CANADA'S CHESS MAGAZINE FOR KIDS JUNE 2013 number 118

CAPTAIN BEMO: DESTINATION PELEE CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE BISHOP AND KNIGHT MATES SSCCHHOOLLAARR’’SS MMAATTEE HHEELLLLOO CCHHEESSSS PPAALLSS!! SCHOLAR’S MATE is Canada’s Chess Magazine For Kids. You can enjoy it on-line, for free! The Chess’n Math Association publishes Scholar’s Mate five times per year as a DNL document. It has the same look as a real 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. www.chess-math.org WELCOME TO THE MAGAZINE. If you have any questions about the e-magazine, please contact us at: Do you have any chess plans for the summer? [email protected] There are lots of chess camps around the country. And some big tournaments too, like the North American Youth Championships in Toronto. Don’t forget to pack a chess set if you go on vacation. You never know when you might meet a new chess friend! Congratulations to the winners of the Canadian Chess Challenge. See page 8 for a full report. Here’s the mag, Kiril

2 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 3 SCHOLAR’S MATE SCHOLAR'S MATE 3423 St. Denis #400 JUNE 2013 #118 Montreal, Quebec H2X 3L2

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Scholar's Mate is published five times per year by the CHESS CHALLENGE 8 Chess’n Math Association. Dates of issue : October 15, Ontario Takes The Gold December 15, February 15, April 15, June 15 Report From Ottawa Reproduction by any means, mechanical or electronic, is forbidden except by permission of Scholar's Mate. BISHOP AND KNIGHT MATES 14 Kiril’s Klass June 2013 (date of issue) Winning Ways With Minor Pieces DESTINATION PELEE 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 Front Cover 1 Combo Mombo 29 DNL Reader, which is available on our website. Or You Are Here! 5 Mate in 1 30 you can download a PDF version of the magazine. How To Read Chess 6 Mate in 2 31 www.chess-math.org Letters To Kiril 7 Mate in 3 32 If you have any questions Kiril’s Address 7 Lily’s Puzzler 33 about the magazine, Mort and Marley 19 News 34 please contact us at: Summer Camps 20 Kiril’s Kontest 38 [email protected] Master Profile 21 Provincial Champs 52 Canada Top Ten 22 Who’s The Goof? 53 See you Tactics 101 23 Tournaments 54 on-line! Regional Top 10’s 24 Ratings 56 Top Girls 28 Solutions 57

4 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 5 HOW T O READ A CHESS GAME It's easy. The board has 8 files LETTERS 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 sideways. Each one is named 5 dwdw0wdw by a number. 4 wdwdPdwd KIRIL Every square also has a name. 3 dwdwdwdw The first part is its file and the second part is its rank. In this 2 P)P)w)P) Hello Kiril, diagram, a white pawn moved 1 $NGQIBHR to e4 and a black pawn to e5. I have a question. How can you abcdefgh When moves are written down, and the other pawns walk when the first capital letter shows the Here are some special symbols: you don’t have any legs? piece which moves. Q is queen. + check B is bishop. R is rook. N is used # checkmate I really like reading Scholar’s for knight because the king is K. Mate. Thanks for making it. If there is no capital letter, that e. p. en passant means a pawn moves. O - O castles kingside Charles S. Next is the square that the O - O - O castles queenside Toronto, Ontario piece moves to. Bc4 says that a 1 - 0 white wins bishop moves to the square c4. 0 - 1 black wins Hi Charles, When a piece is captured, an x ½ - ½ draw is put before the square. Qxf7 Thanks for writing. That’s a very tricky question. means a queen takes on f7. ! excellent move If a pawn captures, the letter ? mistake I didn’t know that we needed legs to walk! I guess of the file it starts on is given !? cool move we just sort of glide around. It’s easy. first, then an x followed by the ?! weird (weak) move square it takes on. exd5 says a Bye for now, pawn on the e-file captures on The game below is written in Kiril the square d5. algebraic notation. Kiril was 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! another letter is put after the ROCKY KIRIL HEYHEY,, FRIENDS!FRIENDS! piece to show what file it came from. Rae1 tells us that a rook 1. e4 e5 I’VE GOT E-MAIL. on the a-file moves to e1. 2. Qh5 d6 If the pieces that can move to 3. Bc4 Nf6 ? .. You can write me a letter the same spot are on the same 4. Qxf7 # or enter my contest at: file, then their rank number is added. N6e4 means the knight Oh no! Kiril got mated in just [email protected] on the 6th rank moves to e4. four moves. That was no fun!

6 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 7 oo AANNAADDIIAANN 22001133 CCHHAAMMPPIIOONNSS oo HHEESSSS 1 LUCIEN WU British Columbia oo 2 QIUYU HUANG Quebec HHAALLLLEENNGGEE 3 NICHOLAS VETTESE Ontario 4 KAIXIN WANG Alberta R E P O R T F R O M TH E N A T I O N ` S C A P I T A L 5 MAÏLI-JJADE OUELLET Quebec The national finals of the 25th annual Canadian Chess Challenge were held on Victoria Day weekend 6 KEVIN WAN * Ontario at Carleton University in Ottawa. 7 QIYU ZHOU Ontario Most players and their families enjoyed the good 8 RAZVAN PREOTU Ontario weather on Saturday by sightseeing around the scenic 9 ADAM DORRANCE ****** Nova Scotia capital. That evening, the opening banquet featured entertainment by a group of jugglers. 10 JAMES FU * Ontario The chess competition began on Sunday morning. 11 TANRAJ SOHAL ******* British Columbia A bagpiper played as the teams marched into the hall, 12 NIKITA KRAIOUCHKINE ***** Quebec carrying their provincial flags. After the national previous national champion anthem, sung by Don MacKinnon (Saskatchewan), the * players shook hands and started their games. When the last king was mated on Monday afternoon, Alberta 8-4 in round 9, but lost earlier to Quebec 8-4 Ontario had captured first place for the fourth time in a and Ontario 9-3. row, winning all of their matches and earning eleven Alberta placed fourth with six match victories, including medals, including five golds. a 10-2 thumping of Manitoba in the first round. Kaixin As you can see in the photo on page 11, the prizes at Wang (Edmonton) won gold in grade 4 while five other the nationals are trophies. We just talk as if they are Albertans took bronze. medals, like at the Olympics! New Brunswick and Newfoundland tied for fifth place Quebec finished a strong second, with eight players in match points. The tiebreak (individual points) went to taking home prizes. Nikita Kraiouchkine (Granby) won New Brunswick, who received the prize for Top Atlantic his grade for the sixth time. The team’s only loss was Team. Sam Song (Saint John) tied for first in grade 7, against Ontario 8-4 in the final round. but lost the playoff. British Columbia came third, led by 11th grader Tanraj The Most Improved Team was Saskatchewan, who Sohal (Surrey), who became champion for the eighth scored 7 more points than 2012. time, tying the record held by Lefong Hua (Montreal) Thirteen players were undefeated, with perfect 9-0’s and Lloyd Mai (Ottawa). B.C defeated longtime rival by Lucien Wu (Vancouver), Qiuyu Huang (Montreal), 8 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 9 match individual 2013 TEAMS ONTARIO 9 95½ QUEBEC 8 85½ BRITISH COLUMBIA 7 76 ALBERTA 6 65½ NEW BRUNSWICK 4 47½ NEWFOUNDLAND 4 40 NOVA SCOTIA 3 38½ MANITOBA 2½ 36½ SASKATCHEWAN 1½ 31½ PRINCE EDWARD IS. 0 23½

Maïli-Jade Ouellet (St-Lambert), Kevin Wan (Ottawa), Razvan Preotu (Burlington), and James Fu (Toronto). The Most Valuable Player award, given to the player who scores the highest percentage of points on their 2013 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS team, went to Adam Dorrance of Nova Scotia. front: Kevin Wan, Maïli-Jade Ouellet, Kaixin Wang, Four 2012 champions returned to defend their title. Nicholas Vettese, Qiuyu Huang, Lucien Wu Three of them were successful: Adam Dorrance, Tanraj back: James Fu, Nikita Kraiouchkine, Tanraj Sohal, Sohal, and Nikita Kraiouchkine. Adam Dorrance, Razvan Preotu, Qiyu Zhou Two provinces had siblings on their team. The best result was by the Dorrance brothers of Nova Scotia, with Adam taking gold in grade 9, and Lucas placing SSIILLVVEERR BBRROONNZZEE fourth in grade 6. 1 Nameer Issani ON 1 Khino Tolentino AB Playoffs were needed to decide first prize in grades 2 Patrick Huang BC 2 Andi Superceanu AB 3, 7, and 12, with a three-way tie in grade 3. 3 Victor Zheng BC 3 Ian Zhao AB Seven girls participated this year. For the first time 4 Wenyang Ming ON 4 Ethan Low BC 5 Yue Tong Zhao ON 5 Derek Ma MB ever, two girls became CCC champions in the same 6 Ananda Saha QC 6 Matthew Geng BC year: Maïli-Jade Ouellet (grade 5) and Qiyu Zhou 7 Sam Song NB 7 Kelly Wang QC (grade 7, Ottawa). Excellent scores were also turned 8 Zong Yang Yu QC 8 Adam Rahemtulla BC in by Kelly Wang (3rd, grade 7, Montreal), and Nicka 9 Mark Plotkin ON 9 Bob Feng NB Kalaydina (4th, grade 11, Calgary). 10 Zhao Yang Luo * QC 10 YueKai Wang AB Other girls who won the nationals are Stefanie Chu 11 Joey Qin * ON 11 Forest Guo QC (1997, grade 8, ON); Valentina Goutor (1998, grade 3, 12 Michael Ivanov ON 12 David Zhang * AB BC); Kelly Wang (2007-09, grades 1-3, QC). * previous national champion

10 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 11 Team Manitoba, wearing bright blue, received the $200 first prize for Best Team Shirt. Newfoundland was second and Ontario third. It was the fifth time in nine years that Manitoba won. The competition is decided by a vote of the provincial coordinators. The Yves Casaubon Outstanding Contribution Award was presented to Peter Henson of Winnipeg for his many years of dedicated service to scholastic chess in Manitoba. The tournament director for this 25th year of the Chess Challenge was Jonathan Berry (Nanaimo), who TEAM ONTARIO directed the first nationals in Ottawa in 1989. Also attending, as Quebec team captain, was Lefong Hua, the 1989 grade 1 champion! He even wore the number 25 on the back of his team shirt. 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 James Fu and Mark Plotkin. The Chess Challenge finals will be held in Winnipeg next year. We hope to see you there!

