 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2416
3 HUA Eugene 1858 3 KNOX Christopher 2427 3 HUANG Qiuyu 1691 3 ZHU HongRui 2097
4 GUO Thomas 1759 4 PLOTKIN Mark 2409 4 LAI William 1564 4 LUO Zhao Yang 2096
5 TALUKDAR Rohan 1754 5 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2310 5 LIU Lambert 1543 5 LEPINE Cedric 2024
6 LIU Daniel 1656 6 SEMIANIUK Konstantin 2272 6 TINICA Gabriel 1523 6 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1911
7 VETTESE Nicholas 1648 7 ZHOU Qiyu 2242 7 DURETTE Francis 1491 7 JOHNSON Nicholas 1874
8 SURYA Benito 1644 8 FU James 2241 8 GUAN Ziyu 1457 8 YUN Chang 1870
9 ZHU Harmony 1638 9 LIN Tony 2229 9 TSYPIN Allison 1426 9 CHANG Michael 1853
10 LIN Benjamin 1618 10 WAN Kevin 2227 10 LIU Robert 1406 10 FAN Run Kun 1848

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 ATLANTIC TOP TEN WESTERN TOP TEN
GRADE 1 / KINDERGARTEN * GRADE 7 GRADE 1 / KINDERGARTEN * GRADE 7
1 KOMIAK Jacob 542 NL 1 JIA Jacky 1313 PE 1 OFFENGENDEN Ron 1202 AB 1 DOKNJAS Joshua 2215 BC
2 MCINTYRE Malcolm 494 PE 2 HUANG Xingbo 1303 NL 2 WANG Daniel 1099 BC 2 YAO David 1877 AB
3 DAIGLE Alex 478 NB 3 KUNDU Arjun 1008 PE 3 CHEN Freddy 962 BC 3 SU Michael 1874 BC
4 LEBLANC Zachary * 430 NB 4 MITTAL Ridhi 991 NL 4 HANNAH-LEE Toro 936 BC 4 MA Derek 1607 MB
5 YANG Julia 424 NL 5 KERR Ian 982 PE 5 CHEN Jason 828 BC 5 YU Rinna 1562 BC
6 HAMILTON Owen 398 NB 6 WEILAND Robin 977 NB 6 TANG Jacky 641 BC 6 TOLENTINO Patrick 1527 AB
7 SONNIER William 398 NB 7 JIANG Harvey 963 NL 7 RILEY Austin * 605 BC 7 LEONG Ryan 1498 BC
8 ARSENAULT Olivier 360 NB 8 GOSSE Daniel 910 NL 8 LI Evan 558 AB 8 DENG Yi 1456 BC
9 BOUDREAU Dylan 338 NB 9 MANNHOLLAND Noah 900 PE 9 KHUBLARYAN Suren * 540 AB 9 TRAN Colin 1439 AB
10 BERNARD Nicolas 337 NB 10 KIRKLAND George 883 NL 10 SASATA Natasha 493 SK 10 MADOKORO Aidan 1439 BC
GRADE 2 GRADE 8 GRADE 2 GRADE 8
1 MCINTYRE Duncan 777 PE 1 DORRANCE Lucas 1516 NS 1 XU Andrew 1157 BC 1 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2081 BC
2 PAN Thomas 670 NL 2 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1449 NL 2 QIAN Jason 932 BC 2 SHRESTHA Prayus 1572 AB
3 DICKIE Luke 605 PE 3 PICKARD Ryan 1284 NL 3 SHARMA Vishruth 924 AB 3 MCCULLOUGH Ian 1534 AB
4 CHEN Frank 500 NL 4 CHISLETT Benjamin 1272 NL 4 ZHANG Dustin 878 AB 4 TOLENTINO Andre 1493 AB
5 RICHARD Tristan 474 NB 5 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep 1141 PE 5 ZHU Max 786 BC 5 HAN Lionel 1485 BC
6 PELLETIER Marek 458 NB 6 PETERS Brian 1125 NS 6 ZHANG Bruce 773 BC 6 JAYAWEERA Lahiru 1467 BC
7 LEGER McKenna 456 NB 7 TRAN Quoc 1106 NS 7 FAN Eric 691 BC 7 WU Chenxi 1462 AB
