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THE FOUR MOVE CHECKMATE

CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE

THE PAWN ON THE LAWN

CANADA'S CHESS MAGAZINE FOR KIDSJUNE 2012 number 113

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How To Read Chess 6Summer Camps 7Ed & Alec 21Kiril’s Address 21Canada Top Ten 22Tactics 101 23Regional Top 10’s 24Top Girls 28Combo Mombo 29Mate in 1 30Mate in 2 31

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CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE 8National Finals Report From Halifax, Nova Scotia

THE FOUR MOVE CHECKMATE 14Kiril’s Klass The Truth About Scholar ’s Mate

THE PAWN ON THE LAWN 40Kiri l's KornerBe Careful Where You Step!

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It's easy. The board has 8 filesand 8 ranks. Files are the rowsof squares that go up and down.Each one is named by a smallletter. Ranks are rows that gosideways. Each one is namedby a number.Every square also has a name.

The first part is its file and thesecond part is its rank. In thisdiagram, a white pawn movedto e4 and a black pawn to e5.

When moves are written down,the first capital letter shows thepiece which moves. Q is queen.B is bishop. R is rook. N is usedfor knight because the king is K.If there is no capital letter, thatmeans a pawn moves.

Next is the square that thepiece moves to. Bc4 says that abishop moves to the square c4.When a piece is captured, an xis put before the square. Qxf7means a queen takes on f7.

If a pawn captures, the letterof the file it starts on is givenfirst, then an x followed by thesquare it takes on. exd5 says apawn on the e-file captures onthe square d5.

When two pieces of the samekind can go to the same spot,another letter is put after thepiece to show what file it camefrom. Rae1 tells us that a rookon the a-file moves to e1.

If the pieces that can move tothe same spot are on the samefile, then their rank number isadded. N6e4 means the knighton the 6th rank moves to e4.

Here are some special symbols:

+ check# checkmate

e. p. en passantO - O castles kingside

O - O - O castles queenside1 - 0 white wins0 - 1 black wins

½ - ½ draw! excellent move? mistake!? cool move?! weird (weak) move

The game below is written inalgebraic notation. Kiril wasnew to chess and fell into anold trap called Scholar’s Mate !

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Oh no! Kiril got mated in justfour moves. That was no fun!

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The nationals finals of the 24th annual CanadianChess Challenge were held on Victoria Day weekendat St. Mary’s University in Halifax. It was the first timethe tournament was ever held in Nova Scotia.

The Nova Scotia Scholastic Chess Association did avery impressive job organizing the event. The playinghall was the best ever, with cushioned theatre styleseating for the spectators. They even arranged for warmsunny weather.

There were lots of fun activities for the players andtheir families on Friday and Saturday, including toursof the city and a blitz tournament, which was won byLefong Hua (Montreal). The opening banquet featuredentertainment by a magician who could read people’sminds. That would be a useful skill for a chess player!

The chess competition began on Sunday morning.As usual, a bagpiper played as the teams marchedinto the hall, carrying their provincial flags. After thenational anthem, sung by Blaine Gallant (Halifax), thefirst pawns marched forward.

When the last king was toppled on Monday afternoon,Ontario had captured first place, winning all of theirmatches and earning twelve medals, one in everygrade, including four gold.

By the way, the prizes at the nationals are trophies,as you can see in the photo on page 11. We just talkas if they are medals, like at the Olympics!

2012 CCHAMPIONS2012 CCHAMPIONS1 KKEVIN LLOW BBritish CColumbia2 BBENJAMIN LLIN ** OOntario3 WWILLIAM LLAI ** QQuebec4 JJOSHUA DOKNJAS ** BBritish CColumbia5 RRICHARD CCHEN OOntario6 JJOSEPH BBELLISSIMO OOntario7 JOHN DOKNJAS ** BBritish CColumbia8 ADAM DORRANCE ***** NNova SScotia9 ZHAO YYANG LLUO QQuebec

10 TANRAJ SSOHAL ******* BBritish CColumbia11 NIKITA KRAIOUCHKINE ***** QQuebec12 MICHAEL KLEINMAN **** OOntario

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British Columbia came third, led by 10th graderTanraj Sohal (Surrey), who won his grade for theseventh time. That’s only one short of the record heldby Lefong Hua and Lloyd Mai (Ottawa). B.C defeatedlongtime rival Alberta 7-5 in round 1, but lost in round6 to Quebec 6½-5½ and in round 9 to Ontario 8-4.

The battle for fourth place was between Alberta andManitoba. Alberta prevailed after winning their round 4matchup 7-5.

New Brunswick got the prize for Top Atlantic Team,winning on tiebreak by a half point over Nova Scotia.

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The Most Improved Team was Nova Scotia, whoscored 17 more points than 2011. The only team thatever improved more was Nova Scotia in 1999 (+25½).

Fifteen players went undefeated. Perfect 9-0’s wereturned in by Nikita Kraiouchkine (Montreal) and TanrajSohal.

The Most Valuable Player award, given to the playerwho scores the highest percentage of points on theirteam, went to Arnab Kundu of Prince Edward Island.

Six 2011 champions returned to defend their title.Five of them were successful, including Benjamin Linand Michael Kleinman (both Toronto).

Four provinces had brothers on their team. For thesecond year in a row, Joshua and John Doknjas(grades 4 and 6, Surrey) both won gold medals! TheDorrances from Nova Scotia also repeated last year ’sperformance, with Adam taking gold in grade 8, andLucas silver in grade 5.

Eleven playoffs were needed to decide the top prizes,with ties for first place in grades 1, 2, 4, and 8.

Six girls participated this year. The best score was byLing Yun Shi (Montreal), who placed fifth in grade 6with 5½ points.

First grader Willow Rogers (North Battleford, SK) wonthe newly created Good Sportsmanship Award for herexemplary behaviour throughout the tournament. Shereceived a really big ovation at the awards ceremony.

Team Quebec, wearing bright yellow, received the$200 first prize for Best Team Shirt. The competitionis decided by a vote of the provincial coordinators.Newfoundland was a close second, and Manitoba wasthird.

The Yves Casaubon Outstanding Contribution Awardwas presented to Audrey and Blaine Gallant for theirremarkable organization of the 2012 nationals.

A special Lifetime Achievement Award was given bythe NSSCA to Don Bidgood. (See photo.) His juniorchess club at the Dartmouth Library has been the heartof scholastic chess in Nova Scotia for many years.

Special thanks to Chris Dawson (St. John’s) for hisexcellent scorekeeping, as always.

A bughouse tournament was held after the awardsceremony on Monday. The winners were Forest Guoand Nikita Kraiouchkine (Montreal).

The Chess Challenge finals will be held in Ottawa nextyear. We hope to see you there!


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That’s sound advice. But the truth is ... the four movecheckmate works! At least when the opponent is a weakplayer. So it’s not easy to convince a student to stopgoing for scholar’s mate when they are winning with it.

Are the white moves in this opening good or bad?There’s only one way to decide. Let’s get down to somedeep analysis.

1. e4This is the best first move. 1.e3 also frees the queen

and bishop but it does not stop Black from playing ...d5.For example, after 1.e3 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 d5, Blackdefends against mate and gains a tempo by attackingthe bishop.

1. ... e5The most common reply by black. It is a very good

move which fights for control of the centre. There are lots of other moves that allow White to use

scholar’s mate. The opening play of beginners can bequite strange. Did you ever see a game like this? 1.e4 a62.Qh5 b6 3.Bc4 c6 4.Qxf7#

One sure way for Black to avoid the four move mate isto play the French Defence. The move 1...e6 shuts thediagonal from c4 to f7. The follow-up is usually 2...d5.

