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CANADA'S CHESS MAGAZINE FOR KIDSOCTOBER 2009 number 99

SCHOLAR’S MATE GOES ON-LINE!!

A DAY IN CHESS COURT

TOURNAMENT TALK

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I’m Kiril the Pawn, and these are my pals:Rocky Rook, Biff the B, Frizoon, and Lily. Wehope you like the magazine. It’s our first on-lineissue!

As usual, there were lots of big tournamentsduring the summer. Congratulations to RajaPanjwani, the new Canadian junior champion,for earning the International Master title.

Good luck to the players representing Canadaat the World Youth Championships in Turkeynext month!

Hello FRIENDS !Welcome to SCHOLAR’S MATE.

Kiril

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CONTENTS

Magazine Info 4You Are Here! 5How To Read Chess 6Ed & Alec 11Regional Top 10’s 12Top Girls 16Who’s The Goof? 17Chess Challenge 18Combo Mombo 19Tactics 101 20News 22

Kiril’s Kontest 24Lily’s Puzzler 26Mate in 1 28Mate in 2 29Mate in 3 30Tournaments 46CCC Stats 48Ratings 49Kiril’s e-mail 49Solutions 50Top Canada 51

TOURNAMENT TALK 7Kiril’s Klass Can You Talk A Good Game?

DID YOU KNOW ... ? 31New Feature On Chess Trivia With Your Host Biff the B

A DAY IN CHESS COURT 32Kiri l's KornerThe Invisible Pawn Part 1

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EDITOR Jeff CoakleyIllustrator Antoine Duff

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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 !

WHITE 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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This lesson discusses termsused at chess competitions.

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The word ‘tournament’ is very old. It was the name of the contests played long ago between knights at the royal courts of Europe. Today, a tournament is a sports event where a group of people play for prizes.

There are three ways to run chess tournaments:

ROUND ROBINKNOCKOUTSWISS SYSTEM

In a round robin, each player has one game against every other player. A win counts 1 point, a draw ½ point, and a loss 0. Whoever scores the most points is the winner.

In a double round robin, each player has two gameswith every other player, one with the white pieces, andone with black.

In Canada, round robins are the most common typeof tournaments for kids. Students are usually dividedinto groups of 4 or 6 players with others of similar ageand skill.


Here are some more words that you might hear at a chess tournament:

active chess a time limit where each playerhas 25 or 30 minutes for thegame.

adjourn to stop a game temporarily, writing down the position so it can be continued later.

blitz a time limit where each player has 3 or 5 minutes.

bughouse a variant of chess played by four people on two boards, where pieces captured by one player can be placed on the other board by their partner.

bye a point given to a player who doesn’t have anopponent because there is an odd number ofplayers; or a half point sometimes given to a player who asks not to play in a certain round.

crosstable a wall chart for showing the names andresults for players.

F.I.D.E. Fédération Internationale des Échecs (the world chess federation).

forfeit loss of a game from failure to show up or byviolation of the rules.

increment time added to the clock after each move, usually between 1 and 30 seconds.

j’adoube French for “I adjust”. When playing touchmove, say this before straightening a piece onits square so that you don’t have to move it.(Or you can just say “adjust.”)

pairings a list that shows who plays who, and withwhich colour.

The second method of running achess competition is a knockouttournament. This is the way thathockey and baseball do theirplayoffs. Once you lose a match,you are out of the competition.Only the winners advance to playmore games.

The last kind of “tourney” is the Swiss system. Ineach round, players who have the same score faceeach other. Everybody plays the same number of gamesand no one gets knocked out. This a good systemwhen there are a lot of people. However, it is morecomplicated than the other methods, and requireseither an experienced director or a computer programto make the pairings (to decide who plays who).

We have other words to describe tournaments too.An open event is one where anybody is allowed toplay. In a closed event, players have to qualify or beinvited. Tournaments can also be individual or teamcompetitions. If you’ve never played on a chess team,then you’re really missing lots of fun!

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SPECIAL ED and SMART ALEC

You know, Ed, white has several goodmoves in the starting position.

Yea, Alec. But I still think it’s better to play black.

Why’s that, dude?

Because white has to go first.

But, Ed, having the first turn is an advantage.

