Alexandra Botez in El Salvador 2014

Alexandra is busy!!

Botex in El Salvador(from her FB page)

Alexandra Botez  is in El Salvador working with Carlos Argueta (head of the Kasparov Centroamérica) on projects that aim to use chess as a way of improving education opportunities for Salvadorean kids.

Alexandra in the news giving a simul

Canadian Open B 2014-Final Standings

Results

IM Hebert won with 7.5 points. Doknjas, Joshua(B.C.) traveled a long way and had a fabulous 2170+ performance.

The real news is the crosstable-it’s a work of art.

Pos	ID	T	NAME	Rtg	PRtg	Fed	Origin	Pts	BucM	S-B	BucT
1	1	IM	Hebert Jean	2378	2433			7.5	41.0	42.25	52.0
2	7	—	Kraiouchkine, Nikita	2232	2341		Granby	7.0	39.0	39.75	51.0
3	2	IM	Klenburg Mikhail	2368	2379			7.0	37.5	36.25	48.0
4	5	—	Reeve Jeff	2245	2308			7.0	34.5	34.75	44.5
5	3	WIM	Baciu Diana	2294	2296			6.5	37.0	34.50	44.5
6	4	—	Khassanov, Marat	2256	2248		Montreal	6.5	34.0	33.00	39.5
7	8	—	Voloaca Mihnea	2227	2201			6.5	34.0	31.00	44.0
8	22	—	Ivanov Mike	2137	2292			6.0	41.5	32.50	53.0
9	53	—	Dorrance Adam	2018	2301			6.0	40.5	33.25	52.0
10	9	FM	Voskanyan Vahagn	2225	2213			6.0	39.0	30.75	49.0
11	17	—	Li Kevin	2152	2214			6.0	38.0	28.25	47.5
12	20	—	Fillion Steve	2140	2262			6.0	37.5	27.75	48.5
13	36	—	Zhu Hong Rui	2069	2241			6.0	37.0	27.25	47.0
14	15	—	MacKinnon Keith	2165	2180			6.0	36.5	29.50	46.5
15	21	—	Burrows Zachary	2138	2204			6.0	35.0	27.75	44.5
16	49	—	Plotkin Mark	2036	2169			6.0	34.5	27.00	45.0
17	10	—	Chabot Roland	2198	2156			6.0	33.0	26.75	42.5
18	25	—	Babb Jeff	2111	2139			6.0	32.5	25.75	41.0
19	82	—	Doknjas, Joshua	1849	2178		Surrey	6.0	31.5	25.50	40.0
20	52	—	Twesigye Derick Joshua	2023	2208			6.0	29.5	20.75	38.

Toronto Chess News Issue #14-12 July 1, 2014

Toronto Chess News

The latest issue is out.

Editor Bob Armstrong

Issue # 14-12 of July 1, 2014, is 112 pages, and contains the following:

Articles

• Computers – a new developmental phase of an ancient game
• FIDE June 1, 2013 Regular Rating List (Open/Women)
• FIDE June 1, 2013 Regular Rating List – Canadian Rankings (Open/Women)
• Top Maritime Players
• Teaching Classic Games of Chess – Leading to Good Bishop versus Bad Knight
• Ken’s Chess Trivia
• TCN Free Chess Materials Promotion
• TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings”
• TCN Readers Have Questions
• TCN Readers’ Feedback
• TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column

Tournament Reports

• No Logo Norway Chess 2014
• FIDE World Rapid Championship
• FIDE World Rapid Championship
• FIDE 2013-4 Women’s Grand Prix # 5 (Lapota)
• North American Youth Championships, USA
• 9th Edmonton International
• Vlad’s Rapids – Olympiad Fundraiser
• Harbourfront Centre ChessFest 2014, Toronto
• CFC Grand Prix VI (CYCC Qualifier)
• Guelph Pre-Summer Pro-Am
• Kitchener Team Active
• BC Senior Chess Championship 2014

Organizations with News Reports

• Chess Federation of Canada (CFC)
• Chess Institute of Canada (CIC)
• Scarborough Chess Club (SCC)
• Annex Chess Club (ACC)
• Willowdale Chess Club (WCC)
• Aurora Chess Club (AuCC)
• Ajax Chess Club
• Hamilton City Chess Club (HCCC)
• Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club (K-WCC)

Tournament Notices

• Ontario
• Aurora Summer Open
• 2014 Kitchener Chess Festival
• Quebec
• Canadian Youth Chess Championships, Montreal
• Canadian Open, Montreal
• Montreal Open Championship
• Prince Edward Island
• Tournament List

Community Bulletin Board

• Education
• Requests for Assistance

Thanks

• Readers’ Suggestions
• Volunteers

Seneca Hills CC Junior GP June 2-14

Results

News from Corina Wan on Chesstalk. Photos from Official site.

Well done everyone!!

Section	Place	Player	Points	GP Money	Champion
U8	1st	Anthony Atanasov	16	$100	Plaque
U8	2nd	Anna Minzak	11	$70
U8	3rd	Blair Xing	10.5	$30
U10	1st	Jonathan Zhao	17.5	$100	Plaque
U10	2nd	Max Chen	14	$70
U10	3rd	Kai Wen Yang	10.5	$30
U12	1st	Nathaniel Yong	17	$100	Plaque
U12	2nd	Sarah Peng (tiedbreaks)	14	$70
U12	3rd	Michael Minzak	14	$30
U14	1st	Sean Lei	18	$100	Plaque
U16	2nd	Kajan Thanabalachandran	13.5	$70	Plaque
U18	3rd	Sean Lei	12	$30	Plaque

Seneca Hills CC action. Photo Seneca Hills Site