After 1.e4 e5 (diagram #1),there are four different movesequences that can lead toScholar’s Mate:

2.Bc4 3.Qf3 4.Qxf7#2.Bc4 3.Qh5 4.Qxf7#2.Qf3 3.Bc4 4.Qxf7#2.Qh5 3.Bc4 4.Qxf7#

This lesson reveals the truthabout Scholar’s Mate.

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KIRIL’S KLASS

The four move checkmate is a famous chess openingin which a queen and bishop work together to give mateon the fourth turn of the game. It is also called “Scholar’sMate”. Maybe that’s because you have to be really smartto play it !?

This mate was first played about 500 years ago. That’swhen the Europeans changed the rules to chess andgave queens and bishops their modern powers. Beforethen, a queen could only move one square diagonally,and a bishop could only go two squares.

In the four move checkmate, it is normally White whodoes the mating, and Black who gets embarrassed. Thetwo key moves are Bc4 and Qxf7#. Of course, Whitealso has to move their e-pawn to let those pieces out.

The target of the attack isalways the pawn on f7. It isonly defended by the king,and that makes it the weakspot in Black’s position.

Coaches usually tell theirstudents not to try the fourmove checkmate. They sayit’s just a cheap trap andthat it’s not “good chess”.

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When aiming for scholar’s mate, the best second moveis 2.Qh5. But first let’s look at the other two moves whichcan lead to the same thing: 2.Bc4 and 2.Qf3.

Against the Bishop’s Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4, Black hasthe excellent defence 2...Nf6. The knight attacks e4 anddefends h5. So 3.Qh5 is prevented. White can try 3.Qf3,but it does not threaten mate because the knight on f6blocks the queen’s path to f7.

White can try to drive the knight away by attacking itwith the g-pawn. For example, 3...Bc5 4.g4 d6 5.g5 Ng86.Qxf7#. But Black has plenty of ways to stop that, suchas 4...h6 or 4...d5!? 5.Bxd5 Bxg4.

1.e4 e5 2.Qf3 is sometimes calledthe Napoleon Opening because of a game played between NapoleonBonaparte and “The Turk” in 1809.The Turk won.

After 2...Nf6 3.Bc4, we reach the same position as above.

2. Qh5

This bold queen move is themain line of the Scholar’s MateOpening. See diagram #2. Itthreatens to capture the e-pawnwith check, which limits Black’soptions.One big blunder in this position

is 2...g6?, attacking the queenbut losing a rook to the fork3.Qxe5+ Qe7 4.Qxh8.

A smaller but more frequent mistake is 2...Nf6? whichonly loses a pawn after 3.Qxe5+.

2. ... Nc6The e-pawn must be guarded and this is the best way

to do it, developing a piece at the same time. 2...d6 is also a good move, even though it blocks the

bishop at f8. That bishop can still be a good defender one7, or maybe it will be “fianchettoed” by ...g6 and ...Bg7.

3. Bc4

And so, the moment of truthhas arrived for Black. One falsestep now, and it’s curtains. Seediagram #3.

3...Nf6, attacking the queen, isa popular way to lose. 4.Qxf7#.

3...Nh6 sidelines the knight,but at least it defends f7. Whitecan continue with 4.d3, hopingfor 4...Bc5 5.Bxh6 gxh6 6.Qxf7#, but Black doesn’t haveto fall for that. Perfectly safe is 4...g6.

Already we can see the secret to surviving as Blackwhen White is going for the four move checkmate. Keepyour eye on f7, and keep it guarded!

Defending f7 with the queen is another way to avoiddisaster. However, 3...Qe7 blocks the bishop at f8, and3...Qf6 takes away the best square for the knight on g8.Even so, the position is equal,as long as Black watches outfor 4.Nc3 followed by 5.Nd5.

3. ... g6!This little move is Black’s best

defence. It gains a tempo byattacking the white queen, andprepares for a fianchetto with...Bg7. (diagram #4)

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4. Qf3

The white queen retreats andagain threatens a mate on f7.(diagram #5)

Be careful, Black! Don’t dropyour guard.

4...Qe7, 4...Qf6, and 4...Nh6are all reasonable defences.But best is . . .

4. ... Nf6Black defends against mate

and develops the knight. Seediagram #6.

White has several options atthis point.

5.g4 looks good after 5...Bc56.g5 Nh5 7.Qxf7#. However,Black can go 5...Nd4 instead,with the advantage. One lineis 6.Qd3 d5! 7.exd5 Bxg4.

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In general, 5...Nd4 is a move that White needs to worryabout in this position. Besides attacking the queen, it willalso threaten a fork on c2.

For example, 5.Nc3 Nd4 favours Black, whether Whiteplays 6.Qd1 or 6.Qd3.

Another idea for White is 5.Qb3, aiming at f7 yet again.Black would lose a pawn after 5...Na5? 6.Bxf7+ Ke77.Qa3+! Kxf7 8.Qxa5 (8...Nxe4? 9.Qd5+!).The right answer to 5.Qb3 is 5...Nd4! Then Black has a

big advantage in both of the following lines:

6.Bxf7+? Ke7 7.Qc4 b5! (8.Qc5+ Kxf7) 6.Qd3 d5! (7.exd5? Bf5!)

So it is clear that White must defend against 5...Nd4.The way to do that is shown in diagram #7.

5. Ne2!Now 5...Nd4 can be met by

6.Nxd4 exd4 when White getsa slight edge with 7.O-O!

Castling is better than 7.e5,which looks good but leads tolevel play if Black finds 7...d5!

5. ... Bg7It’s good to plug the hole on

g7. The black king would be alittle drafty after 5...Bc5 6.d3 O-O.

White’s dream of scholar’s mate is over. The game has become apositional battle.

The plan of development for thewhite pieces is d3, Nc3, O-O, andBg5, plus h3 to stop ...Bg4.

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6. d3 d6Both players open a diagonal for their queen bishop.

6...Nb4, attacking c2, is easily defended by 7.Bb3.7. h3

There’s no reason to allow anannoying attack by ...Bg4.

7. ... O-O8. Nbc3 Let’s stop here at diagram #8

and evaluate the position. Everything looks very normal.

Unless we were told what theprevious moves were, we probably wouldn’t guess thatWhite had tried the four move checkmate!

Material, development, central control, and king safetyare about the same for both players. Perhaps White is alittle more flexible because they can still castle on eitherside. But generally, the position seems balanced. Withall the pieces still on the board, a long battle lies ahead.

So what are we to conclude about Scholar’s Mate? Arethe opening moves good or bad?

The truth is that White cannot get an advantage after2.Qh5 if Black plays correctly, but there is also no wayfor Black to gain the advantage or to refute White’s play.This is the case with many respected openings.

White was forced to move their queen twice. That canbe a bad thing in some openings, leading to backwarddevelopment. But in this case, the white pieces werebrought out in a natural way with no difficulties.

Perhaps Scholar’s Mate is more than an opening trap.If you agree, you’re in good company. The current U.S.champion, grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, has playedthis setup with 2.Qh5 at least twice in serious games.

