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CANADA'S MAGAZINE FOR KIDS JUNE 2011 number 108

PLAY SILENT, PLAY DEEP CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE Part 2 SSCCHHOOLLAARR’’SS MMAATTEE HHEELLLLOO IS ON-LLINE !! CHESS Since October 2009, SCHOLAR’S MATE is no longer CHESS printed. But don’t be sad. You can still enjoy Canada’s Chess Magazine For Kids on-line, for free! PPAALLSS!! The Chess’n Math Association continues to publish Scholar’s Mate five times per year as a digital DNL document, a great new format which has the same look as the printed magazine, including pages that actually turn! A printable pdf version of the magazine is also available. You can read the “e-magazine” directly on the CMA webpage or download it to your computer for viewing at any time. Either way, you will need a DNL Reader, which can be quickly downloaded for free at our site. SUNNY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN. www.chess-math.org AND SO IS THE NEW SCHOLAR’S MATE! If you have any questions about the e-magazine, Do you have any big plans for this summer? please contact us at: Don’t forget to pack your if you’re going [email protected] on vacation. You never know when you might meet a new chess friend! The Chess Challenge finals in Victoria BC were great! We have a full report starting on page 8. Congratulations to Canada’s new International Master: 11th grader Arthur Calugar of Toronto. Here’s the mag, Kiril

2 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 3 SCHOLAR’S MATE SCHOLAR'S MATE 3423 St. Denis #400 JUNE 2011 #108 Montreal, Quebec H2X 3L2

EDITOR Jeff Coakley Illustrator Antoine Duff CONTENTSCONTENTS photos pages 11, 13 Greg Peters Scholar's Mate is published five times per year by the NATIONAL FINALS 8 Chess’n Math Association. Dates of issue : October 15, Canadian Chess Challenge December 15, February 15, April 15, June 15 Report From Victoria BC Reproduction by any means, mechanical or electronic, is forbidden except by permission of Scholar's Mate. FRENCH DEFENCE Part 2 14 June 2011 (date of issue) ISSN 1923-6441 Kiril’s Klass Legal Deposit National Library of Canada #D373119 How To Defend With 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5

PLAY SILENT, PLAY DEEP 40 Hi, friends! Kiril's Korner Scholar’s Mate is now an e-magazine! Anyone can The Continuing Story Of Captain Bemo read it for free on the internet, so there are no more subscriptions. But you will need a free program called How To Read Chess 6 Mate in 2 31 DNL Reader, which is available on our website. Or you can download a PDF version of the magazine. Letters To Kiril 7 Mate in 3 32 Ed & Alec 19 Lily’s Puzzler 33 www.chess-math.org Canada Top Ten 20 News 34 If you have any questions Did You Know? 21 Kiril’s Kontest 38 about the magazine, Summer Camps 22 Kiril’s E-mail 51 please contact us at: Tactics 101 23 Tournaments 52 [email protected] Regional Top 10’s 24 CMA Meeting 52 Top Girls 28 Who’s The Goof? 53 See you Combo Mombo 29 Ratings 54 on-line! Mate in 1 30 Solutions 55

4 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 5 HOW T O READ A CHESS GAME LETTERS It's easy. The board has 8 files and 8 ranks. Files are the rows 8 rhb1kgn4 of squares that go up and down. 7 0p0pdp0p TO Each one is named by a small 6 wdwdwdwd letter. Ranks are rows that go 5 dwdw0wdw sideways. Each one is named KIRIL by a number. 4 wdwdPdwd Every square also has a name. 3 dwdwdwdw The first part is its file and the My 8 year old son Ethan and I enjoy playing chess second part is its rank. In this 2 P)P)w)P) diagram, a white moved 1 $NGQIBHR together. He was reading the Feb 2011 Scholar’s Mate to e4 and a black pawn to e5. abcdefgh magazine and was quite eager to show me his new When moves are written down, move called a "double whammy", which he learned on the first capital letter shows the Here are some special symbols: page 24 in a "Lilys Puzzler". It allows him to make two piece which moves. Q is . + B is . R is . N is used moves at once and for some reason I am not allowed # for because the is K. to move to defend myself. If there is no capital letter, that e. p. means a pawn moves. O - O castles kingside Is this a legal move under the or was Next is the square that the O - O - O castles queenside it simply a puzzle meant to teach critical thinking? piece moves to. Bc4 says that a 1 - 0 white wins I searched far and wide on the Internet for an official bishop moves to the square c4. 0 - 1 black wins rule or guide that shows where you are allowed to When a piece is captured, an x ½ - ½ is put before the square. Qxf7 make two moves at once, but couldn't [find anything]. means a queen takes on f7. ! excellent move ... Thanks. If a pawn captures, the letter ? mistake Adam Denny of the file it starts on is given !? cool move Hello Adam, first, then an x followed by the ?! weird (weak) move I'm glad to hear Ethan likes our magazine. square it takes on. exd5 says a pawn on the e-file captures on The game below is written in Lily's Puzzlers are always unusual problems with the square d5. algebraic notation. Kiril was special rules. The double whammies are fun and 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! good practice for looking ahead, but unfortunately, another letter is put after the ROCKY KIRIL you can't play two moves in a row in a real game. piece to show what file it came from. Rae1 tells us that a rook 1. e4 e5 It would be great if you could! on the a-file moves to e1. 2. Qh5 d6 Chess composers call this kind of problem a If the pieces that can move to 3. Bc4 Nf6 ? "series mate". Good luck and thanks for writing. the same spot are on the same 4. Qxf7 # file, then their rank number is added. N6e4 means the knight Oh no! Kiril got mated in just Kiril on the 6th rank moves to e4. four moves. That was no fun! [email protected] 6 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 7 oo AANNAADDIIAANN 22001111 CCHHAAMMPPIIOONNSS oo HHEESSSS 1 BENJAMIN LIN Ontario oo 2 LUKE PULFER British Columbia HHAALLLLEENNGGEE 3 JOSHUA DOKNJAS British Columbia 4 DINNY WANG Ontario TOURNAMENT REPORT FROM THE WEST COAST 5 JASON CAO British Columbia The nationals finals of the 23rd annual Canadian Chess Challenge were held on Victoria Day weekend 6 JOHN DOKNJAS British Columbia at the University of Victoria. It was the first time the 7 ADAM DORRANCE **** Nova Scotia tournament was ever held in British Columbia. 8 CHRISTOPHER KNOX ****** Ontario The event was wonderfully organized by the Victoria 9 JOEY QIN Ontario Chess Society, with significant sponsorship by Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, Lawtons Drugs, Royal Bank 10 DAVID ZHANG Alberta of Canada, and the B.C. government. 11 MICHAEL KLEINMAN ** Ontario There were lots of fun activities for the players and 12 LLOYD MAI ******* Ontario their families on Friday and Saturday, including whale previous national champion watching boat rides, sand castle building contests, * and a barbecue at Willows Beach. The outdoor blitz tournament, which attracted 90 players, was won by British Columbia, led by World Under 10 Champion David Zhang (Calgary). Jason Cao (Victoria), had a great year, placing second The actual chess championship began on Sunday and winning four gold medals. In round 1, the home morning. As always, a bagpiper played as the teams team showed everyone just how tough they were by marched into the hall, carrying their provincial flags. beating Quebec 9½-2½. The battle for first place was After the national anthem, sung by Don MacKinnon of then decided in round 8, when B.C. lost to Ontario by Saskatchewan, the first pawn stepped forward. the narrowest of margins, 6½-5½. One more point and When the last move was made on Monday afternoon, they would have won the match and finished first! Team Ontario had captured first place, winning all of Team Alberta came a strong third, taking home four their matches and earning six gold medals. For grade medals, with a gold for David Zhang (grade 10). They 12 student Lloyd Mai (Ottawa), it was the eighth time won their round 2 match with Quebec 6½-5½, but lost that he placed first in his grade, tying the record set in the final round 7½-4½ against their old rival B.C. by Lefong Hua (Montreal). But the record may not last By the way, the prizes at the nationals are trophies, for long. Eighth grader Christopher Knox (Toronto) just as you can see in the photo on page 11. We just talk won his seventh title! as if they are medals, like at the Olympics! 8 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 9 match individual 2011 TEAMS ONTARIO 9 89 BRITISH COLUMBIA 8 82½ ALBERTA 7 71 QUEBEC 6 73½ MANITOBA 5 57½ SASKATCHEWAN 4 49½ NEWFOUNDLAND 3 42½ NEW BRUNSWICK 2 35 NOVA SCOTIA 1 24½ PRINCE EDWARD IS. 0 15

It was a very disappointing tournament for Quebec, coming in fourth place for the first time ever. They did win four silver medals, and one bronze, but they are used to doing much better. Good luck next year! Manitoba took fifth place for the fifth time in a row, 2011 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS with Aaron Green (Winnipeg) taking silver in grade 11. front: Benjamin Lin, Dinny Wang, Joshua Doknjas, Jason Cao, Over the past ten years, Manitoba has been one of Luke Pulfer. back: Lloyd Mai, John Doknjas, Adam Dorrance, Christopher Knox, David Zhang, Joey Qin, Michael Kleinman. the premier teams, always placing in the top five. The Most Improved Team was Saskatchewan, with 15½ more points than 2010. They also jumped three places in the standings, only the fourth team to ever SSIILLVVEERR BBRROONNZZEE accomplish that feat. Alexander Sasata (Saskatoon) 1 Ian Zhao AB 1 Alexander Sasata SK and Keith MacKinnon (North Battleford) were among 2 William Lai * QC 2 Frank Wang ON the prize winners. 3 Kevin Yie ON 3 Xingbo Huang NL The special plaque for Top Atlantic Canada Team 4 Lucas Dorrance NS 4 Edwin Xu BC 5 Kelly Wang *** QC 5 Sam Song NB went to Newfoundland and Labrador. Xingbo Huang 6 Olivier K. Chiku-Ratte QC 6 Michael Song ON (St. John’s) won the bronze medal in grade 3. 7 Mathew Herdin BC 7 Mark Plotkin ON Fourteen players went undefeated. Perfect 9-0’s 8 YueKai Wang AB 8 Qi You Wu QC were turned in by Benjamin Lin (Toronto), Luke Pulfer 9 Forest Guo QC 9 Tanraj Sohal ****** BC (Surrey) and Jason Cao (Victoria). 10 Jack Cheng BC 10 Christopher Santos MB The Most Valuable Player award, given to the player 11 Aaron Green MB 11 Jeff De Guzman AB who scores the highest percentage of points on their 12 Keith MacKinnon SK 12 Igal Raihman MB team, went to Adam Dorrance of Nova Scotia. * previous national champion

