CANADA'S CHESS MAGAZINE FOR KIDS

DECEMBER 2013 number 120

THE RABBIT AND THE TURTLE

WORLD CHAMPION MAGNUS CARLSEN

D O N ’ T G E T S T U C K I N Z U G Z WA N G
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Congratulations to new World Chess Champion
MAGNUS CARLSEN. The 22 year old grandmaster
from Norway won the title last month in a match
against Viswanathan Anand of India. See page 28
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Kiril
Here’s the mag,

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 SCHO L A R ’S M ATE S C H O L A R ' S M AT E
3423 St. Denis #400 DECEMBER 2013 # 1 2 0
Montreal, Quebec H2X 3L2

EDIT OR
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Jeff Coakley
Antoine Duff
CONTENTS
Scholar's Mate is published five times per year by the ZUGZWANG 8
Chess’n Math Association. Dates of issue : October 15, Kiril’s Klass
December 15, February 15, April 15, June 15 Stuck With The Move
Reproduction by any means, mechanical or electronic, is
forbidden except by permission of Scholar's Mate. WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 28
December 2013 (date of issue) Canada And World News
Magnus Carlsen Wins Title

THE RABBIT AND THE TURTLE 36

Hi, friends! Ki ri l's Korner
Scholar’s Mate is now an e-magazine! Anyone can A Contrast Of Styles
read it for free on the internet, so there are no more
subscriptions. But you will need a free program called You Are Here! 5 Mate in 2 25
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How To Read Chess 6 Mate in 3 26
you can download a PDF version of the magazine.
Chess Challenge 7 Lily’s Puzzler 27
w w w. c h e s s - m a t h . o r g Mort and Marley 13 News 28
If you have any questions Holiday Camps 14 CCC History 32
about the magazine, Master Profile 15 Chess-o-Word 33
please contact us at:
Canada Top Ten 16 Kiril’s Kontest 34
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Tactics 101 17 Kiril’s Address 46
Regional Top 10’s 18 Who’s The Goof? 47
See you Top Girls 22 Tournaments 48
on-line! Combo Mombo 23 Ratings 50
Mate in 1 24 Solutions 51

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 HOW TO READ A CHESS GAME CANADIAN
It's easy. The board has 8 files
and 8 ranks. Files are the rows
8 rhb1kgn4 CHESS
0p0pdp0p
of squares that go up and down.
Each one is named by a small
7

6 wdwdwdwd CHALLENGE
letter. Ranks are rows that go
sideways. Each one is named
5 dwdw0wdw
by a number. 4 wdwdPdwd 2014 National Scholastic Championship
Every square also has a name. dwdwdwdw
3 The Chess'n Math Association, Canada’s national
The first part is its file and the
second part is its rank. In this
2 P)P)w)P) scholastic chess organization, is proud to announce
diagram, a white pawn moved 1 $NGQIBHR the 26th annual Canadian Chess Challenge. We hope
to e4 and a black pawn to e5.
a b c d e f g h
that you and your friends can take part this year.
When moves are written down, The competition is played in three stages: regional,
the first capital letter shows the Here are some special symbols:
provincial, and national. The finals will take place on
piece which moves. Q is queen. + check
B is bishop. R is rook. N is used Victoria Day weekend in Winnipeg.
# checkmate For information on how to enter the Canadian Chess
for knight because the king is K.
If there is no capital letter, that e. p. en passant Challenge, contact your provincial coordinator.
means a pawn moves. O-O castles kingside
Next is the square that the O-O-O castles queenside
piece moves to. Bc4 says that a 1-0 white wins A l b e r ta PROVINCIAL Nova Scotia
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square it takes on. exd5 says a
pawn on the e-file captures on The game below is written in Manitoba Prince Edward Is.
the square d5. algebraic notation. Kiril was Jeremie Piche Stacey Kerr
When two pieces of the same new to chess and fell into an (204) 237-1497 (902) 628-7576
kind can go to the same spot, old trap called Scholar’s Mate !
another letter is put after the
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ROCKY KIRIL New Brunswick Quebec
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2. Qh5 d6 (506) 206-1410 (514) 845-8352
on the a-file moves to e1. National Office
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the same spot are on the same 4. Qxf7 # N e w f o u n d l a n d Montreal, Quebec Saskatchewan
file, then their rank number is Chris Dawson H2X 3L1 Lauri Lintott
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on the 6th rank moves to e4. four moves. That was no fun!

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 In the second diagram (previous page), we have a
case of mutual zugzwang. Whoever moves loses! One
KIRIL’S
KLASS unlucky king will have to give up his pawn. And the
ZUGZWANG other one will get a new queen.
Diagram #3 shows the two kings fighting to reach that
zugzwang position (#2) with the other side to move. White
to play avoids the mistake 1.Ke6? because Black would
win after 1...Kc5.
This lesson looks at positions The correct move is 1.Kf6! Then if Black plays 1...Kc5,
where you don’t want to move. White replies 2.Ke6, reaching the zugzwang position with
Black to move (and lose).
But Black has a trickier line. They can answer 1.Kf6
The German word for move is 'zug'. (It’s also their with 1...Kb5!? Now White must be careful. 2.Ke6? loses
word for train.) The suffix '-zwang' means stuck. to 2...Kc5. The right move is 2.Ke7!, attacking the black
So if you're “in zugzwang", you are stuck moving. pawn, but staying off the e6 square. That forces Black to
A player cannot “pass a turn” in chess, and this is defend the pawn by 2...Kc5. Then, with the black king on
sometimes a problem. c5, White plays 3.Ke6. Black is in zugzwang.
Usually we’re glad if it is our turn to play. But not One more thing to notice in this diagram is that the
always. There are some positions where every move move 1.Ke4? would cost White their pawn but not the
is a bad move. That's zugzwang. game. After 1...Kc5 2.Ke3! Kxd5 3.Kd3, the position is
In diagram #1, it is Black to play. They would like to just drawn (if White knows their basic endgames).
sit and keep their king on c7, guarding the pawn on d6. w________w
But alas, a move must be made, and the pawn and the áwdwdwdwd]
game are lost after 1...Kc8 2.Kxd6 Kd8 3.Ke6 Ke8 4.d6 àdwdwdwdw]
Kd8 5.d7 Kc7 6.Ke7 Kb7 7.d8=Q. ßwiw0wdwd]
w________w w________w ÞdwdPdKdw]
áwdwdwdwd] áwdwdwdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd]
àdwiwdwdw] àdwdwdwdw] Üdwdwdwdw]
ßwdw0Kdwd] ßwdw0Kdwd] Ûwdwdwdwd]
ÞdwdPdwdw] ÞdwiPdwdw] Údwdwdwdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

Üdwdwdwdw] Üdwdwdwdw]
Ûwdwdwdwd] Ûwdwdwdwd]
Údwdwdwdw] Údwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
 wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw


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 w________w
In example #4, both kings are
áwdwdwdwd] Example #6 is more complicated. Material is even and
stuck defending a pawn on the àdpdpdwdw] the position looks level. However, White to play can win
kingside. ßwdwdwdkd] by forcing a zugzwang situation. w________w
But there are still mobile pawns
Þdwdwdw)p] áwdwdwdwd]
1.Bc8+! àdwdwdwdw]
on the queenside. Whoever runsÝwdwdwdwI]
out of pawn moves first will lose.
Üdwdwdwdw] The “best defence” at this pointßBdwdwhp0]
Ûw)Pdwdwd] is to surrender the knight with Þdwdpdkdw]
1.c4!
the hopeless 1...Nd7 2.Bxd7+. Ýwdw)wdwd]
This is the only move which Údwdwdwdw] After the normal move 1...Kg5, ÜdwdwdK)w]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
allows White to win the tempo  Black gets “zugged”. 2.h4+ Kh5 Ûwdwdwdw)]
battle. After 1...b6 2.b4 d6 3.b5 or 1...d6 2.b4 b6 3.b5, 3.Be6! Údwdwdwdw]
Black has nothing good to play. White could also win by Now, if it were White’s turn, wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

playing 2.b3 on the second move followed by 3.b4. Black would be in good shape.
Other first moves by White lose: But Black has to move and both of their options lose the
1.b4? b5 2.c3 d5 king! 3...g5 4.Bf7# or 3...Ne4 4.Bg4# Ouch!
1.c3? b5 2.b3 d6! 3.c4 b4!
(or 3.b4 d5 ) In diagram #7, we have a late middlegame position with
1.b3? b5 2.c3 d6! 3.c4 b4! several pieces still on the board. Black is up a pawn but
(or 2.c4 bxc4 3.bxc4 d6) their pieces are not active. White’s next move takes away
all of Black’s freedom. w________w
Zugzwang happens mostly in pawn endgames, but it can
áw4bdwiwd]
also occur in endings with other pieces. Position #5 was
àdwdwhwdw]
composed by Henri Rinck in 1917.
ßw0wHpdpd]
Queen and knight vs. queen is usually a draw, but White
ÞdPdw)pdp]
wins here with a clever zugzwang. 1.Kd2! This is a hard
Ýwdwdw)w)]
move to understand until you look at the black options.
ÜdwdwdBIw]
The black king has no moves w________w
Ûwdwdwdwd]
at all. The black queen has no áwdwiqdwd]
Údw$wdwdw]
good check. More importantly, àdQdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