2013 MEDALS GOLD SILVER BRONZE

ONTARIO 5 6 QUEBEC 3 3 2 BRITISH COLUMBIA 2 2 3 ALBERTA 1 5 NOVA SCOTIA 1 NEW BRUNSWICK 1 1 MANITOBA 1 TEAM QUÉBEC

12 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 13 Perhaps the most famous mate with bishop and knight is the opening trap known as Legall’sw______w Mate, named after KIRIL’S French master Legall de Kermeur. KLASS árdw1kgn4] BISHOP AND In diagram #2, White wins with à0p0wdp0w] KNIGHT MATES the spectacular 1.Nxe5! If Black ßwdw0wdw0] accepts the queen sacrifice with Þdwdwhwdw] 1...Bxd1, they get checkmated ÝwdBdPdbd] by 2.Bxf7+ Ke7 3.Nd5#. ÜdwHwdNdw] So Black should decline the This lesson looks at various ÛP)Pdw)P)] ways to mate with B & N. offer, when White is up material Ú$wGQIwdR] after 1...Be6 2.Bxe6 dxe5 3.Qh5! wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw or 1...dxe5 2.Qxg4. Position #3 is another example WHITE TO WIN MATERIAL Bishop and knights are called minor pieces. They are of the Legall trap from the Scotch Game. It arises after less valuable than the queen and rooks because it is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 (4...h6 5.Bc4 Bg4 impossible to checkmate a lone king with just a king and 6.dxe5 Nxe5? gives position #2.) 5.Bg5 a6? 6.Bc4 Bg4 a bishop or with just a king and a knight. 7.dxe5 Nxe5? (Better is 7...Bxf3). But by working together, it is possible to force mate The key ingredients for this trap are Bc4 Nf3 Nc3 for with K, B, N against K. This is one of the hardest basic White and Bf8 Bg4 for Black. If there is a black knight on mates for players to learn. Even with the best moves, it f6, then it has to be pinned by Bg5. Usually, black must may take over 30 turns to win. also make a time wasting move like ...a6. One important thing to know about this ending is that From the diagram, White scores with 8.Nxe5! Bxd1? the defending king must be forced to a corner that the 9.Bxf7+ Ke7 10.Nd5#. All four white minor pieces take bishop can attack. In diagram #1, Black’s king is already part in the mate. (White has a big advantage following in the “right corner”. White mates easily now by keeping 8...dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Rxd8 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5.) the black king boxed in. w______w w______w 1.Kb6! The white king covers ákdwdwdwd] árdw1kgw4] the a7 and b7 squares. 1...Kb8 àdwdwdBdw] àdp0wdp0p] 2.Be6! The bishop prevents the ßwdwdwdwd] ßpdw0whwd] king from running to c8. 2...Ka8 ÞdwIwdwdw] ÞdwdwhwGw] 3.Nc5. The knight heads for a6. ÝwdwdNdwd] ÝwdBdPdbd] 3...Kb8 4.Na6+ Ka8 5.Bd5# Üdwdwdwdw] ÜdwHwdNdw] The final position shows the Ûwdwdwdwd] ÛP)Pdw)P)] standard B+N mating pattern. Údwdwdwdw] Ú$wdQIwdR] Against a king on a8, the white wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw king wants to be on b6 or c7. WHITE TO MATE IN 5 WHITE TO WIN MATERIAL

14 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 15 w______w Our next checkmate uses two bishops and a knight. It is Position #6 is the same mate áwdwdw4kd] called the Blackburne Mate, after British master Joseph in a more complicated setting. à0bdrdpdp] Blackburne. His nickname was w______w This time, White must sacrifice ßw0w1w!pd] “the Black Death”. áwdw4w4kd] their queen to force the black Þdwdwdwdw] The first move of this mate is à0pdwgpdw] king into the bishop’s line of fire. ÝwdPHpdwd] always a queen sacrifice on h5. ßw1wdwdpd] 1.Qg7+! (1.Ne6? doesn’t work ÜdPdwdwdP] After 1.Qxh5! gxh5, the diagonal ÞdwhwdwHp] because after 1...fxe6, the black ÛPGwdw)Pd] leading to h7 is opened, which Ýwdwdwdw!] rook on d7 guards g7.) 1...Kxg7 Údwdw$wIw] allows 2.Bh7#. The bishop on b2 ÜdPdBdwdw] Now the knight and bishop take wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw ÛPGPdw)P)] covers the squares g7 and h8. care of business. 2.Nf5+ Double WHITE TO MATE IN 3 Other black moves also lose. ÚdwdwdRIw] check. 2...Kg8 3.Nh6# For example, 1...Bxg5 2.Qh8# or wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Knights and bishops are great at cooperating with the 1...Nxd3 2.Qh7#. WHITE TO MATE IN 2 major pieces (Q& R) to checkmate a king. But mates with only a bishop and knight are somewhat rare. This class One of the most common ways to mate with a bishop concludes with two more examples. and a knight involves a discovered check. Diagram #5 is w______w w______w a simple case. áwdw4kdwd] áwdwdwdwd] w______w àdwdw4pdw] àdwHwdwdw] árdwdw4wi] ßwdwdwdwd] ßwdwdwdwd] àdw1wdpdp] ÞdwdNdwdw] Þdw0w0pdw] ßpdwdbdpd] Ýwdwdwdwd] Ýwdpdkdrd] Þdw0pHwdw] ÜdwdwGwdw] Üdwdbdwdw] Ýwdwdwdwd] Ûwdwdw)Kd] ÛwdwdBIwd] ÜdPdwdwdw] Údwdwdwdw] Údwdwdwdw] ÛPGwdQ)P)] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw ÚdwdRdwIw] WHITE TO MATE IN 2 WHITE TO MATE IN 2 wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw WHITE TO MATE IN 2 To read solutions, please

stand on your head.

White starts with the powerful 2.Nb5# 1...Kd4

double check 1.Nxf7+! (which 2.Ne6# 1...Kf4

is stronger than 1.Nxg6+). 1.Bf3+

The only way out of a double #8

check is to move the king. 1...Kg8 2.Bh6# Kf8 1.Nf6+ The white knight adds the finishing touch. 2.Nh6# #7 Note that if the black queen were on e4 instead of c7, then 1.Nxg6+ Kg8 2.Ne7# would also mate. Bye for now!

16 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 17 NORTH AMERICAN t h e YOUTH MMOORRTT and MMAARRLLEEYY CHESS s h o w CHAMPIONSHIPS August 15-18 TORONTO

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18 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 19 SSUUMMMMEERR EMANUELEMANUEL LASKERLASKER (1868 - 1941) CCHHEESSSS CCAAMMPPSS This German master became world champion in 1894 by defeating Wilhelm Steinitz 12-7 in a TORONTO MONTREAL match split between New York, Philadelphia, July 2 - 5 June 25 - 28 and Montreal. He kept the title for a record 27 July 15 - 19 July 8 - 12 years! Known as a great thinker, Dr. Lasker July 8 - 12 earned his doctorate degree in mathematics July 29 - August 2 July 29 - August 2 and wrote several books of philosophy. August 12 - 16 August 19 - 23 August 26 - 30 August 26 - 30 Chess’n Math Building Northern District Library 3423 St. Denis 40 Orchard View Blvd. OTTAWA July 8 - 12 July 15 - 19 August 5 - 9 August 12 - 16 Parkdale Church 429 Parkdale Ave “When you find a good move, OPEN TO AGES 5 - 14 look for a better one.” BEGINNERS to RATING 1500 LASKER DEFENCE (Queen’s Gambit Declined) FULL DAYS 9 am to 5 pm 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 HALF DAYS 9 am-1 pm or 1- 5 pm 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 h3 7.Bh4 Ne4!? groups divided by rating and age At the chessboard, Emanuel Lasker was a real FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FEES fighter. He always tried to make the move that CHESS’ N MATH ASSOCIATION his opponent would like least. He explains his ideas on strategy in an excellent book called 416 488-5506 514 845-8352 613 565-3662 Lasker’s Chess Manual.

