More on P.Stockhausen’s death
Category: Canada chess news
Slight delay in news item
For obvious issues involving family consent, this item will be delayed a few hours…
… Read the restCanadian Chess-Girl!
Ashley Chess Girl FACEBOOK or BLOG
The chessgirl from Vancouver is growing up fast! Ashley Tapp, 15 years old, is no stranger to my blog … Read the rest
Marty Leutschaft: CHESS!!
IN MEMORIUM
Hard to believe that is almost two weeks since Marty Leutschaft passed away in Montreal. Marty was a KING in every sense of
… Read the rest2015 Canadian Open sponsored by Windsor sauna?!
GREAT news for Canadian chess amateurs as Windsor’s hard-core GAY community has stepped forward in the 11th hour with a BID to organize the CANADIAN
… Read the restCanada to abandon ZONAL status ?!
CFC unable to fulfill FIDE responsibilities!
Following an October news item on this blog about the current Canadian Chess Federation (CFC) leadership’s difficulties/refusal to
… Read the restKeres in Montreal
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
Following up on last Monday’s blog column dealing with the legendary Paul Keres and his visit to Canada in 1975 shortly
… Read the rest Tuesday’s potpourri and other nonsense!
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
PIGEON CHESS!
”PST! JOIN THE CFC TODAY!”
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This is the right attitude to have each time you
… Read the rest Canadian Chess quote of the day
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
At times organized chess in Canada is closer to being and operating like a criminal enterprise than anything that is normally
… Read the rest More troubles with CFC ratings….
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
You almost feel sorry for the CFC! After the restructuring of the CFC’s business model in 2007/8, the rating system became
… Read the rest Bullying, censorship and Chesstalk
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
Over the past 3 years–when this blog first went online–I have covered on numerous occasions (more than a dozen times, if memory
… Read the rest One more failed national championship
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
Alberta has organized 2 of the best-ever Canadian Opens in recent years (2005 and 2009) , having attracted famous players like
… Read the rest The CFC, ethics and the politics of corruption
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
When news of the OCA scandal about the 120,000 dollars that went unaccounted for (originally a Trillium Foundation grant)
… Read the rest Tuesday bits
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
A PHOTO IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS…
A very fashionable Yaren Arkan playing in the Girls U13 at the Turkish Youth
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