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The Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a Losers bracket and can still win the tournament. In the Grand Final if […]

The Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a Losers bracket and can still win the tournament. In the Grand Final if […]

The Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a Losers bracket and can still win the tournament. In the Grand Final if […]

The Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a Losers bracket and can still win the tournament. In the Grand Final if […]

The Chess Mind U18 is taking place from 2–3 September 2023 in Rabat, Morocco. Players receive 45 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 5-round Swiss tournament with participation of Roaa Laamim, Elachhab walid, Kozizi youssef, ELHARRAK AHMED, Youssef Elharrak, Chemaou lilya, etc. Parallel : Niterói Open / Ottakring Ope / Carballo […]

The Montseerat Open is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 28 August to 2 September 2023 in Montserrat, Spain. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. Parallel : Niterói Open / Ottakring Ope / Carballo Open 2023 / San Christobal de la Laguna 

The Greek Team Championship is taking place from 25–30 August 2023 in Athens. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 7-round Swiss tournament with participation of 34 teams. Parallel : Niterói Open / Ottakring […]

The Carballo Open 2023 takes place August 25-September 1, 2023, in Carballo, Spain. The format is a nine-round Swiss. The time control is 90 minutes for the entire game plus a 30-second increment starting on move one. In the tournament will participate Neuris Delgado Ramirez, Aleksa Strikovic, Lennis Martinez Ramirez, Vladimir Petkov, Arian Gonzalez Perez, […]

The San Christobal de la Laguna is taking place from 26 August to 2 September 2023 in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Fernando Peralta, Tomas Sosa, Merab Gagunashvili, Bojan […]

The Ottakring Open is taking place from 26 August to 3 September 2023 in Vienna, Austria. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Evgeny:Romanov, Nikita Meshkovs, Felix Blohberger, […]

11-Year-Old Prodigy Aaron Mendes of Canada, Claims Victory in III Open International Chess Menorca BLITZ In an astonishing turn of events at the III Open International Chess Menorca BLITZ held on April 4th in Menorca, Spain, 11-year-old Aaron Reeve Mendes emerged as the champion. Despite facing off against seasoned Grandmasters (GMs) and International Masters (IMs), Aaron showcased unparalleled skill and strategic acumen, securing a remarkable 8 out of 9 wins in the blitz tournament.

The Chess Federation of Canada disagrees with and is disappointed by the FIDE decision to ban transgender women from competing in women’s chess events. We disagree with the way it was implemented, involving the banning of transgender women and subsequently studying the issue to arrive at a final decision. This decision came as a surprise, with no prior discussion or indication that this action was being considered. There were no exigent circumstances that we are aware of that would require such a drastic action.

Carina D’Souza gave a TEDx talk at Havergal College on “Checkmating Bias: Increasing Women’s Particiation in Chess”. Watch the talk on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-WQQm69-jU

(Original was posted on chess.com) It has been a spectacular year for Montreal’s Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux. He steamrolled his competition in an international tournament with a 3037 performance rating, then in September he won the World Youth Chess Championship in Romania. In this question-and-answer session, the International Master shares his thoughts on his career, his ambition to become a grandmaster, and his approach to chess studies - from the intriguing a-pawn thrust on the first move to his games with Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura.

The ratings incentives have been extended (again) to July 1, 2022. The updated policy is as follows: Extension - Internet Rated Games and COVID-19 Rating Incentive The CFC is extending to July 1, 2022 the interim policy to accept internet events for Quick (Active). The COVID-19 rating incentive will also be extended until July 1, 2022. Players who play a minimum of 10 CFC rated games between October 1st, 2020 and July 1, 2022 and who attain a Quick rating that is 200 points higher than their Regular rating will have their Regular rating increased by 200 points.

