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Chess 'n Math, will the kind assistance of the RA Chess Club, will be sponsoring an event with Girls Under-14 World Chess Champion Qiyu Zhou. Qiyu will be playing 25 simultaneous chess games on Sunday, October 26. The event will take place at the RA Centre, in the Outaouais Room starting at 1:00pm.
Everyone is welcome to come out and meet Qiyu and watch the games. If you have attended a Chess 'n Math tournament or camp in the last year then you are eligible to play against Qiyu. There will be a fee of $10 to help Qiyu continue her chess career.
Contact me if you need more information or would like to play against a World Champ!!!!!
Excellent initiative by Brad, Larry, and the RA club!
Qiyu scored +19 =0 -2, losing to Gerhard Roth and Andrzej Czajkowski, two of the five adults who tested their skills against the 2014 WYCC U14g champion today.
Thanks to all the players (and parents) who came out, as well as Brad and Larry from Strategy Games whose sponsorship got the event going, and thanks to Jiehan, Penny and Qiyu for giving us all something to cheer for!
Photos are:
1) Qiyu's pre-simul introductory talk;
2) the middle of the simul;
3) a close up of some of the more involved parents who make events like this happen.
Last edited by John Upper; Sunday, 26th October, 2014, 07:22 PM.
Reason: QZ played 5 adults, not 4
Re: World Chess Champion Qiyu Zhou Simul in Ottawa
Yesterday was a great day for the activities organized by the Chess'n Math Association (CMA)!
First, Brad Thomson, CMA Regional Director, had the pleasure of presenting Qiyu (on behalf of the Chess'n Math Association) a cheque for $500 and a $500 Gift Certificate at Strategy Games, for recently becoming WORLD CHAMPION, in the Girls under 14 competition!! Qiyu won the National Championship (Canadian Chess Challenge) for her grade the last two years!
Incredible result...and we are totally proud!
In Toronto yesterday, the incredible Francis Rodriques and his awesome team set a new attendance record for our Halloween scholastic chess tournament...a total of 225 youngsters took part! Congrats folks...you are special!
In Montreal, where attendance has been going downhill over the last year, Virginie Roux and her team boosted our numbers back over 100! Great to see!!
All in all, I am a very happy fellow today...we have a great team!
The Chess'n Math Association is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing the game of chess to Canadian youngsters. We are proud to invest thousands of dollars each year into the Canadian chess community. If you want to see what we do, please go to www.chess-math.org If you want to help us fulfill our mission, please purchase your chess books and equipment from us either in our shops or online at www.strategygames.ca
And...if you have comments or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at bevand at chess-math dot org.
Serving the Canadian Chess Community since 1985!
Thank you for helping us achieve our goals!
Larry Bevand
Executive Director
Chess'n Math Association
Canada's National Scholastic Chess Organization
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