Telegraph matches...

[Hugh Brodie]

According to the crosstable, Timur only played one game (he won), took a couple of byes, and forfeited a game. Meanwhile - GM Anton Kovalyov tied for...

[Hugh Brodie]

in 1985 (Edmonton), both Igor Ivanov and Brian Hartman played in the Canadian Closed and Canadian Open simultaneously. However - they were in the same...

[Hugh Brodie]

$2000, $1000, $400, $400, $200, $200, $200, $200.

[Hugh Brodie]

This event is a 16-player knockout event, with two-game matches (four in the final); ties broken by one Armageddon game. Major upsets include Qiuyu Huang...

[Hugh Brodie]

Stephen Wright's most recent issue of the "BCCF Bulletin" features a report on a telegraph match between teams from Vancouver and Winnipeg in...

[Hugh Brodie]

Some time ago, a Canadian got a norm in a Canadian Swiss event with the help of the TD who provided him with strong enough opposition to get the norm....

[Hugh Brodie]

The norm tournaments held in Montreal recently usually resolve the "flag" issue by recruiting high-rated foreign students studying in Canada,...

[Hugh Brodie]

200+ players - a few round 1 upsets.

http://www.jrboutin.inter-systeme.com/Standings.html

[Hugh Brodie]

200+ joueurs.

http://www.jrboutin.inter-systeme.com/Standings.html

[Hugh Brodie]

CCCA = Canadian Correspndence Chess Assocuatipn. Maybe the game would be in a CC database.

[Hugh Brodie]

1. Bh7..mating on g8, c2, or a3 depending on Black's reply.

[Hugh Brodie]

I probably did not receive the Aurora Fall Open games until after my last update (January 1). I have them all in my database, and they will be added during...

[Hugh Brodie]

I can't find either of these players (or any names close to them), I checked all Canadian games in my database from 1949 - as well, I fed the position...

[Hugh Brodie]

I am fluently multilingual in all chess notations (including the odd game in Spanish descriptive) - as is my assistant (Luc Gauthier). Chessbase automatically...

[Hugh Brodie]

I will be updating Canbase (database of Canadian games) soon. If you have any games (recent or not; PGN's or scanned/photographed scoresheets) send them...

[Hugh Brodie]

It's working for me now.

[Hugh Brodie]

I used to access that site a lot to collect Canadian games for my Canbase database. After seeing zero Canadian games for a few months, I simply stopped...

[Hugh Brodie]

Am I correct in nothing that this event can't be FIDE rated (or at least the top section) due to the time control? FIDE states that "Where at least...

[Hugh Brodie]

Je prefère un nom comme "Tournoi ouvert international du Québec" (ou "Montréal", ou "Longueuil") pour donner la priorité...

[Hugh Brodie]

The name can be a bit confusing. The French version has no mention of "Open" ("Ouvert") in the name...as if it were a closed, invitational...