CANADA'S MAGAZINE FOR KIDS JUNE 2012 number 113

THE FOUR MOVE CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE THE ON THE LAWN SSCCHHOOLLAARR’’SS MMAATTEE HHEELLLLOO,, CCHHEESSSS PALS! IS ON-LLINE !!

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2 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 3 SCHOLAR’S MATE SCHOLAR'S MATE 3423 St. Denis #400 JUNE 2012 #113 Montreal, Quebec H2X 3L2

EDITOR Jeff Coakley Illustrator Antoine Duff CONTENTSCONTENTS photos Greg Peters page 13; Lefong Hua page 11 CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE 8 Scholar's Mate is published five times per year by the National Finals Chess’n Math Association. Dates of issue : October 15, December 15, February 15, April 15, June 15 Report From Halifax, Nova Scotia Reproduction by any means, mechanical or electronic, is forbidden except by permission of Scholar's Mate. THE FOUR MOVE CHECKMATE 14 Kiril’s Klass June 2012 (date of issue) ISSN 1923-6441 The Truth About Scholar’s Mate Legal Deposit National Library of Canada #D373119 THE PAWN ON THE LAWN 40 Hi, friends! Kiril's Korner Scholar’s Mate is now an e-magazine! Anyone can Be Careful Where You Step! 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 3 32 DNL Reader, which is available on our website. Or you can download a PDF version of the magazine. Summer Camps 7 Lily’s Puzzler 33 Ed & Alec 21 News 34 www.chess-math.org Kiril’s Address 21 Superfest 37 If you have any questions Canada Top Ten 22 Kiril’s Kontest 38 about the magazine, Tactics 101 23 Provincial CCC 47 please contact us at: Regional Top 10’s 24 Tournaments 48 [email protected] Top Girls 28 CMA Meeting 48 Combo Mombo 29 Who’s The Goof? 49 See you Mate in 1 30 Ratings 50 on-line! Mate in 2 31 Solutions 51

4 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 5 HOW T O READ A CHESS GAME SSUUMMMMEERR It's easy. The board has 8 files 8 rhb1kgn4 and 8 ranks. Files are the rows CCHHEESSSS CCAAMMPPSS of squares that go up and down. 7 0p0pdp0p Each one is named by a small 6 wdwdwdwd letter. Ranks are rows that go TORONTO MONTREAL sideways. Each one is named 5 dwdw0wdw by a number. 4 wdwdPdwd July 3 - 6 June 26 - June 29 Every square also has a name. 3 dwdwdwdw The first part is its file and the July 16 - 20 August 20 - 24 2 P)P)w)P) second part is its rank. In this July 30 - August 3 Chess’n Math Building diagram, a white pawn moved 1 $NGQIBHR to e4 and a black pawn to e5. August 13 - 17 3423 St. Denis abcdefgh When moves are written down, August 27 - 31 Here are some special symbols: the first capital letter shows the July 9 - 13 piece which moves. Q is . + check Northern District Library B is . R is . N is used # checkmate 40 Orchard View Blvd. Olympic Stadium for because the is K. If there is no capital letter, that e. p. means a pawn moves. O - O castles kingside OTTAWA Next is the square that the O - O - O castles queenside July 2 - 6 piece moves to. Bc4 says that a 1 - 0 white wins bishop moves to the square c4. 0 - 1 black wins July 16 - 20 When a piece is captured, an x ½ - ½ is put before the square. Qxf7 July 30 - August 3 means a queen takes on f7. ! excellent move August 13 - 17 If a pawn captures, the letter ? mistake of the file it starts on is given !? cool move Parkdale Church first, then an x followed by the ?! weird (weak) move 429 Parkdale Ave square it takes on. exd5 says a pawn on the e-file captures on The game below is written in the square d5. algebraic notation. Kiril was OPEN TO AGES 5 - 14 When two pieces of the same new to chess and fell into an BEGINNERS to RATING 1500 kind can go to the same spot, old trap called Scholar’s Mate! FULL DAYS 9 am to 5 pm another letter is put after the ROCKY KIRIL piece to show what file it came HALF DAYS 9 am-1 pm or 1- 5 pm from. Rae1 tells us that a rook 1. e4 e5 groups divided by rating and age on the a-file moves to e1. 2. Qh5 d6 If the pieces that can move to 3. Bc4 Nf6 ? FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FEES the same spot are on the same 4. Qxf7 # file, then their rank number is CHESS’ N MATH ASSOCIATION added. N6e4 means the knight Oh no! Kiril got mated in just on the 6th rank moves to e4. four moves. That was no fun! 416 488-5506 514 845-8352 613 565-3663

6 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 7 oo AANNAADDIIAANN 22001122 CCHHAAMMPPIIOONNSS oo HHEESSSS 1 KEVIN LOW British Columbia oo 2 BENJAMIN LIN * Ontario HHAALLLLEENNGGEE 3 WILLIAM LAI * Quebec 4 JOSHUA DOKNJAS * British Columbia R E P O R T F R O M TH E O C E A N P L A Y G R O U N D 5 RICHARD CHEN Ontario The nationals finals of the 24th annual Canadian Chess Challenge were held on Victoria Day weekend 6 JOSEPH BELLISSIMO Ontario at St. Mary’s University in Halifax. It was the first time 7 JOHN DOKNJAS * British Columbia the tournament was ever held in Nova Scotia. 8 ADAM DORRANCE ***** Nova Scotia The Nova Scotia Scholastic Chess Association did a 9 ZHAO YANG LUO Quebec very impressive job organizing the event. The playing hall was the best ever, with cushioned theatre style 10 TANRAJ SOHAL ****** British Columbia seating for the spectators. They even arranged for warm 11 NIKITA KRAIOUCHKINE **** Quebec sunny weather. 12 MICHAEL KLEINMAN *** Ontario There were lots of fun activities for the players and previous national champion their families on Friday and Saturday, including tours * of the city and a blitz tournament, which was won by Lefong Hua (Montreal). The opening banquet featured Quebec was back in great form this year, placing a entertainment by a magician who could read people’s very strong second, and taking home ten medals. They minds. That would be a useful skill for a chess player! lost their 8th round match against Ontario by the The chess competition began on Sunday morning. smallest of margins, 6½-5½. Oh so close! As usual, a bagpiper played as the teams marched British Columbia came third, led by 10th grader into the hall, carrying their provincial flags. After the Tanraj Sohal (Surrey), who won his grade for the national anthem, sung by Blaine Gallant (Halifax), the seventh time. That’s only one short of the record held first pawns marched forward. by Lefong Hua and Lloyd Mai (Ottawa). B.C defeated When the last king was toppled on Monday afternoon, longtime rival Alberta 7-5 in round 1, but lost in round Ontario had captured first place, winning all of their 6 to Quebec 6½-5½ and in round 9 to Ontario 8-4. matches and earning twelve medals, one in every The battle for fourth place was between Alberta and grade, including four gold. Manitoba. Alberta prevailed after winning their round 4 By the way, the prizes at the nationals are trophies, matchup 7-5. as you can see in the photo on page 11. We just talk New Brunswick got the prize for Top Atlantic Team, as if they are medals, like at the Olympics! winning on tiebreak by a half point over Nova Scotia. 8 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 9 match individual 2012 TEAMS ONTARIO 9 92½ QUEBEC 8 87 BRITISH COLUMBIA 7 73½ ALBERTA 6 66½ MANITOBA 5 58 NEW BRUNSWICK 3½ 42 NOVA SCOTIA 3½ 41½ NEWFOUNDLAND 2 35 SASKATCHEWAN 1 24½ PRINCE EDWARD IS. 0 19½

The Most Improved Team was Nova Scotia, who scored 17 more points than 2011. The only team that ever improved more was Nova Scotia in 1999 (+25½). Fifteen players went undefeated. Perfect 9-0’s were 2012 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS turned in by Nikita Kraiouchkine (Montreal) and Tanraj front: Joshua Doknjas, Richard Chen, Kevin Low, Benjamin Lin, Sohal. William Lai. back: Joseph Bellissimo, John Doknjas, Adam The Most Valuable Player award, given to the player Dorrance, Zhao Yang Luo, Tanraj Sohal, Nikita Kraiouchkine, who scores the highest percentage of points on their Michael Kleinman. team, went to Arnab Kundu of Prince Edward Island. Six 2011 champions returned to defend their title. Five of them were successful, including Benjamin Lin SSIILLVVEERR BBRROONNZZEE and Michael Kleinman (both Toronto). 1 Qiuyu Huang QC 1 Jonathan Zhao ON Four provinces had brothers on their team. For the 2 Ian Zhao AB 2 Robert Liu QC second year in a row, Joshua and John Doknjas 3 Wenyang Ming ON 3 Kaixin Wang AB (grades 4 and 6, Surrey) both won gold medals! The 4 Yue Tong Zhao ON 4 Run Kun Fan ** QC 5 Lucas Dorrance NS 5 Benjamin Sun QC Dorrances from Nova Scotia also repeated last year’s 6 Sam Song NB 6 Lionel Han BC performance, with Adam taking gold in grade 8, and 7 HongRui Zhu QC 7 Yinshi Li ON Lucas silver in grade 5. 8 Tony Lin ON 8 Bob Feng NB Eleven playoffs were needed to decide the top prizes, 9 James Fu * ON 9 Kevin Li MB with ties for first place in grades 1, 2, 4, and 8. 10 Joey Qin * ON 10 Forest Guo QC Six girls participated this year. The best score was by 11 Christopher Santos MB 11 Mate Marinkovic ON Ling Yun Shi (Montreal), who placed fifth in grade 6 12 Louie Jiang * QC 12 Aaron Green MB with 5½ points. * previous national champion

10 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 11 First grader Willow Rogers (North Battleford, SK) won the newly created Good Sportsmanship Award for her exemplary behaviour throughout the tournament. She received a really big ovation at the awards ceremony. Team Quebec, wearing bright yellow, received the $200 first prize for Best Team Shirt. The competition is decided by a vote of the provincial coordinators. Newfoundland was a close second, and Manitoba was third. The Yves Casaubon Outstanding Contribution Award was presented to Audrey and Blaine Gallant for their remarkable organization of the 2012 nationals. A special Lifetime Achievement Award was given by the NSSCA to Don Bidgood. (See photo.) His at the Dartmouth Library has been the heart of scholastic chess in Nova Scotia for many years. Special thanks to Chris Dawson (St. John’s) for his excellent scorekeeping, as always. A bughouse tournament was held after the awards ceremony on Monday. The winners were Forest Guo and Nikita Kraiouchkine (Montreal). The Chess Challenge finals will be held in Ottawa next year. We hope to see you there!

