Toronto Chess News Issue # 2-1 September 2, 2013-Ready!

Toronto Chess News(for download)

Editor Bob Armstrong

Issue # 2-1 of September 2, 2013, is 99 pages, and contains the following:

Articles, etc.

TCN’s First Birthday!
FIDE Sept. 1, 2013 Regular Rating List ( Open/Women )
Malmsten on Chess – Chess at the CNE Part 4: Levy–Computer Match 1978
Canadian Olympiad Team Selection Ratings – National
Canadian Olympiad Team Selection Ratings – Women’s
FIDE Sept. 1, 2013 Regular Rating List – Canadian Rankings ( Open/Women )
The “Games of the Century” Series: The Botvinnik Immortal Game
Teaching Classic Games of Chess – Calculating a Forcing Line
Ken’s Chess Trivia
TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings”
TCN Readers Have Questions

TCN Readers’ Feedback

TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column

Tournament Reports

FIDE World Chess Cup
Barcelona Sants Tournament – Grp. A
North American Youth Chess Championships
U.S. Masters
Toronto Labour Day Open
Kitchener-Waterloo Labour Day Open

Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC )
Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL )
Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC )
Aurora Chess Club
Hamilton City Chess Club
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club

Tournament Notices
Campbellville Summer Active
Aurora Fall Open
Battle of Toronto II


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Toronto Chess News Issue 1-23 August 15,2013 Now Available

Toronto Chess News

Editor Bob Armstrong

The latest issue is out. Subscribe/download
Issue # 1-23 of August 15 is 112 pages, and contains the following:

Articles, etc.
FIDE August 1, 2013 Regular Rating List – Open/Women
Can. Olympiad Selection Ratings - National
Can. Olympiad Selection Ratings – Women’s
Canadian Junior Players in Top 50 in the World
Canadian Girl Wins USA Chess Scholarship
Malmsten on Chess - Chess at the CNE Part 3: Spassky 1971
FIDE August 1, 2013 Regular Rating List – Canadian – Open/Women
Teaching Classic Games of Chess – Double Knight Sacrifice – Jung
Ken’s Chess Trivia
TCN Readers’ Lead Article Invitation
TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings”
TCN Readers Have Questions
TCN Readers’ Feedback
TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column – Smith 

Tournament Reports
FIDE World Chess Cup, Norway
2012-3 FIDE Grand Prix # 5 (Beijing) 46th Biel Chess Festival, Switzerland 
Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund, Germany
100th British Chess Championships 2013
USA Open, St. Louis
Canadian Open, Ottawa
Canadian Seniors’ Championship, Kitchener
Canadian Amateur Championships, Kitchener
2013 CYCC Tie-breaks, Ottawa
Quebec Open, Montreal
Maritime Open, PEI 

Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) by Bob Armstrong
Aurora Chess Club (AuCC) by Graeme Knight
Hamilton City Chess Club by Michel Vasquez
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club by Kai Gauer 

Tournament Notices
Mississauga Open
Toronto Labour Day Open 

Community Bulletin Board

Toronto Chess News Issue 1-22 July 15,2013 Now Available

Toronto Chess News

Editor Bob Armstrong

The latest issue is out. Subscribe/download

'Issue # 1-22 of July 15 is 65 pages.

It is coming out a bit early due to scheduling conflicts. Also, in converting the Issue from Word to pdf, a spacing problem developed in the pdf that I could not solve, and so a few boards are split and some pictures ended up on the wrong page. 

Hopefully I'll figure this out for next time.'-Editor Bob Armstrong

Contents:
Articles 
The FIDE Zero Tolerance Rule
2013 World Chess Cup
Canadians Set Up in Europe: Hansen/Hambleton
Malmsten on Chess – Chess at the CNE Part 2: circa 1950
Teaching Classic Games of Chess – Smothered Knightmare
Ken’s Chess Trivia
TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings”
TCN Readers Have Questions
TCN Readers’ Feedback
TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column 

Tournament Reports
World Open, USA
Canadian Youth Chess Championships
Aurora Summer Open
Alberta Women’s Championship & Fort McMurray Open
Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC )
Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL )
Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC )
Annex Chess Club ( ACC )
Willowdale Chess Club (WCC)
Aurora Chess Club (Au CC)
Ajax Chess Club
Hamilton City Chess Club (HCCC)
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club (K-WCC) 