she must keep d7 protected to ßwdwdwdwd] 1.Rc7
stop Qd7#. But the only move ÞdwHwdwdw]
that guards d7 and doesn’t lose Ýwdwdwdwd] If Black could just sit and do nothing, then White has no
the queen is 1...Qe7. That lets ÜdwdKdwdw] easy way to break through. But Black must take a turn,
White mate with 2.Qb8#. and any move they make loses material. 1...Ra8 2.Bxa8
Ûwdwdwdwd] or 1...Bb7 2.Bxb7 or 1...Bd7 2.Rxd7 or 1...Kg7 2.Rxe7+
Other white king moves on the Údwdwdwdw]
first turn allow a check by the  or 1...Nd5 2.Bxd5 exd5 3.Rxc8+ or 1...Ng8 2.Rf7#.
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Zugzwang. You move, you lose!
black queen. (1.Kd4 Qh8+!)
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 Our final position is a famous zugzwang problem called
“Organ Pipes”, composed by Sam Loyd in 1859. It gets
its name from the arrangement of the black rooks and
the
bishops. They are supposed to resemble the pipes above
w________w MORT and MARLEY
a large musical organ.
The key move is 1.Qa5! áwdb4rgwd] show
No mate is threatened, but àdwdwdwdw]
mate on the next turn cannot ßpdwdwdwd]
be stopped! ÞdwdwdwdQ]
Black has fifteen moves to Ýw0wip)pd]
choose from and every single ÜdPdpHw)w] wdb1n4kd
one helps White. ÛwdwIwdwd] dwdwdpdp
Can you find all the mates? Údwdwdwdw] wdwdw)p!
dwdp)w)w
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

wdp)w$wd
solutions below
dw)wdwdw
wdwdwdB)
dwdw1NIw
PAST ISSUES OF
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Click on “PAST ISSUES”. Hello, chess fans. Welcome to the show!
Free and fun. What a deal! Tonight we are proud to present the 2013
“Position of the Year”.
1.Qa5! That’s right, Mort. It’s from the third victory
1. . . Bb7 2.Nf5# 1. . . Re6 2.Nf5# by Magnus Carlsen in his world championship
1. . . Bd7 2.Qd5# 1. . . Re5 2.Qxe5# match against Vishy Anand.
1. . . Be6 2.Qe5# 1. . . Bc5 2.Qa1#
1. . . Bd6 2.Qd5#
Thanks, Marley. Carlsen just played 28...Qe1
1. . . Bf5 2.Nxf5#
1. . . Rd7 2.Nf5# 1. . . Be7 2.Qe5# and Anand resigned because 29.Rh4 Qxh4!
1. . . Rd6 2.Qxb4# 1. . . Bg7 2.Qxb4# 30.Qxh4 leaves him down a rook.
1. . . Rd5 2.Qxd5# 1. . . Bh6 2.Qxb4# Long live King Magnus!
1. . . Re7 2.Qxb4# Bye for now!
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 HOLIDAY ALEXANDER ALEKHINE
(1892 - 1946)
CHESS C AMPS This Russian master won the first USSR Championship
in 1920. A year later he immigrated to France. In 1927 he
TORONTO MONTREAL became the fourth world chess champion by defeating
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TACTICS 101
KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7
1 OFFENGENDEN Ron
2 ATANASOV Anthony
672
659
AB
ON
1 ZHANG Yuan Chen
2 WAN Kevin
2258
2164
ON
ON
FIND THE FORKS
3 CHEN Jason
4 ETTIBARYAN Hovanes
598
588
BC
ON
3 GEDAJLOVIC Max
4 SHEN Chris
2071
2008
BC
ON White to move and win material.
5 LI Ze Yue 533 QC 5 BALENDRA Harigaran 1983 ON
6 CHAN Anson 526 ON 6 XU Jeffrey 1868 ON solutions page 51
7 TAO Neilson 517 QC 7 CHEN Richard 1827 ON
8 MA Dylan 476 QC 8 NGUYEN Duy Thien An 1746 ON
9 SCHAEFFLER Amon 458 ON 9 ZOTKIN Daniel 1731 ON
10 BROWN Seth 441 AB 10 SAHA Ananda 1724 QC
GRADE 1 GRADE 8
1 GUIPI BOPALA Prince
2 ZHENG Richard
1121
960
QC
QC
1 CAO Jason
2 ZHOU Qiyu
2329
2166
BC
ON

w________w 
w________w
3 CHEN Max 923 ON 3 BELLISSIMO Joseph 2073 ON
4 XU Andrew
5 GHAZARIAN Tigran
846
827
BC
ON
4 TAO Jeffrey
5 KASSAM Jamil
1938
1854
ON
AB áwdrdwdkd] áwdrdwdwd]
6 SUN Justin 825 QC 6 SONG Sam 1848 NB
7 LIU Kevin
8 SHAPIRO Idan
781
752
QC
ON
7 ZITA Matthew
8 YU Wenlu
1793
1790
AB
ON
à0bdwdpdw] à0wdwdw0k]
9 QIAN Jason
10 CHEN Derek
GRADE 2
718
701
BC
ON
9 LEI Sean
10 KAISER Jakob
GRADE 9
1742
1732
ON
AB ßw0wdwdw0] ßw0ndwhw0]
1 ISSANI Nameer
2 ZHOU Aiden
1437
1357
ON
BC
1 PREOTU Razvan
2 SONG Michael
2529
2366
ON
ON
ÞdwdNdw0n] ÞdwdQdwdw]
3 NOORALI Aahil
4 WU Lucian
5 JIANG David
1348
1264
1214
ON
BC
BC
3 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
4 YU Zong Yang
5 AWATRAMANI Janak
2347
2247
2227
QC
QC
BC
ÝwdPdqdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd]
6 RADIN Andrew
7 GILANI Mysha
1203
1167
ON
ON
6 SHI Diwen
7 ZHU HongRui
2116
2114
AB
QC ÜGwdw)wdw] Ü)wHwdw1P]
8 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan 1121 ON 8 DOKNJAS John 2107 BC
9 KULESHOVA Julia
10 SHEN Isamel
1079
1072
QC
ON
9 KONG Dezhong
10 MICHELASHVILI Aleksandre
1980
1880
BC
ON
ÛPdw!wdP)] Ûw)PdwdPd]
GRADE 3
1 LOW Kevin
2 ZHU Harmony
1728
1638
BC
ON
GRADE 10
1 VELIKANOV Alexander
2 PLOTKIN Mark
2368
2267
ON
ON
Údw$wdwIw] ÚdwIRdwGw]
3 HUANG Qiuyu
4 ZHAO Jonathan
1604
1445
QC
ON
3 DORRANCE Adam
4 LIN Tony
2242
2229
NS
ON wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
5 ZHANG Aidan 1376 BC 5 PENG Jackie 2205 ON
6 DOKNJAS Neil 1331 BC 6 HERDIN Mathew 2184 BC
7 MO Aidan 1322 ON 7 NASIR Zehn 2134 ON
8 SUPERCEANU Andi 1318 AB 8 SONG Guannan 2061 ON
9 WU Nicholas 1291 ON 9 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan 2002 ON
10 ENGLAND Max 1263 ON 10 HUI Jeremy 1968 BC
GRADE 4 G R A D E 11
1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn
2 AKOPHYAN Nick
1681
1581
QC
ON
1 WANG Richard
2 KNOX Christopher
2471
2374
AB
ON 
w________w 
w________w
3 VETTESE Nicholas 1531 ON 3 SEMIANIUK Konstantin 2272 ON
4 LIN Benjamin
5 ZHONG Wenxuan
6 LIU Robert
1503
1448
1410
ON
QC
QC
4 FU James
5 LI Kevin
6 LO Ryan
2231
2231
2186
ON
MB
BC
árdw1kdw4] áwdwdwdw4]
7 LI Alan
8 ZHENG Ethan
1400
1358
ON
ON
7 KALRA Agastya
8 LUO Zhao Yang
2178
2125
ON
QC
à0bdndp0w] àdpiwdw0w]
9 WASHIMKAR Arhant
10 ZHENG Victor
GRADE 5
1354
1343
ON
BC
9 NYAMDORJ Davaa-Ochir
10 WU Ray
GRADE 12
2072
2070
BC
BC ßw0wdphw0] ßpdwdwdw0]
1 NORITSYN Sergey
2 HUA Eugene
2057
1831
ON
ON
1 QIN Joey
2 SOHAL Tanraj
2454
2346
ON
BC ÞdNdpdwdw] Þdwdwdwdw]
3 GROSSMANN Lenard 1823 AB 3 NIKULICH Oleksandr 2100 QC
4 WANG Kaixin
5 TALUKDAR Rohan
1809
1784
AB
ON
4 GUO Forest
5 FLOREA Alexandru
2051
2039
QC
ON
Ýwdw)wdwd] ÝwdwdPdwh]
6 GUO Thomas
7 RICHARDSON Kai
8 MING Wenyang
1767
1751
1748
ON
BC
ON
6 ZHANG Zhiyuan
7 LEU Richard
8 WU Qi You
2025
2014
1996
ON
ON
ON
ÜdwdBdwGw] ÜgwdwdPdw]
9 PULFER Luke
10 SIVAPATHASUNDARAM Manojh
1662
1601
BC
ON
9 KALAYDINA Regina
10 WASSERMAN Leor
1914
1906
AB
MB ÛP)wdw)P)] ÛPdw!wdwd]
GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL
1 OUELLET Maili-Jade
2 DOKNJAS Joshua
1885
1878
QC
BC
1 PREOTU Razvan
2 WANG Richard
2529
2471
ON
AB
Ú$wdQdRIw] ÚdwdwdRdK]
3 SU Michael
4 ZHAO Yue Tong
5 YAO David
1870
1770
1767
BC
ON
AB
3 QIN Joey
4 KNOX Christopher
5 VELIKANOV Alexander
2454
2374
2368
ON
ON
ON
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
6 FAN Run Kun 1727 QC 6 SONG Michael 2366 ON
7 YIE Kevin
8 ZHANG Hou Han
1625
1607
ON
QC
7 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
8 SOHAL Tanraj
2347
2346
QC
BC
FIND 2 FORKS FIND 4 FORKS
9 CAI Jason 1598 ON 9 CAO Jason 2329 BC
10 ZHANG Zhehai 1592 ON 10 SEMIANIUK Konstantin 2272 ON

