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Holiday Camps 4You Are Here! 5Canada Top Ten 10Tactics 101 11Master Profile 12Combo Mombo 13News 14Mates 18Lily’s Puzzler 21Kiril’s Kontest 22

Kiril’s Address 31Maze & Loyd 32Regional Top 10’s 34Ratings 38Top Girls 39Chess Challenge 40Tournaments 41Links & Contacts 42Chess Notation 44Solutions 45


QUEEN’S GAMBIT ACCEPTED 6Kiril’s Klass Winning Back The Pawn

WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 14Canada And World News Qiyu Zhou Wins Girls Under 14

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A gambit is an opening in which a player gives up apawn to speed up their development or to gain controlof the centre of the board.

Here are some of the best known gambits:King’s Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Danish Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 Benko Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5From Gambit 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6

They all have one thing in common. Once the pawn issacrificed, it cannot be won back if the opponent wantsto keep it and plays accurately.

That is not the case with theQueen’s Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4).If Black “accepts the gambit”by 2...dxc4, there is no way tohold on to the extra pawn.

In other words, the Queen’sGambit is not really a gambit atall. White always gets the pawnback. In this class, we look atlines where Black tries to keepthe pawn.

The main line of the Queen’sGambit Accepted goes 2...dxc43.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 whenWhite regains the pawn with agood position (diagram #2).

The move 3.e4 is playable butBlack can get an equal game.For example, after 3...e5, thereare these lines:

4.d5 f5! 5.Nc3 Nf6 4.dxe5 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Be64.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Bb4+

This is why White normally plays3.Nf3, to stop 3...e5.

After 3.Nf3, Black can try tohold the pawn in several ways.The standard method is 3...b5.See diagram #3.

White should reply with 4.a4!Then 4...a6? loses to 5.axb5 since5...axb5? 6.Rxa8 costs a rook. Aheavy price to defend the pawn.

If 4...Bd7, White gets the bettergame with 5.axb5 Bxb5 6.Nc3 c67.e3 e6 8.Ne5 followed by Bxc4.

If Black pushes 4...b4, Whiteeasily recovers the pawn after5.e3. One possible line then is5...Ba6 6.Ne5 Qd5, which canbe met by 7.Be2!? because7...Qxg2? 8.Bf3 forks the blackqueen and rook. The trickiest move is 4...c6,

guarding the b-pawn. Whiteanswers with 5.e3, reachingdiagram #4 (next page).

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KIRIL’SKLASS

This lesson looks at theopening 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4.

QUEEN’SGAMBIT

Winning Back The Pawn

Queen’s Gambit Accepted


In this position, 5...Bd7 6.Ne5e6 loses to 7.axb5 cxb5 8.Qf3!,threatening Qxa8 and Qxf7#.

Black’s most common move is5...e6. Then, after 6.axb5 cxb5White plays 7.b3! (diagram #5).The pawn moves a4 and b3 areoften the key to winning back the“gambit pawn”.

7...cxb3 8.Bxb5+ followed by9.Qxb3 gives White a very goodposition with better developmentand a strong centre.

7...Nf6 8.bxc4 bxc4 9.Bxc4 ispretty much the same.

Black should probably choose7...Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Nbxd2a5!? 10.bxc4 b4 with a complexposition. White has won back thepawn with a small edge.

From diagram #4, Black can also try 5...a6. Once again,the best reply is 6.axb5 cxb5 7.b3! (7...cxb3 8.Bxb5+!).

It looks a little strange but Black sometimes plays 3...a6(after 2...dxc4 3.Nf3). The best approach for White then is4.a4 (diagram #6), preventing ...b5. A typical follow-up is4...Nf6 5.e3 Bf5 6.Bxc4.

The last line that we will look atis the sneaky 3...Nd7 4.e3 Nb6,protecting c4 with a knight. Seediagram #7. After 5.Nbd2 Be6,Black’s extra pawn is secure.

But White has a simple wayto win back the pawn. 5.Bxc4!Nxc4 6.Qa4+, forking king andknight. 6...Bd7 7.Qxc4 leavesWhite with the freer game.

Gambits are not for everyone. Many players are notcomfortable giving up a pawn, even if they get quickdevelopment and central control in return. But that isno reason to avoid playing the Queen’s Gambit. It’s agreat opening, solid and strong. And if Black acceptsthe gambit, the loss of a pawn is only temporary.

BLACK PAWN ON C -4!