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10 ORLOVA Yelizaveta 1967 ONHONOUR ROLLHONOUR ROLL1 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman 2528 ON2 CALUGAR Arthur 2488 ON3 WANG Richard 2454 AB4 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 2445 QC5 JIANG Louie 2438 QC6 QIN Joey 2427 ON7 ZHANG David 2409 AB8 KLEINMAN Michael 2408 ON9 YUAN Yuanling 2362 ON

10 XIONG Jerry 2300 ON

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ONTARIO TTOP TTENKINDERGARTENKINDERGARTEN1 RADIN Andrew 7582 ISSANI Nameer 6933 SYDYKHANOV Arman 6324 FAHIMNIA Mahdi 6155 NOORALI Aahil 6016 ALTER Jonathan 5327 LI Dylan 5128 GILANI Mysha 5099 RAJSIC Thomas 472

10 SONG Charlie 455GRADE 1GRADE 11 ZHAO Jonathan 12502 MO Aidan 10983 LI Harry 9894 CHEN Hao 9765 ZHANG Richard 9246 ENGLAND Max 8967 WILKE Lukas 8208 CARRIGAN Griffin 8199 GUO Hazel 806

10 WU Nicholas 805GRADE 2GRADE 21 LIN Benjamin 13192 AKOPHYAN Nika 12363 WASHIMKAR Arhant 11464 ZHENG Ethan 10515 ZHANG Matt 10306 MIRABELLI Aidan 10007 ALLARD Max 9788 YANG Fan 9479 HE Maxwell 906

10 SAMAROO Kalan 889GRADE 3GRADE 31 ZHANG Taylor 14042 NORITSYN Sergey 13883 MING Wenyang 13854 WANG Frank 13725 ZHANG Eugene 13436 GUO Thomas 13257 MANGALESWARAN Thakeshon 12948 RUAN Colin 12829 LI Edward 1243

10 LIU Daniel 1243GRADE 4GRADE 41 ZHAO Yue Tong 15802 PARAPARAN Varshini 15353 HUANG Immanuel 14834 SEKAR Varun 14615 YIE Kevin 14446 BIRAROV Nicole 13927 KANESHALINGAM Mayee 13628 IANSAVITCHOUS James 13499 TRUONG Kyle 1231

10 WANG Jerry 1229GRADE 5GRADE 51 ZHANG Yuan Chen 18102 BALENDRA Harigaran 17693 XU Jeffrey 16894 CHEN Richard 16565 WAN Kevin 16366 ZOTKIN Daniel 15977 LIU Dora 15198 WANG Constance 15059 WANG Dinny 1493

10 SHAMRONI Dennis 1461GRADE 6GRADE 61 BELLISSIMO Joseph 18372 AGHAMALIAN Derick 15933 ZHONG Joey 15124 CHEUNG Benedict 14725 SONG Eric 14496 WANG Eric 13907 WANG Michael 13858 SELVANAYAGAM Yanojan 13229 ZHANG Jeff 1318

10 MANGALESWARAN Mathuran 1306

GRADE 7GRADE 71 PREOTU Razvan 22622 SONG Michael 19143 LI Yinshi 16824 YE Hanyuan 16475 TERRY Joshua 16186 KUTTNER Simon 15717 SIRKOVICH Daniel 15128 LI Michael 14729 MICHELASHVILI Aleksandre 1471

10 MUNTANER Daniel 1441GRADE 8GRADE 81 PENG Jackie 20742 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan 20713 LIN Tony 19564 PLOTKIN Mark 18505 NASIR Zehn 16856 ZHANG Kevin Z. 16637 LI Robert 15818 ADRIAANSE Adam 14929 YE Stephen 1468

10 YANG Bryant 1466GRADE 9GRADE 91 SEMIANIUK Konstantin 21732 KNOX Christopher 21723 FU James 19984 KALRA Agastya 17745 POSARATNANATHAN Juliaan 16836 HUANG Jayson 15587 QIAN Owen 15568 GIBLON Rebecca 15559 MCKEN Christopher 1553

10 DUNNE Francesco 1464GRADE 10GRADE 101 QIN Joey 24272 FLOREA Alexandru 20343 ZHANG Zhiyuan 20274 LEU Richard 20145 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga 18616 DENBOK Daniel 17897 CAI Tony 16838 MYERS Joshua 16269 SU Stanley 1543

10 CHAN Alex 1482GRADE 1GRADE 1111 GUSEV Nikita 22562 MARINKOVIC Mate 22333 ITKIN David 22124 INIGO Aquino 21825 IVANOV Michael 21236 WU Kevin 20697 GLADSTONE Simon 19008 LI David 18119 CUNNINGHAM Ross 1700

10 LIU Dan 1670GRADE 12GRADE 121 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman 25282 CALUGAR Arthur 24883 KLEINMAN Michael 24084 YUAN Yuanling 23625 XIONG Jerry 23006 WANG Jesse 21107 ORLOVA Yelizaveta 19678 PRYSIAZNY Michael 19629 WANG Jerry 1696

10 ZHOU Kevin 1683HONOUR ROLLHONOUR ROLL1 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman 25282 CALUGAR Arthur 24883 QIN Joey 24274 KLEINMAN Michael 24085 YUAN Yuanling 23626 XIONG Jerry 23007 PREOTU Razvan 22628 GUSEV Nikita 22569 MARINKOVIC Mate 2233

10 ITKIN David 2212

QUEBEC TTOP TTENKINDERGARTENKINDERGARTEN1 ST-GERMAIN Frederic 6462 RIVAS Cédric 6313 CHEN Jacques 6024 RINGSKOG Noa 5855 LALONDE Alexis 5386 GOODMAN Jason 5307 ANGULO-VALENCIA Mateo 5238 YIN Benny 5139 CHAUDHRY Ahmed 506

10 SEAH Elliott 497GRADE 1GRADE 11 HUANG Qiuyu 12152 KHANIN Nikita 9433 YANG Patrick 8884 MOCANU Alexander 8505 LI Johnson 7126 XUE Yanran 7057 GOGA Flavia-Maria 6958 KORDA Frantisek 6949 GENDRON Isaac 634

10 MESSIER Victor 608GRADE 2GRADE 21 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 12592 LIU Robert 11763 ZHONG Wenxuan 10314 DEMERS Alexis 8935 DURETTE Francis 8696 TAO Eric 8517 TUNCBILEK Emir 8508 YU Xi Ming 8369 XIE Dazhuo 827

10 POULIN Guillaume 827GRADE 3GRADE 31 LAI William 15642 LIU Julia 12013 TESSIER Léo 10594 CAUCHY-VAILLANCOURT Marek 10055 TINICA Gabriel 10036 JIANG Lucas 10037 GUAN Ziyu 9128 HE Ling 8849 KORDA Radek 882

10 LUO Jia Yu 877GRADE 4GRADE 41 FAN Run Kun 16132 ZHANG Hou Han 15243 OUELLET Maili-Jade 14084 LUO Muhan 14085 LU Daisy 14056 YIP Mattew 12807 AIT-CHABANE Adam 12678 LU Jasmine 12489 HUANG Teng Yi 1207

10 TURGEON Yoakim 1172GRADE 5GRADE 51 SUN Benjamin 16052 ZHANG Evan 15953 SAHA Ananda 14354 HUANG Junhao 14265 SAINE Zachary 14266 YANG Eddie 14047 JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN Matthieu 13598 YIP William 13309 ST-CYR Xavier 1314

10 YU Cindy 1300GRADE 6GRADE 61 WANG Kelly 15642 SHI Ling Yun 14913 LUO Alan 14554 HE Haley 13585 GAO Christine 13506 VAILLANT Charles-Etienne 13437 SATIR Ege Nur 12998 LU Roselyn 12769 SERBAN Diana 1259

10 HU Tian Ren 1244

GRADE 7GRADE 71 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 22252 ZHU HongRui 20593 YU Zong Yang 19964 CHANG Michael 17205 LIU Yu Qing 15566 EPURE Doru-Alexandru 14127 NIKULICH Andrey 13668 GAO Ying Chen 13129 LI George 1228

10 STEPHENNE Renaud 1221GRADE 8GRADE 81 YUN Chang 18702 MANAILOIU Dragos 17223 GU Sheng-Ming 16174 JOHNSON Nicholas 16055 BRICHKO Mike 14426 NAZARIAN Ara 14397 SAMIKOV Chingis 13928 JIANG Nathan 13819 PATEL Rohan 1326

10 ROSCA Maria 1273GRADE 9GRADE 91 LUO Zhao Yang 21262 LEPINE Cedric 19973 WU Qi You 19814 PAQUETTE Alexandre 15055 SHI Yang Tian Jiao 14786 XIANG Qun Tian 14457 LIU Mu Dong 14168 LORANGER Erika 14019 VOLKOV Vladislav 1377