Tournament Notices
Canadian Open Quebec Open
Kitchener Chess Festival
Mississauga Open
Toronto Labour Day Open 

Community Bulletin Board         

Toronto Chess News-Issue 1-21 July 1 2013 Ready

Toronto Chess News
Issue # 1-21, July 1, 2013 is ready for download(106 pages)

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Articles
The World’s Youngest FM!! 19
FIDE July 1, 2013 Regular Rating List ( Open/Women ) 21
Canadian IM Bindi Cheng – Narrowly misses GM Norm! 30
Malmsten on Chess – Chess at the CNE Pt1: Canadian Championships 1930s 31

Canadian Olympiad Selection Ratings - National 40
Canadian Olympiad Selection Ratings – Women 41
FIDE July 1, 2013 Regular Rating List – Canadian Rankings ( Open/Women ) 42
BC Girls Chess Foundation 80
The “Games of the Century” Series – The Game of the Century (20th) 81
Teaching Classic Games of Chess - Hungarian Knights 88 Ken’s Chess Trivia 92
TCN Readers’ Lead Article Invitation 95
TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings” 95
TCN Readers Have Questions 95
TCN Readers’ Feedback 95 TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column 96

Tournament Reports
8th Tal Memorial, Russia 4
2013 IV Int. Chess Festival Forni di Sopra, Italy 12
2013-4 FIDE Women’s Grand Prix # 2 (Dilijan), Armenia 12
1st Geneva Masters, Switzerland 15
Geneva Open A 18
Kitchener-Waterloo Team Tournament 58
The University of Waterloo Weekend Summer Semester Open 67
Eastern Ontario Open, Ottawa 72
8th Annual Edmonton International 74
2013 New Brunswick Open, Campellton 81

Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada( CFC ) 29
Scarborough Chess Club( SCC ) 51
Annex Chess Club( ACC ) 55
Aurora Chess Club 56
Ajax Chess Club 58
Hamilton City Chess Club 69
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club 69

Tournament Notices
Aurora Summer Open 96
GM Elshan Moradiabadi (Iranian GM) Lecture & Simul 97 

Canadian Youth Chess Championships 97 

Canadian Open 98
Kitchener Chess Festival – Can. Amateur/Can. Seniors 100 

Mississauga Open 103 Toronto Labour Day Open 104 

Community Bulletin Board 104

Toronto Chess News-Issue 1-15 June 15 2013

More About Toronto



Issue # 1-20, June 15, 2013
Ready for download.

Articles
More Chess Promotion? 4
Interesting Canadian Chess Personalities – IM Lawrence Day – Game 20 Teaching Classic Games of Chess – No game this Issue 40
Ken’s Chess Trivia 41
TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings” 44
TCN Readers Have Questions 44
TCN Readers’ Feedback 44
TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column 45

Tournament Reports
II Server24 Chess Festival Ortisei 2013 - Open A, Italy 7
2012-3 FIDE Grand Prix # 4 (Thessaloniki), Greece 10
FIDE World Rapid Championship 18
FIDE World Blitz Championship 18
Toronto Closed 23
Guelph Pre-summer Pro-Am 35
Outaouais Regional Open, Quebec 39

Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) 19
Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL ) 27
Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC ) 30
Annex Chess Club ( ACC ) 31
Aurora Chess Club 33
Hamilton City Chess Club 37
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club 38

Tournament Notices
Kitchener-Waterloo Team Challenge 45
Chess in the Library Annual Chess Festival 45
Aurora Summer Open 46 Canadian Youth Chess Championships 46
Canadian Open 47
Toronto Labour Day Open 49

Community Bulletin Board 49

Toronto Chess News 2013-06 Issue 1-19

Toronto Chess News
The latest issue is ready for download. Bob Armstrong presents the world of Toronto chess. Available in pdf and Chessbase formats twice a month. See the website to subscribe.

More about Toronto

Below the streets of Toronto is a marvel of engineering called PATH - a network of underground shopping malls, subway stations and pathways that provide shelter from harsh winter weather.