10 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 11 Five provinces had brothers on their team. The best results were by Joshua and John Doknjas (Surrey) in grades 3 and 6. Both of them won gold medals, a first for players from the same family! The Dorrances from Nova Scotia were almost as good, with Adam taking gold in grade 7, and Lucas silver in grade 4. Patrick and Andre Tolentino (Calgary) had excellent scores too, tying for second and third places in grades 3 and 4. As usual, there were several playoffs needed to decide the top prizes, with a tie for first place in grades 7 and 12. Eight girls took part, including four on team Quebec! Kelly Wang won the silver medal in grade 5. Chang Yun and Myriam Roy placed fourth in grades 7 and 10 with 6 points each. All three are from Montreal. Surprisingly, just three 2010 champions returned to defend their title. Only Lloyd Mai repeated. The winner of the $200 first prize for Best Team Shirt The Yves Casaubon Outstanding Contribution Award was Prince Edward Island, with black and gold shirts was presented to Brian Raymer and Marc Poulin. and a logo that showed chess pieces crossing the Brian Raymer was the chief organizer in Victoria. He Confederation Bridge. Newfoundland was second, and has also worked very hard over the last several years Saskatchewan third. to promote junior chess on Vancouver Island. Marc Poulin of Montreal has been instrumental in 2011 MEDALS arranging sponsorship for the Chess Challenge during GOLD SILVER BRONZE the last two years. Merci beaucoup! ONTARIO 6 1 3 Special thanks to Chris Dawson (St. John’s) for his BRITISH COLUMBIA 4 2 2 excellent scorekeeping. The results of all games and QUEBEC 4 1 matches were posted on the internet within minutes of ALBERTA 1 2 1 their completion. NOVA SCOTIA 1 1 A bughouse tournament was held after the awards ceremony on Monday with 80 players. The winners MANITOBA 1 2 were Lefong Hua and Tri Bao Trinh (Montreal). SASKATCHEWAN 1 1 The Chess Challenge nationals will be held in Halifax NEW BRUNSWICK 1 or Ottawa next year. We’ll let you know for sure in the NEWFOUNDLAND 1 fall. Wherever it is, we hope to see you there!

12 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 13 w______w The move 3...Nc6 is not good árhb1kgn4] KIRIL’S because it blocks the c-pawn. à0pdwdp0p] KLASS FRENCH In the French Defence, an early ßwdwdpdwd] ...c5 is usually important. Þdw0pdwdw] DEFENCE However, the immediate 3...c5 Ýwdw)Pdwd] is a bit too early. (diagram #3) part 2 ÜdwHwdwdw] White has the advantage after ÛP)Pdw)P)] 4.exd5 exd5 5.dxc5 d4 6.Ne4. Ú$wGQIBHR] In this lesson we look again at (5...Bxc5? 6.Qxd5 would have wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw the opening 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5. lost a pawn.) w______w árhb1kgw4] CLASSICAL VARIATION à0p0wdp0p] Attacking the pawn on e4 with The French Defence begins 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5. ßwdwdphwd] 3...Nf6 is logical and forceful. In our last issue, we looked at the Variation Þdwdpdwdw] White must defend against the 3.exd5 exd5 and the Advance Variation 3.e5 c5. Ýwdw)Pdwd] threat. See diagram #4. This time we will cover lines with 3.Nc3 (diagram #1). ÜdwHwdwdw] w______w 4.exd5 exd5 transposes to the Black has several choices at ÛP)Pdw)P)] árhb1kgn4] (3.exd5). this point. The most common Ú$wGQIBHR] à0p0wdp0p] 4.Bd3 c5! gives black an easy moves are 3...Nf6 and 3...Bb4. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw ßwdwdpdwd] game (5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6). But let’s consider three other Þdwdpdwdw] So the two main options are 4.e5 and 4.Bg5. moves first. Ýwdw)Pdwd] The capture 3...dxe4 “gives ÜdwHwdwdw] up the centre”. It trades away ÛP)Pdw)P)] the strong black pawn on d5. Ú$wGQIBHR] After 4.Nxe4, white has better wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw control of the centre and more w______w freedom for developing pieces. árdb1kgw4] A typical line is 4...Nd7 5.Nf3 à0p0ndp0p] Nf6 6.Bd3. See diagram #2. ßwdwdphwd] The key to black’s strategy is Þdwdwdwdw] the pawn advance ...c5, either Ýwdw)Ndwd] now or later, attacking white’s ÜdwdBdNdw] centre. The standard plan of ÛP)Pdw)P)] development is ...Be7, ...O-O, Ú$wGQIwdR] ...b6, and ...Bb7. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

14 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 15 w______w w______w , the first world árhb1kgw4] The most common 4th move árhb1kgw4] champion, recommended 4.e5, à0p0ndp0p] for white is 4.Bg5, pinning the à0p0wdp0p] gaining space in the centre and ßwdwdpdwd] knight on f6 against the queen. ßwdwdphwd] winning a by forcing the Þdwdp)wdw] See diagram #8. ÞdwdpdwGw] knight to move again. Ýwdw)wdwd] Now 4...dxe4 5.Nxe4 leads Ýwdw)Pdwd] Since 4...Ne4?! 5.Nxe4 dxe4 ÜdwHwdwdw] to positions that are similar to ÜdwHwdwdw] 6.Bc4 is good for white, black ÛP)Pdw)P)] 3...dxe4, where white has freer ÛP)Pdw)P)] normally retreats with 4...Nfd7 Ú$wGQIBHR] pieces and a better centre. An Ú$wdQIBHR] (diagram #5). wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw example is 5...Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw The knight looks misplaced on w______w 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O w______w d7, but it is actually very useful árdb1w4kd] b6 10.Bd3 Bb7. for attacking the white centre. It à0pdwdw0p] árhb1kdw4] A tricky alternative for black is à0p0wdp0p] supports both of black’s usual ßwdndphwd] 4...Bb4, pinning white’s knight “pawn breaks”: ...c5 and ...f6. Þdwgpdwdw] ßwdwdphwd] (see #9). This is known as the ÞdwdpdwGw] For example, the game is equal ÝwdwdwGwd] McCutcheon Variation. following 5.Nf3 c5! 6.dxc5 Nc6 ÜdwHBdNdw] Ýwgw)Pdwd] White usually plays 5.e5 when ÜdwHwdwdw] 7.Bf4 Bxc5 8.Bd3 f6! 9.exf6 ÛP)Pdw)P)] the only way for black to save Nxf6 10.O-O O-O (diagram #6). Ú$wdQdRIw] ÛP)Pdw)P)] his knight is 5...h6. Ú$wdQIBHR] Notice how both white centre wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Then black is okay after 6.Bh4 wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw pawns have vanished! w______w g5! 7.Bg3 Ne4 or 6.exf6 hxg5 After 4.e5 Nfd7 (diagram #5), árdb1kgw4] 7.fxg7 Rg8 8.h4 gxh5 9.Qg4 Qf6. So the most popular white sometimes plays the odd à0pdndp0p] line for white is 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4!? looking 5.Nce2. The idea is to ßwdndpdwd] The threat to g7 can be defended by 8...g6 9.Bd3 Nxd2 meet 5...c5 with 6.c3 in order Þdw0p)wdw] 10.Kxd2 c5 or 8...Kf8 9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 c5. to keep a pawn on d4 after an Ýwdw)w)wd] exchange by 6...cxd4 7.cxd4. ÜdwHwGNdw] Black usually delays taking on ÛP)PdwdP)] d4 and gets a fine game after Ú$wdQIBdR] 6...Nc6 7.f4 f6 8.Nf3 Qb6. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw The main line in the (from diagram #5) goes 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 (diagram #7). Black then has three good ways to continue. Take your pick! 7...Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+ 9.c3 c4 (or 9...b6!?) 7...a6 8.Qd2 b5 (9.Be2 Qb6 or 9.dxc5 Bxc5) 7...cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O

16 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 17 w______w w______w The best way for black to deal árhb1kdw4] The toughest move for black to árhbdkdw4] with 4.Bg5 is to “unpin” right à0p0wgp0p] handle is 7.f4! (diagram 13). à0p0n1p0p] away by 4...Be7 (diagram #10). ßwdwdphwd] The natural reply 7...c5? is a ßwdwdpdwd] One side variation then is the ÞdwdpdwGw] mistake that allows 8.Nb5! Þdwdp)wdw] Anderssen Attack: 5.Bxf6 Bxf6. Ýwdw)Pdwd] Stopping Nb5 with 7...a6 is a Ýwdw)w)wd] Black stands well after 6.e5 Be7 ÜdwHwdwdw] good idea. White is only slightly ÜdwHwdwdw] 7.Qg4 O-O 8.O-O-O f5 or 6.Nf3 ÛP)Pdw)P)] better then. 8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc5 Nc6 ÛP)PdwdP)] c5 7.exd5 exd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6. Ú$wdQIBHR] 10.Qd2 Qxc5 (or 10...Nxc5) Ú$wdQIBHR] Black’s most common choice The main line is 5.e5 Nfd7, wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw13 when white has two options. w______w is 7...O-O 8.Nf3 c5. The first is the 6.h4!? árhb1kdw4] Now 9.Bd3 f5! is great for black after 10.O-O a6 or (diagram #11). Black can safely à0p0ngp0p] 10.exf6 e.p. Qxf6 (11.O-O Nc6 or 11.Ng5!? Qxf4 12.Bxh7+ decline with 6...a6! 7.Qg4 Bxg5 ßwdwdpdwd] Kh8 13.Qh5 Nf6 14.Nxf7+ Rxf7 15.Qxf7 Kxh7.) 8.hxg5 c5 (9.g6!? f5 10.Qg3 h6). Þdwdp)wGw] White is more successful with 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.dxc5 But the gambit can also be Ýwdw)wdw)] followed by queenside. (Not 10.O-O-O?! c4!) accepted without too much risk ÜdwHwdwdw] The position remains very complex whether black plays by 6...Bxg5 7.hxg5 Qxg5 8.Nh3 ÛP)Pdw)Pd] 10...Nxc5 11.O-O-O f6 or 10...Qxc5 11.O-O-O Nb6. Qe7 9.Nf4 Nc6. For example, Ú$wdQIBHR] Next issue we continue with 3.Nc3 Bb4. See you then! black is better after 10.Qg4 g6 wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw11 11.O-O-O h5. The plan is ...Nb6 w______w SPECIAL ED and SMART ALEC followed by ...Bd7 and ...O-O-O. árhbdkdw4] The second option after 5.e5 à0p0n1p0p] Nfd7 is 6.Bxe7 Qxe7. See #12. ßwdwdpdwd] Black can get an equal position Þdwdp)wdw] against the following moves: Ýwdw)wdwd] ÜdwHwdwdw] 7.Nb5 Nb6 8.c3 a6 9.Na3 c5 ÛP)Pdw)P)] 10.f4 Nc6 = Ú$wdQIBHR] 7.Qd2 O-O 8.Nce2 c5 9.c3 f6 = wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw12 (10.f4 cxd4 11.cxd4 fxe5) 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd3 c5 = (9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Qe2 Nxc5 Hey, Ed, it’s good to see you taking your 11.O-O-O f6 12.exf6 Qxf6) time and thinking about your move. 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nce2 c5 9.c3 f6 = Oh, sorry dude. I thought it was your turn.

