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Another school year is coming to an happy end.The perfect time for one more Scholar ’s Mate.

Congratulations to Team Quebec on winning theCanadian Chess Challenge! It was a great nationalfinals in Vancouver. The full report starts on page 6.

Do you have any chess plans for the summer?Maybe I’ll see you at a chess camp or at the NorthAmerican Youth Championships.

Here’s the mag.

GREETINGS FFROM BBEAUTIFULGREETINGS FFROM BBEAUTIFULBRITISHBRITISH COLUMBIA!COLUMBIA!

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CONTENTSCONTENTS

Summer Camps 4You Are Here! 5CMA Ambassadors 16Mort & Marley 17Canada Top Ten 18Tactics 102 19Master Profile 20Combo Mombo 21News 22Mates 28Kiril’s Address 30Lily’s Puzzler 31Kiril’s Kontest 32

Provincial CCC 44CCC History 46Maze & Loyd 48Regional Top 10’s 50Ratings 54Top Girls 55Top Canada K-6 56CMA Meeting 57Tournaments 57Links & Contacts 58Chess Notation 60Solutions 61Back Cover 62


CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE 6Team Quebec Takes the Gold! Report From Vancouver

THE OUTSIDERS 12Kiril’s Klass The Advantage Of Outside Passers

THE MOOSE AND THE GOOSE 34Kiri l's KornerThe Original Muzio Moose Story

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2019 CCHAMPIONS2019 CCHAMPIONS1 NNICOLAS WU BBritish CColumbia2 HHUGO GGUILLEMETTE QQuebec3 VVINCENT CHEN OOntario4 LLEO LLIN SSaskatchewan5 KKEVIN ZHONG ** QQuebec6 RRICHARD ZHENG ** QQuebec7 PPAUL WANG Alberta8 SSHERRY TIAN British CColumbia9 AANDREW HEMSTAPAT BBritish CColumbia

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The home team, British Columbia, beat Alberta 7½-4½in the last round to place third. They rolled over the lowerteams, but lost to Ontario 7-5 and Quebec 7½-4½ . Eightplayers won medals, with gold for Nicolas Wu, SherryTian, and Andrew Hemstapat (all from Richmond).

Alberta, led by gold medalist Paul Wang (Calgary),came in fourth place for the 21st time.

The Most Improved Team was Saskatchewan, with 6½more points than 2018. That was enough to place fifthin the team standings, tying their best ever performance.

New Brunswick received the plaque for Top AtlanticTeam, scoring a combined 22-14 in their victoriesover the other Atlantic provinces.

Eight players were undefeated. But just one scored aperfect 9-0: Hugo Guillemette (Montreal) in grade 2.

Playoff games decided first place in grades 5, 6, 9, 12.

The 31st annual Canadian Chess Challenge finals tookplace on Victoria Day weekend at the University of BCin Vancouver. As always, each of the ten provinces wasrepresented by one player in each grade.

Saturday was a fun and sunny day, with familiesvisiting many sites around the city. There was also ablitz tournament in the afternoon, won by Richard Chen(Hamilton). The opening banquet in the evening featuredexcellent food and a piano player.

The competition started on Sunday. While a bagpiperplayed, the teams marched into the hall carrying theirprovincial flags. After the national anthem, sung byBC grade 8 champion Sherry Tian, the players shookhands and the chess battles began.

When the last king was mated on Monday afternoon,a new champion was crowned. Quebec defeated Ontario7½-4½ in the final round to win their first team title since2009. Nine players earned medals, including three goldfor Richard Zheng, Kevin Zhong, and Hugo Guillemette(all from Montreal).

Team Ontario was a close second, winning their othermatches comfortably. Eleven players took home medals.(Actually, they received trophies. We just talk about themas if they’re medals.) Richard Chen won his grade for thesixth time, only the tenth player to accomplish that feat.Also earning gold were Vincent Chen (Niagara Falls),Rohan Talukdar (Windsor), and William Li (Toronto).