Toronto moves south into the Lake and Union Station is built becoming the busiest transportation hub in Canada. The waterfront is developed and as more land is reclaimed, Redpath Sugar opens a refinery taking advantage of the newly opened St. Lawrence Seaway and the larger ships that can now reach Toronto's port lands. The CN Tower is built and Toronto the Mega City is born.



Issue # 1-19, June 1, 2013- 86 pages

CONTENTS

Articles
FIDE July 1, 2013 Regular Rating List ( Open/Women ) 14
Canadian Olympiad Selection Rating List 24
Canadian Olympiad Selection Rating List – Women 25
FIDE July 1, 2013 Regular Rating List – Canadian Rankings ( Open/Women ) 26
The “Games of the Centuries” Series – The Evergreen Game 66
Malmsten on Chess – Chess Crossword 69
Teaching Classic Games of Chess - Use the King to Get the King 71 

Ken’s Chess Trivia 76
TCN Readers’ Lead Article 79
TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings” 79
TCN Readers Have Questions 79
TCN Readers’ Feedback 79 

TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column 80

Tournament Reports
Supreme Masters (Norway GM Tournament) 4
European Individual Championship 11
Sunningdale Open, England 13
Chicago Open, USA 13
CMA Chess Challenge Championship 22
Ontario Open, Ottawa 33
Toronto Closed 37
Keres Memorial, Vancouver 55
Calgary International 56

Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) 22 

Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL ) 40
Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC ) 41
Annex Chess Club ( ACC ) 45 

Aurora Chess Club 47
Ajax Chess Club 50
Hamilton City Chess Club 51
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club 51
British Columbia Chess Federation (BCCF) 56

Tournament NoticesGuelph Pre-summer Pro-Am 80
K-W Team Tournament 81
Aurora Summer Open 81
Canadian Youth Chess Championships 82
Canadian Open 83

Community Bulletin Board 84

Issue # 1-18, May 15, 2013

Toronto Chess News Ready for Download
Packed with Canadian chess news.

Editor Bob Armstrong

Issue # 1-18, May 15, 2013- 59 pages

 

Articles, etc
Malmsten on Chess – Chess Crossword 40
Teaching Classic Games of Chess - Central Queen Force 43
Ken’s Chess Trivia 49
TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings” 51
TCN Readers Have Questions 51
TCN Readers’ Feedback 51 TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column 51

Tournament Reports
Americas Continental Championship 4
FIDE 2013-4 Fondation Neva Women’s Grand Prix # 1 (Geneva) 8
USA Championship 13
USA Women’s Championship 18
Ontario Girls Championships 23
Toronto Closed Championship 24

Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) 22
Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC ) 29
Willowdale Chess Club ( WCC ) 35
Aurora Chess Club 36
Ajax Chess Club 38
Hamilton City Chess Club 38
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club 39
 
Tournament Notices
2013 Toronto Youth Championship (CYCC Qualifier) 51
Mississauga Chess Club – Open Standard 52
Mississauga CC Open Actives 53
KW Team Challenge 54
2013 Aurora Summer Open 55
2013 Canadian Youth Chess Championships 55
Canadian Open 2013 56
Community Bulletin Board 58

 

Toronto Chess News Issue 1-17: 2013-05-01

Toronto Chess News
The latest issue is out and available for download in pdf format(each issue comes with Chessbase database too). Each issue is packed with reports on the Toronto chess scene.

Issue # 1-17, May 1, 2013 - 91 pages

Bob Armstrong-Editor
 

Contents
Articles
The “Games of the Century” Series – The Immortal Game 4
FIDE May 1, 2013 Regular Rating List ( Open/Women ) 21
Canadian Olympiad Selection Ratings – National 31
Canadian Olympiad Selection Ratings – Women 32

FIDE May 1, 2013 Regular Rating List – Canadian Rankings ( Open/Women ) 32
Malmsten on Chess – Early OCA History and Ontario Championships 40
Teaching Classic Games of Chess - Greco’s Kingside Pawn Storm 73

Ken’s Chess Trivia 78
TCN Readers Have Questions 81
TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column 81

Tournament Reports
FIDE Renova Grand Prix # 3 (Zug, Switzerland) 9
Alekhine Memorial 16
FIDE 2013-4 Women’s Grand Prix 20
Ontario Youth Chess Championships 47
Toronto Closed Chess Championship 51
Niagara Falls Open 68
Kitchener-Waterloo Spring Quick 70

Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) 30Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL ) 54
Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC ) 56
Mississauga Chess Club (MCC) 63
Aurora Chess Club 66
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club 71

Tournament Notices
Ontario HS Chess Championship 81
Mississauga CC Open Actives 82
Ontario Girl’s Chess Championship 83
2013 Toronto Youth Championship (CYCC Qualifier) 84
Mississauga CC Open Standard 84
K-W Team Challenge 85
2103 Aurora Summer Open 86
2103 Canadian Youth Chess Championships 86
2013 Canadian Open 87

Community Bulletin Board 89

Background on Toronto Chess
Here is a 2011 video featuring Hart House chess.

Toronto Chess News-Issue 1-16 April 15 2013

Issue # 1-16, April 15, 2013
Ready for download

TCN Editor Bob Armstrong

CONTENTS
This issue has 61 pages of features and articles and is downloadable in pdf or Chessbase format.

Articles, etc

Anand on the 2013 Candidate’s Tournament 4
Anand – Carlsen : Nov. World Championship - Venue Posing Some Problems 7
The World Youth Chess Championships and Women’s Chess 8
Titled Players – World and Country Sampling 10
UN Watch to Honor Garry Kasparov 10
USA GM Robert Byrne – RIP 12
Canadian GM Eric Hansen to Go Professional 13
Women's Chess Promotion 13
Canadian Olympiad Team Selection Rating List 16
Canadian Women’s Olympiad Team Selection Rating List 17
Teaching Classic Games of Chess – The Art of Pawn Promotion 43
Ken’s Chess Trivia 54
TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings” 56
TCN Readers Have Questions 56
TCN Readers’ Feedback 56 TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column 56

Tournament Reports

GTCL Cup – Rapid Teams’ Tournament 18
Guelph Spring Pro-Am 34
Alberta Closed 39
Grand Pacific Open, BC. 40

Organizations with News Reports

Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) 14
Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL ) 23
Chess Institute of Canada ( CIC ) 24
Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC ) 25
Annex Chess Club ( ACC ) 29
Willowdale Chess Club ( WCC ) 30
Aurora Chess Club 32
Ajax Chess Club 33
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club 37

Tournament Notices

Toronto Closed Championship 56
Oriole Chess Club Simul – Hambleton 57
Ontario Girls Chess Championship 58
2013 Toronto Youth Championship (CYCC Qualifier) 58
2013 Aurora Summer Open 59
Community Bulletin Board 60

Toronto Chess News Issue 1-15 and New TCN Blog

The Latest Issue is Out
See Toronto Chess News
See TCN New blog

For a free subscription to this newsletter, e-mail Canadian Chess Consulting Service (canadianchessdonsultingservice@gmail.com).

TCN Editor Bob Armstrong

 

You can find the most recent newsletter and archived Issues here on the website, but you will need the Adobe Reader ( which you can download for free from the Adobe website ), or some other equivalent pdf reader.

As well, nearly all Issues are accompanied by a games database of all the games ( including annotatons ) in the Issue.


TCN Blog Brand New!
TCN has a game viewer where all the games from each Issue can be played over - give it a visit - quick and convenient playing over of TCN games:
See http://torontochessnews.blogspot.ca/.

Latest Edition
CONTENTS Issue # 1-15, April 1, 2013- 63 pages

Articles
Visit to the Capablanca Chess Club in Havana 4
FIDE 2013-4 Women’s Grand Prix 19 FIDE April 1, 2013 Regular Rating List (Open/Women ) 20
FIDE April 1, 2013 Regular Rating List – Canadian Rankings (Open/Women) 30
Teaching Classic Games of Chess – Philidor’s Passed Pawn Endgame 50
Ken’s Chess Trivia 58
TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings” 59
TCN Readers Have Questions 59
TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column 59 

Tournament Reports
2013 Candidates’ Tournament, England 7
2013 Karpos Open, Macedonia 16
St. Clement Active, Toronto 37
Hamilton Winter Open 46

Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) 28
Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL ) 38
Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC ) 39
Annex Chess Club ( ACC ) 43
Aurora Chess Club 45

Tournament Notices
Guelph Spring Pro-Am 60
GTCL Cup 60
Toronto Closed Championship 60
Oriole Chess Club Simul 61
Toronto Youth Championship (CYCC Qualifier) 62

Community Bulletin Board 62

Toronto Chess News-March 15 2013 Issue Now Out

Latest Issue-Site Torontochessnews

Issue # 1-14, March 15, 2013 - 59 pages

The latest issue is now available. Keep up with Toronto News.