(Original was posted HERE) KEC 2022 Announcement (Kingston Easter Chess) This is the KEC 2022 ANNOUNCEMENT, now updated as of Tuesday, April 12th. Especially given changing pandemic conditions, this will be updated as applicable. KEC 2022 sections - all sections rated both FIDE & CFC (and FQE for FQE#s): Zonals/Closed championships: – Canada Zonal, – Canada Women Zonal Easter Sectionals: U2200, U1900, U1600 When Wednesday, April 13th: – Welcome @ 630pm, – Round 1 @ 7pm Thursday, April 14th: – Round 2 @ 10am, – Round 3 @ 5pm Friday, April 15th: – Round 4 @ 10am, – Round 5 @ 5pm Saturday, April 16th: – TBD activities, – Round 6 @ 5pm Sunday: April 17th: – Round 7 @ 10am, – Round 8 @ 5pm Monday: April 18th: – Round 9 @ 10am

(Originally posted HERE on the CFC Forums) The Chess Federation of Canada condemns the Russian Federation invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine. We reject the stated pretexts and justifications advanced for this evil and illegal act and urge the Russian Federation to leave Ukraine immediately and cease waging war against the Ukrainian people. All parties should work together to reach a resolution that respects Ukrainian sovereignty and their democratic right of self determination.

The ratings incentives have been extended (again) to April 1, 2022. The updated policy is as follows: Extension - Internet Rated Games and COVID-19 Rating Incentive The CFC is extending to April 1, 2022 the interim policy to accept internet events for Quick (Active). The COVID-19 rating incentive will also be extended until April 1, 2022. Players who play a minimum of 10 CFC rated games between October 1st, 2020 and April 1, 2022 and who attain a Quick rating that is 200 points higher than their Regular rating will have their Regular rating increased by 200 points.

(Original announcement: ChessTalk) The Kalev Pugi Fund Committee announces the recipients for 2021: The Kalev Pugi Fund Anthony Atanasov ($461) Svitlana Demchenko ($461) The Women’s Post-Secondary Scholarship Maili-Jade Ouellet ($450) Congratulations to the winners and to the strong field of applicants again this year! For the Kalev Pugi Fund grants, the committee decided to award two larger grants instead of the usual three smaller grants due to higher travel costs.

The ratings incentives have been extended (again) to January 1, 2022 and to four bonuses for under 1200 players. The updated policy is as follows: Extension - Internet Rated Games and COVID-19 Rating Incentive The CFC is extending to January 1, 2022 the interim policy to accept internet events for Quick (Active). The COVID-19 rating incentive will also be extended until January 1, 2022. Players who play a minimum of 10 CFC rated games between October 1st, 2020 and January 1, 2022 and who attain a Quick rating that is 200 points higher than their Regular rating will have their Regular rating increased by 200 points.

ACROSS 2: A great player who had a large number of tournament and match withdrawals highlighed especially by being on the wrong end of a Steinitz brilliancy, Hastings 1895. 4: Several times a candidate for the world chess championship, in 1970 he ceded his candidate position to Bobby Fischer. 6: A bad move which is usually a decisive error. 9: For more than 20 years he was one of the top six players in the chess world.

▶ 2021-09-08: See update. Extension - Internet Rated Games and COVID-19 Rating Incentive The CFC is extending to October 1st, 2021 the interim policy to accept internet events for Quick (Active). The COVID-19 rating incentive will also be extended until October 1st, 2021. Players who play a minimum of 10 CFC rated games between October 1st, 2020 and October 1st, 2021 and who attain a Quick rating that is 200 points higher than their Regular rating will have their Regular rating increased by 200 points.

We are pleased to announce that Andres Pugi, son of the late Kalev Pugi, has made a milestone donation to the fund created by his father in 1986. The mission of the Kalev Pugi Fund, administered within the Chess Foundation of Canada, is to generate funds to assist promising juniors to compete in major tournaments in order to advance their chess progress. Three elected trustees receive applications and award grants every year.

Read the official announcement HERE. In summary, … As previously announced, the CFC was automatically extending memberships that expired on or after March 1, 2020. This was done due the drastically reduced number of CFC-rated events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 1, after 8 months, the CFC ended the automatic extension of memberships. This was due to the increasing number of CFC-rated events available online to all members across Canada as well as the return of some over the board events.

The 2020 MCF was held on Thanksgiving weekend at Credit Union Place in Summerside, PEI. Because of Covid-19 certain precautions had to be put in place to comply with Facility and Provincial standards. A roped off playing area was used where anyone present inside were required to wear masks. Plenty of Hand Sanitizer was available and players were recommended to use it when coming and going from the playing area. Wipes were used on the pieces and boards between playing sessions.