QUEBEC 9 87ONTARIO 8 88½BRITISH COLUMBIA 7 84½ALBERTA 6 66½SASKATCHEWAN 5 49MANITOBA 3½ 41½NEW BRUNSWICK 3 32½NOVA SCOTIA 2 38PRINCE EDWARD IS. 1 29½NEWFOUNDLAND ½ 23

2019 TEAMS2019 TEAMS match individual

SS II LLVVEERRSS II LLVVEERR1 Aarush Ajith ON2 Erwin Mok BC3 BiaoBiao Boyong Guo BC4 Ryan Yang BC5 Anand Chandra AB6 Youhe Huang ON7 Dorian Kang ON8 Tyler Tanaka QC 9 S. Rodrigue-Lemieux** QC

10 Gabriel Tinica QC11 Derek Ma MB12 Max Gedajlovic BC

BBRROONNZZEEBBRROONNZZEE1 Calix Marchand NS2 Isaac Duanmu ON3 Jonathan Wu AB4 Alex Yan * QC5 Eric Ning ON 6 Kate Jiang BC 7 Storm Lei QC 8 Jeffrey Zhao ON 9 Nicholas Vettese **** ON

10 Daniel Wei SK11 Ray Ruiqian SK 12 Ananda Saha QC

top: Paul Wang, Sherry Tian, Andrew Hemstapat, Rohan Talukdar, William Li, Richard Chen

front: Nicolas Wu, Hugo Guillemette, Vincent Chen, Leo Lin, Kevin Zhong, Richard Zheng

* prev ious nat ional champion

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Two of the 2018 champions returned to defend theirtitles. Both tied for first place. Richard Chen won in theplayoffs and Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux came second.

Five sets of siblings took part. The best results wereby Martin and Nicolas Riquelme (Brandon MB), eachscoring 4 points (in grades 6 and 8).

Fifteen girls participated. Sherry Tian placed first ingrade 8. She is only the ninth girl to win her grade atthe nationals. Kate Jiang (Richmond BC) came third ingrade 6. Greta Qu (Mississauga) was fourth in grade 4.Cynthia Cui (Fredericton) placed fifth in grade 10, AliaMyrzaibraimova (Winnipeg) came fifth in grade 2, andMaïli-Jade Ouellet (Montreal) tied for fifth in grade 11.

The $200 prize for Best Team Shirt went to Manitoba,with an aliens from outer space theme. It was the 7thtime in 15 years that they won. New Brunswick wassecond ($100) and Nova Scotia third ($50).

The Yves Casaubon Outstanding Contribution Awardwas presented to the Vancouver Chess School andaccepted by tournament organizer Gyan Awatramani.The Most Valuable Player was Ryan Pickard (St. John’s,

grade 12), scoring 26% of Newfoundland’s points.


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GOLD SILVER BRONZE2019 MEDALS2019 MEDALS

It’s always great to see former players in the CanadianChess Challenge return to the event as team captains orcoordinators. There were seven this year! Lefong Hua(QC), Jeremie Piché (MB), Tanraj Sohal (BC), NicolasRobichaud (NB), Avram Tcherni (SK), John Smith (PE),and Brandon MacDonald (NS).

A bughouse tournament was held after the awardsceremony. Tying for first place were Lefong Hua/TylerTanaka and Maïli-Jade Ouellet/Ananda Saha.

The 2019 finals will be in Montreal. See you there!

TEAM QQUEBEC


Lots of chess games are won by promoting a pawn.But getting a pawn to the last rank is not so easy. Theopponent’s pawns are usually in the way! That’s why it isgood to have passed pawns.

A pawn is passed when there are no opposing pawnsahead of it, either on the same file or on a neighbouringfile. Only the opponent’s pieces (KQRBN) can stop a“passer” from promoting.

Some passed pawns are worth more than others.Material is equal in this position and both players have apassed pawn. But the white a-pawn is better than theblack c-pawn because it is farther from the rest of thepawns on the f-g-h files. We call the a4 pawn an outsidepassed pawn.

