Canadian Chess Biographies
Researched, compiled, written and copyright 2000-21 by David Cohen. Last updated: 2021.06.25.
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- Calugar, Arthur
- Campbell, Brett
- Campbell, Murray
- Cao, Jason
- Cayford, Richard Anthony
- Chaput, Marie-Thérèse
- Charbonneau, Pascal
- Charest, Johanne
- Chaumont, Alexandre de
- Cheng, Bindi
- Cherriman, John
- Chu, Stefanie
- Cleeve, John
- Cohen, David
- Cooke, Joseph
- Coté, Jocelyn
- Coudari, Camille
- Creemer, David
- Crisan, Ioan
- Crompton, Charles
- Cummings, David
Photo: Hart House, Toronto, 2008. Copyright 2008 by the photographer David Cohen.
- 2012 Canadian Under-18 Champion, perfect score (7/7)
- 2012 Ontario Grade 12 Champion
- 2011 Awarded International Master title
- 2011 4th place, Canadian Championship; qualified International Master title
- 2011 Ontario Grade 11 Champion
- 2010 North American Under-16 Champion
- 2010 Canadian Grade 10 Champion
- 2010 Ontario Grade 10 Champion
- 2009 Canadian Grade 9 Champion
- 2009 Ontario Grade 9 Champion
- 2008 Canadian Under-14 Champion
- 2008 Ontario Under-14 Champion
- 2008 1st place, Ontario Grade 8 Championship
- 2007 Canadian Under-14 Champion
- 2007 Canadian Grade 7 Champion
- 2007 Ontario Grade 7 Champion
- 2006 Canadian Under-12 Champion
- 2006 Ontario Grade 6 Champion
- 2005 Canadian Grade 5 Champion
- 2005 Ontario Grade 5 Champion
- 2004 Canadian Under-10 Champion
- 2004 Ontario Boys Under-10 Champion
- 2003 Ontario Boys Under-10 Champion
Photo: At Zoltan Sarosy 100th birthday party, Toronto. Copyright 2006 by the photographer David Cohen.
- 2001 FIDE Master
- 2001 Toronto Closed Champion
- 1988 World Amateur Champion
- 1984 Canadian Open Champion
- Member of programming team for Hitech (ACM North American Computer Champion 1985, 1989), Chiptest, Chiptest-M (ACM North American Computer Champion 1987), Deep Thought 0.02 (ACM North American Computer Champion 1988), Deep Thought (ACM North American Computer Champion 1989, World Computer Champion 1989), Deep Thought/88 (ACM North American Computer Champion 1990), Deep Thought II (ACM International Computer Champion 1991, 1994)
- Member of programming team for Deep Blue, which defeated World
Champion Garry Kasparov in a game (1996) and in a match 3.5/6 (New York
1997), the first time these feats have ever been accomplished
against a reigning World Champion
Here is Deep Blue's first win over World Champion Garry Kasparov, the first
time that a computer beat a reigning World Champion:
Deep Blue - Garry Kasparov
ACM Chess Challenge, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Round 1, 1996.02.10
Here is Deep Blue's win over World Champion Garry Kasparov, in a game which
Deep Blue team member GM Joel Benjamin, referring to the move 37.
Be4, claimed (in the 2003 film Game Over: Kasparov and the
Machine) was the first game in which a computer showed that it
could play Grandmaster level chess:
Deep Blue - Garry Kasparov
IBM Man-Machine, New York, NY, USA, Round 2, 1997.05.04
Here is the final game of the match, which won the match for the computer,
the first time that a computer beat a reigning World Champion:
Deep Blue - Garry Kasparov
IBM Man-Machine, New York, NY, USA, Round 6, 1997.05.10
- 2012 Canadian Under-12 Champion
- 2011 Canadian Grade 5 Champion; perfect score 9/9
- 2010 Canadian Chess Player of the Year; winner of Fan Ballot; first player to win both votes
- 2010 Awarded FIDE Master title
- 2010 World Under-10 Champion (1st place on tie-break); qualified FIDE Master title
- 2010 1st place Canadian Under-10 Championship
- Played Canadian Championship (1959,1961)
- North America/Pacific Correspondence Champion 1992 for USA
- Won Golden Knights Postal Tournament (1972, 1973)
- University director of development
- Represented Canada on Group B 1st place team at Women's Olympiad 1976
- Played Canadian Women's Championship 1978
- Formerly married to Leo Williams
Photo: 2004 Canadian Championship, Toronto. Copyright 2004 by the photographer David Cohen.