8 RICHARD Luc 454 NB 8 LOCKE Miles 1086 NL 8 CAO Kevin 681 BC 8 BREWSTER Paula 1438 BC
9 STEEVES Ina 438 NB 9 NOLAN Justin 1071 NL 9 NG Gavin 667 BC 9 GENG Matthew 1429 BC
10 DUNBAR Jasmine 432 PE 10 COADY Nicholas 1041 NL 10 LORTIE Sofia 661 SK 10 LIU Danny 1415 BC
GRADE 3 GRADE 9 GRADE 3 GRADE 9
1 MACEACHERN Seamus 985 PE 1 SONG Sam 2068 NB 1 ZHOU Aiden 1496 BC 1 CAO Jason 2373 BC
2 FRANCOEUR Vincent 812 NB 2 MCKEOWN Gary 1367 NL 2 GU Chuyang 1339 BC 2 KASSAM Jamil 1854 AB
3 CASTONGUAY Ethan 775 NB 3 ROBICHAUD Alexandre 1294 NB 3 JIANG David 1310 BC 3 NIE Mark 1715 AB
4 BROWN Alexander 760 NS 4 HE Kate 1152 NS 4 WU Lucian 1268 BC 4 ZITA Matthew 1702 AB
5 LEBLANC Alex 708 NB 5 MACDONALD Brandon 1122 NS 5 LIU Kevin 1145 BC 5 SHAO Nathan 1659 BC
6 CHRISTIANSEN Asher 690 NS 6 RONAHAN-WOOD Jack 1079 PE 6 CHEN Noah 1109 BC 6 TAPP Ashley 1633 BC
7 LOCKE Sebastian 689 NL 7 WHITT Sheldon 993 NL 7 WANG Paul 1027 AB 7 YU Robin 1626 BC
8 LI Sarah-Grace 669 NL 8 NORMAN Bradley 964 PE 8 CHEN Bobby 1014 BC 8 KNOX Nathaniel 1596 BC
9 ARSENEAU Anderson 646 PE 9 WALSH Andrew 960 NL 9 YAN Oliver 975 BC 9 MULIAWAN Lukas 1576 AB
10 BHATT Tanish 643 NL 10 METHOT Jacob 950 NB 10 IMOO Joshua 974 BC 10 LEE Jonah 1524 BC
GRADE 4 GRADE 10 GRADE 4 GRADE 10
1 RUSSELL Mark 1119 NL 1 DAWSON Andrew 1367 NL 1 LOW Kevin 1734 BC 1 SHI Diwen 2279 AB
2 KAPRA Jerjis 971 NS 2 ANDERSEN Paul 1311 NL 2 HUANG Patrick 1675 BC 2 DOKNJAS John 2234 BC
3 LEBLANC Alexandre 935 NB 3 SCHRADER Nathaniel 1281 NB 3 DOKNJAS Neil 1598 BC 3 AWATRAMANI Janak 2227 BC
4 DORMODY Peter 897 NL 4 OLDFORD Noah 1253 NL 4 JAMES Rowan 1549 BC 4 KONG Dezhong 1980 BC
5 LOTY Ezekiel 717 NS 5 SNELGROVE Stephen 1209 NL 5 SUPERCEANU Andi 1460 AB 5 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1857 BC
6 LANTZ Ronan 668 PE 6 GREGORY Liam 1114 NL 6 LAU Julian 1360 AB 6 HOFFNER Noah 1806 AB
7 DENNY Annie-Rose 652 NL 7 MAKAROV Joshua 1080 NB 7 BUTCHART Kevin 1255 BC 7 STANISLUS Allan 1742 AB
8 HIGGINS Harris 629 NB 8 JACKMAN Luke 1050 NL 8 CHUNG Leo 1240 BC 8 LEE Nicholas 1683 AB
9 MORRIS Finn 614 PE 9 ONG Ivanseth 1048 NS 9 ZHANG Aidan 1224 BC 9 RAHEMTULLA Adam 1482 BC
10 MCCREA Han 602 NB 10 HUNT Thomas 1032 NB 10 ZHANG Andy 1183 BC 10 HESSE Austin 1476 AB
GRADE 5 G R A D E 11 GRADE 5 G R A D E 11
1 CHEN Norman 1107 NL 1 DORRANCE Adam 2252 NS 1 ZHAO Ian 1519 AB 1 HERDIN Mathew 2200 BC
2 WALSH Ian 1047 NL 2 FENG Bob 1765 NB 2 MAH Sean 1511 AB 2 HUI Jeremy 1968 BC
3 KUNDU Arnab 1013 PE 3 WANG Lee 1277 NS 3 QU Leo 1435 BC 3 SWIFT Ryne 1813 MB
4 BROWN Callum 996 NS 4 MCKEOWN Brody 1178 NL 4 ZHENG Victor 1355 BC 4 CUI Karl 1762 BC
5 NORMAN Alex 922 NL 5 WILKS Darius 1100 NS 5 GUO Jim 1350 BC 5 MCCULLOUGH David 1702 AB
