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    I have started a new, weekly feature in the Globe and Mail website about chess. You will see it's very small, but it's a good step forward for Canada's national newspaper in my opinion. I hope to devote most of the content to Canadian players and issues, so if you have ideas for me, by all means send them along to cecilrosner@gmail.com

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life...chi-for-title/
    Last edited by Cecil Rosner; Sunday, 28th November, 2021, 05:21 PM.

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    Best wishes with this, Cecil!! Much needed for Canadian chess. You have a wealth of knowledge yourself to draw upon. I would like to see variety, with a Canadian focus:
    1) current games with top Canadian players;
    2) historical games with top Canadian players;
    3) games featuring rising young talent;
    4) historical / current games from major Canadian events, but not necessarily with Canadian players.

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    • #3
      Congratulations Cecil, still doing good chess initiatives after all these years.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Cecil Rosner View Post
        I have started a new, weekly feature in the Globe and Mail website about chess. You will see it's very small, but it's a good step forward for Canada's national newspaper in my opinion. I hope to devote most of the content to Canadian players and issues, so if you have ideas for me, by all means send them along to cecilrosner@gmail.com

        https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life...chi-for-title/
        Great news. Congrats Cecil. I could send you the article I wrote for FIDE on the 2021 Banff Open held November 12-14 and pictures if you like. For more details you can check out the FB page Banff Chess Open 2021.

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        • #5
          Thanks everyone! Good suggestions, thanks Frank... Yes Ian, that article would be great to see (though I can't use photos). Is Alberta still the only province where government supports chess? If so, that might make for an interesting item. And Hans --- we go way back, and we are chess "lifers", so even if we wanted to it would be hard not to continue contributing to the chess world in some way!

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          • #6
            CFC Life Membership

            I've mentioned this before, but read it again and weep everyone:

            In the summer of 1965, my good friend, Phil Haley, then of my hometown, talked me into getting a CFC Life Membership if I intended to continue playing tournament chess ' "Best investment you'll ever make!" he said.

            I was a poor church-mouse university student at the time. But I saved all summer this enormous amount of money from my summer job, and made the purchase.

            The Life Membership cost 56 years ago: $ 50.

            Best investment I've ever made!! Still playing 56 years later! And hope to continue for a while yet!

            Bob A

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Cecil Rosner View Post
              Thanks everyone! Good suggestions, thanks Frank... Yes Ian, that article would be great to see (though I can't use photos). Is Alberta still the only province where government supports chess? If so, that might make for an interesting item. And Hans --- we go way back, and we are chess "lifers", so even if we wanted to it would be hard not to continue contributing to the chess world in some way!
              Hi Cecil. I will send you the article (via FB). I believe Quebec gets a lot of funding, but cannot say for sure. The ACA used to get $50k to pay for an Executive Director, but the NDP cut that out around 2019. We now get Casino money. We volunteer for a Casino night and we get a share of the proceeds. This amounts to about $70k every 2 years.

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              • #8
                The FQE receives Quebec government money. With little publicity, the Quebec Closed is in progress right now with $6000 in prize money. https://fqechecs.qc.ca/fqe/content.php?Id=14451

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                • #9
                  Yes Cecil, thats a good way to look at it. I still have the video you took of Abe Yanofsky when he sent his regrets and best wishes for the 1993 Canadian Open. Thats a treasure!

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                  • #10
                    That CFC life membership story, Bob, is one for the ages. Nine years later! Peter Murray (and Dave Jackson) informed me that they too had picked up a life membership for $50. But what could I do?, at that point I didnt have two extra nickels to rub together. Finally in 1977 I got my first good paying job and my first pay cheque went to a CFC life membership, as I recall $150 - still a great deal! I think that was half my pay cheque (two weeks) so about $750 in todays money.

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                    • #11
                      That's a good article, Cecil. Is there flexibility in terms of column inches or is that about how much space you're going to get?

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                      • #12
                        Congratulations Cecil. I hope the Globe & Mail supports your column and gives you enough space to provide news and/or problem of the day? Not sure you can include both...
                        ...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.

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                        • #13
                          Congratulations Cecil. We are all crawling back from Covid-19. Good news is that there is a mini boom in chess because of Queen's Gambit. In Ottawa I am running local tournaments with 80 players whereas before it was 29-76 before. We are rebuilding the RA Chess Club on the new numbers buying chess clocks and equipment!

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Cecil Rosner View Post
                            Thanks everyone! Good suggestions, thanks Frank... Yes Ian, that article would be great to see (though I can't use photos). Is Alberta still the only province where government supports chess? If so, that might make for an interesting item. And Hans --- we go way back, and we are chess "lifers", so even if we wanted to it would be hard not to continue contributing to the chess world in some way!
                            Quebec also receives significant government support for chess from their province.

                            Nice first article by the way.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by J. Crowhurst View Post
                              That's a good article, Cecil. Is there flexibility in terms of column inches or is that about how much space you're going to get?
                              Thanks! That is about the space they have given me, so I will try to make the best of it.

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