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 SUMMER S C H O L A R ' S M AT E
MARCH 2017 #135
CHESS CAMPS
TORONTO MONTREAL CONTENTS
July 4 - 7 July 3 - 7
July 17 - 21 July 10 - 14 QUEEN AND KNIGHT MATES 6
July 31 - August 4 July 17 - 21 Kirils Klass
August 14 - 18 August 7 - 11 Great Attacking Partners
Aug. 28 - Sept. 1 August 14 - 18
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August 7 - 11
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 A queen can move like a rook, bishop, king, or pawn.
But she cannot move like a knight. The knight has its
KIRILS
KLASS QUEEN and own unique way of hopping around the board. This is the
KNIGHT reason that queens and knights work so well together.
Their moves complement each other.
MATES The next two basic examples show how a queen and
knight cooperate with their king to mate in the open field.
In diagram #3, White plays 1.Ne7! Then black has three
This lesson is about various choices, but none of them stop mate. Take your pick:
ways to mate with Q & N. 1...Ke4 2.Qe3# or 1...Kc4 2.Qd5# or 1...a5 2.Qd5#.
There are lots of ways for White to win in diagram #4,
but only one mate in 2. 1.Qa3+ Kb5 2.Nd6#. Be careful
The queen is the most powerful piece. That makes her not to stalemate by 1.Qb2 or 1.Kc6 or 1.Nd6.
the best piece for giving checkmate. But usually she can w________w w________w
not mate alone. She needs help from at least one other wdwdwdwd] wdwdwdwd]
piece. In this class, we look at how queen and knight dwdwdwdw] dwIwdwdw]
work together to give checkmate. pdwdwdNd] wdwdwdwd]
Diagram #1 shows the most common kind of QN mate. dwdwdw!w] dwdwdwdw]
The knight guards the queen, and the queen stands next wdwiwdwd] kdNdwdwd]
to the opposing king, who is on the side of the board. )wdwdwdw] dw!wdwdw]
With White to move, Qc7# is mate. But if it is Blacks wdwIwdwd] wdwdwdwd]
turn, then ...Qxh2# is mate. Easy stuff, right? dwdwdwdw] dwdwdwdw]
In diagram #2, after 1.Qf7+! Kh8, its the white knight ww
ww

that delivers mate to the cornered king by 2.Ng6#. Note WHITE TO MATE IN 2 WHITE TO MATE IN 2

that Black survives following 1.Qg6+? Bg7. Can you find a forced mate in diagram #5? (solution page 51)
w________w w________w w________w
wdk4wdw4] wdw4wgkd] rdwdwdwd]
0pdwdQ0p] dpdwdwdw] dpdNdwdp]
wdwdwdwd] wdpdwdw0] wdw1wdpd]
dw0N0wdw] 0wdwHw0Q] dwdwdwdw]
wdwdPdn1] wdw)wdwd] wdkdwdwd]
dwdwdwdw] )wdwdwdw] dwdw!wdw]
P)wdw)P)] w1wdwdP)] wdPdwdP)]
dwdRdRIw] dwdRdwdK] dwdwdwdK]
ww
ww
ww

WHITE OR BLACK TO MATE IN 1 WHITE TO MATE IN 2 WHITE TO MOVE
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w________w w________w
w4wdwdkd] kdwdwdwd] Things are trickier with Black to move. The fun starts with
0wdwdw0p] 0wdQdwdp] 1...Nc4+. Surprisingly, its game over after 2.Kd3 Qe1#,
wdpdwdwd] wdwdwdpd] so White plays 2.Ke2. Black continues 2...Qg2+, when
dwdwdwHw] dwdwdwdw] there is mate in 1 if Black goes to the d-file (3.Kd1 Qd2#
wdwdw!wd] w4N0wdw)] or 3.Kd3 Qe1#). Following 3.Ke1, the king gets chased
)wdwdwdP] dwdPdwdw] down by 3...Qd2+ 4.Kf1 Ne3+ 5.Kg1 Qg2#.
w1wdw)Pd] wdPdw1wd] w________w w________w
dwdwdwIw] dwdKdwdw] rdw1w4kd] wdwdwdwd]
ww
ww

0bdndp0p] dwdwdwdw]
WHITE TO MATE IN 5 WHITE TO MATE IN 3
w0wdpdwd] wdwdwhwd]
hwdp)wdw] dwdwdwdw]
The most famous mate with queen and knight is called wdw)wdwd] wdwdwdwd]
Philidors legacy, named for French master Franois- )wdBdNdw] dkdKdwdw]
Andr Danican Philidor (1726-1795). wdPdw)P)] wdwdw1wd]
Diagram #6 shows how its done. First a queen check. $wGQ$wIw] dwdwdwdw]
1.Qc4+! There is instant mate after 1...Kf8 2.Qf7#, so the ww
ww

black king goes to the corner. 1...Kh8 2.Nf7+ Kg8. Then WHITE TO MOVE BLACK TO MATE IN 2
a fancy double check, 3.Nh6+! Kh8, following by a cool
queen sacrifice 4.Qg8+! Rxg8, and glory for the knight White has a great attacking position in #9. The pawn
with 5.Nf7#. The king, surrounded by his own pieces, is at e5 is especially strong, keeping black pieces off f6.
in a smothered mate. White crashes through with a bishop sacrifice known as
The roles are reversed in diagram #7. This time the the Greek gift. 1.Bxh7+! Kxg8 Black is also in trouble
knight is sacked and the queen gives mate. 1.Qc8+ Rb8 following 1...Kh8 2.Ng5 (2...Rc8 3.Qh5 or 2...g6 3.Qg4).
2.Nb6+!, forcing a fatal capture. 2...axb6 3.Qa6# After 2.Ng5+, Black loses easily by 2...Kh8 3.Qh5+ Kg8
In many mates with Q and N, w________w 4.Qh7# or 2...Kh6 3.Nxe6+. A little bit tougher is 2...Kg6
the queen can be replaced by wdw!wdwd] 3.Qd3+! f5 4.exf6+ e.p. Kxf6 5.Rxe6# (or 3...Kh6 4.Qh7#).
a rook. See Scholars Mate 117 dw0wdwiw] The usual move is 2...Kg8 when
for a class on R and N mates. wdwdwdpd] White plays 3.Qh5!, threatening
Diagram #8 comes down to a 0wdwdpHw] mate on h7. The only reasonable
single tempo. Whichever side wdw)w)wd] defence then is 3...Re8, but White
moves forces mate. still wins by 4.Qxf7+! (better than
dw)wdwdw]
White plays 1.Qe7+, leaving whPIwdwd] 4.Qh7+ Kf8) 4...Kh8 5.Qh5+ Kg8
Black three unpleasant options: dwdwdwdq] 6.Qh7+ Kf8 7.Qh8+ Ke7 8.Qxg7#.
1...Kh6 2.Qh7#, 1...Kh8 2.Qf8# ww Lets finish off with one more

and 1...Kg8 2.Qf7+ Kh8 3.Qf8# problem for you to solve (#10). Its
WHITE OR BLACK TO MOVE
(not 3.Qh7+? Qxh7). Black to move. (solution page 51) So long!
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 CANADIAN
MORT and MARLEY
CHESS
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 canada top ten
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KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7
l
TA C T I C S 1 0 2
1 IVANESCU Matthew 734 AB 1 VETTESE Nicholas 2302 ON
2 WANG Arthur 660 ON 2 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 2259 QC TAKE AND DOUBLE CHECK!
3 LOU Aaron 592 QC 3 DURETTE Francis 2210 QC
4 VICKERS Aaron 578 BC 4 HEMSTAPAT Andrew 2137 BC White to play and win material.
5 JIANG William 564 BC 5 ZHONG Wenxuan 1948 QC
6 HE Wei 548 ON 6 QU Leo 1802 BC solutions page 51
7 YU Michael 522 QC 7 LI Alan 1727 ON
8 SORGARD William 494 SK 8 ZHENG Victor 1714 BC
9 KE Lynn 493 QC 9 LIN Benjamin 1659 ON
10 WU Nicholas 482 BC 10 MIRABELLI Aidan 1600 ON
GRADE 1 GRADE 8
1 GUO Richard
2 POMPAS Codrin
931
875
ON
BC
1 HUA Eugene
2 NORITSYN Sergey
2295
2262
ON
ON

