CANADA'S CHESS MAGAZINE FOR KIDS

DECEMBER 2014 number 125

ATTACK OF THE KILLER FORKS

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
CHESS CLOCKS AND TIME LIMITS
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 HOLIDAY S C H O L A R ' S M AT E
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 When playing with a clock, there are several different
time limits that can be used.
KIRIL’S
KLASS CLOCKS Slower games which last more than an hour are called
AND TIME standard chess. In rated competitions with this time limit,
players must write down their games. This allows them
LIMITS to keep track of how many moves are made.
In most standard tournaments, the time limit has two
or more time controls. The first time control is usually at
Everything you need to move number 40. Let’s say each player is given two
know about chess timers.
hours for forty moves. After they play their 40th move
(“make the time control”), they are given additional time
for the following moves. For example, one hour for twenty
A chess clock is really two clocks in one. They are more moves. Any extra time that was left on the clock
connected so that only one of them runs at a time. One when the time control is reached gets carried over to
clock goes when it is White’s turn, the other when it is the next part. The final time control (after move 60) is
Black’s turn. Each player must make a certain number of usually “sudden death”, where all the remaining moves
moves in the time allowed. must be made in the given time. Players normally get an
When a game begins, Black starts the white clock. After additional 30 minutes for this part. In this example. if both
every move, the players push a button which stops their players use all their time (2 hours + 1 hour + 30 minutes),
own clock and starts the opponent’s. the game will last seven hours!
There are two kinds of timers: the old style (analog) Sudden death is also called a quickplay finish.
clocks with hands that go round, and digital clocks which
show the time electronically, like on a microwave oven.
Old style clocks are normally set so that time runs out
at “6 o’clock”. A flag on each clock indicates when the
minute hand passes the ‘12’ and time is up. A player
loses the game if their “flag falls” and they have not
made the required number of moves.

When players get short of time, we say they are in time

trouble or time pressure. If both sides are in trouble, we
have a time scramble. Watch out for flying pieces.
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 Chess clocks were invented in the 19th century to keep Imagine the end of a game where
players from moving too slowly. Today they are also used you have a king and rook against
for speed chess. Special names for the time limit tell us the opponent’s lone king, but you
how fast the game is. only have two seconds left on the
Active (or rapid) chess is when both players have more clock. Without an increment,
than fifteen minutes but less than one hour for all their it would be impossible to
moves. Usually 30 minutes. mate in time. However, if you
Blitz chess normally means five have an increment, with five
minutes for the whole game. But extra seconds per turn, you
three minute blitz is also popular. could win easily. Right?
‘Blitz’ is German for lightning and Here are two examples of time limits with increments.
that’s how fast you have to play! In the 2014 World Championship match, each player
Real speed demons enjoy had 2 hours for 40 moves, then 1 hour for 20 moves,
bullet or lightning chess. All followed by 15 minutes plus a 30 second increment for
you get is one or two minutes. the rest of the game.
No thinking allowed. In the 2014 Canadian Youth Chess Championships, the
time limit was 90 minutes plus a 30 second increment for
One option for time limits that is only possible with a the entire game.
digital clock is the increment. An increment is a small Increments are very popular in blitz. A popular time limit
amount of time that is added to the clock after every is 3 1, which means 3 minutes plus a 1 second increment.
move. It can be set from 1 to 30 seconds.
Increments were first suggested by Bobby Fischer. The Another feature that is possible with digital clocks is the
purpose is to have games decided “on the board” and not 5 second delay. When a delay is used, the clock does not
by someone running out of time. start running until five seconds after the button is pressed.
So you have extra time each turn, even though no time is
ever added. If you make your move within five seconds,
then no time comes off your clock for that turn.
The main difference between a delay and an increment
is that you can collect extra time with an increment. For
example, if you are playing with a 30 second increment
and you only use 10 seconds for a move, then your clock
will have 20 more seconds after your turn than it had
before your turn.
The time limit at the Canadian Chess Challenge finals
is 25 minutes with a 5 second delay. The 5 second delay
is also frequently used at scholastic events in the USA.
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 There are many special rules for games when a chess
clock is used. Some of the rules only apply to certain time
limits (standard, active, or blitz).
Tournament regulations concerning clocks and time
MORT and MARLEY
limits are complicated and they often change. Only a few
basic rules are given here:
 A player loses the game if they do not make the
required number of moves within the time limit.
The exception is when the opponent only has a
king remaining. The game is drawn in that case.
A player may never win on time with just a king.
The exact rule is: A game is drawn when a
player runs out of time and the opponent can
not possibly give checkmate, even with the help
of bad moves.
 The right way to offer a draw is: make a move, offer
the draw, press the clock. Hey, Marley, this sure is a nice moose.
 Players must press the button on the clock with the
Yea, and his antlers are really cool. But Mort,
same hand they use to make their move. They may what does this have to do with chess?
not pick up the clock or punch the button hard.
I don’t know. I thought the moose was your idea.
 The clock may only be stopped if a tournament
director (referee) is not present and the player is That’s funny. I thought he came with you.
going to find one. This is embarrassing. What do we do now?
Just keep smiling. Maybe they’ll turn the page.