20 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 21 l c a n a d a to p ten l TTAACCTTIICCSS 110011 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 1 GUIPI BOPALA Prince 1094 QC 1 CAO Jason 2213 BC FIND THE STALEMATES 2 ZHENG Richard 874 QC 2 ZHOU Qiyu 2156 ON 3 GHAZARIAN Tigran 826 ON 3 BELLISSIMO Joseph 2005 ON 4 SUN Justin 596 QC 4 KASSAM Jamil 1854 AB White to move and stalemate Black. 5 LUI Guang Zhu 590 QC 5 KAISER Jakob 1732 AB 6 YEW Jason 563 ON 6 NIE Mark 1715 AB solutions page 57 7 LI Dylan 559 ON 7 ZITA Matthew 1686 AB 8 SHAPIRO Idan 546 ON 8 WANG Kelly 1670 QC 9 LIANG Simon 535 QC 9 SHI Linda 1627 QC 10 YANG David 533 ON 10 SONG Sam 1626 NB GRADE 1 GRADE 8 1 ISSANI Nameer 1369 ON 1 PREOTU Razvan 2521 ON  2 WU Lucian 1245 BC 2 SONG Michael 2364 ON w______w w______w 3 NOORALI Aahil 1134 ON 3 YU Zong Yang 2289 QC 4 GILANI Mysha 1088 ON 4 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2283 QC 5 RADIN Andrew 1086 ON 5 AWATRAMANI Janak 2227 BC áwdwdkdwd] áwdwdwdwd] 6 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan 1043 ON 6 ZHU HongRui 2103 QC 7 SHEN Isamel 996 ON 7 KONG Dezhong 1980 BC 8 SILLADOR Gabriel 885 AB 8 DOKNJAS John 1898 BC àdwdwdwdw] à$wdwdwdw] 9 ZHONG Ziyi 861 QC 9 CHANG Michael 1796 QC 10 ATANASOVA Rada 855 ON 10 LI Yinshi 1776 ON ßwdwIwdwd] ßwdwdkdwd] GRADE 2 GRADE 9 1 HUANG Qiuyu 1488 QC 1 PLOTKIN Mark 2230 ON 2 ZHAO Jonathan 1339 ON 2 PENG Jackie 2211 ON Þdwdwdwdw] Þdwdwdwdw] 3 MO Aidan 1243 ON 3 LIN Tony [Jun Tao] 2204 ON 4 LAU Julian 1230 AB 4 DORRANCE Adam 2184 NS Ýwdwdwdwd] ÝwdKdwdwd] 5 SUPERCEANU Andi 1193 AB 5 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan 2095 ON 6 WU Nicholas 1135 ON 6 YUN Chang 1870 QC 7 ENGLAND Max 1083 ON 7 ZHANG Kevin Z. 1863 ON ÜdwdwdQdw] Üdwdwdwdw] 8 CHEN Hao 1063 ON 8 JOHNSON Nicholas 1763 QC 9 LOW Kevin 1041 BC 9 NASIR Zehn 1753 ON 10 HUANG Patrick 1036 BC 10 HUI Jeremy 1752 BC Ûwdwdwdwd] Ûwdwdwdw!] GRADE 3 GRADE 10 1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 1552 QC 1 WANG Richard 2447 AB Údwdwdwdw] Údwdwdwdw] 2 LIN Benjamin 1517 ON 2 KNOX Christopher 2340 ON 3 AKOPHYAN Nika 1506 ON 3 LI Kevin 2224 MB 4 VETTESE Nicholas 1472 ON 4 LO Ryan 2222 BC wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 5 LI Alan 1443 ON 5 SEMIANIUK Konstantin 2182 ON 6 ZHONG Wenxuan 1366 QC 6 KALRA Agastya 2178 ON 7 WASHIMKAR Arhant 1354 ON 7 FU James 2138 ON 8 LIU Robert 1353 QC 8 LUO Zhao Yang 2133 QC 9 ZHAO Ian 1342 AB 9 SUN Mike 1999 ON 10 ZHENG Ethan 1309 ON 10 LEPINE Cedric 1997 QC GRADE 4 GRADE 11 1 GROSSMANN Lenard 1815 AB 1 QIN Joey 2473 ON 2 WANG Kaixin 1809 AB 2 SOHAL Tanraj 2297 BC  3 MING Wenyang 1643 ON 3 GUO Forest 2038 QC w______w w______w 4 GUO Thomas 1633 ON 4 FLOREA Alexandru 2034 ON 5 LAI William 1564 QC 5 ZHANG Zhiyuan 2025 ON áwdwdkdwd] áwdwdkdwd] 6 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha 1518 AB 6 LEU Richard 2014 ON 7 LIU Daniel 1507 ON 7 WU Qi You 1996 ON 8 LIN Kaining 1495 AB 8 KALAYDINA Regina 1885 AB àdwdwdwdw] àdwdRdwdw] 9 LIU Sam 1474 ON 9 WASSERMAN Leor 1882 MB 10 SURYA Benito 1444 ON 10 LI Chang He 1842 BC ßwdw!wdKd] ßwdwdKdwd] GRADE 5 GRADE 12 1 YAO David 1724 AB 1 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 2471 QC 2 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1722 QC 2 ZHANG David 2367 AB Þdwdwdwdw] ÞdwdwdPdw] 3 FAN Run Kun 1717 QC 3 GUSEV Nikita 2349 ON 4 ZHAO Yue Tong 1711 ON 4 IVANOV Michael 2297 ON 5 ZHANG Hou Han 1591 QC 5 ITKIN David 2252 ON Ýwdwdwdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd] 6 DOKNJAS Joshua 1569 BC 6 CHENG Jack 2250 BC 7 YIE Kevin 1552 ON 7 MARINKOVIC Mate 2231 ON Üdwdwdwdw] Üdwdw!wdw] 8 HUANG Immanuel 1533 ON 8 INIGO Aquino 2211 ON 9 LU Daisy 1520 QC 9 GLADSTONE Simon 2150 ON 10 CAI Jason 1488 ON 10 WU Kevin 2069 ON Ûwdwdwdwd] Ûwdwdwdwd] GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL 1 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2210 ON 1 PREOTU Razvan 2521 ON 2 WAN Kevin 2142 ON 2 QIN Joey 2473 ON Údwdwdwdw] Údwdwdwdw] 3 XU Jeffrey 1767 ON 3 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 2471 QC 4 CHEN Richard 1762 ON 4 WANG Richard 2447 AB wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 5 SAHA Ananda 1757 QC 5 ZHANG David 2367 AB 6 BALENDRA Harigaran 1746 ON 6 SONG Michael 2364 ON 7 ZHAO Harry 1657 ON 7 GUSEV Nikita 2349 ON FIND 2 STALEMATES FIND 3 STALEMATES 8 ZHANG Evan 1649 QC 8 KNOX Christopher 2340 ON 9 YANG Eddie 1648 QC 9 SOHAL Tanraj 2297 BC 10 ZOTKIN Daniel 1645 ON 10 IVANOV Michael 2297 ON