Paul Leblanc, the CFC Ratings Auditor, is announcing a change to how CFC events are rated: When rating events containing new players with FIDE ratings, the CFC will assign to such players an initial CFC rating of FIDE + 125. This will replace the current practice of accepting FIDE ratings at par. Arbiters and organizers of CFC rated events may use this conversion rate for pairings and prize eligibility if in their judgment it is considered appropriate.

FIDE’s Olympiad has moved online due to COVID-19. Its main website is HERE. Canada’s team can be seen HERE. We are well represented by Nikolay Noritsyn, Kaiqi Yang, Agnieszka Matras-Clement, Anna Burtasova, Rohan Talukdar, Maili-Jade Ouellet. Reserve players: Raja Panjwani, Mark Plotkin, Qiyu Zhou, Oksana Golubeva, Eugene Hua, and Svitlana Demchenko. Team captain: Victor Plotkin. Aug 21 to 23, Canada plays in the Top Division of Stage 1: Aug 21 at 1 PM - Argentina-Canada Aug 21 at 2 PM - Canada-Poland Aug 21 at 3 PM - Peru-Canada Aug 22 at 1 PM - Cuba-Canada Aug 22 at 2 PM - Canada-Greece Aug 22 at 3 PM - Paraguay-Canada Aug 23 at 1 PM - Canada-Italy Aug 23 at 2 PM - Brazil-Canada Aug 23 at 3 PM - Canada-USA Watch live HERE and on chess.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is now in progress. It is the meeting of the outgoing (2019/20) and incoming (2020/21) Directors, Officers, Trustees, and Voting Members of the CFC. The annual meetings are online on the CFC Forums. You can read the proceedings using the links below. Only official attendees can post comments to these forums. Outgoing Annual Meeting You can read the proceedings of the outgoing meeting HERE. The outgoing meeting is mainly about reports from the outgoing directors, officers, etc and some discussions.

Because of viruses and malware, the old CFC website was being blocked by many browsers. Fixing it was too difficult. So an emergency re-write of the website was started. The initial launch on July 23 had mostly the core requirements: For players, a list of upcoming tournaments. For organizers, the list of CFC members, membership expiry dates, and the latest ratings. Additional function and content will be migrated from old to new website based in priority sequence.

((chess diagram)) Our Canadian Game of the Week comes from the online rapid match between Canadian and Romanian U18s, which Romania won by a narrow margin. In the diagram we see a London System that has transposed into a kind of Stonewall attack. Find a good plan for Black. ((chess pgn))

See UPDATE. Read the official announcement HERE In summary, … Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CFC is temporarily changing its membership renewal policy: For annual memberships that expire on or after March 1, 2020 Your CFC membership is automatically extended until further notice. Your CFC membership is valid for all types of CFC-rated tournaments: over the board, online, etc. For annual memberships that expire on or before February 29, 2020

Read the official announcement HERE and in this PDF. To encourage participation in CFC-rated online tournaments and to recognize increases in ability gained by playing online during the COVID-19 shutdown, the CFC is offering an incentive. The incentive is having 200 points added to your Regular rating if you meet the conditions in the official announcements. Members with an inital Quick/Active rating under 1000 may earn a 2nd 200 rating points.

Brighten up your winter by planning your big Canadian chess events of the year… 46th Mauricie Open Ch. March 20-22, 2020 | Trois-Rivières, QC 5-round Swiss; $12,000 BOE CANCELLED due to CoV19 A Quebec government recommendation to cancel events involving more than 250 people. Contact organizers for full refunds. Canadian Women’s Zonal, Canadaian Closed, and Easter Sectionals April 9-13, 2020 | Kingston, ON 2020-03-14: CANCELLED BY ORDER OF KINGSTON (KFL&A) PUBLIC HEALTH 9-round Swisses in multiple sections: Winner of the Women’s Zonal gets: Entry to next stage of FIDE Women’s World Championship (+ $1000 travel) Place on Olympiad Team $1000 WIM title (or norms) Winner of Canadian Closed gets: $2000 Entry to Continental Ch.

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Nathan Divinsky (29 October 1925 ; 17 June 2012) Nathan Divinsky Last month Canada’s “Chess Renaissance Man” passed away at the age of 85. He was one of the initial inductees into the Canadian Chess Hall of Fame in 2001. I met Divinsky several times 25-30 years ago at CFC AGM’s. At the time he was simply a Governor from BC. It was only later that I learned of his prior contributions to Chess in Canada that led to him eventually being in the Hall of Fame.