w________w
w________w
3 MANE Arnav 833 ON 3 TALUKDAR Rohan 2246 ON
4 CHEN Alina
5 BAI Kingsley
808
791
ON
ON
4 DEMCHENKO Svitlana
5 MING Wenyang
2086
1930
ON
ON w4w1kgw4] rdw1kgw4]
6 ZINCHENKO Anthony
7 LEBLANC Zachary
8 LI Max
746
699
677
ON
NB
ON
6 PULFER Luke
7 LOW Ethan
8 WANG Kaixin
1900
1827
1797
BC
BC
AB
dpdwdp0w] dp0wdp0w]
9 LING Kathryn
10 GEORGESCU Luca
GRADE 2
672
660
ON
QC
9 TINICA Gabriel
10 BU Kevin
GRADE 9
1732
1730
QC
PE pdwhpdw0] pdw0bdw0]
1 YANG Ryan
2 SONG Ethan
1415
1283
BC
BC
1 OUELLET Maili-Jade
2 DOKNJAS Joshua
2224
2222
QC
BC
dwdndwdw] dwdndwdw]
3 WANG Nathan
4 HUARD Matheo
5 GAO Lucy
1214
1140
1097
ON
QC
ON
3 FAN Run Kun
4 GROSSMANN Lenard
5 ZHAO Yue Tong
2074
1912
1859
QC
AB
ON
wdw)Ndwd] wdwdwdwd]
6 YAN Alex
7 LI James
1072
1012
QC
QC
6 CAI Jason
7 YAO David
1843
1838
ON
AB dQdBdwdw] dwdwdNdw]
8 LIU Eric 958 QC 8 SU Michael 1828 BC
9 QU Greta
10 SCHWARTZ Elazar
957
918
ON
MB
9 LEONG Ryan
10 YIE Kevin
1797
1796
BC
ON
P)wdw)P)] P)PdB)P)]
GRADE 3
1 ATANASOV Anthony
2 ZHONG Kevin
1722
1579
ON
QC
GRADE 10
1 CHEN Richard
2 WAN Kevin
2402
2356
ON
ON
$wGw$wIw] $wGQ$wIw]
3 WU Nathan
4 WANG Daniel
1531
1441
BC
BC
3 GEDAJLOVIC Max
4 ZHANG Yuan Chen
2338
2325
BC
ON
ww ww
5 CHANG Alexander 1324 QC 5 ZOTKIN Daniel 2240 ON
6 LI Adam 1319 ON 6 ZHAO Harry 2225 ON
7 QIU James 1296 ON 7 XU Jeffrey 2096 ON
8 OFFENGENDEN Ron 1289 AB 8 BALENDRA Harigaran 2093 ON
9 WANG Kaison 1276 ON 9 SAHA Ananda 2090 QC
10 YU Sophia 1250 BC 10 SHAMRONI Dennis 2041 ON
GRADE 4 G R A D E 11
1 GUIPI BOPALA Prince
2 ZHENG Richard
1889
1725
QC
QC
1 CAO Jason
2 BELLISSIMO Joseph
2415
2373
BC
ON
w________w
w________w
3 CHEN Max 1660 ON 3 SONG Sam 2359 NB
4 ZHAO Jeffrey
5 ZHANG Chuhang
6 DINATOLO Zack
1562
1381
1349
ON
QC
ON
4 ZHOU Qiyu
5 LEI Sean
6 YU Wenlu
2344
2220
2205
ON
ON
ON
rdw1kgw4] wdr4wdwi]
7 LIU Kevin
8 GHAZARIAN Tigran
1320
1307
QC
ON
7 WANG Eric
8 ZHONG Joey
2104
2091
ON
ON
dp0whw0p] dp1wdw0p]
9 XU Andrew
10 SHAPIRO Idan
GRADE 5
1290
1278
BC
ON
9 ZHU Brandon
10 KASSAM Jamil
GRADE 12
1859
1854
BC
AB wdb0wdwd] pdwdwdwh]
1 ISSANI Nameer
2 NOORALI Aahil
2219
1994
ON
ON
1 PREOTU Razvan
2 YU Zong Yang
2658
2537
ON
QC 0Ndw0wdw] dwdw$pdQ]
3 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan 1692 ON 3 SONG Michael 2531 ON
4 GU Chuyang
5 RUSONIK Max
1691
1684
BC
ON
4 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
5 AWATRAMANI Janak
2513
2466
QC
BC
QdPdndwd] wdPdwdwd]
6 WU Lucian
7 ZHOU Aiden
8 SHEN Isamel
1680
1584
1502
BC
BC
ON
6 SHI Diwen
7 DOKNJAS John
8 ZHU Hong Rui
2348
2292
2240
AB
BC
QC
dwdwdN)w] dwdwdwdw]
9 OMICHI Haruaki
10 FEDYUSHCHENKO Alexander
1469
1443
QC
ON
9 LI Yinshi
10 LIU Yu Qing
2239
2181
ON
QC P)wdw)B)] PGwdwdP)]
GRADE 6
1 HUANG Qiuyu
2 LOW Kevin
2215
1879
QC
BC
HONOUR ROLL
1 PREOTU Razvan
2 YU Zong Yang
2658
2537
ON
QC
$wGw$wIw] dw$wdwdK]
3 HUANG Patrick
4 ENGLAND Max
5 DOKNJAS Neil
1838
1747
1724
BC
ON
BC
3 SONG Michael
4 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
5 AWATRAMANI Janak
2531
2513
2466
ON
QC
BC
ww ww
6 TANAKA Tyler 1684 QC 6 CAO Jason 2415 BC
7 SUPERCEANU Andi 1661 AB 7 CHEN Richard 2402 ON
8 TIAN Sherry 1660 BC 8 BELLISSIMO Joseph 2373 ON
9 ZHAO Jonathan 1577 ON 9 SONG Sam 2359 NB
10 JAMES Rowan 1547 BC 10 WAN Kevin 2356 ON

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 BORIS SPASSKY C O M B O M O M B O !!
(1937 - ) SPOTLIGHT ON DEFLECTION
w________w
This popular Russian grandmaster from Saint wdwdrdkd]
Petersburg won the World Junior Championship
0bdwdp0w]
at age 18. In 1969 he became the tenth world
w0wdwdq0]
chess champion by defeating Tigran Petrosian
12-10 in Moscow.
dwdNdwdw]
w)wdwdwd]
)wdQdw)w]
wdwdw)Pd]
dwdRdwdw]
ww
A deflection is a sacrifice which forces an opposing
piece to move and give up its defensive job.
K White forks with 1.Ne7+!, sacrificing the knight
to deflect the black rook. After 1...Rxe7 2.Qd8+ Kh7
3.Qxe7, White is up the exchange. (1...Kh7? Nxg6)
k Black to move deflects the white rook from its
defence of the queen by 1...Re1+! Its game over for
White following 2.Rxe1 Qxd3 or 2.Kh2 Qh5#.
w________ww________w
The secret of chess: You must know the rules wdwdw4kd]wdrdwdkd]
and you must know when to break them. 0wdwdpdp]dwdwdp0w]
SPASSKY VARIATION (Nimzo-Indian Defence) w0wdqdpd]pdwdbdq0]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 hwdNdrdw]dpHwdwdw]
Spassky is known for his universal style. That wdwdwdwd]wdwdwdwd]
means that he plays well in any kind of position. )wdRdwdQ]dwdw)Qdw]
But he is probably most famous for his loss to wGwdw)Pd]w)wdw)P)]
Bobby Fischer in their 1972 title match in Iceland. dwdwdKdw]dw$wdwIw]
The rematch in 1992 earned him 3 million dollars. wwww
Spassky left the Soviet Union in 1976 and became WHITE TO MOVE BLACK TO MOVE
a citizen of France, returning to Russia in 2012. Win Material solutions page 51 Win Material

