Canadian Chess

Friday, July 8 - Sunday, July 17

Friday, July 8

19:00 Wellington
Check-in
Chess, Canadian Chess and Chess Art Exhibits

19:00 outside Frontenac
Artist Jane Hoople will display her chess art and invites you to try her chess boards and pieces.

20:00 Yonge
GM Mark Bluvshtein Simultaneous Exhibition

Saturday, July 9

9:00-19:30 Wellington
Check-in

9:00 outside Frontenac
Artist Jane Hoople will display her chess art and invites you to try her chess boards and pieces.

11:00 Yonge
Canadian Chess Hall of Fame
2011 induction - Povilas Vaitonis, with presentation by Lithuania's Ambassador to Canada, Her Excellency Ms. Ginte Damusis.
Lecture by Grandmaster Eduardas Rozentalis of Lithuania.
(Free and open to the public.)

13:00 Yonge
Chess 960 Championship Tournament

18:00 Frontenac
Opening Ceremony and Round 1

18:00 Wellington, Yonge
Analysis rooms

18:00 outside Frontenac
Vendor and sponsor tables

Sunday, July 10

10:00 Yonge
GM Ben Finegold Blindfold Simultaneous Exhibition

12:00 noon outside Frontenac
Artist Jane Hoople will display her chess art and invites you to try her chess boards and pieces.

12:00 noon Frontenac
Blitz Chess Championship Tournament

18:00 Frontenac
Round 2

18:00 Wellington, Yonge
Analysis rooms

18:00 outside Frontenac
Vendor and sponsor tables

Monday, July 11

9:00-17:00 Frontenac
Children's Day Camp

9:00-17:00 Dockside 7
Chess Federation of Canada Annual Meeting, Day 1

10:00 Yonge
GM Dejan Bojkov Lecture on former Women's World Champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria.
(Free and open to the public.)

10:30 Frontenac
Children's Day Camp Simultaneous Exhibition with GM Eduardas Rozentalis and FM Aman Hambleton

11:00 Yonge
GM Eugene Perelshteyn Lecture on his books Chess Openings for White/Black Explained(Free and open to the public.)

12:00 noon Yonge
GM Alexander Shabalov / WIM Iryna Zenyuk Tandem Simultaneous Exhibition

18:00 Frontenac
Round 3

18:00 Wellington, Yonge
Analysis rooms

18:00 outside Frontenac
Vendor and sponsor tables

Tuesday, July 12

9:00-17:00 Frontenac
Children's Day Camp

9:00-17:00 Dockside 7
Chess Federation of Canada Annual Meeting, Day 2

10:00 Yonge
FM Brett Campbell Lecture on the Modern Defence
(Free and open to the public.)

10:30 Frontenac
Children's Day Camp Simultaneous Exhibition with IM Jean Hébert and GM Dejan Bojkov

11:00 Yonge
FM Brett Campbell Lecture on Bobby Fischer's Attacking Chess
(Free and open to the public.)

12:00 noon Yonge
GM Bator Sambuev Simultaneous Exhibition

12:00 noon Yonge
FM Michael Dougherty Simultaneous Exhibition

18:00 Frontenac
Round 4

18:00 Wellington, Yonge
Analysis rooms

18:00 outside Frontenac
Vendor and sponsor tables

Wednesday, July 13

9:00-17:00 Dockside 7
FIDE Arbiter Seminar, Day 1

9:00-17:00 Frontenac
Children's Day Camp

10:00 Yonge
FM Shiyam Thavandiran Lecture on his Best Games and Swindles
(Free and open to the public.)

10:30 Frontenac
Children's Day Camp Simultaneous Exhibitions with IM Nikolay Noritsyn, WCM Liza Orlova

11:00 Yonge
GM Joel Benjamin Lecture on his book American Grandmaster: Four Decades of Chess Adventures
(Free and open to the public.)

12:00 noon Yonge
GM John Fedorowicz Simultaneous Exhibition
IM Tomas Krnan Simultaneous Exhibition

18:00 Frontenac
Round 5

18:00 Wellington
Analysis room

18:00 outside Frontenac
Vendor and sponsor tables

Thursday, July 14

9:00-17:00 Dockside 7
FIDE Arbiter Seminar, Day 2

9:00-17:00 Frontenac
Children's Day Camp

10:00 Yonge
IM Kenneth Regan Lecture on Cheating in Chess and True Ratings
(Free and open to the public.)

11:00 Yonge
IM/WGM Irina Krush Lecture on young Victor Korchnoi
(Free and open to the public.)

12:00 noon Yonge
IM Michal Meszaros / IM Stefan Macak Tandem Simultaneous Exhibition

18:00 Frontenac
Round 6

18:00 Wellington, Yonge
Analysis rooms

18:00 outside Frontenac
Vendor and sponsor tables

Friday, July 15

9:00-17:00 Dockside 7
FIDE Arbiter Seminar, Day 3

9:00-17:00 Frontenac
Children's Day Camp

10:00 Yonge
FM Alisa Melekhina Lecture on Anti-Sicilian Openings
(Free and open to the public.)

11:00 Yonge
IM Artiom Samsonkin Lecture on Positional Ideas in the Middle Game including Sacrifices
(Free and open to the public.)

12:00 noon Yonge
GM Walter Arencibia Simultaneous Exhibition

17:30-18:00 Frontenac
Trivia Contest

18:00 Frontenac
Round 7

18:00 Wellington, Yonge
Analysis rooms

18:00 outside Frontenac
Vendor and sponsor tables

Saturday, July 16

14:00 Frontenac
Round 8

14:00 Wellington, Yonge
Analysis rooms

14:00 outside Frontenac
Vendor and sponsor tables

19:00 Yonge
Double Chess Championship Tournament

20:00 Yonge
Free showing of the Canadian chess/music film Ivory Tower

Sunday, July 17

10:00 Frontenac
Round 9

10:00 Wellington, Yonge
Analysis rooms

10:00 outside Frontenac
Vendor and sponsor tables

16:00-20:00 Pier 2&3
Closing Dinner and Awards Ceremony

Notices

 GoodLife Fitness will have a booth on July 14 & 15.

 Join us Saturday at 20:00 in the Yonge room for the Canadian chess/music film Ivory Tower.