2012 MEDALS GOLD SILVER BRONZE ONTARIO 4 5 3 QUEBEC 3 3 4 BRITISH COLUMBIA 4 1 NOVA SCOTIA 1 1 MANITOBA 1 2 ALBERTA 1 1 NEW BRUNSWICK 1 1

12 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 13 That’s sound advice. But the truth is ... the four move KIRIL’S KLASS THE checkmate works! At least when the opponent is a weak player. So it’s not easy to convince a student to stop FOUR MOVE going for scholar’s mate when they are winning with it. Are the white moves in this opening good or bad? CHECKMATE There’s only one way to decide. Let’s get down to some deep analysis.

This lesson reveals the truth 1. e4 about Scholar’s Mate. This is the best first move. 1.e3 also frees the queen and bishop but it does not stop Black from playing ...d5. The four move checkmate is a famous For example, after 1.e3 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 d5, Black in which a queen and bishop work together to give mate defends against mate and gains a by attacking on the fourth turn of the game. It is also called “Scholar’s the bishop. Mate”. Maybe that’s because you have to be really smart 1. ... e5 to play it!? The most common reply by black. It is a very good This mate was first played about 500 years ago. That’s move which fights for control of the centre. when the Europeans changed the rules to chess and There are lots of other moves that allow White to use gave queens and bishops their modern powers. Before scholar’s mate. The opening play of beginners can be then, a queen could only move one square diagonally, quite strange. Did you ever see a game like this? 1.e4 a6 and a bishop could only go two squares. 2.Qh5 b6 3.Bc4 c6 4.Qxf7# In the four move checkmate, it is normally White who One sure way for Black to avoid the four move mate is does the mating, and Black who gets embarrassed. The to play the . The move 1...e6 shuts the two key moves are Bc4 and Qxf7#. Of course, White diagonal from c4 to f7. The follow-up is usually 2...d5. also has to move their e-pawn to let those pieces out. w______w The target of the attack is After 1.e4 e5 (diagram #1), árhb1kgn4] always the pawn on f7. It is there are four different move à0p0pdp0p] only defended by the king, sequences that can lead to ßwdwdwdwd] and that makes it the weak Scholar’s Mate: Þdwdw0wdw] spot in Black’s position. 2.Bc4 3.Qf3 4.Qxf7# ÝwdwdPdwd] Coaches usually tell their 2.Bc4 3.Qh5 4.Qxf7# Üdwdwdwdw] students not to try the four ÛP)P)w)P)] move checkmate. They say 2.Qf3 3.Bc4 4.Qxf7# Ú$NGQIBHR] it’s just a cheap trap and 2.Qh5 3.Bc4 4.Qxf7# wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw that it’s not “good chess”.

14 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 15 When aiming for scholar’s mate, the best second move 2. ... Nc6 is 2.Qh5. But first let’s look at the other two moves which The e-pawn must be guarded and this is the best way can lead to the same thing: 2.Bc4 and 2.Qf3. to do it, developing a piece at the same time. Against the Bishop’s Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4, Black has 2...d6 is also a good move, even though it blocks the the excellent defence 2...Nf6. The knight attacks e4 and bishop at f8. That bishop can still be a good defender on e7, or maybe it will be “fianchettoed” by ...g6 and ...Bg7. defends h5. So 3.Qh5 is prevented. White can try 3.Qf3, w______w but it does not threaten mate because the knight on f6 3. Bc4 árdb1kgn4] blocks the queen’s path to f7. à0p0pdp0p] White can try to drive the knight away by attacking it And so, the moment of truth has arrived for Black. One false ßwdndwdwd] with the g-pawn. For example, 3...Bc5 4.g4 d6 5.g5 Ng8 Þdwdw0wdQ] 6.Qxf7#. But Black has plenty of ways to stop that, such step now, and it’s curtains. See as 4...h6 or 4...d5!? 5.Bxd5 Bxg4. diagram #3. ÝwdBdPdwd] 3...Nf6, attacking the queen, is Üdwdwdwdw] 1.e4 e5 2.Qf3 is sometimes called a popular way to lose. 4.Qxf7#. ÛP)P)w)P)] the Napoleon Opening because of 3...Nh6 sidelines the knight, Ú$NGwIwHR] a game played between Napoleon but at least it defends f7. White wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Bonaparte and “The Turk” in 1809. can continue with 4.d3, hoping The Turk won. for 4...Bc5 5.Bxh6 gxh6 6.Qxf7#, but Black doesn’t have After 2...Nf6 3.Bc4, we reach to fall for that. Perfectly safe is 4...g6. the same position as above. Already we can see the secret to surviving as Black when White is going for the four move checkmate. Keep your eye on f7, and keep it guarded! 2. Qh5 w______w Defending f7 with the queen is another way to avoid This bold queen move is the árhb1kgn4] disaster. However, 3...Qe7 blocks the bishop at f8, and main line of the Scholar’s Mate à0p0pdp0p] 3...Qf6 takes away the best square for the knight on g8. Opening. See diagram #2. It Even so, the position is equal, w______w ßwdwdwdwd] árdb1kgn4] threatens to capture the e-pawn Þdwdw0wdQ] as long as Black watches out with check, which limits Black’s for 4.Nc3 followed by 5.Nd5. à0p0pdpdp] ÝwdwdPdwd] ßwdndwdpd] options. Üdwdwdwdw] 3. ... g6! One big in this position Þdwdw0wdQ] ÛP)P)w)P)] This little move is Black’s best ÝwdBdPdwd] is 2...g6?, attacking the queen Ú$NGwIBHR] but losing a rook to the defence. It gains a tempo by Üdwdwdwdw] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 3.Qxe5+ Qe7 4.Qxh8. attacking the white queen, and ÛP)P)w)P)] A smaller but more frequent mistake is 2...Nf6? which prepares for a with Ú$NGwIwHR] only loses a pawn after 3.Qxe5+. ...Bg7. (diagram #4) wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

16 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 17 w______w 4. Qf3 árdb1kgn4] In general, 5...Nd4 is a move that White needs to worry about in this position. Besides attacking the queen, it will The white queen retreats and à0p0pdpdp] also threaten a fork on c2. again threatens a mate on f7. ßwdndwdpd] For example, 5.Nc3 Nd4 favours Black, whether White (diagram #5) Þdwdw0wdw] plays 6.Qd1 or 6.Qd3. Be careful, Black! Don’t drop ÝwdBdPdwd] your guard. ÜdwdwdQdw] Another idea for White is 5.Qb3, aiming at f7 yet again. 4...Qe7, 4...Qf6, and 4...Nh6 ÛP)P)w)P)] Black would lose a pawn after 5...Na5? 6.Bxf7+ Ke7 are all reasonable defences. Ú$NGwIwHR] 7.Qa3+! Kxf7 8.Qxa5 (8...Nxe4? 9.Qd5+!). But best is . . . wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw The right answer to 5.Qb3 is 5...Nd4! Then Black has a w______w big advantage in both of the following lines: 4. ... Nf6 árdb1kgw4] Black defends against mate à0p0pdpdp] 6.Bxf7+? Ke7 7.Qc4 b5! (8.Qc5+ Kxf7) and develops the knight. See ßwdndwhpd] 6.Qd3 d5! (7.exd5? Bf5!) diagram #6. Þdwdw0wdw] So it is clear that White must defend against 5...Nd4. White has several options at ÝwdBdPdwd] The way to do that is shown in diagram #7. this point. ÜdwdwdQdw] 5.g4 looks good after 5...Bc5 5. Ne2! w______w ÛP)P)w)P)] árdb1kgw4] 6.g5 Nh5 7.Qxf7#. However, Ú$NGwIwHR] Now 5...Nd4 can be met by Black can go 5...Nd4 instead, à0p0pdpdp] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 6.Nxd4 exd4 when White gets ßwdndwhpd] with the advantage. One line a slight edge with 7.O-O! is 6.Qd3 d5! 7.exd5 Bxg4. Þdwdw0wdw] is better than 7.e5, ÝwdBdPdwd] which looks good but leads to ÜdwdwdQdw] level play if Black finds 7...d5! ÛP)P)N)P)] 5. ... Bg7 Ú$NGwIwdR] It’s good to plug the hole on wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw g7. The black king would be a little drafty after 5...Bc5 6.d3 O-O. White’s dream of scholar’s mate is over. The game has become a positional battle. The plan of development for the white pieces is d3, Nc3, O-O, and Bg5, plus h3 to stop ...Bg4.

18 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 19 6. d3 d6 Both players open a diagonal for their queen bishop. SPECIAL ED and SMART ALEC 6...Nb4, attacking c2, is easily defended by 7.Bb3. w______w 7. h3 árdb1w4kd] There’s no reason to allow an à0p0wdpgp] annoying attack by ...Bg4. ßwdn0whpd] 7. ... O-O Þdwdw0wdw] 8. Nbc3 ÝwdBdPdwd] ÜdwHPdQdP] Let’s stop here at diagram #8 ÛP)PdN)Pd] and evaluate the position. Ú$wGwIwdR] Everything looks very normal. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Unless we were told what the previous moves were, we probably wouldn’t guess that White had tried the four move checkmate! Material, development, central control, and king safety are about the same for both players. Perhaps White is a Dear readers, little more flexible because they can still castle on either It is our sad duty to report that Special Ed and side. But generally, the position seems balanced. With Smart Alec were abducted by aliens. According all the pieces still on the board, a long battle lies ahead. to a reliable witness, these were their final words: So what are we to conclude about Scholar’s Mate? Are Hey, Alec, do you think they’ll show the opening moves good or bad? a movie on this flight? The truth is that White cannot get an advantage after 2.Qh5 if Black plays correctly, but there is also no way I don’t know, dude. I just hope they for Black to gain the advantage or to refute White’s play. have some good snacks! This is the case with many respected openings. White was forced to move their queen twice. That can be a bad thing in some openings, leading to backward HEY, FRIENDS! development. But in this case, the white pieces were brought out in a natural way with no difficulties. I’VEGOTE-MAIL. Perhaps Scholar’s Mate is more than an opening trap. .. You can write me a letter If you agree, you’re in good company. The current U.S. or enter my contest at: champion, Hikaru Nakamura, has played [email protected] this setup with 2.Qh5 at least twice in serious games.

