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 ALEXYAN Quebec oo 2 ANTHONY ATANASOV * Ontario HHAALLLLEENNGGEE 3 MAXCHEN Ontario 4 NAMEERISSANI * 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 EUGENEHUA Ontario every province. 8 MAÏLI-JJADE OUELLET * Quebec The weather on Saturday was perfect for sightseeing, 9 RICHARDCHEN ** 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. Part 1 of Þdwdw0wdw] Þdwdw0wdw] this lesson covered the capture 3.Nxe5. In this class, we ÝwdBdPdwd] ÝwdBdwdwd] examine other third moves by White. ÜdwdwdNdw] Üdw)wdNdw] The move 3.d4 is the Steinitz Variation, named after the ÛP)P)w)P)] ÛP)Pdw)P)] first world champion. See diagram 1. Black gets an okay Ú$NGQIwdR] Ú$wGQIwdR] position by 3...exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6 e.p. Nxd6, wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw but it’s better to play 3...Nxe4. Then 4.dxe5 d5 is fine The move 3.Bc4 looks aggressive, but it’s actually not for Black and 4.Nxe5 d6 5.Nf3 d5 transposes to the line very good. See diagram 3. After 3...Nxe4! 4.Nxe5 d5, 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5. Black gains a tempo by attacking the bishop, with an After 3...Nxe4, the game usually continues 4.Bd3 d5. excellent position. (5.Be2 Bd6) (5.Bb5+? c6) (5.Qf3 Be6!) See diagram 2. The position is level following 5.dxe5 Be7 (5.Bb3 Qg5!?) (5.d3 Nc5 6.Bb3 Nxb3 7.axb3 Bd6) 6.0-0 0-0 or 5.Bxe4 dxe4 6.Nxe5 Bd6, so White normally The gambit 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Nc3?! is tricky but Black keeps plays 5.Nxe5. Then 5...Bd6 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4! gives White a the extra pawn after 4...Nxc3 5.dxc3 f6! See diagram 4. small edge, but Black gets an equal game with 5...Nd7. (6.0-0 d6 7.Be3 c6!) (6.Nh4 g6) (6.Nxe5? fxe5 7.Qh5+ g6 w______w w______w 8.Qxe5+ Qe7) árhb1kgw4] árhb1kgw4] à0p0pdp0p] à0p0wdp0p] ßwdwdwhwd] ßwdwdwdwd] Þdwdw0wdw] Þdwdp0wdw] Ýwdw)Pdwd] Ýwdw)ndwd] ÜdwdwdNdw] ÜdwdBdNdw] ÛP)Pdw)P)] ÛP)Pdw)P)] Ú$NGQIBdR] Ú$NGQIwdR] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

12 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 13 w______w w______w árhb1kgw4] árhb1w4kd] à0p0pdp0p] à0p0pdp0p] ßwdwdwhwd] ßwdwdwhwd] Þdwdw0wdw] ÞdwdwHwdw] MMOORRTT and MMAARRLLEEYY ÝwdwdPdwd] ÝwgwdPdwd] ÜdwHwdNdw] ÜdwHwdwdw] ÛP)P)w)P)] ÛP)P)w)P)] Ú$wGQIBdR] Ú$wGQIBdR] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

The last move to look at is 3.Nc3, guarding the pawn on e4. See diagram 5. Black can then transpose to the Four Knights Game with 3...Nc6 and equal chances. (4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4) (4.Bb5 Bb4 [or 4...Nd4] 5.0-0 0-0) (4.Nd5 Nxd5 5.exd5 0-0) (4.Bc4?! Nxe4! 5.Nxe4 d5) But many players prefer to mix things up with 3...Bb4. Black is fine following 4.d3 d5 or 4.Bc4 0-0 5.0-0 Nc6. The main line is 4.Nxe5 0-0! Diagram 6. It is impossible for White to keep the pawn or get the advantage against best play by Black. Here are some examples. 5.d3 d5! 6.exd5? Nxd5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Re8 9.d4 f6! ROOK ’n’ ROLL 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Re8 (8.f4 dxe4) 5.Nf3 Re8 (or 5...Bxc3 6.dxc3 Nxe4) 6.d3 d5 (7.e5 d4) 5.Be2 Re8 (or 5...Bxc3 6.dxc3 Nxe4) 6.Nf3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 Nxe4 6.Nd3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 Nxe4 THETHE MORTMORT && 8.Nf4 (or 8.0-0 d5) 8...d6 MARLMARLEYEY BANDBAND 9.0-0 Nd7 10.c4 Ne5 SUMMER TOUR 2016 That concludes our lesson At fairgrounds and chessboards on the Russian Defence. around the world. Don’t miss the fun! Good luck in your games! Featuring their new hit single “Rook ’n’ Roll”