Well, dude, not when you make as many mistakes as me!

register to sign up for a tournamentresign to give up a game as lost.scoresheet the paper that a player writes their moves on.simul short for simultaneous exhibition, a match

where one strong player plays many gamesat the same time.

skittles chess games played for fun, and not as partof the competition.

standard a time limit with at least 60 minutes for eachplayer.

sudden death a time limit in which all the moves (or allremaining moves) of a game must be made.

tiebreak a numerical method for deciding who gets a prize when players are tied.

time limit the amount of time given to each playerwhen a chess clock is used.

time trouble a situation where a player is short of timeand must play their moves in a hurry.

touch move a rule that requires players to move (orcapture) any piece they intentionally touch.

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10 KUNDU Shubham 438GRADE 21 ZHAO Yue Tong 9722 ZHANG Michael 9693 HU Henry 8804 TABBITT Julian 8245 SEKAR Varun 8116 ZHANG David 7827 YIE Kevin 7658 BUKTA Mike 7399 HU Bill 731

10 ENE Nicholas 705GRADE 31 ZOTKIN Daniel 12612 MAULUCCI Anthony 12593 GUGEL Brett 12544 WAN Kevin 12055 ZHANG Yuan Chen 11806 MAGGISANO Robert 9437 LIU Dora 9328 TAM Rachel 9029 JU Terry 840

10 ZHANG Kevin 799GRADE 41 BELLISSIMO Joseph 15152 VORA Hanz 12323 AGHAMALIAN Derick 11334 SELVANAYAGAM Yanojan 10595 ZHANG Jeff 10286 KATCHAN Yoni 10207 CHEUNG Benedict 10198 TAO S. Y. 10029 ZHANG Richard 986

10 ZHONG Joey 978GRADE 51 SONG Michael 13582 LI Yinshi 13483 LI Michael 13254 KUTTNER Simon 12215 LEV Jonathan 12186 YE Hanyuan 11807 MCLEAN Benji 11758 PREOTU Razvan 11639 GIBLON Melissa 1129

10 CHEUNG Darren 1127GRADE 61 PLOTKIN Mark 15282 PENG Jackie 14263 ZHANG Kevin 12874 MAGGISANO Joseph 12805 KUMAR Abhay Anil 12286 YANG Bryant 12207 LEU Steven 11988 PIRVU Stefan 11959 YU Patrick 1171

10 NASIR Zehn 1154ROOKIE ROLL (TOP K-6)1 PLOTKIN Mark 15282 BELLISSIMO Joseph 15153 PENG Jackie 14264 SONG Michael 13585 LI Yinshi 13486 LI Michael 13257 ZHANG Kevin 12878 MAGGISANO Joseph 12809 ZOTKIN Daniel 1261

10 MAULUCCI Anthony 1259

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10 TING Ryan 1209GRADE 81 QIN Joey 22382 FLOREA Alexandru 17463 LEU Richard 16964 CHAN Alex 14575 MYERS Joshua 14316 ZHANG Zhi Yuan 14067 FARHANG Arvin 13968 DRAGAN Cristian 13469 FARRANT-DIAZ Nathan 1286

10 KAUFMAN Elliot 1280GRADE 91 MARINKOVIC Mate 21162 GUSEV Nikita 20883 INIGO Aquino 19304 LI David 17105 IVANOV Michael 17096 WU Kevin 16527 GLADSTONE Simon 15148 ITKIN David 15029 KUMAR Amit 1357

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10 ORLOVA Yelizaveta 1658GRADE 111 MARTCHENKO Alexander 23312 SZALAY Karoly 23023 MAI Lloyd 22684 RAKOV Pavel 22185 PENG Bill 20826 FAN Brendan 17847 WU Aaron 17578 KAGRAMANOV Dalia 16829 JIANG Bowen 1432

10 OLDEN-COOLIGAN Benjamin 1384GRADE 121 NORITSYN Nikolay 25082 THAVANDIRAN Shiyam 24643 HAMBLETON Aman 23084 PACE Christopher 19305 ANG Alan 18586 AVINAASH Sundar 18407 LAI Matthew 17288 KAUFMAN Harris 16629 DOUGLAS Richard 1468

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10 MAI Lloyd 2268

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10 ZENG Ruo Pan 776GRADE 41 WANG Kelly 15162 SHI Ling Yun 13633 BILODEAU-SAVARIA Cendrina 12374 GAO Christine 11505 HE Haley 11346 HU Tian Ren 10757 ZHAO Jia Yun 10268 LUO Alan 9719 JI Yuan Qing 944

10 PATEL Kishan 941GRADE 51 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier 15542 ZHU HongRui 15493 CHANG Michael 12464 GAO Ying Chen 11395 LI George 11376 YU Zong Yang 11297 WANG Yin Lai 10348 STEPHENNE Renaud 10179 MORIN Antoine 1014

