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[Erik Malmsten]

It also ties in historically with the beginning of Saturday Night Live which had many of the writers of the National Lampoon magazine which printed many...

[Erik Malmsten]

Evgeny Bareev is obviously the best, but he didn't play for Canada at his peak.Anton Kovalyov is next on the FIDE list.

What makes somebody...

[Erik Malmsten]

I would want drama, not a slaughter. I might pay to see a game between Liberal Gary Gladstone and Conservative Tony Clement, but the latter has retir...

[Erik Malmsten]

Good luck with the move. You're very close to Donlands subway and not far from O'Connor exit of DVP. Just west of you is the famous Square Boy burgers,...

[Erik Malmsten]

Wow. Also, in under 10 section Ding Liren and Fabiano Caruana. Many of the youth there went on to be grandmasters. Several Canadians also finished high....

[Erik Malmsten]

There were clocks at the 1908 British Championship: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn...cf-viewer.html

[Erik Malmsten]

I wonder if any chess club would be interested in playing a historic "rapid transit" tournament. Or as a day event at a Canadian Open. Something...

[Erik Malmsten]

Any tournaments with potential IM norms should also invite active FMs. We only have a few. What can the CFC do to give them chances for an IM Norm?...

[Erik Malmsten]

This is the FIDE list. Do you think there are still active norms that are not on this list? Would be nice to have a norm round-robin with 9 from these...

[Erik Malmsten]

The sections could have shorter days with different starting times. Only 3-4 days for under 1200 as their games are fast. 4.5 days for under 1800. And...