22 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 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 GHAZARIAN Tigran 826 1 ZHOU Qiyu 2156 1 GUIPI BOPALA Prince 1094 1 WANG Kelly 1670 2 YEW Jason 563 2 BELLISSIMO Joseph 2005 2 ZHENG Richard 874 2 SHI Linda 1627 3 LI Dylan 559 3 WANG Eric 1604 3 SUN Justin 596 3 GAO Christine 1470 4 SHAPIRO Idan 546 4 AGHAMALIAN Derick 1603 4 LUI Guang Zhu 590 4 LUO Alan 1439 5 YANG David 533 5 ZHONG Joey 1534 5 LIANG Simon 535 5 VAILLANT Charles-Etienne 1382 6 ETTIBARYAN Hovanes 503 6 LEI Sean 1530 6 CUI Guang Zhu 508 6 HE Haley 1341 7 PIECHOCINSKI Lukas 503 7 SONG Eric 1475 7 SHAO Yichen 482 7 XIONG Yiwei 1319 8 CHEN Max 487 8 CHEUNG Benedict 1425 8 NICOLAS Lord-Gillihan 464 8 LUO Wei Han 1290 9 HUANG Eric 460 9 PENG Janet 1402 9 LIU Kevin 450 9 LI Yilin 1282 10 NORITSYN Ivan 458 10 WANG Michael 1388 10 DRAGOMIR Vlad 448 10 LU Roselyn 1259 GRADE 1 GRADE 8 GRADE 1 GRADE 8 1 ISSANI Nameer 1369 1 PREOTU Razvan 2521 1 ZHONG Ziyi 861 1 YU Zong Yang 2289 2 NOORALI Aahil 1134 2 SONG Michael 2364 2 DIMITROV Philippe 839 2 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2283 3 GILANI Mysha 1088 3 LI Yinshi 1776 3 KULESHOVA Julia 825 3 ZHU HongRui 2103 4 RADIN Andrew 1086 4 TERRY Joshua 1744 4 CAI Tony 785 4 CHANG Michael 1796 5 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan 1043 5 YE Hanyuan 1648 5 RIVAS Cedric 775 5 LIU Yu Qing 1723 6 SHEN Isamel 996 6 KUTTNER Simon 1633 6 XU Yihan 769 6 EPURE Doru-Alexandru 1412 7 ATANASOVA Rada 855 7 MICHELASHVILI Aleksandre 1621 7 LE DUIN William 688 7 NIKULICH Andrey 1360 8 RUSONIK Max 847 8 LI Michael 1599 8 KHASHPER Ronen 687 8 GAO Ying Chen 1264 9 ETTIBARYAN Levon 826 9 SIRKOVICH Daniel 1525 9 ST-GERMAIN Frederic 646 9 LI George 1252 10 SYDYKHANOV Arman 818 10 MUNTANER Daniel 1524 10 CHEN Eric 636 10 WANG Yin Lai 1227 GRADE 2 GRADE 9 GRADE 2 GRADE 9 1 ZHAO Jonathan 1339 1 PLOTKIN Mark 2230 1 HUANG Qiuyu 1488 1 YUN Chang 1870 2 MO Aidan 1243 2 PENG Jackie 2211 2 GOGA Flavia-Maria 997 2 JOHNSON Nicholas 1763 3 WU Nicholas 1135 3 LIN Tony 2204 3 YANG Patrick 996 3 MANAILOIU Dragos 1698 4 ENGLAND Max 1083 4 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan 2095 4 KHANIN Nikita 943 4 GU Sheng-Ming 1614 5 CHEN Hao 1063 5 ZHANG Kevin Z. 1863 5 BERCUVITZ Tani 894 5 NAZARIAN Ara 1442 6 LI Harry 990 6 NASIR Zehn 1753 6 LIU Owen 871 6 SAMIKOV Chingis 1428 7 KULIC Mateo 976 7 ADRIAANSE Adam 1655 7 KORDA Frantisek 862 7 JIANG Nathan 1381 8 GAN David 975 8 LI Robert 1613 8 LI Johnson 837 8 HARRIS Gabriel 1338 9 KONG Brandon 955 9 YANG Bryant 1474 9 RASMUSSEN Nicolas 832 9 JALALI Salar 1304 10 RADIN Claire 952 10 YE Stephen 1468 10 LI Yan 826 10 TURCOTTE VAN DE RYDT C. 1249 GRADE 3 GRADE 10 GRADE 3 GRADE 10 1 LIN Benjamin 1517 1 KNOX Christopher 2340 1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 1552 1 LUO Zhao Yang 2133 2 AKOPHYAN Nika 1506 2 SEMIANIUK Konstantin 2182 2 ZHONG Wenxuan 1366 2 LEPINE Cedric 1997 3 VETTESE Nicholas 1472 3 KALRA Agastya 2178 3 LIU Robert 1353 3 ALCANTARA Maximo 1604 4 LI Alan 1443 4 FU James 2138 4 YU Xi Ming 1136 4 PAQUETTE Alexandre 1505 5 WASHIMKAR Arhant 1354 5 SUN Mike 1999 5 XIE Dazhuo 1085 5 SHI Sky 1453 6 ZHENG Ethan 1309 6 JEYAPRAGASAN Kuhan 1705 6 SHI Leo 1069 6 LIU Mu Dong 1432 7 TAN Kylie 1258 7 POSARATNANATHAN Juliaan 1683 7 DURETTE Francis 1032 7 XIANG Qun Tian 1403 8 CHEN Michael 1176 8 GIBLON Rebecca 1649 8 DEMERS Alexis 1018 8 LORANGER Erika 1401 9 WANG Thomas 1155 9 MCKEN Christopher 1570 9 ZHOU David 980 9 VOLKOV Vladislav 1387 10 YANG Kai Wen 1135 10 HUANG Jayson 1558 10 TAO Eric 952 10 SMIRNOV Arteme-Iouri 1304 GRADE 4 GRADE 11 GRADE 4 GRADE 11 1 MING Wenyang 1643 1 QIN Joey 2473 1 LAI William 1564 1 GUO Forest 2038 2 GUO Thomas 1633 2 FLOREA Alexandru 2034 2 GUAN Ziyu 1356 2 NIKULICH Oleksandr 1799 3 LIU Daniel 1507 3 ZHANG Zhiyuan 2025 3 LIU Julia 1253 3 YAO Houji 1695 4 LIU Sam 1474 4 LEU Richard 2014 4 ZHAO William 1205 4 WANG Yan 1601 5 SURYA Benito 1444 5 WU Qi You 1996 5 TINICA Gabriel 1175 5 TAN Guang Tong 1534 6 RUAN Colin 1409 6 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga 1801 6 TESSIER Leo 1132 6 MA Indy 1527 7 NORITSYN Sergey 1388 7 CAI Tony 1683 7 TSYPIN Allison 1089 7 YU Kexin 1499 8 WANG Frank 1372 8 DENBOK Daniel 1657 8 CAUCHY-VAILLANCOURT Marek 1048 8 XU Tian Run 1452 9 ZHANG Taylor 1351 9 MYERS Joshua 1626 9 LI Jason 1029 9 PLANTE Santiago 1448 10 LIU David 1314 10 SU Stanley 1543 10 SEGUIN Eliott 1025 10 ADAMOWICZ Marek 1402 GRADE 5 GRADE 12 GRADE 5 GRADE 12 1 ZHAO Yue Tong 1711 1 GUSEV Nikita 2349 1 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1722 1 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 2471 2 YIE Kevin 1552 2 IVANOV Michael 2297 2 FAN Run Kun 1717 2 CVETKOVIC Simeon 2026 3 HUANG Immanuel 1533 3 ITKIN David 2252 3 ZHANG Hou Han 1591 3 SPRUMONT Oscar 1970 4 CAI Jason 1488 4 MARINKOVIC Mate 2231 4 LU Daisy 1520 4 ROY Myriam 1886 5 SEKAR Varun 1481 5 INIGO Aquino 2211 5 LUO Muhan 1381 5 COTE-LALUMIERE Tristan 1809 6 IANSAVITCHOUS James 1456 6 GLADSTONE Simon 2150 6 LU Jasmine 1337 6 ROZYBAKIYEV Ilchin 1574 7 KANESHALINGAM Mayee 1432 7 WU Kevin 2069 7 YIP Mattew 1289 7 ISAEV Nikola 1543 8 PARAPARAN Varshini 1428 8 LI David 1811 8 AIT-CHABANE Adam 1255 8 MACISAAC Alexandre 1331 9 BIRAROV Nicole 1401 9 CUNNINGHAM Ross 1700 9 GAO Catherine 1208 9 BILSKI Simon 1319 10 TRUONG Kyle 1387 10 BLIUM Benjamin 1694 10 BECERRA-HERRERA Abel 1192 10 QIN Kai Long 1304 GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL 1 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2210 1 PREOTU Razvan 2521 1 SAHA Ananda 1757 1 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 2471 2 WAN Kevin 2142 2 QIN Joey 2473 2 ZHANG Evan 1649 2 YU Zong Yang 2289 3 XU Jeffrey 1767 3 SONG Michael 2364 3 YANG Eddie 1648 3 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2283 4 CHEN Richard 1762 4 GUSEV Nikita 2349 4 JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN Matthieu 1562 4 LUO Zhao Yang 2133 5 BALENDRA Harigaran 1746 5 KNOX Christopher 2340 5 SUN Benjamin 1544 5 ZHU HongRui 2103 6 ZHAO Harry 1657 6 IVANOV Michael 2297 6 SAINE Zachary 1471 6 GUO Forest 2038 7 ZOTKIN Daniel 1645 7 ITKIN David 2252 7 HUANG Junhao 1426 7 CVETKOVIC Simeon 2026 8 SHAMRONI Dennis 1580 8 MARINKOVIC Mate 2231 8 ST-CYR Xavier 1366 8 LEPINE Cedric 1997 9 LIU Dora 1516 9 PLOTKIN Mark 2230 9 YIP William 1353 9 SPRUMONT Oscar 1970 10 WANG Constance 1498 10 INIGO Aquino 2211 10 FAN Lawrence 1313 10 ROY Myriam 1886