10 NIKULICH Andrey 991GRADE 61 BRICHKO Mike 15182 NANTEL Vincent 12943 GU Sheng Ming 12804 JIANG Nathan 12605 YUN Chang 11696 JALALI Salar 11577 JOHNSON Nicholas 11428 ROSCA Maria 11269 HE Lin Sheng 1123

10 PATEL Rohan 1117ROOKIE ROLL (TOP K-6)1 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier 15542 ZHU HongRui 15493 BRICHKO Mike 15184 WANG Kelly 15165 SHI Ling Yun 13636 SUN Benjamin 12977 NANTEL Vincent 12948 ZHANG Evan 12839 GU Sheng Ming 1280

10 JIANG Nathan 1260

GRADE 71 LEPINE Cedric 15542 LUO Zhao Yang 15383 WU Qi You 14524 PAQUETTE Alexandre 12375 ALSENE-RACICOT Julien 12176 MOREAU-MERCIER Cedric 11617 BHUIYAN Rakin 11458 HEROUX-BOISVERT Felix 11399 SHI Yang Tian Jiao 1136

10 VELAUTHAM Vinusan 1083GRADE 81 NUNEZ-PAINCHAUD Raphael 16322 TAN Guang Tong 15043 YAO Houji 14904 WANG Yan 14175 XU Tian Run 13746 MA Indy 13197 AHMED Ashraf 12958 YU Ke Xin 12849 GUO Forest 1269

10 HANNA Patrick 1265GRADE 91 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 23342 ROY Myriam 16783 ALLARD Laurent 16064 COTE-LALUMIERE Tristan 15975 CVETKOVIC Simeon 15776 ROZYBAKIYEV Ilchin 15437 SPRUMONT Oscar 13898 PELOQUIN-LUSSIER Manuel 13239 MACISAAC Alexandre 1304

10 FAGEN Michael 1152GRADE 101 JIANG Louie 23622 SARRAZIN-GENDRON Roman 18043 KIEU Marc-Andre 17934 GELET Seymour 16165 TROTTIER Emile 15176 BONI-ROWE Nicolas 14737 LIMA-BARBOSA Raphael 14688 NANTEL Felix 14529 SAULNIER-LEGAULT Lea 1440

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10 HUSEK Paul 1150GRADE 121 ROZYBAKIYEV Rasul 18672 DISCEPOLA Jordan 16323 DESCHENES Marc-Andre 16024 DOBREV Martin 15585 WANG Mathieu Shou-Yang 14086 CHAN Charles 13887 HE Shao Hang 13228 MCNEIL-DUVAL Hugues 13189 LEVESQUE-DUCHESNE Merlin 1242

10 LIN Kevin 1184HONOUR ROLL1 JIANG Louie 23622 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita 23343 ROZYBAKIYEV Rasul 18674 SARRAZIN-GENDRON Roman 18045 KIEU Marc-Andre 17936 POULIN Mathieu 16957 ROY Myriam 16788 DISCEPOLA Jordan 16329 NUNEZ-PAINCHAUD Raphael 1632

10 GELET Seymour 1616


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10 CHAULK Arrick 822 NLROOKIE ROLL (TOP K-6)1 DORRANCE Adam 1540 NS2 QIU Christopher 1205 NL3 ROBICHAUD Alexandre 1098 NB4 ANDERSEN Paul 1050 NL5 DORRANCE Lucas 1022 NS6 SCHRADER Nathaniel 999 NB7 LUDOVICE Diego 970 NS8 BUTLER Kevin 920 NL9 DAWSON Andrew 917 NL

10 GALLANT Cameron 908 NS

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10 STYLIANIDES Theo 894 NLGRADE 91 DROVER Justin 1331 NL2 LU Fred 1155 NS3 LAPLACE Logan 1037 NB4 RAINNIE Aaron 1033 PE5 LIANG Andy 1005 NS6 KASSOUF Ghazi 985 PE7 MATHEWS Tim 939 NL8 MACLEAN Katrina 938 NS9 O'CONNOR Jack 919 NB

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10 YANG Oscar 1083 ABGRADE 51 HUANG Zhonglin 1610 AB2 KONG Dezhong 1580 BC3 SHI Diwen 1520 AB4 DOKNJAS John 1436 BC5 MAH Richard 1411 AB6 HOFFNER Noah 1401 AB7 WEI William 1375 AB8 WANG Longxiang 1347 AB9 AWATRAMANI Janak 1341 BC