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10 SUN Justin 931 QCGRADE 3GRADE 31 ISSANI Nameer 1566 ON2 ZHOU Aiden 1496 BC3 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan 1405 ON4 NOORALI Aahil 1398 ON5 GU Chuyang 1339 BC6 RUSONIK Max 1321 ON7 JIANG David 1310 BC8 KULESHOVA Julia 1276 QC9 WU Lucian 1268 BC

10 GILANI Mysha 1242 ONGRADE 4GRADE 41 LOW Kevin 1734 BC2 HUANG Qiuyu 1691 QC3 HUANG Patrick 1675 BC4 ZHU Harmony 1638 ON5 DOKNJAS Neil 1598 BC6 ZHAO Jonathan 1558 ON7 ENGLAND Max 1557 ON8 JAMES Rowan 1549 BC9 SUPERCEANU Andi 1460 AB

10 WU Nicholas 1411 ONGRADE 5GRADE 51 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 1779 QC2 ZHONG Wenxuan 1747 QC3 VETTESE Nicholas 1648 ON4 LIN Benjamin 1618 ON5 AKOPHYAN Nick 1571 ON6 LIU Lambert 1543 QC7 ZHAO Ian 1519 AB8 MAH Sean 1511 AB9 WASHIMKAR Arhant 1503 ON

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10 SHI Linda 1756 QCGRADE 10GRADE 101 PREOTU Razvan 2579 ON2 SONG Michael 2441 ON3 YU Zong Yang 2420 QC4 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta 2416 QC5 SHI Diwen 2279 AB6 DOKNJAS John 2234 BC7 AWATRAMANI Janak 2227 BC8 LI Yinshi 2136 ON9 ZHU HongRui 2097 QC

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A fork is a tactic where a piece attacks two opposingpieces at the same time. Because she moves in eightdirections, the queen is extremely good at forking.

White wins with the exchange sacrifice 1.Rxa5!After 1...bxa5 2.Qc4+, the black king and rook areforked. 2...Kh7 3.Qxb3. (1...Rxf3 2.Ra8+ Kh7 3.Qxf3)

If Black goes first, they also have a fork combo.1...Rxf3! 2.Qxf3 Qxd4+ 3.Kg2 Qxa1. (2.Rxa5 Qxd4+!)

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SPOTLIGHT ON QUEEN FORKS

MIKHAILMIKHAIL BOTVINNIKBOTVINNIK(1911 - 1995)

This electrical engineer from St. Petersburg,Russia became world champion by winning the1948 FIDE championship tournament in Moscowand The Hague. Except for two years, he kept theworld title until 1963.

“It takes two players to make a draw.”

BOTVINNIK ATTACK (Caro-Kann Defence)1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4

Known for his “iron will”, Botvinnik’s strengthswere self-discipline and thorough preparation.After retiring from competition in 1970, heprogrammed chess computers and founded achess school. One of his students was futureworld champion Garry Kasparov.


CANADA AND WORLD NEWSCANADIAN YOUTH

The Canadian Youth ChessChampionships took place onJuly 15-18 in Montreal, with 253boys and 64 girls taking part.This year’s national championsand runners-up are:

< 8 Nameer Issani ONAahil Noorali ONAiden Zhou BC

<10 Wenxuan Zhong QCNicolas Vettese ONMax England ON

<12 Sergei Noritsyn ONJoshua Doknjas BCJason Cai ON

<14 Richard Chen ONMax Gedajlovic BCDane Forsyth ON

<16 Richard Wang ABMark Plotkin ONOlivier Kenta Chiku-Ratté QC

<18 Christopher Knox ONDavid Itkin ONKevin Li MB

The winners of the separategirls competition were:< 8 Mysha Gilani ON<10 Kylie Tan ON<12 Maïli-Jade Ouellet QC<14 Yilin Li QC<16 Uranchimeg Nyamdorj BC<18 Yan Wang QC

CHESS OLYMPIADThe 41st Chess Olympiad was

held on August 2-14 in Tromso,Norway. There were 177 teamsin the open section of the 11round tournament.

China won the gold medal, ledby grandmaster Yangyi Yu whoscored 9½/11 on third board.

There was a four-way tie forsecond place, with Hungary andIndia receiving the silver andbronze medals on tiebreak overRussia and Azerbaijan.

Judit Polgar, the highest ratedfemale player for over 25 years,scored 4½/6 for Hungary. Afterthe event, she announced herretirement from competition.