14 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 15 l c a n a d a to p ten l TACTICS 102 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 TACTICS 102 1 GUO Richard 761 ON 1 NORITSYN Sergey 2262 ON 2 MANE Arnav 756 ON 2 HUA Eugene 2251 ON “TAKE AND FORK!” 3 LEBLANC Zachary 727 NB 3 TALUKDAR Rohan 2246 ON 4 POMPAS Codrin 722 BC 4 MING Wenyang 1930 ON White to play and win material. 5 LI Max 642 ON 5 PULFER Luke 1900 BC 6 PAGAYATAN Adrian 636 ON 6 WANG Kaixin 1797 AB solutions page 55 7 MOK Yannis 617 ON 7 RICHARDSON Kai 1729 BC 8 GEORGESCU Luca 592 QC 8 TINICA Gabriel 1723 QC 9 BAI Kingsley 564 ON 9 CHUNG Alec 1720 BC 10 GEFEN Jacob 560 ON 10 LOW Ethan 1712 BC GRADE 1 GRADE 8 1 YANG Ryan 1310 BC 1 DOKNJAS Joshua 2221 BC  2 HUARD Matheo 1059 QC 2 OUELLET Maili-Jade 2219 QC w______w w______w 3 SONG Ethan 1058 BC 3 FAN Run Kun 2074 QC 4 YAN Alex 950 QC 4 GROSSMANN Lenard 1912 AB 5 WANG Nathan 897 ON 5 LEONG Ryan 1867 BC áwdwdwdkd] árdwdwdwi] 6 KSENYCH Andrew 881 ON 6 ZHAO Yue Tong 1859 ON 7 ZHUANG Winnie 852 ON 7 CAI Jason 1843 ON 8 RAYMOND George 829 ON 8 YAO David 1838 AB à0wdwdw0w] à0bdwdwgp] 9 MELLON-RUEL Olivier 803 QC 9 SU Michael 1828 BC 10 KHENI Kush 766 ON 10 YIE Kevin 1796 ON ßpdwdwdw0] ßw0wdNdpd] GRADE 2 GRADE 9 1 ATANASOV Anthony 1602 ON 1 CHEN Richard 2402 ON 2 ZHONG Kevin 1528 QC 2 WAN Kevin 2356 ON Þdw4wdwdw] Þdwdwdpdw] 3 WANG Daniel 1474 BC 3 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2334 ON 4 OFFENGENDEN Ron 1263 AB 4 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2307 BC Ýwdndwdwd] Ýwdw0wdwd] 5 CHANG Alexander 1248 QC 5 ZHAO Harry 2157 ON 6 XU Daniel 1223 ON 6 BALENDRA Harigaran 2093 ON 7 SU Ethan 1180 BC 7 XU Jeffrey 2080 ON ÜdwdwdBdw] ÜdBdPdwdP] 8 JIANG Eric 1166 BC 8 ZOTKIN Daniel 2044 ON 9 YU Sophia 1135 BC 9 SAHA Ananda 2036 QC 10 NING Eric 1131 ON 10 SHAMRONI Dennis 2021 ON ÛP)wdw)w)] ÛPdPdw)Pd] GRADE 3 GRADE 10 1 GUIPI BOPALA Prince 1768 QC 1 CAO Jason 2415 BC Údw$wdKdw] Údwdw$wIw] 2 ZHENG Richard 1679 QC 2 BELLISSIMO Joseph 2373 ON 3 ZHAO Jeffrey 1537 ON 3 SONG Sam 2347 NB 4 CHEN Max 1500 ON 4 ZHOU Qiyu 2344 ON wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 5 LIU Kevin 1387 QC 5 LEI Sean 2220 ON 6 DINATOLO Zack 1349 ON 6 YU Wenlu 2205 ON 7 GHAZARIAN Tigran 1307 ON 7 WANG Eric 2104 ON 8 LIN Angela 1263 ON 8 ZHONG Joey 2091 ON 9 BALACHANDRAN Kousihan 1218 ON 9 KASSAM Jamil 1854 AB 10 SHARMA Vishruth 1207 AB 10 SHAO Nathan 1841 BC GRADE 4 GRADE 11 1 ISSANI Nameer 2199 ON 1 PREOTU Razvan 2658 ON 2 NOORALI Aahil 1919 ON 2 YU Zong Yang 2523 QC  3 RUSONIK Max 1644 ON 3 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2513 QC w______w w______w 4 GU Chuyang 1585 BC 4 SONG Michael 2512 ON 5 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan 1565 ON 5 AWATRAMANI Janak 2466 BC áwdwdwdkd] áwdrdwdkd] 6 ZHOU Aiden 1561 BC 6 SHI Diwen 2348 AB 7 SHEN Isamel 1490 ON 7 DOKNJAS John 2285 BC 8 WU Lucian 1472 BC 8 ZHU Hong Rui 2240 QC àdwdwdpgp] à0wdwdwdp] 9 OMICHI Haruaki 1410 QC 9 LI Yinshi 2219 ON 10 HU Kyle 1342 ON 10 LIU Yu Qing 2181 QC ßw0r1wdpd] ßwdwdwdpd] GRADE 5 GRADE 12 1 HUANG Qiuyu 2133 QC 1 PLOTKIN Mark 2437 ON 2 LOW Kevin 1984 BC 2 DORRANCE Adam 2335 NS Þ0wdN0wdw] Þ1w0wdbdw] 3 HUANG Patrick 1818 BC 3 NASIR Zehn 2317 ON 4 ENGLAND Max 1759 ON 4 LIN Tony 2266 ON 5 DOKNJAS Neil 1724 BC 5 SONG Terry 2248 ON ÝQdwdwdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd] 6 TANAKA Tyler 1657 QC 6 ADRIAANSE Adam 2202 ON 7 SUPERCEANU Andi 1637 AB 7 HERDIN Mathew 2200 BC Üdw)wdwdP] ÜdwHw!wdP] 8 ZHAO Jonathan 1590 ON 8 PENG Jackie 2118 ON 9 JAMES Rowan 1547 BC 9 HUI Jeremy 2115 BC 10 LAU Julian 1499 AB 10 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan 2053 ON ÛP)wdw)Pd] ÛP)wdwdPd] GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL 1 VETTESE Nicholas 2302 ON 1 PREOTU Razvan 2658 ON 2 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 2235 QC 2 YU Zong Yang 2523 QC Údwdw$wIw] ÚdwdwdRdK] 3 ZHONG Wenxuan 1904 QC 3 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2513 QC 4 DURETTE Francis 1858 QC 4 SONG Michael 2512 ON wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 5 HEMSTAPAT Andrew 1804 BC 5 AWATRAMANI Janak 2466 BC 6 QU Leo 1741 BC 6 PLOTKIN Mark 2437 ON 7 LI Alan 1695 ON 7 CAO Jason 2415 BC 8 ZHENG Victor 1691 BC 8 CHEN Richard 2402 ON 9 LIN Benjamin 1671 ON 9 BELLISSIMO Joseph 2373 ON 10 MIRABELLI Aidan 1604 ON 10 WAN Kevin 2356 ON

16 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 17 ALEXANDERALEXANDER PETROFFPETROFF COMBO MOMBO !! (1794 - 1867) SPOTLIGHTw______w ON PAWN FORKS This civil servant from St. Petersburg was the first áwdwirdwd] great Russian chess master. He learned to play àdwdwdw0p] when he was four years old and became the city ßwdr0bdwd] champion while still a teenager. Although he never faced the leading masters of western Europe, he Þdpdwdpdw] did win several matches against his countrymen Ýwdp)wdwd] in the mid-1800’s to gain worldwide recognition. Ü)w)w$wHP] Ûw)wdwIPd] ÚdwdwdwdR] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw A pawn fork is a tactic where a pawn attacks two pieces at the same time. When one piece moves, the pawn captures the other. k Black can win material immediately with the pawn fork 1...f4. After 2.Re2 fxg3+, they are up a bishop. K White to play has the combination 1.Rxe6! Rxe6 2.d5, forking both rooks. White is ahead by a knight following 2...Re5 3.dxc6. (If 2...f4, then 3.Nf1!) w______ww______w “Retreating does not mean that the game is lost, árdw1w4kd]árhwdw4kd] for a defensive position may later become offensive.” àdpdwdp0p]à0bdqhp0p] PETROFF DEFENCE (Russian Defence) ßpdpdbdnd]ßw0wdpdwd] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 Þdwdwgwdw]ÞdwdpdwGw] The defence that bears his name has been known Ýwdwdwdwd]ÝwdwHwdwd] for centuries, but was considered unsound until Üdw)wdw)w]Üdw)w)w)P] a French magazine published analysis by Petroff ÛP)QdN)B)]ÛP)Qdw)Bd] (and Carl Jaenisch) in 1842. His instructional book Ú$wGwdRIw]Ú$wdwdRIw] The Game of Chess was one of the first written wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈwwÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw in the Russian language. He also wrote stories WHITE TO MOVE BLACK TO MOVE about chess and even a book on checkers! Win Material solutions page 55 Win Material