Here the “outsider” givesWhite a winning advantage.Not because the a-pawn canbe queened, but because it canbe sacrificed to force the blackking away from the action onthe other side of the board.The game is decided by whoseking can reach the h-file first.

1.a5+! Kxa5 2.Kxc5 Now White has a big head startwhen the kings race to the kingside. 2...Ka4 3.Kd5 Kb44.Ke5 Kc3 5.Kf6 Kd3 6.Kg7 Ke3 7.Kxh7 and White scoresthe point. (Also losing was 1...Kc6 2.a6 Kb6 3.a7!)

Our next diagram is very similar to the first, but thereis an important difference in the position of the pawns.White has an undefended pawn on the f-file (f2). Black’sweak point is on the h-file (h7).

So when the kings race to thekingside later, White has to gofurther to reach the “finish line”.The difference can be seen in thevariation 1.a5+ Kxa5 2.Kxc5 Ka43.Kd5 Kb3 4.Ke5 Kc3 5.Kf6 Kd26.Kg7 Ke2 7.Kxh7 (or 7.f4 Kf3)7...Kxf2 8.Kxg6 Kxg3 and Blackdraws.White could still win in that line with 3.f4 Kb3 4.g4 but

a simpler idea is to improve the position of the pawnsbefore sacking the passed pawn.

Life is good after 1.f4! Ka5 2.Kxc5 Kxa4 3.Kd5 Kb34.Ke5 Kc4 5.Kf6 Kd4 6.Kg7 Ke3 7.Kxh7 Kf3 8.Kxg6 Kxg39.Kxf5 Kxh3 10.Kg5 1-0.

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KIRIL’SKLASS

Our topic is the advantageof an outside passed pawn.

THE OUTSIDERS


Many chess endings are decided by a single tempo.So it’s smart to gain as much time as possible when wegive up our passed pawn to start a king race.

In position 3, advancing 1.a6+ is a big goof. Black hasgood drawing chances after 1...Ka7 2.Kc5 (or 2.Ka5 d4!)2...Kxa6 3.Kxd5 Kb5 4.Ke5 Kc4 5.Kf5 Kd4 6.Kg6 Ke37.Kxh6 Kxf3 8.Kxg5 Kg3 9.h6 f3 10.h7 f2 11.h8=Q f1=Q.The ending Q+ P vs.Q is tough to win.

The white king can maximize his lead in the race byleaving the pawn on a5 and going immediately to thekingside. 1.Kc5! Ka6 2.Kxd5 Kxa5 White has gainedan important tempo. 3.Ke5 Kb4 4.Kf5 Kc4 5.Kg6 Kd36.Kxh6 Ke3 7.Kxg5 Kxf3 8.h6 Kg3 9.h7 f3 10.h8=Q f211.Qh1! 1-0There are no passed pawns in position 4, but White has

a “potential outsider” on the a-file. After 1.a4 bxa4 2.bxa4 Kd6

3.Kc3 Kc6 (or 3...Kd5 4.a5!)4.Kc4 Kb6, we reach the firstposition in this lesson.

White also wins after 1...b42.Kd3 Kd6 3.Kc4 Kc6 4.a5.The game might go 4...h65.h4 h5 6.a6 Kb6 7.a7 Kxa78.Kxc5 Kb7 9.Kxb4 1-0

Outside passers are usually an advantage in any kindof endgame, but they are often decisive in pawn endings.So one way to win an endgame with other pieces on theboard is to trade down to a pawn ending where you havean outside passed pawn. Here are two examples.

In position 5, White can win the c-pawn with 1.Rc8+ Kd62.Rxc5, but following 2...Rb2, there’s still a lot of workto do before the victory party. An extra pawn in a rookending isn’t always enough. The easy way to score isto trade rooks with 1.Re6+! Kb7 2.Rxb6 Kxb6, againreaching our original position.

It’s the same story in diagram 6. Would you rather playa long queen ending or simplify into a winning pawnending? White to play can force an exchange of queensand make an outside passer by 1.Qa4+! Qxa4 2.bxa4.And we know what happens after that.