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 CANADA AND WORLD NEWS
QUEBEC YOUTH ALBERTA YOUTH MONTREAL TEAMS
The 2017 Quebec Youth Chess The 2017 Alberta Youth Chess There were 214 players on 56 teams at the Montreal Scholastic
Championships took place on Championship was held at the Team Tournament on February 26th at Jean de Brebeuf College.
March 3-5 in Montreal, with 62 Radisson Hotel in Edmonton on Congratulations to Fernand-Seguin for placing first in both sections.
participants in the five round February 25-26 with 66 players. The top three schools in each group were:
event. Here are the champions The provincial champions are: K-3 K-6
and runners-up. < 8 Anand Chandra 1. Fernand-Seguin 1. Fernand-Seguin
< 8 Eric Liu 5 <10 Felix Lin James Li Qiuyu Huang
Matheo Huard 4 <12 Ian Zhao Kenneth He Yihan Xu
James Li 3 <14 Kaixin Wang Toma Lafontaine Le Cong Li
L.Georgescu-Nicolau 3 <16 Jeff Wang Annie Li Leonard Cuptor
<10 Kevin Zhong 4 <18 Diwen Shi 2. St-Barthelemy 2. The Priory
Alexander Chang 4 3. Buissonniere 3. Roslyn
CALGARY YOUTH
Prince Guipi Bopala 4
<12 Richard Zheng 4
The 2017 Calgary Youth Chess TORONTO GRAND PRIX
Championships were played on There were 171 players at the
David Craciun 4
January 28 at the Calgary Junior second Grand Prix tournament
Daniel Yu 4
Chess Club with 64 participants. in Toronto on February 12. Five
<14 S. Rodrigue-Lemieux 4
The new city champions are: of them scored perfect 5-0s:
Qiuyu Huang 3
< 8 Anand Chandra Max Chen, Anthony Atanasov,
Francis Durette 3
<10 Ricky Chen Jonathan Zhang, Greta Qu,
<16 Yoakim Turgeon 4
<12 Ian Zhao and Nathan Wang. The third
Maili-Jade Ouellet 4
<14 Andrew Xu and final event, sponsored by
M. Johnson-Constantin 3
<16 Andre Tolentino QUEBEC GIRLS the Chessn Math Association,
<18 HongRui Zhu 5
<18 Ali Parsae The Quebec Junior Girls Chess is scheduled for May 7. The
Ananda Saha 4
Championship was played in total prize fund is $3000 in gift
Yi Lin Li 2 CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES Montreal on February 10-12. The certificates.
(Under 18 was 6 rounds.) This years Canadian University winner, after a playoff, was 9th
Chess Championship was held grader Maili-Jade Ouellet. Yi
at Western University in London, Lin Li came second, with Allison
Ontario on January 14-15 with Tsypin and Rachel Wang tying
twenty-four teams. The winner for third.
for the second year in a row The victory qualifies Maili-Jade
was the University of Toronto, to the Susan Polgar Invitational
led by Christopher Knox, who in St. Louis this July. Her airfare
won all five of his games. will be paid for by Chessn Math.
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 CANADA AND WORLD NEWS
NEW YORK PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Thirty-eight Quebec students took part in the 2017 New York State There were 55 players at the
Scholastic Championship at Saratoga Springs on March 11-12. The Prince Edward Island Provincial
trip was arranged by the Chessn Math Association. Chess Challenge on February
There was a total of 1151 players in the six round tournament, 26 in Charlottetown. This years
which was divided into eleven sections. The Quebec players who grade champions are:
finished in the top ten, winning trophies, are listed here: 1 Sam Wang
Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (5 points, 7th place, high school) 2 Leon Liang
Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte (4 points, 10th place, high school) 3 Phu Vo
Tyler Tanaka (5 points, 2nd place, K-6) 4 Luke Dickie
Leo Richard (5 points, 6th place, K-6) 5 An Vo
Others with a positive score in the championship sections were: 6 Tony Wu
high school elementary 7 Arnab Kundu
Maili-Jade Ouellet (4) David Craciun (4) 8 Kevin Bu
Ananda Saha (4) Prince Guipi Bopala (3) 9 Joey Zhou
junior high primary 10 SoumyaDeep Chowdhury
Francis Durette (4) Richard Bocan (4) 11 Jack Ronahan-Wood
Gabriel Tinica (4) Alex Yan (4) 12 Alan Huang Team PEI

WOMENS WORLD MANITOBA PROVINCIALS

The new womens world champion The Manitoba Provincial Chess Here are the dates for the other
is 25 year old Tan Zhongyi of China. Challenge was held March 12. provincial championships of the
She won the 64 player knockout Congratulations to the winners Canadian Chess Challenge.
tournament held at Tehran, Iran in in each grade. Newfoundland March 18
February, defeating Anna Muzychuk 1 Yuzhou Lin
Nova Scotia March 26
(Ukraine) in the final match. 2 Elazar Schwartz
Tan Zhongyi was the world girls 3 Zachary Piche Saskatchewan April 1
under 10 champion in 2000 and 2001, 4 Martin Riquelme British Columbia April 2
and the under 12 champion in 2002. 5 Diana Furda
Alberta April 8
Last years champion Hou Yifan did 6 Max Russo
not participate. Several top players 7 Carter Marshall New Brunswick April 22
refused to play because of the way 8 Ethan Eckert Ontario April 23
women are treated in Iran and the 9 Derek Ma Quebec April 30
requirement to wear a headscarf. 10 Ethan Lin
Canadian champion Qiyu Zhou 11 Brock Beach The nationals finals will be held
TAN ZHONGYI
(Ottawa) was eliminated in round 1. 12 Mathis Penner in Toronto on May 21-22
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 C H E C K M AT E S
WHITE TO MOVE solutions page 51

w________w
w________w
w________w
rhQdwdn4] wdwdwdwd] kdwdwdw4]
dw0wdp0w] dwdwhpdw] 0wdNdp0w]
pdkdwdw0] wdwdwdb0] wdwdwdwd]
dpdwdwdw] dwdwGwiw] dpdbdwdq]
wdwdPdwd] wdwdPdwd] w)wdwdwd]
Gw)wdwdw] dwdwdwdP] dwdwdw)w]
PdPdw)q)] wdwdBdKd] w)Qdw)Bd]
dwdRIwdR] dwdwdwdw] dwdwdwIw]
ww ww ww
MATE IN 1 MATE IN 2 MATE IN 2

w________w
w________w
k1wdwdw!] wdwdwIwi]
dwdKdwdw] $wdwdwdw]
n)wdwdwd] wdwdwdwd]
dwdwdwdw] dwdwdwHw]
wdwGwdwd] wdwdqGwd]
dwdwdwdw] dwdwdwdw]
wdwdwdwd] wdwdwdwd]
dwdwdwdw] Wow! Nice move. dbdw4wdw]
ww ww
MATE IN 2 MATE IN 3
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w________w
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Canadas National Scholastic This kind of puzzle is dwdwdwdw]
Chess Organization called a chess rebus. wdwdwdwd]
The diagram has letters dwdwdwdw]
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easy to see what they B
dwdwdwdw]
TOURNAMENTS spell. But what pieces do e u E
wdwdwdwd]
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dwdwdwdw]
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 KIRIL' S KONTEST
1
w________w w________w
2
bdwdwdwd] wdwdwdRd]
iw)Ndwdw] dwdwdwdw]
Bdwdwdwd] wdwdwHwd]
dwdwdwdw] dwIwdwdw]
wIwdwdwd] wdwdwdwd]
dwdwdwdw] dwdwdwdw]
wdwdwdwd] wdwdwdwd]
dwdwdwdw] dwdwdwdw]
ww Can you solve these puzzles? ww
MATE IN 2 Send in your answers and TRIPLE LOYD
maybe you will win the contest.
White to play. Place the black king so that:
The prize is a chess tuque, just
Force checkmate A. Black is in mate.
in two moves. like the ones were wearing. B. Black is in stalemate.
C. White has mate in 1

Enter the contest by mailing your solutions to: There were 4 correct entries for Decembers contest.
kiril@chess-math.org 1 Mate in 2 1.Rxg6+ Kf8 2.Qd8#
1...Kh7 2.Qh5#
Deadline: May 15, 2017
2 Triple Loyd A.Ke4# B.Ka4= C.Kc4 (Rc3#)
One lucky person will win the drawing for a
chess tuque (navy blue acrylic pullover cap The winner of the drawing for a chess tuque is:
with an embroidered knight insignia). Carter Marshall of Winnipeg, Manitoba
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 Lanis life at school was miserable. She often dreamt

EXILE
EXILE
K I R I L S about leaving. And then one night she did. Lani ran away,
O
R
looking for freedom and hoping for warmer days.
N on
on TTHE
HE Trouble followed her. So did the authorities. When they

X-F
X-F
FFILE
ILE
E finally caught her, the courts sentenced Lani to exile. She
R was banished to the farthest region of the chessboard,
the X-file. Cold dismal isolation.