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Benefits of Membership What benefits do I get as a member of the CFC? When you become a member of the CFC, You join a fraternity of chess players, enthusiasts, teachers, and organizers from across Canada devoted to promoting chess. The CFC represents Canada to the world as a member of FIDE, the international chess body. The CFC sends teams to the Chess Olympiad, World Youth Chess Championship, and other major international events.

Provincial and Regional AB: Alberta Chess Association (ACA) BC: British Columbia Chess Federation (BCCF) MB: Manitoba Chess Association (MCA) NB: New Brunswick Chess Association (NBCA) NL: Newfoundland and Labrador Chess Association (NLCA) NS: Chess Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Scholastic Chess Association ON: Ontario Chess Association (OCA) Eastern Ontario Chess Association (EOCA) Greater Toronto Chess League (GTCL) Northern Ontario Chess League (NOCL) South Western Ontario Chess League (SWOCL) PE: Chess PEI QC: Fédération québécoise des échecs (FQE) List of regions Outaouais Chess League SK: Saskatchewan Chess Association (SCA) NT/NU/YT: (no organization) Other Canadian Correspondence Chess Association

Special Resolution of Members Continuing the Corporation under the provisions of the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act and authorizing the directors to apply for a Certificate of Continuance. WHEREAS the Corporation was incorporated under Part II of the Canada Corporations Act by Letters Patent dated the 20th of September, 1976; and WHEREAS it is considered to be in the best interests of the Corporation that it be continued under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (NFP Act) pursuant to section 297 of the NFP Act;

Thanks in advance for joining the CFC! A CFC membership not only supports the game and sport of chess in Canada, it allows you to participate in CFC-rated tournaments. The CFC uses a system called “JustGo” (previously called “GoMembership”) to manage CFC memberships. After joining, you will have an id & password on “JustGo” for your CFC membership. See CFC membership types and fees. Parents, you can set up “JustGo” for your child and pass it along when she/he is older.

DateNewsletterPGNEditor 2023Chess Canada - Tacticosaurus (192 pages, 21MB)PGNJohn Upper 2021Chess Canada - 99-Problems (96 pages)PGNJohn Upper 2020Chess Canada - Embiggened (131 pages)PGNJohn Upper 2019Chess Canada - Gnome (96 pages)PGNJohn Upper 2018Chess Canada - Dragon (117 pages)PGNJohn Upper 2017Chess Canada - Ketchup (91 pages)PGNJohn Upper 2016Chess Canada - Olympiad (140 pages)PGNJohn Upper (more newsletters coming soon)

IOC - International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognizes the FIDE as the world-wide governing body for the sport of chess. The IOC also recognizes the COC as the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Canada. FIDE - International Chess Federation The International Chess Federation, also know by its French name Fédération Internationale des Échecs and acronym FIDE (pronounced “fee-day”), is the world-wide governing body for the sport of chess.

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Jump to International Arbiters, International Organizers, FIDE Arbiters, National Arbiters. For the latest official list, see the FIDE Arbiters Database. The list below was last updated 2024-01-06. International Arbiter (IA) NameTitleLicense Archambault, SergeIAIA-D Barnes, MarkIA(inactive) Berry, JonathanIA(inactive) Bevand, Larry AIAIA-D Bond, HalIAIA-A Cohen, DavidIA(inactive) Craver, LyleIA(inactive) Denommee, PierreIAIA-D Dutton, Mark SIAIA-D Goldenberg, DannyIAIA-D Jaeger, Martin JIA(inactive) Knox, AlexanderIA(inactive) Lavin, DavidIA(inactive) Marghetis, ArisIAIA-B McDonald, PatrickIAIA-D Ouimet, BernardIAIA-D Rekhson, VladislavIAIA-D Shah, Omaray M.