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Chess Excellence Program2018-2019

The Chess’n Math Association is proudto announce a new program, created torecognize the talent and hard work ofCanadian chessplayers who participatein CMA events. The “Players of the Year”will become Chess’n Math Ambassadorsand receive a special jacket with theirname embroidered on the front.

$10,000 in Bursariesplayer of the highest female player top 2-20 year (vote) rating of year (vote) rating (draw)grades K-3

Quebec $200 $100 $100 $100Ontario $200 $100 $100 $100West $200 $100 $100 $100Atlantic+Prairies $200 $100 $100 $100grades 4-6Quebec $300 $150 $150 $150Ontario $300 $150 $150 $150West $300 $150 $150 $150Atlantic+Prairies $300 $150 $150 $150grades 7-12Quebec $500 $250 $250 $250Ontario $500 $250 $250 $250West $500 $250 $250 $250Atlantic+Prairies $500 $250 $250 $250

West = BC AB Atlantic + Prairies = NB NS PE NL SK MB

RULESTo be eligible for any prize, a player must be a Canadian resident and play atleast 25 CMA rated games (30 in ON and QC) between September 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019. Players who switch provinces during this time are ineligible.Highest rating determined on June 30, 2019. Only one prize per person.

Nominations for player of the year must be submitted by June 1, 2019. A formwill be available on the CMA website. The criteria are exceptional results orsignificant improvement, sportsmanship, and model behaviour in the chesscommunity. A biography and reason for nomination must accompany the form.The voting committee will consist of one representative from each province.

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A double attack is any move that makes two threatsat the same time. The most common double attack isthe fork. But there are also other kinds, like when weattack one piece and threaten mate at the same time.

White wins the exchange by 1.Rxc6! Rxc6 2.Qe4with the double attack 3.Qh7# and 3.Qxc6.

Black to play has 1...Bxf3 2.Qxf3 Qh4 with threats3...Qxh2# and 3...Qxd4 (3.Rfd1 Qxh2+ 4.Kf1 Qh1#).

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SPOTLIGHT ON DOUBLE ATTACK

PPAULAUL KERESKERES(1916 - 1975)

This popular and respected Estonian was oneof the strongest players never to become worldchampion. A title match against AlexanderAlekhine was proposed in 1938 but it did nottake place because of the second World War.

“Nobody is born a chessmaster.”KERES DEFENCE

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+KERES ATTACK Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4!

Known for his classical style, Keres developedinto a master by playing postal chess. At age 18,he was champion of Estonia. His final tournament victory was in Vancouver, shortly before his death.He wrote several chess books, including famousworks on the opening theory of 1. e4 e5.


CANADA AND WORLD NEWSGRAND PRIX

The final events in the 2019 Grand Prix competition took placeat Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa in May and June. Anyone whoscored 7½ points out of 15 games in the three tournaments got acash prize. A total of $7500 in gift certificates were awarded bythe Chess’n Math Association and split among 116 winners. Thetop scorers in each age group were:MONTREAL


CANADA AND WORLD NEWSQUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

The 2019 Quebec School Team Chess Championship was heldin Montreal at College Jean-de-Brébeuf on March 30-31. The fourplayer teams were divided into three groups by grade. 420 playerstook part. The top three teams in each section qualify to play inthe annual Quebec-Ontario match at Kingston on June 8. CollegeJean-de-Brébeuf placed first in the high school section. Grades K-3

1 Fernand-Seguin Les BaobabsMichel Ding SupremeChu Fan FangAntoine RoyJamie Wang

2 Internationale Le Dream Team3 La Verendrye Magnus Carlsen

Grades K-61 Fernand-Seguin Shredders

James LiAnnie LiToma LafontaineTravis Li

2 Internationale Chess Masters3 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce R2D2

NOVA SCOTIAThere were 60 players at thefinal Grand Prix tournament inHalifax on April 7. The winnersfor the 2018-2019 season are:

1. Jerjis Kapra2. Kalen Rookard3. Madoc Sullivan

QUEBEC JUNIORThe 2019 Quebec Junior Chess

Championship took place onApril 26-28 in Montreal with 17players. This year’s championis Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratté.Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux camein second place. Tony Wu andMaïli-Jade Ouellet were equalthird.