This is a tale of loneliness and woe. About a young pawn

named Lani and the sad life she came to know.
Lani was no ordinary girl. She was born with a special
power. She could freeze things with a touch of her hand.
Nobody knew how it happened. Nobody knew a cure.
Hers would be the coldest of worlds.
And cold began at home. Lanis parents could not afford
to pay the heating bill. So they shipped her off to a boring
school for gifted children. She grew up like an orphan, and
learned to live without love.
Luckily, Lani was a clever pawn. In science class, she
invented a device to control her superpower. With a nifty
belt and wristbands, she was able to project and aim her
freezing touch. But this only led to more problems, when
she practised her skills on the other students.
Though there was a positive side. Chilled out Johnny and
frost face Bonnie would definitely think twice before they
called her a freak again!

Time passed. Lani lived alone and her heart grew colder
with each wintery day. But she mastered her powers and
eventually planned an escape. She also gave herself a
new name: ICE-O-LANI !
That wasnt all. She had a new look. A flashy costume
in shades of purple, a lovely match to her naturally blue
hair. And for that extra sense of mystery: a dark mask.
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 When Ice-O-Lani was ready to go, it only took a moment
to freeze the security system that kept her prisoner. Once
she left the X-file, she headed back to civilization. That
was bad news for the folks in Chesstown.
She showed no mercy to her opponents, winning every
game she played. Anybody who came close to beating
her was instantly iced with a beam of frost. Its hard to
make good moves when youre shivering to the bones.

The authorities gave up trying to catch Ice-O-Lani. She

was usually two or three steps ahead of them and her
trail was always cold. For better or worse, she was free.
Weeks went by, and things continued to go Ice-O-Lanis
way. Until one day she went too far.
She was playing Biff the B and somehow he got a great
position. That was bad strategy against Ice-O-Lani. She
gave him a chill, but he didnt make a mistake. Then she
hit him again double strength. Biff had no idea what he was
doing, but he kept making lucky moves. So Ice-O-Lani let
him have it, full blast. Poor Biff was left standing in a block
of ice. Totally frozen.
This was too much for the folks of Chesstown to bear.
Someone had to do something. And that someone was
the hero of our story. SPIDERPAWN!
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Like a fierce wind down Central Avenue, across the
snow-covered rooftops, Spidey swung into action.
It didnt take long to locate the villain. The slick and
slushy streets were mostly deserted. But it was perfect
weather for an afternoon stroll by the Queen of Cold,
the cool and cruel Ice-O-Lani. Spiderpawn slid in beside
her, smiled through his mask, and greeted his foe
politely. Hello, friend, how about a game of chess?
Lani turned a cold shoulder, gave him an icy stare, then
warmed up just enough to say, Okay, sure.
Scholars Mate 135 29
 w________w
rhb1kgw4] 5. ... Nbd7 9. ... dxe4
White ICE-O-LANI
Black S P I D E R PA W N 0pdwdp0p] 6. cxd5 10. Nxe4 Nxe4
wdpdphwd] Against 6.Bd3, Spidey was 11. Bxe4
A battle of superpowers. dwdpdwdw] planning the Meran System w________w
1. d4 d5 wdP)wdwd] with 6...dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5. rdb1w4kd]
dwHwdNdw] 0pdndp0p]
2. c4 6. ... cxd5
P)wdP)P)] wdwgpdwd]
Lanis favourite opening, the $wGQIBdR] More common is 6...exd5, dwdwdwdw]
Queens Gambit. ww opening a diagonal for the wdw)Bdwd]
2. ... c6 queen bishop. The game is dwdwdNdw]
Black blocks in the bishop equal following 7.Bd3 Bd6
w________w on c8 but threatens to take
P)wdw)P)]
8.0-0 0-0 9.Qc2 Re8. $wGQdRIw]
rhb1kgn4] and keep the gambit pawn
0pdw0p0p] by 5...dxc4 and 6...b5. 7. Bd3 Bd6 ww
wdpdwdwd] 8. 0-0 0-0 A pair of exchanges makes
dwdpdwdw] w________w the situation clearer.
wdP)wdwd] rdb1w4kd]
dwdwdwdw] 0pdndp0p]
P)wdP)P)] wdwgphwd]
$NGQIBHR] dwdpdwdw]
ww wdw)wdwd]
Spidey declines the gambit dwHB)Ndw]
with the Slav Defence. P)wdw)P)]
3. Nf3 Nf6
$wGQdRIw]
ww
4. Nc3
5. e3 White has an isolated pawn
Both players develop their No surprises yet. Bishops
Safely protecting c4. Now are developed. Kings are on d4. In the middlegame,
knights towards the centre.
5...dxc4 is easily answered castled. this isolani is a strength
4. ... e6 by 6.Bxc4. because it helps to control
After 5.Bg5, things can get 9. e4!? the centre and gives White
This move makes the game
a Semi-Slav. A normal Slav wild if Black plays 5...dxc4. Lani is ready to fight and more space. However, in
goes 4...dxc4 5.a4! Bf5 (or For example, 6.e4 b5 7.e5 plays to open the centre. an endgame, it becomes a
5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5!? hxg5 The threat is a pawn fork weakness because it cant
8.axb5 Nxc3 9.bxc3 cxb5). 10.Bxg5 Nbd7. by 10.e5. be guarded by other pawns.
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 So the strategy for each 12. ... Nf6 14. ... Bb5! 16. Bg5
side is easy to understand. 13. Qd3 Skewering queen and rook. The threat is 17.Bxf6 gxf6
White will aim to keep the 18.Qxh7#.
Ice-O-Lani has a plan and On 15.Nc4, Black gets the
game complicated and go w________w
a dream. Checkmate on h7! advantage with 15...Bxh2+!
for an attack. Black will try rdwdw4kd]
to simplify into an ending. (16.Kxh2 Qc7+ 17.Kg1 Bxc4
13. ... Bd7
18.Qc3 Rac8)
0pdwdp0p]
11. ... Qb6 Spiderpawn finally develops w________w wdwgphwd]
Better than 11...Nf6 which the bishop, freeing his rook rdwdw4kd] dbdwHwGw]
allows a pin by 12.Bg5. on a8 and threatening the 0pdwdp0p] wdw1wdwd]
w________w x-ray attack 14...Bb5.
w1wgphwd] dwdwdwdQ]
rdbdw4kd] 14. Ne5?! dbdwHwdw] P)Bdw)P)]
0pdndp0p] wdw)wdwd] $wdwdRIw]
A bold move, but not good
w1wgpdwd] dwdQdwdw] ww
against accurate defence.
dwdwdwdw] Better is 14.Re1. P)Bdw)P)] Ice-O-Lani was worried that
wdw)Bdwd] $wGwdRIw] her opponent had survived
dwdwdNdw] ww this long. So, with a flick of
P)wdw)P)] the wrist, she zapped him
$wGQdRIw] 15. Qh3!? with a cool ray.
ww A cold-blooded trap by the His spider suit was well
Queen of Cold. Amazingly, insulated, but our hero still
12. Bc2
Black loses if he takes her felt the chill, and decided to
The bishop retreats before rook! get some extra protection.
it is attacked by ...Nf6. Spidey was just about to In a flash, he swung off to
fall for it when his spider a neighbourhood store, and
sense started to tingle. quickly returned, in mittens
Uh-oh, I must be missing and tuque.
something. 16. ... Qxe5
15. ... Qxd4! Once again, 16...Bxf1? is an
And right he was. After awful blunder. 17.Bxf6!
15...Bxf1? 16.Nd7!, White 17...gxf6 18.Qxh7#
will either win the queen 17...g6 18.Qh6!
or force mate. 16...Qxd4 17...h6 18.Qg3
17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qxh7# 18...g6 19.Bxg6!
(or 16...Nxd7 17.Qxh7#) 18...g5 19.Ng4!
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 19. Bxf6 23. ... Rad8
Still playing for mate. With a big material plus,
19. ... Qxf2+ Black is willing to give back
the exchange to activate a
Not 19...Qxf6? 20.Qxh7#! rook. Mate is on the way.
20. Kh1 Qxc2 24. Bxd8 Rxd8
w________w
rdwdw4kd] 25. Re1 Rd1
0pdwdp0p] 26. Qg3
wdwdpGwd] w________w
dbgwdwdw] wdwdwdkd]
wdwdw)wd] 0pdwdpdp]
dwdwdwdQ] wdbdpdpd]
w________w P)qdwdP)] dwgwdwdw]
rdwdw4kd] 17. f4 $wdwdwdK] wdwdw)wd]
0pdwdp0p] Hoping for a miracle. White ww dwdwdw!w]
wdwgphwd] is lost but Lani isnt ready to P)qdwdP)]
21. Qg3 dwdr$wdK]
dbdw1wGw] resign yet. Surprisingly, she
wdwdwdwd] didnt try zapping him again. Shifting her threats to g7. ww
dwdwdwdQ] Perhaps thats the miracle. 21. ... g6 26. ... Qxg2+
P)Bdw)P)] 17. ... Qd4+ Seeking a queen trade by 27. Qxg2 Rxe1#
$wdwdRIw] Spiderpawn takes control 21...Qg6 is safer but slower.
ww of the game. White is down Spiderpawn was in a hurry For the first time in a long
to get out of the cold. while, Ice-O-Lani had been
Ice-O-Lani was impressed a knight and pawn. With a defeated. It didnt hurt the
little care, he knew the end He wasnt sure why, but
by Spideys sense of style way she thought it would.
was near. he also began to think that
and, reluctantly, by his skill She even congratulated
maybe Ice-O-Lani was not
at chess. 18. Rf2 her opponent. Nice game,
as bad as people said. She
Only now did she see his I hope we can play again
White is also toasted after was certainly good at chess.
defensive plan. 17.Bxf6? is someday.
met by 17...Qxh2+! 18.Qxh2 18.Kh1 Bxf1 19.Bxf6 Bxg2+! 22. Qh4 Bc6 Spiderpawn was his usual
Bxh2+ 19.Kxh2 Bxf1. Black 20.Kxg2 Qd2+ 21.Kh1 Qxc2 23. Qh3 friendly self. Yea, me too.
will be up the ex and two 22.Bc3 (or 20.Qxg2 Qxf6).
The attack on g2 ties the Then he had a great idea.
pawns after 20.Rxf1 gxf6 or 18. ... Bc5! white queen to its defence Hey, would you like a cup
20.Be7 Rfe8. and ends all counterplay. of hot chocolate?
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 That was the kindest thing anyone ever said to her. She
couldnt find it in her heart to say no. Okay, sure. CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE
So they walked over to the park where some of Spideys T E A M S TAT I S T I C S
1989 - 2016
friends had a campfire. Lily and Biff the B were there, and
they had plenty of hot chocolate for everybody. Oatmeal TOTAL GAMES PLAYED 14919 MOST CHAMPIONSHIPS ONTARIO 20
cookies too. TOTAL PLAYERS 3224 MOST GOLD ONE YEAR ONTARIO 9
Our hero was the first to speak. Hey, guys. Id like to
introduce you to my new friend. Her names Ice-O-Lani. STANDINGS
AVERAGE AVERAGE BEST HIGHEST LOWEST
PLACE % SCORE % SCORE PLACE PLACE
Biff was understandably speechless, but Lily knew just ONTARIO 1.4 83 90 1 3
what to say. Hi, Im Lily. Glad to meet you. QUEBEC 1.8 79 88 1 4
Ice-O-Lani blushed. She wasnt used to such a warm BRITISH COLUMBIA 3.1 65 75 2 5
ALBERTA 4.2 55 60 3 7
reception. Im glad to meet you too. Please, call me Lani. MANITOBA 5.7 46 58 3 8
Okay, Lani, have a seat. Let me get you a cup. NEW BRUNSWICK 6.0 44 61 3 8
And so, dear readers, this tale ends on a cheerful note. NEWFOUNDLAND 6.7 40 56 4 9
Another Spiderpawn adventure in the books. Another ray NOVA SCOTIA 8.2 33 44 6 10
SASKATCHEWAN 8.3 34 47 5 10
of sunshine on the horizon. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 9.6 23 44 7 10
Perhaps Lani will find some love and happiness in this
world. After all, today she made three friends.
MEDALS
MOST
GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL WEIGHT*
1 YEAR
ONTARIO 139 97 41 277 652 12
QUEBEC 92 96 66 254 534 12
BRITISH COLUMBIA 54 43 61 158 306 11
ALBERTA 17 27 49 93 154 6
MANITOBA 9 25 26 60 103 4
NEW BRUNSWICK 5 15 36 56 81 5
NOVA SCOTIA 9 14 10 33 66 3
SASKATCHEWAN 5 10 17 32 52 3
NEWFOUNDLAND 3 5 24 32 43 4
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 1 2 7 10 14 3
* GOLD =3 SILVER =2 BRONZE =1