10 LI David 1294 ABGRADE 61 MCCULLOUGH David 1483 AB2 SWIFT Ryne 1477 MB3 PAVLIC Stephen 1452 AB4 SITU Dennis 1413 AB5 CHAN Dante 1402 AB6 YANG Tony 1295 AB7 NESS Davin 1226 AB8 LOUIE Marcella 1204 AB9 RUTAR Alex 1174 AB

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GRADE 71 GIBLON Rebecca 1289 ON2 XIA Linda 1057 ON3 QIU Amy 1023 ON4 PEREZ Franklin 1022 ON5 WONG Tiffany 949 ON

GRADE 81 KALAYDINA Regina 1424 AB2 WANG Yan 1417 QC3 MA Indy 1319 QC4 YU Ke Xin 1284 QC5 ZHAN Reena 1111 ON

GRADE 91 ROY Myriam 1678 QC2 BOTEZ Alexandra 1566 BC3 SHU Chang 1058 QC4 ZHANG Wenyue 1023 QC5 NGUYEN Nancy 994 ON

GRADE 101 YUAN Yuanling 2286 ON2 ORLOVA Yelizaveta 1658 ON3 SAULNIER-LEGAULT Lea 1440 QC4 UTEPOVA Alika 1303 QC5 LEE Melissa 1293 ON

GRADE 111 KAGRAMANOV Dalia 1682 ON2 WAN Karen 1182 ON3 BLAKE Candace 1026 ON4 FRENETTE Catherine 1025 NB5 BELANGER Priscilia 970 QC

GRADE 121 XIONG Sonja 1440 ON2 DU Jasmine 1361 NS3 YANG Marguerite 1174 QC4 ROMANOWICH Katrina 1126 ON5 HOAD Sandy 1104 ON

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10 KALAYDINA Regina 1424 AB

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CCOOMMBBOO MMOOMMBBOO !!!!SPOTLIGHT ON QUEEN FORKS

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WHITE TO MOVEWin Material

BLACK TO MOVEWin Materialsolutions page 50

Hello, combo friends.A great way to win material is with a fork (attacking twopieces at the same time). The queen’s power to move in8 directions makes her an excellent forker.

In this example, after 1.Bxe6! Qxe6, white forks theblack king and rook by 2.Qf4+! Ke7 3.Qxb8.

But if black goes first, they win with a fork of theirown. 1...Bxc4! 2.Rxc4 Qd5+! 3.Kg1 Qxc4.

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PROVINCIALCOORDINATORS

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The Chess'n Math Association, Canada’s nationalscholastic chess organization, is proud to announcethe 22nd annual Canadian Chess Challenge. We hopethat you and your friends can take part this year.

The competition is in four stages: school, regional,provincial, and national. The finals will take place onVictoria Day weekend in Montreal, Quebec.

For information on how to enter your school in theChess Challenge, contact your provincial coordinator.

CANADIANCHESSCHALLENGE


TTTTAAAACCCCTTTTIIIICCCCSSSS 111100001111FIND THE QUEEN FORKS White to move. Win material.

solutions page 50

TTTTAAAACCCCTTTTIIIICCCCSSSS 111100001111FIND THE WINNING MOVE

White to move. Win material or mate.solutions page 50

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CANADA AND WORLD NEWS

CANADIAN WOMENThe 2009 Canadian Women’s

Chess Championship took placeJuly 30 to August 3 as part of theKitchener Chess Festival.

The winner and new championis Dina Kagramanov of Toronto.She went undefeated in the 7player round robin, giving up onlya single draw. Tying for secondplace were Yuanling Yuan andNava Starr (also from Toronto).

YVES CASAUBON1949 - 2009

The chess world lost one of itsmost dedicated friends in August.For many years, Yves has beenthe chief director for all the topchess tournaments in Quebec.He also served as the computerexpert at Chess’n Math since theorganization began, developingand maintaining the rating systemand webpage. Always cheerful,always helpful, always Yves.

Rest in peace.

CANADIAN JUNIORThe 2009 Canada Junior Chess

Championship, held July 25-28 inVictoria B.C., was a seven roundswiss tournament with 12 players.

First place, with 5½ points, wentto Raja Panjwani (Kitchener). Thetwo runners-up, half a point back,were Arthur Calugar and ArtiomSamsonkin (both from Toronto).

His victory qualifies Raja forthe World Junior Championshiplater this month in Argentina.

But that was not his onlyachievement this summer. Healso completed the requirementsfor the international master titlein September. Congratulations,IM Raja Panjwani!!