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 l canada top ten l
TACTICS 101
KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7
1 HUARD Matheo
2 TANG Jacky
784
569
QC
BC
1 DOKNJAS Joshua
2 OUELLET Maili-Jade
2203
1911
BC
QC
FIND THE WINNING MOVES
3 KHENI Kush
4 YU Marcus
538
528
ON
ON
3 ZHAO Yue Tong
4 SU Michael
1897
1874
ON
BC White to play and win material.
5 KHUBLARYAN Suren 520 AB 5 YAO David 1873 AB
6 LAMONTAGNE Christophe 511 QC 6 FAN Run Kun 1848 QC solutions page 49
7 BRUDNO Vera 475 ON 7 CAI Jason 1726 ON
8 DEESEALL Rowan 440 QC 8 YIE Kevin 1697 ON
9 FILLION Louis-Olivier 435 QC 9 LIANG Hairan 1632 ON
10 LEBLANC Zachary 430 NB 10 MA Derek 1607 MB
GRADE 1 GRADE 8
1 WANG Daniel
2 OFFENGENDEN Ron
1223
1197
BC
AB
1 ZHANG Yuan Chen
2 WAN Kevin
2297
2254
ON
ON
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w________w
3 CHANG Alexander 1055 QC 3 CHEN Richard 2150 ON
4 CHEN Freddy
5 ATANASOV Anthony
971
942
BC
ON
4 BALENDRA Harigaran
5 GEDAJLOVIC Max
2093
2081
ON
BC árdwdrdkd] árdbdw4kd]
6 HANNAH-LEE Toro 936 BC 6 XU Jeffrey 2038 ON
7 TAO Neilson
8 JACKES Cole
933
925
QC
ON
7 SHEN Chris
8 ZOTKIN Daniel
2008
1988
ON
ON
à0p0wdp0p] à0wdwdp0p]
9 OMICHI Kevin
10 ZHONG Kevin
GRADE 2
811
774
QC
QC
9 SHAMRONI Dennis
10 SAHA Ananda
GRADE 9
1832
1820
ON
QC ßwdqgwhwd] ßw0ndpdqd]
1 GUIPI BOPALA Prince
2 ZHENG Richard
1264
1213
QC
QC
1 CAO Jason
2 ZHOU Qiyu
2394
2242
BC
ON
Þdwdw0wdw] ÞdwgpdwGw]
3 CHEN Max
4 XU Andrew
5 LIU Kevin
1148
1134
1107
ON
BC
QC
3 BELLISSIMO Joseph
4 LEI Sean
5 SONG Sam
2206
2144
2080
ON
ON
NB
ÝwdwdPdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd]
6 CHEN Derek
7 GHAZARIAN Tigran
1067
1057
ON
ON
6 ZHONG Joey
7 WANG Eric
2074
2042
ON
ON Üdw)BdNdP] Üdw)PdNdw]
8 NAYAK Anuj 1050 ON 8 YU Wenlu 1868 ON
9 DINATOLO Zack
10 LI Dylan
1025
998
ON
ON
9 KASSAM Jamil
10 SHI Linda
1854
1756
AB
QC
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GRADE 3
1 ISSANI Nameer
2 ZHOU Aiden
1566
1521
ON
BC
GRADE 10
1 PREOTU Razvan
2 SONG Michael
2579
2441
ON
ON
Ú$wdw$wIw] Ú$wdw$wIw]
3 RUSONIK Max
4 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan
1417
1417
ON
ON
3 YU Zong Yang
4 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
2420
2416
QC
QC
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
5 SHEN Isamel 1404 ON 5 SHI Diwen 2279 AB
6 NOORALI Aahil 1398 ON 6 DOKNJAS John 2270 BC
7 GU Chuyang 1388 BC 7 AWATRAMANI Janak 2227 BC
8 JIANG David 1310 BC 8 LI Yinshi 2136 ON
9 KULESHOVA Julia 1291 QC 9 ZHU HongRui 2097 QC
10 WU Lucian 1280 BC 10 KONG Dezhong 1980 BC
GRADE 4 G R A D E 11
1 LOW Kevin
2 HUANG Qiuyu
1749
1691
BC
QC
1 PLOTKIN Mark
2 DORRANCE Adam
2409
2284
ON
NS 
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w________w
3 HUANG Patrick 1675 BC 3 LIN Tony 2229 ON
4 ZHU Harmony
5 DOKNJAS Neil
6 ZHAO Jonathan
1638
1598
1586
ON
BC
ON
4 ADRIAANSE Adam
5 HERDIN Mathew
6 SONG Terry
2202
2200
2180
ON
BC
ON
áwdwdw4wi] áwdwdr4wi]
7 ENGLAND Max
8 JAMES Rowan
1556
1549
ON
BC
7 NASIR Zehn
8 PENG Jackie
2127
2090
ON
ON
àdp0qdw0p] à0pdwhwdp]
9 SUPERCEANU Andi
10 WU Nicholas
GRADE 5
1483
1415
AB
ON
9 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan
10 HUI Jeremy
GRADE 12
2012
1968
ON
BC ßpdwgwdrd] ßwdwdwgwd]
1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn
2 ZHONG Wenxuan
1779
1747
QC
QC
1 WANG Richard
2 KNOX Christopher
2484
2427
AB
ON Þdwdw0pdw] Þdw1w0pdQ]
3 VETTESE Nicholas 1660 ON 3 LI Kevin 2326 MB
4 LIN Benjamin
5 QU Leo
1618
1581
ON
BC
4 SEMIANIUK Konstantin
5 FU James
2272
2241
ON
ON
ÝPdwdwdwd] ÝwdBdwdwd]
6 AKOPHYAN Nick
7 LIU Lambert
8 MAH Sean
1571
1543
1511
ON
QC
AB
6 LO Ryan
7 KALRA Agastya
8 LUO Zhao Yang
2180
2161
2096
BC
ON
QC
Üdw)w)NdP] Üdw$wdN)w]
9 WASHIMKAR Arhant
10 DURETTE Francis
1503
1491
ON
QC
9 WU Ray
10 LEPINE Cedric
2042
2024
BC
QC Ûw)w!w)Pd] ÛPdwdw)K)]
GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL
1 NORITSYN Sergey
2 GROSSMANN Lenard
2149
1932
ON
AB
1 PREOTU Razvan
2 WANG Richard
2579
2484
ON
AB
Ú$wdwdRIw] Údwdwdwdw]
3 HUA Eugene
4 PULFER Luke
5 MING Wenyang
1880
1821
1802
ON
BC
ON
3 SONG Michael
4 KNOX Christopher
5 YU Zong Yang
2441
2427
2420
ON
ON
QC
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
6 WANG Kaixin 1776 AB 6 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2416 QC
7 TALUKDAR Rohan 1754 ON 7 PLOTKIN Mark 2409 ON
8 RICHARDSON Kai 1729 BC 8 CAO Jason 2394 BC
9 GUO Thomas 1708 ON 9 LI Kevin 2326 MB
10 LIU Daniel 1656 ON 10 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2297 ON

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 MIKHAIL TAL C O M B O M O M B O !!
(1936 - 1992) SPOTLIGHT ON SCI-FI MATES
w________w
Known as the “Magician of Riga” because of his
árdwdw4kd]
remarkable tactics, this Latvian master became
àdp0Qdp0p]
the 8th world chess champion in 1960 when he
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defeated Mikhail Botvinnik 12½ -8½ at Moscow.
ÞdqdwdNdw]
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ÚdKdw$wdR]
PIECE ON EARTH wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
A “sci-fi mate” is like a back rank mate, except that
it happens along the side files.
k Black to move mates by 1...Qxd3+ 2.Ka1 Rxa2+!
3.Kxa2 Ra8#. Against 2.Kc1, Black wins the queen
with 2...Bf4+ 3.Ne3 Qxd7.
K If White plays first, they win material by 1.Qxd6!
because 1...cxd6? 2.Ne7+ Kh8 3.Rxh7+ Kxh7 4.Rh1+
Qh5 5.Rxh5# is mate. (1...Qxf5 2.Qxf8+! Rxf8 3.gxf5)
“Sometimes a risky move is the only way w________ww________w
to strengthen your position.” áwdkdwdw4]áw4wdwdkd]
TAL ATTACK (Caro-Kann Defence) à0p0whw0w]àdp0wdw0p]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 ßwgwdw0wd]ßpdngNdwd]
TAL VARIATION (Benoni Defence) Þdwdw0wdw]Þdwdwdwdw]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 Ýwdw1wdwd]Ýwdwdpdwd]
Tal was champion of Latvia at age 17 and later Ü)wHPdBdw]ÜdBdw)w)w]
won the USSR championship a record six times. Ûw)PdQdP)]ÛP)wdwdKd]
A history major at university, he devoted his life ÚdwdwdRdK]ÚdwdwdRdw]
to chess as a player and journalist. His humour, wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈwwÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
enthusiasm, and bold attacking style have made  BLACK TO MOVE  WHITE TO MOVE
him one of the most popular masters of all time. Mate in 2 solutions page 49 Mate in 3

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 CANADA AND WORLD NEWS
NEWFOUNDLAND TORONTO HALLOWEEN QUEBEC TEAMS
The 2014-2015 Newfoundland A record 225 players came out There were 227 players on 62 teams at the
and Labrador Individual Chess for the Halloween tournament in Scholastic Team Tournament in Montreal on
Championship was played on Toronto on October 26. Winners December 6-7 at Jean de Brebeuf College.
November 11 in St. John’s, with by grade were: The winning schools were:
50 players attending. K-1 Amon Schaef K-3 1. Lower Canada College Lions
The champions are: 2 Anthony Atanasov Alejandro Azbaty
primary Thomas Pan Henry Zhang Julian Bachetti-Mohoveanu
elementary Brett Russell 3 Bella Kagan James Rambally
4 Hao Chen Nicholas Rutenberg
junior high Gary McKeown
5 Hazel Guo 2. Roslyn Chessnuts
high school Christopher Qiu
6 Denis Ceastov 3. Selwyn House Fearsome Foursome
B.C. JUNIOR 7-12 Daniel Muntaner K-6 1. Fernand-Seguin Shredders
The B.C Junior Championship Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux
took place on November 7-9 in ALBERTA JUNIOR Qiuyu Huang
Richmond. There were eighteen The 2014 Alberta Junior Chess Yihan Xu
players in the five round event. Championship was a six player Saber Nedjari
The new champ is 10th grader round robin, held in Edmonton 2. Charlemagne Les Pions
John Doknjas (Surrey). Davaa- November 22-23. The winner, 2. Lower Canada College Lions
Ochir Nyamdorj placed second for the second year in a row,
and Joshua Doknjas third. was Richard Wang (Edmonton), WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
For those people who may not followed by Diwen Shi (Calgary) Norwegian grandmaster Magnus
know, in chess “junior” refers to and Kaixin Wang (Edmonton). Carlsen successfully defended his
competitions for players under world title last month against Vishy
20 years old. Anand (India). The match, held in
Sochi, Russia, ended with a score
BRITISH COLUMBIA of 6½-4½. Carlsen won 3 games,
Victoria hosted the 99th B.C. lost 1, and drew 7.
Closed Chess Championship on Besides a very cool trophy, a big
October 7-9, with eight players. SASKATCHEWAN medal, and a wreath, the world
Thirteen year old Jason Cao The Saskatoon Fall Tournament champion also received a prize of
(Victoria) went undefeated to on November 1st attracted 25 600,000 euros ($750,000)!
capture clear first place. The players. Sectional winners were Carlsen, who celebrated his 24th
runner-up was Tanraj Sohal. Anastasia Sasata, Evan Pope, birthday on November 30, is the
Tying for third place were John Joshua Soifer, and Alexander highest rated player ever (2882).
Doknjas and Butch Villavieja. Sasata. MAGNUS CARLSEN
Long live the king!
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 CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE
MORE NEWS 1989 Ottawa
THE FIRST 26 Y EARS

