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We hope 2016 brings you everything you want.Like lots of chess! And good grades at school.And some perfect Canadian weather.

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Every game begins with an opening. And players allover the world have been studying them for centuries.So it’s not surprising how much information we have onchess openings. Thousands of books are written, anduncountable hours are spent, in the never-ending searchto find the perfect moves!

Because openings get a lot of attention, there is a largevocabulary about them. There are hundreds of namesfor the different openings, and many special words todescribe typical moves. Lucky for us, it’s fun to learn thissecret language! Let’s begin with some general terms:

develop : To “develop a piece” means to move it fromits starting square on the first rank to a moreactive position. We use this word with knights,bishops, rooks, and queens. But not withpawns or kings.

fianchetto : A special way of developing the bishops. We“fianchetto a bishop” by advancing the b-pawnor g-pawn one square and putting the bishopbehind it (on b2, g2, b7, or g7). Many openingsfeature fianchettoed B’s.

‘Fianchetto’ is an Italian word for ‘little flank’.“Fian-” rhymes with the name Ian.)

The English Opening 1.c4 usually includes a kingsidefianchetto. 1...e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2gambit : A pawn sacrifice in the opening. The pawn is

given up to get a quick attack, to gain centralcontrol, or to speed development.

countergambit : A gambit by Black, especially when itis played against a White gambit.

The most famous gambit is theKing’s Gambit. 1.e4 e5 2.f4

White aims for something like:2...exf4 3.Nf3 h6 4.d4

But if black is feeling brave,they can choose the FalkbeerCountergambit 2...d5!? Whitecan go totally wrong then with3.fxe5? Qh4+! A better line is3.exd5 e4 4.d3. variation : A “variation” is any “series of moves”. It also

refers to a common “line of play” within an opening.Most openings have several variations, each with its

own name. The French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 has theAdvance Variation 3.e5; Exchange Variation 3.exd5;Tarrasch Variation 3.Nd2, and Classical Variation 3.Nc3.There are also “subvariations”. Against 3.Nc3, Black canplay the Winawer Variation 3...Bb4!?

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The “main line” of the Winawer goes 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d53.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3. But the “theory” ofthis opening goes much deeper. Many “book lines” havebeen analyzed out to the endgame. Some masters getexcited if they find a new idea (“innovation”) on move 25!

Books often divide openings into three general groups.“Open games” are those that start with 1.e4 e5. Theynormally lead to lots of open lines. In “closed games”,such as the Queen’s Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 and the IndianDefence 1.d4 Nf6, there are usually fewer pawn trades, somore lines stay closed. Of course, there is everything inbetween. The “semi-open games” include all replies to1.e4 other than 1...e5. The most popular is the SicilianDefence 1.e4 c5.

Did you notice that the Sicilianis exactly the same as the English1.c4 e5, except with the coloursswitched?

There are also other “reversedopenings”. For example, the BirdOpening 1.f4 d5 is a reversedDutch Defence 1.d4 f5. Or is theDutch a reversed Bird?!

Sometimes we start off in one opening, but end up inanother. A popular l ine of the Russian Defence goes

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 d5.Amazingly, this “transposes” to a position in the FrenchExchange variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6.Strange, eh?

All the major chess openingsare listed on the next two pages,along with their defining moves.Many were named for the countrywhere they were first played.Others are named after masterswho played or invented them, likeworld champion Alekhine 1.e4 Nf6.There are even animal names!Did you ever play the Rat? Orface an Orangutan?

Don’t count the Bird in that group though. It’s named forEnglishman Henry Bird!