Canada finished in 54th place,scoring 5 match wins, 3 draws,and 3 losses. Team memberswere Anton Kovalyov (QC), EricHansen (AB), Leonid Gerzhoy(ON), Bator Sambuev(QC), andAman Hambleton (ON).

The women’s section was wonby Russia, followed by Chinaand Ukraine. Canada, with topscorers Yuanling Yuan and QiyuZhou, placed 41st out of 136.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPMagnus Carlsen (Norway) will

defend his world title next monthagainst former champion VishyAnand (India). The twelve gamematch will be played in Sochi,Russia from November 7 to 27at the site of the 2014 WinterOlympics. The prize fund is overone million dollars!

Carlsen, the highest ratedplayer ever, became championlast year at age 23 by defeatingAnand, who held the title since2007, by a score of 6½-3½ in amatch held in Chennai, Anand’shometown.

WORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPThe 2014 World Youth Chess Championships were played at

Durban, South Africa on September 20-29. There were 959 kidsfrom 89 countries participating this year, including 16 Canadians(7 boys and 9 girls).

The big news for Team Canada is Qiyu Zhou, the new WorldChampion for girls under 14! The ninth grader from Ottawa wentundefeated, scoring 8½ points out of 11 games. Congratulations!!

Qiyu is the third Canadian to win a world championship in the lastfour years. The others were Jason Cao (2010, open under 10) andHarmony Zhu (2013, girls under 8).

Maïli-Jade Ouellet (Montreal) also had an excellent result, placing15th in the girls under 12 section with 6½ points.

The three boys with a positive score in the open section wereRichard Chen (Ancaster ON, 6½ points <14), Wenxuan Zhong(Montreal, 6 <10), and Zachary Dukic (Fonthill ON, 6 <18)

See page 17 for all the Canadian results and the winners in eachsection. Next year’s WYCC will be held in Greece.

QIYU ZHOUGIRLS <14 WORLD CHAMPION


MORE NEWSNEW IMCongratulations to Canada’s newest International Master, Razvan

Preotu of Burlington, Ontario. The 10th grade student made his thirdand final “IM norm” last month in a tournament at Greensboro, NorthCarolina. Razvan has placed first in his grade the last two years atthe Canadian Chess Challenge. Good luck, IM Preotu!


OPEN under 8OPEN under 8 (64 players)1 Makoveev Ilya Russia 9½2 Tugstumur Yesuntumur Mongolia 9½3 Mendonca Leon Luke India 8

59 Fedyushchenko Alexander Canada 3½

OPEN under 10OPEN under 10 (100)1 Nihal Sarin India 9 2 Abdusattorov N. Uzbekistan 8½3 Tsoi Dmitry Russia 8

39 Zhong Wenxuan Canada 6

OPEN under 12OPEN under 12 (105)1 Nguyen Anh Khoi Vietnam 8½2 Zarubitski Viachaslau Belarus 8½3 Taghizadeh Rayan USA 8½

45 Noritsyn Sergey Canada 5½

OPEN under 14OPEN under 14 (101)1 Liu Yan China 9½2 Tabatabaei M. Amin Iran 8½3 Costachi Mihnea Romania 8½

31 Chen Richard Canada 6½

OPEN under 16OPEN under 16 (94)1 Pichot Alan Argentina 92 Aravindh Chithambaram India 8½3 Bellahcene Bilel France 8½

45 Adriaanse Adam Canada 5½

OPEN under 18OPEN under 18 (74)1 Bortnyk Olexandr Ukraine 9½2 Vaibhav Suri India 93 Henriquez Villagra C. Chile 7½

33 Dukic Zachary Canada 651 Nyamdorj Davaaochir Canada 4½

GIRLS under 8GIRLS under 8 (51) 1 Davaakhuu Munkhzul Mongolia 8½2 Luu Ha Bich Ngoc Vietnam 8½3 Ezizova Bagul Turkmenistan 8

GIRLS under 10GIRLS under 10 (68) 1 Deshmukh Divya India 102 Assaubayeva B. Kazakstan 103 Asadi Motahare Iran 8

40 Tan Kylie Canada 5½

GIRLS under 12GIRLS under 12 (80)1 Yu Jennifer USA 102 Solozhenkina Elizaveta Russia 83 Badelka Olga Belarus 8