6 BLANCHETTE Luc 917 NB 6 LUDOVICE Diego 1070 NS 6 DU Daniel 1319 BC 6 SITU Dennis 1687 AB
7 DOUCETTE Luc 899 PE 7 KARFOUL Al Mothanna 1007 PE 7 WAN Justin 1286 BC 7 ZHAO Chenxi 1577 AB
8 HEFFERTON Harrison 812 NL 8 HOLLAND Kevin 995 NS 8 ZHANG Daniel 1269 AB 8 PAVLIC Stephen 1562 AB
9 BAILEY Isaac 731 NL 9 CAISSIE Sebastien 994 NB 9 CHEN Jerry 1218 BC 9 DOBRZANSKI Joseph 1471 BC
10 GALLANT Julien 729 PE 10 LEE Wonchan 990 NB 10 YANG Angelina 1211 BC 10 BARTHA Jimmy 1385 SK
GRADE 6 GRADE 12 GRADE 6 GRADE 12
1 RUSSELL Brett 1269 NL 1 PETERS Jeremy 1800 NS 1 GROSSMANN Lenard 1908 AB 1 WANG Richard 2484 AB
2 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 1170 PE 2 QIU Christopher 1601 NL 2 WANG Kaixin 1776 AB 2 LI Kevin 2326 MB
3 CUI Cynthia 1116 NB 3 ROBICHAUD Nicolas 1564 NB 3 PULFER Luke 1765 BC 3 LO Ryan 2180 BC
4 DORNIEDEN Jonas 947 NS 4 ZHANG MaoMao 1422 NL 4 RICHARDSON Kai 1729 BC 4 WU Ray 2042 BC
5 QIU Nicholas 882 NL 5 WANG Jeffrey 1375 NS 5 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha 1548 AB 5 WANG YueKai 1973 AB
6 KOSHI Benjamin 874 NS 6 CROWELL Iain 1243 PE 6 LIN Kaining 1495 AB 6 LAI Jingzhou 1952 BC
7 LOTY Eric 860 NS 7 DARCY Matt 1192 NS 7 LOW Ethan 1494 BC 7 PERICO Jenry 1864 AB
8 CAMPEANU Cezar 852 PE 8 HINK Ian 1163 PE 8 LEHINGRAT Callum 1494 BC 8 PANG Michael 1836 MB
9 BLAISDELL Hunter 844 PE 9 BERNIER Thomas 1142 NB 9 CHUNG Alec 1492 BC 9 LUDWIG Michael 1825 AB
10 MACDONALD Cameron 811 PE 10 CHURCHILL Shea 1119 NL 10 RENY Alex 1445 BC 10 SABARATNAM Alex 1762 BC
ROOKIE ROLL top K-6 HONOUR ROLL ROOKIE ROLL top K-6 HONOUR ROLL
1 RUSSELL Brett 1269 NL 1 DORRANCE Adam 2252 NS 1 GROSSMANN Lenard 1908 AB 1 WANG Richard 2484 AB
2 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 1170 PE 2 SONG Sam 2068 NB 2 WANG Kaixin 1776 AB 2 CAO Jason 2373 BC
3 CUI Cynthia 1116 NB 3 PETERS Jeremy 1800 NS 3 PULFER Luke 1765 BC 3 LI Kevin 2326 MB
4 DORNIEDEN Jonas 947 NS 4 FENG Bob 1765 NB 4 LOW Kevin 1734 BC 4 SHI Diwen 2279 AB
5 QIU Nicholas 882 NL 5 QIU Christopher 1601 NL 5 RICHARDSON Kai 1729 BC 5 DOKNJAS John 2234 BC
6 KOSHI Benjamin 874 NS 6 ROBICHAUD Nicolas 1564 NB 6 HUANG Patrick 1675 BC 6 AWATRAMANI Janak 2227 BC
7 LOTY Eric 860 NS 7 DORRANCE Lucas 1516 NS 7 DOKNJAS Neil 1598 BC 7 DOKNJAS Joshua 2215 BC
8 CAMPEANU Cezar 852 PE 8 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1449 NL 8 JAMES Rowan 1549 BC 8 HERDIN Mathew 2200 BC
9 BLAISDELL Hunter 844 PE 9 ZHANG MaoMao 1422 NL 9 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha 1548 AB 9 LO Ryan 2180 BC
10 MACDONALD Cameron 811 PE 10 WANG Jeffrey 1375 NS 10 ZHAO Ian 1519 AB 10 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2081 BC