20 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 21 l c a n a d a to p ten l TTAACCTTIICCSS 110011 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 1 RADIN Andrew 758 ON 1 PREOTU Razvan 2262 ON FIND THE WINNING MOVE 2 ISSANI Nameer 693 ON 2 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2225 QC 3 ST-GERMAIN Frederic 646 QC 3 ZHU HongRui 2059 QC 4 SYDYKHANOV Arman 632 ON 4 AWATRAMANI Janak 2058 BC White to move and win material. 5 RIVAS Cedric 631 QC 5 YU Zong Yang 1996 QC 6 SILLADOR Gabriel 617 AB 6 KONG Dezhong 1936 BC solutions page 51 7 FAHIMNIA Mahdi 615 ON 7 SONG Michael 1914 ON 8 CHEN Jacques 602 QC 8 DOKNJAS John 1899 BC 9 NOORALI Aahil 601 ON 9 HOFFNER Noah 1843 AB 10 BROWN Alexander 587 NS 10 STANISLUS Allan 1742 AB GRADE 1 GRADE 8 1 ZHAO Jonathan 1250 ON 1 PENG Jackie 2074 ON  2 HUANG Qiuyu 1215 QC 2 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan 2071 ON w______w w______w 3 MO Aidan 1098 ON 3 LIN Tony 1956 ON 4 LOW Kevin 1041 BC 4 DORRANCE Adam 1913 NS 5 LI Harry 989 ON 5 YUN Chang 1870 QC árdwdwgkd] áwdrdw4kd] 6 SUPERCEANU Andi 983 AB 6 PLOTKIN Mark 1850 ON 7 CHEN Hao 976 ON 7 MCCULLOUGH David 1819 AB 8 LAU Julian 961 AB 8 MANAILOIU Dragos 1722 QC à0bdqdp0w] à0bdwdp0w] 9 KHANIN Nikita 943 QC 9 NASIR Zehn 1685 ON 10 ZHANG Richard 924 ON 10 HUI Jeremy 1678 BC ßw0wdwdw0] ßw0w1whw0] GRADE 2 GRADE 9 1 LIN Benjamin 1319 ON 1 WANG Richard 2454 AB 2 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 1259 QC 2 LI Kevin 2223 MB Þdw4Ndwdw] Þdw0wdwdw] 3 AKOPHYAN Nika 1236 ON 3 LO Ryan 2178 BC 4 ZHAO Ian 1227 AB 4 SEMIANIUK Konstantin 2173 ON ÝwdPdwdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd] 5 LIU Robert 1176 QC 5 KNOX Christopher 2172 ON 6 WASHIMKAR Arhant 1146 ON 6 LUO Zhao Yang 2126 QC 7 KIM Daniel 1104 AB 7 FU James 1998 ON ÜdwdBdw!w] ÜdwHB)wdw] 8 ZHENG Ethan 1051 ON 8 LEPINE Cedric 1997 QC 9 ZHONG Wenxuan 1031 QC 9 WU Qi You 1981 QC 10 ZHANG Matt 1030 ON 10 WANG YueKai 1806 AB ÛPdwdw)P)] ÛP)wdQ)P)] GRADE 3 GRADE 10 1 WANG Kaixin 1664 AB 1 QIN Joey 2427 ON Ú$wdw$wIw] Ú$wdRdwIw] 2 GROSSMANN Lenard 1653 AB 2 SOHAL Tanraj 2269 BC 3 LAI William 1564 QC 3 FLOREA Alexandru 2034 ON 4 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha 1501 AB 4 ZHANG Zhiyuan 2027 ON wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 5 LIN Kaining 1485 AB 5 LEU Richard 2014 ON 6 ZHANG Taylor 1404 ON 6 WASSERMAN Leor 1864 MB 7 NORITSYN Sergey 1388 ON 7 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga 1861 ON 8 MING Wenyang 1385 ON 8 LI Chang He 1854 BC 9 WANG Frank 1372 ON 9 GUO Forest 1809 QC 10 ZHANG Eugene 1343 ON 10 KALAYDINA Regina 1804 AB GRADE 4 GRADE 11 1 YAO David 1677 AB 1 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 2445 QC 2 FAN Run Kun 1613 QC 2 ZHANG David 2409 AB  3 ZHAO Yue Tong 1580 ON 3 GUSEV Nikita 2256 ON w______w w______w 4 DOKNJAS Joshua 1569 BC 4 MARINKOVIC Mate 2233 ON 5 PARAPARAN Varshini 1535 ON 5 ITKIN David 2212 ON árdwdw4kd] áwdwdkdw4] 6 ZHANG Hou Han 1524 QC 6 INIGO Aquino 2182 ON 7 HUANG Immanuel 1483 ON 7 IVANOV Michael 2123 ON 8 SEKAR Varun 1461 ON 8 CHENG Jack 2116 BC àdp0wdw0p] àdp0wdp0w] 9 YIE Kevin Yi-Xiao 1444 ON 9 WU Kevin 2069 ON 10 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1408 QC 10 CVETKOVIC Simeon 2026 QC ßwgwdqdnd] ßpdwdwdw0] GRADE 5 GRADE 12 1 ZHANG Yuan Chen 1810 ON 1 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman 2528 ON 2 BALENDRA Harigaran 1769 ON 2 CALUGAR Arthur 2488 ON Þ0wdwdwdw] Þ1wdwgwdw] 3 XU Jeffrey 1689 ON 3 JIANG Louie 2438 QC 4 CHEN Richard 1656 ON 4 KLEINMAN Michael 2408 ON 5 WAN Kevin 1636 ON 5 YUAN Yuanling 2362 ON Ýwdw)w0wd] ÝwdPdwdQd] 6 SUN Benjamin 1605 QC 6 XIONG Jerry 2300 ON 7 ZOTKIN Daniel 1597 ON 7 KAMINSKI Thomas 2164 AB Ü)wdwdNdP] ÜdwdPdwHw] 8 ZHANG Evan 1595 QC 8 WANG Jesse 2110 ON 9 MCCULLOUGH Ian 1544 AB 9 TROTTIER Emile 2007 QC 10 LIU Dora 1519 ON 10 ORLOVA Yelizaveta 1967 ON Ûw)w!B)Pd] ÛPdwdw)P)] GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL 1 KASSAM Jamil 1883 AB 1 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman 2528 ON 2 CAO Jason 1877 BC 2 CALUGAR Arthur 2488 ON Údw$wdRIw] ÚdwdwdRIw] 3 BELLISSIMO Joseph 1837 ON 3 WANG Richard 2454 AB 4 NIE Mark 1774 AB 4 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 2445 QC wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 5 KAISER Jakob 1732 AB 5 JIANG Louie 2438 QC 6 ZITA Matthew 1691 AB 6 QIN Joey 2427 ON 7 MULIAWAN Lukas 1618 AB 7 ZHANG David 2409 AB 8 AGHAMALIAN Derick 1593 ON 8 KLEINMAN Michael 2408 ON 9 WANG Kelly 1564 QC 9 YUAN Yuanling 2362 ON 10 LEE Jonah 1524 BC 10 XIONG Jerry 2300 ON