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ITALIAN OPENING1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4

Giuoco Piano 3...Bc5

Two Knight’s Defence 3...Nf6

SCOTCH GAME1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4

FOUR KNIGHTS GAME1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6

SPANISH OPENING(Ruy Lopez)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5

RUSSIAN DEFENCE (Petroff)1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6

PHILIDOR DEFENCE1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6

BISHOP’S OPENING1.e4 e5 2.Bc4

KING’S GAMBIT1.e4 e5 2.f4

DANISH GAMBIT1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3

SICILIAN DEFENCE1.e4 c5

The Dragon 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd44.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6

FRENCH DEFENCE1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5

CARO-KANN DEFENCE1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5

SCANDINAVIAN DEFENCE(Centre Counter)

1.e4 d5

ALEKHINE DEFENCE1.e4 Nf6

NIMZOVICH DEFENCE1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5

PIRC DEFENCE1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6

MODERN DEFENCE (The Rat)1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7

QUEEN FIANCHETTO DEFENCE1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7

CCHH EE SS SS OOPPEENN II NNGG SS QUEEN’S GAMBIT1.d4 d5 2.c4

Declined 2...e6 Accepted 2...dxc4

SLAV DEFENCE1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6

DUTCH DEFENCE1.d4 f5

KING’S INDIAN DEFENCE1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6

GRUNFELD DEFENCE1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5

QUEEN’S INDIAN DEFENCE1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6

NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENCE1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4

CATALAN OPENING1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3

BUDAPEST DEFENCE1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5

BENONI DEFENCE1.d4 c5

TROMPOWSKY ATTACK1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5

TORRE ATTACK1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5

LONDON SYSTEM1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4

ENGLISH OPENING1.c4

RETI OPENING1.Nf3

LARSEN OPENING1.b3

POLISH OPENING (Orangutan)

1.b4

BIRD OPENING1.f4

QUEEN KNIGHT ATTACK1.Nc3

KING FIANCHETTO OPENING1.g3

THE SPIKE1.g4


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Skewers are the sticks we put food on to barbecue.A chess skewer is a move that attacks two piecesalong the same line. After the first piece (usually K orQ) moves away, the one behind it is taken. This tacticis also known as an x-ray attack.

White skewers a queen with 1.Qa8+ Kb6 2.Qxa2.Or mates after 1...Ra7 2.Qc6+ Ka5 3.Qxb5#.

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SPOTLIGHT ON SKEWERS SIEGBERSIEGBERTT TTARRASCHARRASCH

(1862 - 1934)

This doctor of medicine from Nuremburg, Germanywas one of the most successful chess masters ofthe nineteenth century, winning first prize in manytournaments. In 1908, he lost to Emanuel Lasker10½ - 5½ in a world championship match.

“Chess, like love and music, has the power to make people happy.”

TARRASCH DEFENCE (Queen’s Gambit)1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5

TARRASCH VARIATION (French Defence)1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2

Tarrasch was a leader of the “classical style” ofchess. In his play and in his teachings, he alwaysfocused on the mobility of pieces and the controlof space. His famous book of instruction is calledThe Game of Chess.


CANADA AND WORLD NEWSWORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

The 2015 World Youth Chess Championships took place atHalkidiki, Greece from October 25 to November 5. There were1596 kids from 91 countries this year, including an amazing 56Canadians (40 boys and 16 girls). The only nations with moreplayers were Russia (70), Greece (78), and the USA (129).

Over half of Team Canada finished with an equal or positivescore in the 11 round event. Our top player was Razvan Preotu(Burlington ON) who came 6th in the under 16 section. Two othersplaced in the top 20. Issani Nameer (Toronto) was 13th in under 10and Qiyu Zhou (Ottawa) was 15th in the girls under 16. Excellentscores were also achieved by Max Chen (Toronto <8), NicholasVettese (Toronto <12), and Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (Montreal <12),all with 7 points.

The winners and the top Canadian in each section are listed onthe next page. Note that India won five gold medals as well as sixsilver or bronze! See page 36 for all the Canadian results.

TEAM CANADA 2015 World Youth Chess Championship

B.C. JUNIORThe B.C Junior Championship

took place on December 7-9 inRichmond. Ten players took partin the five round event.

This year ’s co-championsare brothers John and JoshuaDoknjas (Surrey). Tying for thirdwere Kai Richardson, CallumLehingrat, and Luke Pulfer.

