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Canadian Chess Challenge Frizoon Balloons To CANADA'S CHESS MAGAZINE FOR KIDS JUNE 2016 number 132 CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE FRIZOON BALLOONS TO SASKATOON RUSSIAN DEFENCE part 2 SSCCHHOOLLAARR’’SS MMAATTEE HELLO Canada’s Chess Magazine For Kids CHESS On-line and free! The Chess’n Math Association publishes Scholar’s Mate PALS! four times per year as a PDF document. You can read the “e-magazine” on your computer screen or print it out. The magazine can also be viewed in DNL format, with pages that actually turn! A free DNL Reader can be downloaded from the CMA website. www.chess-math.org If you have any questions about the magazine, please contact us at: [email protected] SUNNY DAYS ARE HERE. Another school year comes to an end. I’m really SCHOLAR’S MATE looking forward to the summer break. What are your 3423 St. Denis #400 plans? Relaxing on the beach with your friends? Or maybe going to a chess camp! Montreal, Quebec H2X 3L2 There’s a lot of news in this issue. Championships EDITOR Jeff Coakley of all kinds were held during the last three months. Illustrator Antoine Duff Congratulations to the winners everywhere! Special CCC photos Lefong Hua & Victoria Jung-Doknjas mention goes to Team Saskatchewan. They had their best finish ever at the Canadian Chess Challenge Scholar's Mate is published four times per year by the finals. Being the home team in Regina must have Chess’n Math Association. Dates of issue : September 15, December 15, March 15, June 15 inspired them! Reproduction by any means, mechanical or electronic, is Here’s the mag. forbidden except by permission of Scholar's Mate. June 2016 (date of issue) Kiril 2 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 3 SSUUMMMMEERR SCHOLAR'S MATE JUNE 2016 #132 CCHHEESSSS CCAAMMPPSS TORONTO MONTREAL CONTENTSCONTENTS July 4 - 8 July 4 - 8 July 4 - 8 CHESS CHALLENGE 6 July 18 - 22 July 18 - 22 National Finals August 2 - 5 August 8 - 12 Report From Regina, Saskatchewan August 15 - 19 August 15 - 19 August 15 - 19 RUSSIAN DEFENCE part 2 12 Aug. 29 - Sept. 2 August 22 - 26 Kiril’s Klass Northern District Library Chess’n Math Building 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6! 40 Orchard View Blvd. 3423 St. Denis FRIZOON BALLOONS TO SASKATOON 32 OTTAWA Kiril's Korner Fun Times With Rooney Raccoon July 4 - 8 July 18 - 22 PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS 39 August 8 - 12 Canadian Chess Challenge August 8 - 12 Winners From AB NB ON QC SK Parkdale Church 429 Parkdale Ave Summer Camps 4 Kiril’s Kontest 30 Mort & Marley 15 Print & Colour 40 OPEN TO AGES 5 - 14 Canada Top Ten 16 Maze & Loyd 42 BEGINNERS to RATING 1500 Tactics 102 17 Regional Top 10’s 44 FULL DAYS 9 am to 5 pm Master Profile 18 Ratings 48 HALF DAYS 9 am-1 pm or 1- 5 pm groups divided by rating and age Combo Mombo 19 Top Girls 49 News 20 Tournaments 51 FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FEES Mates 26 Links & Contacts 52 CHESS’ N MATH ASSOCIATION Kiril’s Address 28 Chess Notation 54 416 488-5506 514 845-8352 613 565-3662 Lily’s Puzzler 29 Solutions 55 4 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 5 oo AANNAADDIIAANN 22 0 0 1 1 6 6 CCHAMPIONSHAMPIONS oo HHEESSSS 1 ALEX YAN Quebec oo 2 ANTHONY ATANASOV * Ontario HHAALLLLEENNGGEE 3 MAX CHEN Ontario 4 NAMEER ISSANI * Ontario REPORT FROM REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN 5 QIUYU HUANG ** Quebec The 28th annual Canadian Chess Challenge finals were 6 NICHOLAS VETTESE *** Ontario held on Victoria Day weekend at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan. The “nationals” have now been held in 7 EUGENE HUA Ontario every province. 8 MAÏLI-JJADE OUELLET * Quebec The weather on Saturday was perfect for sightseeing, 9 RICHARD CHEN ** Ontario but many players spent the afternoon playing in a blitz 10 SAM SONG * New Brunswick tournament, won by Janak Awatramani (Vancouver). In the evening, there was an opening banquet, followed by 11 JANAK AWATRAMANI **** British Columbia a game of laser tag. 12 JEREMY HUI * British Columbia The competition began Sunday morning. As usual, a previous national champion bagpiper played as the teams marched into the hall * carrying their provincial flags. After the national anthem, sung by Don MacKinnon (Saskatoon), the players shook British Columbia, led by Janak Awatramani and Jeremy hands and started their clocks. Hui (Burnaby), came third, winning eleven medals, their When the last king was toppled on Monday afternoon, most ever. They won impressively against lower teams, Ontario had captured first place by the narrowest of but lost to Ontario 10-2 and Quebec 8½-3½. margins. Just like last year, they won eleven medals, Alberta took fourth place with six team points. Vishruth including six golds. As you can see in the photo on Sharma (Calgary) won bronze in grade 3. page 9, the prizes at the nationals are trophies. But we The Most Improved Team was Saskatchewan, with still talk about them as if they were medals. 