MOST IMPROVED BIGGEST JUMP IN STANDINGS

1990 Alberta 7th to 4th
MORE POINTS SCORED 2005 Nova Scotia 9th to 6th
1999 Nova Scotia + 25 2011 Saskatchewan 9th to 6th
1999 Nova Scotia 10th to 7th
2012 Nova Scotia + 17
2002 MB 5th to 3rd 2014 MB 8th to 6th
1997 Alberta + 16 2006 MB 5th to 3rd 1993 PE 9th to 7th
2007 AB 5th to 3rd 2000 SK 9th to 7th
2011 Saskatchewan + 15 1993 NL 7th to 5th 2001 NS 9th to 7th
2001 Nova Scotia + 14 2015
2000
SK
MB
7th to 5th
8th to 6th
2003
2004
NL
SK
9th to 7th
9th to 7th
1993 Manitoba + 13 2009 NB 8th to 6th 2012 NS 9th to 7th
2012 NB 8th to 6th 2015 SK 9th to 7th
1994 Ontario + 12 2013 NL 8th to 6th

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 w________w
wdwdwdwd]
TRIPLE dwdwdwdw]
wdwdwdwd]
LOYD dwdwdwdw]
wdwdwdwd]
dwIQdwdw]
wGwdwdwd]
dwdwdwdw]
ww
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. Setting the stage for the coming battle. Charlottetown 2017

w________w
Chess wdkdwdwd]
dwdwdwhB]
maze wdwdRdwd]
dwdwdwdw]
Kdwdwdwd]
dwdwdwdw]
wdwhwdwd]
dwhwdwdw]
ww
BISHOP MAZE IN 9
Only the white bishop moves. Capture the black king
in nine moves (or less) without taking any pieces or
moving to a square where the bishop can be taken.
Cheshire Cat. Reflections on the winning move. Black does not get a turn. solution page 51