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 ONTARIO TOP TEN QUEBEC TOP TEN
KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7
1 ATANASOV Anthony 659 1 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2258 1 LI Ze Yue 533 1 SAHA Ananda 1724
2 ETTIBARYAN Hovanes 588 2 WAN Kevin 2164 2 TAO Neilson 517 2 YANG Eddie 1682
3 CHAN Anson 526 3 SHEN Chris 2008 3 MA Dylan 476 3 ZHANG Evan 1649
4 SCHAEFFLER Amon 458 4 BALENDRA Harigaran 1983 4 POULIN Emile 394 4 JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN Matthieu 1614
5 LEE Nathan 399 5 XU Jeffrey 1868 5 WING Isaac 378 5 SAINE Zachary 1552
6 ZHANG Alex 378 6 CHEN Richard 1827 6 DESLANDES Romain 362 6 SUN Benjamin 1522
7 CLINTON Nicky 378 7 NGUYEN Duy Thien An 1746 7 KOVALSKIY Andrei 336 7 ST-CYR Xavier 1474
8 PARULEKAR Matthew 367 8 ZOTKIN Daniel 1731 8 BLOUIN-LATULIPPE Angelie 288 8 HUANG Junhao 1426
9 GAGARIN Leon 350 9 ZHAO Harry 1721 9 FARRAN Tamer 256 9 YIP William 1353
10 ROUGAS Aris 342 10 SHAMRONI Dennis 1693 10 CHAVES Christopher 1349
GRADE 1 GRADE 8 GRADE 1 GRADE 8
1 CHEN Max 923 1 ZHOU Qiyu 2166 1 GUIPI BOPALA Prince 1121 1 WANG Kelly 1709
2 GHAZARIAN Tigran 827 2 BELLISSIMO Joseph 2073 2 ZHENG Richard 960 2 SHI Linda 1633
3 SHAPIRO Idan 752 3 TAO Jeffrey 1938 3 SUN Justin 825 3 LUO Alan 1569
4 CHEN Derek 701 4 YU Wenlu 1790 4 LIU Kevin 781 4 GAO Christine 1510
5 LI Dylan 671 5 LEI Sean 1742 5 LIANG Simon 682 5 VAILLANT Charles-Etienne 1382
6 KULIC Marco 651 6 ZHONG Joey 1714 6 ZHANG Chen Rui 609 6 LI Yilin 1344
7 LIN Brendan 642 7 WANG Eric 1714 7 LUI Guang Zhu 590 7 HE Haley 1341
8 YEW Jason 594 8 AGHAMALIAN Derick 1598 8 FRADETTE Edouard 534 8 XIONG Yiwei 1319
9 ZHANG Andrew 556 9 PENG Janet 1589 9 SHAO Yi Chen 533 9 LUO Wei Han 1290
10 ZHAO Jeffrey 543 10 SONG Eric 1510 10 CUI Guang Zhu 508 10 SERBAN Diana 1260
GRADE 2 GRADE 9 GRADE 2 GRADE 9
1 ISSANI Nameer 1437 1 PREOTU Razvan 2529 1 KULESHOVA Julia 1079 1 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2347
2 NOORALI Aahil 1348 2 SONG Michael 2366 2 DIMITROV Philippe 852 2 YU Zong Yang 2247
3 RADIN Andrew 1203 3 MICHELASHVILI Aleksandre 1880 3 ZHONG Ziyi 852 3 ZHU HongRui 2114
4 GILANI Mysha 1167 4 LI Yinshi 1776 4 XU Yihan 805 4 CHANG Michael 1793
5 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan 1121 5 TERRY Joshua 1756 5 LE DUIN William 795 5 LIU Yu Qing 1733
6 SHEN Isamel 1072 6 YE Hanyuan 1723 6 CAI Tony 776 6 NIKULICH Andrey 1363
7 ETTIBARYAN Levon 1070 7 KUTTNER Simon 1692 7 RIVAS Cedric 775 7 LI George 1252
8 RUSONIK Max 1061 8 TAO Rachel 1624 8 PEPIN-SAUVE Louis-Francois 774 8 WANG Yin Lai 1250
9 ZHU Max 1048 9 POBERESHNIKOVA Agniya 1601 9 OMICHI Haruaki 773 9 GAO Ying Chen 1249
10 KANG Dorian 969 10 LI Michael 1599 10 KHASHPER Ronen 734 10 MUNSHI Rubayat 1225
GRADE 3 GRADE 10 GRADE 3 GRADE 10
1 ZHU Harmony 1638 1 VELIKANOV Alexander 2368 1 HUANG Qiuyu 1604 1 YUN Chang 1870
2 ZHAO Jonathan 1445 2 PLOTKIN Mark 2267 2 BERCUVITZ Tani 1035 2 JOHNSON Nicholas 1817
3 MO Aidan 1322 3 LIN Tony 2229 3 YANG Patrick 996 3 MANAILOIU Dragos 1698
4 WU Nicholas 1291 4 PENG Jackie 2205 4 KHANIN Nikita 943 4 GU Sheng-Ming 1614
5 ENGLAND Max 1263 5 NASIR Zehn 2134 5 RASMUSSEN Nicolas 921 5 NAZARIAN Ara 1442
6 TANG Matthew 1230 6 SONG Guannan 2061 6 LIU Owen 908 6 SAMIKOV Chingis 1431
7 KULIC Mateo 1124 7 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan 2002 7 ZENG Raymond 900 7 JIANG Nathan 1381
8 GAN David 1074 8 ZHANG Kevin Z. 1863 8 MOCANU Alexander 881 8 HARRIS Gabriel 1338
9 CHEN Hao 1071 9 SAMETOVA Zhanna 1838 9 KORDA Frantisek 862 9 JALALI Salar 1318
10 LI Wing 1070 10 ADRIAANSE Adam 1696 10 GOGA Flavia-Maria 859 10 TURCOTTE VAN DE RYDT C. 1249
GRADE 4 G R A D E 11 GRADE 4 G R A D E 11
1 AKOPHYAN Nick 1581 1 KNOX Christopher 2374 1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 1681 1 LUO Zhao Yang 2125
2 VETTESE Nicholas 1531 2 SEMIANIUK Konstantin 2272 2 ZHONG Wenxuan 1448 2 LEPINE Cedric 1997
3 LIN Benjamin 1503 3 FU James 2231 3 LIU Robert 1410 3 ALCANTARA Maximo 1604
4 LI Alan 1400 4 KALRA Agastya 2178 4 DURETTE Francis 1303 4 PAQUETTE Alexandre 1505
5 ZHENG Ethan 1358 5 SUN Mike 1936 5 DEMCHENKO Svitlana 1249 5 SHI Yang Tian Jiao 1453
6 WASHIMKAR Arhant 1354 6 BOHAN BAO Tony 1900 6 XIE Dazhuo 1200 6 LIU Mu Dong 1426
7 LAWRENCE Livinson 1301 7 QIAN Owen 1810 7 YU Xi Ming 1169 7 XIANG Qun Tian 1403
8 YANG Fan 1289 8 JEYAPRAGASAN Kuhan 1713 8 DEMERS Alexis 1151 8 LORANGER Erika 1401
9 TAN Kylie 1253 9 POSARATNANATHAN Juliaan 1683 9 SHI Leo 1100 9 VOLKOV Vladislav 1387
10 WANG Thomas 1239 10 GIBLON Rebecca 1674 10 LI Xuan Xuan 988 10 SMIRNOV Arteme-Iouri 1304
GRADE 5 GRADE 12 GRADE 5 GRADE 12
1 NORITSYN Sergey 2057 1 QIN Joey 2454 1 LAI William 1564 1 NIKULICH Oleksandr 2100
2 HUA Eugene 1831 2 FLOREA Alexandru 2039 2 GUAN Ziyu 1419 2 GUO Forest 2051
3 TALUKDAR Rohan 1784 3 ZHANG Zhiyuan 2025 3 TINICA Gabriel 1276 3 YAO Houji 1697
4 GUO Thomas 1767 4 LEU Richard 2014 4 TSYPIN Allison 1264 4 WANG Yan 1599
5 MING Wenyang 1748 5 WU Qi You 1996 5 LIU Julia 1253 5 TAN Guang Tong 1534
6 SIVAPATHASUNDARAM Manojh 1601 6 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga 1795 6 SEGUIN Eliott 1222 6 MA Indy 1527
7 LIU Daniel 1573 7 FARRANT-DIAZ Nathan 1782 7 ZHAO William 1196 7 YU Kexin 1499
8 LANDA Tamir 1439 8 CAI Tony 1683 8 TESSIER Leo 1132 8 XU Tian Run 1452
9 SURYA Benito 1436 9 DENBOK Daniel 1657 9 CAUCHY-VAILLANCOURT Marek 1059 9 PLANTE Santiago 1448
10 LIU Sam 1421 10 MYERS Joshua 1626 10 LI Jason 1038 10 ADAMOWICZ Marek 1402
GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL
1 ZHAO Yue Tong 1770 1 PREOTU Razvan 2529 1 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1885 1 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2347
2 YIE Kevin 1625 2 QIN Joey 2454 2 FAN Run Kun 1727 2 YU Zong Yang 2247
3 CAI Jason 1598 3 KNOX Christopher 2374 3 ZHANG Hou Han 1607 3 LUO Zhao Yang 2125
4 ZHANG Zhehai 1592 4 VELIKANOV Alexander 2368 4 LU Daisy 1471 4 ZHU HongRui 2114
5 HUANG Immanuel 1535 5 SONG Michael 2366 5 LUO Muhan 1423 5 NIKULICH Oleksandr 2100
6 IANSAVITCHOUS James 1489 6 SEMIANIUK Konstantin 2272 6 LU Jasmine 1357 6 GUO Forest 2051
7 LIANG Hairan 1482 7 PLOTKIN Mark 2267 7 BECERRA-HERRERA Abel 1294 7 LEPINE Cedric 1997
8 SEKAR Varun 1481 8 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2258 8 GAO Catherine 1289 8 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1885
9 TRUONG Kyle 1456 9 FU James 2231 9 YIP Mattew 1289 9 YUN Chang 1870
10 KANESHALINGAM Mayee 1419 10 LIN Tony 2229 10 TURGEON Yoakim 1269 10 JOHNSON Nicholas 1817