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 R AT I N G S Frizoon LePawn presents

Scholastic ratings for all players who have taken part

in a CMA tournament during the last three years can TOP
GIRLS
be found on the Chess’n Math Association webpage:
w w w. c h e s s - m a t h . o r g
Click the “ratings” tab on the homepage, which will CANADA
take you to the ratings page:
GRADE 1 GRADE 7
w w w. c h e s s ta l k . c o m / e l o / p u b 1
2
WANG Jessica
GAO Tianwen
562
542
QC
ON
1
2
OUELLET Maili-Jade
YU Rinna
1911
1562
QC
BC
3 SASATA Natasha 493 SK 3 LU Daisy 1517 QC
Once on the ratings page, with Kiril and the map of 4 YU Victoria 483 ON 4 PARAPARAN Varshini 1462 ON

Canada, you can search ratings by name, province, 5 GUAY Romane

GRADE 2
432 QC 5 ZHOU Lily
GRADE 8
1447 ON

age, or grade! You can also see a list of recently 1

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LIN Angela
ASEOCHE Chrisanne
749
688
ON
ON
1
2
ZHU Jiarong
WANG Constance
1548
1542
ON
ON

rated tournaments at the bottom of the page. Click 3

4
LORTIE Sofia
MA Maria
661
553
SK
BC
3
4
LIU Dora
BREWSTER Paula
1527
1438
ON
BC
on the tournament to see a crosstable of the event. 5 LIN Chloe
GRADE 3
524 BC 5 LI Catherine
GRADE 9
1344 ON

1 KULESHOVA Julia 1276 QC 1 ZHOU Qiyu 2242 ON

For information on how to rate your tournaments: 2 GILANI Mysha 1242 ON 2 SHI Linda 1756 QC
3 SHEN Isamel 1192 ON 3 LI Yilin 1747 QC
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5
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1015
972
ON
BC
4
5
WANG Kelly
PENG Janet
1724
1605
QC
ON
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1 ZHU Harmony 1638 ON 1 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1857 BC
2 WANG Isabelle 1112 QC 2 TAO Rachel 1630 ON
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9 KULESHOVA Julia 1276 QC 9 LI Yilin 1747 QC
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 HOW TO READ A CHESS GAME
It's easy. The board has 8 files
* SOLUTIONS *
and 8 ranks. Files are the rows
8 rhb1kgn4
of squares that go up and down. 7 0p0pdp0p MATES TRIPLE LOYD
Each one is named by a small 6 wdwdwdwd 1 1.Nb6# A. Kh3#
letter. Ranks are rows that go
5 dwdw0wdw 2 1.Qd8+ Rxd8 2.Rxd8# B. Kf4=
sideways. Each one is named
by a number. 4 wdwdPdwd 3 1.Nf6+ any 2.Qxh7# C. Ke8 (Bc6#)
Every square also has a name. 3 dwdwdwdw 4 1.Qxh7+ Kxh7 2.Nf6#
The first part is its file and the
2 P)P)w)P) 5 1.Qh8+ Kxh8 2.Bxf7 any 3.Rh3#
second part is its rank. In this (1.Rh3? Kf8!)
diagram, a white pawn moved 1 $NGQIBHR COMBO MOMBO
to e4 and a black pawn to e5.
When moves are written down,
a b c d e f g h TACTICS 101 1 1.Rxc6 bxc6
the first capital letter shows the Here are some special symbols: 1 1.Qg5+ (2.Qxd8+) 2.Qxc6+ Kf8
piece which moves. Q is queen. + check 2 1.Qh5+ (2.Qxe5) 3.Qxa8+
B is bishop. R is rook. N is used
for knight because the king is K.
# checkmate 3 1.Qf3+ (2.Qxa8) 2 1...Nxf2 (forking Q & R)
If there is no capital letter, that e. p. en passant 1.Qb4+ (2.Qxa5) 2.Kxf2 Qe2+
means a pawn moves. O-O castles kingside 4 1.Qb3+ (2.Qxg8) 3.Kg1 Qxd3
Next is the square that the O-O-O castles queenside 1.Qe5+ (2.Qxa5)
piece moves to. Bc4 says that a 1-0 white wins
bishop moves to the square c4. 1.Qe6 (2.Qxg8 or 2.Qxh3)
0-1 black wins
When a piece is captured, an x
½-½ draw LILY'S PUZZLER CHESS MAZE
is put before the square. Qxf7
! excellent move
means a queen takes on f7. A. 1...Rf6 2.Rd8# Rg1-d1-d4-a4-a3-b3-b2
If a pawn captures, the letter ? mistake
of the file it starts on is given !? cool move B. 1...Nb8 2.Be6# -c2-c8-a8-a6-h6-h7xf7
first, then an x followed by the ?! weird (weak) move
square it takes on. exd5 says a
pawn on the e-file captures on The game below is written in
the square d5. algebraic notation. Kiril was
When two pieces of the same new to chess and fell into an
kind can go to the same spot, old trap called Scholar’s Mate !
another letter is put after the
ROCKY KIRIL
piece to show what file it came
from. Rae1 tells us that a rook 1. e4 e5
on the a-file moves to e1. 2. Qh5 d6
If the pieces that can move to 3. Bc4 Nf6 ?
the same spot are on the same 4. Qxf7 #
file, then their rank number is
added. N6e4 means the knight Oh no! Kiril got mated in just
on the 6th rank moves to e4. four moves. That was no fun!

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