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KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 1 RADIN Andrew 758 1 PREOTU Razvan 2262 1 ST-GERMAIN Frederic 646 1 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2225 2 ISSANI Nameer 693 2 SONG Michael 1914 2 RIVAS Cédric 631 2 ZHU HongRui 2059 3 SYDYKHANOV Arman 632 3 LI Yinshi 1682 3 CHEN Jacques 602 3 YU Zong Yang 1996 4 FAHIMNIA Mahdi 615 4 YE Hanyuan 1647 4 RINGSKOG Noa 585 4 CHANG Michael 1720 5 NOORALI Aahil 601 5 TERRY Joshua 1618 5 LALONDE Alexis 538 5 LIU Yu Qing 1556 6 ALTER Jonathan 532 6 KUTTNER Simon 1571 6 GOODMAN Jason 530 6 EPURE Doru-Alexandru 1412 7 LI Dylan 512 7 SIRKOVICH Daniel 1512 7 ANGULO-VALENCIA Mateo 523 7 NIKULICH Andrey 1366 8 GILANI Mysha 509 8 LI Michael 1472 8 YIN Benny 513 8 GAO Ying Chen 1312 9 RAJSIC Thomas 472 9 MICHELASHVILI Aleksandre 1471 9 CHAUDHRY Ahmed 506 9 LI George 1228 10 SONG Charlie 455 10 MUNTANER Daniel 1441 10 SEAH Elliott 497 10 STEPHENNE Renaud 1221 GRADE 1 GRADE 8 GRADE 1 GRADE 8 1 ZHAO Jonathan 1250 1 PENG Jackie 2074 1 HUANG Qiuyu 1215 1 YUN Chang 1870 2 MO Aidan 1098 2 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan 2071 2 KHANIN Nikita 943 2 MANAILOIU Dragos 1722 3 LI Harry 989 3 LIN Tony 1956 3 YANG Patrick 888 3 GU Sheng-Ming 1617 4 CHEN Hao 976 4 PLOTKIN Mark 1850 4 MOCANU Alexander 850 4 JOHNSON Nicholas 1605 5 ZHANG Richard 924 5 NASIR Zehn 1685 5 LI Johnson 712 5 BRICHKO Mike 1442 6 ENGLAND Max 896 6 ZHANG Kevin Z. 1663 6 XUE Yanran 705 6 NAZARIAN Ara 1439 7 WILKE Lukas 820 7 LI Robert 1581 7 GOGA Flavia-Maria 695 7 SAMIKOV Chingis 1392 8 CARRIGAN Griffin 819 8 ADRIAANSE Adam 1492 8 KORDA Frantisek 694 8 JIANG Nathan 1381 9 GUO Hazel 806 9 YE Stephen 1468 9 GENDRON Isaac 634 9 PATEL Rohan 1326 10 WU Nicholas 805 10 YANG Bryant 1466 10 MESSIER Victor 608 10 ROSCA Maria 1273 GRADE 2 GRADE 9 GRADE 2 GRADE 9 1 LIN Benjamin 1319 1 SEMIANIUK Konstantin 2173 1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 1259 1 LUO Zhao Yang 2126 2 AKOPHYAN Nika 1236 2 KNOX Christopher 2172 2 LIU Robert 1176 2 LEPINE Cedric 1997 3 WASHIMKAR Arhant 1146 3 FU James 1998 3 ZHONG Wenxuan 1031 3 WU Qi You 1981 4 ZHENG Ethan 1051 4 KALRA Agastya 1774 4 DEMERS Alexis 893 4 PAQUETTE Alexandre 1505 5 ZHANG Matt 1030 5 POSARATNANATHAN Juliaan 1683 5 DURETTE Francis 869 5 SHI Yang Tian Jiao 1478 6 MIRABELLI Aidan 1000 6 HUANG Jayson 1558 6 TAO Eric 851 6 XIANG Qun Tian 1445 7 ALLARD Max 978 7 QIAN Owen 1556 7 TUNCBILEK Emir 850 7 LIU Mu Dong 1416 8 YANG Fan 947 8 GIBLON Rebecca 1555 8 YU Xi Ming 836 8 LORANGER Erika 1401 9 HE Maxwell 906 9 MCKEN Christopher 1553 9 XIE Dazhuo 827 9 VOLKOV Vladislav 1377 10 SAMAROO Kalan 889 10 DUNNE Francesco 1464 10 POULIN Guillaume 827 10 SMIRNOV Arteme-Iouri 1304 GRADE 3 GRADE 10 GRADE 3 GRADE 10 1 ZHANG Taylor 1404 1 QIN Joey 2427 1 LAI William 1564 1 GUO Forest 1809 2 NORITSYN Sergey 1388 2 FLOREA Alexandru 2034 2 LIU Julia 1201 2 NIKULICH Oleksandr 1613 3 MING Wenyang 1385 3 ZHANG Zhiyuan 2027 3 TESSIER Léo 1059 3 YAO Houji 1581 4 WANG Frank 1372 4 LEU Richard 2014 4 CAUCHY-VAILLANCOURT Marek 1005 4 NUNEZ-PAINCHAUD Raphael 1580 5 ZHANG Eugene 1343 5 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga 1861 5 TINICA Gabriel 1003 5 WANG Yan 1569 6 GUO Thomas 1325 6 DENBOK Daniel 1789 6 JIANG Lucas 1003 6 TAN Guang Tong 1534 7 MANGALESWARAN Thakeshon 1294 7 CAI Tony 1683 7 GUAN Ziyu 912 7 MA Indy 1514 8 RUAN Colin 1282 8 MYERS Joshua 1626 8 HE Ling 884 8 YU Kexin 1499 9 LI Edward 1243 9 SU Stanley 1543 9 KORDA Radek 882 9 XU Tian Run 1452 10 LIU Daniel 1243 10 CHAN Alex 1482 10 LUO Jia Yu 877 10 PLANTE Santiago 1417 GRADE 4 GRADE 11 GRADE 4 GRADE 11 1 ZHAO Yue Tong 1580 1 GUSEV Nikita 2256 1 FAN Run Kun 1613 1 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 2445 2 PARAPARAN Varshini 1535 2 MARINKOVIC Mate 2233 2 ZHANG Hou Han 1524 2 CVETKOVIC Simeon 2026 3 HUANG Immanuel 1483 3 ITKIN David 2212 3 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1408 3 ROY Myriam 2024 4 SEKAR Varun 1461 4 INIGO Aquino 2182 4 LUO Muhan 1408 4 ALLARD Laurent 1778 5 YIE Kevin 1444 5 IVANOV Michael 2123 5 LU Daisy 1405 5 COTE-LALUMIERE Tristan 1721 6 BIRAROV Nicole 1392 6 WU Kevin 2069 6 YIP Mattew 1280 6 SPRUMONT Oscar 1715 7 KANESHALINGAM Mayee 1362 7 GLADSTONE Simon 1900 7 AIT-CHABANE Adam 1267 7 ISAEV Nikola 1594 8 IANSAVITCHOUS James 1349 8 LI David 1811 8 LU Jasmine 1248 8 ROZYBAKIYEV Ilchin 1574 9 TRUONG Kyle 1231 9 CUNNINGHAM Ross 1700 9 HUANG Teng Yi 1207 9 MACISAAC Alexandre 1331 10 WANG Jerry 1229 10 LIU Dan 1670 10 TURGEON Yoakim 1172 10 BILSKI Simon 1305 GRADE 5 GRADE 12 GRADE 5 GRADE 12 1 ZHANG Yuan Chen 1810 1 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman 2528 1 SUN Benjamin 1605 1 JIANG Louie 2438 2 BALENDRA Harigaran 1769 2 CALUGAR Arthur 2488 2 ZHANG Evan 1595 2 TROTTIER Emile 2007 3 XU Jeffrey 1689 3 KLEINMAN Michael 2408 3 SAHA Ananda 1435 3 GELET Seymour 1904 4 CHEN Richard 1656 4 YUAN Yuanling 2362 4 HUANG Junhao 1426 4 SARRAZIN-GENDRON Roman 1791 5 WAN Kevin 1636 5 XIONG Jerry 2300 5 SAINE Zachary 1426 5 KIEU Marc-Andre 1704 6 ZOTKIN Daniel 1597 6 WANG Jesse 2110 6 YANG Eddie 1404 6 LEUNG Chin 1665 7 LIU Dora 1519 7 ORLOVA Yelizaveta 1967 7 JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN Matthieu 1359 7 LIMA-BARBOSA Raphael 1626 8 WANG Constance 1505 8 PRYSIAZNY Michael 1962 8 YIP William 1330 8 NANTEL Felix 1486 9 WANG Dinny 1493 9 WANG Jerry 1696 9 ST-CYR Xavier 1314 9 BONI-ROWE Nicolas 1466 10 SHAMRONI Dennis 1461 10 ZHOU Kevin 1683 10 YU Cindy 1300 10 CHEN Bing Yu 1322 GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL 1 BELLISSIMO Joseph 1837 1 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman 2528 1 WANG Kelly 1564 1 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 2445 2 AGHAMALIAN Derick 1593 2 CALUGAR Arthur 2488 2 SHI Ling Yun 1491 2 JIANG Louie 2438 3 ZHONG Joey 1512 3 QIN Joey 2427 3 LUO Alan 1455 3 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2225 4 CHEUNG Benedict 1472 4 KLEINMAN Michael 2408 4 HE Haley 1358 4 LUO Zhao Yang 2126 5 SONG Eric 1449 5 YUAN Yuanling 2362 5 GAO Christine 1350 5 ZHU HongRui 2059 6 WANG Eric 1390 6 XIONG Jerry 2300 6 VAILLANT Charles-Etienne 1343 6 CVETKOVIC Simeon 2026 7 WANG Michael 1385 7 PREOTU Razvan 2262 7 SATIR Ege Nur 1299 7 ROY Myriam 2024 8 SELVANAYAGAM Yanojan 1322 8 GUSEV Nikita 2256 8 LU Roselyn 1276 8 TROTTIER Emile 2007 9 ZHANG Jeff 1318 9 MARINKOVIC Mate 2233 9 SERBAN Diana 1259 9 LEPINE Cedric 1997 10 MANGALESWARAN Mathuran 1306 10 ITKIN David 2212 10 HU Tian Ren 1244 10 YU Zong Yang 1996