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 ATLANTIC TOP TEN WESTERN TOP TEN
GRADE 1 GRADE 7 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7
1 MCINTYRE Duncan 451 PE 1 DORRANCE Lucas 1480 NS 1 OFFENGENDEN Ron 672 AB 1 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2071 BC
2 CHEN Frank 400 NL 2 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1330 NL 2 CHEN Jason 598 BC 2 MCCULLOUGH Ian 1625 AB
3 PAN Thomas 336 NL 3 PICKARD Ryan 1268 NL 3 BROWN Seth 441 AB 3 HAN Lionel 1485 BC
4 GAUCHI Benjamin 328 NL 4 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep 1158 PE 4 TANG Jacky 420 BC 4 JAYAWEERA Lahiru 1467 BC
5 ARENBURG Kailey 326 NS 5 TRAN Quoc 1095 NS 5 CROOM Tucker 369 BC 5 SHRESTHA Prayus 1429 AB
6 ARMSTRONG Vincent 324 NS 6 NOLAN Justin 1079 NL 6 SHI Harry 366 BC 6 LIU Danny 1419 BC
7 WANG Brian 323 NL 7 TUFTS Sei-Jin 1066 NS 7 ZHANG Alex 338 BC 7 WU Chenxi 1387 AB
8 DICKIE Luke 322 PE 8 CHISLETT Benjamin 1061 NL 8 TOLTON Ben 317 AB 8 SAWANT Digvijay 1377 BC
9 CHANG Dylan 319 NS 9 COADY Nicholas 1014 NL 9 MEREDITH Sage 303 BC 9 TOLENTINO Andre 1370 AB
10 CHOI Jessica 314 NL 10 LOCKE Miles 1009 NL 10 PICHE Zachary 284 MB 10 MAWANI Adam 1362 AB
GRADE 2 GRADE 8 GRADE 1 GRADE 8
1 FRANCOEUR Vincent 812 PE 1 SONG Sam 1848 NB 1 XU Andrew 846 BC 1 CAO Jason 2329 BC
2 CASTONGUAY Ethan 782 PE 2 MCKEOWN Gary 1322 NL 2 QIAN Jason 718 BC 2 KASSAM Jamil 1854 AB
3 CHRISTIANSEN Asher 694 NS 3 ROBICHAUD Alexandre 1294 NB 3 CHAN Oscar 697 BC 3 ZITA Matthew 1793 AB
4 MACEACHERN Seamus 664 PE 4 HE Kate 1130 NS 4 IMOO Joshua 681 BC 4 KAISER Jakob 1732 AB
5 BROWN Alexander 639 NS 5 WALSH Andrew 971 NL 5 TEYMURAZYAN Sasha 525 AB 5 NIE Mark 1715 AB
6 LOCKE Sebastian 622 NL 6 RONAHAN-WOOD Jack 971 PE 6 LIN Chloe 524 BC 6 SHAO Nathan 1659 BC
7 LI Sarah-Grace 553 NL 7 NORMAN Bradley 949 PE 7 ZHANG Dustin 513 AB 7 TAPP Ashley 1633 BC
8 ROBICHAUD Zachery 536 NB 8 WHITT Sheldon 887 NL 8 POLDAS Mishal 489 AB 8 YU Robin 1626 BC
9 LEBLANC Alex 522 NB 9 MACDONALD Brandon 882 NS 9 LORTE Sofia 485 SK 9 KNOX Nathaniel 1596 BC
10 SANCHEZ Austin 488 NB 10 DELANEY Spenser 868 NL 10 SCHEUER Carsten 478 AB 10 MULIAWAN Lukas 1576 AB
GRADE 3 GRADE 9 GRADE 2 GRADE 9
1 XAVIER-LEBLANC Alexandre 914 NB 1 DAWSON Andrew 1321 NL 1 ZHOU Aiden 1357 BC 1 AWATRAMANI Janak 2227 BC
2 RUSSELL Mark 903 NL 2 SCHRADER Nathaniel 1250 NB 2 WU Lucian 1264 BC 2 SHI Diwen 2116 AB
3 DORMODY Peter 803 NL 3 ANDERSEN Paul 1244 NL 3 JIANG David 1214 BC 3 DOKNJAS John 2107 BC
4 KAPRA Jerjis 795 NS 4 SNELGROVE Stephen 1208 NL 4 GU Chuyang 1043 BC 4 KONG Dezhong 1980 BC
5 BOON-PETERSEN Tobin 623 NL 5 OLDFORD Noah 1199 NL 5 LIU Kevin 1005 BC 5 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1779 BC
6 DENNY Annie-Rose 599 NL 6 GREGORY Liam 1105 NL 6 FAN Elaine 995 BC 6 HOFFNER Noah 1769 AB
7 NAKAYASU Shuto 592 NS 7 ONG Ivanseth 1048 NS 7 ZHANG Arthur 922 BC 7 STANISLUS Allan 1742 AB
8 PIERCE Connor 559 PE 8 JACKMAN Luke 1018 NL 8 SILLADOR Gabriel 885 AB 8 LEE Nicholas 1683 AB
9 ROGERS Alexander 532 PE 9 MAKAROV Joshua 991 NB 9 WU Will 883 BC 9 WEI William 1682 AB
10 SAMPSON Isaac 505 NS 10 YE Johnny 973 NS 10 TOLENTINO Khino 824 AB 10 DI BLASI Luciano 1572 AB
GRADE 4 GRADE 10 GRADE 3 GRADE 10
1 CHEN Norman 1077 NL 1 DORRANCE Adam 2242 NS 1 LOW Kevin 1728 BC 1 HERDIN Mathew 2184 BC
2 WALSH Ian 987 NL 2 FENG Bob 1667 NB 2 ZHANG Aidan 1376 BC 2 HUI Jeremy 1968 BC
3 KUNDU Arnab 940 PE 3 MCKEOWN Brody 1154 NL 3 DOKNJAS Neil 1331 BC 3 SWIFT Ryne 1768 MB
4 BROWN Callum 892 NS 4 LUDOVICE Diego 1098 NS 4 SUPERCEANU Andi 1318 AB 4 CUI Karl 1762 BC
5 NORMAN Alex 729 NL 5 WANG Lee 1097 NS 5 LAU Julian 1218 AB 5 MCCULLOUGH David 1701 AB
6 BAILEY Isaac 723 NL 6 WILKS Darius 1065 NS 6 BRADFORD William 1147 AB 6 SITU Dennis 1687 AB
7 MULLEN Parker 708 PE 7 HOLLAND Kevin 995 NS 7 CHUNG Leo 1116 BC 7 DESPRES Sebastien 1629 AB
8 LOCKE Heidi 706 NL 8 CAISSIE Sebastien 994 NB 8 HUANG Patrick 1036 BC 8 ZHAO Chenxi 1615 AB
9 HARRIS Jonathan 690 NL 9 KARFOUL Al Mothanna 992 PE 9 TOLTON Alex 1003 AB 9 YANG Tony 1600 AB
10 DOUCETTE Luc 685 PE 10 GALLANT Cameron 983 NS 10 ZHANG Na Rui 994 BC 10 PAVLIC Stephen 1562 AB
GRADE 5 G R A D E 11 GRADE 4 G R A D E 11
1 RUSSELL Brett 1147 NL 1 QIU Christopher 1588 NL 1 ZHENG Victor 1343 BC 1 WANG Richard 2471 AB
2 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 1114 PE 2 PETERS Jeremy 1579 NS 2 ZHAO Ian 1342 AB 2 LI Kevin 2231 MB
3 DORNIEDEN Jonas 947 NS 3 ROBICHAUD Nicolas 1556 NB 3 MAH Sean 1341 AB 3 LO Ryan 2186 BC
4 QIU Nicholas 894 NL 4 WANG Jeffrey 1391 NS 4 GUO Jim 1270 BC 4 NYAMDORJ Davaa-Ochir 2072 BC
5 KOSHI Benjamin 865 NS 5 ZHANG MaoMao 1341 NL 5 DU Daniel 1268 BC 5 WU Ray 2070 BC
6 LI Kevin 848 NS 6 CROWELL Iain 1310 PE 6 MA Gabriel 1143 BC 6 LAI Jingzhou 1952 BC
7 CUI Cynthia 844 NB 7 CHURCHILL Shea 1122 NL 7 TAM Jesse 1142 BC 7 WANG YueKai 1937 AB
8 MACDONALD Cameron 774 PE 8 DAWSON Laura Jane 1115 NL 8 SASATA Alexander 1132 SK 8 PERICO Jenry 1837 AB
9 LATOUR Simon 761 NB 9 HINK Ian 1087 PE 9 PAN Nicholas 1129 BC 9 PANG Michael 1836 MB
10 ALQADI Mohammad 751 PE 10 DREW Ryan 991 PE 10 KIM Daniel 1104 AB 10 LUDWIG Michael 1785 AB
GRADE 6 GRADE 12 GRADE 5 GRADE 12
1 HUANG Xingbo 1303 NL 1 BENDZSA Matthew 1570 NL 1 GROSSMANN Lenard 1823 AB 1 SOHAL Tanraj 2346 BC
2 JIA Jacky 1071 PE 2 MENG Peter 1400 NB 2 WANG Kaixin 1809 AB 2 KALAYDINA Regina 1914 AB
3 KERR Ian 998 PE 3 GALLANT Dennis 1360 NS 3 RICHARDSON Kai 1751 BC 3 WASSERMAN Leor 1906 MB
4 MITTAL Ridhi 937 NL 4 TSAI Shang-Chen 1271 NS 4 PULFER Luke 1662 BC 4 LI Chang He 1842 BC
5 KUNDU Arjun 931 PE 5 CASTONGUAY-PAGE Yannick 1222 NB 5 LOW Ethan 1533 BC 5 XIAO Alice 1814 BC
6 MANNHOLLAND Noah 900 PE 6 CARSON Cody 1203 NB 6 CHUNG Alec 1512 BC 6 SINGH Krishneel 1715 AB
7 WEILAND Robin 894 NB 7 RAMOS Alexander 1156 NL 7 LIN Kaining 1495 AB 7 CATT Curtis 1661 BC
8 PORTER Michael 881 NL 8 BANGLA Venu 1122 PE 8 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha 1493 AB 8 VIRJI Naveed 1534 AB
9 WOODWORTH Kyle 870 NS 9 ADAMS Kirk 1036 NS 9 RENY Alex 1388 BC 9 REYNOLDSON Nigel 1475 SK
10 CUI Leonardo 831 NB 10 DESY-GILLIES Jean-Simon 974 NB 10 CHEN Philip 1279 BC 10 LI Stanley 1236 AB
ROOKIE ROLL top K-6 HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL
1 HUANG Xingbo 1303 NL 1 DORRANCE Adam 2242 NS 1 DOKNJAS Joshua 1878 BC 1 WANG Richard 2471 AB
2 RUSSELL Brett 1147 NL 2 SONG Sam 1848 NB 2 SU Michael 1870 BC 2 SOHAL Tanraj 2346 BC
3 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 1114 PE 3 FENG Bob 1667 NB 3 YAO David 1767 AB 3 CAO Jason 2329 BC
4 CHEN Norman 1077 NL 4 QIU Christopher 1588 NL 4 YU Rinna 1584 BC 4 LI Kevin 2231 MB
5 JIA Jacky 1071 PE 5 PETERS Jeremy 1579 NS 5 MA Derek 1461 MB 5 AWATRAMANI Janak 2227 BC
6 KERR Ian 998 PE 6 BENDZSA Matthew 1570 NL 6 TRAN Colin 1439 AB 6 LO Ryan 2186 BC
7 WALSH Ian 987 NL 7 ROBICHAUD Nicolas 1556 NB 7 MADOKORO Aidan 1424 BC 7 HERDIN Mathew 2184 BC
8 DORNIEDEN Jonas 947 NS 8 DORRANCE Lucas 1480 NS 8 TOLENTINO Patrick 1402 AB 8 SHI Diwen 2116 AB
9 KUNDU Arnab 940 PE 9 MENG Peter 1400 NB 9 WOLCHOCK Theo 1382 MB 9 DOKNJAS John 2107 BC
10 MITTAL Ridhi 937 NL 10 WANG Jeffrey 1391 NS 10 POLDAS Jonathan 1361 AB 10 NYAMDORJ Davaa-Ochir 2072 BC