- 2008 Represented Canada at Olympiads
- 2006 Represented Canada at Olympiads
- 2006 Awarded International Grandmaster title
- 2006 Winner, Winter Chicago FIDE Invitational
- 2005 United States Chess League Most Valuable Player
- 2005 Board 1 on Baltimore Kingfishers team, United States Chess League Champions
- 2004 Represented Canada at World Championship
- 2004 Represented Canada at Olympiads
- 2004 Canadian Champion
- 2003 Canadian Chess Player of the Year
- 2003 Awarded International Master title
- 2003 2nd place, Pan-American Championship
- 2002 Represented Canada at Olympiads
- 2002 Canadian Champion
- 2002 Canadian Open Champion
- 2001 Awarded FIDE Master title
- 2000 Represented Canada at Olympiads
- 2000 Canadian Champion Boys Under-18
- 2000 Canadian Junior Champion
- 2000 Canadian Grade 11 Champion
- 1999 Represented Canada at World Junior (Under-20) Championship
- 1999 Represented Canada at World Under-16 Championship
- 1999 Canadian Champion Boys Under-16
- 1998 Canadian Champion Under-18
- 1998 Canadian Cadet (Under-16) Champion
- 1996 Canadian Grade 7 Champion
Here is the game that won Pascal Charbonneau the 2002 Canadian
Championship:
Pascal Charbonneau - Kevin Spraggett
Canadian Championship playoff, Richmond, British Columbia, Round 2, 2002.04.01
Here is Pascal Charbonneau's win over former World Champion Anand:
Pascal Charbonneau - Viswanathan Anand
Olympiad, Board 1, Canada - India, Turin, Italy, Round 12, 2006.06.03
- Woman International Master 1996
- Canadian Women's Champion 1996
- Represented Canada at Women's Olympiad 2000
- Represented Canada at Women's World Championship 2000
- One of the best chess players in France in 1665
- Spent two years in the French colony (now Quebec)
- Aide-de-camp of de Tracy (Lt.-Gen. of the armies of the King of France
in America)
Source: Article on the history of chess in Canada by Leopold Christin in Championnat Canadien des Échecs 1947, 1947.
Photo: 2009 Toronto Open Championship. Copyright 2009 by the photographer David Cohen.
- 2011 Canadian Open Championship, Toronto, Ontario - 3rd & final IM Norm; qualified International Master title
- 2009 World Open, Philadelphia, PA, USA - 2nd IM Norm
- 2007 Canadian Open Championship - 1st IM Norm
- 2007 FIDE Master
- 2006 Canadian Junior Champion
Won a best game prize:
Maxim Dudkin - Bindi Cheng
47th Canadian Open Championship, Toronto, Ontario, 2010.07.15, Round 6
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bf5 5. O-O h6 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 b5 12. a3 g5 13. Bc7 Be7 14. h3 O-O 15. g4 Bh7 16. Ne5 Rfc8 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bg3 Nb6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Nc4 22. Rab1 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Kg7 24. f3 Rd7 25. Nc5 Rxd4 26. Nxb7 Bf6 27. b3 Nd2 28. Bf2 Rd5 29. Rbc1 Rxa3 30. Kg2 Nxb3 31. Rxd5 Nxc1 32. Rd7 Rd3 33. Nd6 Kg8 34. Ne4 Be5 35. Re7 Rd5 36. Bc5 Nd3 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Be7 Bg7 39. Nf6+ Bxf6 40. Bxf6 b4 41. Ba1 f6 42. Bxf6 b3 43. Re7+ Kg8 44. Rb7 Rb5 45. Rg7+ Kf8 46. Rc7 b2 0-1
(1823-1908)
Photo: The University of Toronto - A History by Martin L. Friedland,
University of Toronto Press, 2002, p.48, from University of Toronto
Archives A73-0003/001 (21).