Editor Bob Armstrong

Contents

Articles, etc
CFC – Executive Director – Outsourcing or Employee? 4 

Interesting Canadian Chess Personalities – WIM Yuanling Yuan 21
Canadian Olympiad Team Selection 26
Canadian Women’s Olympiad Team Selection 26
Teaching Classic Games of Chess – Which Passer Has More Power? 47 

Ken’s Chess Trivia 51 

TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings” 53
TCN Readers Have Questions 53
TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column 53 

Tournament Reports
Zurich Chess Challenge, Switzerland. 7
Cappelle La Grande International Chess Open, France. 9
UT Dallas Spring FIDE Open, USA 11
FIDE Women’s World Chess Team Championship, Kazakhstan 16
Candidates’ Tournament, England 18
K-W Riedstra Memorial Open 41
Gatineau Open 46

Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) 19 

Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL ) 28
Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC ) 30
Annex Chess Club ( ACC ) 34
Burlington Chess Club 35
Mississauga Chess Club 36
Aurora Chess Club 40
Hamilton City Chess Club 43
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club 43

Tournament Notices
St. Clement Active 53
Hamilton Winter Open 54
2nd Annual “Chess In The Library” Spring Open 55
Canadian Youth Chess Championships – North York Qualifier 2013 55
Guelph Spring Pro-Am 56
GTCL Rapid Teams Championship 57
Toronto Closed 57

Community Bulletin Board 58

Toronto Chess News March 2013 Issue

Latest Edition Torontochessnews
The March issue is ready and available in pdf and chessbase format.

Bob Armstrong TCN Editor

Issue # 1-13, March 1, 2013 - 69 pages

Articles, etc
Malmsten on Chess: New FIDE-Rated Local Players 4
FIDE January 1, 2013 Regular Rating List ( Open/Women ) 18
FIDE Jan. 1, 2013 Regular Rating List – Canadian Rankings ( Open/Women ) 27
Teaching Classic Games of Chess 59 Ken’s Chess Trivia 63 TCN Readers Have Questions 65
TCN Readers’ Feedback 65
TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column 65

Tournament Reports
Grenke Chess Classic, Germany 8
Aeroflot Rapid and Blitz Open 12
Reykjavik Open, Iceland 12
Hart House Reading Week Open, Toronto 35
GTCL Premier League 39

Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) 26
Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL ) 42
Chess Institute of Canada ( CIC ) 43
Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC ) 44
Annex Chess Club ( ACC ) 52
Willowdale Chess Club ( WCC ) 53
Aurora Chess Club 55
Ajax Chess Club 56
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club 56

Tournament Notices
St. Clement Active 65
Hamilton Winter Open 2013 66
Canadian Youth Chess Championships – North York Qualifier 2013 67
Toronto Closed 68

Community Bulletin Board 69

Toronto Chess News 1-12 Feb 15 2013

Now Available See-Torontochessnews

Editor Bob Armstrong

Latest Edition
Issue # 1-12, February 15, 2013 - 65 pages

Articles, etc
A Bit of History: 2012 Mississauga Chess Club Championship 4
Canadian Chess Player of the Year – Hansen 11
Interesting Canadian Chess Personalities – Maurice Smith 13
RIP – John W. Chidley-Hill 22
Teaching Classic Games of Chess – Morphy’s Noble Checkmate 54
Ken’s Chess Trivia 60
TCN Readers Have Questions 62
TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column 62

Tournaments
Moscow Open, Russia 7
Guelph Winter Pro-Am 23
GTCL Premier League 26
British Columbia Open 54

Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) 12
Greater Toronto Chess League (GTCL) 30
Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC ) 31
Annex Chess Club ( ACC ) 39
Burlington Chess Club 42
Mississauga Chess Club 43
Aurora Chess Club 49
Hamilton City Chess Club 50
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club 52

Tournament Notices
Hart House Reading Week Open 62
Willowdale Chess Club Championship 64
Community Bulletin Board 64