KINGSTON20 teams took part in the 2009

Ontario-Quebec Scholastic TeamTournament held on June 6 atQueen’s University. Kindergarten - Grade 3

1. Michele Provost BChristine GaoLouis CampagnaJustin VittecoqCharles Vachon

2. Michele Provost A3. North Prep

Kindergarten - Grade 61. Internationale

Hong Rui ZhuBenjamin SunLin Sheng HeHaley He

2. Fernand Seguin3. Henderson

High School 1. Northern

Aaron WuTian LanBenjamin Olden-CooliganDaniel Zhang

2. College Notre Dame3. Massey Hall

CANADIAN YOUTHThe 2009 Canadian Youth Chess

Championships were played onJuly 21- 24 in Victoria, B.C. 91boys and 38 girls attended. Thisyear’s national champions andrunners-up are:< 8 Kevin Wan ON

Daniel Zotkin ONYuanchen Zhang ON

<10 Dezheng Kong BCWilliam Graif ONOlivier Chiku-Ratte QC

<12 Richard Wang ABJames Fu ONJack Qian BC

<14 Thomas Kaminski ABDavid Zhang ABDavid Itkin ON

<16 Karoly Szalay ONAlexander Martchenko ONAvinaash Sundar ON

<18 Eric Hansen ABVictor Kaminski ABKevin Me SK

The 6 winners of the separategirls competition were:

<8 Jiaxin Liu ON<10 Melissa Giblon ON<12 Rebecca Giblon ON<14 Alexandra Botez BC<16 Dalia Kagramanov ON<18 Jasmine Du NS

Good luck to all the Canadiansat the World Youth Championshipin Turkey next month.

2009 CANADIANCHAMPIONSHIP

The University of Guelph hostedthe 2009 Canadian Closed ChessChampionship August 8th to 16th.There were 31 players in the nineround event. This year’s championis IM Jean Hébert of Montreal. Hewon 6 and drew 3 to capture clearfirst place ahead of top ranked GM Mark Bluvshtein (Toronto). It’s thesecond time that Jean has beennational champion. He also won30 years ago, in 1978!

Jonathan Tayar (Toronto), the2005 grade 11 champion, tied forfourth place with 6 points andearned the international mastertitle.

Two others earned the FM title:10th grader Louie Jiang (Montreal)and 12th grader Aman Hambleton(Toronto). Way to go, guys!


We received 3 correct solutions to June’s contest.1 Mate in 1 1.Qe4#2 Mate in 2 1.Bd7 Kxe4 2.Bc6# 3 Maze Qd1-h5-h3-f1-h1-a8-c8-a6-a4xe84 Loyd A.Ka8 B.Kf7 C.Kb6 (a8=N#)The winner of the drawing for a Kiril T-shirt is :

Kevin Zhang of Richmond Hill, Ontario

WELCOME TO MY CONTEST !Can you solve the 4 puzzles on the nextpage? Mail me your answers if you do.One lucky person will win a Kiril T-shirt.White moves first in the mate problems.In case you never saw a “maze” or “loyd”before, here are some examples:

In a CHESSMAZE only one whitepiece moves. In this maze, it’s thewhite queen. The object is tocapture the black king withouttaking any pieces or movingwhere the queen can be taken.Draw a line to show the path ofthe queen. This is a Maze in 7.That means you should get theking in seven moves or less.

The TRIPLE LOYD was inventedby Sam Loyd, a famous chesscomposer. They are called triplebecause there are three parts. Inpart A, you place the black kingon the board so that he is incheckmate. In part B, place him instalemate. For part C, put theblack king down so that Whitehas a mate in 1. solutions page 50w________w

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Only the white QUEEN moves.Capture the black king withouttaking any pieces or movingwhere the queen can be taken.

MATE IN 1

CHESSMAZE IN 9 TRIPLE LOYD

MATE IN 2

PLACE THE BLACK KING IN :A CheckmateB StalemateC Mate in 1



LLIILLYY''SS PPUUZZZZLLEERRHI BOYS AND GIRLS!!Wouldn’t it be nice if we

could make two moves in arow sometimes? That’s whatyou do in these 8 puzzles.

White plays twice in a rowto mate black. The first movemay not be a check. Eithermove may be a capture.Black does not get a turn.Wham, bam, thank you, Sam!

Chess composers call thiskind of problem a series matein 2. But “double whammy”sounds lots more fun!

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DOUBLE WHAMMYWHITE PLAYS TWO MOVES IN A ROW TO MATE BLACK.

