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Without commenting on who's to blame or why it is where it is, this is a very sad commentary on the state of women's chess in Canada.
Looking at the CFC page for women rated >1800 who have played since the start of 2020 only returns 25 names, 2 of which are on the team already. Have to imagine Nava Starr is not playing or would have expressed her interest already, and Botez is too real-life successful to play. That leaves a pool of 21 players - probably worth just contacting them all directly rather than posting here.
Without commenting on who's to blame or why it is where it is, this is a very sad commentary on the state of women's chess in Canada.
Looking at the CFC page for women rated >1800 who have played since the start of 2020 only returns 25 names, 2 of which are on the team already. Have to imagine Nava Starr is not playing or would have expressed her interest already, and Botez is too real-life successful to play. That leaves a pool of 21 players - probably worth just contacting them all directly rather than posting here.
Without commenting on who's to blame or why it is where it is, this is a very sad commentary on the state of women's chess in Canada.
Looking at the CFC page for women rated >1800 who have played since the start of 2020 only returns 25 names, 2 of which are on the team already. Have to imagine Nava Starr is not playing or would have expressed her interest already, and Botez is too real-life successful to play. That leaves a pool of 21 players - probably worth just contacting them all directly rather than posting here.
1
Ouellet, Maili-Jade
St. Lambert, QC
2300
2314
LIFE
2
Burtasova, Anna
Toronto, ON
2274
2274
LIFE
3
Golubeva, Oksana
Toronto, ON
2257
2257
2021-09-01
4
Demchenko, Svitlana
Ottawa, ON
2244
2376
2022-08-01
5
Botez, Alexandra
Burnaby, BC
2239
2286
2023-04-30
6
Gansvind, Valeria
Victoria, BC
2171
2351
2020-12-01
7
Mills, Morgen
HappyValleyGooseBay, NL
2136
2261
LIFE
8
Starr, Nava
Thornhill, ON
2126
2277
LIFE
9
Tian, Shi Yuan (Sherry)
Richmond, BC
2045
2090
2021-05-01
10
Vinuya, Ruth Joy
Toronto, ON
2014
2052
2021-10-01
11
Jiang, Kate
Richmond, BC
2009
2034
2022-07-01
12
Calota, Alina Iuliana
Surrey, BC
1988
2077
2022-02-28
13
He, Emma
Toronto, ON
1981
2108
2021-03-01
14
Guo, Yu Han (Veronica)
Vancouver, BC
1955
1955
2024-02-01
15
Konara, Harshani
Winnipeg, MB
1951
2020
2021-02-01
16
Chen, Rachel Ruoxuan
Vancouver, BC
1945
1945
2022-10-01
17
Baylon, Glenda
Brampton, ON
1899
1954
2023-03-31
18
Qiao, Cindy
North York, ON
1897
2030
2022-05-01
19
Hua, Michelle
Waterdown, ON
1883
1921
2022-07-01
20
Tsukerman, Julia
Montreal, QC
1860
1860
2021-08-02
21
D'Souza, Carina
Toronto, ON
1855
1909
2023-03-01
21
Jiang, Hancy
North York, ON
1855
1855
2022-12-31
23
Wang, Rachel Zihan
Longueuil, QC
1850
1859
2020-12-01
24
Guo, Anni
Markham, ON
1849
1849
2022-10-01
25
Gao, Lucy
Scarborough, ON
1823
1908
2022-06-01
At least one of those is not eligible because their fide flag is not Canada
FIDE Ratings of active Canadian Women
Name Title Tr.T. Fed Std. B-Year
Pham, Bich Ngoc WIM WIM CAN 2240 b1990
Zhou, Qiyu FM WGM CAN 2218 b2000
Ouellet, Maili-Jade WGM WGM CAN 2193 b2002
Demchenko, Svitlana WIM WIM CAN 2079 b2003
Botez, Alexandra WFM WFM CAN 1988 b1995
Glenda, Baylon -- -- CAN 1818 b1964
Starr, Nava WIM 2127 just played this last weekend in Collingwood
Juniors:
Jiang, Hanxi -- -- CAN 1677 b2009
Jiang, Kate Yuhua -- -- CAN 1669 b2007
Hua, Michelle -- -- CAN 1642 b2008
Chen, Rachel Ruoxuan -- -- CAN 1618 b2008
Gao, Lucy -- -- CAN 1573 b2009
Guo, Yu Han -- -- CAN 1569 b2007
Gavrileva, Anna -- -- CAN 1568 b2006
Wang, Rachel Zihan -- -- CAN 1545 b2007
D'Souza, Carina -- -- CAN 1471 b2006
Guo, Anni -- -- CAN 1442 b2009
Slightly inactive
Burtasova, Anna WGM 2261 played in Dec 2019
Golubeva, Oksana WFM 2179 played in Dec 2019
Mills, Morgen 1993 played in August 2019
Tian, Shi Yuan WFM 1868 played in August 2019
Qiao, Cindy 1736 played in Sept 2019
He, Emma WFM 1726 played in Feb 2020
Tsukerman, Julia 1523 played in Oct 2019
Gansvind, Valeria WFM 2086 has been active, but plays on the Estonian Olympic team
Calota, Alina Iuliana WFM 2000 represents Romania
Vinuya, Ruth Joy 1807 played in April 2020 but represents Phillipines
Konara, Harshani 1837 played in Mar 2020 represents Sri Lanka
Not sure what you're saying here - I just took the list from the CFC ratings page, filtered by minimum rating 1800 and active some time since Jan 1, 2020.
Not sure what you're saying here - I just took the list from the CFC ratings page, filtered by minimum rating 1800 and active some time since Jan 1, 2020.
I am just surprised. Morgen is a good friend and we go way back. All the way to High School, then UT. Looking forward to seeing Morgen representing Canada!
Interesting that so far 4 replies from males. I would prefer 2 replies from females...
I think we'd all prefer that. However, your more realistic option is your post goes unresponded to and scrolls off the end of the first page, never to be seen again.
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