Jump to Grandmasters, Woman Grandmaster, International Masters, Woman International Masters, FIDE Masters, Woman FIDE Masters, Candidate Masters, Woman Candidate Masters. Grandmaster (GM) NameGMIMFMResidenceYOB-YOD Bareev, Evgeny19891986Russia > ON1966- Biyiasas, Peter19781972BC > USA1950- Bluvshtein, Mark20042001ON1988- Charbonneau, Pascal200620032001QC > USA1983- Hambleton, Aman201820132009QC1992- Hansen, Eric201320102008AB1992- Ivanov, Igor20051981USSR > QC > USA1947-2005 Kovalyov, Anton200820072005Argentina > QC1992- Lautier, Joel199019881986ON > France1973- Lesiege, Alexandre199719921990QC1975- Preotu, Razvan201620142013ON1999- Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn202320222015QC2004- Roussel-Roozman, Thomas201020042003QC1988- Sambuev, Bator20061999Russia > QC1980- Spraggett, Kevin19851975ON > Portugal1954- Suttles, Duncan19731967BC1945- Tyomkin, Dimitri20011996ON > Europe1977- Yang, Kaiqi2019China > ON1988- Yanofsky, Abe19641950MB1925-2000 Woman Grandmaster (WGM) NameWGMWIMWFMResidenceYOB-YOD Burtasova, Anna200920042001Russia > ON1987- Ouellet, Maili-Jade20202016QC2002- Zhou, Qiyu2016?

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Unfortunately, the CFC membership discount at Choice Hotels was discontinued effective December 31, 2022. Choice Hotels decided to discontinue our discount because the minimum number of room-nights per year required to remain in the program had not been met.

The CFC handbook has all the rules and regulations associated with the organization before our transition to new Canada Not For Profit Act. The sections are broken down as follows: (see the table of contents) You can download in French: Règles de pratique de tournoi.doc (rules of tournament play in Windows Word format). You can also download the rules of FIDE (the international chess organizer) at their website: http://www.fide.com/. General information on FIDE can be found here.

LocationClubLinks Canada CFC on chess.comchess.com Alberta (all), ABAlberta Chess Association (ACA)web Airdrie, ABAirdrie Chess Clubweb Calgary, ABCalgary Chess Clubweb Calgary, ABBearspaw Junior Chess Clubweb Canmore, ABCanmore Chess Clubweb Edmonton, ABEdmonton Chess Clubweb, FB Edmonton, ABRoving ChessNuts School Programsweb Fort McMurray, ABFort McMurray Chess Clubweb Grand Prairie, ABGrande Prairie Chess Clubweb Medicine Hat, ABMedicine Hat Chess Clubweb Okotoks, ABOkotoks Chess Clubweb British Columbia (all), BCBritish Columbia Chess Federation (BCCF)web Abbotsford, BCBoardwalk Chess Clubclubs-list Bowser, BCBishops of Bowserweb Burnaby, BCBurnaby Junior Chess Clubweb Burnaby, BCGolden Knights Junior Chess Clubweb Burnaby, BCSimon Fraser University Chess Club (SFU Burnaby)web, FB Chilliwack, BCChilliwack Chess ClubFB Duncan, BCWood Sense Chess Clubweb, FB Langley, BCLangley Chess Clubweb Langley, BCFraser Valley Chess Clubweb Nanaimo, BCManifold Chess Clubweb Nanaimo, BCNanaimo Chess Clubweb Nelson, BCNelson Drop-In Chess Clubweb Port Coquitlam, BCPort Coquitlam Chess Clubweb Richmond, BCRichmond Chess Championsweb Surrey, BCFraser Heights Chess Clubweb Vancouver, BCChigorin Chess Clubweb Vancouver, BCVancouver Chess Clubweb Vancouver, BCVancouver Chess Schoolweb Vancouver, BCVancouver Junior Chess Clubweb Victoria, BCVictoria Chess Clubweb Victoria, BCVictoria Junior Chess Societyweb White Rock, BCWhite Rock Chess Clubweb Manitoba (all), MBManitoba Chess Association (MCA)web Winnipeg, MBRudolf Rocker Chess Clubweb, FB New Brunswick (all), NBNew Brunswick Chess Association (NBCA)web Dieppe, NBDieppe (Moncton) Chess ClubFB Fredericton, NBWwqlcw Chess ClubFB Sackville, NBSackville Chess ClubFB Saint John, NBSaint John Chess Clubweb Woodstock, NBWoodstock Chess ClubFB Newfoundland (all), NLNewfoundland & Labrador Chess Assoc (NLCA)web Goose Bay, NLUpper Lake Melville Chess Clubweb Nova Scotia (all), NSChess Nova Scotiaweb Halifax, NSDalhousie Chess ClubFB North West Territories Yellowknife, NTYellowknife Chess ClubFB Ontario (All), ONOntario Chess Association (OCA)web (East), ONEastern Ontario Chess Association (EOCA)web (GTA), ONGreater Toronto Chess League (GTCL)web (North), ONNorthern Ontario Chess League (NOCL)(n/a) (SW), ONSouth Western Ontario Chess League (SWOCL)(n/a) Ajax, ONAjax Chess Clubweb, FB Aurora, ONAurora Chess Clubweb Barrie, ONBarrie Chess ClubFB Brampton, ONBrampton Chess Clubweb Brantford, ONBrantford Chess Clubweb Burlington, ONBurlington Chess Clubweb Hamilton, ONHamilton City Chess Clubweb Kitchener, ONConcordia Chess Clubweb Kitchener, ONKitchener-Waterloo Chess Clubweb London, ONLondon Chess Clubweb Markham, ONMarkham Richmond Hill Chess Clubweb Markham, ONMaverick Chess Club (for youth)web Milton, ONMilton Chess ClubFB, web Mississauga, ONMississauga Chess Clubweb Orangeville, ONOrangeville Chess ClubFB Ottawa, ONOttawa R.