For those people who may notknow, in chess “junior” refers tocompetitions for players under20 years old.

NEWFOUNDLANDThe 2015-2016 Newfoundland

and Labrador Individual ChessChampionship was played onNovember 14 in St. John’s, with42 players attending. The champions are:

primary Evan Fang elementary Peter Dormody junior high Stefan Boon-Petersenhigh school Brody McKeown

QUEBEC TEAMSThere were 250 players at the

Scholastic Team Tournamentin Montreal on December 6 atJean de Brebeuf College. Thewinning schools were:K-3 1. Notre-Dame-de-Grace

Manech LepageJ. Calagui-PainchaudNicolas Finol CantinIvan Stedl

=2. Fernand-SéguinLa Vérendrye

K-6 1. Selwyn House Conrad Séguin-GumantiBen ZabierekEthan CurtisMax Gao

2. Notre-Dame-du-Foyer3. St-Léon-de-Westmount

WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPThe 2015 World Junior Championship was held at Khanty-Mansiyskon September 1-16. There were 62 participants. The new championis Mikhail Antipov (Russia). Runners-up were Jan Duda (Poland)and Matthias Bluebaum (Germany). No Canadians took part. The separate World Girls under 20 Championship, with 48 players,

was won by Nataliya Buksa (Ukraine). However, the top rated girl,Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia), competed in the open section(“with the boys”). She placed 34th, scoring 50%.


MORE NEWS


OPEN under 8OPEN under 8 (134 players)1 Bharath Subramaniyam India 9½ 2 Dev Shah India 9 3 Fiszer Bartosz Poland 8½

25 Chen Max Canada 7

OPEN under 10OPEN under 10 (185)1 Praggnanandhaa R. India 9 2 Makoveev Ilya Russia 9 3 Wang Justin USA 8½

13 Issani Nameer Canada 7½

OPEN under 12OPEN under 12 (202)1 Muradli Mahammad Azerbaijan 9 2 Nihal Sarin India 9 3 Peng David USA 9

33 Vettese Nicholas Canada 7

OPEN under 14OPEN under 14 (187)1 Vokhidov Shamsiddin Uzbekistan 9 2 Esipenko Andrey Russia 9 3 Gholami Aryan Iran 8½

31 Xu Jeffrey Canada 7

OPEN under 16OPEN under 16 (154)1 Vogel Roven Germany 9 2 Moroni Luca Italy 8½3 Martirosyan Haik Armenia 8½

6 Preotu Razvan Canada 8

OPEN under 18OPEN under 18 (116)1 Mosadeghpour Masoud Iran 9½2 Alekseenko Kirill Russia 8½3 Yuffa Daniil Russia 8½

33 Dorrance Adam Canada 6½

GIRLS under 8GIRLS under 8 (87) 1 Nguyen Le Cam Hien Vietnam 9 2 Gaal Zsoka Hungary 9 3 Ivanova Dilyana Bulgaria 8½

26 Lin Angela Canada 6½

GIRLS under 10GIRLS under 10 (111) 1 Rakshitta Ravi India 9 2 Song Yuxin China 9 3 Divya Deshmukh India 8½

31 Gilani Mysha Canada 6½

GIRLS under 12GIRLS under 12 (120)1 Salimova Nurgyul Bulgaria 9½ 2 Yip Carissa USA 9½3 Salonika Saina India 8½

28 Demchenko Svitlana Canada 6½

GIRLS under 14GIRLS under 14 (125)1 Vaishali R India 9½ 2 Sliwicka Alicja Poland 8½3 Vantika Agrawal India 8

55 Ouellet Maili-Jade Canada 5½

GIRLS under 16GIRLS under 16 (95)1 Tsolakidou Stavroula Greece 9 2 Gazikova Veronika Slovakia 8½ 3 Bykovtsev Agata USA 8

15 Zhou Qiyu Canada 7

GIRLS under 18GIRLS under 18 (80)1 Mahalakshmi M India 9 2 Varshini V India 8½3 Blagojevic Tijana Montenegro 8

67 Foote Joanne Canada 4

2015 2015 WWoror ld ld YYouth Championshipouth ChampionshipHalkidiki, Greece

October 25 - November 5 1596 players 11 roundsWinners & Top Canadian

BRITISH COLUMBIASurrey hosted the 100th B.C.