38 39
 ONTARIO TOP TEN QUEBEC TOP TEN
KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7
1 WANG Arthur 660 1 VETTESE Nicholas 2302 1 LOU Aaron 592 1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 2259
2 HE Wei 548 2 LI Alan 1727 2 YU Michael 522 2 DURETTE Francis 2210
3 CHEN Richard 461 3 LIN Benjamin 1659 3 KE Lynn 493 3 ZHONG Wenxuan 1948
4 KHROUSTALEV Ryan 457 4 MIRABELLI Aidan 1600 4 OHIRECH Adam 474 4 YU Xi Ming 1518
5 ULAHANNAN Stefan 454 5 AKOPHYAN Nick 1590 5 QIN Weixuan 436 5 LIU Robert 1421
6 LECHEMINANT Claire 389 6 WASHIMKAR Arhant 1578 6 AREVALO Sebastian 410 6 DEMERS Alexis 1370
7 ZHANG Octavius 382 7 LIU Lambert 1567 7 TENACINI Alicia 362 7 GRANDMONT Mathias 1355
8 DEMCHENKO Andrii 381 8 ZHANG Brighten 1561 8 BOVE Raphael 360 8 SHI Leo 1309
9 NING Jerry 345 9 YANG Fan 1434 9 DJUROVICH Ilya 344 9 ZUO Dustin 1304
10 STOEV Valentin 340 10 YU Daniel 1399 10 BOURAS Yasser 342 10 WANG Caroline 1225
GRADE 1 GRADE 8 GRADE 1 GRADE 8
1 GUO Richard 931 1 HUA Eugene 2295 1 GEORGESCU Luca 660 1 TINICA Gabriel 1732
2 MANE Arnav 833 2 NORITSYN Sergey 2262 2 YIN Elson 626 2 TSYPIN Allison 1572
3 CHEN Alina 808 3 TALUKDAR Rohan 2246 3 RAMAMONJISOA Nikita 624 3 LAI William 1564
4 BAI Kingsley 791 4 DEMCHENKO Svitlana 2086 4 XUAN Evan 598 4 GUAN Zi Yu 1512
5 ZINCHENKO Anthony 746 5 MING Wenyang 1930 5 LIU Lucas 587 5 ZHAO William 1478
6 LI Max 677 6 LIU Daniel 1699 6 MEMON Saad 540 6 YANG Muyuan 1418
7 LING Kathryn 672 7 GUO Thomas 1699 7 BERGMAN Max 528 7 YU Alec 1412
8 PAGAYATAN Adrian 646 8 FENG Richard 1667 8 HAGEGE Eliot 526 8 LIU Julia 1253
9 FAN Eric 620 9 ZHANG Henry 1656 9 BENZACAR William 516 9 KIRYAKOV Marin 1239
10 MOK Yannis 595 10 SURYA Benito 1625 10 IORDANESCU Victor 514 10 LI Tony 1186
GRADE 2 GRADE 9 GRADE 2 GRADE 9
1 WANG Nathan 1214 1 ZHAO Yue Tong 1859 1 HUARD Matheo 1140 1 OUELLET Maili-Jade 2224
2 GAO Lucy 1097 2 CAI Jason 1843 2 YAN Alex 1072 2 FAN Run Kun 2074
3 QU Greta 957 3 YIE Kevin 1796 3 LI James 1012 3 ZHANG Hou Han 1674
4 XIE Daniel 916 4 PENG Sarah 1700 4 LIU Eric 958 4 LUO Muhan 1423
5 ZHUANG Winnie 904 5 XUE Andrew 1682 5 DENG ric 863 5 LU Jasmine 1420
6 KSENYCH Andrew 881 6 LUO Ricky 1668 6 JIANG Barron 860 6 LU Daisy 1420
7 GUO Rainyee 846 7 JIA Jacky 1649 7 WANG Lucy 846 7 TURGEON Yoakim 1358
8 XU Alex 809 8 LIANG Hairan 1648 8 DUFRESNE Christophe 817 8 YIP Mattew 1289
9 RAYMOND George 802 9 ZHANG Zhehai 1591 9 BEREZIN Gabriel 705 9 DYELL Justin 1286
10 DE LEON Rut 789 10 DENG Yi 1545 10 LI Jayson 668 10 HUANG Debo 1269
GRADE 3 GRADE 10 GRADE 3 GRADE 10
1 ATANASOV Anthony 1722 1 CHEN Richard 2402 1 ZHONG Kevin 1579 1 SAHA Ananda 2090
2 LI Adam 1319 2 WAN Kevin 2356 2 CHANG Alexander 1324 2 LI Yi Lin 1929
3 QIU James 1296 3 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2325 3 CHAPDELAINE Gwyn 1175 3 JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN Matthieu 1912
4 WANG Kaison 1276 4 ZOTKIN Daniel 2240 4 OMICHI Kevin 1168 4 YANG Eddie 1739
5 XU Daniel 1223 5 ZHAO Harry 2225 5 BELIVEAU Mathieu 1119 5 ZHANG Evan 1724
6 AI Amy 1202 6 XU Jeffrey 2096 6 TAO Neilson 1088 6 SAINE Zachary 1724
7 NING Eric 1197 7 BALENDRA Harigaran 2093 7 LI Ze Yue 1060 7 ST-CYR Xavier 1607
8 HUANG Richard 1183 8 SHAMRONI Dennis 2041 8 BOCAN Richard 997 8 SUN Benjamin 1522
9 ODOEMELAM Daniel 1075 9 SHEN Chris 2008 9 HE Kenneth 963 9 HUANG Junhao 1488
10 LIU Aaron 1058 10 NGUYEN Duy Thien An 1682 10 HE Zekai 933 10 AUDET Olivier 1455
GRADE 4 G R A D E 11 GRADE 4 G R A D E 11
1 CHEN Max 1660 1 BELLISSIMO Joseph 2373 1 GUIPI BOPALA Prince 1889 1 SHI Linda 1767
2 ZHAO Jeffrey 1562 2 ZHOU Qiyu 2344 2 ZHENG Richard 1725 2 LUO Wei Han 1718
3 DINATOLO Zack 1349 3 LEI Sean 2220 3 ZHANG Chuhang 1381 3 WANG Kelly 1703
4 GHAZARIAN Tigran 1307 4 YU Wenlu 2205 4 LIU Kevin 1320 4 GAO Christine 1686
5 SHAPIRO Idan 1278 5 WANG Eric 2104 5 LI Zhong Xuan 1230 5 LUO Alan 1636
6 BALACHANDRAN Kousihan 1262 6 ZHONG Joey 2091 6 OREJUELA LIU Daniel 1219 6 HE Haley 1419
7 GAO William 1262 7 ZHANG Jeff 1619 7 FERNANDEZ BUSTO Edouard 1201 7 LI Frank 1384
8 LIN Angela 1233 8 PENG Janet 1591 8 CAO Edgar 1185 8 VAILLANT Charles-Etienne 1382
9 ZHU Matthew 1191 9 AGHAMALIAN Derick 1574 9 WANG Rachel 1175 9 TINICA Sabina 1379
10 LIU Henry 1148 10 SONG Eric 1510 10 CUI Guang Zhu 1148 10 XIONG Yi Wei 1371
GRADE 5 GRADE 12 GRADE 5 GRADE 12
1 ISSANI Nameer 2219 1 PREOTU Razvan 2658 1 OMICHI Haruaki 1469 1 YU Zong Yang 2537
2 NOORALI Aahil 1994 2 SONG Michael 2531 2 CRACIUN David 1362 2 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2513
3 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan 1692 3 LI Yinshi 2239 3 TSUKERMAN Julia 1313 3 ZHU Hong Rui 2240
4 RUSONIK Max 1684 4 KUTTNER Simon 1956 4 ZHONG Ziyi 1279 4 LIU Yu Qing 2181
5 SHEN Isamel 1502 5 LI Michael 1937 5 GONZALEZ Tristan 1203 5 CHANG Michael 1873
6 FEDYUSHCHENKO Alexander 1443 6 YE Hanyuan 1882 6 LEI Storm 1200 6 POIRIER Alexis 1506
7 JACOBS Michael 1437 7 MICHELASHVILI Aleksandre 1880 7 DENG Kevin 1145 7 MUNSHI Rubayat 1455
8 GAO Raymond 1331 8 TERRY Joshua 1766 8 CAI Tony 1139 8 VOROBEV Alexander 1430
9 GILANI Mysha 1288 9 MUNTANER Daniel 1750 9 SLIVE Edouard 1127 9 EPURE Doru-Alexandru 1412
10 HU Kyle 1262 10 HAY Jonathan 1741 10 MASIMOV Charles-Ismael 1126 10 NIKULICH Andrey 1363
GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL
1 ENGLAND Max 1747 1 PREOTU Razvan 2658 1 HUANG Qiuyu 2215 1 YU Zong Yang 2537
2 ZHAO Jonathan 1577 2 SONG Michael 2531 2 TANAKA Tyler 1684 2 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2513
3 CHEN Hao 1491 3 CHEN Richard 2402 3 RICHARD Leo 1540 3 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 2259
4 MO Aidan 1486 4 BELLISSIMO Joseph 2373 4 BERCUVITZ Tani 1477 4 ZHU Hong Rui 2240
5 WU Nicholas 1412 5 WAN Kevin 2356 5 YU Daniel 1421 5 OUELLET Maili-Jade 2224
6 ZHAO Jeffrey 1409 6 ZHOU Qiyu 2344 6 WANG Isabelle 1262 6 HUANG Qiuyu 2215
7 CHEN Harry 1396 7 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2325 7 LIU Owen 1242 7 DURETTE Francis 2210
8 MILHOUTRA Ronith 1320 8 VETTESE Nicholas 2302 8 ARCAND Louis 1188 8 LIU Yu Qing 2181
9 YUAN Daniel 1312 9 HUA Eugene 2295 9 MOCANU Alexander 1177 9 SAHA Ananda 2090
10 TANG Matthew 1283 10 NORITSYN Sergey 2262 10 GUZZO Nikolas 1137 10 FAN Run Kun 2074