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KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 1 MO Aidan 943 ON 1 LIN JunTao 1846 ON DID YOU 2 KHANIN Nikita 943 QC 2 PLOTKIN Mark 1789 ON 3 LI Harry 884 ON 3 DORRANCE Adam 1761 NS 4 WILKE Lukas 798 ON 4 PENG Jackie 1708 ON 5 ZHAO Jonathan 787 ON 5 YUN Chang 1700 QC 6 KORDA Frantisek 734 QC 6 MCCULLOUGH David 1660 AB 7 HOU Alexander 661 ON 7 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan 1656 ON 8 GENDRON Isaac 634 QC 8 SITU Dennis 1653 AB KNOW ? 9 CARRIGAN Griffin 612 ON 9 DESPRES Sebastien 1629 AB 10 CHEN Hao 598 ON 10 YANG Tony 1600 AB GRADE 1 GRADE 8 1 LIN Benjamin 1265 ON 1 WANG Richard 2356 AB Our current rule about promoting 2 KIM Daniel 1099 AB 2 SEMIANIUK Konstantin 2168 ON 3 ZHAO Ian 979 AB 3 KNOX Christopher 2032 ON a pawn is less than 200 years old. 4 ZHANG Matt 912 ON 4 LUO Zhao Yang 1870 QC 5 HUSTON-EARLE Joshua 838 MB 5 LEPINE Cedric 1869 QC 6 ZHENG Ethan 784 ON 6 WU Qi You 1843 QC When chess was invented in India 7 MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi 770 ON 7 LAI Jingzhou 1812 BC 8 CHEN Michael 763 ON 8 LO Ryan 1787 BC during the 6th century, a pawn that 9 SAMAROO Kalan 756 ON 9 WANG YueKai 1776 AB 10 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 745 QC 10 SONG Henry 1763 AB GRADE 2 GRADE 9 reached the last rank had to be promoted into a 1 LIN Kaining 1597 AB 1 QIN Joey 2413 ON 2 WANG Kaixin 1462 AB 2 SOHAL Tanraj 2219 BC queen. There was no other choice. 3 LAI William 1390 QC 3 ZHANG Zhiyuan 2027 ON 4 WANG Frank 1305 ON 4 FLOREA Alexandru 2007 ON However, at that time, the queen was the weakest 5 LI Ying 1246 AB 5 LEU Richard 1882 ON 6 ZHANG Taylor 1231 ON 6 LI Chang He 1854 BC 7 PULFER Luke 1221 BC 7 GUO Forest 1762 QC piece on the board. Its only move was one square 8 MING Wenyang 1164 ON 8 SINGH Krishneel 1715 AB 9 RUAN Colin 1132 ON 9 CAI Tony 1693 AB diagonally. So was not a big deal. 10 LIU Julia 1089 QC 10 KALAYDINA Regina 1687 AB GRADE 3 GRADE 10 1 YAO David 1533 AB 1 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 2378 QC After the queen was given her modern powers in 2 FAN Run Kun 1387 QC 2 MARINKOVIC Mate 2259 ON 3 ZHAO Yue Tong 1373 ON 3 GUSEV Nikita 2252 ON the late 1400’s, the rule changed and promoting to 4 HUANG Immanuel 1373 ON 4 ITKIN David 2203 ON 5 TRAN Colin 1345 AB 5 ZHANG David 2188 AB other pieces became possible. But not everyone 6 YIE Kevin 1325 ON 6 ROY Myriam 2082 QC 7 DOKNJAS Joshua 1309 BC 7 THOMAS Derek 2059 AB 8 BAL Nrithya 1226 AB 8 CVETKOVIC Simeon 2041 QC agreed what the new rule should be. There were 9 SU Michael 1215 BC 9 INIGO Aquino 1976 ON 10 TOLENTINO Patrick 1214 AB 10 WU Kevin 1944 ON several different versions over the next 400 years. GRADE 4 GRADE 11 1 MCCULLOUGH Ian 1743 AB 1 CALUGAR Arthur 2486 ON 2 ZHANG Yuan Chen 1664 ON 2 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman 2438 ON Many people thought that a player should not be 3 BALENDRA Harigaran 1556 ON 3 JIANG Louie 2402 QC 4 ZOTKIN Daniel 1537 ON 4 KLEINMAN Michael 2349 ON allowed to have two queens. That led to the rule 5 ZHANG Evan 1495 QC 5 YUAN Yuanling 2339 ON 6 MAWANI Adam 1478 AB 6 XIONG Jerry 2300 ON that you could only promote to a piece that had 7 SUN Benjamin 1468 QC 7 KAMINSKI Thomas 2164 AB 8 WANG Dinny 1438 ON 8 WANG Jesse 2018 ON 9 HUANG Junhao 1426 QC 9 TROTTIER Emile 1964 QC already been captured. 10 GUGEL Brett 1423 ON 10 ORLOVA Yelizaveta 1962 ON GRADE 5 GRADE 12 Other variants of the rule were based on which file 1 BELLISSIMO Joseph 1820 ON 1 SZALAY Karoly 2441 ON 2 NIE Mark 1807 AB 2 MAI Lloyd 2440 ON 3 CAO Jason 1738 BC 3 MARTCHENKO Alexander 2395 ON the pawn promoted, or on which file it started. For 4 KASSAM Jamil 1737 AB 4 MACKINNON Keith 2391 SK 5 KAISER Jakob 1735 AB 5 GELIS Paul 2258 ON example, if you promoted on the a-file, you had to 6 WANG Kelly 1598 QC 6 PENG Bill 2217 ON 7 MULIAWAN Lukas 1561 AB 7 DUMONT Felix 2051 QC make a rook. (b-file = knight, c-file = bishop, etc.) 8 LEE Jonah 1552 BC 8 POULIN Mathieu 2012 QC 9 WANG Poplar 1527 AB 9 FAN Brendan 1994 ON 10 SHI Ling Yun 1487 QC 10 MANLEY Jason 1955 NB Here’s the weirdest version of all: In some places GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL 1 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2150 QC 1 CALUGAR Arthur 2486 ON they played that you could promote to a pawn! 2 KONG Dezhong 2040 BC 2 SZALAY Karoly 2441 ON 3 PREOTU Razvan 1984 ON 3 MAI Lloyd 2440 ON 4 ZHU HongRui 1934 QC 4 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman 2438 ON 5 HOFFNER Noah 1873 AB 5 QIN Joey 2413 ON The official rule now says that a pawn may be promoted 6 SONG Michael 1822 ON 6 JIANG Louie 2402 QC 7 DOKNJAS John 1816 BC 7 MARTCHENKO Alexander 2395 ON to a queen, rook, bishop, or knight. There is no restriction 8 HUANG Zhonglin 1731 AB 8 MACKINNON Keith 2391 SK 9 STANISLUS Allan 1720 AB 9 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 2378 QC concerning which pieces have already been captured. 10 SHI Diwen 1699 AB 10 WANG Richard 2356 AB

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22 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 23 O N T A R I O T O P T E N Q U E B E C TO P TE N

KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 1 MO Aidan 943 1 LIN JunTao 1846 1 KHANIN Nikita 943 1 YUN Chang 1700 2 LI Harry 884 2 PLOTKIN Mark 1789 2 KORDA Frantisek 734 2 GU Sheng-Ming 1591 3 WILKE Lukas 798 3 PENG Jackie 1708 3 GENDRON Isaac 634 3 MANAILOIU Dragos 1524 4 ZHAO Jonathan 787 4 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan 1656 4 MOCANU Alexander 569 4 JOHNSON Nicholas 1486 5 HOU Alexander 661 5 ZHANG Kevin Z. 1594 5 GOGA Flavia-Maria 545 5 BRICHKO Mike 1442 6 CARRIGAN Griffin 612 6 YE RenXi 1473 6 LALIBERTE Luca 542 6 JIANG Nathan 1383 7 CHEN Hao 598 7 NASIR Zehn 1411 7 HUANG Qiuyu 538 7 PATEL Rohan 1326 8 DUAN Nathan 586 8 TISMENKO Dennis 1392 8 NAILI Zakari 505 8 NAZARIAN Ara 1324 9 KLEIN Tyse 579 9 BAKI Shaumik 1346 9 XUE Yan Yan 481 9 NANTEL Vincent 1294 10 GUO Haotong 531 10 LI Robert 1336 10 CARON Louis 448 10 ROSCA Maria 1267 GRADE 1 GRADE 8 GRADE 1 GRADE 8 1 LIN Benjamin 1265 1 SEMIANIUK Konstantin 2168 1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 745 1 LUO Zhao Yang 1870 2 ZHANG Matt 912 2 KNOX Christopher 2032 2 TUNCBILEK Emir 708 2 LEPINE Cedric 1869 3 ZHENG Ethan 784 3 KALRA Agastya 1758 3 POULIN Guillaume 670 3 WU Qi You 1843 4 MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi 770 4 FU James 1756 4 PINABEL Milo 662 4 PAQUETTE Alexandre 1494 5 CHEN Michael 763 5 POSARATNANATHAN Juliaan 1647 5 BERUBE Louis-Alexandre 659 5 XIANG Qun Tian 1401 6 SAMAROO Kalan 756 6 HUANG Jayson 1509 6 ZUO Dustin 659 6 SMIRNOV Arteme-Iouri 1302 7 RAIZMAN Ruven 740 7 LIU Steven H. 1442 7 JIN Sheng Xi 648 7 SHI Yang Tian Jiao 1291 8 WASHIMKAR Arhant 701 8 TANG Leslie 1437 8 ZHONG Wenxuan 643 8 VOLKOV Vladislav 1243 9 SALATHIEL Tomas 663 9 LAI Jonathan 1422 9 XIE Dazhuo 636 9 LORANGER Erika 1240 10 SURESH Nithilan 659 10 QIAN Owen 1400 10 LABERGE Felix-Antoine 618 10 ALSENE-RACICOT Julien 1217 GRADE 2 GRADE 9 GRADE 2 GRADE 9 1 WANG Frank 1305 1 QIN Joey 2413 1 LAI William 1390 1 GUO Forest 1762 2 ZHANG Taylor 1231 2 ZHANG Zhiyuan 2027 2 LIU Julia 1089 2 NIKULICH Oleksandr 1603 3 MING Wenyang 1164 3 FLOREA Alexandru 2007 3 LORTIE Isaac 1075 3 NUNEZ-PAINCHAUD Raphael 1580 4 RUAN Colin 1132 4 LEU Richard 1882 4 TESSIER Leo 947 4 YAO Houji 1563 5 HENRY Nadia 1083 5 DENBOK Daniel 1652 5 BILODEAU-SAVARIA Carl-William 825 5 TAN Guang Tong 1534 6 JU Larry 1082 6 SU Stanley 1518 6 JIANG Lucas 818 6 YU Kexin 1491 7 PERRONE Anna 1023 7 MYERS Joshua 1517 7 KORDA Radek 817 7 WANG Yan 1453 8 ZHANG Eugene 996 8 CHAN Alex 1482 8 CHEN Kelvin 795 8 XU Tian Run 1438 9 MANGALESWARAN Thakeshon 990 9 SONG Lin 1449 9 BENJAMIN William 753 9 HANNA Patrick 1383 10 TALUKDAR Rohan 979 10 FARHANG Arvin 1429 10 SHRUSTER Yehonathan 748 10 MA Indy 1346 GRADE 3 GRADE 10 GRADE 3 GRADE 10 1 ZHAO Yue Tong 1373 1 MARINKOVIC Mate 2259 1 FAN Run Kun 1387 1 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 2378 2 HUANG Immanuel 1373 2 GUSEV Nikita 2252 2 YIP Mattew 1210 2 ROY Myriam 2082 3 YIE Kevin 1325 3 ITKIN David 2203 3 ZHANG Hou Han 1188 3 CVETKOVIC Simeon 2041 4 SEKAR Varun 1211 4 INIGO Aquino 1976 4 LU Daisy 1181 4 ALLARD Laurent 1778 5 BIRAROV Nicole 1206 5 WU Kevin 1944 5 LU Jasmine 1146 5 COTE-LALUMIERE Tristan 1768 6 BUKTA Miklos 1168 6 IVANOV Michael 1884 6 LORTIE Benjamin 1098 6 ROZYBAKIYEV Ilchin 1574 7 PARAPARAN Varshini 1160 7 GLADSTONE Simon 1849 7 GAO Catherine 1067 7 SPRUMONT Oscar 1541 8 IANSAVITCHOUS James 1156 8 LI David 1817 8 LUO Muhan 1064 8 MACISAAC Alexandre 1301 9 LIANG Eric 1145 9 LIU Dan 1722 9 CHEN Zixin 1056 9 BILSKI Simon 1298 10 HU Bill 1106 10 CUNNINGHAM Ross 1656 10 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1051 10 FAGEN Michael 1296 GRADE 4 GRADE 11 GRADE 4 GRADE 11 1 ZHANG Yuan Chen 1664 1 CALUGAR Arthur 2486 1 ZHANG Evan 1495 1 JIANG Louie 2402 2 BALENDRA Harigaran 1556 2 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman 2438 2 SUN Benjamin 1468 2 TROTTIER Emile 1964 3 ZOTKIN Daniel 1537 3 KLEINMAN Michael 2349 3 HUANG Junhao 1426 3 GELET Seymour 1940 4 WANG Dinny 1438 4 YUAN Yuanling 2339 4 YIP William 1343 4 SARRAZIN-GENDRON Roman 1788 5 GUGEL Brett 1423 5 XIONG Jerry 2300 5 SAINE Zachary 1336 5 KIEU Marc-Andre 1704 6 WAN Kevin 1422 6 WANG Jesse 2018 6 ST-CYR Xavier 1313 6 LIMA-BARBOSA Raphael 1626 7 LIU Jiaxin 1386 7 ORLOVA Yelizaveta 1962 7 YANG Eddie 1243 7 BONI-ROWE Nicolas 1466 8 ZHAO Harry 1328 8 PRYSIAZNY Michael 1846 8 WEN Ying Qi 1186 8 NANTEL Felix 1452 9 CHEN Richard 1322 9 WANG Jerry 1696 9 FAN Lawrence 1179 9 CHEN Bing Yu 1322 10 ZHU Jiarong 1300 10 ZHANG Brent 1670 10 JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN Matthieu 1175 10 UTEPOVA Alika 1298 GRADE 5 GRADE 12 GRADE 5 GRADE 12 1 BELLISSIMO Joseph 1820 1 SZALAY Karoly 2441 1 WANG Kelly 1598 1 DUMONT Felix 2051 2 AGHAMALIAN Derick 1487 2 MAI Lloyd 2440 2 SHI Ling Yun 1487 2 POULIN Mathieu 2012 3 SONG Eric 1428 3 MARTCHENKO Alexander 2395 3 HE Haley 1353 3 PAGE-FORTIN Mathieu 1764 4 ZHONG Joey 1374 4 GELIS Paul 2258 4 VAILLANT Charles-Etienne 1244 4 BOUCHER Antoni 1664 5 CHEUNG Benedict 1278 5 PENG Bill 2217 5 HU Tian Ren 1238 5 ALLARD- DOS SANTOS Alexandre 1251 6 ZHANG Jeff 1259 6 FAN Brendan 1994 6 BILODEAU-SAVARIA Cendrina 1237 6 TRAN-VUONG Riviere 1235 7 OHRLING Erik 1257 7 WU Aaron 1880 7 GAO Christine 1226 7 LABUTE Simon 1224 8 GODWIN Adrian 1253 8 KAGRAMANOV Dalia 1854 8 SATIR Ege Nur 1214 8 JANELLE Karl 1155 9 SELVANAYAGAM Yanojan 1248 9 OLDEN-COOLIGAN Benjamin 1556 9 LUO Alan 1200 9 DESCHENES Laurent 1149 10 VORA Hanz 1232 10 JIANG Bowen 1540 10 PATEL Kishan 1187 10 HUSEK Paul 1141 GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL 1 PREOTU Razvan 1984 1 CALUGAR Arthur 2486 1 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2150 1 JIANG Louie 2402 2 SONG Michael 1822 2 SZALAY Karoly 2441 2 ZHU HongRui 1934 2 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 2378 3 LI Yinshi 1488 3 MAI Lloyd 2440 3 YU Zong Yang 1660 3 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2150 4 MICHELASHVILI Sandro 1471 4 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman 2438 4 CHANG Michael 1654 4 ROY Myriam 2082 5 MILICEVIC Aleksandra 1440 5 QIN Joey 2413 5 NIKULICH Andrey 1550 5 DUMONT Felix 2051 6 KUTTNER Simon 1412 6 MARTCHENKO Alexander 2395 6 EPURE Doru-Alexandru 1426 6 CVETKOVIC Simeon 2041 7 TERRY Joshua 1408 7 KLEINMAN Michael 2349 7 GAO Ying Chen 1293 7 POULIN Mathieu 2012 8 LI Michael 1375 8 YUAN Yuanling 2339 8 LIU Yu Qing 1222 8 TROTTIER Emile 1964 9 ZHANG Chang Yi 1353 9 XIONG Jerry 2300 9 LI George 1220 9 GELET Seymour 1940 10 MELNIK Philippe 1348 10 MARINKOVIC Mate 2259 10 CHAND Jerry 1210 10 ZHU HongRui 1934