The first move may not be check. solutions page 50


MMMMAAAATTTTEEEE IIIINNNN 1111WHITE CHECKMATES BLACK

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When chess was invented1500 years ago, the boardwas not chequered. It wasnot until the game came toEurope in the 12th centurythat colours were first addedto the board.

Can you imagine playing on a board where allthe squares are the same colour? I can tell youone thing: it’s very tricky for us bishops!

The mystery began one wintery Wednesday. Kirilwas walking down Maple Street, just minding his ownbusiness. All the stores were closed for the holiday,so the city was quiet as a mouse. In fact, Kiril wentseveral blocks without seeing a single soul.

But when he passed the museum, he heard analarm. Suddenly, someone ran around the corner andshoved a plastic bag into Kiril’s hands. Before he couldsee who it was, they were gone.

The next thing he knew, a squad of police carscame roaring out of nowhere and the street was fullof cops. Lights were glaring; sirens were blaring. Andpoor little Kiril, he was left holding the bag.

It wasn’t a holiday anymore. The police had himsurrounded. The one with the megaphone shouted,“Okay, pawn, raise your arms! You’re under arrest.”

Kiri l put down his unwanted present and put uphis hands. They were shaking like palm trees in ahurricane.

On the ride to the station, he learned what theyfound in the bag: half of a peanut butter and bananasandwich! Plus, the famous Blue Lunar Chess Set thatwas missing from the museum. Uh-oh!

The following day, Kiril was on trial. His lawyer, Biffthe B, was there to defend him.

A DAY IN

CCCCHHHH EEEE SSSS SSSSCCCCOOOOUUUURRRRTTTTThe Invisible Pawn

PART 1

K I R I L’ SORNER



When they got to the courtroom, a voice greetedthem. “All rise for the honourable Chester C. Mudd.”

The judge came in and took his place behind thebench. After he got his wig straightened up, he said,“Please be seated. Chess Court is now in session.”

Kiril was scared, especially with Biff for a lawyer,but at least the judge seemed like a friendly man.

Judge Mudd glanced down at Kiril and frowned.“Our first case today is Canada versus Kiril the Pawn.What are the charges?”

The bailiff was an old rook called Officer Bailey.He answered, “Your honour, there are two charges.The first is grand theft. He is accused of stealinga valuable chess set from the museum. The othercharge is a violation of the touch move rule.”

Kiril was puzzled by that second part. But beforehe could say anything, the judge interrupted him.“This is very serious, Kiril. How do you plead?”

“Not guilty, your honour.”

“Does your attorney have anything to say?”Biff jumped up and cleared his throat. “Yes sir,

your judgeship. I have to confess. My client is guilty.He didn’t follow the touch move rule. It happenedlast night in a game against me at the police station.That’s why I filed a complaint against him!”

Judge Mudd raised his eyebrows and said, “I see.” Then Biff added, ”But you know what, judge? I really

don’t think he stole that chess set. He’s not crazy.” The judge was not convinced. After all, Kiril was crazy

enough to let Biff defend him! Judge Mudd didn’t sayanything though. Instead he asked Bailey to tell thejury about the Blue Lunar Chess Set.

“Yes, your honour. As we all know, the set wasdiscovered on the moon many years ago by a lostastronaut. However, no one has ever explained how it


got there. The pieces are made ofpolished blue crystal with diamondstuds and solid gold bases. Its valuetoday is 10 million dollars.”

A hush filled the courtroom whenthey heard how much it was worth.The judge banged his gavel andsaid, “Thank you, Officer Bailey. It’stime to call our next witness now.Kiril the Pawn, take the stand.”“Kiril, do you swear to tell the truth?”“I’m sorry, your honour. My mother told me never

to swear. I do promise to tell the truth. Is that okay?”“That’s fine, Kiril. Can you please explain what

happened last night with the touch move rule?”“Well, your honour, we were playing blitz and my

handcuffs knocked the king over. So I set it back upand moved my queen like I planned. But Biff insistedthat I had to move the king. When I told him it was anaccident, he said that didn’t matter. Anyhow, I finallygave up trying to argue with him and moved my king.He’s just mad because I beat him anyways!”

The judge chuckled, “Is that right, Mr. B?” Biff sank down in his chair and muttered, “Yes, sir.”