Ontario has placed first 18 of the last 20

1990 Ottawa years. In other years, they were second 5
1991 Montreal times and third 3 times (1991-1993).
MARITIME SCHOLASTIC TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
1992 Montreal
The fifth annual Maritime Scholastic Team Championship was Quebec has been team champion 8 times,
held in Halifax on November 22 between teams from Nova Scotia, 1993 Edmonton
including the first 6 years. They also won
New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Each province fielded 1994 St. John’s
in 1997 and 2009. They came in second
24 players for the four round match, which was divided into four 1995 Toronto
place 16 times. They were third in 2000 and
groups by grade. 1996 Fredericton
fourth in 2011.
The overall winner was Team Nova Scotia, with 55 points (out of 1997 Montreal
96 games). New Brunswick, who won this event the first four 1998 Winnipeg British Columbia has come in second place
years, finished a close second two points back. See page 37 for a 1999 Summerside 5 times (1991-1993, 2000, 2011) and third 16
photo of the Nova Scotia team.
2000 Calgary times, including 2014.
The individual champions were Seamus MacEachern (PEI K-3),
Alexandre X. LeBlanc (NB 4-6), Sam Song (NB 7-9), and Jeremy 2001 Toronto
Alberta has placed fourth 16 times and fifth
Peters (NS 10-12). 2002 St. John’s
5 times (1994-96, 2005-06). They finished in
Other players deserving mention, with perfect 4-0 scores, were 2003 Montreal
third place in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2011.
NB: Alexi Collette, Nam Vu, Logan Reid, Branden Duchesne; NS: 2004 Winnipeg
Allistair Farquhar, Ezekiel Loty; and PEI: Ronnie Wei. 2005 Ottawa New Brunswick came fifth 7 times (1992,
WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP 2006 Moncton 1998-2000, 2013, 2014) and sixth 14 times.
The 2014 World Junior Championship took place at Pune, India in 2007 Quebec City In 1989 they finished in third place!
October, with 136 participants including 18 grandmasters. The new 2008 Edmonton
champion is Shanglei Lu of Zhejiang, China. The runners-up were 2009 Toronto Manitoba was third in 2002 and 2006, fourth
Yi Wei (China) and Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia). No Canadians took 2010 Montreal in 2003 and 2005, and fifth in 1990-91, 2001,
part in the event. 2004, and 2007-12.
2011 Victoria
The separate World Girls under 20 Championship, with 78 players,
was won by Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia)
2012 Halifax Newfoundland has placed fourth 3 times
2013 Ottawa (1994-1996) and fifth 3 times.
YOUNGEST MASTER 2014 Winnipeg
Congratulations to Nicholas Vettese of Toronto. Nova Scotia came in sixth place in 2005,
The ten year old recently achieved a national 2007, and 2008. They were seventh 7 times.
master’s rating after a string of outstanding
results during the last three months. Saskatchewan was sixth in 1998 and 2011,
MANITOBA and seventh in 1997, 2000, 2004.
The 2014 Manitoba Championship, a knockout
match tournament held in Winnipeg from May Prince Edward Island had its finest moment
to November, was won by Kevin Li, last year’s in 1993 when they came in seventh place.
national grade 11 champion.
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 CHECKMATES
WHITE TO MOVE solutions page 49


w________w 
w________w 
w________w
árdrdwdwd] áwdwdwdwd] áwdwdw4kd]
àdpdRdw0k] àdkdwdw0p] à0pdw!p0p]
ßwdwdQdw0] ßpdpdwdrd] ßw1pdwdwd]
Þ0wdwdwdw] Þdwdpdwdw] Þdwdwdwdw]
ÝwgBdwdw)] Ýwdwdw!wd] ÝwdBhwdwd]
ÜdwdwGw)w] ÜdN1ndw)P] Ü)wdwdwdP]
ÛPdwdw)Kd] ÛPdwdwdKd] Ûw)wdw)Pd]
Ú1wdwdwdw] Údwdw$wdw] Údwdw$wIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 1 MATE IN 2 MATE IN 2


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w________w
áwdwdrdwi] árdwdw4kd]
àdRdw0Qdw] àdb1wdp0w]
ßwdwdwdwd] ßpdndpdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw] Þdpdwdw0w]
Ýwdwdwdwd] Ýwdw)wdwd]
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ÚdndwIwdw] “Wow! Nice move.” Ú$wdwdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 2 MATE IN 3
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 CHESS’N MATH LIL Y ' S P U Z Z L E R
ASSOCIATION Hi boys and girls!
Canada’s National Scholastic Everybody knows that there are 64 squares on
Chess Organization a chessboard, right? But we can also put several
squares together to make bigger squares.
visit our website for information on
Each of the 64 squares has width 1 and length 1.
TOURNAMENTS We can combine the four squares a1, a2, b1, b2 to
form a 2 x 2 square. Or we can combine b5, b6, b7,
CLASSES c5, c6, c7, d5, d6, d7 to form a 3 x 3 square.
Our puzzle question concerns squares of any size
CAMPS (1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, and so on).
Good luck! solution page 49
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Üdwdwdwdw]
Ûwdwdwdwd]
Údwdwdwdw]
HEY, FRIENDS! wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

..
I’VE GOT E-MAIL.
HOW MANY SQUARES
Yo u c a n w r i t e m e a l e t t e r ARE THERE ON A
or enter my contest at: CHESSBOARD?
[email protected]
Squares can be any size: 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 and so on.

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 KIRIL' S KONTEST
1
w________w 2
w________w
áwdwdwdwd] áwdwdwdwd]
àdRdwdwdw] àdwdwdwdw]
ßwdwdwdwd] ßwdwdwdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw] ÞdwdwdBdw]
Ýkdwdndwd] Ýwdwdwdwd]
Üdwdwdwdw] Üdw!wdwdw]
Ûwdwdwdwd] Ûwdwdwdwd]
ÚdwIwdwdQ] ÚdwdwIwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Can you solve these puzzles? wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
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 we’re wearing. B. Black is in stalemate.
See page 36 for an example of puzzle 2. C. White has mate in 1

Enter the contest by mailing your solutions to: We only received 2 correct solutions
to October’s contest. C’mon, people!
[email protected]
1 Mate in 2 1.Qxc8+ Bxc8 2.Re8#
Deadline: February 1, 2015
2 Helpmate in 1 1...Kf7 2.Qc4#
One lucky person will win the drawing for a
The winner of the drawing for a chess tuque is:
“chess tuque” (navy blue acrylic pullover cap
with an embroidered knight insignia). Mark Russell of St. John’s, Newfoundland

24 25
 ATTACK
ATTACK O OFF
K I R I L’ S
O

THE
THE K
KILLER
ILLER
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FORKS
FORKS
R

It was a dark night in Chesstown, and silent as the moon.