- Lecturer, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Toronto 1850-3
- Professor and Chair of Mathematics & Natural Philosophy (Physics),
University of Toronto 1853-75
- Director, Canadian Magnetic Observatory 1853-5
- Militia Lieutenant, University Rifle Corps; later, Captain, Queen's
Own Rifles
- First Superintendent of Insurance, Government of Canada 1875-85
- Charter member, Royal Society of Canada 1882
- Chess editor, Toronto Globe
- First President of the Canadian Chess Association 1872
- Defeated Johannes Zukertort in a simultaneous exhibition given by
Zukertort in Ottawa, Ontario 1884
- Organized first two Canadian correspondence tournaments 1873-4, 1874-5
- Canadian Chess Hall of Fame 2007
Sources: Chess Player’s Chronicle 1884.03.12 p.321-2; Hamilton Spectator 1872.09.25;
University of Toronto Archives; plaque on University of Toronto main campus marking the site of the Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory (1840-1908); Suzanne Zeller, Dictionary of Canadian Biography, 1901-1910 (Volume XIII), University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2000.
- Woman FIDE Master 1996
- Canadian Champion Grade 8 1997
- Canadian Champion Girls Grade 12 and under 1999
- Youngest player to ever represent Canada at the Olympiads (age 13 in 1996)
- Represented Canada at Women's Olympiads (1996, 2000)
- Represented Canada at Junior 1997, Under-16 (1998, 1999), Under-14 (1996, 1997), Under-10 1993 Girls' World Championships
- 2nd place Canadian Women's Championship 2001
Here is Stefanie Chu's choice for her best game:
Alfred Veltmann - Stefanie Chu
International Open, North Bay, Ontario, 1996
(1926-1995)
Photo: En Passant 100, 1990.02. Copyright 1990 by the photographer Jonathan Berry. Thanks to Jonathan Berry.
- Chartered Accountant, businessman
- 2000 Canadian Chess Hall of Fame
- 1984-88 Board 5, Canada, Silver medal team, 4th ICCF Panamerican Team Championship
- 1987 Vice-President, International Correspondence Chess Federation
- 1970 Correspondence International Arbiter
- 1967 2nd place, Canadian Correspondence Championship
- 1965-1990 President, Canadian Correspondence Chess Association
- 1964 Helped CCCA magazine editor Russ Isaac become the first person to be paid for chess in Canada
- 1961 Canadian Correspondence Champion
- 1957 Arrived in Canada from England
Here is John Cleeve's selection of his best game, which won the best game prize:
A.B. Middlemass - John Cleeve
English Counties Correspondence Championship 1954-1955
Here are three more of John Cleeve's best games:
John Cleeve - K. Tandai
Correspondence PATT II
R.W. Baumgartner - John Cleeve
Correspondence, PATT II
Raimo Lindroos - John Cleeve
Correspondence, Finland - Canada match
Sources: John Cleeve interview with Jonathan Berry, En Passant #100, 1990.02 (game selection); CHECK! 514, 1995.04, edited by J. Ken MacDonald (game selection); The History of Correspondence Chess in Canada by Leonard Zehr, J. Ken MacDonald, 2006.
Contributors: Jonathan Berry (photo), Ralph Marconi.
Photo: Photograph by Carlos Esteves. Copyright 2011 by David Cohen.