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KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 1 BROWN Alexander 587 NS 1 ANDERSEN Paul 1236 NL 1 SILLADOR Gabriel 617 AB 1 AWATRAMANI Janak 2058 BC 2 LOCKE Sebastian 577 NL 2 OLDFORD Noah 1221 NL 2 GAO Edward 453 AB 2 KONG Dezhong 1936 BC 3 SANCHEZ Austin 438 NB 3 SCHRADER Nathaniel 1181 NB 3 TOLENTINO Khino 428 AB 3 DOKNJAS John 1899 BC 4 LI Sarah-Grace 414 NL 4 DAWSON Andrew 1128 NL 4 HAN Alex 422 AB 4 HOFFNER Noah 1843 AB 5 THERIAULT Cedric 394 NB 5 SNELGROVE Stephen 1123 NL 5 JIANG David 359 BC 5 STANISLUS Allan 1742 AB 6 MACEACHERN Seamus 368 PE 6 ONG Ivanseth 1048 NS 6 ZHOU Aiden 359 BC 6 HUANG Zhonglin 1731 AB 7 ING Gabriel 366 PE 7 GREGORY Liam 1040 NL 7 GOULD Kiefer 354 MB 7 SHI Diwen 1723 AB 8 CHRISTY Julian 363 PE 8 HICKMAN Thomas 990 NL 8 ZHANG Jessica 315 AB 8 WEI William 1682 AB 9 MAILLET Marie-Eve 355 NB 9 KIEFTE Andrew 968 NS 9 FAN Elaine 306 BC 9 LEE Nicholas 1645 AB 10 NELSON Willien 337 NB 10 MAKAROV Joshua 960 NB 10 JIN William 305 AB 10 DI BLASI Luciano 1572 AB GRADE 1 GRADE 8 GRADE 1 GRADE 8 1 XAVIER-LEBLANC Alexandre 694 NB 1 DORRANCE Adam 1913 NS 1 LOW Kevin 1041 BC 1 MCCULLOUGH David 1819 AB 2 RUSSELL Mark 664 NL 2 FENG Bob 1521 NB 2 SUPERCEANU Andi 983 AB 2 HUI Jeremy 1678 BC 3 LANTZ Ronan 529 PE 3 WILKS Darius 1089 NS 3 LAU Julian 961 AB 3 SITU Dennis 1637 AB 4 KAPRA Jerjis 474 NS 4 MCKEOWN Brody 1025 NL 4 BRADFORD William 844 AB 4 DESPRES Sebastien 1629 AB 5 MCCREA Han 472 NB 5 STEELE Deivan 1014 NS 5 AMROM Itay 798 MB 5 YANG Tony 1600 AB 6 DAUPHINEE William 463 NB 6 GALLANT Cameron 998 NS 6 JAMES Rowan 714 BC 6 ZHAO Chenxi 1568 AB 7 BOON-PETERSEN Tobin 461 NL 7 CHAULK Arrick 998 NL 7 DOKNJAS Neil 690 BC 7 PAVLIC Stephen 1562 AB 8 LOSIER Jonathan 460 NB 8 LUDOVICE Diego 997 NS 8 HUANG Patrick 669 BC 8 SWIFT Ryne 1549 MB 9 DENNY Annie-Rose 446 NL 9 HOLLAND Kevin 995 NS 9 ZHU Harmony 666 BC 9 CHAN Dante 1464 AB 10 BEFEKADU Noah 445 NB 10 PARK Kevin 982 NB 10 FERNANDO Samith 645 MB 10 HERDIN Mathew 1347 BC GRADE 2 GRADE 9 GRADE 2 GRADE 10 1 CHEN Norman 900 NL 1 ROBICHAUD Nicolas 1526 NB 1 ZHAO Ian 1227 AB 1 WANG Richard 2454 AB 2 KUNDU Arnab 832 PE 2 PETERS Jeremy 1515 NS 2 KIM Daniel 1104 AB 2 LI Kevin 2223 MB 3 BROWN Callum 768 NS 3 QIU Christopher 1440 NL 3 SASATA Alexander 980 SK 3 LO Ryan 2178 BC 4 WALSH Ian 754 NL 4 ZHANG MaoMao 1357 NL 4 HUSTON-EARLE Joshua 883 MB 4 WANG YueKai 1806 AB 5 BATE Will 748 NS 5 WANG Jeffrey 1277 NS 5 ZHANG Daniel 873 AB 5 LAI Jingzhou 1763 BC 6 LOCKE Heidi 706 NL 6 CROWELL Iain 1253 PE 6 KASSAM Nabil 858 AB 6 LUDWIG Michael 1704 AB 7 PIERCEY Isaac 661 NL 7 HINK Ian 1094 PE 7 ZHENG Victor 853 BC 7 BANSAL Prabjeet 1684 AB 8 HARRIS Jonathan 635 NL 8 DAWSON Laura Jane 1083 NL 8 LI Eric 747 AB 8 ZITA Aren 1674 AB 9 DOUCETTE Luc 628 PE 9 CHURCHILL Shea 1037 NL 9 KOVAC Adrian 746 AB 9 SONG Henry 1645 AB 10 PORTER Thomas 612 NL 10 DREW Ryan 991 PE 10 APOSTOLU Alex 727 AB 10 SHI MingHang 1643 AB GRADE 3 GRADE 10 GRADE 3 GRADE 10 1 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 977 PE 1 BENDZSA Matthew 1521 NL 1 WANG Kaixin 1664 AB 1 SOHAL Tanraj 2269 BC 2 RUSSELL Brett 844 NL 2 GALLANT Dennis 1397 NS 2 GROSSMANN Lenard 1653 AB 2 WASSERMAN Leor 1864 MB 3 QIU Nicholas 831 NL 3 TSAI Shang-Chen 1250 NS 3 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha 1501 AB 3 LI Chang He 1854 BC 4 KOSHI Benjamin 815 NS 4 HUNT Nicholas 1166 NL 4 LIN Kaining 1485 AB 4 KALAYDINA Regina 1804 AB 5 NORMAN Jeremy 777 PE 5 RAMOS Alexander 1156 NL 5 CHEN Philip 1279 BC 5 SINGH Krishneel 1715 AB 6 LATOUR Simon 761 NB 6 BANGLA Venu 1122 PE 6 CARLSON Andrew 1236 BC 6 VIRJI Naveed 1534 AB 7 LI Kevin 734 NS 7 CASTONGUAY-PAGE Yannick 1120 NB 7 PULFER Luke 1222 BC 7 REYNOLDSON Nigel 1532 SK 8 SHABBIR Adnan 715 PE 8 CARSON Cody 1085 NB 8 LORTIE Isaac 1160 SK 8 XIAO Alice 1486 BC 9 DENNY Ethan 702 NL 9 NOH Jaehoon 1077 NS 9 LI Ying 1099 AB 9 TING Aaron 1353 AB 10 CUI Cynthia 616 NB 10 ADAMS Kirk 1036 NS 10 WEI Daniel 1058 SK 10 LEWIS Nubian 1209 AB GRADE 4 GRADE 11 GRADE 4 GRADE 11 1 HUANG Xingbo 1216 NL 1 DROVER Justin 1606 NL 1 YAO David 1677 AB 1 ZHANG David 2409 AB 2 KERR Ian 1019 PE 2 RAINNIE Aaron 1329 PE 2 DOKNJAS Joshua 1569 BC 2 CHENG Jack 2116 BC 3 MANNHOLLAND Noah 882 PE 3 LAPLACE Logan 1209 NB 3 MA Derek 1354 MB 3 LECLERC Etienne 1953 AB 4 KUNDU Arjun 828 PE 4 LU Fred 1201 NS 4 TRAN Colin 1345 AB 4 THOMAS Derek 1948 AB 5 PEARSON Ethan 815 NB 5 XU Shen 1194 NS 5 TOLENTINO Patrick 1341 AB 5 BOTEZ Alexandra 1856 BC 6 PORTER Michael 814 NL 6 SAMUSHE Naybu 1184 PE 6 WOLCHOCK Theo 1321 MB 6 SANTOS Christopher 1740 MB 7 WOODWORTH Kyle 792 NS 7 GALLANT Ryan 1178 PE 7 MAXFIELD Emmett 1258 AB 7 HAN Yiming 1736 BC 8 BURDEN Matthew 771 NL 8 STACKHOUSE Jordan 1162 NB 8 LORTIE Benjamin 1255 SK 8 CANNON Farley 1641 BC 9 JIANG Harvey 752 NL 9 MATHEWS Tim 1116 NL 9 BAL Nrithya 1232 AB 9 KIRSCH Zachary 1601 AB 10 SINGH Sahejpreet 738 NS 10 LIANG Andy 1072 NS 10 SU Michael 1214 BC 10 HAN Yifei 1510 BC GRADE 5 GRADE 12 GRADE 5 GRADE 12 1 DORRANCE Lucas 1460 NS 1 KEITH-JACQUES Liam 1841 NB 1 MCCULLOUGH Ian 1544 AB 1 KAMINSKI Thomas 2164 AB 2 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1209 NL 2 DAWSON Michael 1575 NL 2 HAN Lionel 1465 BC 2 GREEN Aaron 1910 MB 3 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep 1051 PE 3 HERBINGER Florent 1382 NS 3 MAWANI Adam 1446 AB 3 MILLER David 1900 AB 4 COADY Nicholas 1007 NL 4 GREGORY Calvin 1357 NL 4 STEVANOVIC Boris 1355 AB 4 LAZO Jan 1796 AB 5 TUFTS Sei-Jin 981 NS 5 BENNETT Lee 1303 NS 5 TOLENTINO Andre 1290 AB 5 WANG Harris 1742 AB 6 NOLAN Justin 980 NL 6 PATRICK Richard 1184 NS 6 KUYE Tosin 1288 AB 6 WILD Joshua 1700 BC 7 PICKARD Ryan 954 NL 7 PEARCE Kyle 1132 NL 7 STANISLUS Kevin 1270 AB 7 WU Allan 1682 AB 8 LOCKE Miles 924 NL 8 NADEAU Alex 1115 NB 8 XU Edwin 1206 BC 8 DE GUZMAN Jeff 1648 AB 9 MACEACHERN Declan 918 PE 9 LEWIS Jeff 1074 NB 9 SHRESTHA Prayus 1199 AB 9 LACY Sean 1535 AB 10 KING Benjamin 915 NS 10 PERRY Alexander 1052 PE 10 CHEN Samuel 1161 BC 10 WIEBE Isaac 1490 MB GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL 1 SONG Sam 1437 NB 1 DORRANCE Adam 1913 NS 1 KASSAM Jamil 1883 AB 1 WANG Richard 2454 AB 2 ROBICHAUD Alexandre 1229 NB 2 KEITH-JACQUES Liam 1841 NB 2 CAO Jason 1877 BC 2 ZHANG David 2409 AB 3 MCKEOWN Gary 1178 NL 3 DROVER Justin 1606 NL 3 NIE Mark 1774 AB 3 SOHAL Tanraj 2269 BC 4 HE Kate 1040 NS 4 DAWSON Michael 1575 NL 4 KAISER Jakob 1732 AB 4 LI Kevin 2223 MB 5 RONAHAN-WOOD Jack 1034 PE 5 ROBICHAUD Nicolas 1526 NB 5 ZITA Matthew 1691 AB 5 LO Ryan 2178 BC 6 WALSH Andrew 963 NL 6 BENDZSA Matthew 1521 NL 6 MULIAWAN Lukas 1618 AB 6 KAMINSKI Thomas 2164 AB 7 NORMAN Bradley 874 PE 7 FENG Bob 1521 NB 7 LEE Jonah 1524 BC 7 CHENG Jack 2116 BC 8 DELANEY Spenser 845 NL 8 PETERS Jeremy 1515 NS 8 WANG Poplar 1503 AB 8 AWATRAMANI Janak 2058 BC 9 WHITT Sheldon 837 NL 9 DORRANCE Lucas 1460 NS 9 LIN Rayden 1485 AB 9 LECLERC Etienne 1953 AB 10 VU Nam 824 NB 10 QIU Christopher 1440 NL 10 NGUYEN Vinh 1448 AB 10 THOMAS Derek 1948 AB