Not a creature was stirring, not even a spoon.
But outside the city, trouble was brewing. An army of
coldhearted forks was marching down the road. They were
led by their evil general, Darth Pawn!
He had vowed to return someday. Now he was back for
the holidays, and he wanted his revenge.
The next morning, the bloodthirsty army attacked the
peaceful town. It was a massacre. Hundreds of pieces
were forked and captured. There was no escape. The
chess pieces tried to run, but they were no match for the
speedy forks. “Hey, Darthbreath! Why don’t you pick on a pawn your
Things were looking hopeless. Then suddenly, a ray of own size?”
sunshine broke through the clouds. Our hero had arrived. Darth Pawn threw back his cape and raised his sword.
When the crowd saw who it was, cheers filled the air. As he played the first move, he stared at his foe. “Prepare
And the amazing SPIDERPAWN swung into action! to meet the forks, webhead!” w________w
White DARTH PAWN árhb1kgn4]
Black SPIDERPAWN à0pdp0p0p]
ßwdwdwdwd]
1. e4 c5 Þdw0wdwdw]
Spidey defends with the ÝwdwdPdwd]
fighting Sicilian. Üdwdwdwdw]
2. Nf3 e6 ÛP)P)w)P)]
Ú$NGQIBHR]
3. d4 wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
Darth opens up the centre
to free his pieces. SICILIAN DEFENCE
26 Scholar’s Mate 125 Scholar’s Mate 125 27
 Best for White was 7.a3! 8. Nc7+
Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.exd5. A dark metal voice said,
7. ... Nxe4! “Behold the power of my
forks! No mortal pawn can
A true superhero move!
withstand their force.”
Spidey allows the knight
to fork him. 8. ... Kf8
w________w Spiderpawn just laughed.
árdb1kdw4] “Big talk, dude. But your
à0pdpdp0p] forks don’t scare me! ”
3. ... cxd4 6. Ndb5 ßwdndpdwd] 9. Nxa8
One idea of this defence is Darth Pawn has his eye on ÞdNdwdwdw]
to use the open c-file for the Nd6+ or maybe later a fork ÝwgwdnGwd] As Spidey reached out to
black rooks. with Nc7+. ÜdwHwdwdw] play 9...Nxc3, he got that
ÛP)Pdw)P)] strange feeling.
4. Nxd4 6. ... Bb4
w________w “Uh-oh, my spider sense
Spiderpawn counters by Ú$wdQIBdR]
is tingling. There must be
árhb1kgn4] pinning the knight on c3. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw a better move here!”
à0pdpdp0p] The line 6...a6? 7.Nd6+
ßwdwdpdwd] Bxd6 8.Qxd6 would give
Þdwdwdwdw] White the advantage.
ÝwdwHPdwd] w________w
Üdwdwdwdw] árdb1kdw4]
ÛP)Pdw)P)] à0pdpdp0p]
Ú$NGQIBdR] ßwdndphwd]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw ÞdNdwdwdw]
ÝwgwdPdwd]
4. ... Nc6
ÜdwHwdwdw]
5. Nc3 ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Black has an equal game Ú$wGQIBdR]
after 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 or wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5.
7. Bf4
5. ... Nf6
Threatens a killer fork at c7.
All four knights have joined Darth didn’t like the looks of
the battle. 7.Nd6+? Ke7!
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 w________w
áNdb1wiw4] 12. Qd3
à0pdpdp0p] Darth doesn’t fall
ßwdndpdwd] for 12.Qxf6? Nxc2#!
Þdwdwdwdw]
12. ... Qe5+
ÝwgwdnGwd] w________w
ÜdwHwdwdw] áNdbdwiw4]
ÛP)Pdw)P)] à0pdpdp0p]
Ú$wdQIBdR] ßwdwdpdwd]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Þdwdw1wdw]
w________w Ýwgwhwdwd]
He was right. 9...Nxc3? áNdbdwiw4] 14. ... Nxb2
leads to an even position
ÜdwhQdwdw]
à0pdpdp0p] ÛP)PGw)P)] w________w
following 10.bxc3 Bxc3+ ßwdndp1wd] áNdbdwiw4]
11.Bd2 Bxa1 12.Qxa1 b6 Ú$wdwIBdR]
Þdwdwdwdw] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw à0pdpdp0p]
13.Be3 Bb7 14.Nxb6 axb6 ÝwgwdwGwd] ßwdwdpdwd]
15.Qb2. ÜdwhwdQdw] 13. Be3? Þdwdw1wdw]
9. . . . Qf6! ÛP)Pdw)P)] Blocking with this bishop Ýwgwhwdwd]
Black piles the pressure Ú$wdwIBdR] lets Black play a deadly Üdw)QGwdw]
on the pinned knight, and wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw discovered check. ÛPhwdw)P)]
also threatens the white White should try 13.Be2 Ú$wdwIBdR]
11. Bd2
bishop on f4. but Black still keeps the wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
This clever move blocks advantage by 13...Nxc2+!
10. Qf3 (14.Qxc2? Qxe2# is mate 15. Qd2
a discovered check from
Darth protects his bishop Black’s bishop and offers and 14.Kf1 Nxa1 leads to White loses on the spot
and attacks the knight at to trade queens. a material plus.) with 15.Qb1 Bxc3#!
e4. (He protects c3 too.) Darth Pawn is lost after And if he takes on d4,
13. ... Na4+!
The retreat 10.Bd2? fails 11.bxc3? Qxc3+ 12.Qxc3 there’s yet another fork!
to 10...Qxf2#! Bxc3+ 13.Kd1 Bxa1. Spidey brings his knight 15.Qxd4? Bxc3+! 16.Qxc3
back so he can take b2. Qxc3+ (or 16.Ke2 Bxd4)
10. ... Nxc3 11. ... Nd4!
14. c3 15. ... Nf3+!
Taking with the bishop is Now it’s Spiderpawn who
bad. 10...Bxc3+? 11.bxc3 has the fork! His knight Darth gets forked again if THE AMAZING
would leave white ahead attacks the white queen his king moves. 14.Kd1? SPIDERPAWN!
by too much material. and the pawn at c2. Nxb2+ 15.Kc1 Nxd3+.
30 Scholar’s Mate 125 Scholar’s Mate 125 31
w________w
áNdbdwiw4] 19. Ke2
à0pdpdp0p] Darth hates blocking his
ßwdwdpdwd] bishop on f1, but 19.Rc3?
Þdwdw1wdw] Na4 and 19.Kc2 Qxa2 are
Ýwgwdwdwd] even worse.
Üdw)wGndw] w________w
19. ... Ke7
ÛPhw!w)P)] áNdbdwdw4]
Ú$wdwIBdR] Spiderpawn guards c8 by à0pdpip0p]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw clearing the back rank for ßwdwdpdwd]
his rook. It’s mop up time. Þdwdwdwdw]
Our hero swung across 17. Rc1 No reason to get sloppy: ÝwdwGwdwd]
the board and faced his 19...Qxa2? 20.Rxc8+ Ke7
opponent mask to mask.
The general grimaced in ÜdwdwdPdw]
pain as he felt the agony of 21.Rxh8 and White might ÛqhwdK)w)]
“Hey, Darthy boy! survive! (If Black doesn’t
defeat. Now he would have Údw$wdBdR]
Behold this.” find 21...Qd5!)
to fight without his queen. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
“Listen up, Spiderface, 20. Bd4 21. Rc2 Qa6+
I never surrender.”
Darth Pawn gets back to his 22. Ke1
17. ... Bxd2+ forking ways, with an attack
on b2 and g7. White also gets cleaned
“Have it your way, dude!”
on 22.Kd2 Qd6 23.Rxb2
18. Kxd2 Qa5+ 20. ... Qxa2 Qxd4+ and 22.Ke3 Qa3+.
The queen forces White’s
king to make a decision.
w________w
áNdbdwiw4]
16. gxf3 à0pdpdp0p]
Darth Pawn escapes the ßwdwdpdwd]
spider’s fork but he can’t Þ1wdwdwdw]
escape his web! Ýwdwdwdwd]
16. ... Bxc3 ÜdwdwGPdw]
ÛPhwIw)w)]
Spiderpawn wraps up the Údw$wdBdR]
combo with a lethal pin on wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
the white queen!
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 26. ... Qb2+
27. Kxa4 b5+
28. Ka5 Qa3+
29. Kxb5
(or 29.Ra4 Qxa4#)
29. ... Ba6#
w________w
áNdwdwdw4]
à0wdpip0p]
ßbdwdpdwd]
ÞdKdwdwdw]
ÝwdRdwdwd]
Ü1wdwdPdw]
Ûwdwdw)w)]
ÚdwdwdBdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
22. ... Qa1+ Ndbdwdw4 And so the evil general and his army were defeated,
And like he always does, 0pdpip0p thanks to your friendly neighbourhood Spiderpawn.
Spidey spins his mating wdwdpdwd The forks were put on the first train out of town, and
web around the helpless dwdwdwdw Darth Pawn with them! His last words were, “You beat me
opponent. “Yee-ha!” ndR1wdwd this time, Webber. But beware, I will return!”
dKdwdPdw The happy citizens of
23. Kd2 Qd1+ wdwdw)w) Chesstown went back to
dwdwdBdR enjoying their holidays.
24. Kc3 Na4+
But not before they built
25. Kb3 Qxd4 a giant ice sculpture in
honour of their hero.
26. Rc4 “HIP, HIP, HURRAY!”
A final fork for the caped And as for our good pal
villain. Then it’s over. Spidey, he went back to
wherever he comes from.
BLACK TO MATE IN 4
Adios amigo!
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 w________w
áwdNdwdwd]
TRIPLE àdwdwdwdw]
ßwdwdNdwd]
LOYD Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýwdw$wdwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛwdwdBdwI]
Údwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
k Place the black king
on the board so that:
A. Black is in checkmate.
B. Black is in stalemate.
C. White has mate in 1. Nova Scotia Maritime Team Champions 2014