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GRAND PRIX ONTARIO SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP The final events in the 2016 Grand Prix competition took place The 2016 Ontario School Team Chess Championship was played in May at Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa. Anyone who scored on May 29th in Toronto. 102 players took part in the event. The top 7½ points out of 15 games in the three tournaments got a cash teams in each section are shown below. Seneca Hill dominated the prize. (5 points out of 10 games in Ottawa.) A total of $7500 in gift two lower sections, winning K-6 for the seventh year in a row! certificates were awarded by the Chess’n Math Association and Grades K-3 Grades K-6 Grades 7-9 split among 135 winners. The top scorers in each age group were: 1 Seneca Hill 1 Seneca Hill 1 Tyrrell MONTREAL Angela Lin Benjamin Lin Daniel Liu <8 Kevin Zhong Angus Zhang Hao Chen Cindy Qiao <10 Richard Zheng Ryan Deng Isamel Shen Ray Liu <12 Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux Casey Chen Joey Qiao Yikang Wang Qiuyu Huang 2 Seneca Hill B 2 Seneca Hill B 2 Crosby Heights <14 Zi Yu Guan 3 North Agincourt 3 Seneca Hill C 3 Guardian Angels TORONTO QUEBEC JUNIOR Grades 10-12 <8 Anthony Atanasov The 2016 Quebec Junior Chess 1 Thornhill <10 Max Chen Championship took place on Mark Plotkin <12 Nicholas Vettese April 22-24 in Montreal. The Stephen Ye <14 Eugene Hua new champion is 11th grader Melissa Giblon BORDER WARS Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratté. The Alyssa Rusonik OTTAWA The 25th annual Washington runners-up were Zong Yang Yu 2 Marc Garneau <8 Daniel Xu state vs. British Columbia team and Houji Yao. 3 UTS <10 Matthew Zhu match was held in Vancouver <12 Licheng Zhou on May 14. Each team has two PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA <16 Svitlana Demchenko students per grade (K-12) and The P.E.I. School Chess Team The 2016 B.C. Youth Chess everyone plays two games. The Championship was held on Championships on April 23-24 NEWFOUNDLAND Canucks won 32½ -19½ . April 17 in Charlottetown with in Surrey attracted 39 players. There were 59 players at the The overall score in the series 56 players. This year’s champions are: Newfoundland and Labrador is now 13½ -11½ in favour of The winning schools were: < 8 Daniel Wang School Team Championship on Washington. GRADES K-4 Spring Park Ethan Song April 16 in St. John’s. The four Ten B.C. players won both of ELEMENTARY West Kent Ryan Wang (3-way tie) winning schools by grade were: their games: Nathan Shao, Leo JUNIOR HIGH Queen Charlotte <10 Chuyang Gu K-3 Rennies River Qu, Victor Zheng, Kevin Low, HIGH SCHOOL Colonel Gray <12 Neil Doknjas 4-6 Vanier Matthew Geng, Daniel Wang, The Spring Park K-4 team, led <14 Joshua Doknjas 7-9 MacDonald Drive Max Gedajlovic, Luke Pulfer, by Seamus MacEachern, won <16 James Li 9-12 Holy Heart of Mary Codrin Pompas, Jeremy Hui. all 16 of their games. <18 John Doknjas

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QUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP The 2016 Quebec School Team Chess Championship was held in The next challenger for the title of Montreal at Jean de Brebeuf College on April 2-3. The four player World Chess Champion is Sergey teams were divided into three groups. 268 players took part. The Karjakin. The 26 year old Russian top three teams in the K-3 and K-6 sections, shown below, qualify won the Candidates Tournament to play in the Quebec-Ontario match at Kingston on June 4. The held March 11-28 in Moscow . The winner of the grade 7-11 section was Collège Notre-Dame. All four event was a double round robin team members were girls: Yilin Li, Linda Shi, Christine Gao, and between eight of the world’s best Sabina Tinica. players. First prize was $140,000. Fifteen years ago Sergey was the Grades K-3 Grades K-6 World Under 12 Champion. This 1 Fernand-Seguin Les Zugzwangs 1 Fernand-Seguin Shredders fall he will play a twelve game Ze Yue Li Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux match versus Magnus Carlsen for Toma Suda Lafontaine Qiuyu Huang the ultimate title of undisputed Annie Le Yi Li Le Cong Li World Chess Champion. The match Sacha Ramamonjisoa Yihan Xu SERGEY KARJAKIN Challenger will be held in New York City with a 2 La Verendrye Magnus Carlsen 2 Internationale Alpha Blue prize fund of over a million dollars. 3 Laurier Les Diables de Montreal 3 La Verendrye Garry Kasparov Sergey Karjakin is the youngest person to ever become a grandmaster. He earned the title in 2002 when he was 12 years, CALGARY SCHOOLS 7 months old. That is nine months sooner than anyone else. The Calgary School Chess Previous record holders include Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer, and Championship on April 30th at Judit Polgar. Current champ Magnus Carlsen (Norway), now 25 Western Canada High School years old, achieved the title at 13 years, 4 months. had 83 participants. The winning teams were: YOUNGEST INTERNATIONAL MASTER NOVA SCOTIA TEAM PRIMARY Renert R. Praggnanandhaa, the current World Under 10 The 2016 Nova Scotia School ELEMENTARY Louis Riel Champion from Chennai, India, has become the Championship took place on JUNIOR HIGH St. Elizabeth youngest International Master ever. At age 10 April 24th in Halifax with 66 HIGH SCHOOL Western Canada years, 10 months, he broke the old record, held players. by Sergey Karjakin, by over a year! Individual city champions were Oxford School won the K-4 Three IM norms and a 2400 rating are needed also crowned. and K-6 sections. Park West for the title. “Praggu”, as he is called, completed was the junior high champion PRIMARY Bastian Benner the requirements at the International Chess and Halifax West was the top ELEMENTARY Ian Zhao Festival in Bhubaneswar, India last month. high school. Exactly the same JUNIOR HIGH Jeff Wang He was also the 2013 World Under 8 Champion. as the last two years! Déjà vu. HIGH SCHOOL Kazi Ashfaq What’s next?

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ONTARIO YOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND ONTARIO - QUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP The 2016 Ontario Youth Chess Thirty-nine players attended the The annual match between the top school teams from Quebec Championship was played on Victoria Youth Championships and Ontario was played on June 4th at Queen’s University in May 14-15 at Kitchener City Hall. on March 26. The winners in Kingston. Eighty-nine players took part. Seneca Hill School won 132 boys and 33 girls took part. each age group were: both lower sections, repeating as K-6 champions. Here are the top three finishers <8 Sophia Velea The top scorers in the ON-QC girls competition were Rachel Wang in each section. (K-3 QC) and Hazel Guo (grade 4-6 ON). <10 Joshua Imoo < 8 Anthony Atanasov <12 Anna Van Grades K-3 Grades K-6 Grades 7-12 Eric Ning <14 Ryan Leong 1 Seneca Hill 1 Seneca Hill 1 Jean de Brebeuf Noah Yuen Angela Lin Benjamin Lin Ananda Saha <18 Pepi Eirew <10 Dorian Kang Angus Zhang Isamel Shen Gabriel Tinica Kousihan Balachandran ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL Ryan Deng Hao Chen Rubayat Munshi Zack Dinatolo The 49th Ontario High School Casey Chen Joey Qiao Mymanat Mohamed <12 Nicholas Vettese Chess Championship was held 2 Fernand-Seguin 2 La Verendrye 2 Thornhill William Shi at the University of Toronto on 3 La Verendrye 3 Seneca Hill B 3 Notre-Dame Benjamin Lin April 22-23 with 128 players. CHESS OLYMPIAD QUEBEC GIRLS <14 Hairan Liang The individual champion is 9th The 42nd Chess Olympiad will There were 39 players at the Henry Zhang grader Richard Chen (Hamilton) be held in Baku, Azerbaijan on Quebec Girls Championship in Tony Lin (Toronto) was second Rohan Talukdar September 1-14. Each nation is Montreal on April 10. Here are and grade 2 student Anthony <16 Caleb Petersen represented by four players, or this year’s champions by grade. Atanasov (Oakville) came third! Harry Zhao five if there is a reserve. 1 Lily Ma The school team champion is Dennis Shamroni 2 Annie Li Bayview Secondary (Toronto). Team Canada <18 Rachel Tao 3 Rachel Wang Runners-up were Victoria Park IM Tomas Krnan ON Atharva Washimkar 4 Yihan Xu Agniya Pobereshnikova (Toronto) and U of T Schools. GM Evgeny Bareev ON GM Anton Kovalyov QC 5 Isabelle Wang The winners of the separate NOVA SCOTIA YOUTH GM Eric Hansen AB 6-9 Cindy Yu girls sections were: The Nova Scotia Youth Chess GM Alexandre Lesiege QC < 8 Winnie Zhuang Championships were played on <10 Angela Lin April 3rd in Halifax, with 30 Canadian Women’s Team <12 Emma He players. The winners were: Qiyu Zhou ON <14 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam <10 Taim Farhat Yuanling Yuan ON The 2016 Canadian Youth Chess <12 Jerjis Kapra Alexandra Botez BC Championship will take place in <14 Ridhi Mittal Maili-Jade Ouellet QC Windsor, Ontario on July 5-8. <18 Brandon MacDonald Lali Agbabishvili ON