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 ATLANTIC TOP TEN WESTERN TOP TEN
GRADE 1 GRADE 7 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7
1 LEBLANC Zachary 699 NB 1 KUNDU Arnab 1230 PE 1 IVANESCU Matthew 734 AB 1 HEMSTAPAT Andrew 2137 BC
2 LEGER Chase 482 NB 2 CHEN Norman 1213 NF 2 VICKERS Aaron 578 BC 2 QU Leo 1802 BC
3 THERIAULT Olivier 462 NB 3 BLANCHETTE Luc 1129 NB 3 JIANG William 564 BC 3 ZHENG Victor 1714 BC
4 CHAREST Thomas 423 NB 4 BROWN Callum 1082 NS 4 SORGARD William 494 SK 4 ZHAO Ian 1589 AB
5 WHITEHEAD Nathan 400 NS 5 WALSH Ian 1047 NF 5 WU Nicholas 482 BC 5 DU Daniel 1578 BC
6 REDWOOD Luke 398 NS 6 HEFFERTON Harrison 1008 NF 6 LI Kevin 457 BC 6 GUO Jim 1528 BC
7 XIE Linke 394 NB 7 DOUCETTE Luc 1005 PE 7 LI Tony 416 BC 7 MAH Sean 1514 AB
8 WANG Zoey 390 PE 8 NORMAN Alex 930 NF 8 CAMPBELL Leif 406 AB 8 SASATA Alexander 1445 SK
9 XU Max 388 PE 9 ROBICHAUD Brandon 930 NB 9 ZHU Carl 394 BC 9 WAN Justin 1401 BC
10 TAYLOR Nicholas 385 NB 10 LEBLANC Austin 911 NB 10 ROSTOKER Logan 378 AB 10 KOVAC Adrian 1341 AB
GRADE 2 GRADE 8 GRADE 1 GRADE 8
1 KOMIAK Jacob 777 NF 1 BU Kevin 1730 PE 1 POMPAS Codrin 875 BC 1 PULFER Luke 1900 BC
2 TIWANA Avner 683 PE 2 RUSSELL Brett 1493 NF 2 REDDY Vikram 641 AB 2 LOW Ethan 1827 BC
3 VAUTOUR Samuel 617 NB 3 CUI Cynthia 1469 NB 3 GUO BiaoBiao 637 BC 3 WANG Kaixin 1797 AB
4 RIOUX Cedric 605 NB 4 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 1195 PE 4 HUNKA Mavrik 590 AB 4 RICHARDSON Kai 1729 BC
5 LIANG Leon 588 PE 5 DORNIEDEN Jonas 1167 NS 5 LIN Yuzhou 576 MB 5 CHUNG Alec 1706 BC
6 WANG Andy 585 NS 6 LOTY Eric 1154 NS 6 LAWAL Alijab 542 AB 6 LEHINGRAT Callum 1617 BC
7 DAIGLE Xavier 576 NB 7 NAKAYASU Rikuto 1148 NS 7 MOUSAVI Dorina 542 AB 7 LIN Kaining 1495 AB
8 ABOU ASSALI Andreh 557 PE 8 LI Kevin 1091 NS 8 GUO Connor 542 AB 8 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha 1459 AB
9 ZHANG Brian 547 NS 9 MACDONALD Cameron 999 PE 9 MAHARAJ Grace 533 AB 9 RENY Alex 1445 BC
10 COTTON Orianna 512 NB 10 CAPELLO Jordon 985 NB 10 ZHENG Ethan 501 BC 10 WEI Daniel 1434 SK
GRADE 3 GRADE 9 GRADE 2 GRADE 9
1 VO Phu 989 PE 1 HUANG Xingbo 1497 NF 1 YANG Ryan 1415 BC 1 DOKNJAS Joshua 2222 BC
2 SHEPPARD Jacob 811 NF 2 CUI Leonardo 1451 NB 2 SONG Ethan 1283 BC 2 GROSSMANN Lenard 1912 AB
3 JIJON Johan 780 PE 3 MERRIGAN Daley 1350 NF 3 SCHWARTZ Elazar 918 MB 3 YAO David 1838 AB
4 SONIER William 729 NB 4 MITTAL Ridhi 1312 NS 4 ZOU Alex 829 BC 4 SU Michael 1828 BC
5 WINFIELD Jordan 701 NS 5 GOSSE Daniel 1125 NF 5 JIN Alexander 781 BC 5 LEONG Ryan 1797 BC
6 GREEN Jeremy 651 NB 6 WEILAND Robin 1074 NB 6 LI Alan 767 SK 6 MA Derek 1719 MB
7 MALLAIS Simon 629 NB 7 ZHOU Joey Junhe 1036 PE 7 LIN Leo 748 SK 7 FOX Dylan 1693 BC
8 YANG Julia 622 NF 8 MANNHOLLAND Noah 998 PE 8 SOLOMENTSEVA Liliya 742 SK 8 GASPARAC Karlo 1665 AB
9 GRIFFITHS Riley 613 NF 9 EDWARDS Andrew 988 NF 9 TANG Jacky 735 BC 9 WOLCHOCK Theo 1637 MB
10 STEEVES Gavin 608 NB 10 KERR Ian 982 PE 10 ZHOU Frank 732 BC 10 WANG Jeff 1597 AB
GRADE 4 GRADE 10 GRADE 3 GRADE 10
1 SULLIVAN Madoc 1038 NS 1 DORRANCE Lucas 1471 NS 1 WU Nathan 1531 BC 1 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2338 BC
2 PAN Thomas 987 NF 2 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1461 NF 2 WANG Daniel 1441 BC 2 ZHENG Maven 1743 BC
3 DICKIE Luke 980 PE 3 PICKARD Ryan 1364 NF 3 OFFENGENDEN Ron 1289 AB 3 GENG Matthew 1709 BC
4 MCINTYRE Duncan 976 PE 4 CHISLETT Benjamin 1341 NF 4 YU Sophia 1250 BC 4 LI Kevin 1663 BC
5 XU Tiger 878 NB 5 NAIDAPPUWA-WADUGE Dulhan 1324 NS 5 JIANG Eric 1215 BC 5 SHRESTHA Prayus 1591 AB
6 FARHAT Taim 791 NS 6 YEOMANS Ben 1281 NB 6 SU Ethan 1180 BC 6 WU Chenxi 1576 AB
7 FANG Evan 784 NF 7 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep 1238 PE 7 GUO Vincent 1053 BC 7 MCCULLOUGH Ian 1534 AB
8 LAPOINTE Dominic 778 NB 8 TRAN Quoc 1218 NS 8 MOK Gillian 1039 BC 8 HAN Lionel 1485 BC
9 RICHARD Tristan 772 NB 9 HELDT Nils-Lennart 1208 NS 9 PICHE Zachary 1031 MB 9 JAYAWEERA Lahiru 1467 BC
10 VELICHKOV Martin 754 NF 10 PETERS Brian 1169 NS 10 CHEN Freddy 967 BC 10 BREWSTER Paula 1458 BC
GRADE 5 G R A D E 11 GRADE 4 G R A D E 11
1 VO An 1127 PE 1 SONG Sam 2359 NB 1 XU Andrew 1290 BC 1 CAO Jason 2415 BC
2 MACEACHERN Seamus 1072 PE 2 MCKEOWN Gary 1615 NF 2 ZHANG Dustin 1231 AB 2 ZHU Brandon 1859 BC
3 BHATT Tanish 1028 NF 3 MACDONALD Brandon 1492 NS 3 SHARMA Vishruth 1207 AB 3 KASSAM Jamil 1854 AB
4 LEBLANC Alex 898 NB 4 ROBICHAUD Alexandre 1330 NB 4 WU Benjamin 1203 BC 4 SHAO Nathan 1841 BC
5 FELTER-GONEN Yaron 890 NB 5 HE Kate 1275 NS 5 RIQUELME Martin 1183 MB 5 LI James 1793 BC
6 BROWN Alexander 851 NS 6 RONAHAN-WOOD Jack 1151 PE 6 LIANG Eugene 1083 BC 6 TAPP Ashley 1743 BC
7 CHRISTIANSEN Asher 846 NS 7 VAN-HEERDEN Hendrik 1074 NF 7 QIAN Jason 1054 BC 7 KNOX Nathaniel 1732 BC
8 LOCKE Sebastian 835 NF 8 VU Nam 1065 NB 8 GUO Veronica 1049 BC 8 KAISER Jakob 1732 AB
9 RANJBAR Stephan 822 NB 9 ROBERTSON Joel 1021 NB 9 LIANG Enoch 1026 BC 9 NIE Mark 1715 AB
10 BLANCHETTE Alain 818 NB 10 XING Peter 1003 PE 10 HE Matthew 1022 BC 10 SAHEB Salar 1711 AB
GRADE 6 GRADE 12 GRADE 5 GRADE 12
1 LEBLANC Alexandre X. 1248 NB 1 DAWSON Andrew 1461 NF 1 GU Chuyang 1691 BC 1 AWATRAMANI Janak 2466 BC
2 RUSSELL Mark 1245 NF 2 OLDFORD Noah 1347 NF 2 WU Lucian 1680 BC 2 SHI Diwen 2348 AB
3 KAPRA Jerjis 1244 NS 3 TIWARI Lal 1305 NS 3 ZHOU Aiden 1584 BC 3 DOKNJAS John 2292 BC
4 WU Dongze 1218 PE 4 ANDERSEN Paul 1295 NF 4 IVANESCU Mark 1416 AB 4 KONG Dezhong 1980 BC
5 ZENG Fanreng 1198 NS 5 KIM Jong Su 1277 NB 5 TAN Brendan 1347 AB 5 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1909 BC
6 DORMODY Peter 1176 NF 6 SCHRADER Nathaniel 1271 NB 6 JIANG David 1310 BC 6 HOFFNER Noah 1806 AB
7 GAO Jiarui 1086 NS 7 MAKAROV Joshua 1268 NB 7 IMOO Joshua 1307 BC 7 STANISLUS Allan 1742 AB
8 LOTY Ezekiel 1073 NS 8 SNELGROVE Stephen 1181 NF 8 FURDA Diana 1289 MB 8 HUANG Zhonglin 1731 AB
9 TIBBO Jacob 1034 NB 9 JACKMAN Luke 1164 NF 9 ZHANG Dan 1284 AB 9 LEE Nicholas 1683 AB
10 WEI Ronnie 1025 PE 10 GREGORY Liam 1115 NF 10 TAN Alexander 1279 AB 10 WEI William 1682 AB
ROOKIE ROLL top K-6 HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL
1 LEBLANC Alexandre X. 1248 NB 1 SONG Sam 2359 NB 1 LOW Kevin 1879 BC 1 AWATRAMANI Janak 2466 BC
2 RUSSELL Mark 1245 NF 2 BU Kevin 1730 PE 2 HUANG Patrick 1838 BC 2 CAO Jason 2415 BC
3 KAPRA Jerjis 1244 NS 3 MCKEOWN Gary 1615 NF 3 DOKNJAS Neil 1724 BC 3 SHI Diwen 2348 AB
4 WU Dongze 1218 PE 4 HUANG Xingbo 1497 NF 4 SUPERCEANU Andi 1661 AB 4 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2338 BC
5 ZENG Fanreng 1198 NS 5 RUSSELL Brett 1493 NF 5 TIAN Sherry 1660 BC 5 DOKNJAS John 2292 BC
6 DORMODY Peter 1176 NF 6 MACDONALD Brandon 1492 NS 6 JAMES Rowan 1547 BC 6 DOKNJAS Joshua 2222 BC
7 VO An 1127 PE 7 DORRANCE Lucas 1471 NS 7 LAU Julian 1499 AB 7 HEMSTAPAT Andrew 2137 BC
8 GAO Jiarui 1086 NS 8 CUI Cynthia 1469 NB 8 YANG Henry 1423 BC 8 KONG Dezhong 1980 BC
9 LOTY Ezekiel 1073 NS 9 DAWSON Andrew 1461 NF 9 BUTCHART Kevin 1410 BC 9 GROSSMANN Lenard 1912 AB
10 MACEACHERN Seamus 1072 PE 10 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1461 NF 10 RUSSO Max 1395 MB 10 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1909 BC