26 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 27 Frizoon LePawn presents COMBO MOMBO !! SPOTLIGHT ON w______w TOP áwdw4wdri] à0b1wdw0p] ßw0wdwhwd] GIRLS ÞdwdpdQdw] CANADA Ýwdwdw)nH] ÜdwdBdwdw] GRADE 1 GRADE 7 1 GUO Hazel 806 ON 1 GIBLON Melissa 1391 ON ÛPGPdwdP)] 2 XUE Yanran 705 QC 2 PANDY Saramae 1325 ON 3 GOGA Flavia-Maria 695 QC 3 CHENG Megan 1324 ON Ú$wdw$wIw] 4 ZHU Harmony 666 BC 4 MILICEVIC Aleksandra 1226 ON 5 KAMATH Maya 627 ON 5 LI Kristen 1190 ON wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw GRADE 2 GRADE 8 1 MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi 859 ON 1 PENG Jackie 2074 ON 2 TAN Kylie 781 ON 2 YUN Chang 1870 QC A smothered mate is a cool way to checkmate with 3 RODRIGUES Julia 778 ON 3 SAMETOVA Zhanna 1306 ON a knight when a king is completely surrounded by his 4 SAVCHENKO Elizabeth 768 QC 4 ROSCA Maria Alexandra 1273 QC 5 CHERTKOW Sasha 729 ON 5 BUI Keira 1049 ON own pieces. ‘Smother’ means to take away the air GRADE 3 GRADE 9 1 ZHANG Taylor 1404 ON 1 GIBLON Rebecca 1555 ON from something, like putting a blanket over a fire. 2 HENRY Nadia 1212 ON 2 LORANGER Erika 1401 QC 3 LIU Julia 1201 QC 3 HOU Qian Qian 1211 QC ò White wins by a queen that gets rid of 4 ZHANG Jeannie 1110 ON 4 NAZARETH Linda 1134 ON 5 PERRONE Anna 1066 ON 5 TSUI Pearl 1085 AB the pawn guarding g6. 1.Qxh7+! Nxh7 2.Ng6# GRADE 4 GRADE 10 1 PARAPARAN Varshini 1535 ON 1 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga 1861 ON ô Black to play scores with 1...Qc5+ 2.Kh1 Nf2+ 2 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1408 QC 2 KALAYDINA Regina 1804 AB 3 LU Daisy 1405 QC 3 WANG Yan 1569 QC 3.Kg1 Nh6+ . 4.Kh1 Qg1+! Smothering 4 BIRAROV Nicole 1392 ON 4 MA Indy 1514 QC 5 KANESHALINGAM Mayee 1362 ON 5 YU Kexin 1499 QC the black king. 5.Rxg1 Nf2#. (2.Kf1 Qf2#) GRADE 5 GRADE 11 w______ww______w 1 LIU Dora 1519 ON 1 ROY Myriam 2024 QC 2 WANG Constance 1505 ON 2 BOTEZ Alexandra 1856 BC áwdrdrdkd]áwdrdrdkd] 3 ZHU Jiarong 1327 ON 3 SAMUSHE Naybu 1184 PE 4 YU Cindy 1300 QC 4 TRAN Tracey 1078 AB àdpdwdp0p]àdwdwdwgp] 5 MILICEVIC Ljudmila 1213 ON 5 LEE Cynthia 1078 AB GRADE 6 GRADE 12 ßpdwgwhwd]ßpdndwdpd] 1 WANG Kelly 1564 QC 1 YUAN Yuanling 2362 ON 2 SHI Ling Yun 1491 QC 2 ORLOVA Yelizaveta 1967 ON Þdwdwhwdw]Þ1pdwdwHw] 3 GAO Christine 1350 QC 3 LEE Melissa 1361 ON 4 ZHOU Qiyu 1280 ON 4 UTEPOVA Alika 1309 QC 5 LU Roselyn 1276 QC 5 CRITES Valerie 1257 ON ÝwdwHwdwd]Ýwdwdpdwd] q PRINCESS PARADE q CANADIAN QUEENS ÜdwdwdNGw]ÜdwdwdwdQ] 1 WANG Kelly 1564 QC 1 YUAN Yuanling 2362 ON 2 PARAPARAN Varshini 1535 ON 2 PENG Jackie 2074 ON ÛP)w$P)P)]ÛPdPdw)P)] 3 LIU Dora 1519 ON 3 ROY Myriam 2024 QC 4 WANG Constance 1505 ON 4 ORLOVA Yelizaveta 1967 ON ÚdwdwIBdR]ÚdwdR$wIw] 5 SHI Ling Yun 1491 QC 5 YUN Chang 1870 QC 6 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1408 QC 6 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga 1861 ON wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈwwÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 7 LU Daisy 1405 QC 7 BOTEZ Alexandra 1856 BC 8 ZHANG Taylor 1404 ON 8 KALAYDINA Regina 1804 AB BLACK TO MOVE WHITE TO MOVE 9 BIRAROV Nicole 1392 ON 9 WANG Yan 1569 QC 10 KANESHALINGAM Mayee 1362 ON 10 WANG Kelly 1564 QC Mate in 3 solutions page 51 Mate in 6

28 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 29 MMAATTEE IINN 11 MMAATTEE IINN 22 WHITE BLACK WHITE CHECKMATES BLACK IN ONE MOVE. IN TWO MOVES. solutions page 51 solutions page 51 w______ww______w w______ww______w áw!wdwdwd] áw!wdwdwd] áwdrdw4kd] áwdkdwdn4] àdwdwdpiw] àdwdwdpdw] àdpdwgp0p] àdw0wdw0p] ßw0wdwdpd] ßw0wdwipd] ßpdndqdwd] ßw0wgwdwd] Þdwdwdwdw] Þdwdwdwdw] Þdwdw0wdQ] Þ0wdQdwdw] Ýw1PIwdwd] Ýw1PIwdwd] ÝwdwdNdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd] Üdwdwdwdw] Üdwdwdwdw] Üdw)wdwdP] ÜdwdwdwdP] ÛwdPdw4wd] ÛwdPdw4wd] ÛP)Bdw)Pd] ÛPdPdw)Pd] ÚdwdwdwdR] ÚdwdwdwdR] Ú$wdw$wIw] Ú1Ndw$wIw] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw w______ww______w w______ww______w áwdw4w4wd] árhwdkdw4] áw4wdwdwd] áwdw4w4kd] àdpdwdpip] à0pdbdp0p] à0wdw4kdw] àdpdqdpdp] ßpdpdw$pd] ßwdwdwdnd] ßw1wdNdw0] ßpdngwdpd] Þdwdndwdb] ÞdB!wdNdw] Þhwdw0wdw] ÞdwdNdwdw] Ýwdwdwdwd] ÝPdwdwdwd] ÝwdwdwdQd] Ýwdwdw)nd] ÜdwGwdw)w] Üdw)wdwdP] Üdwdw)wdw] ÜdBGQdw)w] ÛP)wdw)Pd] Ûw1wdw)Pd] ÛP)PdwdPd] ÛP)PdwdPd] ÚdBdw$wIw] ÚdwdRdwIw] ÚdKdRdwdw] ÚdwIwdwdR] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

30 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 31 MMAATTEE IINN 33 WHITE CHECKMATES BLACK LILY'S PUZZLER IN THREE MOVES. solutions page 51 HI BOYS AND GIRLS! w______w árdb1kgn4]  à0p0pdp0p] w______w w______w ßwdndwdwd] áw4wdw4kd] árdbdwdkd] Þdwdw0wdw] àdwdwdp0p] à0p!wdwgp] Ýw)wdwdwd] ßpdwdwdwd] ßwdwdwdpd] Üdwdw)wdw] Þdw0wdQdw] ÞdwdwHwdw] ÛPGP)w)P)] Ýw1w0Pdwd] Ýwdw)wdwd] Ú$NdQIwHR] ÜdwdwdPdw] ÜdPdwdw)q] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw ÛP)Pdwdwd] ÛPdwdw)w)] ÚdwIRdw$w] Údw$wdwIw] Our special guest today EACH POSITION wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw is ace chess detective WAS REACHED Harmonius Hound. He AFTER BLACK’S has two mysteries for us FOURTH MOVE. to investigate. WHAT WERE THE  w______w w______w The diagram positions, MOVES? áwHwiwdwd] áw4wdw4kd] with white to play, were w______w àdwdwdw0w] àdw0w1p0w] reached in actual games árhw1kgn4] ßpdwdwdrd] ßwhQdwdwd] after exactly four turns à0p0w0p0p] Þdrdpdwdp] Þdwdw)w0w] by each side. The moves ßwdwdwdwd] Ýwdw)w!wd] Ýp0wdwdwd] might have been silly, but Þdwdwdwdw] Üdwdqdw)P] ÜdwdBdw)w] they were legal. Ýwdwdwdwd] ÛPdwdwdwd] ÛP)Pdw)wd] Can anybody solve the ÜdwdwdwdP] Údwdw$wIw] ÚdwIwdwdR] surprising “Case of the ÛP)P)P)w)] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Unknown Capture”? Ú$NGQIBdR] Good luck! wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw solutions page 51

32 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 33 CANADA AND WORLD NEWS