w________w
Chess áwdwdwdwd]
à4wdwdwdw]
maze ßwdwgwdwh]
ÞdwdwdwdB]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
Üdwdbdwdw]
Ûwdwdwdwd]
Ú$wdnIwiw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
ROOK MAZE IN 12
Only the white rook moves. Capture the black king
in twelve moves (or less) without taking any pieces
or moving to a square where the rook can be taken.
Cheshire Cats. Do you have a photo for us? Black does not get a turn. solution page 49

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 ONTARIO TOP TEN QUEBEC TOP TEN
KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7
1 KHENI Kush 538 1 ZHAO Yue Tong 1897 1 HUARD Matheo 784 1 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1911
2 YU Marcus 528 2 CAI Jason 1726 2 LAMONTAGNE Christophe 511 2 FAN Run Kun 1848
3 BRUDNO Vera 475 3 YIE Kevin 1697 3 DEESEALL Rowan 440 3 ZHANG Hou Han 1600
4 FARHANGNIA Melody 385 4 LIANG Hairan 1632 4 FILLION Louis-Olivier 435 4 LU Daisy 1512
5 KSENYCH Drew 352 5 XUE Andrew 1605 5 ROBIN Simon 356 5 LU Jasmine 1444
6 ZHANG Lucas 351 6 ZHANG Zhehai 1591 6 NOTTAWAY Emery 349 6 TURGEON Yoakim 1427
7 JIN Sean 336 7 HUANG Immanuel 1535 7 GEORGESCU Luca 348 7 LUO Muhan 1423
8 WANG Nathan 332 8 IANSAVITCHOUS James 1493 8 MA Lily 345 8 GAO Catherine 1307
9 HAN Johnathan 317 9 SEKAR Varun 1481 9 MELLON-RUEL Olivier 272 9 YIP Mattew 1289
10 FIXLER Lavi 307 10 PARAPARAN Varshini 1462 10 POIRIER Hubert 272 10 WU Zhao Ran 1270
GRADE 1 GRADE 8 GRADE 1 GRADE 8
1 ATANASOV Anthony 942 1 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2297 1 CHANG Alexander 1055 1 SAHA Ananda 1820
2 JACKES Cole 925 2 WAN Kevin 2254 2 TAO Neilson 933 2 YANG Eddie 1770
3 ETTIBARYAN Hovanes 673 3 CHEN Richard 2150 3 OMICHI Kevin 811 3 LI Yilin 1747
4 ZHANG Angus 651 4 BALENDRA Harigaran 2093 4 ZHONG Kevin 774 4 ZHANG Evan 1651
5 ZHANG Luke 636 5 XU Jeffrey 2038 5 CHAPDELAINE Gwynn 709 5 JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN Matthieu 1595
6 KUMAR Shreyas 626 6 SHEN Chris 2008 6 PU Victor 658 6 SAINE Zachary 1529
7 MAK Joshua 611 7 ZOTKIN Daniel 1988 7 BASSALETTI Julien 656 7 SUN Benjamin 1522
8 CHEN Oliver 596 8 SHAMRONI Dennis 1832 8 POULIN Emile 654 8 HUANG Junhao 1514
9 MI Raymond 595 9 ZHAO Harry 1776 9 LI Ze Yue 648 9 ST-CYR Xavier 1491
10 ZHANG Andy 570 10 NGUYEN Duy Thien An 1682 10 WANG Jessica 562 10 AUDET Olivier 1429
GRADE 2 GRADE 9 GRADE 2 GRADE 9
1 CHEN Max 1148 1 ZHOU Qiyu 2242 1 GUIPI BOPALA Prince 1264 1 SHI Linda 1756
2 CHEN Derek 1067 2 BELLISSIMO Joseph 2206 2 ZHENG Richard 1213 2 WANG Kelly 1724
3 GHAZARIAN Tigran 1057 3 LEI Sean 2144 3 LIU Kevin 1107 3 LUO Alan 1648
4 NAYAK Anuj 1050 4 ZHONG Joey 2074 4 SUN Justin 991 4 GAO Christine 1526
5 DINATOLO Zack 1025 5 WANG Eric 2042 5 LI Zhong Xuan 940 5 VAILLANT Charles-Etienne 1382
6 LI Dylan 998 6 YU Wenlu 1868 6 ZHANG Chen Rui 908 6 LUO Wei Han 1368
7 KOTHAPALLI Rohith 978 7 PENG Janet 1605 7 ZHANG Chuhang 793 7 XIONG Yiwei 1343
8 VERMAN Paul 909 8 ZHANG Jeff 1598 8 MARLEAU Jonathan 753 8 HE Haley 1341
9 LIN Angela 870 9 AGHAMALIAN Derick 1597 9 NAVALA Anthony 701 9 LI Frank 1288
10 ROBERT KENNEDY Haris 849 10 SONG Eric 1510 10 TESSIER Damien 697 10 TINICA Sabina 1279
GRADE 3 GRADE 10 GRADE 3 GRADE 10
1 ISSANI Nameer 1566 1 PREOTU Razvan 2579 1 KULESHOVA Julia 1291 1 YU Zong Yang 2420
2 RUSONIK Max 1417 2 SONG Michael 2441 2 OMICHI Haruaki 1196 2 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2416
3 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan 1417 3 LI Yinshi 2136 3 CAI Tony 1058 3 ZHU HongRui 2097
4 SHEN Isamel 1404 4 KUTTNER Simon 1914 4 ZHONG Ziyi 1037 4 CHANG Michael 1853
5 NOORALI Aahil 1398 5 MICHELASHVILI Aleksandre 1880 5 HOWALD Connor 982 5 LIU Yu Qing 1846
6 GILANI Mysha 1242 6 YE Hanyuan 1865 6 DIMITROV Philippe 955 6 POIRIER Alexis 1526
7 RADIN Andrew 1173 7 TERRY Joshua 1791 7 HOANG Liam 929 7 NIKULICH Andrey 1363
8 FEDYUSHCHENKO Alexander 1138 8 MUNTANER Daniel 1644 8 LEVESQUE Bastien 928 8 LI George 1316
9 SYDYKHANOV Arman 1113 9 TAO Rachel 1630 9 XU Yihan 926 9 LIM Victor 1292
10 XU Yaorui 1099 10 LI Michael 1622 10 CHEN Jacques 886 10 GAO Ying Chen 1287
GRADE 4 G R A D E 11 GRADE 4 G R A D E 11
1 ZHU Harmony 1638 1 PLOTKIN Mark 2409 1 HUANG Qiuyu 1691 1 JOHNSON Nicholas 1874
2 ZHAO Jonathan 1586 2 LIN Tony 2229 2 TANAKA Tyler 1220 2 YUN Chang 1870
3 ENGLAND Max 1556 3 ADRIAANSE Adam 2202 3 BERCUVITZ Tani 1203 3 FARAJI Jafar 1803
4 WU Nicholas 1415 4 SONG Terry 2180 4 YU Daniel 1157 4 MANAILOIU Dragos 1698
5 CHEN Hao 1342 5 NASIR Zehn 2127 5 LI Johnson 1125 5 GU Sheng-Ming 1614
6 YUAN Daniel 1251 6 PENG Jackie 2090 6 WANG Isabelle 1114 6 NAZARIAN Ara 1433
7 MILHOUTRA Ronith 1234 7 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan 2012 7 LIU Owen 1070 7 SAMIKOV Chingis 1431
8 TANG Matthew 1218 8 ZHANG Kevin Z. 1863 8 RASMUSSEN Nicolas 1062 8 HARRIS Gabriel 1385
9 MO Aidan 1215 9 SAMETOVA Zhanna 1838 9 MOCANU Alexander 1040 9 JALALI Salar 1318
10 GAN David 1204 10 LI Robert 1670 10 LAROCHE Hugo 1018 10 TURCOTTE VAN DE RYDT C. 1249
GRADE 5 GRADE 12 GRADE 5 GRADE 12
1 VETTESE Nicholas 1660 1 KNOX Christopher 2427 1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 1779 1 LUO Zhao Yang 2096
2 LIN Benjamin 1618 2 SEMIANIUK Konstantin 2272 2 ZHONG Wenxuan 1747 2 LEPINE Cedric 2024
3 AKOPHYAN Nick 1571 3 FU James 2241 3 LIU Lambert 1543 3 ALCANTARA Maximo 1604
4 WASHIMKAR Arhant 1503 4 KALRA Agastya 2161 4 DURETTE Francis 1491 4 PAQUETTE Alexandre 1505
5 YANG Fan 1462 5 SUN Mike 1938 5 LIU Robert 1398 5 SHI Sky 1440
6 LI Alan 1461 6 GIBLON Rebecca 1903 6 YU Xi Ming 1319 6 LIU Mu Dong 1426
7 MIRABELLI Aidan 1387 7 BOHAN BAO Tony 1900 7 SHI Leo 1241 7 XIANG Qun Tian 1403
8 TAN Kylie 1366 8 QIAN Owen 1810 8 XIE Dazhuo 1204 8 LORANGER Erika 1401
9 ZHENG Ethan 1365 9 POSARATNANATHAN Juliaan 1683 9 DEMERS Alexis 1200 9 VOLKOV Vladislav 1387
10 HE Oliver 1309 10 JEYAPRAGASAN Kuhan 1659 10 ZUO Dustin 1155 10 SMIRNOV Arteme-Iouri 1304
GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL
1 NORITSYN Sergey 2149 1 PREOTU Razvan 2579 1 TSYPIN Allison 1599 1 YU Zong Yang 2420
2 HUA Eugene 1880 2 SONG Michael 2441 2 LAI William 1564 2 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2416
3 MING Wenyang 1802 3 KNOX Christopher 2427 3 TINICA Gabriel 1523 3 ZHU HongRui 2097
4 TALUKDAR Rohan 1754 4 PLOTKIN Mark 2409 4 GUAN Ziyu 1446 4 LUO Zhao Yang 2096
5 GUO Thomas 1708 5 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2297 5 ZHAO William 1268 5 LEPINE Cedric 2024
6 LIU Daniel 1656 6 SEMIANIUK Konstantin 2272 6 LIU Julia 1253 6 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1911
7 SURYA Benito 1625 7 WAN Kevin 2254 7 SEGUIN Eliott 1172 7 JOHNSON Nicholas 1874
8 SIVAPATHASUNDARAM Manojh 1523 8 ZHOU Qiyu 2242 8 LI Tony 1165 8 YUN Chang 1870
9 RUAN Colin 1508 9 FU James 2241 9 CAUCHY-VAILLANCOURT Marek 1152 9 CHANG Michael 1853
10 FENG Richard 1488 10 LIN Tony 2229 10 LI Jason 1145 10 FAN Run Kun 1848