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 R AT I N G S Frizoon LePawn presents

TOP
Scholastic ratings for all players who have taken part
in a CMA tournament during the last three years can

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be found on the Chessn 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 - m a t h . o r g / r a t i n g s 1 CHEN Alina 808 ON 1 TAN Kylie 1338 ON
2 LING Kathryn 672 ON 2 HE Emma 1263 ON
3 MOUSAVI Dorina 542 AB 3 WANG Caroline 1225 QC
Once on the ratings page, with Kiril and the map of 4 MAHARAJ Grace 533 AB 4 MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi 1204 ON

Canada, you can search ratings by name, province, 5 INOZEMTSEVA Milana

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see pages 23 and 51.
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dwdwdwdw] $whbgwdw] Grand Prix
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ww ww June 11

E = king. There must be a king of each colour. E is the OTTAWA

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U = knight. U is not a rook or bishop because there would 175 Third Ave. MONTREAL April 1-2
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is an s on the 1st rank. S is not a rook because then R
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R = rook. R is not a pawn (R on 1st rank). R is not a
queen because both kings would be in check.
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1 Nameer Issani 2219 ON
B = white pawn. B is not a queen or black pawn because
2 Qiuyu Huang 2215 QC
both kings would be in check. Therefore the capital letters
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are the white pieces.
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The last move was ...Be1+ (or ...e1=B+ or ...fxe1=B+) 5 Kevin Low 1879 BC
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 For tournaments and other chess events in your area, visit these websites or contact your local organizer.

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Vancouver
ottawa@chess-math.org
Vancouver Chess School
vanchess.ca Toronto
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701 Mt. Pleasant Rd.
senecahillchess.com 3423 St. Denis, Montreal
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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 TACTICS 102
Each one is named by a small 6 wdwdwdwd 1 1.Rd6# 1 1.Qxd5 exd5? 2.Nf6#
letter. Ranks are rows that go 2 1.h4+ Kxh4 2.Bf6# 2 1.Qxd5 Bxd5? 2.Bb5#
sideways. Each one is named
5 dwdw0wdw
by a number. 4 wdwdPdwd 3 1.Qc6+ Bxc6 2.Bxc6# 3 1.Rxe4 Bxe4? 2.Nxd6#
Every square also has a name. 3 dwdwdwdw 4 1.b7+ Kxb7 2.Qh1# 4 1.Qxh6 gxh6? 2.Re8#
The first part is its file and the
P)P)w)P) 5 1.Be5+ Qxe5
second part is its rank. In this
2
2.Rh7+ Bxh7 3.Nf7# KIRILS KLASS
diagram, a white pawn moved 1 $NGQIBHR 5 1.Qb3+ Kd4 2.Qd3#
to e4 and a black pawn to e5. COMBO MOMBO
When moves are written down,
a b c d e f g h 10 1...Qe1 2.Kd4 Qc3#
the first capital letter shows the Here are some special symbols: 1 1.Qxf5 Qxf5? 2.Ne7#
piece which moves. Q is queen. + check 1...gxf5? 2.Rg3+ Qg6 3.Ne7#
B is bishop. R is rook. N is used 2 1...Rxc5 2.Rxc5? Qb1+ 3.Qd1 Qxd1#
# checkmate
for knight because the king is K.
e. p. en passant
If there is no capital letter, that CHESS MAZE TRIPLE LOYD
means a pawn moves. O-O castles kingside
Next is the square that the O-O-O castles queenside Bh7-c2-d1-g4-h3-g2-c6-b5-a6xc8 A. Kc1#
piece moves to. Bc4 says that a 1-0 white wins B. Ka2=
bishop moves to the square c4. 0-1 black wins
LILY'S PUZZLER C. Ka4 (Qa6#)
When a piece is captured, an x w________w
- draw
is put before the square. Qxf7
! excellent move
wdwdwdwd]
means a queen takes on f7.
? mistake
dwdwdwdw]
If a pawn captures, the letter
of the file it starts on is given !? cool move
wdwdwdwd]
first, then an x followed by the ?! weird (weak) move dwdwdwdw]
square it takes on. exd5 says a wdwdwdwd]
The game below is written in
pawn on the e-file captures on
algebraic notation. Kiril was
dw)wdwdw]
the square d5.
When two pieces of the same new to chess and fell into an winIwdwd]
kind can go to the same spot, old trap called Scholars Mate ! $whbgwdw]
another letter is put after the
ROCKY KIRIL
ww
piece to show what file it came
from. Rae1 tells us that a rook 1. e4 e5 R = rook White = capitals
on the a-file moves to e1. 2. Qh5 d6 E = king Black = lowercase
If the pieces that can move to 3. Bc4 Nf6 ? B = pawn
the same spot are on the same 4. Qxf7 # U = knight last move: ...Be1+
file, then their rank number is
added. N6e4 means the knight Oh no! Kiril got mated in just S = bishop (or ...e1=B+ or ...fxe1=B+)
on the 6th rank moves to e4. four moves. That was no fun! See page 46 for detailed explanation.
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