15 Ouellet Maili-Jade Canada 6½

GIRLS under 14GIRLS under 14 (73)1 Zhou Qiyu Canada 8½2 Kiolbasa Oliwia Poland 8½3 Babu Vaishali Ramesh India 8½

33 Gao Christine Canada 5½35 Li Yilin Canada 5½

GIRLS under 16GIRLS under 16 (84)1 Unuk Laura Slovakia 92 Tsolakidou Stavroula Greece 8½3 Gazikova Veronika Slovakia 8

43 Nyamdorj Uranchimeg Canada 5½45 Zhang Manxuan Canada 5½53 Tao Rachel Canada 5

GIRLS under 18GIRLS under 18 (65)1 Saduakassova Dinara Kazakstan 102 Osmanodja Filiz Germany 8½3 Xiao Yiyi China 8½

43 Wang Yan Canada 5

2014 WWYCC2014 WWYCC Durban, South AfricaSeptember 20 - 29 959 players 11 rounds

NORTH AMERICAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPThe 11th annual North American Youth Chess Championship

was held in Tarrytown, New York on June 12-16. The nine roundFIDE event attracted 296 participants, including 54 Canadians (39boys and 15 girls) who took home their share of the trophies.

Here are the players who finished in the top three of their section.Three cheers for continental champs Kylie Tan and Julia Kuleshova.

NORTH AMERICAN JUNIORThe first annual North American

Junior Chess Championship was heldin Ontario July 30 to August 4 as partof the 2014 Kitchener Chess Festival.

The winner of the under 20 year oldcompetition, Andrew Tang (Minnesota),was awarded the title of internationalmaster for his victory. The runners-up,Edward Song and Safal Bora (bothfrom Michigan) received FIDE mastertitles (FM).

The top Canadian, tying for 2nd butfinishing 4th, was Michael Kleinman.

OPEN<8 2. Nameer Issani ON

3. Aahil Noorali ON<10 2. Nicholas Vettese ON<14 3. Richard Chen ON<16 2. John Doknjas BC

GIRLS<8 1. Julia Kuleshova QC

2. Mysha Gilani ON<10 1. Kylie Tan ON<12 3. Lily Zhou ON<18 2. Qiyu Zhou ON


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HELPMATES IN 1BLACK TO PLAY. FIND THE MOVE THAT

LETS WHITE MATE IN 1.

A B

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MAMATE IN 2TE IN 2White to play.

Force checkmate in two moves.

Black to play.Make a move that allowsWhite to give checkmate.

See page 21 for examples.

HELPMAHELPMATE IN 1TE IN 1

We received 4 correct solutions to June’s contest.1 Mate in 1 1.Qxg6# 2 Mate in 2 1.Bd1 any 2.Bh5#3 Maze Nh8-g6-f8-d7-b6-a4-b2-d1-f2xe44 Loyd A.Kh4 B.Kh2 C.Kc1 (Qd1#)

The winner of the drawing for a Kiril T-shirt is:William Wang of Barrie, Ontario

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Enter the contest by mailing your solutions to:

k ir i [email protected]: November 30, 2014

One lucky person will win the drawing for a“chess tuque” (navy blue acrylic pullover cap

with an embroidered knight insignia).

Can you solve these puzzles? Send in your answers and

maybe you will win the contest.The prize is a chess tuque, just

like the ones we’re wearing.

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K I R I L’ SORNER

KIRILIN THEBOX

KIRILIN THEBOX

The life of a chess piece has its ups and downs. Or maybe weshould say “ins and outs”. The following true story is basedon actual events. Some of the names have been changed at therequest of the International Babysitting Union.

Bob and Judy had finished their chess game and wereabout to go downstairs for supper. Then a voice from thehallway shouted, “Don’t forget what I told you kids. Whenyou’re done playing with your toys, put them away wherethey belong.”

“But Miss Hilga, we always leave our chess pieces out.We play with them everyday.”

“Don’t talk back, Bob. Just do what I say.”Now it was Judy’s turn to reason with the new babysitter.

“My brother is right, Miss Hilga. And besides, a chess setisn’t really a toy.”

“Listen here, dear child,your parents are gone untilnext Tuesday, and they leftme in charge. If you want tohave your dinner this week,then you will put the chesspieces away like I ask.”

Hilga had just moved herefrom Finland, and it seemsthat she wasn’t used to kidsarguing with her orders.

So Bob and Judy gave in.

It was every pawn’s nightmare, especially for Kiril and hispals. They had always been free to move around in theroom when the children were away.

