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Échec Au Roi Sur Internet!! É C H E C AU RO I La revue d’échecs pour les jeunes OCTOBRE 2009 numéro 103 ÉCHEC AU ROI SUR INTERNET!! PIONVILLE A SA FORMULE 1 LA NOTATION échec au roi HALLOWEEN! HALLOWEEN!! EST MAINTENANT EN LIGNE!! À partir de cette édition (no. 103), Échec au Roi ne sera plus imprimé. Mais ne sois pas triste, car tu peux toujours t’amuser en ligne avec ta revue d’échecs canadienne préférée, et cela gratuitement! L’Association Échecs et Maths continuera de publier Échec au Roi cinq fois par année en un document DNL Digital, un super nouveau format qui ressemble à la version imprimable, avec même des pages qui tournent! Une version imprimable en pdf sera également disponible. Tu peux lire la « revue électronique » directement sur le site de l’AEM ou la télécharger dans ton ordinateur pour pouvoir la consulter à ta guise. Dans les deux cas, tu auras besoin du programme « DNL Reader », que tu peux télécharger rapidement et gratuitement sur notre site: www.echecs.org Un mot de passe est requis pour accéder à la revue Bonjour à tous, électronique. Pour l’obtenir, visite notre site et tu n’auras qu’à donner ton adresse et on t’enverra aussitôt ton mot Comme tu peux le remarquer, on a enfin de passe. franchi le monde du cyberespace. C’est fini le Si tu as des questions au sujet de la revue électronique temps d’oublier ta revue favorite à l’école ou ou ton mot de passe, n’hésite pas à nous contacter à sur le banc d’un autobus, Échec au Roi est l’adresse suivante: maintenant au bout de ta souris d’ordinateur! [email protected] Visite notre toute nouvelle revue électronique et dis-moi ce que tu en penses en m’écrivant à [email protected]. Je te posterai par la suite une belle série de collants échiquéens! N’oublie surtout pas ton nom et ton adresse postale. Je te souhaite une super soirée d’Halloween avec tes amis! Bonne lecture, Kiril. 2 Échec au Roi 103 Échec au Roi 103 3 ÉCHEC AU ROI ÉCHEC AU ROI 3423, rue St- Denis, suite 400 OCTOBRE 2009 # 103 Montréal (Québec) H2X 3L2 Rédactrice Maria Manuri SOMMAIRE Dessinateur Antoine Duff Collaborateurs Jeff Coakley Jean Desforges ÉCHECS EXPRESS 9 Tournoi par équipe Québec-Ontario Échec au Roi est publié cinq fois par année par l’Association Championnat Jeunesse - Résultats Échecs et Maths. Toute diffusion ou reproduction est inerdite sans l’autorisation explicite d’Échec au Roi. LA NOTATION 12 Par le Professeur Maboule Octobre 2009 Téléphone: 514 845-8352 ISSN 0843-4433 Apprendre à lire et à écrire une partie Dates de publication : 15 octobre, 15 décembre, 15 février, 15 avril, 15 juin TOURNOIS JEUNESSE 28 Un tournoi proche de chez toi Bonjour, les amis! LA FORMULE 1 À PIONVILLE 34 Échec au Roi est maintenant une revue électronique! Il Avec Toro Trace de Pneu en vedette! n’y a donc plus d’abonnement car tous peuvent la lire gratuitement sur internet. Pour la consulter, tu auras Échec au Roi sur internet 2 Meilleurs du Québec 24 besoin d’un mot de passe et d’un programme gratuit Membre Échec au Roi 4 Meilleurs du Canada 25 appelé « DNL Reader » que tu trouveras sur notre site. Lire une partie d’échecs 6 Mat en 1 30 Pour obtenir ton mot de passe, visite le site de l’AEM et Lettres pour Kiril 7 Mat en 2 32 le tour est joué! On t’enverra ton mot de passe aussitôt! Ed et Alex 10 Mat en 3 33 www.echecs.org Meilleures Filles 11 Cote scolaire 44 Si tu as des questions au sujet de la Grand Déménagement 15 Positions bidons 47 revue électronique, contacte-nous à: Les Ouvertures 16 Ch. Ouvert du Québec 48 [email protected] Tactiques 101 20 Solutions 49 Grand Prix 22 Super Concours Kiril 50 On se voit bientôt Tournoi par équipe 23 Camps de Noël 51 en ligne! 4 Échec au Roi 103 Échec au Roi 103 5 Comment lire une partie d’échecs LLEETTTTRREESS w________w L’ÉCHIQUIER áwdwdwdwd] POUR L’échiquier est composé de 8 àdwdwdwdw] colonnes et de 8 rangées. ßwdwdwdwd] Les colonnes vont de haut en KKIIRRIILL bas et les rangées de cotés Þdwdpdwdw] Ýwdwdwdwd] . Chaque colonne est Bonjour Kiril, affronter toutes les autres identifiée par une lettre et la Üdwdwdwdw] équipes des belles provinces rangée par un chiffre. Ûwdwdwdwd] Mon nom est Raphaël St-Jean, j’ai 9 ans et j’habite canadiennes lors d’un gros Chaque case de l’échiquier Údwdwdwdw] tournoi de deux jours. porte aussi un nom. On débute à St-Lin. Il n’y a pas de wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Ces joueurs sont très forts par la lettre de la colonne tournoi dans