A NEW BOOK: Chess Kid: The Quest for the Cup

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  • A NEW BOOK: Chess Kid: The Quest for the Cup

    A book written by a chess dad about his youngster's experience in scholastic chess events run by the Chess'n Math Association:

    "Michael Kavchak enjoyed playing games. One day his father decided to teach him how to play chess. Michael liked the game. They played it every day. It did not take long before Michael started challenging his dad at the chessboard. Michael’s father took him to observe a few scholastic chess tournaments to see if he would be interested in participating. The tournaments were run by the Chess’N Math Association, Canada’s national scholastic chess organization. Eventually, Michael expressed a desire to participate and compete. After competing in a few tournaments Michael demonstrated that he had the potential to win a provincial chess championship in the future. Michael and his father decided to set the winning of the provincial championship as the goal. Michael had one year to prepare for it. They developed a plan of study and practice to maximize Michael’s chances of victory. This story is about one family’s discovery of the joy of chess and the quest for the provincial championship. Andrew Kavchak studied political science (M.A., Carleton University) and law (LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School). He is a mediocre chess player."

    You can purchase it on Amazon and probably on our site shortly:

    https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08...ref_=pd_gw_unk

    Larry Bevand
    Executive Director
    Chess'n Math Association




  • #2
    Originally posted by Larry Bevand View Post
    scholastic chess events
    fyi: something wrong with the search function in rating database. It did not find MK; it did not find other older players who were in crosstables.

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    • #3
      Thank you Larry, such an heartwarming story! I'll be buying a physical copy to support the Strategie boutique.

      Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post

      fyi: something wrong with the search function in rating database. It did not find MK;
      Michael Kavchak finished second ex aequo in Grade 2 at the 2007 Ontario Chess Challenge in Concord, ON.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post

        fyi: something wrong with the search function in rating database. It did not find MK; it did not find other older players who were in crosstables.
        I found him as having played 22 games. The father sent me something on the CFC facebook page about a day ago. It looks like an interesting book.

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