11½ more points than 2015. They also finished in fifth Ontario drew their last round match with Quebec, so place, a provincial high. Top scorers were Leo Lin (4th, the teams each had 8½ points. The tiebreaker was most grade 1) and Alexander Sasata (tied for 3rd, grade 6). individual points, giving the title to Ontario 95½-90. Newfoundland was the Top Atlantic Team, defeating It was another great year for Team Quebec, with ten their main rival New Brunswick 7½-4½ in round 5. players taking home prizes. But they really missed their Ten players went undefeated. Perfect 9-0’s were made chance against Ontario. They led 6-4 at one point, but by Nicholas Vettese (Toronto), Eugene Hua (Hamilton), couldn’t manage another half point to get the victory. and Richard Chen (Hamilton). 6 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 7 match individual 2016 TEAMS ONTARIO 8½ 95½ QUEBEC 8½ 90 BRITISH COLUMBIA 7 83½ ALBERTA 6 58½ SASKATCHEWAN 4½ 43 MANITOBA 4 39½ NEWFOUNDLAND 3 40 NEW BRUNSWICK 2½ 37 NOVA SCOTIA 1 28 PRINCE EDWARD IS. 0 25 Eight 2015 champions returned to defend their title. Six succeeded: Anthony Atanasov (Oakville), Nameer Issani (Toronto), Qiuyu Huang (Montreal), Nicholas Vettese, Richard Chen, and Sam Song (Fredericton). 2016 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Playoff games decided first place in grades 2, 3, 4, and front: Alex Yan, Anthony Atanasov, Nameer Issani, 11. Grade 11 was a 3-way tie. Other grades with ties for Qiuyu Huang, Nicholas Vettese. back: Eugene Hua, prizes were 6, 8, 9, 12. Some playoffs were still going on Maïli-Jade Ouellet, Richard Chen, Sam Song, Jeremy Hui. during the awards ceremony. There were five draws in not shown, still in a playoff: Max Chen, Janak Awatramani grade 3 before Max Chen (Toronto) finally won. Five sets of siblings took part in the tournament. The best results were by the Doknjas brothers (Surrey) who SSIILLVVEERR BBRROONNZZEE both scored 7 points. Neil placed third in grade 5 and 1 Ryan Yang BC 1 Andrew Ksenych ON Joshua second in grade 8. 2 Kevin Zhong QC 2 Daniel Wang BC Five girls participated. Maïli-Jade Ouellet (Montreal) 3 Richard Zheng * QC 3 Vishruth Sharma AB placed first in grade 8. She was also grade 5 national 4 Haruaki Omichi QC 4 Lucien Wu * BC 5 Max England ON 5 Neil Doknjas BC champion three years ago. Cynthia Cui (Fredericton) 6 Wenxuan Zhong QC 6 Leo Qu BC came fourth in grade 7. 7 Gabriel Tinica QC 7 Ethan Low BC There was a three-way tie for Best Team Shirt between 8 Joshua Doknjas *** BC 8 Derek Ma MB Newfoundland, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. They will 9 Ananda Saha QC 9 Matthew Geng BC split the $350 prize fund evenly. A second vote by the 10 Joseph Bellissimo * ON 10 Jason Cao * BC provincial coordinators gave Newfoundland the title. 11 Michael Song ON 11 Olivier K. Chiku-Ratte QC The Yves Casaubon Outstanding Contribution Award 12 Zehn Nasir ON 12 Adam Dorrance******** NS went to the Saskatchewan School Chess Association. * previous national champion 8 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 9 The Most Valuable Player, for the fifth time in six years, was Adam Dorrance of Nova Scotia. He also received a special plaque and a $1200 scholarship from the Chess’n Math Association for competing at the nationals twelve years, winning his grade eight times. Well done, Adam! A bughouse tournament was held after the awards ceremony on Monday. Janak Awatramani and Jeremy Hui placed first in the very popular event. The 2017 finals will be in Toronto. See you there! 2016 MEDALS GOLD SILVER BRONZE ONTARIO 6 4 1 QUEBEC 3 6 1 BRITISH COLUMBIA 2 2 7 NEW BRUNSWICK 1 ALBERTA 1 MANITOBA 1 NOVA SCOTIA 1 10 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 11 Here are some sample lines after 5.Nxe5 Nd7: KIRIL’S 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.0-0 Qh4! 8.c4 0-0-0 KLASS RUSSIAN 6.Nc3 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Bb4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Be6 DEFENCE 6.0-0 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.Be2 Be7 9.Nc3 c6 part 2 6.Qe2 Nxe5 7.Bxe4 dxe4 8.Qxe4 Be6 9.Qxe5 Qd7 10.0-0 0-0-0 (with a lead in development for a pawn) 6.Nxf7!? Kxf7 7.Qh5+ Ke7 8.Qe2 (8.Qxd5 Ndf6) 8...Kf7 This lesson looks at the w________w w________w opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6. árhb1kgw4] árhb1kgw4] à0p0pdp0p] à0p0pdw0p] ßwdwdwhwd] ßwdwdw0wd] The Russian Defence is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6.
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