Closed Chess Championship onOctober 9-12, with eight players.Fourteen year old Jason Cao(Victoria) went undefeated to winclear first place for the secondyear in a row. Once again therunner-up was Tanraj Sohal.Tying for third place were JohnDoknjas, Joshua Doknjas, andHoward Wu.

TORONTO GRAND PRIXA record 346 players attendedthe first Grand Prix tournamentin Toronto on November 22. Twomore events, sponsored by theChess’n Math Association, arescheduled for February 7 andMay 1. The total prize fund is$3000 in gift certificates.

ALBERTA JUNIORThe 2015 Alberta Junior ChessChampionship was a six playerround robin, held in Calgaryon November 14-15. The winnerwas 11th grader Diwen Shifollowed by Jeff Wang and NimaiKoneru (all from Calgary).

MARITIME SCHOLASTIC TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPThe sixth annual Maritime Scholastic Team Championship was

held in Charlottetown on November 21 between teams from NovaScotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Each provincefielded 24 players for the four round match, which was divided intofour groups by grade.

The overall winner was Team New Brunswick, with 62½ points(out of 96 games). Nova Scotia placed second with 47½ points andhad the best score in the K-3 section. PEI had 34 points and was thetop team in grades 4-6. See page 39 for a photo of the winners.

The four individual champions were all from New Brunswick:Tiger Xu (K-3), Alexandre X. LeBlanc (4-6), Leo Ciu (7-9), and SamSong (10-12).

Other players deserving mention, with perfect 4-0 scores, wereNB: Alex LeBlanc, Logan Reid, Shon Lazarev; and PEI: Dora Long.


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K I R I L’ SORNER

PAWNSON

PARADE

PAWNSON

PARADEIt was a beautiful grey New Year’s Day. A pleasant chill

and a promise of snow filled the air. Everybody in Chesstown was down on Main Street for

the big parade. The sidewalks were lined with moms anddads and smiling kids. What a great way to celebrate theend of the holiday season!The king and queen led the parade, waving to the crowd

from their royal float. They were followed by Biff the B,the master of ceremonies. He was riding on top of the starattraction: Titania the Elephant! She travelled all the wayfrom Africa just to be part of the show.

Next came Kiril and the other pawns. They were playingin the band. After a year of practice, they were finallyready to perform in public. Their first number was called“March of the Hip Hop Hooray”, written by and featuringPing Lee on the cymbals!

Between songs, the pawns talked to the spectators andjoked around. Moe and Larry kept saying funny thingsabout walking behind an elephant.

“I sure hope she doesn’t let a fart!”“Oh yea, and you know what would be even worse?”Luckily it was time for another tune before anyone could

answer that question.Jay Pawn raised his baton and

the band began to play. It wasKiril’s favourite, an old Beatlessong named “Yellow Submarine”.All the kids were singing alongas they marched by!

It was the best New Year’sparade ever. And that’s not all.Afterwards, the king and queenthrew a special party for Titania.

When they presented her with akey to the city, Biff made thespeech. He was really proud toexplain that ‘elephant’ was theRussian word for bishop!


After the pawns filled up on snacks, they decided to playsome chess. There were no tables, but Kiril had a greatidea. He set up a board on his drum!

Lily and Frizoon wanted to meetTitania, so they went over andinvited her for a game.

That made the elephant reallyhappy, because she wanted tomeet them too! And besides, Biffhad been talking her ears off. Youknow how he can be!

Titania chose Lily as her opponent, and everybodygathered around to watch the game.