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 Frizoon LePawn presents
COMBO Mw________w
O M B O !!
TOP SPOTLIGHT ON DECOYS
áwdk4wdwd]
à0w0wdwdr]
GIRLS ßw0wdw!pd]
ÞdwdwHbdp]
CANADA Ýw1wdwdwd]
Üdwdw$wdP]
GRADE 1
1 LIN Chloe 524 BC
GRADE 7
1 ZHU Jiarong 1558 ON
ÛPdPdR)Pd]
2
3
POLDAS Mishal
LORTE Sofia
489
485
AB
SK
2
3
LIU Dora
WANG Constance
1543
1542
ON
ON
ÚdwIwdwdw]
4
5
MEYNEN Aijha
MA Maria
464
427
AB
BC
4
5
YU Cindy
SAREMI Yekta
1330
1239
QC
BC
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
GRADE 2 GRADE 8
1 GILANI Mysha 1167 ON 1 ZHOU Qiyu 2166 ON A decoy is a sacrifice that forces the opponent to
2 KULESHOVA Julia 1079 QC 2 WANG Kelly 1709 QC
3 SHEN Isamel 1072 ON 3 SHI Linda 1633 QC move a piece to a square which will help us.
4 FAN Elaine 995 BC 4 PENG Janet 1589 ON
5 ATANASOVA Rada 949 ON 5 GAO Christine 1510 QC k Black to play has a mate in 4 moves by deeking
GRADE 3 GRADE 9
1 ZHU Harmony 1638 ON 1 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1779 BC the white king to the right with 1...Rd1+! 2.Kxd1. This
2
3
GUO Hazel
RADIN Claire
1068
947
ON
ON
2
3
TAO Rachel
POBERESHNIKOVA Agniya
1624
1601
ON
ON allows the black queen to invade on the back rank.
4
5
GOGA Flavia-Maria
TIO Kaitlyn
859
794
QC
BC
4
5
LI Kristen
GIBLON Melissa
1444
1372
ON
ON
2...Qb1+ 3.Kd2 Qxc2+ 4.Ke1 Qc1#
GRADE 4
1 TAN Kylie 1253 ON
GRADE 10
1 PENG Jackie 2205 ON
K But if White goes first, they win material with a
2
3
DEMCHENKO Svitlana
ZHAO Cindy
1249
1076
QC
BC
2
3
YUN Chang
SAMETOVA Zhanna
1870
1838
QC
ON
decoy of their own. 1.Qxd8+! Kxd8 sets up the knight
4 CHERTKOW Sasha 1060 ON 4 SEDIGHI Nima 1336 BC fork 2.Nc6+ Kc8 3.Nxb4. White is up a rook.
5 MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi
GRADE 5
1017 ON 5 ROSCA Maria Alexandra
G R A D E 11
1230 QC
w________ww________w
1 HENRY Nadia 1399 ON 1 GIBLON Rebecca 1674 ON
2
3
ZHANG Taylor
ZHANG Jeannie
1362
1271
ON
ON
2
3
LORANGER Erika
HOU Qian Qian
1401
1211
QC
QC
áwdwdwdkd]áwdwdw4kd]
4
5
TSYPIN Allison
LIU Julia
1264
1253
QC
QC
4
5
XIA Linda
DAWSON Laura Jane
1143
1115
ON
NL
à0wdwdw0w]àdp1wdw0p]
GRADE 6
1 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1885 QC
GRADE 12
1 KALAYDINA Regina 1914 AB
ßw0w!wdw0]ßpdwdwdwd]
2
3
YU Rinna
LU Daisy
1584
1471
BC
QC
2
3
XIAO Alice
VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga
1814
1795
BC
ON
Þdw4wdwdw]Þdwdwdwdw]
4
5
KANESHALINGAM Mayee
PARAPARAN Varshini
1419
1409
ON
ON
4
5
WANG Yan
MA Indy
1599
1527
QC
QC
Ýwdwdwdw)]Ýwdw$wdw)]
q P R I N C E S S PA
PA R A D E q CANADIAN QUEENS ÜdPdwdq)b]Üdw)wdwdw]
1
2
OUELLET Maili-Jade
ZHU Harmony
1885
1638
QC
ON
1
2
PENG Jackie
ZHOU Qiyu
2205
2166
ON
ON ÛPGwdw)wd]ÛP)QdK)wd]
3
4
YU Rinna
LU Daisy
1584
1471
BC
QC
3
4
KALAYDINA Regina
OUELLET Maili-Jade
1914
1885
AB
QC Údwdw$wIw]Údwdwdwdw]
5 KANESHALINGAM Mayee 1419 ON 5 YUN Chang 1870 QC
6
7
PARAPARAN Varshini
BIRAROV Nicole
1409
1401
ON
ON
6
7
SAMETOVA Zhanna
XIAO Alice
1838
1814
ON
BC
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈwwÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
8 HENRY Nadia 1399 ON 8 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga 1795 ON  WHITE TO MOVE  BLACK TO MOVE
9 ZHANG Taylor 1362 ON 9 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1779 BC
10 LU Jasmine 1357 QC 10 WANG Kelly 1709 QC Mate in 4 solutions page 51 Win Material

