International chess grandmaster to give simultaneous chess exhibition at Laurier eventMarch 22, 2011 WATERLOO – International chess grandmaster Mark Bluvshtein will simultaneously play 30 people from the Wilfrid Laurier University community in a special centennial event March 30. “Laurier...
91st Montreal Open
91st Montreal Open Chess Championship 2011FIDE rated Planning a vacation in Canada this coming September ? Why not insert a visit to beautiful Montreal in the province of Quebec. The City, which blends the British and French cultures, will...
5th annual Grand Pacific Open
The 5th Annual Grand Pacific OpenEaster 2011, April 22-25GPO2011flyer.pdf A 6 round FIDE and CFC rated Swiss$4000 Guaranteed Prize Fund Preregistered list The Grand Pacific Open is BC’s largest chess event and this will be it’s 5th annual! The...
Grand Pacific Open
Grand Pacific Open It is time to start planning for the 5th Annual Grand Pacific Open Victoria BC Canada April 22-25 2011 $4000 Guaranteed Prize Fund FIDE rated 6 round Swiss See who is already signed up http://www.grandpacificopen.comOnline and...
9-year old Canadian Wins 2010 Canadian Chess Player of the Year Award
Press Release 9-year old Canadian Wins 2010 Canadian Chess Player of the Year Award Each year the Canadian Chess Journalists, supplemented by one public Fan Ballot, pick the player who has achieved the most in Canadian chess in the...
Scarborough teen is chess queen
Scarborough teen is chess queenAlina SmirnovaPublished 24 November 2010 Although the Scarborough Chess Club is composed mostly of men, its top player is a 16-year-old girl. Yuanling Yuan, who recently returned from the biennial Chess Olympiad, is the top-rated...
Chess champ spreads her passion for the game
Chess champ spreads her passion for the gamePublished On Sun Oct 24 2010Dan RobsonStaff Reporter Yuanling Yuan is a relentless chess champion. The precocious 16-year-old from Victoria Park Collegiate Institute recently spent a couple weeks in Russia as a...
Chess phenom takes on the world
Chess phenom takes on the worldPublished: October 15, 2010 12:00 PMUpdated: October 15, 2010 12:30 PM Jason Cao has checked his way to Greece. The nine-year-old Saanich resident is in Halkidiki, Greece for a two-week stay where he will...
North Yorker knocks off world’s No. 2
North Yorker knocks off world’s No. 2TIM FORAN |Oct 07, 2010 – 7:30 AM Canada’s youngest ever grandmaster has knocked off a granddaddy of the chess world. North York’s Mark Bluvshtein, 22, checkmated the world’s second highest rated player,...
Canada’s newest GM
Photo by Chessgames.com My friend Gordon Ritchie just informed me that Thomas Roussel-Roozmon of Canada has just earned his final GM norm at the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk. Congratulations to Thomas, a nice young man and an excellent...