4. e3 Lily prepares to develop herother bishop so she cancastle.

4. . . . c5

Before bringing the knightto its natural spot on c6,Black first builds a betterpawn centre by advancingthe c-pawn.

5. Bb5+

5. . . . Nc6Titania isn’t worried hereabout doubled c-pawns,since 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 wouldactually make her pawnstructure stronger.( 5...Bd7 6.Bxd7+ Nbxd7also leads to a level game.)

6. Ne5 The knight hops into itsideal outpost and attacksthe pinned knight on c6.

6. . . . Qc7 7. 0 -0 Bd6

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1. Nf3Lily usually begins 1.d4,

but she also opens withher knight sometimes.

1. . . . d5Titania winked an eye, thenmade her move.

2. b3

NIMZOVICH ATTACKWhite plans to fianchettoa bishop on b2 and takecharge of the long darkdiagonal. Controlling thee5 square is an importantgoal in this opening.

2. . . . Nf6

The elephant was quitegood at using her trunkto pick up the pieces. Butof course, they did get alittle wet!

3. Bb2 e6Titania wants to avoiddoubled f-pawns if Whitetakes on f6. Now 4.Bxf6can be met by 4...Qxf6.(Books recommend 3...Bg4! 4.e3 e6 with equality.)

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11. . . . g6?

Titania “stops” the whitequeen from going to h5. Butshe also seriously weakensthe a1-h8 diagonal.

Wait until you see whatshe missed!

Black comes under attackafter 11...Nxe5 12.fxe5 Bxe513.Qh5 (13...h6? 14.Bxe5or 13...f6 14.Qxh7+).

Against 11...f5, White canstack up on the h-file with12.Qh5 Nf6 13.Qh4 thoughBlack is fine after 13...h6.

It’s not easy to find, butthe best defence is 11...f6!After 12.Nf3? e5, the blackpieces take over the centre,so White should attack with12.Nxd7! Qxd7 13.Qh5 orthe crazy 12.Qh5!? fxe513.Qxh7+ Kf7 14.Rg3.

Okay, folks, here it is:

12. Qh5!HOLY CHESSARONI !Lily is playing like a genius.She must have taken hervitamins this morning.

Biff got so excited by thismove, he almost fell off hisseat on the back of theelephant. Luckily, Titaniahad seat belts installed!

8. Bxc6+

Lily eliminates the blackknight with check.

8. . . . bxc6

9. f4!

This is the key move for Whitein the battle to command e5.

9. . . . 0 -0

After Titania castled, shelooked around at the newfriends she had met andsmiled.

Frizoon was standing closeby and petted her on thehead. But not for too long.

It wouldn’t be polite todistract her while she wasthinking!

10. Rf3

This rook lift is anotheradvantage of advancing thef-pawn. The rook can nowattack on the h-file from infront of his own pawns.

10. . . . Nd7

The elephant sticks to herplan and continues to fightagainst the white knight inthe centre.

11. Rh3!

W o W ! Is Lily amazing orwhat? She ignores the threatto capture on e5 and goesright for the king. (11.Nxd7Bxd7 would make things easyfor Black.)


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12. . . . Nf6

The only way to stop aquick mate. Titania sawthat taking the queen by12...gxh5 would lose to13.Rg3+ Kh8 14.Nxf7#.

13. Ng4!

Awesome tactics by MissLily. The parade and theparty really inspired her.The black knight is forced

to leave its defensive poston f6.

13. . . . gxh5 What else can she do?

Not 13...Nxh5 14.Nh6#! or13...Nxg4 14.Qxh7#.

The trickiest line is 13...e5,with a discovered attack onthe rook at h3. White hastwo knights and a pawn fora rook after 14.Nxf6+ Kg715.Qg5! Bxh3 16.fxe5 Be717.Qh4 h6 18.Qxh3.

14. Nxf6+

14. . . . Kh8

There was a mate in 5 after14...Kg7. Can you find it?