24 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 25 CCHHEECCKKMMAATTEESS WHITE TO MOVE solutions page 55 w______ww______w w______w  áwdk4Rdwd] áwdwdwdkd] áwdr4wdwi] àdpdwdpdw] à0w$wdwgp] àdwdw$w0w] ßwdwdwgw4] ßb0wdNdrd] ßbdwdwdw0] Þ!wdwdwdw] Þdwdwdwdw] Þ0wdwdwdw] Ýw)wdwdp)] ÝPdwdwdwd] Ýw0w)w!wd] Üdwdw$bGw] ÜdwdwdRdP] ÜdB1wdwGw] Ûwdwdw)wI] Ûw)w4wdPd] ÛPdwdw)P)] Údw1wdwdw] ÚdwdwdwIw] ÚdwdwdwIw] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw MATE IN 1 MATE IN 2 MATE IN 2 w______w w______w árdbdkgw4] áwdw4w4kd] à0p0wdp0w] àdp1wdp0w] ßwdndpdw0] ßwdpdpdwd] Þdwdwdwdw] Þ0wdwdwdw] ÝwdQdPdwG] Ýwdw)wdw$] ÜdwHwdwdw] Ü)wdBdwdw] ÛP)Pdw)q)] Ûw)Qdw)P)] ÚdwIRdwdR] “Wow! Nice move.” ÚdwdwdwIw] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw MATE IN 2 MATE IN 3

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28 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 29 KKIIRRIILL''SS KKOONNTTEESSTT w______w1 w______w2 áwdwdrdwd] áwdwdw$wd] àdwdw0kdw] àdwdwdwdw] ßwdwdpdwd] ßwdwdwdwd] Þdwdwdwdw] Þdwdwdwdw] ÝwdndwIwd] ÝwdBdwdNd] Üdwhwdw$w] Üdwdwdwdw] Ûwdwdw!w$] ÛwdNdwdwd] Údwdwdwdw] ÚdwdwdwdK] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Can you solve these puzzles? wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw MATE IN 3 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 three moves. like the ones we’re wearing. B. Black is in stalemate. C. White has mate in 1

Enter the contest by mailing your solutions to: There were 3 correct entries for March’s contest. [email protected] 1 Mate in 4 1.Rb8+ Kh7 2.Nf8+ Kg8 3.Ng6+ 3...Kh7 4.Rh8# or 3...Kf7 4.Rf8# Deadline: August 31, 2016 2 Triple Loyd A.Kf8# B.Kh7= C.Kc3 (Rg3#) One lucky person will win the drawing for a “chess tuque” (navy blue acrylic pullover cap The winner of the drawing for a chess tuque is: with an embroidered knight insignia). Kandara Acharya of Bristol, England

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This is a story about a girl named Frizoon, and the trip she took in her hot air balloon. It was a breezy afternoon, one lazy day in June, when she lifted off easy, like a gentle typhoon. She passed the time with a happy tune, followed the wind and steered by the moon, and before too long, and before too soon, she had crossed the prairie to Saskatoon. The landing was smooth for the trusty balloon. Without There she was met by a crazy loon, and a goofy clown a sound, it set down beside a blue lagoon, out near the called Mr. Buffoon, who proudly saluted and said to boonies, by the new saloon. Frizoon, “Welcome, friend, to Saskatoon!” In a minute or two, or maybe a few, they were all chilling out inside the saloon. The music was loud, and strange was the crowd, like a funny scene in a silly cartoon. The name of the place was the Old Harpoon, and it was owned by Mr. Buffoon. He was really a rich tycoon. So drinks were free, if you ordered juice or tea. And the snacks were tasty too, if you hankered for a prune, or a macaroon. On the wall hung a picture, in shades of aqua and maroon, of the famous dish that ran away with the spoon. And standing in the corner was a handsome baboon, playing the blues on his bassoon. Someone said he grew up in Rangoon, and studied jazz in Cameroon. But now he grooved in Saskatoon!

32 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 33 w______w Frizoon took a look around the room, and noticed a árhw1kgn4] raccoon. Sitting by a chess board, getting rather bored, à0pdw0p0p] he was ready for a game real soon. ßwdpdwdwd] So over she walked and then they talked. Þdwdwdbdw] “Hi, my name’s Frizoon. How ya doin’?” Ýwdw)Ndwd] He smiled like a cow jumping over the moon. “Hello Üdwdwdwdw] Frizoon, I’m Rooney Raccoon!” w______w ÛP)Pdw)P)] White FRIZOON LePAWN árhb1kgn4] Ú$wGQIBHR] Black RO O N E Y R AC C O O N à0pdw0p0p] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw ßwdpdwdwd] 5. Ng3 8. 0 -0 Qc7 1. e4 Þdwdpdwdw] 5.Bd3? Qxd4 and a pawn The black queen finds a The fun begins. Ýwdw)Pdwd] is gone. good diagonal, stopping 1. . . . c6 Üdwdwdwdw] 9.Bf4 before playing ...e6. ÛP)Pdw)P)] 5. . . . Bg6 We’ll see who wins. Ú$NGQIBHR] 6. Nf3 9. Re1 e6 2. d4 d5 wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw The main book line in the Rooney is no goonie. He It may not make sense, CARO KANN DEFENCE Classical Variation goes sees that 9...0-0-0? loses 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 to 10.Bxg6 hxg6 11.Ng5! but someone called this 3. . . . dxe4 the Caro-Koon defence! Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 w______w 4. Nxe4 Bf5 e6, with an equal game. árdwdkgw4] 3. Nc3 à0p1ndp0p] Two good options are 6. . . . Nd7! Other lines are 3.e5 Bf5! 4...Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 and ßwdpdphbd] and 3.exd5 cxd5. 4...Nf6!? 5.Nxf6+ gxf6. The obvious 6...Nf6 gives Þdwdwdwdw] white the edge. 7.h4! h6 Ýwdw)wdwd] 8.Ne5 Bh7 9.Bc4 e6 10.Qe2 ÜdwdBdNHw] (10...Qxd4? 11.Nxf7!) ÛP)Pdw)P)] 7. Bd3 Ngf6 Ú$wGQ$wIw] Rooney is in no hurry to wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw develop the white queen with 7...Bxd3?! 8.Qxd3. 10. Ng5!? And he has no worry if Frizoon was happy with this white doubles his pawns trappy move. by 8.Bxg6 hxg6, because it More normal would be opens the h-file for him. 10.c4, 10.Ne5, or 10.Bg5.