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KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 1 RUSSELL Mark 495 NL 1 DORRANCE Adam 1761 NS 1 ZHU Harmony 576 BC 1 MCCULLOUGH David 1660 AB 2 XAVIER-LEBLANC Alexandre 478 NB 2 QIU Christopher 1397 NL 2 DOKNJAS Neil 550 BC 2 SITU Dennis 1653 AB 3 BEFEKADU Noah 435 NB 3 FENG Bob 1359 NB 3 HUANG Patrick 549 BC 3 DESPRES Sebastien 1629 AB 4 OJO Tobi 388 PE 4 STEELE Deivan 1014 NS 4 SILLADOR Gabriel 536 AB 4 YANG Tony 1600 AB 5 DAUPHINEE William 365 NB 5 MCKEOWN Brody 1007 NL 5 AMROM Itay 438 MB 5 PAVLIC Stephen 1589 AB 6 HUBBARD Rachel 348 NS 6 BUTLER Kevin 998 NL 6 LOW Kevin 425 BC 6 HUI Jeremy 1564 BC 7 DENNY Annie-Rose 340 NL 7 GALLANT Cameron 952 NS 7 BUTCHART Kevin 403 BC 7 SWIFT Ryne 1561 MB 8 HIERLIHY Isaac 336 NB 8 BURGGRAFF Matthew 939 NL 8 SUPERCEANU Andi 388 AB 8 CHAN Dante 1464 AB 9 SOUCY Nicolas 335 NB 9 CHAULK Arrick 937 NL 9 YU Ryan 384 AB 9 ZHAO Chenxi 1349 AB 10 SAVOIE Elodie 334 NB 10 LUDOVICE Diego 920 NS 10 VAN RAAMSDONK Reagan 383 BC 10 HERDIN Mathew 1347 BC GRADE 1 GRADE 8 GRADE 1 GRADE 8 1 CHEN Norman 723 NL 1 PETERS Jeremy 1295 NS 1 KIM Daniel 1099 AB 1 WANG Richard 2356 AB 2 LOCKE Heidi 685 NL 2 ZHANG MaoMao 1246 NL 2 ZHAO Ian 979 AB 2 LAI Jingzhou 1812 BC 3 WALSH Ian 642 NL 3 ROBICHAUD Nicolas 1219 NB 3 HUSTON-EARLE Joshua 838 MB 3 LO Ryan 1787 BC 4 BATE Will 627 NS 4 WANG Jeffrey 1203 NS 4 APOSTOLU Alex 727 AB 4 WANG YueKai 1776 AB 5 KUNDU Arnab 568 PE 5 CROWELL Iain 1197 PE 5 ZHANG Daniel 693 AB 5 SONG Henry 1763 AB 6 HARRIS Jonathan 537 NL 6 DAWSON Laura Jane 1065 NL 6 SASATA Alexander 672 SK 6 LUDWIG Michael 1758 AB 7 HACHE Ethan 514 NB 7 HINK Ian 1046 PE 7 THOMSON John 632 AB 7 SHI MingHang 1643 AB 8 PIERCEY Isaac 512 NL 8 MAITZEN Owen 1015 NS 8 SHARAN Praveer 600 BC 8 BARON Desmond 1632 AB 9 CALLUM Brown 487 NS 9 SCOTT Nicholas 1013 PE 9 CHEN Jane 561 AB 9 BANSAL Prabjeet 1606 AB 10 LAURENCIC Marko 476 NB 10 DREW Ryan 1008 PE 10 ZHENG Stephen 557 MB 10 PANG Michael 1530 MB GRADE 2 GRADE 9 GRADE 2 GRADE 9 1 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 784 PE 1 BENDZSA Matthew 1510 NL 1 LIN Kaining 1597 AB 1 SOHAL Tanraj 2219 BC 2 NORMAN Jeremy 754 PE 2 GALLANT Dennis 1303 NS 2 WANG Kaixin 1462 AB 2 LI Chang He 1854 BC 3 RUSSELL Brett 732 NL 3 TSAI Steven 1217 NS 3 LI Ying 1246 AB 3 SINGH Krishneel 1715 AB 4 LATOUR Simon 706 NB 4 HUNT Nicholas 1166 NL 4 PULFER Luke 1221 BC 4 CAI Tony 1693 AB 5 QIU Nicholas 668 NL 5 NOH Jaehoon 1077 NS 5 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha 972 AB 5 KALAYDINA Regina 1687 AB 6 LI Kevin 664 NS 6 RAMOS Alexander 1066 NL 6 WEI Daniel 962 SK 6 WASSERMAN Leor 1547 MB 7 SHABBIR Adnan 603 PE 7 CARSON Cody 1052 NB 7 AMROM Ron 859 MB 7 VIRJI Naveed 1534 AB 8 LEBLANC Julien 540 NB 8 NASSAR Ahmad 1044 NS 8 BROUGHTON Ada 819 AB 8 XIAO Alice 1486 BC 9 DENNY Ethan 528 NL 9 BARADARAN NOVEIRI Pouya 1022 NS 9 ECKERT Ethan 742 MB 9 REYNOLDSON Nigel 1363 SK 10 MACDONALD Cameron 514 PE 10 DESY-GILLIES Jean-Simon 997 NB 10 DAYE Peter 726 AB 10 TING Aaron 1353 AB GRADE 3 GRADE 10 GRADE 3 GRADE 10 1 HUANG Xingbo 1096 NL 1 DROVER Justin 1528 NL 1 YAO David 1533 AB 1 ZHANG David 2188 AB 2 KERR Ian 992 PE 2 RAINNIE Aaron 1278 PE 2 TRAN Colin 1345 AB 2 THOMAS Derek 2059 AB 3 MANNHOLLAND Noah 771 PE 3 LU Fred 1190 NS 3 DOKNJAS Joshua 1309 BC 3 CHENG Jack 1884 BC 4 BURDEN Matthew 771 NL 4 MATHEWS Tim 1124 NL 4 BAL Nrithya 1226 AB 4 LECLERC Etienne 1817 AB 5 PEARSON Ethan 687 NB 5 LAPLACE Logan 1113 NB 5 SU Michael 1215 BC 5 BOTEZ Alexandra 1810 BC 6 HENDRICKSON Isaac 685 PE 6 STACKHOUSE Jordan 1110 NB 6 TOLENTINO Patrick 1214 AB 6 HAN Yiming 1652 BC 7 JIANG Harvey 626 NL 7 LIANG Andy 1050 NS 7 WOLCHOCK Theo 1167 MB 7 SANTOS Christopher 1556 MB 8 COLLINS Max 622 NL 8 MEISNER Dana 1047 NS 8 MA Derek 1143 MB 8 KIRSCH Zachary 1536 AB 9 BUTLER Alex 615 NB 9 ELMS Andrew 965 NL 9 ROBERTSON Sean 1116 AB 9 HAN Yifei 1446 BC 10 GRIFFIN Connor 608 NB 10 LIU Jim 957 PE 10 MAXFIELD Emmett 936 AB 10 LI Devon 1322 MB GRADE 4 GRADE 11 GRADE 4 GRADE 11 1 DORRANCE Lucas 1332 NS 1 KEITH-JACQUES Liam 1841 NB 1 MCCULLOUGH Ian 1743 AB 1 KAMINSKI Thomas 2164 AB 2 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1098 NL 2 DAWSON Michael 1426 NL 2 MAWANI Adam 1478 AB 2 GREEN Aaron 1883 MB 3 TUFTS Sei-Jin 952 NS 3 HERBINGER Florent 1377 NS 3 STEVANOVIC Boris 1286 AB 3 WU Allan 1682 AB 4 COADY Nicholas 949 NL 4 GREGORY Calvin 1349 NL 4 KUYE Tosin 1238 AB 4 LAZO Jan 1682 AB 5 PICKARD Ryan 946 NL 5 BENNETT Lee 1303 NS 5 TOLENTINO Andre 1236 AB 5 DE GUZMAN Jeff 1615 AB 6 DOW Joshua 929 PE 6 PEARCE Kyle 1132 NL 6 XU Jing Zhi 1234 BC 6 WANG Harris 1568 AB 7 NOLAN Justin 839 NL 7 NADEAU Alex 1115 NB 7 BHANDARI Yashaswi 1228 AB 7 LACY Sean 1535 AB 8 LOCKE Miles 814 NL 8 MCDAVID Steven 1013 NB 8 STANISLUS Kevin 1186 AB 8 TIMM Joshua 1456 SK 9 ONG Irisjade 802 NS 9 FINDLEY Michael 973 NL 9 LIN Ethan 1138 MB 9 MILLER David 1400 AB 10 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep 800 PE 10 PERRY Alexander 969 PE 10 MCLEOD Fraser 1062 SK 10 WIEBE Isaac 1376 MB GRADE 5 GRADE 12 GRADE 5 GRADE 12 1 SONG Sam 1144 NB 1 MANLEY Jason 1955 NB 1 NIE Mark 1807 AB 1 MACKINNON Keith 2391 SK 2 ROBICHAUD Alexandre 1070 NB 2 DAWSON Jeffrey 1338 NL 2 CAO Jason 1738 BC 2 RAIHMAN Igal 1944 MB 3 MCKEOWN Gary 1068 NL 3 WEAVER Ian 1193 NS 3 KASSAM Jamil 1737 AB 3 HUANG Richard 1940 BC 4 RONAHAN-WOOD Jack 1017 PE 4 LANDRY Francois-Guillaume 1180 NB 4 KAISER Jakob 1735 AB 4 LACESTE Loren 1827 BC 5 HE Kate 947 NS 5 KENNEDY Jamie 1165 NL 5 MULIAWAN Lukas 1561 AB 5 WU Anthony 1769 AB 6 WALSH Andrew 910 NL 6 KOSHI Glen 1151 NS 6 LEE Jonah 1552 BC 6 ONG Raymond 1657 AB 7 SULLIVAN Douglas 818 NL 7 BROWN Daniel 1107 NL 7 WANG Poplar 1527 AB 7 BABICH Yaroslav 1543 AB 8 NORMAN Bradley 816 PE 8 SILVA Leticia 1091 NS 8 LIN Rayden 1467 AB 8 MA Brandon 1285 AB 9 TIAN Frank 816 NS 9 KERFONT Clinton 1057 NL 9 ROTH Adam 1428 AB 9 SCHIBLER Jordan 1256 AB 10 GALLANT Evan 772 NL 10 PULIYANKOTAN Ammu 1055 NB 10 NGUYEN Vinh 1427 AB 10 LU Dave 1189 AB GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL 1 ANDERSEN Paul 1251 NL 1 MANLEY Jason 1955 NB 1 KONG Dezhong 2040 BC 1 MACKINNON Keith 2391 SK 2 SCHRADER Nathaniel 1133 NB 2 KEITH-JACQUES Liam 1841 NB 2 HOFFNER Noah 1873 AB 2 WANG Richard 2356 AB 3 DAWSON Andrew 1092 NL 3 DORRANCE Adam 1761 NS 3 DOKNJAS John 1816 BC 3 SOHAL Tanraj 2219 BC 4 ONG Ivanseth 1051 NS 4 DROVER Justin 1528 NL 4 HUANG Zhonglin 1731 AB 4 ZHANG David 2188 AB 5 SNELGROVE Stephen 1049 NL 5 BENDZSA Matthew 1510 NL 5 STANISLUS Allan 1720 AB 5 KAMINSKI Thomas 2164 AB 6 OLDFORD Noah 1017 NL 6 DAWSON Michael 1426 NL 6 SHI Diwen 1699 AB 6 THOMAS Derek 2059 AB 7 GREGORY Liam 990 NL 7 QIU Christopher 1397 NL 7 WEI William 1682 AB 7 KONG Dezhong 2040 BC 8 HICKMAN Thomas 990 NL 8 HERBINGER Florent 1377 NS 8 AWATRAMANI Janak 1662 BC 8 RAIHMAN Igal 1944 MB 9 KIEFTE Andrew 968 NS 9 FENG Bob 1359 NB 9 DI BLASI Luciano 1574 AB 9 HUANG Richard 1940 BC 10 KAPRA Faris 947 NS 10 GREGORY Calvin 1349 NL 10 WANG Longxiang 1437 AB 10 CHENG Jack 1884 BC