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 MATE IN 1 MATE IN 2
WHITE CHECKMATES BLACK WHITE CHECKMATES BLACK
IN ONE MOVE. IN TWO MOVES.
solutions page 51 solutions page 51


w________w 
w________w 
w________w 
w________w
áwdwdwdkd] áwdr4wdkd] áwdwdwdwd] áwdw4kdw4]
à0w0wdp0w] à0pdwdw0p] àdwdwdwdw] àdp0wgpdp]
ßw4wdwdw0] ßwdwdRdwd] ßwdwdwdwd] ßpdndwdpd]
ÞdwdwdQdw] Þdwhwdpdw] Þdwdw!wdw] Þ1wdNdwdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd] Ýkdwdwdwd] ÝwdwdQdwd]
Üdw1Bdwdw] ÜdBdwdw)w] ÜdwdBdwdw] ÜdwdwdwdP]
ÛbdPdwdP)] ÛPdPdw)K)] Ûwdwdwdwd] ÛP)Pdw)Pd]
ÚdwdwdRIw] ÚdwdwdRdw] ÚdwdwdwIw] Ú$wGwdRIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw


w________w 
w________w 
w________w 
w________w
árdwdkgw4] áwdwdwdwd] áwdw4w4kd] áwdkdrdw4]
à0pdwhw0w] àdwdwdwdw] àdwdw!p0w] à0pdwdpgw]
ßwdpdwdw0] ßw!wdwdwd] ßwdwdwdwd] ßwdpdwdpd]
Þdwdwdwdw] Þdw$wdwdw] Þ0wdwdNdw] Þdw!wdwdq]
Ýwdwdwdwd] ÝwdwiwHw$] Ýw0wdw)wd] Ýw)wdwdwd]
ÜdwdQdNdw] ÜdwdBdwdw] Üdw)wdwdw] Ü)wdBdwGP]
ÛP1Pdw)P)] Ûwdwdwdwd] ÛP)wdw1wd] Ûwdwdw)Pd]
ÚdwdR$wIw] ÚdwIRdwdw] ÚdwIwdwdR] ÚdwdRdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

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 MATE IN 3 LIL Y ' S P U Z Z L E R
WHITE CHECKMATES BLACK
w________w
IN THREE MOVES.
Hi boys and girls! áwdwdwdwd]
solutions page 51
This puzzle uses just àdwdwdwdw]
the sixteen white pieces. ßwdwdwdwd]

w________w  In the starting position, Þdwdwdwdw]
w________w Ýwdwdwdwd]
áwdwdkdwd] áwdrdw4kd] White has 20 possible
moves (4 by knights and Üdwdwdwdw]
àdwdwdwdw] à0b1wdp0w] ÛP)P)P)P)]
16 by pawns). Your goal
ßwdwdwdwd] ßw0wdwdw0] Ú$NGQIBHR]
is to make that number
ÞdwdwIwdw] Þhwdwdwdw] larger. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
Ýwdwdwdwd] ÝwdwdNdwd] Make one move so that
Üdwdwdwdw] MOVE MAXIMIZER
Ü)wdQdPdw] White will have the most White has 20 possible
Ûwdwdwdwd] ÛB)PdwdPd] possible moves on the moves in this diagram.
Ú$wdwdwdw] ÚdwIRdwdR] next turn. A. Play one turn so there are
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Then do the same thing the most possible moves
in the resulting position.
for two, three, four, five,
B. Play two turns to maximize
six, and seven moves. the possible moves.
Begin each time from C. Play three turns ...

w________w 
w________w the starting position. D. Play four turns ...
árdwdwdkd] áwdw4w4kd] Good luck. E. Play five turns ...
à0wdQdw0p] à0pdwdp0]] F. Play six turns ...
solutions page 46 G. Play seven turns ...
ßw0wdwdwd] ßw1n!wdpd]
Þdwdw1wdw] ÞdwdwdwHw]
Ýwdwdwdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd]
Ü)wdwdwdP] ÜdwdwdPdw]
ÛwdrdwdPd] ÛP)PdwdPd]
ÚdwdRdRIw] ÚdwIRdwdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

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 CANADA AND WORLD NEWS
WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 QUEBEC TEAMS
Magnus Carlsen is the new world chess champion. The 22 year There were 434 players at the
old Norwegian superstar won the title by defeating Viswanathan Scholastic Team Tournament in
Anand of India in a match held last month at Chennai, India. The Montreal on December 7-8. The
final score was 6½ to 3½. winning schools were:
Carlsen, the highest rated player ever, earned 1.5 million dollars K-3 1. Fernand-Seguin
for his victory. He also received a deluxe trophy and a wreath! 2. La Vérendrye
Perhaps his friends are starting a new tradition too. As part of K-6 1. F.A.C.E.
their celebration, they threw him in a swimming pool. It seems that 2. Fernand-Seguin
Magnus didn’t mind at all. 7-11 1. Notre-Dame
The popular and charismatic young
BRITISH COLUMBIA
champion has been a media sensation The B.C Junior Championship
since winning the world crown. The
took place on November 9-10 in
last time a chess player generated Vancouver. The 20 player event
this much public attention was when
ended with a three-way tie for
Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in first place between Jason Cao,
1972.
Tanraj Sohal, and Davaa-Ochir
Nyamdorj.
Sixteen year old Tanraj Sohal
was also the clear winner of the
98th B.C. Chess Championship,
held on October 12-13. All eight
participants were masters.
NEWFOUNDLAND
The 2013-2014 Newfoundland
and Labrador Individual Chess
Championship was played on
November 11 in St. John’s, with
54 players attending.
The champions are:
PRIMARY Peter Dormody
ELEMENTARY Brett Russell
Three cheers for Magnus Carlsen!
JUNIOR HIGH Stefan Boon-Petersen
LONG LIVE THE KING HIGH SCHOOL Christopher Qiu
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TORONTO GRAND PRIX
The first Grand Prix tournament
of the 2013-2014 Toronto series
was held on November 24 and
attracted a record 255 players.
Things are growing in big T.O.!
ALBERTA JUNIOR
The 2013 Alberta Junior Chess
Championship was a six player
round robin, held November 9
in Calgary. First place went to
IM Richard Wang (Edmonton),
followed by Diwen Shi (Calgary)
and David Miller (Grand Prairie).
For those people who may not
know, in chess “junior” refers to
competitions for players under
20 years old.
NEW BRUNSWICK
The winner of the 2013 New
Brunswick Chess Championship
was 22 year old Elias Oussedik
(Moncton). Second place in the
six player October round robin
was Jean Desforges (Moncton).
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ASSOCIATION MARITIME SCHOLASTIC TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The fourth annual Maritime Scholastic Team Championship was
Canada’s National Scholastic held in Dieppe, NB on November 23 between teams from Nova
Chess Organization Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Each province
fielded 24 players for the four round match, which was divided into
four groups by grade.
visit our website for information on The overall winner, for the fourth time in a row, was Team New
Brunswick with 62½ points (out of 96 games). PEI placed second
TOURNAMENTS this year, with 41 points, just a half point ahead of Nova Scotia.
See page 46 for a photo of the New Brunswick team.
CLASSES The individual champions, pictured below, were Alexandre
Xavier-LeBlanc (NB K-3), Karla Lynn McCallum (PE 4-6), Sam
CAMPS Song (NB 7-9), and Adam Dorrance (NS 10-12).
Other players deserving mention, with perfect 4-0 scores, were
RATINGS NB: Adam Makarov, Alexandre Robichaud, Nathaniel Schrader,
Drake Lyons, Cynthia Cui, Vincent Francoeur; PEI: Aidan Marsh;
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 CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE CHESS-O-WORD
THE FIRST 25 Y EARS
1989 Ottawa Ontario has placed first 17 of the last 19 DO YOU KNOW THE WORLD CHAMPIONS?
1990 Ottawa years. In other years, they were second 5 In this word search, you are looking for the
1991 Montreal times and third 3 times (1991-1993). names of the sixteen world chess champions.
1992 Montreal To use a pencil, print out this page from the pdf file.
Quebec has been team champion 8 times,
1993 Edmonton including the first 6 years. They also won
1994 St. John’s The words below are hidden in the puzzle. Some
in 1997 and 2009. They came in second
are written forwards and some backwards. Others
1995 Toronto place 15 times. They were third in 2000 and
go up, down, or on a diagonal. Just like a queen!
1996 Fredericton fourth in 2011.
When you find a word, circle it. After you find them
1997 Montreal
British Columbia has come in second place all, there will be 3 letters not circled. Unscramble
1998 Winnipeg those three letters to answer the riddle. solution page 45
5 times (1991-1993, 2000, 2011) and third 15
1999 Summerside
times, including 2013.
2000 Calgary
2001 Toronto Alberta has placed fourth 15 times and fifth
A L E K H I N E V E
2002 St. John’s 5 times (1994-96, 2005-06). They finished in C L K A S P A R O V
2003 Montreal third place in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2011. N A I S O R T E P O
2004 Winnipeg A S F I S C H E R L
New Brunswick came fifth 6 times (1992,
2005 Ottawa L K I N M A R K A S
1998-2000, 2013) and sixth 14 times. In 1989
2006 Moncton they finished in third place! B E N S P A S S K Y
2007 Quebec City A R N E S L R A C M
2008 Edmonton Newfoundland has placed fourth 3 times
P L Z T I N I E T S
2009 Toronto (1994-1996) and fifth 3 times.
A N A N D O E WU E
2010 Montreal
2011 Victoria
Nova Scotia came in sixth place in 2005, C B O T V I N N I K
2007, and 2008. They were seventh 7 times.
2012 Halifax
2013 Ottawa Manitoba was third in 2002 and 2006, fourth
STEINITZ TAL KARPOV
in 2003 and 2005, and fifth in 1990-91, 2001,
LASKER SMYSLOV KASPAROV
2004, and 2007-12.
CAPABLANCA PETROSIAN KRAMNIK
ALEKHINE SPASSKY ANAND
Saskatchewan was sixth in 1998 and 2011, EUWE FISCHER CARLSEN
and seventh in 1997, 2000, 2004. BOTVINNIK