ONTARIO YOUTH The 2019 Ontario Youth Chess

Championship was played onMay 11-12 in Kitchener with 171participants. Here are the topfinishers in each open section.< 8 1 Aarush Ajith

2 Aaron Mendes2 Tristan Li2 Rae Chen2 Ryan Zhong2 Justin Huang

CANADA AND WORLD NEWS

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PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDThe P.E.I. School Chess TeamChampionship was played onApril 14 in Charlottetown with12 teams taking part. SpringPark came first in the K-4 andK-6 sections for the secondyear in a row. Queen Charlottewon the junior high title.

VICTORIAThe 2019 Victoria High SchoolChess Championship was heldApril 19th at the Grand PacificHotel in Victoria. The winningteam was Mount Douglas HS.Pacific Christian came secondand Claremont third.

TORONTO JUNIORThe 2019 Toronto Junior ChessChampionship on March 16-17was won by 6th grade studentMax Chen. Jeffrey Xu finishedsecond and Youhe Huang third.

NOVA SCOTIA TEAM The 2019 Nova Scotia School

Championship on April 28 inHalifax attracted 119 players.The winners were:PRIMARY Park WestELEMENTARY LeMarchantJUNIOR HIGH Park WestHIGH SCHOOL Halifax West

ONTARIO - QUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPThe annual match between the top school teams from Quebec

and Ontario was held on June 8 at Queen’s University in Kingston.Eighty-four players took part. Winning teams are listed below.In the ON-QC girls match, Ontario won the K-3 section 8-7 and

the K-6 section ended in a 7½-7½ tie. The top scorers wereQC: Rachel Wang, Viviane Gong, ON: Anni Guo, Ashley Qian.

Grades K-31 Unionville

Jaden WangArthur WangCheney ChenTymon Chen

2 Fernand-Seguin 3 Internationale

Grades K-61 Zion Heights

Max ChenJeffrey ZhaoAngela LinKevin Dong

2 Internationale3 Seneca Hill

Grades 7-121 Jean-de-Brébeuf

Qiuyu HuangStorm Lei Derin Mai

Le Cong Li2 Zion Heights A3 Zion Heights B

WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPWomen’s world champion Ju Wenjun (China) will defend her

title later this year in a match against Aleksandra Goryachkina(Russia), who won the Candidates Tournament held in Kazan,Russia from May 29 to June 17. First prize in the event was50,000 Euros (about $75,000 Canadian).

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QUEBEC YOUTHThe 2019 Quebec Youth ChessChampionships took place onMarch 1-3 in Montreal, with 50participants in the five roundevent. Here are the championsand runners-up.< 8 Hugo Guillemette 5

Edouard Wang 4Mathieu Duval 3


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K I R I L’ SORNER

THE MOOSEAND THETHE GOOSE

THE MOOSEAND THETHE GOOSE

It was a sunny Sunday afternoon at the Provincial Park.The breeze was cool and the sky was full of red mapleleaves slowly floating to the ground. Kiril tried to get oneto land on his cap! But it wasn’t easy.

As he strolled through the woods,Kiril came to a small clearing withpicnic tables. He could not believewhat he saw. It was a moose and agoose. And they were playing chess!

Kiril walked over and introducedhimself. “Hi, my name is Kiril. Is itokay if I watch?”

The goose looked up and grinned.“Sure, Kiril, but I’mafraid that the game is almost over.”

When Kiril saw the position, he could see the end wasnear. The goose was getting cooked. Most of his pieceswere gone and his king was completely surrounded.

The moose moved one of hisqueens and said, “Sorry, Gus,that looks like mate again.

Gus the Goose smiledbut he wasn’t very happywith himself. “I played likea goose.”

The moose shrugged hisbig shoulders. “But you area goose.”