ma région et suivie du chiffre de la rangée. Ainsi Cb1-c3 signifie que le j’ai entendu dire à mon et je ne pense pas me Sur le diagramme, le pion noir Cavalier se déplace de b1 à école que les joueurs du tromper en disant que les se situe à l’intersection de la c3. e2-e4 signifie que le pion Québec de mon âge ont échecs est leur grande colonne d et de la rangée 5. se déplace de e2 à e4. Quand remporté un très grand passion et qu’ils doivent y une pièce est capturée, on La case se nomme donc: d5. tournoi, grand comme les consacrer beaucoup de leur remplace le tiret (-) par un x. Lorsque tu écris les coups temps! Voici une photo Dh5xf7 signifie que la Dame olympiques. Peux-tu me d’une partie, tu commences souvenir. À bientôt! en h5 capture en f7. donner des infos et me dire Kiril par écrire l’initiale de la pièce s’ils ont étudié les échecs LES SIGNES en lettre majuscule que tu longtemps pour faire ça. veux bouger. Dans le cas où - déplacement tu bouges un pion, tu ne dois x capture Raphaël St-Jean pas l’identifier. + échec St-Lin # échec et mat Dame Q = D Roi K = R ep prise en passant Bonjour Raphaël, Tour R = T Fou B = F 0-0 petit roque Douze jeunes joueurs du 0-0-0 grand roque Cavalier N = C Québec, de la 1ère à la ! bon coup 12e année, ont remporté le Pour noter un coup, on identifie !! très bon coup titre national échiquéen, d’abord la pièce (sauf pour le ? mauvais coup cela veut dire que l’équipe Trois de nos quatre médaillés pion). On écrit par la suite la 1-0 blancs gagnent d’or: Run Kun Fan, Benjamin Sun case de départ et celle d’arrivée, 0-1 noirs gagnent du Québec est championne et Kelly Wang lors du Défi avec un tiret entre les deux. ½ - ½ nul du grand Canada!! Ils ont dû Échiquéen National 2009. 6 Échec au Roi 103 Échec au Roi 103 7 ÉCHECS EXPRESS YVES CASAUBON 1949 - 2009 CHAMPIONNAT KINGSTON Le monde des échecs a perdu l’un de ses JEUNESSE 20 équipes ont participé au Tournoi plus grands amis en août dernier. Yves Le Championnat Jeunesse 2009 a par Équipe Québec-Ontario qui se Casaubon était l’ami de tous et adorait les eu lieu à Victoria en Colombie- donnait à l’Université Queen de échecs et tout ce qui s’y rattachait. Arbitre Britannique du 21 au 24 juillet. 91 Kingston le 6 juin dernier. en chef des plus gros tournois d’échecs garçons et 31 filles ont participé Voici les équipes gagnantes: au Québec et expert informatique à à ce bel événement. Voici les trois Maternelle-3e année l’Association Échecs et Maths, Yves a premiers de chaque section: 1 Académie Michèle-Provost - A créé le système de cote que l’on connaît <8 Kevin Wan ON Christine Gao aujourd’hui. Il connaissait et s’intéressait à Daniel Zotkin ON Louis Campagna tous les joueurs d’échecs petits et grands. Yuanchen Zhang ON Justin Vittecoq Toujours de bonne humeur, toujours au <10 Dezheng Kong CB Charles Vachon service de tous, toujours Yves. William Graif ON 2 Académie Michèle-Provost - B Merci pour l’aventure, mon ami! Olivier Chiku-Ratté QC 3 North Prep Maternelle-6e année CHAMPIONNAT CANADIEN 2009 <12 Richard Wang AB 1 École Internationale Le Championnat Canadien 2009 s’est tenu à l’Université de Guelph du James Fu ON Hong Rui Zhu 8 au 16 août dernier où 31 joueurs vedettes canadiens s’affrontaient dans Jack Qian CB Benjamin Sun un tournoi rotation de 9 rondes. <14 Thomas Kaminski AB Lin Sheng He Bravo au Maître International Jean Hébert (Montréal) qui a remporté le David Zhang AB Haley He titre pour la deuxième fois après 31 ans d’écart! Sa prestation de 6 victoires David Itkin ON 2 École Fernand-Séguin et 3 parties nulles lui a permis de devancer le favori Mark Bluvshtein <16 Karoly Szalay ON 3 École Henderson (Toronto). Alexander Martchenko ON Secondaires Félicitations à Jonathan Tayar (Toronto) pour avoir réussi sa norme de Avinaash Sundar ON 1 École Northern Maître International et à Louie Jiang (10e année, Montréal) et Aman <18 Eric Hansen AB Aaron Wu Hambleton (12e année, Toronto), pour avoir réussi leur norme de Maître Tian Lan FIDE. Wow!! Victor Kaminski AB Kivin Me SK Benjamin Olden-Cooligan JUNIOR CANADIEN Daniel Zhang Les six championnes féminines: 2 Collège Notre-Dame 12 joueurs ont participé au Championnat Junior Canadien 2009 qui a eu <8 Jiaxin Liu ON 3 École Massey Hall lieu à Victoria, en Colombie-Britannique, du 25 au 28 juillet dernier. Raja Panjwani, de Kitchener, a remporté les honneurs de ce tournoi <10 Melissa Giblon ON suisse de 7 rondes avec un résultat de 5½.
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