34 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 35 w______w 10. . . . Bxd3 12. Rxe6+! árdwdkdw4] The raccoon dodges the KABAM! Frizoon sacks a à0p1ngp0w] danger this time. 10...h6? piece to blast open the ßwdpdRhw0] 11.Nxe6! fxe6 12.Bxg6+ black king. Rooney was ÞdwdwdNHw] Best is 10...Bd6. hoping for 12.Nf3 0-0-0, or Ýwdw)wdwd] 11. Qxd3 h6? 12.N5e4 0-0-0, with a good ÜdwdQdwdw] game. ÛP)Pdw)P)] But now he stumbles into Another way of blasting Ú$wGwdwIw] the snare. He should’ve is 12.Nxe6!? fxe6 13.Qg6+ wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Now Frizoon shows why taken better care. Black is Kd8 14.Rxe6, and Black has she has a black belt in fine after 11...Bd6. trouble developing. 13. . . . Nd5? w______w kung fu tactics. árdwdkgw4] 12. . . . Be7 Rooney defends e7, and 14. Rxe7+! à0p1ndp0w] The only chance to hold is still attacking two white pieces with his pawns! Giving up the exchange to ßwdpdphw0] on. Taking the rook loses clear the e6 square. Do the queen after 12...fxe6? 13...fxe6? 14.Nxg7+ Kd8 ÞdwdwdwHw] 15.N5xe6+ Kc8 16.Nxc7 is you see what’s in the air? Ýwdw)wdwd] 13.Qg6+! Kd8 14.Nxe6+ or 13...Ke7 14.Qf7+. another nasty fork. 14. . . . Nxe7 ÜdwdQdwHw] 13...0-0? 14.Nxe7+ Kh8 ÛP)Pdw)P)] And 12...Kd8? 13.Nxf7+ 15. Nxg7+ Kf8 forks the rook on h8. 15.Re3 (15...hxg5? 16.Rh3+) Ú$wGw$wIw] Least bad is 13...hxg5 15...Kd8 allows the same wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 13. Nf5! 14.Rxe7+ Kf8, and Black is combination. A sharp move by Frizoon down a pawn in an ugly 16. N7e6+! that attacks the g-pawn and position. (15.h3 g6 16.Bxg5!) One knight is sacked, so the bishop. the other knight can fork. 16. . . . fxe6 17. Nxe6+ Kf7 18. Nxc7 Rac8 White has queen and three pawns for a rook, but the raccoon plays on, trying to win the knight on c7. 19. Qb3+! Kg7 20. Ne6+ Kf7

36 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 37 w______w áwdrdwdw4] WHITE TO MATE IN 3 à0pdnhkdw] 21. Ng5+! CAN ßwdpdNdw0] ADI Þdwdwdwdw]Double check, what the heck! 2016 PROVINCIALAN C CHAMPIONS HESS Ýwdw)wdwd] 21. . . . Ke8 CHA ONTARIO LLEN ÜdQdwdwdw]Anything else is 22.Qf7#. 1 Andrew Ksenych GTorontoE ÛP)Pdw)P)] 22. Qf7+ Kd8 2 Anthony Atanasov * Oakville 3 Max Chen Toronto Ú$wGwdwIw] 23. Ne6# 4 Nameer Issani *** Toronto wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 5 Max England * Toronto 6 Nicholas Vettese *** Toronto What a great game by Frizoon! The baboon was so 7 Eugene Hua Hamilton moved, he started to croon an old tune, called The Blue 8 Jason Cai Toronto 9 Richard Chen * Ancaster Cocoon, sure to make a young heart swoon. 10 Joseph Bellissimo Toronto It wasn’t long before Frizoon had a whole platoon 11 Michael Song Thornhill 12 Zehn Nasir Toronto of friends. But when a gentle monsoon blew cross the lagoon, she knew, the time to leave was opportune. ALBERTA QUEBEC 1 Colton Rostoker Calgary 1 Alex Yan Verdun The next stop on her trip was the beautiful dunes of 2 Anand Chandra Calgary 2 Kevin Zhong * Pierrefonds Cancún. And there was just enough room in the trusty 3 Vishruth Sharma ** Calgary 3 Richard Zheng ** Montreal balloon for a little raccoon to come along too! 4 Paul Wang Calgary 4 Haruaki Omichi * Montreal 5 Andi Superceanu Edmonton 5 Qiuyu Huang **** Montreal A crowd gathered in front of the saloon, and when 6 Ian Zhao ***** Calgary 6 Wenxuan Zhong Montreal the clock struck noon, there was one long toot from a 7 Andrew Xu Calgary 7 Gabriel Tinica * Montreal 8 Jeff Wang * Calgary 8 Maili-Jade Ouellet Montreal lonely bassoon, and a goofy salute from Mr. Buffoon. 9 Chenxi Wu * Calgary 9 Ananda Saha Montreal Then everybody shouted, “Bon voyage, Frizoon!”. 10 Raphael Libre Calgary 10 Alan Luo Montreal And as they drifted towards the moon, you could still 11 Diwen Shi ** Calgary 11 Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte Montreal 12 David McCullough Sherwood Park 12 Nicholas Johnson **** Montreal hear Rooney and Frizoon. “Farewell, Saskatoon!” NEW BRUNSWICK SASKATCHEWAN 1 Maxence Smith 1 Leo Lin Saskatoon 2 Jeremy Green Fredericton 2 Natasha Sasata * Saskatoon 3 Tristan Richard Fredericton 3 Brooks Jiang Saskatoon 4 Stephen Ranjbar Fredericton 4 Leonard Carolino Saskatoon 5 Jacob Tibbo Fredericton 5 Alexander de Padua Prince Albert 6 Austin LeBlanc * Fredericton 6 Alexander Sasata ** Saskatoon 7 Cynthia Cui ** Fredericton 7 Daniel Wei *** Saskatoon 8 Leonardo Cui * Fredericton 8 Ray Dai Saskatoon 9 Ben Yeomans * Fredericton 9 Andrew Li *** Regina 10 Sam Song ***** Fredericton 10 Avram Tcherni ********* Regina 11 Jong Su Kim Fredericton 11 12 Isaac Lee Moncton 12 Jimmy Bartha ****** Saskatoon * champion last year also

38 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 39 SCHOLAR’S MATE w______w áNdwdwdwd] TRIPLE àdwdwGwdw] ßwdwdwHwd] LOYD Þdwdwdwdw] ÝKdwdBdwd] Üdwdwdwdw] ÛwdwdRdwd] 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. Team Saskatchewan CCC Nationals, Regina 2016

w______w áwdwdBGwd] Chess àdwdwdw)w] ßwdpdwdwd] maze Þdwdb$Kdw] ÝwdPdw0wd] ÜdwdwgPdw] ÛwdPdw$wd] ÚiNdwdwdw] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw KNIGHT MAZE IN 23 Only the white knight moves. Capture the black king in twenty-three moves (or less) without taking any pieces or moving to a square where the knight can Cheshire Cat. “J’adoube.” be taken. Black does not get a turn. solution page 55