- 2020 Published My First Chess Club by David Cohen, Sofia Polgar on Amazon and Kindle
- 2015 Awarded Arena International Master title by World Chess Federation (FIDE)
- 2015 Awarded Arena FIDE Master title by World Chess Federation (FIDE)
- 2015 Awarded Arena Candidate Master title by World Chess Federation (FIDE)
- 2013 Awarded National Candidate Master title by Chess Federation of Canada
- 2012 Author,
2016 Chess Olympiad Toronto Bid Book
- 2011 Executive Producer,
42nd Chess Olympiad Toronto Ontario Canada 2016 Bid - invitation to potential sponsors video
- 2011 Executive Producer,
42nd Chess Olympiad Toronto Ontario Canada 2016 Bid - invitation to Toronto video
- 2011 Manager, 2016 Toronto Bid for World Chess Olympiad
- 2011 Chief Organizer, 15th Canadian Women's Chess Championship
- 2011 Chief Organizer, 48th Canadian Open Chess Championship
- 2011 Co-author,
48th Canadian Open Chess Championship Souvenir Program Book
- 2011 Author, Sponsor Canadian Chess
- 2011 Consultant, Chess is Awesome video
- 2010 Awarded Canadian Correspondence Chess Association Master title
- 2008 Awarded Canadian Correspondence Chess Association Senior Candidate Master title
- 2005 Co-Founder, Chess Institute of Canada
- 2004 Awarded International Arbiter title, World Chess Federation (FIDE)
- 2002-03 Vice-President, Chess Federation of Canada
- 2002-03 President, Greater Toronto Chess League
- 2002 3rd place, Internet Slow Time Control World Chess Championship
- 2001 Organizer, Tournament Director, 10th Canadian Women's Chess Championship
- 1999-2005 Board of Governors, Chess Federation of Canada
- 1987 Organizer, Tournament Director, 9th Canadian Cadet (Under-16) Chess Championship
- 1986 Organizer, Tournament Director, 8th Canadian Cadet (Under-16) Chess Championship
- 1982-87 Board of Governors, Chess Federation of Canada
- 1981-86 Board of Directors, Ontario Chess Association (Junior Coordinator, Secretary, Treasurer)
- 1984 Organizer & Tournament Co-Director, 31st Pan-American Inter-collegiate Team Chess Championship
- 1984 Organizer & Tournament Director, 21st Canadian Open Chess Championship
- Master's degree, Yale University School of Management
(1858-1913)
- Played Canadian Championship 1887 (3rd), 1889 (3rd), 1891 (2nd), 1894
- 2nd place, 23rd World Correspondence Championship,
Candidates, Section 2, with undefeated 8/12 (+4 =8) 2004-7;
Correspondence Grandmaster Norm, qualified Correspondence
International Master title; qualified 23rd World Correspondence Championship Finals
- 1st place, Canadian Correspondence Championship (KE63) 2007
Photo: Chess Canada 1970.05.
- International Master 1979
- Represented Canada at Olympiad 1978
- Represented Canada on Bronze medal winning team at World Students' Team
Championship 1971
- Co-directed The Great Chess Movie, 1982
(1902-53)
Photo: 1951 Canadian Championship, Vancouver.
- Tailor
- Played Canadian Championship 1933
- Manitoba Champion 1934
- Winnipeg Champion 1937
- Coached D. Abraham Yanofsky
- Vancouver Champion 1946-8
- 1st place Vancouver Diamond Jubilee Open 1946
- President, British Columbia Chess Federation
- Organized Canadian Championship 1951
- Chess columnist, Vancouver Province
Contributor: Stephen Wright. Source (photo): Family of Frank Anderson.
(1912-75)
- Accountant
- Lieutenant, Royal Canadian Artillery, World War II
- Wrote weekly chess column and/or selected weekly chess problem for
Toronto Star (1940-75)
- President, Chess Federation of Canada (1936), Toronto Chess Club
- Toronto Chess Club Champion 1934
- Played Canadian Championship 1934
Photo: 2009 Toronto Open Championship. Copyright 2009 by the photographer David Cohen.
- 2015 Pan-American Senior Over 50 Champion
- 2001 Author of Symmetrical English
- 2000 Represented Canada at Olympiad
- 1984 International Master