15. Rxh5! Threatens 16.Rxh7#, whichis even better than winningthe queen by 15.Nxd5+.

15. . . . Kg7The last hope for survivalwas 15...h6 16.Nxd5+! Kh717.Nxc7 Bxc7 18.Rxc5 whenWhite is up the exchangeand three pawns.


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Everybody applauded Lily. Titania cheered too! Sheraised her trunk and gave a big roar. It sounded just likea giant trumpet. Kiril thought she should join the band!

The party lasted several hours, so there was lots moretime for chess. They all took turns playing with thefriendly elephant.

And guess what? Titania won the rest of her games,including a rematch with Lily.

Finally the day came to a happy end, but it wasn’t theend of the fun for Lily and Kiril. They got a ride home onthe elephant.

Lily winked an eye, thenmade her move.

16. Ne8+! Double checkeroo!

16. . . . Kg6 (16...Kg8 17.Rg5#)

17. Rg5+ Kh6 18. Bg7#


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10 VAN HEERDEN Hendrik 974 NLGRADEGRADE 11111 DAWSON Andrew 1458 NL2 OLDFORD Noah 1284 NL3 SCHRADER Nathaniel 1271 NB4 ANDERSEN Paul 1264 NL5 MAKAROV Joshua 1262 NB6 TIWARI Lal 1179 NS7 SNELGROVE Stephen 1174 NL8 GREGORY Liam 1126 NL9 JACKMAN Luke 1120 NL

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10 REZANIA Kurosh 1250 ABROOKIEROOKIE ROLLROLL top K-6top K-61 LOW Kevin 1897 BC2 HUANG Patrick 1799 BC3 QU Leo 1710 BC4 DOKNJAS Neil 1619 BC5 SUPERCEANU Andi 1580 AB6 ZHENG Victor 1552 BC7 JAMES Rowan 1547 BC8 ZHOU Aiden 1546 BC9 HEMSTAPAT Andrew 1545 BC

10 MAH Sean 1527 AB

GRADE 7GRADE 71 PULFER Luke 1867 BC2 WANG Kaixin 1757 AB3 RICHARDSON Kai 1729 BC4 LOW Ethan 1713 BC5 CHUNG Alec 1704 BC6 LEHINGRAT Callum 1525 BC7 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha 1502 AB8 LIN Kaining 1495 AB9 RENY Alex 1445 BC

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10 YU Rinna 1520 BCGRADE 9GRADE 91 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2113 BC2 ZHENG Maven 1737 BC3 SHRESTHA Prayus 1594 AB4 GENG Matthew 1591 BC5 LI Kevin 1560 BC6 MCCULLOUGH Ian 1534 AB7 HAN Lionel 1485 BC8 WU Chenxi 1480 AB9 JAYAWEERA Lahiru 1467 BC

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10 TAPP Ashley 1633 BCGRADE 1GRADE 1111 SHI Diwen 2329 AB2 DOKNJAS John 2276 BC3 AWATRAMANI Janak 2227 BC4 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1913 BC5 HOFFNER Noah 1806 AB6 LEE Nicholas 1683 AB7 ZHANG Yutong 1492 BC8 RAHEMTULLA Adam 1482 BC9 LIN Justin 1422 MB

10 CHENG Tony RuoTong 1411 BCGRADE 12GRADE 121 HERDIN Mathew 2200 BC2 HUI Jeremy 2050 BC3 SWIFT Ryne 1829 MB4 MCCULLOUGH David 1736 AB5 CUI Karl Li Zhe 1692 BC6 SITU Dennis 1687 AB7 ZHAO Chenxi 1549 AB8 DOBRZANSKI Joseph 1474 BC9 BARTHA Jimmy 1425 SK

10 ZHANG James 1336 BCHONOUR ROLLHONOUR ROLL1 CAO Jason 2399 BC2 SHI Diwen 2329 AB3 DOKNJAS John 2276 BC4 DOKNJAS Joshua 2233 BC5 AWATRAMANI Janak 2227 BC6 HERDIN Mathew 2200 BC7 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2113 BC8 HUI Jeremy 2050 BC9 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1913 BC

10 GROSSMANN Lenard 1912 AB


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It's easy. The board has 8 filesand 8 ranks. Files are the rowsof squares that go up and down.Each one is named by a smallletter. Ranks are rows that gosideways. Each one is namedby a number.Every square also has a name.