26 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 27 Frizoon LePawn presents COMBO MOMBO !! SPOTLIGHT ON REMOVING GUARD TOP w______w áwdkdwdw4] àdp0bdpgw] GIRLS ßwdndwdqd] CANADA ÞdwdN0wdw] ÝwdRdPdwd] GRADE 1 / KINDERGARTEN* GRADE 7 1 MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi 770 ON 1 PENG Jackie 1708 ON Ü)wdPdBGw] 2 LOCKE Heidi 685 NL 2 YUN Chang 1700 QC 3 RODRIGUES Julia 642 ON 3 SAMETOVA Zhanna 1323 ON Ûw!wdKdw)] 4 SAVCHENKO Elizabeth 576 QC 4 ROSCA Maria Alexandra 1267 QC 5 ZHU Harmony * 576 BC 5 RAVICHANDRAN Jarsheni 1134 ON Our theme is removing a Údwdwdwdw] GRADE 2 GRADE 8 1 ZHANG Taylor 1231 ON 1 GIBLON Rebecca 1340 ON guard. It’s a simple idea. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 2 LIU Julia 1089 QC 2 LORANGER Erika 1240 QC 3 HENRY Nadia 1083 ON 3 HOU Qian Qian 1173 QC We see a good move but the opponent has a defense, 4 PERRONE Anna 1023 ON 4 NAZARETH Linda 1134 ON 5 ZHANG Jeannie 896 ON 5 DAWSON Laura Jane 1065 NL so we a piece to destroy the defender. GRADE 3 GRADE 9 ò 1 BIRAROV Nicole 1206 ON 1 KALAYDINA Regina 1687 AB White could by Ne7+, but the knight on c6 2 LU Daisy 1181 QC 2 YU Kexin 1491 QC 3 PARAPARAN Varshini 1160 ON 3 XIAO Alice 1486 BC defends against it. So the winning move is 1.Rxc6!, 4 LU Jasmine 1146 QC 4 WANG Yan 1453 QC removing the guard. 1...Bxc6 2.Ne7+ Kb8 3.Nxg6. 5 GAO Catherine 1067 QC 5 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga 1407 ON GRADE 4 GRADE 10 ô Black to play wins with 1...Qxg3!, destroying the 1 LIU Jiaxin 1386 ON 1 ROY Myriam 2082 QC 2 ZHU Jiarong 1300 ON 2 BOTEZ Alexandra 1810 BC bishop that guards h2. After 2.hxg3, the white queen 3 MILICEVIC Ljudmila 1266 ON 3 TRAN Tracey 1078 AB 4 WANG Constance 1264 ON 4 LEE Cynthia 1078 AB is skewered by 2...Rh2+ 3.Ke1 Rxb2. 5 YU Xin Yi 1083 QC 5 PUNIAN Puneet 1074 AB GRADE 5 GRADE 11 w______ww______w 1 WANG Kelly 1598 QC 1 YUAN Yuanling 2339 ON 2 SHI Ling Yun 1487 QC 2 ORLOVA Yelizaveta 1962 ON áwdr1w4kd]áwdw4wdkd] 3 BILODEAU-SAVARIA Cendrina 1237 QC 3 LEE Melissa 1341 ON 4 GAO Christine 1226 QC 4 UTEPOVA Alika 1298 QC àdpdwdp0p]à0pdwdp0w] 5 THANABALACHANDRAN Luxiga 1211 ON 5 CRITES Valerie 1245 ON GRADE 6 GRADE 12 ßpdwdphwd]ßw1wdbdw0] 1 MILICEVIC Aleksandra 1440 ON 1 KAGRAMANOV Dalia 1854 ON 2 GIBLON Melissa 1323 ON 2 WAN Karen 1221 ON Þdw0wdwdw]Þ$wdwdwdw] 3 CHENG Megan 1240 ON 3 BLAKE Candace 1139 ON 4 GODWIN Michelle 1228 ON 4 SILVA Leticia 1091 NS Ýwdw)wdw!]Ýw)pdQdw)] 5 LI Kristen 1175 ON 5 NETER Olivia 1058 ON q PRINCESS PARADE q CANADIAN QUEENS Üdw)Bdwdw]Üdw)wdw)w] 1 WANG Kelly top K-6 1598 QC 1 YUAN Yuanling 2339 ON 2 SHI Ling Yun 1487 QC 2 ROY Myriam 2082 QC ÛP)wdwdP)]Ûw)wdN)Kd] 3 MILICEVIC Aleksandra 1440 ON 3 ORLOVA Yelizaveta 1962 ON 4 LIU Jiaxin 1386 ON 4 KAGRAMANOV Dalia 1854 ON Ú$wdwdRIw]Údwdwdwdw] 5 GIBLON Melissa 1323 ON 5 BOTEZ Alexandra 1810 BC 6 ZHU Jiarong 1300 ON 6 PENG Jackie 1708 ON wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈwwÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 7 MILICEVIC Ljudmila 1266 ON 7 YUN Chang 1700 QC 8 WANG Constance 1264 ON 8 KALAYDINA Regina 1687 AB WHITE TO MOVE BLACK TO MOVE 9 CHENG Megan 1240 ON 9 WANG Kelly 1598 QC 10 BILODEAU-SAVARIA Cendrina 1237 QC 10 YU Kexin 1491 QC Win Material solutions page 55 Win Material

28 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 29 MMAATTEE IINN 11 MMAATTEE IINN 22 WHITE BLACK WHITE CHECKMATES BLACK IN ONE MOVE. IN TWO MOVES. solutions page 55 solutions page 55 w______ww______w w______ww______w áwdwdwdkd] árhwdwdwi] áwdwdwdrd] áw4wdwdwd] àdpdw$p0p] àdwdwdw0p] àdw0wdwdw] à0wdndpiw] ßwdwdwdwG] ßpdwdwhwd] ßw0wdwdwd] ßw1wdbdpd] Þ0wdwdNdw] ÞdbdwHQdw] Þdwdwdwdp] Þdw0w)wdw] Ýwhwdwdwd] Ýwdw0wdwd] ÝQdwdwdp)] Ýwdw0w)w!] ÜdBdwdw!P] ÜdBdwdPdw] Üdwdwdwdw] Ü)wdwdwdw] ÛP1wdr)Pd] ÛP)Pdw1Pd] Ûpdwdwdwd] Ûw)PHwdPd] ÚdwdwdwIw] ÚdwIwdwdR] ÚiwdwdwIw] ÚdwIwdwdR] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw w______ww______w w______ww______w árdwdwgn4] árhwdwdQd] áwdwdwdkd] áwdwdwdkd] à0wiwdw0w] àdqdwdwgw] à0wdwdR0p] à0wdQdw0w] ßwdwdw0wd] ßpdpdwdk0] ßw0wdwdwd] ßw4wdNdw0] ÞdwGwdwdp] Þdwdwdwdp] ÞdwdwdPdw] Þdw0wdwdw] ÝwdwdPdwd] ÝwdwdNdwd] ÝwdBdwdwg] Ýwdwgwdwd] ÜdQdwdw)B] ÜdwGwdRdw] ÜdwdPdwdw] Ü1Pdwdw)w] ÛPIRdwdw)] ÛP)wdwdK)] ÛP4wdwdrd] ÛPdwdwdPd] Údwdwdwdq] Údwdrdwdw] ÚdwIwdwdw] ÚdKdwdwdR] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

30 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 31 MMAATTEE IINN 33 LILY'S PUZZLER WHITE CHECKMATES BLACK IN THREE MOVES. solutions page 55 HI BOYS AND GIRLS! In these two puzzles, you have to figure out  w______w w______w which kind of promoted áwdw4wdkd] áwdwdrdkd] piece can get through àdpdwdw0w] àdpdwdR0p] the maze fastest. Is it a ßwdndwdwd] ßpdndwdwd] knight, or a bishop, or a Þ0wdwdwHw] ÞdwgNdwdw] rook? Good luck! ÝPdwhw!wd] Ýwdwhwdw1] solutions page 54 Üdwdwdwdw] ÜdBdwdwdw] ÛwdwdqdP)] w______wABw______w ÛP)Pdwdw)] ákgNdKdwd] áwdwdndwd] ÚdwdwdRIw] ÚdwIwdRdw] àdwdwdw)w] àHw)wdwdk] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw ßwdwGwdwd] ßwdwdw4wd] Þ0wdwgwhw] Þ0wdwhwdw] Ýwdwdwdwd] Ýw4wdwdw0] w______ww______w Üdwhwdwdw] Üdwdw!wdw] árdwdwdkd] áwdr4wdkd] Ûwdwdw4wd] ÛwGw0wdwI] àdpdwdw0p] àdwdwdp0w] Údwdwdwdw] Údwdwdwdw] ßwdpdwdwd] ßw1w0wdpd] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Þ0wdwHwdw] Þ0whwdw!w] PAWN MAZES Ýwdwdwdwd] Ýw0Bdwdwd] Only the white pawn moves. When it reaches the last rank, Ü1w)BdRdw] ÜdwdwdwdR] it may become a rook, bishop, or knight. But not a queen. After the promotion, only the promoted piece moves. Find ÛwdPdwdP)] ÛPdwdwdP)] the shortest path to capture the black king, without taking ÚdwdwdwIw] ÚdwdwdwdK] any pieces or moving to a square that is attacked by a wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw black piece. It is possible to go through the maze with a rook, bishop, or knight. Figure out which piece has the shortest path, which the longest, and which the middlest!

32 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 33 CANADA AND WORLD NEWS PAGE 1

CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP The 81st Canadian Championship took place at the University of The 2011 Quebec School Team Chess Championship was held in Guelph from May 6 to 11. The nine round tournament, which had a Montreal at Jean de Brebeuf College on April 30 - May 1. The four prize fund of $4000, attracted 29 of the country’s best players. player teams were divided into three groups. In total, 394 players The new Canadian champion is Bator Sambuev of took part. The top three teams in each section were: Montreal. He earned the title after winning a playoff against 19 year old Eric Hansen, an International Master from Calgary. Grades K-3 Grades K-6 Grades 7-11 Because Sambuev is unable to attend, Eric will be representing 1 St. Eugene 1 Fernand Seguin 1 Jean Eudes Canada at the World Cup in Russia this August. That event is a Benjamin Lortie Michael Chang Shing-Ming Gu qualifier for the 2014 . Isaac Lortie Victor Lim D. O. Manailoiu Many young players had excellent scores. Most noteworthy is S. Lebrun-Leclerc Renaud Stephenne Qun Tian Xiang 11th grader Arthur Calugar (Toronto). By scoring 6 out of 9 in this William Benjamin L. Alsene-Racicot Nikola Isaev FIDE zonal championship, he earns the International Master title. 2 St. Jean de Matha 2 Michele Provost 2 Notre Dame Congratulations IM Arthur Calugar! 3 Selwyn House 3 St. Leon (Westmount) 2011 CANADA CHAMPIONSHIP ONTARIO YOUTH NOVA SCOTIA YOUTH 1 Bator Sambuev QC 7½ The 2011 Ontario Youth Chess The Nova Scotia Youth Chess 2 Eric Hansen AB 7½ Championship was played on Championships were held on 3 Leonid Gerzhoy ON 6½ May 28-29 in Kitchener. There April 17th in Halifax, with 24 4 Raja Panjwani ON 6 were 99 boys and 29 girls. players. The winners were: Arthur Calugar ON 6 The six provincial champions <8 Kevin Li Nikolay Noritsyn ON 6 from the open sections are: <10 Sei-Jin Tufts 7 Michael Kleinman ON 5½ <8 Rohan Talukdar <12 Ivanseth Ong Robert Hamilton ON 5½ <10 Richard Chen <14 Jeffrey Wang 9 Shiyam Thavandiran ON 5 <12 Joseph Bellissimo Morgon Mills NL 5 <14 Mark Plotkin NEWFOUNDLAND Hans Jung ON 5 <16 Nikita Gusev There were 72 students from CANADIAN JUNIOR <18 Jesse Wang 15 different schools at the 2011 The 2011 Canadian Junior Chess Championship was hosted by the The winners of the separate Newfoundland and Labrador Mississauga on April 21-25. There were 22 players in girls sections were: School Team Championship on the 9 round tournament, which qualifies the winner for the World <8 Jeannie Zhang April 16 in St. John’s. Junior this summer in India. This year’s champion is 10th grader <10 Nicole Birarov The school champions are: Roman Sapozhnikov (Richmond Hill). Arthur Calugar was second. <12 Qiyu Zhou PRIMARY Mary Queen of Peace Michael Kleinman (Toronto) and Joey Qin (Ottawa) tied for third. <14 Rebecca Giblon ELEMENTARY Vanier Seventh grader Jackie Peng (Toronto) scored 4½ points and <16 Kimia Moayyed JUNIOR HIGH Brother Rice earns the title of Canadian Girls Under 20 Champion. <18 Linda Fu HIGH SCHOOL Booth Memorial 34 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 35 CANADA AND WORLD NEWS PAGE 2