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KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 1 MCINTYRE Duncan 334 PE 1 SONG Sam 1626 NB 1 SCHEUER Carsten 505 AB 1 CAO Jason 2213 BC 2 ARENBURG Kailey 326 NS 2 MCKEOWN Gary 1345 NL 2 MEYNEN Aijha 464 AB 2 KASSAM Jamil 1854 AB 3 ARMSTRONG Vincent 324 NS 3 ROBICHAUD Alexandre 1236 NB 3 DAGENAIS Ain 393 AB 3 KAISER Jakob 1732 AB 4 WANG Brian 323 NL 4 HE Kate 1101 NS 4 TOLTON Ben 336 AB 4 NIE Mark 1715 AB 5 CHANG Dylan 319 NS 5 RONAHAN-WOOD Jack 1028 PE 5 ZITA Matthew 1686 AB 6 DICKIE Luke 311 PE 6 WALSH Andrew 996 NL 6 MULIAWAN Lukas 1576 AB 7 CHEN Frank 288 NL 7 NORMAN Bradley 973 PE 7 LEE Jonah 1524 BC 8 DENNY Daniel 283 NL 8 MACDONALD Brandon 906 NS 8 WANG Poplar 1503 AB 9 WHITT Sheldon 887 NL 9 NGUYEN Vinh 1448 AB 10 DELANEY Spenser 868 NL 10 BROUGHTON Alexander 1445 AB GRADE 1 GRADE 8 GRADE 1 GRADE 8 1 CHRISTIANSEN Asher 663 NS 1 ANDERSEN Paul 1244 NL 1 WU Lucian 1245 BC 1 AWATRAMANI Janak 2227 BC 2 BROWN Alexander 658 NS 2 SCHRADER Nathaniel 1224 NB 2 SILLADOR Gabriel 885 AB 2 KONG Dezhong 1980 BC 3 MACEACHERN Seamus 626 PE 3 SNELGROVE Stephen 1219 NL 3 TOLENTINO Khino 824 AB 3 DOKNJAS John 1898 BC 4 LOCKE Sebastian 611 NL 4 DAWSON Andrew 1211 NL 4 CHEN Elizabeth 754 AB 4 HOFFNER Noah 1769 AB 5 LEBLANC Alex 510 NB 5 OLDFORD Noah 1189 NL 5 BUI Khoa 725 AB 5 STANISLUS Allan 1742 AB 6 SANCHEZ Austin 488 NB 6 GREGORY Liam 1132 NL 6 WANG Zhiquan 637 AB 6 SHI Diwen 1730 AB 7 LI Sarah-Grace 481 NL 7 ONG Ivanseth 1048 NS 7 SHRESTHA Prisha 567 AB 7 LEE Nicholas 1683 AB 8 GREEN Lilly 425 PE 8 JACKMAN Luke 1018 NL 8 LOUKINE Alexander 544 MB 8 WEI William 1682 AB 9 DYER James 418 NL 9 MAKAROV Joshua 991 NB 9 CHEN Leo 543 AB 9 DI BLASI Luciano 1572 AB 10 THERIAULT Cedric 410 NB 10 YE Johnny 973 NS 10 JINDOL Dhrov 530 AB 10 HESSE Austin 1476 AB GRADE 2 GRADE 9 GRADE 2 GRADE 9 1 XAVIER-LEBLANC Alexandre 872 NB 1 DORRANCE Adam 2184 NS 1 LAU Julian 1230 AB 1 HUI Jeremy 1752 BC 2 RUSSELL Mark 836 NL 2 FENG Bob 1667 NB 2 SUPERCEANU Andi 1193 AB 2 SITU Dennis 1687 AB 3 KAPRA Jerjis 725 NS 3 MCKEOWN Brody 1118 NL 3 LOW Kevin 1041 BC 3 MCCULLOUGH David 1681 AB 4 DORMODY Peter 677 NL 4 WILKS Darius 1086 NS 4 HUANG Patrick 1036 BC 4 DESPRES Sebastien 1629 AB 5 BOON-PETERSEN Tobin 655 NL 5 LUDOVICE Diego 1057 NS 5 ZHU Harmony 986 BC 5 SWIFT Ryne 1623 MB 6 PIERCE Connor 559 PE 6 WANG Lee 1029 NS 6 BRADFORD William 975 AB 6 ZHAO Chenxi 1615 AB 7 NAKAYASU Shuto 510 NS 7 HOLLAND Kevin 995 NS 7 TOLTON Alex 906 AB 7 YANG Tony 1600 AB 8 SAMPSON Isaac 505 NS 8 CAISSIE Sebastien 994 NB 8 JAMES Rowan 896 BC 8 PAVLIC Stephen 1562 AB 9 DENNY Annie-Rose 501 NL 9 GALLANT Cameron 983 NS 9 ALVARADO Isaiah 877 AB 9 CHAN Dante 1464 AB 10 DAUPHINEE William 488 NB 10 PARK Kevin 982 NB 10 MEHTA Kaetan 777 AB 10 HERDIN Mathew 1347 BC GRADE 3 GRADE 10 GRADE 3 GRADE 10 1 CHEN Norman 987 NL 1 QIU Christopher 1588 NL 1 ZHAO Ian 1342 AB 1 WANG Richard 2447 AB 2 KUNDU Arnab 967 PE 2 ROBICHAUD Nicolas 1562 NB 2 MAH Sean 1186 AB 2 LI Kevin 2224 MB 3 WALSH Ian 963 NL 3 PETERS Jeremy 1559 NS 3 ZHENG Victor 1185 BC 3 LO Ryan 2222 BC 4 BROWN Callum 878 NS 4 WANG Jeffrey 1391 NS 4 SASATA Alexander 1170 SK 4 LAI Jingzhou 1952 BC 5 BATE Will 748 NS 5 ZHANG MaoMao 1333 NL 5 KIM Daniel 1104 AB 5 WANG YueKai 1937 AB 6 NORMAN Alex 717 NL 6 CROWELL Iain 1320 PE 6 ZHANG Daniel 1100 AB 6 PANG Michael 1836 MB 7 LOCKE Heidi 706 NL 7 CHURCHILL Shea 1122 NL 7 HUSTON-EARLE Joshua 1053 MB 7 LUDWIG Michael 1785 AB 8 BAILEY Isaac 705 NL 8 DAWSON Laura Jane 1115 NL 8 KASSAM Nabil 1038 AB 8 PERICO Jenry 1766 AB 9 DOUCETTE Luc 685 PE 9 HINK Ian 1091 PE 9 KOVAC Adrian 923 AB 9 BANSAL Prabjeet 1684 AB 10 PIERCEY Isaac 677 NL 10 DREW Ryan 991 PE 10 MUDRY Connor 872 AB 10 SONG Henry 1645 AB GRADE 4 GRADE 11 GRADE 4 GRADE 11 1 RUSSELL Brett 1057 NL 1 BENDZSA Matthew 1565 NL 1 GROSSMANN Lenard 1815 AB 1 SOHAL Tanraj 2297 BC 2 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 988 PE 2 GALLANT Dennis 1360 NS 2 WANG Kaixin 1809 AB 2 KALAYDINA Regina 1885 AB 3 QIU Nicholas 891 NL 3 MENG Peter 1350 NB 3 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha 1518 AB 3 WASSERMAN Leor 1882 MB 4 DORNIEDEN Jonas 838 NS 4 TSAI Shang-Chen 1271 NS 4 LIN Kaining 1495 AB 4 LI Chang He 1842 BC 5 KOSHI Benjamin 815 NS 5 CASTONGUAY-PAGE Yannick 1228 NB 5 CHEN Philip 1279 BC 5 XIAO Alice 1718 BC 6 LATOUR Simon 761 NB 6 CARSON Cody 1203 NB 6 CARLSON Andrew 1244 AB 6 SINGH Krishneel 1715 AB 7 LI Kevin 727 NS 7 RAMOS Alexander 1156 NL 7 ROBITU Carla 1225 AB 7 VIRJI Naveed 1534 AB 8 MACDONALD Cameron 721 PE 8 BANGLA Venu 1122 PE 8 PULFER Luke 1222 BC 8 REYNOLDSON Nigel 1475 SK 9 SHABBIR Adnan 715 PE 9 ADAMS Kirk 1036 NS 9 LORTIE Isaac 1193 SK 9 LI Stanley 1236 AB 10 DENNY Ethan 712 NL 10 BARADARAN NOVEIRI Pouya 1022 NS 10 WEI Daniel 1144 SK 10 DING Jill 1164 BC GRADE 5 GRADE 12 GRADE 5 GRADE 12 1 HUANG Xingbo 1277 NL 1 DROVER Justin 1689 NL 1 YAO David 1724 AB 1 ZHANG David 2367 AB 2 SINGH Sahejpreet 1164 NS 2 RAINNIE Aaron 1351 PE 2 DOKNJAS Joshua 1569 BC 2 CHENG Jack 2250 BC 3 KERR Ian 1007 PE 3 STACKHOUSE Jordan 1314 NB 3 TRAN Colin 1439 AB 3 HAN Yifei 1988 BC 4 KUNDU Arjun 961 PE 4 LU Fred 1220 NS 4 MA Derek 1414 MB 4 THOMAS Derek 1971 AB 5 WEILAND Robin 911 NB 5 XU Shen 1194 NS 5 TOLENTINO Patrick 1402 AB 5 LECLERC Etienne 1953 AB 6 MANNHOLLAND Noah 900 PE 6 LAPLACE Logan 1178 NB 6 WOLCHOCK Theo 1382 MB 6 BOTEZ Alexandra 1930 BC 7 WOODWORTH Kyle 870 NS 7 GALLANT Ryan 1178 PE 7 BAL Nrithya 1312 AB 7 SANTOS Christopher 1724 MB 8 MITTAL Ridhi 869 NL 8 MATHEWS Tim 1116 NL 8 LORTIE Benjamin 1293 SK 8 HAN Yiming 1668 BC 9 PORTER Michael 860 NL 9 SAWSHEE Nay Bu 1111 PE 9 SU Michael 1214 BC 9 CANNON Farley 1641 BC 10 PEARSON Ethan 815 NB 10 LIANG Andy 1072 NS 10 DENG Yi 1213 BC 10 KIRSCH Zachary 1625 AB GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL 1 DORRANCE Lucas 1480 NS 1 DORRANCE Adam 2184 NS 1 MCCULLOUGH Ian 1612 AB 1 WANG Richard 2447 AB 2 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1274 NL 2 DROVER Justin 1689 NL 2 HAN Lionel 1485 BC 2 ZHANG David 2367 AB 3 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep 1222 PE 3 FENG Bob 1667 NB 3 SHRESTHA Prayus 1448 AB 3 SOHAL Tanraj 2297 BC 4 PICKARD Ryan 1097 NL 4 SONG Sam 1626 NB 4 WU Chenxi 1387 AB 4 CHENG Jack 2250 BC 5 TUFTS Sei-Jin 1066 NS 5 QIU Christopher 1588 NL 5 TOLENTINO Andre 1370 AB 5 AWATRAMANI Janak 2227 BC 6 NOLAN Justin 1033 NL 6 BENDZSA Matthew 1565 NL 6 MAWANI Adam 1362 AB 6 LI Kevin 2224 MB 7 CHISLETT Benjamin 1023 NL 7 ROBICHAUD Nicolas 1562 NB 7 STEVANOVIC Boris 1355 AB 7 LO Ryan 2222 BC 8 COADY Nicholas 1014 NL 8 PETERS Jeremy 1559 NS 8 KUYE Tosin 1298 AB 8 CAO Jason 2213 BC 9 LOCKE Miles 971 NL 9 DORRANCE Lucas 1480 NS 9 STANISLUS Kevin 1281 AB 9 HAN Yifei 1988 BC 10 TRAN Quoc 968 NS 10 WANG Jeffrey 1391 NS 10 GENG Matthew 1237 BC 10 KONG Dezhong 1980 BC

26 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 27 Frizoon LePawn presents COMBO MOMBO !! SPOTLIGHTw______w ON STALEMATE TOP áwdwdwdwd] àiwdwdwdw] GIRLS ßpdwdwdrd] CANADA ÞdwdwdwGp] Ýw$wdwdw)] GRADE 1 GRADE 7 Üdpdwdwdw] 1 GILANI Mysha 1088 ON 1 ZHOU Qiyu 2156 ON 2 SHEN Isamel 996 ON 2 WANG Kelly 1670 QC Ûwdwdw1wd] 3 ATANASOVA Rada 855 ON 3 SHI Linda 1627 QC 4 KULESHOVA Julia 825 QC 4 GAO Christine 1470 QC ÚdwdKdwdw] 5 PILNITZ Constantia 755 ON 5 PENG Janet 1402 ON GRADE 2 GRADE 8 wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 1 GOGA Flavia-Maria 997 QC 1 POBERESHNIKOVA Agniya 1495 ON 2 ZHU Harmony 986 BC 2 GIBLON Melissa 1384 ON 3 RADIN Claire 952 ON 3 PANDY Saramae 1325 ON Forcing stalemate is sometimes our last chance to 4 GUO Hazel 933 ON 4 LI Kristen 1288 ON 5 MARTIN-CHASE Rose 705 ON 5 MILICEVIC Aleksandra 1225 ON save a game. One way to play for a stalemate is to GRADE 3 GRADE 9 1 TAN Kylie 1258 ON 1 PENG Jackie 2211 ON reach a position where all your pawns are blocked 2 CHERTKOW Sasha 1043 ON 2 YUN Chang 1870 QC 3 ZHAO Zi Tong 914 QC 3 SAMETOVA Zhanna 1306 ON and your king has no moves. Then you sacrifice 4 WANG Caroline 808 QC 4 ROSCA Maria Alexandra 1230 QC 5 RODRIGUES Julia 770 ON 5 BUI Keira 1049 ON your other pieces with check. GRADE 4 GRADE 10 ò White is in big trouble, but avoids defeat with 1 ZHANG Taylor 1351 ON 1 GIBLON Rebecca 1649 ON 2 HENRY Nadia 1291 ON 2 LORANGER Erika 1401 QC 1.Be3+! Qxe3. Now the white king has no moves 3 LIU Julia 1253 QC 3 HOU Louisa 1211 QC 4 ROBITU Carla 1225 AB 4 DAWSON Laura Jane 1115 NL and 2.Rb7+! Kxb7 is stalemate. (2...Ka8 3.Rb8+) 5 QIAO Cindy 1208 ON 5 TSUI Pearl 1085 AB GRADE 5 GRADE 11 w______w w______w 1 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1722 QC 1 KALAYDINA Regina 1885 AB 2 LU Daisy 1520 QC 2 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga 1801 ON áwdwdrdwd] áwdwdwdkd] 3 KANESHALINGAM Mayee 1432 ON 3 XIAO Alice 1718 BC 4 PARAPARAN Varshini 1428 ON 4 WANG Yan 1601 QC àdwdwdwdw] àdw1wdwdw] 5 BIRAROV Nicole 1401 ON 5 MA Indy 1527 QC GRADE 6 GRADE 12 ßwdqdwdkd] ßwdwdw!pd] 1 LIU Dora 1516 ON 1 BOTEZ Alexandra 1930 BC 2 WANG Constance 1498 ON 2 ROY Myriam 1886 QC Þdwdwdw0w] ÞdwdpdwHw] 3 ZHU Jiarong 1407 ON 3 MEISNER Dana 1047 NS Ýwdwdw0wd] 4 YU Cindy 1252 QC 4 SHU Chang 1044 QC ÝwdwGwdwd] 5 ELLIS Rachel 1197 AB 5 ZHANG Wenyue 1042 QC ÜdwdNdPdw] q PRINCESS PARADE q CANADIAN QUEENS ÜdwdwdwdP] 1 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1722 QC 1 PENG Jackie 2211 ON Ûwdw!wdwd] 2 LU Daisy 1520 QC 2 ZHOU Qiyu 2156 ON ÛrdwdwdPd] 3 LIU Dora 1516 ON 3 BOTEZ Alexandra 1930 BC ÚIwdwdwdw] 4 WANG Constance 1498 ON 4 ROY Myriam 1886 QC ÚdwdwdRdK] 5 KANESHALINGAM Mayee 1432 ON 5 KALAYDINA Regina 1885 AB wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 6 PARAPARAN Varshini 1428 ON 6 YUN Chang 1870 QC wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 7 ZHU Jiarong 1407 ON 7 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga 1801 ON 8 BIRAROV Nicole 1401 ON 8 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1722 QC WHITE TO MOVE BLACK TO MOVE 9 ZHANG Taylor 1351 ON 9 XIAO Alice 1718 BC 10 LU Jasmine (grade 5) 1337 QC 10 WANG Kelly 1670 QC Make a Draw solutions page 57 Make a Draw