Prince Edward Island had its finest moment RIDDLE : Which number is the champ?
in 1993 when they came in seventh place.
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 WELCOME TO MY CONTEST !
Can you solve the 4 puzzles on the next KIRIL'S KONTEST
page? Mail me your answers if you do.
One lucky person will win a Kiril T-shirt. E-mail entries to: kiril@chess-math.org
White moves first in the mate problems. Deadline: January 25
In case you never saw a “maze” or “loyd” w________w w________w
before, here are some examples:
áwdwdwdw!] áwdwdkdwd]
In a CHESSMAZE only one white The TRIPLE LOYD was invented àdwdwHwdB] àdwdwdwdw]
piece moves. In this maze, it is by Sam Loyd, a famous chess ßwdwdw$wd] ßwgwdKdwd]
the white queen. The object is to composer. They are called triple
capture the black king without because there are three parts. In ÞHwdwdwdw] Þdwdwdwdw]
taking any pieces or moving part A, you place the black king Ýwdwiwdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd]
where the queen can be taken. on the board so that he is in
Draw a line to show the path of checkmate. In part B, place him in
Üdwdwdwdw] Üdwdwdwdw]
the queen. This is a Maze in 8. stalemate. For part C, put the ÛwdKdw$wd] Ûwdwdwdwd]
That means you should get the black king down so that White ÚdwdwdwGw] Údwdw!wdw]
king in eight moves or less. has a mate in 1. solutions page 51
w________w w________w wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
áwdwgkdNd] áwdwdwdwd] MATE IN 1 MATE IN 2
àdrdwdwdw] àdwdwdwdw]
ßwdwdBdpd] ßwdwdwdwd] w________w w________w
Þdwhwdwdw] Þdwdwdwdw] áQdwdbdwd] áwdwdwdwd]
Ýwdwdwdnd] Ýwdwdwdwd] à0wdwdwGw] àdRdwdwdw]
Üdwdqdwdw] ÜdwHwdwdw] ßkdwdwdwd] ßwdwdwdwG]
Ûwdw!wdPd] Ûwdwdw!wd] Þdwdwdq)w] Þdwdwdwdw]
ÚdbIwdwdw] ÚdKdwdwdw] Ýw1wdwdw0] ÝwdwdBdwd]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw ÜgwdPdwdw] Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛwdPdwdKd] Ûwdwdwdwd]
We received 3 correct solutions to October’s contest.
Údwdw$wdw] ÚdwdwIwdw]
1 Mate in 1 1.Qf1# wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
2 Mate in 2 1.Bc6 Kf3 2.Rg5#
3 Maze Rh8-g8-g7-b7-b8-a8-a4-d4-d8-e8 CHESSMAZE IN 13 TRIPLE LOYD
-e5-h5-h2xb2 Only the white QUEEN moves. PLACE THE BLACK KING IN :
4 Loyd A.Kf4 B.Kh4 C.Kc1 (Rf1#) Capture the black king without A Checkmate
The winner of the drawing for a Kiril T-shirt is: taking any pieces or moving B Stalemate
Thomas Wang of Ontario where the queen can be taken. C Mate in 1

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 Perhaps the rabbit was going too
K I R I L’ S
O THE
THE R
RABBIT
ABBIT
quickly. Or maybe he wasn’t paying
attention. But when he turned at the

A
ANND
R
D
N next corner, he didn’t even see the
E bus stop sign.

THE
THE TURTLE
TURTLE
R Of course, that’s where
the turtle was going to
catch his ride. And he
One day a rabbit was hopping down the road when he was waiting patiently
came across a turtle along the way. The speedy rabbit when the bus arrived.
was in a hurry, but he stopped for a minute to say hi.
“Hey, Turtle. How are you doing?”
“Hello, Rabbit. I’m doing just fine. I’m going to a chess
tournament.”
“Me too. But you better get a move on, or you’ll be late.”
“Don’t worry, friend. I’ll be there on time.”
“Well, I don’t know how. You don’t look very fast. It’s a Imagine the rabbit’s surprise later, when the bus passed
long way and I’ve gotta run. Good luck.” him by and the turtle waved from the window.
So the rabbit sped off down the road. And the turtle The rabbit wanted to wave back, but he couldn’t. He
smiled, “See you soon!” was busy running, and there wasn’t time to slow down.

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 3. ... Bc5 6. Bg5
When the rabbit finally got to the tournament, the turtle
greeted him at the door. In a flash, the rabbit takes The turtle brings out his
“Hey Rabbit. How are you doing?” aim at the weak spot f2. bishop with tempo, chasing
“Very funny, Turtle. I’m doing just
w________w the black queen.
fine. I’m ready to play chess.” árhbdkdn4]
à0p0pdp0p] 6. ... Qg6
“Me too! We better find our
seats. The first round is about ßwdwdwdwd] And the rabbit has to run.
to begin.” Þdwgw0wdw] 7. Bg2
“Okay, friend, I hope you win.” ÝwdPdwdw1]
The turtle smiled. “Thanks, ÜdwHPdwdw] The turtle thought about
Rabbit. But we’re playing each ÛP)wdP)P)] playing 7.Nd5 or 7.Nb5, but
other!” Ú$wGQIBHR] he decided to complete his
development and to castle
w________w wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
before starting an attack.
White The TURTLE árhb1kgn4] 4. g3 w________w
Black The RABBIT à0p0pdp0p] árdbdkdn4]
The turtle defends against
ßwdwdwdwd] the threat and prepares to à0p0pdp0p]
The turtle got a head start. Þdwdw0wdw] fianchetto his bishop on g2. ßwdndwdqd]
He had the white pieces, so ÝwdPdwdwd] Þdwgw0wGw]
he moved first. Üdwdwdwdw] 4. ... Qf6
ÝwdPdwdwd]
1. c4 ÛP)w)P)P)] Black retreats and attacks ÜdwHPdN)w]
Ú$NGQIBHR] the f-pawn again. ÛP)wdP)B)]
The English Opening, an
excellent choice for players
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 5. Nf3 Ú$wdQIwdR]
who want a slow positional 2. Nc3 Qh4? White develops the knight wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
game. and blocks the f-file.
This rabbit is in the habit
1. ... e5 of moving fast and playing 5. ... Nc6
The rabbit jumps at the for a quick attack. It works
chance to advance in the sometimes, but not usually.
centre. He’s looking for a 3. d3
sharp tactical battle.
White guards the pawn at
The position is now like a c4 and opens a line for the
Sicilian Defence (1.e4 c5) bishop on c1. Also good is
with colours reversed. 3.Nf3 Qxc4 4.Nxe5.