38 Scholar’s Mate 125 Scholar’s Mate 125 39

 ATLANTIC TOP TEN WESTERN TOP TEN
GRADE 1 / KINDERGARTEN * GRADE 7 GRADE 1 GRADE 7
1 KOMIAK Jacob 555 NL 1 JIA Jacky 1398 PE 1 WANG Daniel 1223 BC 1 DOKNJAS Joshua 2203 BC
2 MCINTYRE Malcolm 521 PE 2 HUANG Xingbo 1375 NL 2 OFFENGENDEN Ron 1197 AB 2 SU Michael 1874 BC
3 DAIGLE Alex 478 NB 3 WEILAND Robin 1033 NB 3 CHEN Freddy 971 BC 3 YAO David 1873 AB
4 BEI Er 452 PE 4 MITTAL Ridhi 1023 NL 4 HANNAH-LEE Toro 936 BC 4 MA Derek 1607 MB
5 LEBLANC Zachary 430 NB 5 KUNDU Arjun 1008 PE 5 PICHE Zachary 709 MB 5 YU Rinna 1562 BC
6 YANG Julia 418 NL 6 KERR Ian 982 PE 6 CHEN Jason 695 BC 6 LEONG Ryan 1557 BC
7 BURROWS Breckin 406 PE 7 JIANG Harvey 963 NL 7 HAJIHOSSEINLOU Artin 673 BC 7 TOLENTINO Patrick 1528 AB
8 HAMILTON Owen 398 NB 8 CUI Leonardo 956 NB 8 SU Ethan 667 BC 8 DENG Yi 1465 BC
9 SONNIER William 366 NB 9 GOSSE Daniel 902 NL 9 ZHANG Roy 633 BC 9 TRAN Colin 1439 AB
10 ARSENAULT Olivier 360 NB 10 MANNHOLLAND Noah 900 PE 10 RILEY Austin 605 BC 10 MADOKORO Aidan 1439 BC
GRADE 2 GRADE 8 GRADE 2 GRADE 8
1 MCINTYRE Duncan 822 PE 1 DORRANCE Lucas 1516 NS 1 XU Andrew 1134 BC 1 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2081 BC
2 PAN Thomas 742 NL 2 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1422 NL 2 ZHANG Dustin 964 AB 2 SHRESTHA Prayus 1585 AB
3 DICKIE Luke 612 PE 3 PICKARD Ryan 1282 NL 3 QIAN Jason 892 BC 3 MCCULLOUGH Ian 1534 AB
4 RICHARD Tristan 582 NB 4 CHISLETT Benjamin 1244 NL 4 SHARMA Vishruth 867 AB 4 HAN Lionel 1485 BC
5 FARQUHAR Allister 526 NS 5 NAIDAPPUWA-WADUGE Dulhan 1160 NS 5 ZHU Max 786 BC 5 JAYAWEERA Lahiru 1467 BC
6 CHEN Frank 494 NL 6 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep 1136 PE 6 ZHANG Bruce 786 BC 6 WU Chenxi 1462 AB
7 LEGER McKenna 478 NB 7 LOCKE Miles 1086 NL 7 KORENBAUM Alex 722 MB 7 ZHENG Maven 1453 BC
8 STEEVES Ina 465 NB 8 TRAN Quoc 1082 NS 8 LI YONG JIAN 717 BC 8 BREWSTER Paula 1438 BC
9 PELLETIER Marek 458 NB 9 NOLAN Justin 1079 NL 9 RIQUELME Martin 697 MB 9 GENG Matthew 1429 BC
10 RICHARD Luc 454 NB 10 PETERS Brian 1065 NS 10 FAN Eric 691 BC 10 TOLENTINO Andre 1415 AB
GRADE 3 GRADE 9 GRADE 3 GRADE 9
1 MACEACHERN Seamus 979 PE 1 SONG Sam 2080 NB 1 ZHOU Aiden 1521 BC 1 CAO Jason 2394 BC
2 FRANCOEUR Vincent 812 NB 2 MCKEOWN Gary 1439 NL 2 GU Chuyang 1388 BC 2 KASSAM Jamil 1854 AB
3 BROWN Alexander 797 NS 3 ROBICHAUD Alexandre 1313 NB 3 JIANG David 1310 BC 3 ZITA Matthew 1719 AB
4 CASTONGUAY Ethan 789 NB 4 HE Kate 1193 NS 4 WU Lucian 1280 BC 4 NIE Mark 1715 AB
5 BLANCHETTE Alain 724 NB 5 MACDONALD Brandon 1136 NS 5 LIU Kevin 1231 BC 5 SHAO Nathan 1661 BC
6 LEBLANC Alex 708 NB 6 RONAHAN-WOOD Jack 1075 PE 6 TAN Brendan 1122 AB 6 TAPP Ashley 1633 BC
7 CHRISTIANSEN Asher 702 NS 7 WHITT Sheldon 993 NL 7 IMOO Joshua 1122 BC 7 YU Robin 1626 BC
8 LOCKE Sebastian 689 NL 8 VU Nam 982 NB 8 CHEN Noah 1109 BC 8 KNOX Nathaniel 1596 BC
9 ARSENEAU Anderson 676 PE 9 WALSH Andrew 960 NL 9 ZHANG Dan 1085 AB 9 MULIAWAN Lukas 1576 AB
10 BHATT Tanish 672 NL 10 METHOT Jacob 950 NB 10 IVANESCU Mark 1021 AB 10 LI James 1548 BC
GRADE 4 GRADE 10 GRADE 4 GRADE 10
1 RUSSELL Mark 1147 NL 1 DAWSON Andrew 1386 NL 1 LOW Kevin 1749 BC 1 SHI Diwen 2279 AB
2 LEBLANC Alexandre 993 NB 2 ANDERSEN Paul 1311 NL 2 HUANG Patrick 1675 BC 2 DOKNJAS John 2270 BC
3 KAPRA Jerjis 939 NS 3 SCHRADER Nathaniel 1303 NB 3 DOKNJAS Neil 1598 BC 3 AWATRAMANI Janak 2227 BC
4 DORMODY Peter 930 NL 4 OLDFORD Noah 1253 NL 4 JAMES Rowan 1549 BC 4 KONG Dezhong 1980 BC
5 LOTY Ezekiel 825 NS 5 SNELGROVE Stephen 1180 NL 5 SUPERCEANU Andi 1483 AB 5 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1861 BC