28 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 29 MMAATTEE IINN 11 MMAATTEE IINN 22 WHITE CHECKMATES BLACK WHITE CHECKMATES BLACK IN ONE MOVE. IN TWO MOVES. solutions page 57 solutions page 57 w______ww______w w______ww______w árhwdkdw4] árdbdk4wd] áwdwdrdkd] áwdwdwdkd] à0Q0whpgp] à0qdndwdp] à0wdw4p0p] à0wdwdpdw] ßwdqdwdpd] ßwdw0Bdpd] ßw0wdwdwd] ßw0wdwhp!] Þdwdwdwdw] ÞGwdPdwdw] ÞdQdwdwdw] Þdw4wdwdw] Ýwdwdwdwd] ÝQdwdwdwd] ÝPdwdw1wd] Ýwdwdw)wd] Üdw)wdNdw] Üdw)wdwdw] Üdwdwdwdw] Ü)wdwdwdw] ÛP)wHw)P)] Ûwdwdw)P)] ÛwdwdwdP)] ÛwGw1wdP)] Ú$wdw$wIw] Údwdw$wIw] Údw$w$wdK] Údwdw$wdK] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw w______ww______w w______ww______w árdbdwiwd] árhw!wdwd] árdw1kdw4] áwdrdw4kd] àdw0wdpdw] àdpdwdpip] à0b0ndpgw] à0pdwdp0p] ßphNdwdw0] ßwdbdwdpd] ßw0wdpdp0] ßw1b!wdwd] Þdwdw!wdw] Þdwdwdwdw] Þdwdwdwdw] ÞdwdwdNdw] Ýwdwdwdw1] ÝwdwdwHwd] Ýwdw)wdwd] Ýwdwdwdnd] ÜdwdwGwdP] Ü)qdwGwdw] ÜGw)BdNdw] ÜdBdwdw)w] ÛPdwdw)wI] Ûw)wdw)w)] ÛPdPdQ)P)] ÛP)Pdw)Pd] Údrdwdwdw] ÚdKdwdw$w] Ú$wdwdRIw] ÚdKdwdwdR] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

30 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 31 MMAATTEE IINN 33 LILY'S PUZZLER WHITE CHECKMATES BLACK IN THREE MOVES. I OYS In a double whammy, solutions page 57 H B AND GIRLS! White makes two moves in a row to checkmate the w______w black king. The first move w______w may not be a check. áwdrdw4kd] ákdwdwdwd] Either move may be a àdbdwdp0p] àdwdwdBdw] capture. Black does not ßpdwdpdwd] ßwIwdwdwd] get a turn. Þdp1ndwdw] Þdwdwdwdw] Ýwdwdwdwd] ÝwHwdwdwd] Wham, bam! Üdw)BdP)w] Üdwdwdwdw] solutions ÛP)QdwdPd] Ûwdwdwdwd] page 57 ÚdKdRdwdR] Údwdwdwdw] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w______wABw______w w______ww______w áwdwdwdwd] áwdwdwdwd] áwdwdr4kd] áwdwdrdkd] àdRdwHwip] àdRdwHpip] à0bdwdw0p] àdpdrGpgp] ßwdwdwdpd] ßwdwdwdpd] ßw0wdwdwd] ßp1w)wdpd] Þdwdw$wdw] Þdwdw$wdw] ÞhwdNdpdw] ÞdwdwdwdP] Ýwdwdwdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd] Ýwdwdn!wd] ÜdBdwdwdw] ÜdBdwdwdw] ÜdBdwdPdw] Üdwdwdwdw] ÛwGwdwdwd] ÛwGwdwdwd] ÛP)PdwdPd] ÛP)PdB)Pd] ÚdKdwdwdw] ÚdKdwdwdw] ÚdwIRdwdw] ÚdwIwdwdR] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw DOUBLE WHAMMIES WHITE PLAYS TWO MOVES IN A ROW TO MATE BLACK. The first move may not be check.

32 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 33 CANADA AND WORLD NEWS