Kiril and Jay were the first ones inthe box. That was unlucky, becausea few seconds later, they were at thebottom when the other pieces piledon. And then it happened. The lidclosed! Darkness filled their eyes, and their

hearts too.It took a while, but the pieces finally shuffled around

and got comfortable. They were cramped but they allcooperated to make the best of the situation.

The waiting game had begun. Waiting for Bob and Judy. There was a bright side though. Frizoon found a flashlight

in her purse, and Kiril had a little chess set with him. You’llnever guess what they did to pass the time!

CHESS


The pieces all took turns playing chess. The game givenhere, from “Box Day #3”, was one of the best.

3. . . . Qxd5

Bringing the queen out earlyin the opening is only bad ifshe can be chased aroundby developing moves. Here,the obvious 4.Nc3? loses apawn to 4...Qxd4.

4. Ne2 ?!

Kiril wants to avoid a pinby 4.Nf3 Bg4 but blocks inhis bishop on f1.

The usual move is 4.Nf3,which is best met by 4...e5!Possible lines are 5.dxe5Qxd1+ 6.Kxd1 Bc5 7.Ke1Bf5 8.c3 0-0-0! and 5.Nc3Bb4! 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 e48.Ne5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Be6.

4. . . . e5!5. Nbc3

Threatening her majesty.

5. . . . Bb4Developing the bishop andpinning the knight.

6. Be3

Kiril guards the pawn on d4.If 6.Bd2, Knick planned toplay 6...Bxc3 7.Bxc3 e4.

7. . . . Bg4!?Knick likes to pin knightswith his bishops! He alsoprepares to castle long.

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1. e4 Nc6

This underrated move is afavourite of Knick and theother knights.

2. d4

Kiril sets up a classic pawncentre. If White plays 2.Nf3,Black can switch back tonormal lines by 2...e5, orcontinue in new style with2...e6, 2...d6, or 2...d5.

2. . . . d5

As in any good defence,Black fights for control ofthe central squares.

NIMZOVICH DEFENCE

3. exd53.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 leads toa closed position similar tothe French Defence (1.e4 e62.d4 d5 3.e5), but with thebishop from c8 outside thepawn chain. 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.d5! Ne5 5.Bf4Ng6 6.Bg3 is an interestinggambit. (Safer is 3...e6.)

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8. . . . exd4A fork regains the piece.

9. Bd2

Black has the advantagein the endgame following9.Bxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd411.Nxd4 Rxd4.

9. . . . dxc310. Nxc3

Also bad is 10.Bxc3 Qe4!

10. . . . Re8+ ! Check out the open king!

11. Be2?

This mistake hastens hisdefeat. Kiril’s best chancefor survival was 11.Ne2,moving the knight back towhere it just came from.But White is still in troubleafter 11...Qe4 or 11...Be7!?

11. . . . Qxg2A crushing capture that wasoverlooked by Kiril.

12. Rf1 Nd4!Knick the Knight jumps rightin the action. The threat is13...Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Rxe2+.

It was about this time thatthe flashlight started to godim. Luckily, Frizzy had abright idea! She got someof the pieces to stand oneach other’s shoulders sothey could reach the lid. Itwas too heavy to lift all theway, but they did manage toopen it a crack to let a littlelight in. Kiril was at the topand took a quick peekoutside. There was no signof Bob or Judy.

Meanwhile. back at thegame, it is White’s turn.

7. f3?! Kiril unpins his knight on e2but does not develop. Heshould have “unpun” with7.Qd2 though Black standswell after 7...Qa5. Anothercool variation is 7.a3 Bxc3+8.Nxc3 Qxd4!? 9.Bxd4 Bxd110.Bxe5! Nxe5 11.Rxd1 withequality.

7. . . . 0-0-0!?Knick ignores the threat tothe bishop, and castles hisrook onto the d-file. Bestwas 7...Bxf3! 8.gxf3 Qxf3,forking e3 and h1.

8. fxg4?Kiril gets too greedy. Heshould have attacked theother bishop with 8.a3!


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SHELF LIFE

The days went by slowly, and some of the pawns beganto lose hope. Kiril tried to cheer them up, but even he wasworried that the kids might have given up chess forever.

One morning, they heard noises in the room, and yelledfor help. But nobody heard them. Kiril peeked out, andsaw Bob and Judy sitting at the computer. That was thesaddest moment of all. “Gee, don’t they know chess ismore fun than computer games?”