“Well, yea, I guess you’re right. ButI know I can do better.”

The moose was quite sympathetic,“I think you’re right, Gus, would you like to play again?”

“I can’t now. I have to go to work. Maybe Kiril wants to play.”

So the goose headeddown the path, wavinggoodbye. “See you later,guys. I’ll be back in a while.”

Kiril turned to the moose. “I never knew geese had towork. What does he do?”

The moose shook a leaf off his antlers and said. “Hewalks around the pond.”

Kiril thought that was strange. “You mean his job iswalking around the pond?”The moose didn’t seem surprised at all. “Yes, somebody

has to do it. And Gus is real good at it. Besides, that’sabout the only thing he knows.”

Kiril was curious. “Do you have a job, Mr. Moose?”“Of course, doesn’t everybody? I’m a chess player.”

Then the moose smiled and started setting up the pieces.Kiril sat down at the table.

“Wow, I didn’t know you couldget a job playing chess.”

“Sure you can,” the mooseexplained. “But they are hardto find. I was lucky. I used tohave a job standing around inthe woods. Then Old Klondikeretired, and I got hired as thepark chessmoose. Tell me,Kiril, what’s your line of work?”


“Gee, Mr. Moose, I don’t have a job. I’m still just a pawn.”“Please, Kiril, call me Muzio. So what do you want to be

when you grow up?”“Well, I don’t really know yet.” Then Kiril had a funny

idea. “Maybe I’ll be a chessmoose!”When they stopped laughing, the moose said, “Would

you like to have a game, Kiril?”“Sure thing, Muzio. I love to play chess.”

3. Nf3 g5Kiril defends the f4-pawnand gets ready to attackthe white knight with ...g4.

4. Bc4 The moose is in a hurry tocastle. Another good line is4.h4 g4 5.Ne5.

4. . . . g4

Brave Kiril charges ahead.Now 5.Ne5 is met by theannoying check 5...Qh4+.More solid was 4...Bg7.

5. 0-0!The Muzio Gambit. Talk

about brave. The moose issacrificing his knight. Is hecrazy or what?

5. . . . gxf3Kiril had that winning

feeling when he put thewhite knight down next tothe board.

6. Qxf3 But when he looked back

at his position, he soon sawthe danger. “Uh-oh, I stillhaven’t developed any ofmy pieces.

1. e4 e52. f4

White offers a pawn forspeedy development anda quick attack.

2. . . . exf4 Accepting the challenge.A safe way to decline thegambit is 2...Bc5 3.Nf3 d6.(The capture 3.fxe5? wouldlose to 3...Qh4+! )

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10. . . . Nh6Kiril brings out his knight

and defends f7. He didn’tlike putting it at the edgeof the board, but 10...Nf6?loses to 11.Qxd4.

It’s hard to know what thebest move is in complicatedpositions like this. There arealso the following optionsfor Black.

10...d5!? 11.Bxd5 Qxc712.Bxf7+ Kd8 13.c3

10...Qc5 11.Bxf7+ Ke712.e5!? Qxc7

[12...Ne6+ 13.Kh1 Nxc7 14.Bxg8 Rxg8 15.Qxh7 ]

13.Nc311. e5Another pawn is sacked

to open more lines. After11...Bxe5?! 12.Be5 Qxe513.Nc3, Muzio would havea very strong attack.

11. . . . Qc5Black protects his knight,

attacks the bishop on c7,and threatens a powerfuldiscovered check. Not badfor one move.

White stands well after11...Bxe5?! 12.Bxe5 Qxe513.Nc3 0-0 14.Rae1.

12. Bd6!This is definitely a crazymoose. He doesn’t evenbother to guard his d-pawn(If 8.c3, Black simplifieswith 8...Ne5! 9.dxe5 Qc5+10.Kh1 Qxc4.)

8. . . . Nxd4 Wins a pawn and gains atempo by attacking thewhite queen.