10 SMIRNOV Arteme-Iouri 1304GRADE 10GRADE 101 GUO Forest 18092 NIKULICH Oleksandr 16133 YAO Houji 15814 NUNEZ-PAINCHAUD Raphael 15805 WANG Yan 15696 TAN Guang Tong 15347 MA Indy 15148 YU Kexin 14999 XU Tian Run 1452

10 PLANTE Santiago 1417GRADE 1GRADE 1111 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 24452 CVETKOVIC Simeon 20263 ROY Myriam 20244 ALLARD Laurent 17785 COTE-LALUMIERE Tristan 17216 SPRUMONT Oscar 17157 ISAEV Nikola 15948 ROZYBAKIYEV Ilchin 15749 MACISAAC Alexandre 1331

10 BILSKI Simon 1305GRADE 12GRADE 121 JIANG Louie 24382 TROTTIER Emile 20073 GELET Seymour 19044 SARRAZIN-GENDRON Roman 17915 KIEU Marc-Andre 17046 LEUNG Chin 16657 LIMA-BARBOSA Raphael 16268 NANTEL Felix 14869 BONI-ROWE Nicolas 1466

10 CHEN Bing Yu 1322HONOUR ROLLHONOUR ROLL1 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 24452 JIANG Louie 24383 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 22254 LUO Zhao Yang 21265 ZHU HongRui 20596 CVETKOVIC Simeon 20267 ROY Myriam 20248 TROTTIER Emile 20079 LEPINE Cedric 1997

10 YU Zong Yang 1996

24 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 25

ATLANTIC TTOP TTENKINDERGARTENKINDERGARTEN1 BROWN Alexander 587 NS2 LOCKE Sebastian 577 NL3 SANCHEZ Austin 438 NB4 LI Sarah-Grace 414 NL5 THERIAULT Cedric 394 NB6 MACEACHERN Seamus 368 PE7 ING Gabriel 366 PE8 CHRISTY Julian 363 PE9 MAILLET Marie-Eve 355 NB

10 NELSON Willien 337 NBGRADE 1GRADE 11 XAVIER-LEBLANC Alexandre 694 NB2 RUSSELL Mark 664 NL3 LANTZ Ronan 529 PE4 KAPRA Jerjis 474 NS5 MCCREA Han 472 NB6 DAUPHINEE William 463 NB7 BOON-PETERSEN Tobin 461 NL8 LOSIER Jonathan 460 NB9 DENNY Annie-Rose 446 NL

10 BEFEKADU Noah 445 NBGRADE 2GRADE 21 CHEN Norman 900 NL2 KUNDU Arnab 832 PE3 BROWN Callum 768 NS4 WALSH Ian 754 NL5 BATE Will 748 NS6 LOCKE Heidi 706 NL7 PIERCEY Isaac 661 NL8 HARRIS Jonathan 635 NL9 DOUCETTE Luc 628 PE

10 PORTER Thomas 612 NLGRADE 3GRADE 31 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 977 PE2 RUSSELL Brett 844 NL3 QIU Nicholas 831 NL4 KOSHI Benjamin 815 NS5 NORMAN Jeremy 777 PE6 LATOUR Simon 761 NB7 LI Kevin 734 NS8 SHABBIR Adnan 715 PE9 DENNY Ethan 702 NL

10 CUI Cynthia 616 NBGRADE 4GRADE 41 HUANG Xingbo 1216 NL2 KERR Ian 1019 PE3 MANNHOLLAND Noah 882 PE4 KUNDU Arjun 828 PE5 PEARSON Ethan 815 NB6 PORTER Michael 814 NL7 WOODWORTH Kyle 792 NS8 BURDEN Matthew 771 NL9 JIANG Harvey 752 NL

10 SINGH Sahejpreet 738 NSGRADE 5GRADE 51 DORRANCE Lucas 1460 NS2 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1209 NL3 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep 1051 PE4 COADY Nicholas 1007 NL5 TUFTS Sei-Jin 981 NS6 NOLAN Justin 980 NL7 PICKARD Ryan 954 NL8 LOCKE Miles 924 NL9 MACEACHERN Declan 918 PE

10 KING Benjamin 915 NSGRADE 6GRADE 61 SONG Sam 1437 NB2 ROBICHAUD Alexandre 1229 NB3 MCKEOWN Gary 1178 NL4 HE Kate 1040 NS5 RONAHAN-WOOD Jack 1034 PE6 WALSH Andrew 963 NL7 NORMAN Bradley 874 PE8 DELANEY Spenser 845 NL9 WHITT Sheldon 837 NL

10 VU Nam 824 NB

GRADE 7GRADE 71 ANDERSEN Paul 1236 NL2 OLDFORD Noah 1221 NL3 SCHRADER Nathaniel 1181 NB4 DAWSON Andrew 1128 NL5 SNELGROVE Stephen 1123 NL6 ONG Ivanseth 1048 NS7 GREGORY Liam 1040 NL8 HICKMAN Thomas 990 NL9 KIEFTE Andrew 968 NS

10 MAKAROV Joshua 960 NBGRADE 8GRADE 81 DORRANCE Adam 1913 NS2 FENG Bob 1521 NB3 WILKS Darius 1089 NS4 MCKEOWN Brody 1025 NL5 STEELE Deivan 1014 NS6 GALLANT Cameron 998 NS7 CHAULK Arrick 998 NL8 LUDOVICE Diego 997 NS9 HOLLAND Kevin 995 NS

10 PARK Kevin 982 NBGRADE 9GRADE 91 ROBICHAUD Nicolas 1526 NB2 PETERS Jeremy 1515 NS3 QIU Christopher 1440 NL4 ZHANG MaoMao 1357 NL5 WANG Jeffrey 1277 NS6 CROWELL Iain 1253 PE7 HINK Ian 1094 PE8 DAWSON Laura Jane 1083 NL9 CHURCHILL Shea 1037 NL

10 DREW Ryan 991 PEGRADE 10GRADE 101 BENDZSA Matthew 1521 NL2 GALLANT Dennis 1397 NS3 TSAI Shang-Chen 1250 NS4 HUNT Nicholas 1166 NL5 RAMOS Alexander 1156 NL6 BANGLA Venu 1122 PE7 CASTONGUAY-PAGE Yannick 1120 NB8 CARSON Cody 1085 NB9 NOH Jaehoon 1077 NS

10 ADAMS Kirk 1036 NSGRADE 1GRADE 1111 DROVER Justin 1606 NL2 RAINNIE Aaron 1329 PE3 LAPLACE Logan 1209 NB4 LU Fred 1201 NS5 XU Shen 1194 NS6 SAMUSHE Naybu 1184 PE7 GALLANT Ryan 1178 PE8 STACKHOUSE Jordan 1162 NB9 MATHEWS Tim 1116 NL

10 LIANG Andy 1072 NSGRADE 12GRADE 121 KEITH-JACQUES Liam 1841 NB2 DAWSON Michael 1575 NL3 HERBINGER Florent 1382 NS4 GREGORY Calvin 1357 NL5 BENNETT Lee 1303 NS6 PATRICK Richard 1184 NS7 PEARCE Kyle 1132 NL8 NADEAU Alex 1115 NB9 LEWIS Jeff 1074 NB

10 PERRY Alexander 1052 PEHONOUR ROLLHONOUR ROLL1 DORRANCE Adam 1913 NS2 KEITH-JACQUES Liam 1841 NB3 DROVER Justin 1606 NL4 DAWSON Michael 1575 NL5 ROBICHAUD Nicolas 1526 NB6 BENDZSA Matthew 1521 NL7 FENG Bob 1521 NB8 PETERS Jeremy 1515 NS9 DORRANCE Lucas 1460 NS