Judge Mudd grinned at the jury beforehe spoke to the witness again. “Let’stalk about the theft, Kiril. You were theonly one at the scene of the crime. Andthey arrested you holding the stolenproperty.”“I know, your honour. But it’s like I told

the police. There was someone elsethere. It’s just that he was going so fastwe couldn’t see him.”“Perhaps it was an invisible pawn, eh?”

“Maybe, sir. There has to be some explanation.”“Well, Kiril. Nobody ever saw an invisible pawn!”He was only half-joking. To him, the facts in the

case were clear. “That’s all, Kiril. Please step down.” Judge Mudd turned to the jury

and said, “Friends, you heard the evidence. It’s now up to you to decide the fate of your fellow pawn.What is your verdict?”

The leader of the juryrose to his feet. “Ourchoice is easy, your honour.The defendant, Kiril the Pawn, has to play chess against you. If he loses, then he’s guilty. But if he wins, that proves his innocence.”

The judge thanked themfor their wise decisionand instructed Bailey toset up a chess board.

“Time for justice, Kiril.Are you ready?”

“I’m ready, your honour.Too bad we can’t playwith the Blue Lunar set.It’s cool! By the way, arewe playing touch move?”

“Yes, Kiril, it’s the law.”

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Characters and events inthis story are fictional. Anyresemblance to real chesspieces or actual people isnot intentionally funny.


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5

Our hero states his casewith the French Defence.

3. Nc3 The classical move.

3. . . . dxe4

Kiril gives up the centreand aims for safe playwith easy development.

Biff the B walked over toget a better view of thegame and Kiril said, “Hey,this isn’t so bad. Maybethe judge is no good atchess.”“Well, Kiril, I hate to tell

you this, but Chess is hismiddle name!”

“Oops!”

4. Nxe4 Nd7 The knight goes here toback up the other knightwhen it comes out.

5. Nf3 Ngf6

6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 Kiril is glad because hekept a knight on f6 todefend his king.

7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O

With his king castled, Kirilis all set to start somequeenside action.

9. Ne5 !Judge Mudd occupies theknight outpost at e5.

Biff thought he had anidea. “Your honour, mayan attorney take a turn?”

“No, Mr. B., that is notproper procedure.”

9. . . . c5 “Oh, Kiril! You missed it!

You could have taken hispawn for free!”

“Please, Biff, just let meconcentrate, okay? That’sa poison pawn. If I played9...Qxd4?, he can win myqueen with the discoveredattack 10. Bxh7+!”

“Oops!”

10. dxc5 Bxc5?! Kiril’s plan to get rid of thejudge’s centre pawn wasa success. But the bishopdefends better if it stayson e7. The best move was10...Qc7!

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11. Qe2 ! Guarding his knight andclearing d1 for a rook.

11. . . . b6 Kiril wants control of thelong light diagonal andprepares to fianchetto hisbishop at b7.

12. Bg5 !The judge knows a goodpin when he sees one!

12. . . . Bb7 Not 12...Be7? 13.Nc6! Qc714.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Bxf6Qxf6 16.Qe4! g6 17.Qxa8.

13. Rad1 Bailey nodded hisapproval when hesaw the rook lineup against theblack queen.

13. . . . Qe7Kiril gets off of the d-file

but not out of the pin.Judge Mudd sat rubbing

his chin for a long timebefore he made his nextmove. And what a moveit was!

14. Nd7! “Holy knight, Biff! Look

what he played.” “It’s a free piece, eh?”The judge said, “Mr. B,

you’re out of order. Bequiet or I’ll remove youfrom the courtroom.”

Kiril leaned over andwhispered in his lawyer’sear. “It’s another trap,Biff! If I take the knight,then I lose my queen!”

Biff the B pondered thesituation, then stood up.

“Your honour, I object!” “To what, Mr. B?”“To your knight move, sir.

It’s too good!” The judge smiled and

hammered his gavel ontop of Biff’s head! “Thatwas a legal move, Mr. B!You’re overruled.”

14. . . . Rfd8 Black saves his rook and

waits for the trouble tostart on f6. Things don’tlook good for Kiril.

Actually, 14...Qxd7 wasnot so bad. Black gets 3pieces for the queen after15.Bxh7+ Nxh7! 16.Rxd7Bc8! 17.Rc7 Nxg5 with anunclear position.Trickier is 15.Bxf6!? Qc6!

16.Qg4 Qxg2+!? 17.Qxg2Bxg2 18.Kxg2 gxf6 whenblack is up a pawn.

15. Bxf6 gxf6Doubled pawns and an

open door to his king’scastle. It made Kiril feelguilty about the way hewas playing!