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HARRIS Gabriel 1375 GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL 1 VETTESE Nicholas 2302 1 PREOTU Razvan 2658 1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 2235 1 YU Zong Yang 2523 2 LI Alan 1695 2 SONG Michael 2512 2 ZHONG Wenxuan 1904 2 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2513 3 LIN Benjamin 1671 3 PLOTKIN Mark 2437 3 DURETTE Francis 1858 3 ZHU Hong Rui 2240 4 MIRABELLI Aidan 1604 4 CHEN Richard 2402 4 YU Xi Ming 1502 4 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 2235 5 AKOPHYAN Nick 1590 5 BELLISSIMO Joseph 2373 5 LIU Robert 1421 5 OUELLET Maili-Jade 2219 6 WASHIMKAR Arhant 1563 6 WAN Kevin 2356 6 SHI Leo 1331 6 LIU Yu Qing 2181 7 LIU Lambert 1543 7 ZHOU Qiyu 2344 7 GRANDMONT Mathias 1330 7 HUANG Qiuyu 2133 8 RAIZMAN Ruven 1456 8 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2334 8 DEMERS Alexis 1318 8 FAN Run Kun 2074 9 YANG Fan 1434 9 NASIR Zehn 2317 9 ZUO Dustin 1266 9 SAHA Ananda 2036 10 YU Daniel 1399 10 VETTESE Nicholas 2302 10 XIE Dazhuo 1199 10 JOHNSON Nicholas 1980