10 QIU Christopher 1440 NL

WESTERN TTOP TTENKINDERGARTENKINDERGARTEN1 SILLADOR Gabriel 617 AB2 GAO Edward 453 AB3 TOLENTINO Khino 428 AB4 HAN Alex 422 AB5 JIANG David 359 BC6 ZHOU Aiden 359 BC7 GOULD Kiefer 354 MB8 ZHANG Jessica 315 AB9 FAN Elaine 306 BC

10 JIN William 305 ABGRADE 1GRADE 11 LOW Kevin 1041 BC2 SUPERCEANU Andi 983 AB3 LAU Julian 961 AB4 BRADFORD William 844 AB5 AMROM Itay 798 MB6 JAMES Rowan 714 BC7 DOKNJAS Neil 690 BC8 HUANG Patrick 669 BC9 ZHU Harmony 666 BC

10 FERNANDO Samith 645 MBGRADE 2GRADE 21 ZHAO Ian 1227 AB2 KIM Daniel 1104 AB3 SASATA Alexander 980 SK4 HUSTON-EARLE Joshua 883 MB5 ZHANG Daniel 873 AB6 KASSAM Nabil 858 AB7 ZHENG Victor 853 BC8 LI Eric 747 AB9 KOVAC Adrian 746 AB

10 APOSTOLU Alex 727 ABGRADE 3GRADE 31 WANG Kaixin 1664 AB2 GROSSMANN Lenard 1653 AB3 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha 1501 AB4 LIN Kaining 1485 AB5 CHEN Philip 1279 BC6 CARLSON Andrew 1236 BC7 PULFER Luke 1222 BC8 LORTIE Isaac 1160 SK9 LI Ying 1099 AB

10 WEI Daniel 1058 SKGRADE 4GRADE 41 YAO David 1677 AB2 DOKNJAS Joshua 1569 BC3 MA Derek 1354 MB4 TRAN Colin 1345 AB5 TOLENTINO Patrick 1341 AB6 WOLCHOCK Theo 1321 MB7 MAXFIELD Emmett 1258 AB8 LORTIE Benjamin 1255 SK9 BAL Nrithya 1232 AB

10 SU Michael 1214 BCGRADE 5GRADE 51 MCCULLOUGH Ian 1544 AB2 HAN Lionel 1465 BC3 MAWANI Adam 1446 AB4 STEVANOVIC Boris 1355 AB5 TOLENTINO Andre 1290 AB6 KUYE Tosin 1288 AB7 STANISLUS Kevin 1270 AB8 XU Edwin 1206 BC9 SHRESTHA Prayus 1199 AB

10 CHEN Samuel 1161 BCGRADE 6GRADE 61 KASSAM Jamil 1883 AB2 CAO Jason 1877 BC3 NIE Mark 1774 AB4 KAISER Jakob 1732 AB5 ZITA Matthew 1691 AB6 MULIAWAN Lukas 1618 AB7 LEE Jonah 1524 BC8 WANG Poplar 1503 AB9 LIN Rayden 1485 AB

10 NGUYEN Vinh 1448 AB

GRADE 7GRADE 71 AWATRAMANI Janak 2058 BC2 KONG Dezhong 1936 BC3 DOKNJAS John 1899 BC4 HOFFNER Noah 1843 AB5 STANISLUS Allan 1742 AB6 HUANG Zhonglin 1731 AB7 SHI Diwen 1723 AB8 WEI William 1682 AB9 LEE Nicholas 1645 AB

10 DI BLASI Luciano 1572 ABGRADE 8GRADE 81 MCCULLOUGH David 1819 AB2 HUI Jeremy 1678 BC3 SITU Dennis 1637 AB4 DESPRES Sebastien 1629 AB5 YANG Tony 1600 AB6 ZHAO Chenxi 1568 AB7 PAVLIC Stephen 1562 AB8 SWIFT Ryne 1549 MB9 CHAN Dante 1464 AB

10 HERDIN Mathew 1347 BCGRADE 10GRADE 101 WANG Richard 2454 AB2 LI Kevin 2223 MB3 LO Ryan 2178 BC4 WANG YueKai 1806 AB5 LAI Jingzhou 1763 BC6 LUDWIG Michael 1704 AB7 BANSAL Prabjeet 1684 AB8 ZITA Aren 1674 AB9 SONG Henry 1645 AB

10 SHI MingHang 1643 ABGRADE 10GRADE 101 SOHAL Tanraj 2269 BC2 WASSERMAN Leor 1864 MB3 LI Chang He 1854 BC4 KALAYDINA Regina 1804 AB5 SINGH Krishneel 1715 AB6 VIRJI Naveed 1534 AB7 REYNOLDSON Nigel 1532 SK8 XIAO Alice 1486 BC9 TING Aaron 1353 AB

10 LEWIS Nubian 1209 ABGRADE 1GRADE 1111 ZHANG David 2409 AB2 CHENG Jack 2116 BC3 LECLERC Etienne 1953 AB4 THOMAS Derek 1948 AB5 BOTEZ Alexandra 1856 BC6 SANTOS Christopher 1740 MB7 HAN Yiming 1736 BC8 CANNON Farley 1641 BC9 KIRSCH Zachary 1601 AB

10 HAN Yifei 1510 BCGRADE 12GRADE 121 KAMINSKI Thomas 2164 AB2 GREEN Aaron 1910 MB3 MILLER David 1900 AB4 LAZO Jan 1796 AB5 WANG Harris 1742 AB6 WILD Joshua 1700 BC7 WU Allan 1682 AB8 DE GUZMAN Jeff 1648 AB9 LACY Sean 1535 AB

10 WIEBE Isaac 1490 MBHONOUR ROLLHONOUR ROLL1 WANG Richard 2454 AB2 ZHANG David 2409 AB3 SOHAL Tanraj 2269 BC4 LI Kevin 2223 MB5 LO Ryan 2178 BC6 KAMINSKI Thomas 2164 AB7 CHENG Jack 2116 BC8 AWATRAMANI Janak 2058 BC9 LECLERC Etienne 1953 AB

10 THOMAS Derek 1948 AB



TOPGIRLSCANADA

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GRADE 1GRADE 11 GUO Hazel 806 ON2 XUE Yanran 705 QC3 GOGA Flavia-Maria 695 QC4 ZHU Harmony 666 BC5 KAMATH Maya 627 ON

GRADE 2GRADE 21 MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi 859 ON2 TAN Kylie 781 ON3 RODRIGUES Julia 778 ON4 SAVCHENKO Elizabeth 768 QC5 CHERTKOW Sasha 729 ON

GRADE 3GRADE 31 ZHANG Taylor 1404 ON2 HENRY Nadia 1212 ON3 LIU Julia 1201 QC4 ZHANG Jeannie 1110 ON5 PERRONE Anna 1066 ON

GRADE 4GRADE 41 PARAPARAN Varshini 1535 ON2 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1408 QC3 LU Daisy 1405 QC4 BIRAROV Nicole 1392 ON5 KANESHALINGAM Mayee 1362 ON

GRADE 5GRADE 51 LIU Dora 1519 ON2 WANG Constance 1505 ON3 ZHU Jiarong 1327 ON4 YU Cindy 1300 QC5 MILICEVIC Ljudmila 1213 ON

GRADE 6GRADE 61 WANG Kelly 1564 QC2 SHI Ling Yun 1491 QC3 GAO Christine 1350 QC4 ZHOU Qiyu 1280 ON5 LU Roselyn 1276 QC

1 WANG Kelly 1564 QC2 PARAPARAN Varshini 1535 ON3 LIU Dora 1519 ON4 WANG Constance 1505 ON5 SHI Ling Yun 1491 QC6 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1408 QC7 LU Daisy 1405 QC8 ZHANG Taylor 1404 ON9 BIRAROV Nicole 1392 ON