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX World chess champion Viswanathan Anand (India) successfully The third and final events in the 2012 Grand Prix competition defended his title against Boris Gelfand (Israel) in their match last were held May 13th in Toronto and May 6th in Montreal. Anyone month in Moscow, Russia. The score was tied 6-6 after the twelve scoring 7½ points out of 15 games in the 3 tournaments got a scheduled games, so a playoff was needed, which “Vishy” Anand cash prize. A total of $6000 in gift certificates were awarded by won 2½-1½. He also won 1.5 million dollars. But don’t feel too the Chess’n Math Association and split among 120 winners. The sad for Boris Gelfand. His prize was one million dollars! top scorers in each age group were: MONTREAL TORONTO ONTARIO - QUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP <8 Robert Liu <8 Benjamin Lin The annual match between the top school teams from Quebec <10 William Lai <10 Yue Tong Zhao and Ontario was played on June 9th at Queen’s University in <12 Benjamin Sun <12 Jeffrey Xu Kingston. Fifteen teams took part. Congratulations to Seneca Hill Run Kun Fan <14 Michael Song of Toronto for winning both elementary school sections. <14 Zong Yang Yu For the first time in this event, there was also a match between the top girls from each province, which Ontario won 17-8. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ONTARIO YOUTH The 2012 Ontario Youth Chess Grades K-3 Grades K-6 Grades 7-11 The P.E.I. School Chess Team Championship was played on 1 Seneca Hill 1 Seneca Hill 1 Collège Notre-Dame Championship took place on April 28-29 in Kitchener. There Benjamin Lin Benedict Cheung Zong Yang Yu April 17th in Charlottetown. were 156 boys and 32 girls. The Eugene Zhang Joey Zhong Oleksandr Nikulich The winning schools were: new provincial champions are: Daniel Liu Harry Zhao Santiago Plante GRADES K-4 West Kent Ray Liu Kyle Truong Andrey Nikulich ELEMENTARY Spring Park <8 Arhant Washimkar 2 Charlemagne 2 Charlemagne 2 Thornhill JUNIOR HIGH Queen Charlotte <10 Davy Zhao 3 Hillcrest 3 F.A.C.E. 3 U of Toronto Schools HIGH SCHOOL Colonel Gray <12 Yuanchen Zhang ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL <14 Mark Plotkin & Yinshi Li <16 Alexandru Florea NEWFOUNDLAND EDMONTON The 45th Ontario High School & Zachary Dukic There were 80 students from The Northern Alberta Team Chess Championship was held <18 Benjamin Blium 15 different schools at the 2012 Championship for elementary at York University in Toronto Newfoundland and Labrador schools took place on May 6 May 26-27 with 148 players. The winners of the separate girls School Team Championship on at the Edmonton Chess Club. The winner of the individual sections were: April 28 in St. John’s. The winner was Westbrook championship was 11th grader <8 Hazel Guo The school champions are: School, with team members Michael Ivanov (Toronto). Zach <10 Lily Zhou, Nicole Birarov, David Yao, Rayden Lin, and PRIMARY Mary Queen of Peace Dukic and Stephen Ye tied for & Jeannie Zhang Ethan Chew. They defeated ELEMENTARY MacDonald Drive second place. <12 Catherine Li & Minya Bai second place New Horizons by The school champion was <14 Melissa Giblon JUNIOR HIGH MacDonald Drive a score of 7½-6½. University of Toronto Schools. <16 Rebecca Giblon 34 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 35 MORE NEWS CHESSCHESS SUPERFESTSUPERFEST ONTARIO GIRLS BORDER WARS The 10th annual Ontario Girls The 21st annual Washington Championship was played in state vs. British Columbia team 20122012 Toronto on May 19th. A record match was held in Richmond BC 146 participants all received on May 5th. Each team has two AUGUST 15 -19 a pizza lunch, medals, and a students per grade (K-12) and Wednesday - Sunday souvenir t-shirt. everyone plays two games. For K Mysha Gilani the first time ever, the match at the magnificent resort hotel 1 Maya Kamath ended in a 26-26 tie! 2 Kylie Tan The overall score in the series Le Chantecler 3 Taylor Zhang is now 11½ -9½ in favour of Sainte-Adèle QC north of Montreal in the Laurentians 4 Lily Zhou Washington. 5 Dora Liu Five B.C. players won both of Lots to do for the whole family: swimming, horseback 6 Janet Peng their games: Kevin Low, Daniel riding, chess, and much more. Something for everyone! 7 Melissa Giblon Du, Jacob Jensen, Jack Cheng, Special Room Rates and Farley Cannon. 8 Monica Xu ($90 per night for up to 4 people in a room + tax) 9 Rebecca Giblon B.C. YOUTH 10 Florence Chan There were 93 participants at the 5 ROUND SWISS TOURNAMENT, one game per day. 11 Yasamin Moghtader British Columbia Youth Chess Open to anyone! 12 Yelizaveta Orlova Championships in Vancouver on 4 sections: OPEN, under 2000, 1700, 1400 TORONTO SCHOOLS April 21-22. Here are this year’s Open section: FIDE, CFC, FQE rated. Other sections: FQE The Toronto District School champions: : 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes for Board team finals were held <8 Neil Doknjas remainder of the game, plus 30 second increment from move 1. on May 4th with 24 schools. <10 Michael Su $6500 CASH PRIZES (1st prize Open section: $1250) This year’s champions are: <12 Max Gedojlovic Register EARLY for a discount on the ENTRY FEE! GRADE K -3 Seneca Hill, <14 John Doknjas GRADE 4-6 Seneca Hill Janak Awatramani Shorter Version: play 3 games Friday at quicker time control, then join GRADE 7-8 Cummer Valley Dezheng Kong regular tournament for last 2 rounds (not available for open section). CALGARY SCHOOLS Matthew Herdin organized by the Chess’n Math Association There were 23 schools at the <16 Tanraj Sohal Calgary Team Championship <18 Jak Cheng FOR MORE INFORMATION on May 5. The winners were: Top scorers in the separate girls including details on entry fees, prizes, and room rates ELEMENTARY St. Jerome section were Annika Zhou and www.chess-math.org 514 845-8352 JUNIOR HIGH Westmount Alice Xiao.

36 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 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 24 In case you never saw a “maze” or “loyd” w______w w______w before, here are some examples: árdbdwdw4] áwdwdw4kd] In a CHESSMAZE only one white The TRIPLE LOYD was invented àdpdwhwdw] à0w0wdp0p] piece moves. In this maze, it is by Sam Loyd, a famous chess ßw$wdwdw0] ßw1p0wdwd] the white knight. The object is to composer. They are called triple capture the black king without because there are three parts. In Þ0wdwdwiw] ÞdwhwdwdQ] taking any pieces or moving part A, you place the black king ÝwdwdQdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd] where the knight can be taken. on the board so that he is in Draw a line to show the path of checkmate. In part B, place him in Ü1w)wdwdw] ÜdB)w$wdw] the knight. This is a Maze in 19. . For part C, put the ÛPdwHBdP)] ÛP)wdw)P)] That means you should get the black king down so that White ÚdwdwdwIw] ÚdwdwdwIw] king in nineteen moves or less. has a mate in 1. solutions page 51 w______w w______w wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw áwdwGwdwi] áRdwdwdwd] MATE IN 1 MATE IN 2 àdBdwdrdN] àdwdwdwdw] ßp0wdwdwd] ßwdwdwdNd] w______w w______w ÞdwdP0wdw] ÞdwdQdwdw] áwdwdwdkH] áwdwdwdwd] ÝwdwdPdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd] àdwdRdwdr] àdwdwdwdw] Üdwdw$wdw] Üdwdwdwdw] ßpdw)pdwd] ßwdwdwdwH] ÛP)P!wdwd] ÛwIwdwdwd] Þ)wdpdwdr] ÞdwdBIwdw] ÚdwIwdwdw] ÚdwdwdwdN] Ýwdw4PdP)] Ýwdwdwdwd] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw ÜdwdwGwdw] Üdwdwdwdw] ÛwdwdQdBd] Ûwdwdwdwd] We received 1 entry to April’s contest! Ú$wdwdwIw] ÚHwdw!wdw] 1 Mate in 1 1.Rg5# wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 2 Mate in 2 1.Re2 Kd4 2.Qc4# (1...Kd3 2.Qe3#) 3 Maze Ra1-c1-c3-e3-e5-g5-g7-h7-h6-f6 CHESSMAZE IN 29 TRIPLE LOYD -f4-d4-d2-b2xb8 Only the white KNIGHT moves. PLACE THE BLACK KING IN : 4 Loyd A.Kd5 B.Kb5 C.Kf4 (Bb8#) 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 Cindy Qiao of Toronto where the knight can be taken. C Mate in 1

38 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 39 A friendly house overlooked the lawn KIRIL’S O And inside lived the family Hahn, R TTHHEE PPAAWWNN With mom Yvonne and daddy Ron N And their little children, E Sean and Dawn. R OONN TTHHEE LLAAWWNN

Our story opens once upon A prairie scene Of foggy green Near the river Saskatchewan In a little town they call Flin Flon. As a misty breeze Embraced the trees, The first rays of the rising sun Turned nighttime into dawn. And there atop a dew-dropped lawn Lay a lost and lonely pawn. Inspired by the sun that brightly shone, The robins and the wrens Sang their morning hymns Gently waking young Sean and Dawn With a rosy smile and a tired yawn. They hopped from their beds, combed their heads, And got dressed for the day, Had something to eat, jumped from their seats, And then it was time to play. The name of the game they like the best Is CHESS. So they sat down by their set But soon they got upset. What was going on? One pawn was gone.

40 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 41 They looked here and there and all around. Once the pawn was taken, 5. . . . Ngf6 The missing pawn was nowhere to be found. Dawn placed it on b2. And After 5...h6? 6.Ne6!, Black “Well, let’s just play without it,” Sean said. the penny was forsaken, will sing the blues. There But his sister insisted, like the pawn on the lawn are two cool ways to lose. “We can’t do that. We’ll use a penny instead.” itw______w never knew. So the game went on 6...fxe6 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qxg6# With a penny on b2 árhb1kgn4] 6...Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Bd3 And the pawn on the lawn à0pdw0p0p] fxe6 9.Qh5+ Kd8 10.Ba5 Forgotten would be soon. ßwdpdwdwd] Þdwdwdwdw] 6. Bd3 e6 White DAWN Ýwdw)Ndwd] Like before, 6...h6 7.Ne6! Black SEAN Üdwdwdwdw] gives White the upper ÛP)Pdw)P)] hand. 7...fxe6 8.Bg6# is 1. e4 Ú$wGQIBHR] easy to understand. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw But 7...Qa5+ 8.Bd2 Qb6 Forward steps the e-pawn. 9.Nf3 fxe6 10.Bg6+ Kd8 1. . . . c6 4. . . . Nd7 11.0-0 Qc7 is not so clear. Too soon to cheer. Black responds with the Sean avoids doubled Caro-Kann. “Bring it on!” pawns when he can. 7. N1f3 3. Nc3 5...Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 is 2. d4 d5 As you can see, both w______w White brings out a knight his plan. white knights can go to f3. árhb1kgn4] to guard e4 with all his 4...Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 is And because they stand à0pdw0p0p] might. Other options that also fine. on the same file, writing keep the pawn alive are ßwdpdwdwd] 4...Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 is 7.Ngf3 would only make taking d5 and pushing e5. Þdwdpdwdw] another good line. us smile. That’s why we Ýwdw)Pdwd] 3. . . . dxe4 use the numbers of their 5. Ng5!? ranks, N1f3 or N5f3, and Üdwdwdwdw] Capturing here is the only then say thanks. ÛPdPdw)P)]1¢ move that keeps Black in White moves the knight a Ú$NGQIBHR] their groove. third time, which doesn’t seem quite right. But there wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 4. Nxe4 are a lot of traps hidden CARO KANN DEFENCE. The knight does his duty. out of sight. It’s just the Fighting for the centre Such heroics are often a kind of complications makes a lot of sense. thing of beauty. some players like to invite.