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KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 1 LEBLANC Zachary 727 NB 1 RUSSELL Brett 1481 NF 1 POMPAS Codrin 722 BC 1 PULFER Luke 1900 BC 2 THERIAULT Olivier 462 NB 2 CUI Cynthia 1413 NB 2 ZHENG Ethan 554 BC 2 WANG Kaixin 1797 AB 3 CHAREST Thomas 427 NB 3 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 1195 PE 3 GUO BiaoBiao Boyong 552 BC 3 RICHARDSON Kai 1729 BC 4 REDWOOD Luke 382 NS 4 LOTY Eric 1139 NS 4 CHEN George 487 BC 4 CHUNG Alec 1720 BC 5 DUNCAN Emilie 338 NB 5 BU Kevin 1132 PE 5 CAMPBELL Leif 477 AB 5 LOW Ethan 1712 BC 6 ZHANG Jun Yan 334 NB 6 NAKAYASU Rikuto 1118 NS 6 HOU Ryker 436 BC 6 LEHINGRAT Callum 1525 BC 7 OLIVEIRA Watson 333 NB 7 LI Kevin 1049 NS 7 ZHENG Ethan 400 BC 7 LIN Kaining 1495 AB 8 MCLAUGHLIN Alexandre 332 NB 8 MACDONALD Cameron 999 PE 8 XIA Frank 389 AB 8 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha 1471 AB 9 ARSENEAULT Jolyanne 323 NB 9 LLEWELLYN Breanne 982 NS 9 PANKEWITZ Owen 352 AB 9 RENY Alex 1445 BC 10 PICKARD Grace 309 NF 10 CAPELLO Jordon 976 NB 10 ZHANG Philip 342 BC 10 WEI Daniel 1434 SK GRADE 1 GRADE 8 GRADE 1 GRADE 8 1 KOMIAK Jacob 748 NF 1 HUANG Xingbo 1497 NF 1 YANG Ryan 1310 BC 1 DOKNJAS Joshua 2221 BC 2 VAUTOUR Samuel 616 NB 2 CUI Leonardo 1443 NB 2 SONG Ethan 1058 BC 2 GROSSMANN Lenard 1912 AB 3 RIOUX Cedric 605 NB 3 MERRIGAN Daley 1328 NF 3 LIN Leo 748 SK 3 LEONG Ryan 1867 BC 4 WANG Andy 585 NS 4 MITTAL Ridhi 1291 NS 4 SOLOMENTSEVA Liliya 742 SK 4 YAO David 1838 AB 5 DAIGLE Xavier 562 NB 5 GOSSE Daniel 1166 NF 5 TANG Jacky 735 BC 5 SU Michael 1828 BC 6 SMITH Maxence 547 NB 6 WEILAND Robin 1074 NB 6 SHAO Brian 652 BC 6 MA Derek 1691 MB 7 CORBETT Chase 504 PE 7 MANNHOLLAND Noah 997 PE 7 LAMWERTZ Ido 635 MB 7 GASPARAC Karlo 1665 AB 8 ABOU ASSALI Andreh 500 PE 8 EDWARDS Andrew 987 NF 8 ROSTOKER Colton 634 AB 8 WOLCHOCK Theo 1661 MB 9 CORMIER Jonathan 469 NB 9 KERR Ian 982 PE 9 LI Toby 623 AB 9 FOX Dylan 1624 BC 10 CULL Uriah 422 NF 10 KUNDU Arjun 979 PE 10 MA Hovey 618 BC 10 WANG Jeff 1597 AB GRADE 2 GRADE 9 GRADE 2 GRADE 9 1 VO Phu 835 PE 1 DORRANCE Lucas 1471 NS 1 WANG Daniel 1474 BC 1 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2307 BC 2 SHEPPARD Jacob 735 NF 2 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1471 NF 2 OFFENGENDEN Ron 1263 AB 2 ZHENG Maven 1727 BC 3 SONIER William 645 NB 3 PICKARD Ryan 1390 NF 3 SU Ethan 1180 BC 3 GENG Matthew 1709 BC 4 MCINTYRE Malcolm 633 PE 4 CHISLETT Benjamin 1287 NF 4 JIANG Eric 1166 BC 4 LI Kevin 1616 BC 5 YANG Julia 618 NF 5 NAIDAPPUWA-WADUGE Dulhan 1283 NS 5 YU Sophia 1135 BC 5 SHRESTHA Prayus 1579 AB 6 JIJON Johan 617 PE 6 YEOMANS Ben 1239 NB 6 PICHE Zachary 1035 MB 6 WU Chenxi 1576 AB 7 GRIFFITHS Riley 584 NF 7 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep 1228 PE 7 CHANDRA Anand 963 AB 7 MCCULLOUGH Ian 1534 AB 8 STEEVES Gavin 580 NB 8 TRAN Quoc 1218 NS 8 CHEN Jason 955 BC 8 HAN Lionel 1485 BC 9 GREEN Jeremy 556 NB 9 PETERS Brian 1166 NS 9 GUO Vincent 950 BC 9 JAYAWEERA Lahiru 1467 BC 10 MALLAIS Simon 553 NB 10 LOCKE Miles 1134 NF 10 HERTZ Denman 940 BC 10 BREWSTER Paula 1458 BC GRADE 3 GRADE 10 GRADE 3 GRADE 10 1 PAN Thomas 987 NF 1 SONG Sam 2347 NB 1 SHARMA Vishruth 1207 AB 1 CAO Jason 2415 BC 2 MCINTYRE Duncan 875 PE 2 MCKEOWN Gary 1515 NF 2 RIQUELME Martin 1184 MB 2 KASSAM Jamil 1854 AB 3 XU Tiger 823 NB 3 MACDONALD Brandon 1436 NS 3 ZHANG Dustin 1177 AB 3 SHAO Nathan 1841 BC 4 DICKIE Luke 813 PE 4 ROBICHAUD Alexandre 1330 NB 4 XU Andrew 1172 BC 4 ZHU Brandon 1801 BC 5 RICHARD Tristan 809 NB 5 HE Kate 1315 NS 5 GUO Veronica 1058 BC 5 LI James 1778 BC 6 FARHAT Taim 786 NS 6 RONAHAN-WOOD Jack 1182 PE 6 QIAN Jason 1054 BC 6 TAPP Ashley 1743 BC 7 VELICHKOV Martin 754 NF 7 VU Nam 1065 NB 7 HE Matthew 945 BC 7 KNOX Nathaniel 1732 BC 8 LAPOINTE Dominic 753 NB 8 ROBERTSON Joel 1021 NB 8 WU Stanley 932 BC 8 KAISER Jakob 1732 AB 9 FANG Evan 753 NF 9 WHITT Sheldon 979 NF 9 LIANG Eugene 920 BC 9 NIE Mark 1715 AB 10 RIOUX Bastien 752 NB 10 NORMAN Bradley 977 PE 10 LIU Breanna 904 BC 10 SAHEB Salar 1711 AB GRADE 4 GRADE 11 GRADE 4 GRADE 11 1 MACEACHERN Seamus 1099 PE 1 DAWSON Andrew 1403 NF 1 GU Chuyang 1585 BC 1 AWATRAMANI Janak 2466 BC 2 VO An 949 PE 2 OLDFORD Noah 1388 NF 2 ZHOU Aiden 1561 BC 2 SHI Diwen 2348 AB 3 BHATT Tanish 946 NF 3 TIWARI Lal 1339 NS 3 WU Lucian 1472 BC 3 DOKNJAS John 2285 BC 4 LEBLANC Alex 940 NB 4 ANDERSEN Paul 1295 NF 4 JIANG David 1310 BC 4 KONG Dezhong 1980 BC 5 FELTER-GONEN Yaron 893 NB 5 SCHRADER Nathaniel 1271 NB 5 TAN Brendan 1301 AB 5 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1906 BC 6 BROWN Alexander 851 NS 6 MAKAROV Joshua 1268 NB 6 ZHANG Dan 1284 AB 6 HOFFNER Noah 1806 AB 7 BLANCHETTE Alain 824 NB 7 KIM Jong Su 1187 NB 7 IVANESCU Mark 1274 AB 7 STANISLUS Allan 1742 AB 8 LOCKE Sebastian 822 NF 8 SNELGROVE Stephen 1174 NF 8 IMOO Joshua 1255 BC 8 HUANG Zhonglin 1731 AB 9 RANJBAR Stephan 822 NB 9 JACKMAN Luke 1164 NF 9 WANG Paul 1254 AB 9 LEE Nicholas 1683 AB 10 BROCKERVILLE Jacob 795 NF 10 GREGORY Liam 1120 NF 10 TAN Alexander 1241 AB 10 WEI William 1682 AB GRADE 5 GRADE 12 GRADE 5 GRADE 12 1 LEBLANC Alexandre X. 1245 NB 1 DORRANCE Adam 2335 NS 1 LOW Kevin 1984 BC 1 HERDIN Mathew 2200 BC 2 KAPRA Jerjis 1240 NS 2 FENG Bob 1769 NB 2 HUANG Patrick 1818 BC 2 HUI Jeremy 2115 BC 3 RUSSELL Mark 1208 NF 3 MCKEOWN Brody 1315 NF 3 DOKNJAS Neil 1724 BC 3 SWIFT Ryne 1879 MB 4 ZENG Fanreng 1198 NS 4 WANG Lee 1277 NS 4 SUPERCEANU Andi 1637 AB 4 CUI Karl 1692 BC 5 DORMODY Peter 1197 NF 5 WILKS Darius 1102 NS 5 JAMES Rowan 1547 BC 5 SITU Dennis 1687 AB 6 LOTY Ezekiel 1091 NS 6 LEE Isaac 1099 NB 6 LAU Julian 1499 AB 6 MCCULLOUGH David 1666 AB 7 WEI Ronnie 1025 PE 7 CHAULK Arrick 1080 NF 7 TIAN Sherry 1409 BC 7 DESPRES Sebastien 1629 AB 8 TIBBO Jacob 991 NB 8 MASON Matthew 1048 NS 8 ZHANG Andy 1394 BC 8 YANG Tony 1600 AB 9 GAO Jiarui 913 NS 9 LUDOVICE Diego 1044 NS 9 RUSSO Max 1361 MB 9 PAVLIC Stephen 1562 AB 10 KEEL Dylen 904 NS 10 AMIR David 1028 NB 10 BUTCHART Kevin 1352 BC 10 BARTHA Jimmy 1480 SK GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL 1 KUNDU Arnab 1250 PE 1 SONG Sam 2347 NB 1 HEMSTAPAT Andrew 1804 BC 1 AWATRAMANI Janak 2466 BC 2 CHEN Norman 1232 NF 2 DORRANCE Adam 2335 NS 2 QU Leo 1741 BC 2 CAO Jason 2415 BC 3 BROWN Callum 1082 NS 3 FENG Bob 1769 NB 3 ZHENG Victor 1691 BC 3 SHI Diwen 2348 AB 4 BLANCHETTE Luc 1067 NB 4 MCKEOWN Gary 1515 NF 4 ZHAO Ian 1589 AB 4 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2307 BC 5 WALSH Ian 1047 NF 5 HUANG Xingbo 1497 NF 5 DU Daniel 1580 BC 5 DOKNJAS John 2285 BC 6 DOUCETTE Luc 1005 PE 6 RUSSELL Brett 1481 NF 6 GUO Jim 1528 BC 6 DOKNJAS Joshua 2221 BC 7 HEFFERTON Harrison 999 NF 7 DORRANCE Lucas 1471 NS 7 MAH Sean 1514 AB 7 HERDIN Mathew 2200 BC 8 ROBICHAUD Brandon 948 NB 8 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1471 NF 8 SASATA Alexander 1445 SK 8 HUI Jeremy 2115 BC 9 LEBLANC Austin 911 NB 9 CUI Leonardo 1443 NB 9 WAN Justin 1401 BC 9 LOW Kevin 1984 BC 10 FARHAT Zein 837 NS 10 MACDONALD Brandon 1436 NS 10 KOVAC Adrian 1341 AB 10 KONG Dezhong 1980 BC