Luckily, our tale has a happy ending. On Tuesday night,the missing parents finally came home. After a quickgoodbye to Miss Hilga, Dad said the magic words ...

“Hey kids, do you want to play some chess?”

So the box came down from the shelf, and the lid opened.

Biff the B was the first one out. The others, all shouting for joy, were close behind.

“YIPPEE, we’re free!”

13. Rf2Kiril guards e2 again, butnow Black forces mate.

13. . . . Qg1+14. Rf1 Nf3#

White’s king is nicely boxedin! “Good game, Knick.”


FREEDOM

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BLACK TO MATE IN 2

And the moral of the story?Beware of babysitters from Helsinki!

PAST ISSUES OF

SCHOLAR’S MATEin PDF or DNL format are available at:

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Click on “PAST ISSUES”.

F r e e a n d f u n . W h a t a d e a l !

You can write to Kiril the Pawn at:

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T.J. the Cheshire Cat. Does your pet play?

Halloween Tournament Toronto, October 2013

TRIPLELOYD

Chess maze

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ROOK MAZE IN 13Only the white rook moves. Capture the black kingin thirteen moves (or less) without taking any piecesor moving to a square where the rook can be taken.Black does not get a turn. solution page 45

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A. Black is in checkmate.B. Black is in stalemate.C. White has mate in 1.

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It's easy. The board has 8 filesand 8 ranks. Files are the rowsof squares that go up and down.Each one is named by a smallletter. Ranks are rows that gosideways. Each one is namedby a number.Every square also has a name.

The first part is its file and thesecond part is its rank. In thisdiagram, a white pawn movedto e4 and a black pawn to e5.

When moves are written down,the first capital letter shows thepiece which moves. Q is queen.B is bishop. R is rook. N is usedfor knight because the king is K.If there is no capital letter, thatmeans a pawn moves.

Next is the square that thepiece moves to. Bc4 says that abishop moves to the square c4.When a piece is captured, an xis put before the square. Qxf7means a queen takes on f7.

If a pawn captures, the letterof the file it starts on is givenfirst, then an x followed by thesquare it takes on. exd5 says apawn on the e-file captures onthe square d5.

When two pieces of the samekind can go to the same spot,another letter is put after thepiece to show what file it camefrom. Rae1 tells us that a rookon the a-file moves to e1.

If the pieces that can move tothe same spot are on the samefile, then their rank number isadded. N6e4 means the knighton the 6th rank moves to e4.

Here are some special symbols:

+ check# checkmate

e. p. en passantO - O castles kingside

O - O - O castles queenside1 - 0 white wins0 - 1 black wins

½ - ½ draw! excellent move? mistake!? cool move?! weird (weak) move

The game below is written inalgebraic notation. Kiril wasnew to chess and fell into anold trap called Scholar’s Mate !

ROCKY KIRIL1. e4 e52. Qh5 d63. Bc4 Nf6?4. Qxf7 #

Oh no! Kiril got mated in justfour moves. That was no fun!

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* SSOOLLUUTTIIOONNSS *MAMATESTES1 1.Nb6#2 1.Qd8+ Rxd8 2.Rxd8#3 1.Nf6+ any 2.Qxh7#4 1.Qxh7+ Kxh7 2.Nf6#5 1.Qh8+ Kxh8 2.Bxf7 any 3.Rh3#

(1.Rh3? Kf8!)COMBOCOMBO MOMBOMOMBO1 1.Rxc6 bxc6

2.Qxc6+ Kf8 3.Qxa8+

2 1...Nxf2 (forking Q & R)2.Kxf2 Qe2+ 3.Kg1 Qxd3


LILLILY'SY'S PUZZLERPUZZLERA. 1...Rf6 2.Rd8#B. 1...Nb8 2.Be6#

TRIPLETRIPLE LOYDLOYDA. Kh3#B. Kf4=C. Ke8 (Bc6#)

TTACTICSACTICS 1011011 1.Qg5+ (2.Qxd8+) 2 1.Qh5+ (2.Qxe5) 3 1.Qf3+ (2.Qxa8)

1.Qb4+ (2.Qxa5)4 1.Qb3+ (2.Qxg8)

1.Qe5+ (2.Qxa5) 1.Qe6 (2.Qxg8 or 2.Qxh3)

CHESSCHESS MAZEMAZERg1-d1-d4-a4-a3-b3-b2-c2-c8-a8-a6-h6-h7xf7

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