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The CFC has several membership types. Fees depend on the province in which the member resides (not the province in which a tournament is held). The fees for memberships are different by province because 1) each province calculates taxes differently and 2) some provinces have a chess association that receive a portion of the fee. Annual Memberships Most CFC members have Annual memberships. A “Junior” is anyone whose year of birth is ____ or later.

Jump to National Master, Woman National Master, National Candidate Master. This list is from the old CFC website and is missing recent titleholders. It will be updated soon. National Master (NM) NameResidenceAchievedAwarded Abrahams, DanielON20132013 Adam, RafaelQC20232024 Afrah, NavidBC1997? Al-Rayyan, MohammadON2003? Atanasov, AnthonyON20202023 Armstrong, JohnONpre-1996? Aronov, YuriON?? Arsenault, NicolasQC2009? Azar, SebastienQC20232023 Babb, JeffMB1999? Baiguildine, IliasON2000? Barclay, WayneONpre-1996? Beckwith, PaulONpre-19962011 Berube, AntoineQC2011? Birarov, VladimirON20112011 Bluvshtein, IliaON20072011 Bogle, BillNB20072011 Bolduc, SteveQC2003? Brice, RonON19982011 Burke, PaulBC19912019 Buscar, MichaelON2006?

In 1945, the Canadian Chess Federation (CCF) is renamed to the Chess Federation of Canada (CFC). The CCF was renamed to avoid confusion with a Canadian political party also known as the CCF, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. The CCF party was founded in 1932. In 1961, it was succeeded by the New Democratic Party.

The Canadian Chess Federation (CCF) replaces the Canadian Chess Association (CCA) that was founded in 1872. For the first time, the CCF includes representation from all major cities in Canada.

See wikipedia. After holding the title for 6 years, José Raúl Capablanca loses the match and title to Alexander Alekhine.

See article. The International Chess Federation, known by its French name Fédération Internationale des Échecs or FIDE, was founded June 20, 1924 in Paris, France at the Town Hall of the 9th arrondissement (map). Paris was hosting the Summer Olympics in 1924. In the spirit of the athletic Olympics, the first international team chess tournament was organized, considered the first “unofficial” Chess Olympiad. This brought together representatives from many countries and so was an opportunity to found an international organization for chess.

See wikipedia. After holding the title for 27 years, Emanuel Lasker loses the match and title to José Raúl Capablanca. The match was to last 24 games, 12.5 points, or 8 wins whichever came first. However, Lasker resigned the match after 14 games. Capablanca’s score was zero losses, 4 wins, 10 draws or 9/14 (64%).

See wikipedia. Games 12 to 19 of 19 were played in Montreal.

See wikipedia. The match would last until a player had 10 wins. Steinitz won the match and title with a score of +10-5=5 or 12.5/20.

See History of Chess

See wikipedia. The castling rules of the modern game of chess were introduced in 1620 in France and 1640 in England.

See wikipedia and queens. During the 15th century in Europe, the rules for chess continued their evolution toward the modern game we now today: Pawns could now move two squares on its first move. This change necessitated the en passant rule. Without en passant, a pawn could unfairly scoot past an advanced enemy pawn by moving two squares, jumping over the square on which the enemy pawn could have captured it.