46 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 47 RARATINGSTINGS Frizoon LePawn presents Scholastic ratings for all players who have taken part in a CMA tournament during the last three years can TOP be found on the Chess’n Math Association webpage: www.chess-math.org GIRLS Click the “ratings” tab on the homepage, which will CANADA take you to the ratings page: GRADE 1 / KINDERGARTEN* GRADE 7 www.chess-math.org/ratings 1 ZHUANG Winnie 852 ON 1 DEMCHENKO Svitlana 1698 ON 2 MANE Arnav * 756 ON 2 TSYPIN Allison 1589 QC 3 SOLOMENTSEVA Liliya 742 SK 3 QIAO Cindy 1455 ON Once on the ratings page, with Kiril and the map of 4 QU Greta 694 ON 4 CUI Cynthia 1413 NB 5 GUO Wendi 643 QC 5 ZHANG Taylor 1362 ON Canada, you can search ratings by name, province, GRADE 2 GRADE 8 1 YU Sophia 1135 BC 1 OUELLET Maili-Jade 2219 QC age, or grade! You can also find a list of recently 2 WANG Kaison 878 ON 2 PENG Sarah 1638 ON rated tournaments under the tournaments tab. Click 3 AI Amy 871 ON 3 YU Rinna 1520 BC 4 HUA Michelle 829 ON 4 YU An 1506 BC on the event ID number to see the crosstable. 5 MOK Gillian 810 BC 5 ZHOU Lily 1473 ON GRADE 3 GRADE 9 1 LIN Angela 1263 ON 1 LI Yi Lin 1898 QC For information on how to rate your tournaments: 2 GUO Veronica 1058 BC 2 WANG Constance 1570 ON 3 WANG Rachel 1034 QC 3 LIU Dora 1527 ON www.chess-math.org/how-have-your-tournaments-rated 4 POBERESHNIKOVA Faina 910 ON 4 ZHU Jiarong 1499 ON 5 LIU Breanna 904 BC 5 BREWSTER Paula 1458 BC GRADE 4 GRADE 10 1 SHEN Isamel 1490 ON 1 ZHOU Qiyu 2344 ON 2 KULESHOVA Julia 1296 QC 2 SHI Linda 1768 QC 3 GILANI Mysha 1273 ON 3 WANG Kelly 1703 QC 4 VELLANKI Naga 1153 ON 4 GAO Christine 1690 QC 5 XU Yihan 1128 QC 5 PENG Janet 1591 ON WWIINNNNIINNGG CCHHEESSSS For Kids GRADE 5 GRADE 11 1 TIAN Sherry 1409 BC 1 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1906 BC 2 VAN Anna 1301 BC 2 TAO Rachel 1630 ON homepage of JEFF COAKLEY 3 GUO Hazel 1246 ON 3 LI Kristen 1468 ON 4 WANG Isabelle 1244 QC 4 POBERESHNIKOVA Agniya 1462 ON Canadian Chess Master & Author 5 TIO Kaitlyn 999 BC 5 GIBLON Melissa 1372 ON GRADE 6 GRADE 12 1 TAN Kylie 1338 ON 1 PENG Jackie 2118 ON 2 HE Emma 1247 ON 2 YUN Chang 1870 QC 3 MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi 1204 ON 3 SAMETOVA Zhanna 1838 ON Information on 4 YANG Angelina 1202 BC 4 TARASUK Kat 1283 ON Winning Chess 5 MO Michelle 1195 AB 5 SEDIGHI Nima 1259 BC q PRINCESS PARADE q CANADIAN QUEENS For Kids series: 1 SHEN Isamel 1490 ON 1 ZHOU Qiyu 2344 ON 2 TIAN Sherry 1409 BC 2 OUELLET Maili-Jade 2219 QC Book Descriptions, 3 TAN Kylie 1338 ON 3 PENG Jackie 2118 ON 4 VAN Anna 1301 BC 4 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1906 BC Reviews, Errata, 5 KULESHOVA Julia 1296 QC 5 LI Yi Lin 1898 QC Announcements. 6 GILANI Mysha 1273 ON 6 YUN Chang 1870 QC 7 LIN Angela 1263 ON 7 SAMETOVA Zhanna 1838 ON 8 HE Emma 1247 ON 8 SHI Linda 1768 QC 9 GUO Hazel 1246 ON 9 WANG Kelly 1703 QC www.coakleychess.com 10 WANG Isabelle 1244 QC 10 DEMCHENKO Svitlana 1698 ON

48 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 49 LILY'S PUZZLER see pages 29 and 55. H = king. There must be a king of each colour. H is the TTOOUURRNNAAMMEENNTTSS only letter with a capital and lower case. FOR KIDS

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52 Scholar’s Mate 132 Scholar’s Mate 132 53 HOW T O READ A CHESS GAME * SOLUTIONS * It's easy. The board has 8 files SOLUTIONS 8 rhb1kgn4 and 8 ranks. Files are the rows MATES TRIPLE LOYD of squares that go up and down. 7 0p0pdp0p MATES TRIPLE LOYD 1 1.Qf5# Each one is named by a small 6 wdwdwdwd A. Kc6# letter. Ranks are rows that go 2 1.Rxg7+ Rxg7 2.Rf8# 5 dwdw0wdw B. Ka1= sideways. Each one is named 1...Kh8 2.Rf8# by a number. 4 wdwdPdwd C. Ke6 (Bg6#) 3 1.Qxh6+ gxh6 2.Be5# Every square also has a name. 3 dwdwdwdw The first part is its file and the 4 1.Qxc6+ bxc6 2.Rd8# COMBO MOMBO 2 P)P)w)P) second part is its rank. In this 1...Bd7 2.Qxd7# 1 1.f4 Bc7 2.f5 diagram, a white pawn moved 1 $NGQIBHR forking Be6 and Ng6 to e4 and a black pawn to e5. 5 1.Bh7+ Kh8 abcdefgh When moves are written down, 2.Bg8+ Kxg8 3.Qh7# 2 1...f6 2.Bf4 e5 the first capital letter shows the Here are some special symbols: forking Nd4 and Bf4 TACTICS 102 piece which moves. Q is queen. + check (or 2.Bh4 g5) B is bishop. R is rook. N is used # checkmate 1 1.Rxc4 Rxc4 2.Bd5+ for knight because the king is K. CHESS MAZE e. p. en passant 2 1.Nxg7 Kxg7 2.Re7+ If there is no capital letter, that Nb1-c3-e2-g1-h3-g5-h7-f6 means a pawn moves. O - O castles kingside 3 1.Qxc6 Qxc6 2.Ne7+ Next is the square that the O - O - O castles queenside (better than 1.Ne7+) -d7-b8-a6-b4-d3-e1-g2-h4 piece moves to. Bc4 says that a 1 - 0 white wins 4 1.Rxf5 gxf5 2.Qe6+ -g6-e7-c8-d6-b7-a5-b3xa1 bishop moves to the square c4. 0 - 1 black wins When a piece is captured, an x LILY'S PUZZLER ½ - ½ draw LILY'S PUZZLER is put before the square. Qxf7 w______w means a queen takes on f7. ! excellent move áwdwdwdwd] If a pawn captures, the letter ? mistake àdwdwdwdw] of the file it starts on is given !? cool move first, then an x followed by the ?! weird (weak) move ßwdwdwdwd] square it takes on. exd5 says a Þdwdwdwdw] pawn on the e-file captures on The game below is written in Ýwdwdwdwd] the square d5. algebraic notation. Kiril was Üdwdwdrdw] When two pieces of the same new to chess and fell into an kind can go to the same spot, old trap called Scholar’s Mate! ÛwdwdkHKd] another letter is put after the ÚdwdwdNgb] ROCKY KIRIL piece to show what file it came wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw from. Rae1 tells us that a rook 1. e4 e5 on the a-file moves to e1. 2. Qh5 d6 C = rook White = lower case If the pieces that can move to 3. Bc4 Nf6 ? H = king Black = capitals the same spot are on the same 4. Qxf7 # E = knight file, then their rank number is added. N6e4 means the knight Oh no! Kiril got mated in just S = bishop last move:...h2-h1=B+ on the 6th rank moves to e4. four moves. That was no fun! See page 50 for detailed explanation.

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