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 7. ... Bb4 9. ... Nf6 11. Nh4! 14. Be3
The rabbit didn’t want the 10. Qd2 The turtle saw right away The turtle considered his
white knight going to b5 or that this knight move was options and then retreated
The queen protects the the bishop. He knew that
d5, so he pins him. strong, but he calculated
bishop at g5 a second time the pinned knight was not
several turns ahead before
8. 0-0 and clears the first rank for going anywhere.
he played it on the board.
the rooks.
White castles and frees Sorry, Rabbit.
“Connecting your rooks” 11. ... Qh5
the pinned knight on c3. Tricks are for kids.
is an important goal The queen has nowhere
8. ... Bxc3 in opening strategy. else to go.
w________w
Black takes the knight out 12. Bf3 Ng4
of the game and doubles
árdbdw4kd]
the white pawns.
à0p0pdp0p] The only way to save the
ßwdndwhqd] queen.
9. bxc3 Þdwdw0wGw]
w________w 13. h3!
árdbdkdn4] ÝwdPdwdwd]
Üdw)PdN)w] Attacking a pinned piece
à0p0pdp0p] with a pawn is a standard
ßwdndwdqd] ÛPdw!P)B)]
Ú$wdwdRIw] tactic for winning material.
Þdwdw0wGw] w________w
ÝwdPdwdwd] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw árdbdw4kd]
Üdw)PdN)w] 10. ... 0-0? à0p0pdp0p] 14. ... d6
ÛPdwdP)B)] ßwdndwdwd]
The speedy rabbit castled After 14...Nxe3? 15.Bxh5
Ú$wdQdRIw] without thinking. He should
Þdwdw0wGq]
Nxf1 16.Rxf1, White is up
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw have thought.
ÝwdPdwdnH]
a queen for a rook.
The turtle was very happy Better was 10...h6. Üdw)PdB)P]
ÛPdw!P)wd] 15. Rab1!
with this position. His king
Ú$wdwdRIw] The turtle is in no hurry
is safe inside a protective
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw to capture on g4. First he
shell of pawns. His pieces
activates a rook along the
have more freedom than
13. ... h6!? b-file. By putting pressure
Black’s. And the doubled
on the black pawn at b7,
pawns are actually a good The rabbit tries a little
he keeps the bishop on c8
thing. They help control the trick. He is hoping that the
tied to its defence.
centre and give his rooks turtle plays too fast and
the open b-file. falls for 14.hxg4? Qxg5! 15. ... f5
40 Scholar’s Mate 120 Scholar’s Mate 120 41
16. hxg4 fxg4 18. ... Re8 20. Bxb7 The turtle strikes! White
17. Bd5+ The rabbit was moving so There goes the b-pawn. gives up his bishop for two
quickly, he didn’t even see pawns and blasts open the
The bishop gains a tempo 20. ... Bxb7 black king.
that after 18...exf4 19.Bxf4,
with check. 17.Be4 is also The chess clock is ticking
he had a fork with 19...g5. 23. ... hxg5
good, threatening to trap and the turtle was getting
But the turtle had seen it 24. Rxg5 Qh6
the queen by 18.Bg6. short on time. So now he
and he was ready with a
17. ... Kh8 winning discovered attack: began to play a little faster. The only “safe square”.
w________w w________w
20.Be5+! Nxe5 21.Rxf8+. 21. Rxb7
árdbdw4wi] árdwdrdwi]
à0p0wdw0w] The rook invades the 7th à0Rdwdwdw]
ßwdn0wdw0] rank, threatening to take on ßwdw0wdw1]
ÞdwdB0wdq] a7 or c7. Þdw0whw$w]
ÝwdPdwdpH] 21. ... c5 ÝwdPdwdpH]
Üdw)PGw)w] This advance saves both
Üdw)Pdw)w]
ÛPdw!P)wd] pawns, and also opens the ÛPdw!Pdwd]
ÚdRdwdRIw] 7th rank for the white rook. ÚdwdwdwIw]
19. fxe5
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
Opening the f-file. 22. Rf5!
The rabbit didn’t like his w________w At this point, Black is down
Nearly trapping the queen.
position. But things could árdbdrdwi] just two pawns, but ...
be worse. He’s only down 22. ... g5
à0p0wdw0w] 25. Rg8+!
a knight for a pawn, his ßwdn0wdw0] The only chance.
rook has the open f-file, w________w A discovered attack picks
ÞdwdB)wdq] off the black queen.
and his queen is placed ÝwdPdwdpH] árdwdrdwi]
aggressively.
Üdw)PGw)w] à0Rdwdwdw]
18. f4! ÛPdw!Pdwd] ßwdw0wdw0]
ÚdRdwdRIw] Þdw0whR0q]
Bold and accurate play by ÝwdPdwdpH]
the determined turtle. He wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
Üdw)PGw)w]
plans to activate the rook 19. ... Nxe5 ÛPdw!Pdwd]
on f1 by trading pawns. The rabbit still had plenty
The best way to recapture. ÚdwdwdwIw]
Activating your rooks 19...Rxe5 20.Bf7! traps the wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw of time on his clock but he
is an important goal black queen, and 19...Qxe5 played his next move in an
in middlegame strategy. 23. Bxg5! instant.
20.Ng6+ forks her.
42 Scholar’s Mate 120 Scholar’s Mate 120 43
 w________w
25. ... Rxg8? árdwdwdri]
à0Rdwdwdw] WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS
After 25...Kxg8, White mates
with 26.Qxh6 Nf7 27.Qg6+. ßwdw0wdw!] 1. Steinitz, Wilhelm 1886 - 94 Austria, USA
Þdw0whwdw] 2. Lasker, Emanuel 1894 -1921 Germany, USA
26. Qxh6#
ÝwdPdwdpH] 3. Capablanca, Jose 1921 - 27 Cuba
“Good game, Turtle. You were Üdw)Pdw)w] 4. Alekhine, Alexander 1927 - 48* Russia, France
always one step ahead of me.” 5. Euwe, Max 1935 - 37 Netherlands
ÛPdwdPdwd]
“Thanks, Rabbit. It was close. 6. Botvinnik, Mikhail 1948 - 63 * Russia
I almost ran out of time in the
ÚdwdwdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 7. Smyslov, Vasily 1957 - 58 Russia
end.” 8. Tal, Mikhail 1960 - 61 Latvia
9. Petrosian, Tigran 1963 - 69 Armenia
The turtle won all his games at the tournament and was 10. Spassky, Boris 1969 - 72 Russia, France
awarded the first prize. The rabbit never slowed down 11. Fischer, Robert 1972 - 75 USA, Iceland
but a few of his tricks worked on other players, and he 12. Karpov, Anatoly 1975 - 85 Russia
finished in a tie for third place. 13. Kasparov, Garry 1985 - 2000 Azerbaijan, Russia
Before leaving, the turtle stopped to say goodbye to his 14. Kramnik, Vladimir 2000 -07 Russia
new friend. “I’m heading home now, Rabbit. I hope I run 15. Anand, Viswanathan 2007-13 India
into you again someday.” 16. Carlsen, Magnus 2013- Norway
“Me too, Turtle. It was fun. But say, do you have an
* lost title but won rematches
extra bus token I could borrow?”

A good pace, not haste, CHESS-O-WORD solution

is the way to win a race.
A L E K H I N E V E
... or a game of chess. C L K A S P A R O V
N A I S O R T E P O
A S F I S C H E R L
L K I N M A R K A S
B E N S P A S S K Y
A R N E S L R A C M
P L Z T I N I E T S
A N A N D O E WU E
C B O T V I N N I K
The champ is number ONE.

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 Team New Brunswick 2013 Maritime Champions

WHO’S
THE
GOOF?
All right, chess detectives! Somebody messed up here.
LILY’S PUZZLER solutions In each of the diagrams below, there is something wrong.
A. one turn After 1.e4 or 1.e3, White has The positions are illegal. Can you find the goof? solutions
page 51
30 possible moves. K1 Q4 R0 B5 N5 p15 
w________w 
w________w
B. two turns 1.e3 2.Qg4 áwdwdrdw4] áwdwdrdwd]
47 possible moves K2 Q21 R0 B5 N5 p14
àip0wdwdw] àdw0wdkgp]
C. three turns 1.e4 2.d4 3.Qh5
52 possible moves K3 Q19 R0 B10 N6 p14 ßpdngw0wd] ßw0w1wdpd]
D. four turns 1.e4 2.d4 3.Qh5 4.Bc4 ÞdwdN0w0q] ÞhwdPdwHw]
57 possible moves K4 Q19 R0 B15 N6 p13 Ýwdw0P)nd] Ýw0w)wdwd]
E. five turns 1.e4 2.d4 3.Qh5 4.Bc4 5.Bf4 Ü)BdPdw)w] ÜdPdwdRdw]
61 possible moves K4 Q19 R0 B20 N6 p12 Ûw)PdNdB)] Ûw)w!wdP)]
F. six turns 1.e4 2.d4 3.Qh5 4.Bc4 5.Bf4 6.Nc3 ÚdRdwdR!K] ÚdwGwdwIw]
67 possible moves wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
K5 (includes castling) Q19 R3 B20 N9 p11
G. seven turns 1.d4 2.d5 3.d6 4.d7 5.d8=Q 6.e4 7.Qh5 
w________w 
w________w
72 possible moves K3 Q40 R0 B10 N6 p13
Without a promotion, the maximum is 69.
áwdwdwhqd] áw$wdwdwH]
à0w$ndwdp] à0wGw0w0w]
ßw0wdpdpg] ßrdpdwdPi]
HEY, FRIENDS! Þdpdbdwdp] Þdw0whPdp]
Ýwdw0wdwd] ÝPdpdwdwd]
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ÛPdwdwdBd]
ÚHwdwdwdw] ÚdRgw4wdw]
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 R AT I N G S * SOLUTIONS *
Scholastic ratings for all players who have taken part
MATE IN 1 MATE IN 3
in a CMA tournament during the last three years can 1 1.Qc8# 1 1.Ke6 Kf8 2.Rg1 Ke8 3.Rg8#
be found on the Chess’n Math Association webpage: 2 1.Re8# 1...Kd8 2.Rc1 Ke8 3.Rc8#
w w w. c h e s s - m a t h . o r g 3 1.Qg6# 2 1.Nf6+ gxf6 2.Qg6+ Kh8 3.Rxh6#
4 1.Ng2# 1...Kh8 2.Qh7#
Click the “ratings” tab on the homepage, which will
3 1.Qf7+ Kh8 2.Qf8+ Rxf8 3.Rxf8#
take you to the ratings page: MATE IN 2
4 1.Rh8+ Kxh8 2.Qh2+ Kg8 3.Qh7#
1 1.Qb2 Ka5
w w w. c h e s s ta l k . c o m / e l o / p u b 2.Qb5# TRIPLE LOYD
Once on the ratings page, with Kiril and the map of 2 1.Nf6+ Kf8 2.Bh6# A. Kd1# B. Kh1=
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1. White has 2 bishops on light squares (and 8 pawns).
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