6 ROGERS Alexander 745 PE 6 GREGORY Liam 1141 NL 6 LAU Julian 1361 AB 6 HOFFNER Noah 1806 AB
7 LANTZ Ronan 681 PE 7 MAKAROV Joshua 1118 NB 7 ZHANG Andy 1293 BC 7 STANISLUS Allan 1742 AB
8 HIGGINS Harris 657 NB 8 JACKMAN Luke 1050 NL 8 BUTCHART Kevin 1292 BC 8 LEE Nicholas 1683 AB
9 DENNY Annie-Rose 652 NL 9 ONG Ivanseth 1048 NS 9 TIAN Sherry 1225 BC 9 RAHEMTULLA Adam 1482 BC
10 WEI Ronnie 652 PE 10 HUNT Thomas 1032 NB 10 ZHANG Aidan 1224 BC 10 ZHANG Yutong 1477 BC
GRADE 5 G R A D E 11 GRADE 5 G R A D E 11
1 CHEN Norman 1106 NL 1 DORRANCE Adam 2284 NS 1 QU Leo 1581 BC 1 HERDIN Mathew 2200 BC
2 BROWN Callum 1097 NS 2 FENG Bob 1765 NB 2 MAH Sean 1511 AB 2 HUI Jeremy 1968 BC
3 WALSH Ian 1047 NL 3 WANG Lee 1277 NS 3 ZHAO Ian 1452 AB 3 SWIFT Ryne 1813 MB
4 KUNDU Arnab 1013 PE 4 MCKEOWN Brody 1178 NL 4 ZHENG Victor 1401 BC 4 MCCULLOUGH David 1737 AB
5 BLANCHETTE Luc 1008 NB 5 WILKS Darius 1102 NS 5 GUO Jim 1387 BC 5 CUI Karl Li Zhe 1714 BC
6 NORMAN Alex 954 NL 6 LUDOVICE Diego 1070 NS 6 WAN Justin 1340 BC 6 SITU Dennis 1687 AB
7 DOUCETTE Luc 909 PE 7 KARFOUL Al Mothanna 1007 PE 7 DU Daniel 1322 BC 7 ZHAO Chenxi 1577 AB
8 HEFFERTON Harrison 816 NL 8 HOLLAND Kevin 995 NS 8 CHEN Jerry 1271 BC 8 PAVLIC Stephen 1562 AB
9 ROBICHAUD Brandon 784 NB 9 CAISSIE Sebastien 994 NB 9 KOVAC Adrian 1263 AB 9 DOBRZANSKI Joseph 1471 BC
10 GALLANT Julien 772 PE 10 LEE Wonchan 990 NB 10 ZHANG Daniel 1250 AB 10 BARTHA Jimmy 1385 SK
GRADE 6 GRADE 12 GRADE 6 GRADE 12
1 RUSSELL Brett 1265 NL 1 PETERS Jeremy 1823 NS 1 GROSSMANN Lenard 1932 AB 1 WANG Richard 2484 AB
2 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 1170 PE 2 QIU Christopher 1626 NL 2 PULFER Luke 1821 BC 2 LI Kevin 2326 MB
3 CUI Cynthia 1127 NB 3 ROBICHAUD Nicolas 1549 NB 3 WANG Kaixin 1776 AB 3 LO Ryan 2180 BC
4 DORNIEDEN Jonas 947 NS 4 ZHANG MaoMao 1422 NL 4 RICHARDSON Kai 1729 BC 4 WU Ray 2042 BC
5 LOTY Eric 885 NS 5 WANG Jeffrey 1375 NS 5 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha 1548 AB 5 WANG YueKai 1973 AB
6 QIU Nicholas 882 NL 6 CROWELL Iain 1230 PE 6 CHUNG Alec 1543 BC 6 LAI Jingzhou 1952 BC
7 BLAISDELL Hunter 882 PE 7 DARCY Matt 1192 NS 7 LOW Ethan 1512 BC 7 NYAMDORJ Davaa-Ochir 1946 BC
8 KOSHI Benjamin 874 NS 8 HINK Ian 1147 PE 8 LIN Kaining 1495 AB 8 PERICO Jenry 1864 AB
9 LI Kevin 873 NS 9 BERNIER Thomas 1142 NB 9 LEHINGRAT Callum 1453 BC 9 PANG Michael 1836 MB
10 CAMPEANU Cezar 852 PE 10 CHURCHILL Shea 1119 NL 10 RENY Alex 1445 BC 10 LUDWIG Michael 1825 AB
ROOKIE ROLL top K-6 HONOUR ROLL ROOKIE ROLL top K-6 HONOUR ROLL
1 RUSSELL Brett 1265 NL 1 DORRANCE Adam 2284 NS 1 GROSSMANN Lenard 1932 AB 1 WANG Richard 2484 AB
2 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 1170 PE 2 SONG Sam 2080 NB 2 PULFER Luke 1821 BC 2 CAO Jason 2394 BC
3 RUSSELL Mark 1147 NL 3 PETERS Jeremy 1823 NS 3 WANG Kaixin 1776 AB 3 LI Kevin 2326 MB
4 CUI Cynthia 1127 NB 4 FENG Bob 1765 NB 4 LOW Kevin 1749 BC 4 SHI Diwen 2279 AB
5 CHEN Norman 1106 NL 5 QIU Christopher 1626 NL 5 RICHARDSON Kai 1729 BC 5 DOKNJAS John 2270 BC
6 BROWN Callum 1097 NS 6 ROBICHAUD Nicolas 1549 NB 6 HUANG Patrick 1675 BC 6 AWATRAMANI Janak 2227 BC
7 WALSH Ian 1047 NL 7 DORRANCE Lucas 1516 NS 7 DOKNJAS Neil 1598 BC 7 DOKNJAS Joshua 2203 BC
8 KUNDU Arnab 1013 PE 8 MCKEOWN Gary 1439 NL 8 QU Leo 1581 BC 8 HERDIN Mathew 2200 BC
9 BLANCHETTE Luc 1008 NB 9 ZHANG MaoMao 1422 NL 9 JAMES Rowan 1549 BC 9 LO Ryan 2180 BC
10 LEBLANC Alexandre 993 NB 10 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1422 NL 10 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha 1548 AB 10 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2081 BC