Now he expected thejudge to continue 16.Qh5,aiming for a mate on h7.

He hoped to hold on thenby 16...f5.

Unfortunately for Kiril,Chester C. Mudd has amore powerful idea.

16. Qg4+! Kh8 17. Qh4 !

Threatens mate at h7 andguards the key f6 square!

17. . . . f5

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This pawn move avoidsan immediate mate. Butthe black defences areno match for the whitequeen and knight.

18. Nf6! Kg719. Qg5+ Kh8

Justice is speedier after19...Kf8 20.Qg8#.

20. Qh6 Here comes the judge!

“Uh-oh, Kiril. Your nameis mud now!”

“No, Biff, his name isMudd. My name is deadmeat! I have to give upmy queen to stop mate.”

20. . . . Qxf6 21. Qxf6+ Kg8 22. Bxf5!

No mercy from this judge!

22. . . . Rxd1 Just as bad is 22...exf523.Rxd8+.

23. Bxh7+! Kxh7

24. Qxf7+ Kh8

25. Rxd1 Bd5

26. Rd3 1 - 0 Kiril resigned. There’s noway to prevent Rh3#.

“Any final words, Kiril,before I make a ruling?”

“Yes, your honour. Youplayed a great game!”

“Thank you. It’s my dutyto play chess well.”

Then Judge Mudd paused for a moment of silence.“Kiril the Pawn, I find you guilty as charged. You arehereby sentenced to 10 years of hard labour at thefederal chess prison. Officer Bailey, please take theprisoner away!”

TO BE CONTINUED ...

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ONTARIO 101 71 29 201 474 12QUEBEC 75 70 49 194 414 12BRITISH COLUMBIA 35 31 43 109 207 8ALBERTA 15 19 33 67 116 6MANITOBA 7 23 18 48 85 4NEW BRUNSWICK 3 11 30 44 61 5SASKATCHEWAN 5 9 15 29 48 3NEWFOUNDLAND 3 5 22 30 41 4NOVA SCOTIA 5 9 8 22 41 3PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 1 2 6 9 13 3

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MOST IMPROVED TEAMS

MEDALS GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL WEIGHT* MOST1 YEAR

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CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGETEAM STATISTICS

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* SSOOLLUUTTIIOONNSS *MATE IN 11 1.Qf6#2 1.Rh5#3 1.Nxd5#4 1.Qe6#

TRIPLE LOYDA. Ke3 B. Kc2 C. Kg1 (Rg4# )

TACTICS 1011 1.Qd5+ (forks Kg8 & Ra8)2 1.Qf5 (forks Bh5 & Rc8)3 1.Qe1+ (forks Ke8 & Nc3)4 1.Qa8+ (forks Kh8 & Rh1)5 1.Rxc7+ (wins Q)6 1.h4 (traps Ng5)7 1.Bc4 (1...Ra5 2.Bxe6+)

(1...Rd6 2.Bxd6)8 1.Qc3 (threats: Qg7# & Qxc6)

MATE IN 21 1. Qf6+ Rg7 2.Re8#2 1. Qd5+ Kh8 2.Rf8# 3 1. Qxd8+ Nxd8 2.Rf8# 4. 1. Rf8+ Kxf8 2.Qf7#

MATE IN 31 1. Nf8+ Kg8 2.Ng6+ Kh7 (2...Kf7 3.Rf8#) 3.Rh8#2 1. Bg6+ Kg8 2.Qh7+ Kf8 3.Qxf7# 3 1. Qf7+ Kh8 2.Qf8+ Rxf8 3.Rxf8# 4 1. Rc6+ Kd7 2.Qe6+ Kd8 3.Rc8#

LILY'S PUZZLER1 1.Kf1 2.Qh5#2 1.Qd2 2.O-O-O#

Yes, you can castlein chess problems!

3 1.Qh5 2.Kf2#4 1.Qd6 2.Kxf2#5 1.Kf1 2.Qf3#6 1.Ra2 2.Qf3#7 1.Qe2 2.O-O-O#8 1.Qe2 2.Kxd2#

WHO’S THE GOOF?1. The black K & Q are switched.2. Both kings are in check.3. White has 9 pawns.4. White is in triple check.

CHESSMAZEQd1-h5-h1-a8-h8-a1-a5xc5

COMBO MOMBO1. 1.Rxe4 Nxe4 2.Qd5+ Kh8 3.Qxe4 2. 1...Nxc2+ 2.Qxc2 (2.Kf2 Nxa1)

2...Qg3+ 3.Kf1 Qxh4

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