10 KANESHALINGAM Mayee 1362 ON

GRADE 7GRADE 71 GIBLON Melissa 1391 ON2 PANDY Saramae 1325 ON3 CHENG Megan 1324 ON4 MILICEVIC Aleksandra 1226 ON5 LI Kristen 1190 ONGRADE 8GRADE 81 PENG Jackie 2074 ON2 YUN Chang 1870 QC3 SAMETOVA Zhanna 1306 ON4 ROSCA Maria Alexandra 1273 QC5 BUI Keira 1049 ONGRADE 9GRADE 91 GIBLON Rebecca 1555 ON2 LORANGER Erika 1401 QC3 HOU Qian Qian 1211 QC4 NAZARETH Linda 1134 ON5 TSUI Pearl 1085 ABGRADE 10GRADE 101 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga 1861 ON2 KALAYDINA Regina 1804 AB3 WANG Yan 1569 QC4 MA Indy 1514 QC5 YU Kexin 1499 QCGRADE 1GRADE 1111 ROY Myriam 2024 QC2 BOTEZ Alexandra 1856 BC3 SAMUSHE Naybu 1184 PE4 TRAN Tracey 1078 AB5 LEE Cynthia 1078 ABGRADE 12GRADE 121 YUAN Yuanling 2362 ON2 ORLOVA Yelizaveta 1967 ON3 LEE Melissa 1361 ON4 UTEPOVA Alika 1309 QC5 CRITES Valerie 1257 ON

1 YUAN Yuanling 2362 ON2 PENG Jackie 2074 ON3 ROY Myriam 2024 QC4 ORLOVA Yelizaveta 1967 ON5 YUN Chang 1870 QC6 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga 1861 ON7 BOTEZ Alexandra 1856 BC8 KALAYDINA Regina 1804 AB9 WANG Yan 1569 QC

10 WANG Kelly 1564 QC

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CCOOMMBBOO MMOOMMBBOO !!!!

BLACK TO MOVEMate in 3

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A smothered mate is a cool way to checkmate witha knight when a king is completely surrounded by hisown pieces. ‘Smother’ means to take away the airfrom something, like putting a blanket over a fire.

White wins by a queen sacrifice that gets rid ofthe pawn guarding g6. 1.Qxh7+! Nxh7 2.Ng6#

Black to play scores with 1...Qc5+ 2.Kh1 Nf2+3.Kg1 Nh6+ Double check. 4.Kh1 Qg1+! Smotheringthe black king. 5.Rxg1 Nf2#. (2.Kf1 Qf2#)

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LLIILLYY''SS PPUUZZZZLLEERR

EACH POSITIONWAS REACHED

AFTER BLACK’SFOURTH MOVE.

WHAT WERE THEMOVES?

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HI BOYS AND GIRLS!

Our special guest todayis ace chess detectiveHarmonius Hound. Hehas two mysteries for usto investigate.

The diagram positions,with white to play, werereached in actual gamesafter exactly four turnsby each side. The movesmight have been silly, butthey were legal.

Can anybody solve thesurprising “Case of theUnknown Capture”?

Good luck!


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World chess champion Viswanathan Anand (India) successfullydefended his title against Boris Gelfand (Israel) in their match lastmonth in Moscow, Russia. The score was tied 6-6 after the twelvescheduled games, so a playoff was needed, which “Vishy” Anandwon 2½ -1½ . He also won 1.5 million dollars. But don’t feel toosad for Boris Gelfand. His prize was one million dollars!

ONTARIO - QUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPThe annual match between the top school teams from Quebec

and Ontario was played on June 9th at Queen’s University inKingston. Fifteen teams took part. Congratulations to Seneca Hillof Toronto for winning both elementary school sections.

For the first time in this event, there was also a match betweenthe top girls from each province, which Ontario won 17-8. Grades K-3

1 Seneca Hill Benjamin LinEugene ZhangDaniel LiuRay Liu

2 Charlemagne3 Hillcrest

Grades K-61 Seneca Hill

Benedict CheungJoey ZhongHarry ZhaoKyle Truong

2 Charlemagne3 F.A.C.E.

Grades 7-111 Collège Notre-Dame

Zong Yang YuOleksandr NikulichSantiago PlanteAndrey Nikulich

2 Thornhill3 U of Toronto Schools

GRAND PRIX The third and final events in the 2012 Grand Prix competition

were held May 13th in Toronto and May 6th in Montreal. Anyonescoring 7½ points out of 15 games in the 3 tournaments got acash prize. A total of $6000 in gift certificates were awarded bythe Chess’n Math Association and split among 120 winners. Thetop scorers in each age group were:MONTREAL<8 Robert Liu

<10 William Lai<12 Benjamin Sun

Run Kun Fan<14 Zong Yang Yu

PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDThe P.E.I. School Chess TeamChampionship took place onApril 17th in Charlottetown.

The winning schools were:GRADES K - 4 West KentELEMENTARY Spring ParkJUNIOR HIGH Queen CharlotteHIGH SCHOOL Colonel Gray

ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOLThe 45th Ontario High SchoolChess Championship was heldat York University in TorontoMay 26-27 with 148 players.The winner of the individualchampionship was 11th graderMichael Ivanov (Toronto). ZachDukic and Stephen Ye tied forsecond place.

The school champion wasUniversity of Toronto Schools.

TORONTO<8 Benjamin Lin

<10 Yue Tong Zhao<12 Jeffrey Xu<14 Michael Song

EDMONTON The Northern Alberta TeamChampionship for elementaryschools took place on May 6at the Edmonton Chess Club.The winner was WestbrookSchool, with team membersDavid Yao, Rayden Lin, andEthan Chew. They defeatedsecond place New Horizons bya score of 7½ -6½ .

ONTARIO YOUTH The 2012 Ontario Youth ChessChampionship was played onApril 28-29 in Kitchener. Therewere 156 boys and 32 girls. Thenew provincial champions are:

<8 Arhant Washimkar<10 Davy Zhao<12 Yuanchen Zhang<14 Mark Plotkin & Yinshi Li<16 Alexandru Florea

& Zachary Dukic<18 Benjamin Blium

The winners of the separate girlssections were:

<8 Hazel Guo<10 Lily Zhou, Nicole Birarov,

& Jeannie Zhang<12 Catherine Li & Minya Bai<14 Melissa Giblon<16 Rebecca Giblon

NEWFOUNDLANDThere were 80 students from15 different schools at the 2012Newfoundland and LabradorSchool Team Championship onApril 28 in St. John’s.

The school champions are:PRIMARY Mary Queen of PeaceELEMENTARY MacDonald DriveJUNIOR HIGH MacDonald Drive


CHESSCHESS SUPERFEST SUPERFEST 20122012

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Special Room Rates ($90 per night for up to 4 people in a room + tax)

5 ROUND SWISS TOURNAMENT, one game per day. Open to anyone!

4 sections: OPEN, under 2000, 1700, 1400Open section: FIDE, CFC, FQE rated. Other sections: FQE

Time Control: 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes for remainder of the game, plus 30 second increment from move 1.

$6500 CASH PRIZES (1st prize Open section: $1250)Register EARLY for a discount on the ENTRY FEE!

Shorter Version: play 3 games Friday at quicker time control, then joinregular tournament for last 2 rounds (not available for open section).

organized by the Chess’n Math AssociationFOR MORE INFORMATION

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MORE NEWSONTARIO GIRLSThe 10th annual Ontario GirlsChampionship was played inToronto on May 19th. A record146 participants all receiveda pizza lunch, medals, and asouvenir t-shirt.K Mysha Gilani1 Maya Kamath2 Kylie Tan3 Taylor Zhang4 Lily Zhou5 Dora Liu6 Janet Peng7 Melissa Giblon8 Monica Xu9 Rebecca Giblon

10 Florence Chan11 Yasamin Moghtader12 Yelizaveta Orlova

BORDER WARSThe 21st annual Washington

state vs. British Columbia teammatch was held in Richmond BCon May 5th. Each team has twostudents per grade (K-12) andeveryone plays two games. Forthe first time ever, the matchended in a 26-26 tie!