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 R AT I N G S Frizoon LePawn presents

Scholastic ratings for all players who have taken part

in a CMA tournament during the last three years can TOP
GIRLS
be found on the Chess’n Math Association webpage:
w w w. c h e s s - m a t h . o r g
Click the “ratings” tab on the homepage, which will CANADA
take you to the ratings page:
GRADE 1 GRADE 7
w w w. c h e s s ta l k . c o m / e l o / p u b 1
2
CHAPDELAINE Gwynn
SASATA Natasha
709
569
QC
SK
1
2
OUELLET Maili-Jade
YU Rinna
1911
1562
QC
BC
3 WANG Jessica 562 QC 3 LU Daisy 1512 QC
Once on the ratings page, with Kiril and the map of 4 GAO Tianwen 542 ON 4 PARAPARAN Varshini 1462 ON

Canada, you can search ratings by name, province, 5 ZAHIRIEH Luka

GRADE 2
485 ON 5 ZHOU Lily
GRADE 8
1447 ON

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

2
LIN Angela
ASEOCHE Chrisanne
870
673
ON
ON
1
2
LI Yilin
ZHU Jiarong
1747
1548
QC
ON

rated tournaments at the bottom of the page. Click 3

4
LORTIE Sofia
KANESHALINGAM Mathavan
661
624
SK
ON
3
4
WANG Constance
LIU Dora
1542
1527
ON
ON
on the tournament to see a crosstable of the event. 5 WANG Rachel
GRADE 3
574 QC 5 BREWSTER Paula
GRADE 9
1438 BC

1 SHEN Isamel 1404 ON 1 ZHOU Qiyu 2242 ON

For information on how to rate your tournaments: 2 KULESHOVA Julia 1291 QC 2 SHI Linda 1756 QC
3 GILANI Mysha 1242 ON 3 WANG Kelly 1724 QC
www .chess-math.org/ratings/rate.htm 4
5
ATANASOVA Rada
FAN Elaine
1022
996
ON
BC
4
5
PENG Janet
GAO Christine
1605
1526
ON
QC
GRADE 4 GRADE 10
1 ZHU Harmony 1638 ON 1 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1861 BC
2 TIAN Sherry 1225 BC 2 TAO Rachel 1630 ON
3 GUO Hazel 1155 ON 3 LI Kristen 1468 ON
4 WANG Isabelle 1114 QC 4 POBERESHNIKOVA Agniya 1465 ON

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G R A D E 11
1372 ON

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3
MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi
CHERTKOW Sasha
1272
1209
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YUN Chang
SAMETOVA Zhanna
1870
1838
QC
ON
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Canadian Chess Master & Author 5 ZHAO Cindy 1152 BC 5 ROSCA Maria 1221 QC
GRADE 6 GRADE 12
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2 DEMCHENKO Svitlana 1484 ON 2 LORANGER Erika 1401 QC
3 QIAO Cindy 1389 ON 3 XIA Linda 1143 ON
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TAN Kylie
ZHANG Taylor
1366
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1861
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BC
ON
8 HENRY Nadia 1298 ON 8 SHI Ling Yun (Linda) 1756 QC
9 KULESHOVA Julia 1291 QC 9 LI Yilin 1747 QC
www.coakleychess.com 10 MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi 1272 ON 10 WANG Kelly 1724 QC

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 HOW TO READ A CHESS GAME
It's easy. The board has 8 files
* SOLUTIONS *
and 8 ranks. Files are the rows
8 rhb1kgn4 MATES CHESS MAZE
of squares that go up and down. 7 0p0pdp0p 1 1.Qxh6# Ra1-c1-c8-e8-e6-f6-f3
Each one is named by a small 6 wdwdwdwd
letter. Ranks are rows that go 2 1.Re7+ Kb6 2.Qb8# -h3-h4-d4-d5-g5xg1
sideways. Each one is named
5 dwdw0wdw 1...Ka8 2.Qf8#
wdwdPdwd TRIPLE LOYD
by a number. 4
1...Kc8 2.Qc7#
Every square also has a name. 3 dwdwdwdw A. Kh4#
3 1.Qxf7+ Rxf7 2.Re8#
The first part is its file and the
P)P)w)P) B. Ka5=
second part is its rank. In this
2
1...Kh8 2.Qxf8#
$NGQIBHR C. Ke8 (Bh5#)
diagram, a white pawn moved 1
4 1.Rb4 any 2.Rh4#
to e4 and a black pawn to e5.
When moves are written down,
a b c d e f g h 5 1.Bh7+ Kh8 2.Bg8+ Kxg8 3.Qh7#
the first capital letter shows the Here are some special symbols: TACTICS 101 COMBO MOMBO
piece which moves. Q is queen. + check
B is bishop. R is rook. N is used 1 1.Bb5 (1...Qb6 2.Bxe8) 1 1. ... Rxh2+
# checkmate
for knight because the king is K. 2 1.Nh4 (traps Q) 2.Kxh2 Qh4#
If there is no capital letter, that e. p. en passant
3 1.Nxe5 (forks Q & R) 2 1.Nf8+ Kh8
means a pawn moves. O-O castles kingside
Next is the square that the O-O-O castles queenside
(1...Bxe5? 2.Qxd7) 2.Ng6+ hxg6
piece moves to. Bc4 says that a 1-0 white wins 4 1.Bb8 (2.Rxc5 or 2.Qxh7#) 3.Rh1#
bishop moves to the square c4. 0-1 black wins
When a piece is captured, an x LILY'S PUZZLER
½-½ draw
is put before the square. Qxf7
! excellent move
There are 204 squares.
means a queen takes on f7.
? mistake # size
If a pawn captures, the letter
of the file it starts on is given !? cool move 64 1x1
first, then an x followed by the ?! weird (weak) move 49 2x2
square it takes on. exd5 says a
pawn on the e-file captures on The game below is written in 36 3x3
the square d5. algebraic notation. Kiril was 25 4x4
When two pieces of the same new to chess and fell into an 16 5x5
kind can go to the same spot, old trap called Scholar’s Mate !
9 6x6
another letter is put after the
piece to show what file it came
ROCKY KIRIL 4 7x7
from. Rae1 tells us that a rook 1. e4 e5 1 8x8
on the a-file moves to e1. 2. Qh5 d6
If the pieces that can move to 3. Bc4 Nf6 ? 204
the same spot are on the same 4. Qxf7 # The whole board is one big square. Did anyone
file, then their rank number is
added. N6e4 means the knight Oh no! Kiril got mated in just overlook 8x8?
on the 6th rank moves to e4. four moves. That was no fun! The number of n-sided squares = (9-n)²
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