GRAND PRIX ONTARIO GIRLS BORDER WARS The third and final event in the 2011 Grand Prix competitions The 9th annual Ontario Girls The 20th annual Washington were held May 1st in Toronto and May 15th in Montreal. Anyone Championship was held on state vs. British Columbia team scoring 7½ points out of 15 games in the 3 tournaments got a May 7th in Toronto, with 111 match was held in Bellevue WA cash prize. A total of $6000 in gift certificates were awarded by participants. Many previous on May 14. Each team consists the Chess’n Math Association and split among 106 winners. The champions came out to help of two students per grade (K-12) top scorers in each age group were: run the tournament and award and everyone plays two games. TORONTO MONTREAL prizes. The winners by grade: B.C. won a very close match <8 Taylor Zhang <8 Julia Liu K Hazel Guo 26½-25½. The overall score in <10 Dinny Wang <10 Evan Zhang 1 Julia Rodrigues the competition is now 11-9 in <12 Joseph Bellissimo <12 O. Chiku-Ratte 2 Taylor Zhang favour of Washington. <14 Christopher Knox <14 Michael Chang 3 Nicole Birarov Four B.C. players won both of their games: Dezheng Kong, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND B.C. YOUTH 4 Jiarong Zhu 5 L. Thanabalachandran Lionel Han, John Doknjas, and The P.E.I. School Chess Team There were 72 participants at the Loren Laceste. Championship took place on British Columbia Youth Chess 6 Kristen Li ALBERTA April 17th in Charlottetown. Championships in Vancouver on 7 Allison Wong International Master Eric Hansen The winning schools were: April 30 - May 1. Here are this 8 Rebecca Giblon 9 Sobiga Vyravanathan continued his string of impressive GRADES K-4 West Kent year’s champions: 10 Cynthia Zhang tournament results by winning ELEMENTARY Spring Park <8 Luke Pulfer 11 Yelizaveta Orlova the Alberta Closed Championship JUNIOR HIGH Queen Charlotte <10 Joshua Doknjas 12 Karen Wan on April 22-24. The 18 year old HIGH SCHOOL Colonel Gray <12 John Doknjas <14 Ryan Lo Calgarian scored a perfect 5-0! ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP <16 Tanraj Sohal The 44th Ontario High School World Champion Viswanathan Anand (India) will defend his title <18 Loren Laceste Chess Championship was held in a twelve game match next year against Boris Gelfand. Top scorers in the separate girls at Queen’s University on May 42 year old grandmaster Boris Gelfand (Israel) was the winner section were Harmony Zhu and 13-14 in Kingston. 63 players of the Candidate Matches held in Kazan, Russia last month. Rinna Yu. took part. The winner for the Eight players took part in the event, including former champion second year in a row, with 5 TORONTO SCHOOLS Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik was eliminated by fellow Russian out of 5, was Karoly Szalay of Winners at the Toronto District in round 2 after a blitz playoff game. Two Ottawa. School Board team finals, held other favourites, Levon Aronian (Armenia) and Veselin Topalov Jerry Xiong, also from Ottawa, on April 29, were: (Bulgaria), were knocked out in the first round. placed second. Tying for third PRIMARY K - 3 Seneca Hill Gelfand defeated (United States) in round 2 and were Jackie Peng and Jerry JUNIOR 4-6 Bellmere then won his final round 3 match against Grischuk. Both of the Wang, both of Toronto. INTERMEDIATE 7-8 Dublin Heights finalists received a prize of 90,000 euros. 36 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 37 WELCOME TO MY CONTEST ! Can you solve the 4 puzzles on the next KIRIL'SKIRIL'S KONTESTKONTEST page? Mail me your answers if you do. One lucky person will win a Kiril T-shirt. Mail entries to: 3423 St. Denis #400 Montreal, Quebec H2X 3L2 White moves first in the mate problems. or e-mail to: [email protected] Deadline : September 10 In case you never saw a “maze” or “loyd” w______w w______w before, here are some examples: áw4wdkgw4] áwdwdwdwd] In a CHESSMAZE only one white The TRIPLE LOYD was invented à0wdwdwdp] àdwdwdwdw] piece moves. In this maze, it is by Sam Loyd, a famous chess ßwdwdw)wd] ßwdwdwdwd] the white ROOK. The object is to composer. They are called triple capture the black king without because there are three parts. In Þ!wdwdwdw] ÞdwHwdwdw] taking any pieces or moving part A, you place the black king Ýwdwdwdwd] Ýpdwdwdwd] where the rook can be taken. on the board so that he is in Draw a line to show the path of checkmate. In part B, place him in ÜdBdwdwdw] ÜIwHwdwdw] the rook. This is a Maze in 9. . For part C, put the ÛP)Pdqdw)] ÛwdBdwdwd] That means you should get the black king down so that White ÚdwIR$wdw] Úiwdwdwdw] king in nine moves or less. has a mate in 1. solutions page 55 w______w w______w wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw áwdBdbdwd] áwdBdwdwH] MATE IN 1 MATE IN 2 àgwdwdkdb] àdwdwdwdw] ßwdwdw0wg] ßwdNdwdwd] w______w w______w Þdwdwdwdw] Þdwdwdwdw] áwGwdwdNd] áwdNdwdwd] Ýwgwdwdwh] Ýwdwdwdw)] àdwdpdwdw] àdwdwdwdw] ÜdwdwdwdK] ÜdwGwdwdw] ßwdwdwdwd] ßwdwdw0wd] ÛPdwdwdwd] Ûwdwdwdwd] ÞdPhwdn)w] ÞdRdwdPdw] Ú$wdwdwdw] ÚdKdwdwdw] Ýwdw)wdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Üdwdw0wdw] ÜdwdwIwdw] Ûwdwdwdw)] Ûw)wdwdwd] We received 1 correct solution to April’s contest! ÚdkdwIB$w] Údwdwdwdw] 1 Mate in 1 1.Qd5# wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 2 Mate in 2 1.Bg5+ Kf3 2.0-0# (1...Kd3 2.0-0-0#) CHESSMAZE IN 15 TRIPLE LOYD 3 Maze Nh8-g6-f8-e6-d8-c6-b4-a2-c1-e2-g1xh3 CHESSMAZE IN 15 TRIPLE LOYD 4 Loyd A.Kh1 B.Kf2 C.Ka8 (Qc8#) Only the white ROOK moves. PLACE THE BLACK KING IN : Capture the black king without A Checkmate The winner of the drawing for a Kiril T-shirt is : taking any pieces or moving B Stalemate Max Huang of Ottawa where the rook can be taken. C Mate in 1

38 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 39 KIRIL’S O R PLAYSILENT,PLAYSILENT, N E R PLAYDEEPPLAYDEEP

The sun was shining brightly across the rolling seas. But deep beneath the waves, all was dark and peaceful as Captain Bemo made his way. His speedy submarine slid sleekly through the sea, The two pawns worked and studied hard to become like a sunbeam through a summer breeze. good sailors. Ping Lee got promoted to sonar operator. The captain and his trusty crew were on a voyage And Kiril was learning to swab the deck. Captain Bemo around the world, exploring every shore. Their mission always said, “I like a clean machine, boys.” was to play chess and make new friends. Who could When they weren’t on duty, Kiril and Ping Lee hung ask for more!? out with their shipmates. One of them was the chief Kiril the Pawn was on board, and Ping Lee too. Both mechanic, Wrenchy the Frenchy. He knew everything of them were in the “submarine immersion” program at about boats, and how to fix them if they broke. Besides their school. Imagine how cool that must be! that, he was also good at chess! Meanwhile, up on the surface, two warships were sailing overhead. One was from the White navy; the other from the Black. The white destroyer was commanded by Admiral Grimm; the black cruiser by Commodore Bellringer. They were sworn enemies and their nations and their navies were always at war. That was bad news for Captain Bemo. When the two ships spotted his submarine on their sonars, they each thought that the sub belonged to their enemy?! And so the warships both attacked the submarine! 40 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 41 But it was too late for an escape. The two ships had the submarine surrounded and their depth charges were raining down like cannonballs. Captain Bemo was in a jam and switched to Emergency Plan B. “Take her to the bottom! We’ll sit it out there.” A few minutes later, with a soft thud, the submarine set down on the ocean floor. “Engines stop. All hands, maintain silence.” Then they waited, quietly, as more bombs exploded above them. They waited and they wondered who was attacking them. And they wondered why. To pass the time, the crew played chess. Except for Kiril. He was too nervous for that. He just kept mopping the deck. And he just kept thinking, “What the heck!?” When the first depth charge exploded, Captain Bemo But the ships did not stop the attack. The admiral and sounded the alarm, “All hands to battle stations!” the commodore were both determined to destroy the Then he turned to the helm. “Left standard rudder. Full sub. They continued circling overhead, searching with speed ahead. Prepare to dive.” their sonars, and dropping more depth charges. The submarine responded quickly, but After a couple days, Bemo finally lost his patience. not soon enough. A second explosion He gathered everyone on the bridge and whispered off the starboard bow shook her badly. his commands. “Tomorrow at dawn, we execute Plan C. A pipe burst above the sonar console Prepare the forward torpedo tube.” and water was spraying everywhere. He looked around slowly at all their faces and then Before the captain could say a word, he placed his hands on the shoulders of Wrenchy and Wrenchy was hard at work stopping the Ping Lee. “You two are the most qualified. One of you leak. “Don’t worry, sir. It will take a lot will be the torpedo pilot. It’s a dangerous assignment. more than that to sink this boat.” Play a game of chess to decide who goes.” “Good job, Wrenchy. Now let’s get out of here!” Wrenchy and Ping Lee nodded. “Aye, aye, sir.” 42 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 43 White PING LEE Chigorin Defence 5. Bf4 Black WRENCHY 3.Nc3 dxc4! 4.d5 Ne5 The bishop finds an open 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 e5! diagonal, aiming at c7. Ping Lee took his headset 3.Nf3 Bg4 w______w off and shook hands with 4.cxd5 Bxf3! árdb1kdn4] Wrenchy. “Good luck.” 5.gxf3 Qxd5 6.e3 e5! à0p0wgp0p] 5.dxc6 Bxc6 ßwdndpdwd] “Thanks, matey. The same 4.Nc3! e6 5.Bg5 Be7 to you.” Þdwdpdwdw] Only the bottom line gives ÝwdP)wGwd] So began the remarkable white a small advantage. ÜdwHwdNdw] “torpedo pilot game”. 3. Nc3 ÛP)wdP)P)] 1. d4 d5 Ú$wdQIBdR] White attacks the d-pawn. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 2. c4 3. . . . e6 5. . . . a6 8. Bd3 Ne4 The Queen’s Gambit, one This move guards d5, but of Ping Lee’s favourites. blocks in the bishop on c8. Wrenchy moves a pawn 9. 0-0 to stop 6.Nb5 because he 2. . . . Nc6 Best is 3...dxc4 4.d5 Ne5. Ping Lee likes to keep his was worried about a fork 4. Nf3 Be7 king safe, and castling is Wrenchy the Frenchy is an by 7.Nxc7+. the best way to do that. unusual guy and so is this Black prevents 5.Bg5. Developing a piece with defence. More common is 5...Nf6 would be better. 9. . . . Nxc3 2...e6, 2...c6, or 2...dxc4. (6.Nb5? Bb4+! 7.Nd2 Ba5) w______w Just as Wrenchy captured árdb1kgn4] 6. e3 Nf6 the knight, another depth charge went off above the à0p0w0p0p] 7. Rc1 ßwdndwdwd] submarine. Þdwdpdwdw] A great spot for the rook. Kiril was startled by the The c-file will be opened noise and knocked over ÝwdP)wdwd] his mop and bucket! When Üdwdwdwdw] later when the pawns on c4 and d5 are traded. they crashed to the floor, ÛP)wdP)P)] the sound was almost as Ú$NGQIBHR] 7. . . . Bb4?! loud as the explosion. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Pins the knight on c3, but Everybody, including the CHIGORIN DEFENCE wastes time by moving the captain, turned and stared bishop again. at him. Poor Kiril.