9. Qd3 Bg7Kiril develops a bishop andprotects his knight. Against9...Ne6, White keeps thingscomplicated with 10.Nc3.

10. Bxc7The moose attack is on!The f-file is open and theblack king has nowhereto hide.

6. . . . Qe7 A tricky move which threatens a fork by 7...Qc5+. The bishop on f8 is blocked, but Kiril plans to play it to g7. Best is 6...Qf6.

7. d4 Nc68. Bxf4!?

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He should have stuck tohis plan. 14...Nxd6 15.exd6would keep Black in thefight. (15...Qxd6 16.Rae1+or 15...0-0 16.Ne4)

15. Bxf7+!There is no stopping the

old mooster.

15. . . . Kd8If Black takes the bishop,

the big finish is 15...Kxf716.Rxf5+ Nxf5 17.Qf5+ withtwo ways to get mated.

17...Ke8 18.Qh5+ Kd819.Qg5+ Ke8 20.Qe7#

17...Kg8 18.Rf1 h619.Qg6 Qxc3 20.Rf8#

16. Qxd4!Hang on to your antlers,

folks. The moose is onthe loose! This time he’ssacking his queen.

16. . . . Nxd4Kiril can’t resist taking the

queen. Now it’s mate in 2.Against 16...Nxd6, Muzio

could play 17.Rab1! Qxc218.Qh4+ Kc7 19.Rfc1 witha winning position.


Kiril felt worried again.“Oops, I didn’t see themoose could go there.”

12. . . . Qb6The black queen retreats

but she keeps her x-rayeyes on the white king.

White’s attack rages onafter 12...Nf3+ 13.Kh1 Nxe514.Re1! Qf2 15.Nc3.

13. Kh1The king wisely steps off

the dangerous diagonal.

13. . . . Nhf5?White’s bishop on d6 is a

major pain. Kiril wants toexchange it by 14...Nxd6.The plan is good. But themove is bad. Do you seewhy?

A stronger defence was13...Ne6, when White staysin charge with 14.Qg3!

14. Nc3WoW! Muzio misses the

quick win by 14.Rxf5! Nxf515.Qxf5 when Black fallsapart after 15...Rf8 16.Qg5or 15...f6 16.Nc3. Even achessmoose doesn’t seeeverything!

14. . . . Qxb2?Kiril grabs a pawn and

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[email protected]’s Mate 144 43

The goose looked a little silly. He had a big pretzel in hismouth. When he got to the table, he put it down andgreeted them. “Hey, how’s it going, guys? It’s my lunchbreak, and I thought I’d watch your game while I eat.”

“Sorry, Gus, it’s already over. Muzio beat me. You reallymissed a good game.”

It was getting late, so Kiril said goodbye to his newfriends and ran off down the path. When he looked backover his shoulder, he saw the moose and the goosesetting up the pieces for another game.

And just at that very moment, a big red maple leaflanded right on Kiril’s cap!


17. Nd5 1-0 Black cannot prevent both18.Bc7# and 18.Be7#.

“It looks like mate, Muzio. I resign. You played great!”

“Thanks, Kiril. Would youlike to play again?”

“I wish that I could, but Ihave to go home now. Herecomes Gus though. Maybehe wants to play.”

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WORLD TOP TENThe best ten players on Planet Earth, according to theWorld Chess Federation (FIDE) are listed below, showingtheir country, current rating, and year of birth. 1 Magnus Carlsen Norway 2875 (1990)2 Fabiano Caruana USA 2819 (1992)3 Liren Ding China 2805 (1992)4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave France 2779 (1990)5 Anish Giri Netherlands 2779 (1994)6 Alexander Grischuk Russia 2775 (1983)6 Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia 2775 (1990)8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 2774 (1985)9 Viswanathan Anand India 2767 (1969)

10 Vladislav Artemiev Russia 2761 (1998)

Canadian Chess Challengetrivia

In 2011, scoring for the team championship was changedfrom total individual points to team match points.In 2016, Ontario and Quebec tied for first place with 8½match points. Ontario won the title on tiebreak with moretotal individual points (95½-90).2019 was the first time the second place team scoredmore individual points than the champion. Quebec had 9match points, 87 individual points. Ontario 8, 88½.