GRAND PRIX ONTARIO SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP The third and final events in the 2013 Grand Prix competition The 2013 Ontario School Team Chess Grades K-3 were held in May in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. Anyone who Championship was held on June 2nd in 1 Seneca Hill scored 7½ points out of 15 games in the 3 tournaments got a Toronto. 226 players took part in the event. Benjamin Lin cash prize. A total of $7000 in gift certificates were awarded by The top three teams in each section are Oliver He the Chess’n Math Association and split among 129 winners. The listed here. Congratulations to Seneca Hill Hao Chen top scorers in each age group were: School for winning the elementary and Griffin Carrigan MONTREAL TORONTO OTTAWA primary sections. It was the fourth year in 2 Crestview <8 Patrick Yan <8 Jonathan Zhao <8 David Gan a row that they won the K-6 section! 3 Huron <10 Qiuyu Huang <10 Taylor Zhang <10 Kyle Wang Grades K-6 Grades K-9 Grades K-12 <12 Eddie Yang <12 Richard Chen <12 Michael Zhang 1 Seneca Hill 1 UTS 1 Thornhill <14 Zong Yang Yu <14 Joseph Bellissimo <14 Adam Adriaanse Harry Zhou Hanyuan Ye David Itkin Eric Wang & Yinshi Li Kyle Truong Robert Li Mark Plotkin ONTARIO YOUTH Ray Liu Bryant Yang Benjamin Blium The 2013 Ontario Youth Chess Bill Hu Jeffrey Lee Stephen Ye Championship was played on 2 Seneca Hill B 2 UTS B 2 Bayview April 27-28 in Kitchener. There 3 Coledale 3 Henderson 3 UTS were 149 boys and 32 girls. The new provincial champions are: BORDER WARS The 22nd annual Washington <8 Jonathan Zhao state vs. British Columbia team <10 Daniel Liu, Harmony Zhu, match was held in Bellevue WA Eugene Hua, Thomas Guo, on May 4th. Each team has two & Wenyang Ming ONTARIO GIRLS students per grade (K-12) and <12 Jason Cai & Richard Chen The 11th annual Ontario Girls everyone plays two games. The <14 Yinshi Li, Wenlu Yu, Championship was played in Americans won this year by a & Alexandre Michelashvili Mississauga on May 12th with score of 29½-22½. <16 Alexander Deatrick 48 participants. The winners NOVA SCOTIA TEAM The overall score in the series <18 Michael Ivanov, Pi Nasar, in each age group were: The 2013 Nova Scotia School is now 12½ -9½ in favour of & Zhiyuan Zhang <8 Rada Atanasova Team Championship took place Washington. The winners of the separate girls <10 Kylie Tan April 28th in Halifax, with twelve Six B.C. players won both of sections were: <12 Lily Zhou teams competing. The winning their games: Ryan Lo, Joshua <10 Janani Kathirkamar Catherine Li schools were Clayton Park (7-9), Doknjas, Andrew Xu, Matthew <12 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam <18 Agniya Pobereshnikova Oxford (5-6), and Lemarchant St. Herdin, Janak Awatramani, and <14 Rachel Tao Rebecca Giblon Thomas (K-4). Tanraj Sohal. 34 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 35 CCHHEESSSS’’NN MMAATTHH MORE NEWS AASSSSOOCCIIAATTIIOONN NEWFOUNDLAND ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL Seventeen teams took part in The 46th Ontario High School the 2013 Newfoundland School Chess Championship was held Canada’’s National Scholastic Team Championship on April 27 at York University in Toronto Chess Organization in St. John’s. MacDonald Drive May 26-27 with 128 players. School dominated the event, The winner of the individual visit our website for information on winning the junior high (7-9), championship was 12th grader elementary (4-6), and primary Michael Ivanov (Toronto). Zach TOURNAMENTS (K-3) sections. Congratulations! Dukic and Terry Song tied for The high school champion is second place. CLASSES Holy Heart of Mary School. The school champion was EDMONTON University of Toronto Schools. CAMPS The Edmonton Regional Team ALBERTA SCHOOLS Championship for elementary The first ever Alberta Schools RATINGS schools took place on June 2. Chess Championship was held The winner was Forest Heights June 8 in Calgary. The winners ON-LINE CATALOGUE School, with team members were: OF BOOKS AND EQUIPMENT Lenard Grossmann, Rachel K-3 Stratford (Edmonton) Ellis, and Joshua Ellis. Second 4-6 St.Jerome (Calgary) wwwwww..cchheessss-m-mmmaatthh..oorrgg place went to Stratford School 7-9 St.Elmer Gish (Edmonton) ONTARIO - QUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP The annual match between the top school teams from Quebec Check it out! and Ontario was played on June 8th at Queen’s University in Kingston. Twenty teams took part. Charlemagne Collège scored a near perfect 19½ points out of 20 in the K-6 section. Impressive! The ON-QC girls match (K-3 and K-6) was won by Quebec 16-14. HEYHEY,, FRIENDS!FRIENDS! Maïli-Jade Ouellet (QC) and Kylie Tan (ON) scored perfect 5-0’s. Grades K-3 Grades K-6 Grades 7-11 I’VE GOT E-MAIL. 1 Fernand-Seguin 1 Charlemagne 1 U of Toronto Schools S. Rodrigue-Lemieux Eddie Yang Christopher Knox .. You can write me a letter Qiuyu Huang Hou Han Zhang Jackie Peng or enter my contest at: Yihan Xu Muhan Luo Joey Zhong L. Desruisseaux Cindy Yu Kuhan Jeyapragasan [email protected] 2 Seneca Hill 2 Seneca Hill 2 Thornhill 3 Crestview 3 Seneca Hill B 3 Collège Notre-Dame 36 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 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. E-mail entries to: [email protected] White moves first in the mate problems. Deadline: September 23 In case you never saw a “maze” or “loyd” w______w w______w before, here are some examples: áwdwdwdrd] áwdw1wdkd] In a CHESSMAZE only one white The TRIPLE LOYD was invented àdwdwdwdw] àdwdwdw0p] piece moves. In this maze, it is by Sam Loyd, a famous chess ßwdwGBdwd] ßwdwdwdwd] the white knight. The object is to composer. They are called triple capture the black king without because there are three parts. In Þdwdwdwdw] Þdwdwdwdw] taking any pieces or moving part A, you place the black king ÝwdNdwdwd] 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 Üdwdwdkdw] Üdwdwdwdw] the knight. This is a Maze in 15. stalemate. For part C, put the ÛR!wdwdwd] Ûr4wdwdQ)] That means you should get the black king down so that White ÚdwdwIwhw] Údwdw$RIw] king in fifteen moves or less. has a mate in 1. solutions page 57 w______w w______w wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw áwdwdwdwd] áwdwdwdwd] MATE IN 1 MATE IN 2 àdwdwdwdw] àdwdwdwdw] ßwgwdwgwd] ßwdwdwdwd] w______w w______w Þdwdwdwdw] Þdwdwdwdw] áwdwdwdkd] áwdwdwdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd] ÝRdwdwdwd] àdwGwdwdw] àdwdwHwdw] ÜdwdKdbdw] Üdwdwdwdw] ßw)rdwdwd] ßwdwdwdw!] Ûbdwdwdwd] Ûwdw!wdwd] ÞdwdKdwdw] Þdwdwdwdw] ÚdwdwdwHk] ÚdwdwIwdw] Ýwdwdwdwd] Ýwdwdwdwd] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Üdwdwdrdw] Üdwdwdwdw] ÛwdPdwdwd] ÛwdwdKdwd] We received 3 correct solutions to April’s contest. ÚdwdwdNdw] ÚdwdwHwdw] 1 Mate in 1 1.Qb1# wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 2 Mate in 2 1.Kh5 Kh7 2.Kg4# 3 Maze Rd1-d2-g2-g1-h1-h4-g4-g5-c5-c3-a3 CHESSMAZE IN 16 TRIPLE LOYD -a4-a6-h6-h8xb8 Only the white KNIGHT moves. PLACE THE BLACK KING IN : 4 Loyd A.Kh1 B.Kf2 C.Ka8 (Qc8#) 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 Taylor Zhang of Richmond Hill, Ontario where the knight can be taken. C Mate in 1

38 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 39 KIRIL’S O R DDEESSTTIINNAATTIIOONN N E PPEELLEEEE R The Continuing Story of Captain Bemo

At the end of our last episode, Captain Bemo just departed Mr. Ria’s Island in the secret ocean. His submarine was sailing to Canada with a cargo of grapevines known as “pink mobies”. Kiril and Ping Lee were part of the crew. After several months in their school “submarine immersion program”, the two pawns were finally going home.

The submarine left the secret ocean the same way that they came, through an underwater cave. The route was hazardous and difficult to navigate, but the captain was a master helmsman. He steered them safely through to the other side. Once they were clear of danger, Captain Bemo called the crew together. “Our journey has gone well so far, and I can now tell you what our mission is. We are transporting Mr. Ria’s grapevines to Pelee Island. My uncle owns a vineyard there.” Ping Lee, who always gets an A in geography, raised his hand. “Captain, Pelee Island is in Lake Erie. How will we ever get there?” The captain smiled as he pointed at the nautical chart beside him. “Excellent question, Ping Lee. We will follow the St. Lawrence Seaway. The voyage takes a week, but it should be an enjoyable ride.”

40 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 41 Kiril was a happy guy. He White gets the advantage develops his knight and after 4...e5?! 5.dxe5 Qxe5+ attacks the black queen. 6.Be2 (followed by Nf3). 3. . . . Qa5 5. Nf3 Bg4 The queen is well placed Wrenchy pins the knight. at a5, and even though she w______w has moved twice, Black did árhwdkgw4] not lose a tempo. That is à0p0w0p0p] because White made two ßwdwdwhwd] moves with the e-pawn. w______w Þ1wdwdwdw] árhbdkgn4] Ýwdw)wdbd] à0p0w0p0p] ÜdwHwdNdw] Their first stop was Halifax, Nova Scotia, where Captain ÛP)Pdw)P)] Bemo made the necessary arrangements for the rest of ßwdwdwdwd] Þ1wdwdwdw] Ú$wGQIBdR] the trip. They then sailed around Cape Breton, past the wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw western tip of Newfoundland, and into the Gulf of St. Ýwdwdwdwd] Lawrence. Along the way, the crew passed the time by ÜdwHwdwdw] 6. Be2 watching whales on the sonar and playing chess. ÛP)P)w)P)] One of the best games was between Kiril the Pawn and Ú$wGQIBHR] Kiril plays it safe and Wrenchy the Frenchy. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw unpins right away. w______w Best is 6.h3! when White 4. d4 Nf6 White KIRIL the PAWN árhb1kgn4] stands better after 6...Bxf3 Black C H I E F W R E N C H Y à0p0w0p0p] Both sides fight for control 7.Qxf3 or 6...Bh5 7.g4! Bg6 ßwdwdwdwd] of the centre. 8.Ne5 e6 9.Bg2 c6 10.h4. 1. e4 d5 Þdwdpdwdw] Wrenchy is not only the ÝwdwdPdwd] boat’s chief mechanic. He Üdwdwdwdw] is also an excellent chess ÛP)P)w)P)] player. He learned to play Ú$NGQIBHR] the Scandinavian Defence wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw a few years ago when the submarine was exploring SCANDINAVIAN DEFENCE the fjords of Norway. 2. exd5 Qxd5 It is sometimes called the Centre Counter Defence. 3. Nc3

42 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 43 8. Ng5 9. . . . Nxg4 6. . . . Nc6 Captain Bemo acted as w______w a tour guide. He told them 7. 0-0 White gives up the pawn áwdkdwgw4] that the bridge, which links on d4 and attacks the weak à0p0w0p0p] White castles and unpins P.E.I. with the mainland, is pawn at f7 instead. his other knight. thirteen kilometers across. ßwdndwdwd] A good move, especially Þ1wdwdwHw] 7. . . . 0-0-0 “In fact,” he said, “it is the since 8.Be3 e5! and 8.Re1 longest bridge in the world Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nxd4 both lose Ýwdw4wdnd] Black castles queenside over water that freezes in the d-pawn anyhow. ÜdwHwdwdw] and threatens to win the the winter.” ÛP)Pdw)P)] white d-pawn after 8...Bxf3 8. . . . Rxd4 Ú$wGQdRIw] orw______w 8...e5. Wrenchy grabs the pawn wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw and threatens the queen. áwdk4wgw4] 10. Qf3 à0p0w0p0p] 8...Bxe2 would lead to a level position after 9.Nxe2 The queen steps out of ßwdndwhwd] Qd5 10.Nc3 Qf5. harm’s way and attacks f7 Þ1wdwdwdw] 9. Bxg4+ a second time. 10.Qe2 Qf5 Ýwdw)wdbd] leaves Black up a pawn. ÜdwHwdNdw] Kiril takes the bishop with ÛP)PdB)P)] check. 9.Bd2 Nd8 is good 10. . . . Nce5 Ú$wGQdRIw] for Black, and 9.Qe1 Bxe2 Guarding f7 and attacking wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 10.Nxe2 is unclear. the queen again. The submarine was taking a route that went between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. That was so After they crossed under the captain could see the the bridge, the submarine Confederation Bridge. continued north along the When they got close, he New Brunswick coast and gave the order to surface, past the Gaspé Peninsula. and then invited all hands That’s where they turned to come on deck. west into the mouth of the Of course, Wrenchy and St. Lawrence River. Kiril took a break from the In the meantime, Kiril and game. They didn’t want to Wrenchy had gone below miss any sightseeing. to finish their game.