42 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 43 w______w árdb1kgw4] Can anyone guess what 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 à0pdndp0p] happens now? (12...Kf8 13.Qf7#) ßwdpdphwd] 10. Nxf7! 13. Nf7+ Kg8 ÞdwdwdwHw] Wham, bam, kapow! Here she could take her brother’s queen (14.Nxd8+). Ýwdw)wdwd] Dawn’s knight is true. He But a smothered mate is ÜdwdBdNdw] boldly breaks on through. ÛP)Pdw)P)] something better to be Ú$wGQIwdR] 10. . . . Kxf7 seen. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw And there’s nothing Sean 14. Nh6+! can do. 7. . . . Be7 Around about then, A double check seals the their father popped in. 11. Ng5+ Kg8 deal. Imagine how that The best way to play is poor king feels. 7...Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 “Hey, kids, I see you’re The other white knight is 14. . . . Kh8 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 and having fun. Is your game strong and mean. 11...Kf8 Black is okay. almost over? Maybe when would lose the queen. 15. Qg8+! 12.Nxe6+ Kg8 13.Nxd8 Here’s a game from 1997 you’re done, you can play Her majesty is the real a while with Rover.” w______w between a computer called árdb1rdkd] hero in this story. She Deep Blue and the world “Sure thing, dad. We’d be gives up her life for a champion Garry Kasparov. glad.” à0pdngw0p] moment of glory. 7...h6 8.Nxe6 Qe7?! ßwdpdphwd] A brave deed, indeed. 9. 0-0 Re8? ÞdwdwdwHw] 9.0-0 fxe6 (9...Qxe6 10.Re1) 15. . . . Rxg8 10.Bg6+ Kd8 11.Bf4 and Black’s idea is knight to f8, Ýwdw)wdwd] (15...Nxg8 16.Nf7#) the computer (white) went but it was better to wait. ÜdwdBdwdw] on to finish him off. w______w ÛP)PdQ)P)] 16. Nf7# 8. Qe2 0-0 árdb1rdkd] Ú$wGwdRIw] à0pdngp0p] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw After 8...h6, White should ßwdpdphwd] settle for 9.Ne4 Nxe4 ÞdwdwdwHw] Sakes, alive! 10.Qxe4 with a small plus, White has mate in 5. and no fuss. Ýwdw)wdwd] ÜdwdBdNdw] 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.Bg6+ Kf8 ÛP)PdQ)P)] 11.Qxe6 looks great, but Ú$wGwdRIw] 11...Qa5+! 12.c3 Qd5 stops the mate. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

44 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 45 For the pawn on the lawn, The day was long. Life didn’t feel like a field of clover CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE When Rover felt like running over. 2012 PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS First sniffing, then wagging, And worst of all, dragging. NOVA SCOTIA 1 Jerjis Kapra Halifax This pawn was not that strong. 2 Callum Brown Halifax 3 Benjamin Koshi Halifax That night, when the curtains were drawn, 4 Kyle Woodworth ** Berwick Was a quiet time for the family Hahn. 5 Lucas Dorrance **** Cambridge 6 Kate He * Halifax And a lovely sight it was, with porch lights on, 7 Connor MacLeod * Halifax In the peaceful town they call Flin Flon. 8 Adam Dorrance ****** Cambridge 9 Jeremy Peters * Halifax On the morrow came another dawn 10 Dennis Gallant * Dartmouth And once again 11 Fred Lu *** Halifax 12 Florent Herbinger Shad Bay The robins and the wrens NEW BRUNSWICK Sang their morning hymns. NEW BRUNSWICK ONTARIO 1 Alexandre Xavier-Leblanc Moncton 1 Jonathan Zhao Toronto But noone sang along. 2 Samuel Savoie Dieppe 2 Benjamin Lin * Toronto It was a mournful song of sorrow. 3 Cynthia Cui Fredericton 3 Wenyang Ming Markham 4 Robin Weiland Riverview 4 Yue Tong Zhao Stouffville The pawn on the lawn was gone. 5 Marin Mealey Moncton 5 Richard Chen Ancaster 6 Sam Song ^ Saint John 6 Joseph Bellissimo Toronto 7 Nathaniel Schrader***** Moncton 7 Yinshi Li Toronto 8 Bob Feng *** Moncton 8 Tony Lin Toronto 9 Nicolas Robichaud ** Moncton 9 James Fu Toronto 10 YannickCastonguay-Page Moncton 10 Joey Qin **** Ottawa 11 Logan LaPlace Moncton 11 Mate Marinkovic Ottawa 12 Ian Phillips Moncton 12 Arthur Calugar *** Toronto ALBERTA QUEBEC 1 William Bradford Edmonton 1 Qiuyu Huang Montreal 2 Ian Zhao * Calgary 2 Robert Liu * Montreal 3 Kaixin Wang * Edmonton 3 William Lai ** Montreal 4 David Yao Edmonton 4 Run Kun Fan Montreal 5 Ian McCullough Sherwood Park 5 Benjamin Sun Montreal 6 Jamil Kassam Edmonton 6 Ling Yun Shi Montreal 7 Nicholas Lee Calgary 7 HongRui Zhu Montreal 8 Chenxi Zhao Calgary 8 Nicholas Johnson Montreal 9 Yuekai Wang *** Calgary 9 Zhao Yang Luo Montreal 10 10 Forest Guo ** Sherbrooke 11 Derek Thomas Edmonton 11 Nikita Kraiouchkine Granby 12 Harris Wang Edmonton 12 Louie Jiang Montreal * champion last year also

46 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 47 TTOOUURRNNAAMMEENNTTSS WWHHOO’’SS FOR KIDS THE Most scholastic chess tournaments are held during the THE school year. For information on next year’s schedule of events, you can contact the following people, or check out GGOOOOFF?? the Chess’n Math website in September.

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48 Scholar’s Mate 113 Scholar’s Mate 113 49 RARATINGSTINGS * SSOOLLUUTTIIOONNSS * Scholastic ratings for all players who have taken part MATE IN 1 MATE IN 3 in a CMA tournament during the last three years can 1 1.Qh8# 1 1.Rxg7+ Kxg7 2.Rg1+ Kh8 3.Qf6# be found on the Chess’n Math Association webpage: 2 1.Qe5# 2...Kh6 3.Qg5# 3 1.Rxg6# 2 1.Qf7+ Kh8 2.Qe8+ Bf8 3.Qxf8# www.chess-math.org 4 1.Qc8# 3 1.Qf8+ Kc7 2.Re7+ any 3.Qd8# Click the “ratings” tab on the homepage, which will MATE IN 2 4 1.Rh8+ Kxh8 2.Qh1+ Kg8 3.Qh7# take you to the ratings page: 1 1.Nf6+ any 2.Qxh7# TACTICS 101 www.chesstalk.com/elo/pub 2 1.Qa8+ Kd7 2.Qe8# 1 1.Nf6+ (2.Nxd7) 3. 1.Qg7+ Kxe6 2.Qg6# 2 1.Bxh7+ (2.Rxd6) Once on the ratings page, with Kiril and the map of 1. . . . Ke8 2.Qf8# 3 1.Bc4 (2.Bxe6+) Canada, you can search ratings by name, province, 4. 1.Qxg6+ hxg6 2.Rh8# 4 1.Qc8+ (2.Qxh8) age, or grade! You can also see a list of recently 1. . . . fxg6 2.Ne7# CHESSMAZE rated tournaments at the bottom of the page. Click TRIPLE LOYD Nh7-g5-h3-g1-e2-c3-b1 on the tournament to see a crosstable of the event. A.Ke8 B.Kb4 C.Ke3 (Re8#) -a3-c4-d6-c8-a7-c6-b4 -d3-e1-g2-h4-g6xh8 For information on how to rate your tournaments: LILY'S PUZZLER COMBO MOMBO www.chess-math.org/ratings/rate.htm 1.e3 e5 2.Ba6 Nxa6 1 1...Rc1+ 2.Rd1 Bb4+ 3.b4 Nb8 4.Bb2 Nc6 3.Nd2 Nd3# 1.Nh3 d5 2.Nf4 Bh3 2 1.Qb3+ Kh8 (1...Kf8 2.Qf7#) (1...Re6 2.Qxe6+ delays mate.) 3.Nxd5 Qxd5 4.gxh3 Qd8 CCOOAAKKLLEEYY CCHHEESSSS..CCOOMM 2.Nf7+ Kg8 3.Nh6+ Kh8 WHO’S THE GOOF? 4.Qg8+ Kxg8 5.Nf7# homepage of JEFF COAKLEY 1. White has two dark-square bishops. Canadian Chess Master & Author 2. The black with pawns on b4 and d4 required 3 captures, but white is only missing 2 pieces. 3. The white knight is checking the black king, but Ne7+ Information on on the previous move was impossible because all the Winning Chess squares it could have moved from are occupied. For Kids series: 4. The double check by the white bishop and rook is Book Descriptions, possible if the last move was the dxe8=R+. Reviews, Errata, However, the white bishop must also be a promoted piece because of the unmoved pawns at e2 and g2. Announcements. The original light-square bishop could never have www.coakleychess.com moved and was captured on f1. White still has 7 pawns, so 2 promotions is impossible.

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