ERRATA. Thanks to Nigel Hanrahan of the Wood Sense Chess Clubin Duncan BC for pointing out two mistakes in Scholar’s Mate 143(March 2019, Kiril’s Klass).

Page 8, position 4. The white pawn on h5 should be on h4.Page 9, position 5. First line should be 1.Ke2 Kb2 2.Kd3 Kb3

3.g3 (and not 3.g4).A revised file with corrections is now available online.

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Quebec has been team champion 9 times,including the first 6 years. They also wonin 1997, 2009, 2019. They came in secondplace 20 times.

Ontario has placed first 22 of the last 25years. In other years, they were second 6times and third 3 times (1991-1993).

British Columbia has come in second place5 times (1991-1993, 2000, 2011) and third 20times, including 2014 through 2019.

Alberta has placed fourth 21 times and fifth5 times (1994-96, 2005-06). They finished inthird place in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2011.

Saskatchewan came fifth in 2016 and 2019,and sixth in 1998, 2011, and 2018.

Manitoba was third in 2002 and 2006, fourthin 2003 and 2005, and fifth in 1990-91, 2001,2004, 2007-12, and 2017-18.

New Brunswick came fifth 8 times (1992,1998-2000, 2013-15) and sixth 14 times. In1989 they finished in third place!

Nova Scotia came in sixth place in 2005,2007, and 2008. They were seventh 7 times.

Prince Edward Island had its finest momentin 2017, placing sixth, their best result sincecoming seventh in 1993.

Newfoundland has placed fourth 3 times(1994-1996) and fifth 3 times.

CANADIANCANADIAN CHESSCHESS CHALLENGECHALLENGETHETHE FIRSTFIRST 31 YYEARS31 YYEARS

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Défi Échiquéen du Québec Montréal 2019

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ROOK MAZE IN 14Only the white rook moves. Capture the black kingin fourteen moves (or less) without taking any piecesor moving to a square where the rook can be taken.Black does not get a turn. solution page 61

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A. Black is in checkmate.B. Black is in stalemate.C. White has mate in 1.

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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!

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* SSOOLLUUTTIIOONNSS *MAMATESTES1 1.Qe8#2 1.Bh6 Bxh6 2.Qh8#

1...f5 2.Qxg7#1...others 2.Qh8#

3 1.Nf5+ Kg8 2.Nh6#4 1.Qd4+ Kg6 2.Qg4#

1...f6 2.Qxf6#5 1.Nf6+ Kh8 2.Rxh7#

1...Kf8 2.e6 any 3.Rf7#

COMBOCOMBO MOMBOMOMBO1 1.Rd7 Qc4 (1...Qc6 2.Qxf7+ Kh8 3.Qxg7#) 2.Rxb7 2 1...Qg5 2.g3 (2.Qe3 Qxg2#) 2...Nh3+ 3.Kg2 Qxd2


TRIPLETRIPLE LOYDLOYDA. Kf4#B. Kh4=C. Ka8 (Ra5#)

TTACTICSACTICS 1021021 1.Bxf7+ Kxf7 2.Ne5+ Ke6

3.Nxg4 2 1.Qg3 Rc8 2.Bxh6

1...Kh7 2.Bxc7 3 1.Nxe4 Qxd2 2.Nxd2

(1...Nxe4? 2.Qxa5) 4 1.Nxe5 fxe5 2.Qxg4

1...Bxd1 2.Nf7+ Kg8 3.Nxd6

CHESSCHESS MAZEMAZERd1-d2-h2-h1-g1-g4-f4-f5-b5-b1-a1-a8-c8-c7xe7

LILLILY'SY'S PUZZLERPUZZLERA. add pawns on c4 a7

1.a8=Q/R#B. add pawns on b2 e7

1.e8=Q/B#

SCHOLAR’S MATE3423 St. Denis #400Montreal, Quebec H2X 3L2www.chess-math.org

TALLY-HO!

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