The first part is its file and thesecond part is its rank. In thisdiagram, a white pawn movedto e4 and a black pawn to e5.

When moves are written down,the first capital letter shows thepiece which moves. Q is queen.B is bishop. R is rook. N is usedfor knight because the king is K.If there is no capital letter, thatmeans a pawn moves.

Next is the square that thepiece moves to. Bc4 says that abishop moves to the square c4.When a piece is captured, an xis put before the square. Qxf7means a queen takes on f7.

If a pawn captures, the letterof the file it starts on is givenfirst, then an x followed by thesquare it takes on. exd5 says apawn on the e-file captures onthe square d5.

When two pieces of the samekind can go to the same spot,another letter is put after thepiece to show what file it camefrom. Rae1 tells us that a rookon the a-file moves to e1.

If the pieces that can move tothe same spot are on the samefile, then their rank number isadded. N6e4 means the knighton the 6th rank moves to e4.

Here are some special symbols:

+ check# checkmate

e. p. en passantO - O castles kingside

O - O - O castles queenside1 - 0 white wins0 - 1 black wins

½ - ½ draw! excellent move? mistake!? cool move?! weird (weak) move

The game below is written inalgebraic notation. Kiril wasnew to chess and fell into anold trap called Scholar’s Mate !

ROCKY KIRIL1. e4 e52. Qh5 d63. Bc4 Nf6?4. Qxf7 #

Oh no! Kiril got mated in justfour moves. That was no fun!

H O WH O W TT OO R E A DR E A D AA C H E S SC H E S S G A M EG A M E

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* SSOOLLUUTTIIOONNSS *MAMATESTES1 1.Rd8#2 1.Ne5+ Kd6 2.Rd7#

1...Kb5 2.Bf1#3 1.Qd7+ Kc4 2.Qc6#

1...Ka5 (or ...Ka6) 2.Ra1#4 1.Re8+ Kg7 2.Nh5#5 1.Qf6 gxf6 (or else 2.Qxg7#)

2.Rg3+ Kh8 3.Bxf6#

COMBOCOMBO MOMBOMOMBO1 1.Rxf6 Kxf6 2.Qh8+ Ke7 3.Qxb2 2 1...Bc6+ 2.bxc6 bxc6+

3.Kd6 Bb4+ 4.Kd7 Bxe73.Ke6 Re1+ 4.Kd7 Rxe7 (5.Kxe7 Bg5+! 6.Kd6 Bxh4

7.gxh4 g5! 8.hxg5 h4 0-1)


LILLILY'SY'S PUZZLERPUZZLER

D A

C B

TRIPLETRIPLE LOYDLOYDA. Ka3# B. Kb7=C. Kg5 (Ra5#)

TTACTICSACTICS 1011011 1.Qe4+ Kd7

2.Rd1+ Kc7 3.Rxd8(1...Qe7 2.Qxe7#)

2 1.Qb3+ Kg7 2.Be5+ Kh7 3.Bxh8

3 1.Nf5+ Kd8 2.Ra8+ Kc7 3.Rxh8

4 1.Qf7+ Kd6 2.Qf8+ Kc7 3.Qxb4 (1...Qe7 2.Rd1+ Kc7 3.Qxe7+)(1...Kd8 2.Rd1+ Bd7 3.Qxd7#)

CHESSCHESS MAZEMAZEQd1-e2-f1-g1-h2

-g3-h4-f6-f5-b1-a1-a8-b7xd7

Other arrangementsare not mate or haveboth kings in check.

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