The overall score in the seriesis now 11½ - 9½ in favour ofWashington.

Five B.C. players won both oftheir games: Kevin Low, DanielDu, Jacob Jensen, Jack Cheng,and Farley Cannon.

B.C. YOUTH There were 93 participants at theBritish Columbia Youth ChessChampionships in Vancouver onApril 21-22. Here are this year’schampions:

<8 Neil Doknjas<10 Michael Su<12 Max Gedojlovic<14 John Doknjas

Janak AwatramaniDezheng KongMatthew Herdin

<16 Tanraj Sohal<18 Jak Cheng

Top scorers in the separate girlssection were Annika Zhou andAlice Xiao.

TORONTO SCHOOLS The Toronto District SchoolBoard team finals were heldon May 4th with 24 schools.This year’s champions are: GRADE K - 3 Seneca Hill,GRADE 4-6 Seneca HillGRADE 7-8 Cummer Valley

CALGARY SCHOOLS There were 23 schools at theCalgary Team Championshipon May 5. The winners were:ELEMENTARY St. Jerome JUNIOR HIGH Westmount


We received 1 entry to April’s contest!1 Mate in 1 1.Rg5# 2 Mate in 2 1.Re2 Kd4 2.Qc4# (1...Kd3 2.Qe3#) 3 Maze Ra1-c1-c3-e3-e5-g5-g7-h7-h6-f6

-f4-d4-d2-b2xb84 Loyd A.Kd5 B.Kb5 C.Kf4 (Bb8#)

The winner of the drawing for a Kiril T-shirt is :Cindy Qiao of Toronto

WELCOMEWELCOME TOTO MYMY CONTEST !CONTEST !Can you solve the 4 puzzles on the nextpage? Mail me your answers if you do.One lucky person will win a Kiril T-shirt.White moves first in the mate problems.In case you never saw a “maze” or “loyd”before, here are some examples:

In a CHESSMAZECHESSMAZE only one whitepiece moves. In this maze, it isthe white knight. The object is tocapture the black king withouttaking any pieces or movingwhere the knight can be taken.Draw a line to show the path ofthe knight. This is a Maze in 19.That means you should get theking in nineteen moves or less.

The TRIPLE LOYDTRIPLE LOYD was inventedby Sam Loyd, a famous chesscomposer. They are called triplebecause there are three parts. Inpart A, you place the black kingon the board so that he is incheckmate. In part B, place him instalemate. For part C, put theblack king down so that Whitehas a mate in 1. solutions page 51

KIRIL'S KONTESTKIRIL'S KONTESTMail entries to: 3423 St. Denis #400 Montreal, Quebec H2X 3L2or e-mail to: [email protected] Deadline : September 24

Only the white KNIGHT moves.Capture the black king withouttaking any pieces or movingwhere the knight can be taken.

MAMATE IN 1TE IN 1

CHESSMAZE IN 29CHESSMAZE IN 29 TRIPLE LOYDTRIPLE LOYD

MAMATE IN 2TE IN 2

PLACE THE BLACK KING IN :A CheckmateB StalemateC Mate in 1


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K I R I L’ SORNER

TTHHEE PPAAWWNNOONN TTHHEE LLAAWWNN

Our story opens once uponA prairie sceneOf foggy green

Near the river SaskatchewanIn a little town they call Flin Flon.

As a misty breezeEmbraced the trees,

The first rays of the rising sunTurned nighttime into dawn.

And there atop a dew-dropped lawnLay a lost and lonely pawn.

A friendly house overlooked the lawnAnd inside lived the family Hahn,With mom Yvonne and daddy Ron

And their little children,Sean and Dawn.

Inspired by the sun that brightly shone,The robins and the wrensSang their morning hymns

Gently waking young Sean and DawnWith a rosy smile and a tired yawn.

They hopped from their beds, combed their heads,And got dressed for the day,

Had something to eat, jumped from their seats,And then it was time to play.

The name of the game they like the bestIs CHESS.

So they sat down by their setBut soon they got upset.

What was going on?One pawn was gone.

Once the pawn was taken,Dawn placed it on b2. Andthe penny was forsaken,like the pawn on the lawnit never knew.

4. . . . Nd7Sean avoids doubledpawns when he can.5...Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 ishis plan. 4...Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 isalso fine.4...Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 isanother good line.

5. Ng5!?

White moves the knight athird time, which doesn’tseem quite right. But thereare a lot of traps hiddenout of sight. It’s just thekind of complicationssome players like to invite.

5. . . . Ngf6

After 5...h6? 6.Ne6!, Blackwill sing the blues. Thereare two cool ways to lose.6...fxe6 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qxg6#

6...Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Bd3 fxe6 9.Qh5+ Kd8 10.Ba5

6. Bd3 e6

Like before, 6...h6 7.Ne6!gives White the upperhand. 7...fxe6 8.Bg6# iseasy to understand.

But 7...Qa5+ 8.Bd2 Qb69.Nf3 fxe6 10.Bg6+ Kd811.0-0 Qc7 is not so clear.Too soon to cheer.

7. N1f3 As you can see, bothwhite knights can go to f3.And because they standon the same file, writing7.Ngf3 would only makeus smile. That’s why weuse the numbers of theirranks, N1f3 or N5f3, andthen say thanks.


1. e4

Forward steps the e-pawn.

1. . . . c6

Black responds with theCaro-Kann. “Bring it on!”

2. d4 d5

CARO KANN DEFENCE.Fighting for the centremakes a lot of sense.

3. Nc3 White brings out a knightto guard e4 with all hismight. Other options thatkeep the pawn alive aretaking d5 and pushing e5.

3. . . . dxe4Capturing here is the onlymove that keeps Black intheir groove.

4. Nxe4 The knight does his duty.Such heroics are often athing of beauty.

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They looked here and there and all around.The missing pawn was nowhere to be found.

“Well, let’s just play without it,” Sean said. But his sister insisted,

“We can’t do that. We’ll use a penny instead.” So the game went on With a penny on b2

And the pawn on the lawnForgotten would be soon.

White DDAAWWNNDDAAWWNNBlack SSEEAANNSSEEAANN

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7. . . . Be7The best way to play is7...Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 andBlack is okay. Here’s a game from 1997between a computer calledDeep Blue and the worldchampion Garry Kasparov. 7...h6 8.Nxe6 Qe7?! 9.0-0 fxe6 (9...Qxe6 10.Re1)10.Bg6+ Kd8 11.Bf4 andthe computer (white) wenton to finish him off.

8. Qe2 0-0After 8...h6, White shouldsettle for 9.Ne4 Nxe410.Qxe4 with a small plus,and no fuss. 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.Bg6+ Kf811.Qxe6 looks great, but11...Qa5+! 12.c3 Qd5stops the mate.

Around about then,their father popped in.

“Hey, kids, I see you’rehaving fun. Is your gamealmost over? Maybe whenyou’re done, you can playa while with Rover.”

“Sure thing, dad. We’d beglad.”

9. 0-0 Re8?

Black’s idea is knight to f8,but it was better to wait.

Can anyone guess whathappens now?10. Nxf7!

Wham, bam, kapow!Dawn’s knight is true. Heboldly breaks on through.10. . . . Kxf7

And there’s nothing Seancan do.11. Ng5+ Kg8

The other white knight isstrong and mean. 11...Kf8would lose the queen.12.Nxe6+ Kg8 13.Nxd8

Sakes, alive!White has mate in 5.