44 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 45 w______w w______w w______w áwdkdwgw4] 12. f4? áwdkdwdw4] áwdkdwdw4] à0p0w0p0p] Kiril has a great idea. He à0p0wdp0p] à0p0wdp0p] ßwdwdwdwd] attacks the knight on e5 ßwdwdpdwd] ßwdwdpdwd] Þ1wdwhwHw] and blocks the 4th rank. If Þ1wgwhwHw] Þ1wgwhwHw] Ýwdw4wdnd] the knight moves from e5, Ýwdw4w)nd] Ýwdw4w)wd] ÜdwHwdQdw] then he wins a piece with ÜdwHwdwdQ] ÜdwHwdwdQ] ÛP)Pdw)P)] 13.Qxg4. Unfortunately for Kiril, the pawn move is a ÛP)PdwdP)] ÛP)Pdw$P)] Ú$wGwdRIw] Ú$wGwdRdK] Ú$wGwdwdK] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw mistake because it opens a diagonal to his king. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw 11. Qh3 w______w 13. . . . Nf2+! BLACK TO MATE IN 3 áwdkdwgw4] A nice looking move that à0p0wdp0p] Kabam! Wrenchy sets off The white rook has been pins the knight on g4. But ßwdwdpdwd] an explosive combination. deflected off the back rank. Kiril misses his chance to Þ1wdwhwHw] The knight forks the white That leaves the white king equalize the game. Ýwdw4w)nd] king and queen, so Kiril in dangerous waters. 11.Qe2! with the threat of ÜdwHwdwdQ] has little choice. He has to The captain and Ping Lee 12.Nxf7 Nxf7 13.Qe6+ is take it. were watching the game ÛP)PdwdP)] now. They were ready for hard for Black to answer. 14. Rxf2 Ú$wGwdRIw] a big finish, and Wrenchy 11. . . . e6 wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Or 14.Kg1 Nxh3+. didn’t let them down. Unpinning his knight and opening a diagonal for the 12. . . . Bc5! bishop on f8. Chief Wrenchy plays it cool. He ignores the threat to his knight and sets up a sneaky discovered check. 13. Kh1 Kiril gets his king out of the line of fire. He saw that 13.fxe5 Rd1+ was bad for him after 14.Kh1 Rxf1# or 14.Be3 Bxe3+. Also losing is 13.Be3 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Rxf4.

46 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 47 14. . . . Rd1+! Lake Ontario is connected to A clever rook sacrifice that Lake Erie by the Niagara River. deflects the knight from c3 But Erie is 100 meters higher and opens a diagonal for the above sea level. So when the black queen. river flows from Erie to Ontario, 15. Nxd1 it has to drop that far. This is what causes the Niagara Falls. Or 15.Rf1 Rxf1#. The Welland Canal was built 15. . . . Qe1+ parallel to the Niagara River so that ships could travel between the two lakes. It contains 16. Rf1 Qxf1# eight locks and takes 17 hours to go through. “Nice game, Chief. That was an awesome combo.” The southern exit from the canal is at the eastern end “Thanks, Kiril. I wish I could play that well every time.” of Lake Erie near Buffalo, New York. Because the lake is “Yea, me too!” very shallow, with an average depth of only 20 meters, Captain Bemo’s submarine stayed on the surface for And so the long journey to Pelee Island continued. the rest of the trip. The next big city they passed was After turning west into the St. Lawrence, it was still 600 Cleveland, Ohio on the south shore. And then, at last, kilometers to Québec City where the river narrows, and their destination was in sight: PELEE ISLAND. 250 more to reach the island and city of Montréal. As the tour guide (Captain Bemo) From Montréal, the river goes another 300 km to the explained, it is the southernmost part place it begins, at Lake Ontario near Kingston. But the of Canada. rapids in this part of the St. Lawrence River make it “In fact,” he said, “the island is the impossible for ships (or submarines) to pass the entire same latitude as northern California way. In order to get through, they have to use a series and Rome, Italy. Not only that, 13 of of six man-made “locks”. the U.S. states are completely north A lock is like an elevator for ships and boats. You sail of Pelee. More importantly,” he added, into the lock at one end and they close the gate. Water “the island’s mild climate is ideal for is then added or removed to raise or lower your ship. growing grapes.” Afterwards, they open the gate at the other end of the That’s why the captain’s uncle moved lock, and you sail out at a new level of water. This there long ago. He loved grapes. And allows ships to get by tricky things like waterfalls! he was an expert at making jams, jelly, and juices. Once the submarine made it to Lake Ontario, it was That’s also why Captain Bemo was there today. He smooth sailing for a while. They cruised by Toronto on was bringing his uncle a brand new breed of grape. The the north shore to check out the skyline, and then pink moby, the tastiest, most nutritious, friendliest grape headed south to St. Catharines and the Welland Canal. in the world.

48 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 49 When the submarine pulled alongside the Pelee pier, the captain’s uncle was waiting to greet them. “Ahoy, nephew! Throw me a line.” Captain Bemo waved hello and gave the order to toss over the forward mooring line. Kiril was an experienced sailor now, and he did his job perfectly. “Well done, Kiril.” Before long, the captain and his uncle were relaxing at the Bemo vineyard. But Kiril and Ping Lee still had some work to do, unloading the grapevines from the sub. CANADIAN MINISTRY OF SCHOOL BOARDS After a few hours and a delicious meal on Pelee Island, it was time to get under way again. They had a schedule SUBMARINE to keep. Captain Bemo waved farewell to his uncle and gave the order to cast off lines. IMMERSION PROGRAM The submarine sailed north from the island and into FOR QUALIFIED STUDENTS the Detroit River. Later that afternoon, they moored at GRADES 3-8 Windsor, Ontario. Kiril and Ping Lee would take the train AT SEA TRAINING UNDER THE home from there. It was the end of a great adventure. SUPERVISION OF EXPERIENCED CREWS The two pawns stood on the wharf as the submarine departed. Captain Bemo saluted. “Good luck, mateys!” 3 or 6 MONTH PROGRAMS Kiril and Ping Lee came to attention and saluted back. Contact your school principal for more information “Thank you, sir. See you next year!” on registration and fees. Enrollment is restricted. TO BE CONTINUED . . . Bemo Enterprises

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52 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 53 Most scholastic chess tournaments are held TTOOUURRNNAAMMEENNTTSS during the school year. For information on next FOR KIDS year’s schedule of events, you can contact the following people, or check out the Chess’n Math OTTAWA TORONTO website in September. Brad Thomson 613 565-3662 Nathalia Khoudgarian 416 879-7300 Glebe Community Centre MONTREAL WINNIPEG Swansea Town Hall 175 Third Ave. Chess’n Math 514 845-8352 Jeremie Piche 204 237-1497 registration 12:00 - 1:00 pm 95 Lavinia Ave. check-in 12:45 - 1:00 pm TORONTO CALGARY June 23 Sunday every Saturday Chess'n Math 416 488-5506 Simon Ong 403 274-2954 THORNHILL TORONTO OTTAWA EDMONTON Yuri Lebedev 905 370-2299 Corinna Wan Brad Thomson 613 565-3662 Bruce Thomas 780 473-1557 Knights Of Chess [email protected] 5635 Yonge St. Suite 201 Oriole Community Centre CORNWALL SASKATOON Raymond Lacroix 613 938-6364 registration 1:20 - 1:55 pm 2975 Don Mills Rd. W. Don MacKinnon 306 445-8369 every Sunday registration 12:45 - 1:00 pm KITCHENER VICTORIA every Sunday Patrick McDonald 519 648-3253 Brian Raymer 250 595-0025

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54 Scholar’s Mate 118 Scholar’s Mate 118 55 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.Qc8# 1 1.Bxh7+ Kh8 2.Bg8+ Kxg8 3.Qh7# be found on the Chess’n Math Association webpage: 2 1.Bg8# 2 1.Be6 Kb8 2.Na6+ Ka8 3.Bd5# www.chess-math.org 3 1.Qh8# 3 1.Ne7+ Kh8 2.Ng6+ hxg6 3.Rh1# 4 1.Nh5# 4 1.Qxf7+ Kh8 2.Qxe8+ Bf8 3.Qxf8# Click the “ratings” tab on the homepage, which will MATE IN 2 1...Kxf7 2.Bc4# take you to the ratings page: 1 1.Qxe8+ Rxe8 2.Rxe8# CHESSMAZE www.chesstalk.com/elo/pub 2 1.Re8+ Nxe8 2.Qh8# Ng1-h3-f4-g6-f8-d7-b8-a6 -b4-c2-a3-b5-d6-f5-g3xh1 Once on the ratings page, with Kiril and the map of 3 1.Qxe6+ fxe6 2.Bxg6# 1...Qe7 2.Qxe7# Canada, you can search ratings by name, province, TRIPLE LOYD 4. 1.Qg6 hxg6 2.Ne7# A. Kd3 age, or grade! You can also see a list of recently 1...Nf6 2.Qxg7# B. Kb1 rated tournaments at the bottom of the page. Click 1...Qd4 2.Qxh7# on the tournament to see a crosstable of the event. C. Kf3 (Qf2#) COMBO MOMBO COMBO MOMBO LILY'S PUZZLER For information on how to rate your tournaments: 1 1.Ne5+ Rxe5 (1...Kf6 2.Nxc6) A. 1.Rb8 2.Rh5# 2.Qc2+ Qxc2= www.chess-math.org/ratings/rate.htm B. 1.Ng8 2.Re8# 2 1...Qh2+ 2.Kxh2 Rxg2+ 3.Kxg2= (or 3.Kh1 Rh2+!)

CCOOAAKKLLEEYY CCHHEESSSS..CCOOMM TACTICS 101 homepage of JEFF COAKLEY 1 1.Qf6 2 1.Qf4 Canadian Chess Master & Author 3 1.Kf6 1.Kg7 4 1.Qa3 1.Qc5 1.Qh6 Information on WHO’S THE GOOF? Winning Chess 1. Black has no king. For Kids series: 2. White has three knights. Book Descriptions, 3. Black is in an impossible check. All the squares that knight on d6 could have moved from are occupied. Reviews, Errata, 4. The goof is the black king. There is no way he could Announcements. get past the unmoved white pawns on b2 c2 f2 g2 to www.coakleychess.com reach e2. Everything else in the position is legal. The last move was discovered check by Ke7-f8+.

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