44 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 45 w______w Luckily, Captain Bemo is árdb1kdw4] 16. Nxf7! a kind and understanding àdw0wdp0p] Kaboom! Ping Lee drops a officer. “It’s all right, Kiril. ßpdpdpdwd] massive “weapon of chess But please, can you mop Þdwdwdwdw] destruction” right on top of up that water that spilled?” Ýwdw)wGwd] w______wthe black king. 10. bxc3 Ba3 Üdw)B)Ndw] árdbdkdw4] The bishop moves again, ÛPdwdwdP)] àdw0wdN0p] this time to attack a rook. ÚdwdQDRIW] ßpdpdpdwd] w______w wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw árdb1kdw4] Þ1wdwdwdw] àdp0wdp0p] 14. Ne5 ÝwdP)wGwd] ßpdndpdwd] Only now did Wrenchy see An outstanding for ÜdwdB)wdw] Þdwdpdwdw] that his bishop was trapped the white knight. ÛPdwdwdP)] behind enemy lines! ÚdwdQDRIW] ÝwdP)wGwd] 14. . . . Qd5? Ügw)B)Ndw] After 12...Ba3, white plays wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw The queen protects c6. If ÛPdwdw)P)] 13.cxb7 Bxb7 14.Qa4+ Qd7 16. . . . Rf8 Údw$QDRIW] 15.Qxa3, getting two minor 14...0-0, white could start pieces and a pawn for his a powerful attack with the Wrenchy doesn’t take the wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw rook. rook lift 15.Rf3. bait. After 16...Kxf7, white could win the black queen 11. cxd5!? 12. . . . Bxe3 15. c4 with the discovered check Wow! Ping Lee ignores the So he decided to at least Driving the queen away. 17.Bxc7+. But even better threat to his rook. Instead, get a pawn for his bishop 15. . . . Qa5 would be 17.Be5+! he attacks the knight on c6 with this move. 17...Ke7 18.Qg4 and undoubles his pawns. 17...Kg8 18.Qf3 13. fxe3 11. . . . Bxc1? 17...Ke8 18.Qh5+ Ping Lee didn’t mind losing Against 16...0-0, white can Maybe Wrenchy values the the pawn. It gives him an win by 17.Be5 or 17.Bxh7+. rook more than he should. for his rook on f1. 17. Ne5 Bb7 White is only slightly better 13. . . . bxc6 after 11...exd5 12.Rb1 0-0. Black is sunk no matter Black has kept the material what he does. 12. dxc6! even with R + p for B + N. Wrenchy is now hoping Ping Lee has seen deeper But his position is totally to find some king safety into the position than his undeveloped and inactive. by castling queenside. shipmate. White is winning. (17...g6 18.Qg4) 46 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 47 w______w árdwdk4wd] 21. Bg5+ Rf6 Kiril was surprised when he heard that the winner àdb0wdw0p] Wrenchy hangs on for dear would be the pilot. He thought the loser had to go! ßpdpdpdwd] life. (21...Kc8 22.Rxf8#) Later, when they were alone, he asked Ping Lee, “Gee, aren’t you afraid to be inside a torpedo?” Þ1wdwHwdw] 22. Qxf6+ Ke8 ÝwdP)wGwd] “Not really, it’s just like a one person submarine!” ÜdwdB)wdw] Black is also checkmated Kiril didn’t say anything, but he was confused. Didn’t after 22...Kc8 23.Qd8#. Ping Lee know that torpedoes explode? ÛPdwdwdP)] w______w ÚdwdQDRIW] árdwdkdwd] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw àdb0wdwdw] 18. Qh5+ ßpdpdp!wd] Þ1wdwHwGw] Ping Lee’s queen enters ÝwdP)wdwd] the battle decisively. ÜdwdB)wdw] 18. . . . g6 ÛPdwdwdP)] ÚdwdwDRIW] Black blocks the check wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw and attacks the queen. If 18...Ke7, white forces FIND SIX MATES IN 1 The next morning at dawn, the captain inspected the a mate with 19.Bg5+ Kd6 torpedo and gave the crew their final instructions. 23. Qh8# 20.Be7+! Kxe7 21.Rf7+! Wrenchy and Kiril helped Ping Lee into the pilot seat. The other mates are Qe7#, Once he was set, he gave a thumbs up, and the torpedo 19. Bxg6+! Qxe6#, Qf7#, Qf8#, Qg6#. was loaded in the forward tube. A second WCD (weapon Then Captain Bemo went to the bridge, and gave the Wrenchy the Frenchy was of chess destruction) blows order to commence Plan C. the first crew member to away the defences around The submarine lifted gently off the sand and slowly congratulate Ping Lee. the black king. rose to periscope depth. “Great game, Pinger! You 19.Qxh7 0-0-0 would let “Stand by to fire forward torpedo.” really outplayed me.” him hold on a bit longer. “Standing by, sir.” “Thanks, chief.” 19. . . . hxg6 Then Captain Bemo said, “Well done, Ping Lee. You 20. Qxg6+ Kd8 “FIRE!” have earned the right to There is nowhere to run, pilot our torpedo.” nowhere to hide. (20...Ke7 “Thank you, sir. It will be “Torpedo away, sir.” 21.Qg7+ Kd6 22.Qd7#) an honour.” “Very well. All ahead two thirds. Steady as she goes.”

48 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 49 The torpedo sped through the water, with Ping Lee at Admiral Grimm and Commodore Bellringer had lost the controls. He veered to the left and steered to the the battle. Their ships were not damaged but their pride right, and when the ships were in his sights, he turned was. They realized now that Captain Bemo was not an to follow their white stern lights. enemy. They also saw that his technology was much With the rising sun behind him, and his target dead superior to their own. ahead, he armed the torpedo and set his final course. So when the submarine surfaced between them, both A few moments later, he was exactly between the two ships surrendered to Captain Bemo at the same time. ships. He pulled back on the joy stick and the torpedo It was a glorious victory for the captain and his happy shot upwards out of the ocean into the sky. crew. Thanks to their skill and bravery, peace had been And then it exploded . . . like a giant rainbow! restored, and the seas were free once more. TO BE CONTINUED . . .

The Black and White ships were splattered with every HEY, FRIENDS! bright colour that your eyes can imagine. I’VEGOTE-MAIL. It was a paint ball torpedo!! .. You can write me a letter And Ping Lee was floating safely down to the sea in or enter my contest at: his parachute and life preserver. The pilot seat had ejected automatically just before the blast. [email protected]

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52 Scholar’s Mate 108 Scholar’s Mate 108 53 RATINGS Scholastic ratings for all players who have taken part * SSOOLLUUTTIIOONNSS * in a CMA tournament during the last three years can MATE IN 1 MATE IN 3 be found on the Chess’n Math Association webpage: 1 1.Qb8# 1 1. Qf7+ Kh8 2.Qf8+ Rxf8 3.Rxf8# www.chess-math.org 2 1.Ng6# 2 1. Ne7+ Kh8 2.Rf8+ Rxf8 3.Rxf8# 3 1.Be7# (1...Bxe7 2.Rf8#) (1...Nxe7 2.Rf8#) Click the “ratings” tab on the homepage, which will 4 1.Rf6# 3 1. Bc4+ Kh8 2.Ng6+ hxg6 3.Rh3# take you to the ratings page: MATE IN 2 4 1. Rh8+ Kxh8 2.Bxf7 any 3.Qh4# www.chesstalk.com/elo/pub www.chesstalk.com/elo/pub 1 1. Qc2 any 2.Qc1# TACTICS 101 2 1. Qh6+ Kg8 2.Qh8# 1 1.Nf6+ ( 1...any 2.Rxe8+) LILY'S PUZZLER solutions to pawn mazes 3 1. Rf6+ Kh8 2.Rf8# 2 1.Bxf7+ (1...Kxf7 2.Nd6+) A 1. knight (7 moves) 2. rook (8) 3. bishop (9) 4. 1. Qe8+ Kh7 2.Ng5# 3 1.Rxc6 (1...Rxc6 2.Ne7+) 4 1.Nb4 (1...Nxb4 2.Rxc8+) g7-g8=N-h6-g4-e3-c4-b6xa8 TRIPLE LOYD g7-g8=R-g6-h6-h4-c4-c6-a6xa8 A. Kf6 B. Ka8 C. Kd1 (Bg4#) CHESSMAZE g7-g8=B-c4-d3-g6-h5-g4-d7-c6xa8 Ra1-h1-h2-b2-b3-g3 B 1. bishop (7) 2. rook (8) 3. knight (9) COMBO MOMBO -g4-c4-c7xf7 1 1.Rxf6 removes guard of h7 c7-c8=B-h3-g2-d5-a2-b1xh7 LILY'S PUZZLER 1...gxf6 2.Qxh7# c7-c8=R-c3-a3-a1-g1-g5-h5xh7 See page 54. c7-c8=N-e7-d5-c3-e2-g1-h3-g5xh7 (1...h6 2.Qe4) (1...g6 2.Raf1) 2 1...Qxa5 removes guard of d5 2.bxa5 Bd5 pins Q COAKLEY CHESS.COM (2.Qxe6 fxe6 3.bxa5 Rd2) COAKLEY CHESS.COM WHO’S THE GOOF? homepage of JEFF COAKLEY 1. The board is turned sideways. Canadian Chess Master & Author 2. Black has three knights. 3. It is impossible for a black rook to be on e2 because no black pawn has advanced more than one square. Information on There was no way for the rook to get past the pawns. Winning Chess 4. Black is in an impossible check. White had no legal For Kids series: move on the previous turn to reach this position. The rook could only get to g3 from along the g-file, where Book Descriptions, it would already be giving check. No discovered check Reviews, Errata, was possible. The last move was not a capture by Announcements. Rxg3+ (from g1) because there were no black pieces www.coakleychess.com to take. Black is only missing two pieces and they were captured on c3 and f3.

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