12. Qxe6+ Kh8(12...Kf8 13.Qf7#)

13. Nf7+ Kg8Here she could take herbrother’s queen (14.Nxd8+).But a smothered mate issomething better to beseen. 14. Nh6+!

A double check seals thedeal. Imagine how thatpoor king feels. 14. . . . Kh815. Qg8+!

Her majesty is the realhero in this story. Shegives up her life for amoment of glory. A brave deed, indeed. 15. . . . Rxg8

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NEWNEW BRUNSWICKBRUNSWICK1 Alexandre Xavier-Leblanc Moncton2 Samuel Savoie Dieppe3 Cynthia Cui Fredericton4 Robin Weiland Riverview5 Marin Mealey Moncton6 Sam Song ^ Saint John7 Nathaniel Schrader***** Moncton8 Bob Feng *** Moncton9 Nicolas Robichaud ** Moncton

10 YannickCastonguay-Page Moncton 11 Logan LaPlace Moncton12 Ian Phillips Moncton

ALBERTALBERTAA1 William Bradford Edmonton2 Ian Zhao * Calgary3 Kaixin Wang * Edmonton4 David Yao Edmonton5 Ian McCullough Sherwood Park6 Jamil Kassam Edmonton7 Nicholas Lee Calgary8 Chenxi Zhao Calgary9 Yuekai Wang *** Calgary

1011 Derek Thomas Edmonton12 Harris Wang Edmonton

NOVNOVAA SCOTIASCOTIA1 Jerjis Kapra Halifax2 Callum Brown Halifax3 Benjamin Koshi Halifax4 Kyle Woodworth ** Berwick5 Lucas Dorrance **** Cambridge6 Kate He * Halifax7 Connor MacLeod * Halifax8 Adam Dorrance ****** Cambridge9 Jeremy Peters * Halifax

10 Dennis Gallant * Dartmouth11 Fred Lu *** Halifax12 Florent Herbinger Shad Bay

ONTONTARIOARIO1 Jonathan Zhao Toronto2 Benjamin Lin * Toronto3 Wenyang Ming Markham4 Yue Tong Zhao Stouffville5 Richard Chen Ancaster6 Joseph Bellissimo Toronto7 Yinshi Li Toronto8 Tony Lin Toronto9 James Fu Toronto

10 Joey Qin **** Ottawa11 Mate Marinkovic Ottawa12 Arthur Calugar *** Toronto

QUEBECQUEBEC1 Qiuyu Huang Montreal2 Robert Liu * Montreal3 William Lai ** Montreal4 Run Kun Fan Montreal5 Benjamin Sun Montreal6 Ling Yun Shi Montreal7 HongRui Zhu Montreal8 Nicholas Johnson Montreal9 Zhao Yang Luo Montreal

10 Forest Guo ** Sherbrooke11 Nikita Kraiouchkine Granby12 Louie Jiang Montreal

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CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE2012 PROVINCIAL2012 PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSCHAMPIONS

For the pawn on the lawn,The day was long.

Life didn’t feel like a field of cloverWhen Rover felt like running over.

First sniffing, then wagging,And worst of all, dragging.

This pawn was not that strong.

That night, when the curtains were drawn,Was a quiet time for the family Hahn.

And a lovely sight it was, with porch lights on,In the peaceful town they call Flin Flon.

On the morrow came another dawnAnd once again

The robins and the wrens Sang their morning hymns.

But noone sang along.It was a mournful song of sorrow.The pawn on the lawn was gone.

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Hello, chess thinkers! Somebody messed up here. Ineach of the diagrams below, there is something wrong.The positions are illegal. Can you find the goof? solutions

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SIMCOE COUNTY ONMary McCooeye 705 323-3430

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WINNIPEGPeter Henson 204 256-6150

EDMONTONBruce Thomas 780 473-1557

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Most scholastic chess tournaments are held during theschool year. For information on next year ’s schedule ofevents, you can contact the following people, or check outthe Chess’n Math website in September.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THECHESS’N MATH ASSOCIATION

September 4 Tuesday 7:00 pm3423 St. Denis Suite 400 Montreal, Quebec

Parents whose children took part in any events organized bythe Chess ’n Math Association in the 2011-2012 school yearmay attend. One vote per family. Agenda includes a review ofthe year’s activities and the election of a new executive.

INFORMATION 514 845-8352

* SSOOLLUUTTIIOONNSS *MAMATE IN 1TE IN 11 1.Qh8#2 1.Qe5#3 1.Rxg6#4 1.Qc8#MAMATETE IN 2IN 21 1.Nf6+ any 2.Qxh7#2 1.Qa8+ Kd7 2.Qe8# 3. 1.Qg7+ Kxe6 2.Qg6#

1. . . . Ke8 2.Qf8#4. 1.Qxg6+ hxg6 2.Rh8#

1. . . . fxg6 2.Ne7#

MAMATETE IN 3IN 31 1.Rxg7+ Kxg7 2.Rg1+ Kh8 3.Qf6#

2...Kh6 3.Qg5#2 1.Qf7+ Kh8 2.Qe8+ Bf8 3.Qxf8# 3 1.Qf8+ Kc7 2.Re7+ any 3.Qd8#4 1.Rh8+ Kxh8 2.Qh1+ Kg8 3.Qh7#

COMBOCOMBO MOMBOMOMBO1 1...Rc1+ 2.Rd1 Bb4+

3.Nd2 Nd3#2 1.Qb3+ Kh8 (1...Kf8 2.Qf7#)

(1...Re6 2.Qxe6+ delays mate.)2.Nf7+ Kg8 3.Nh6+ Kh84.Qg8+ Kxg8 5.Nf7#


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Information on Winning Chess For Kids series:Book Descriptions,Reviews, Errata, Announcements.

www.coakleychess.com

RARATINGSTINGSScholastic ratings for all players who have taken partin a CMA tournament during the last three years canbe found on the Chess’n Math Association webpage:

wwwwww.chess-math.org.chess-math.orgClick the “ratings” tab on the homepage, which willtake you to the ratings page:

wwwwww.chesst.chesstalk.com/elo/pubalk.com/elo/pubOnce on the ratings page, with Kiril and the map ofCanada, you can search ratings by name, province,age, or grade! You can also see a list of recentlyrated tournaments at the bottom of the page. Clickon the tournament to see a crosstable of the event.For information on how to rate your tournaments:

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CHESSMAZECHESSMAZENh7-g5-h3-g1-e2-c3-b1-a3-c4-d6-c8-a7-c6-b4-d3-e1-g2-h4-g6xh8

TRIPLETRIPLE LOYDLOYDA.Ke8 B.Kb4 C.Ke3 (Re8#)

LILLILY'SY'S PUZZLERPUZZLER1.e3 e5 2.Ba6 Nxa6 3.b4 Nb8 4.Bb2 Nc6

1.Nh3 d5 2.Nf4 Bh33.Nxd5 Qxd5 4.gxh3 Qd8

TTACTICSACTICS 1011011 1.Nf6+ (2.Nxd7) 2 1.Bxh7+ (2.Rxd6)3 1.Bc4 (2.Bxe6+)4 1.Qc8+ (2.Qxh8)

WHO’SWHO’S THETHE GOOF?GOOF?1. White has two dark-square bishops.2. The black pawn structure with pawns on b4 and d4

required 3 captures, but white is only missing 2 pieces.3. The white knight is checking the black king, but Ne7+

on the previous move was impossible because all thesquares it could have moved from are occupied.

4. The double check by the white bishop and rook ispossible if the last move was the promotion dxe8=R+. However, the white bishop must also be a promoted piece because of the unmoved pawns at e2 and g2.The original light-square bishop could never havemoved and was captured on f1. White still has 7 pawns,so 2 promotions is impossible.

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