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  • Aaron Reeve Mendes: 1st in Blitz at Menorca, Spain
    on April 3, 2024 at 8:00 pm

    11-Year-Old Prodigy Aaron Mendes of Canada, Claims Victory in III Open International Chess Menorca BLITZ In an astonishing turn of events at the III Open International Chess Menorca BLITZ held on April 4th in Menorca, Spain, 11-year-old […]

  • CFC Response to the FIDE Ban on Transgender Women Competing in Women's Events
    on August 19, 2023 at 8:00 pm

    The Chess Federation of Canada disagrees with and is disappointed by the FIDE decision to ban transgender women from competing in women’s chess events. We disagree with the way it was implemented, involving the banning of transgender […]

  • TEDx Talk on Checkmating Bias: Increasing Women's Participation in Chess
    on April 16, 2023 at 8:00 pm

    Carina D’Souza gave a TEDx talk at Havergal College on “Checkmating Bias: Increasing Women’s Particiation in Chess”. Watch the talk on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-WQQm69-jU

  • IM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux On His Prep, His Talismans, and Keys to Success
    on December 18, 2022 at 8:00 pm

    (Original was posted on chess.com) It has been a spectacular year for Montreal’s Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux. He steamrolled his competition in an international tournament with a 3037 performance rating, then in September he won the World […]

  • COVID-19 Rating Incentive Extended To July 1
    on April 1, 2022 at 8:00 pm

    The ratings incentives have been extended (again) to July 1, 2022. The updated policy is as follows: Extension - Internet Rated Games and COVID-19 Rating Incentive The CFC is extending to July 1, 2022 the interim policy to accept internet […]

  • Canadian Closed, Zonals, Easter Sectionals (Kingston) Announced
    on March 6, 2022 at 8:00 pm

    (Original was posted HERE) KEC 2022 Announcement (Kingston Easter Chess) This is the KEC 2022 ANNOUNCEMENT, now updated as of Tuesday, April 12th. Especially given changing pandemic conditions, this will be updated as applicable. KEC 2022 […]

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  • Chess Returns to Esports World Cup in Paris With $1.5M Prize Fund
    on June 22, 2026 at 11:00 am

    Chess will once again be a part of the world's biggest esports festival, with GM Magnus Carlsen returning to defend his title. The Esports World Cup Chess Finals will take place from August 11 to 15 with a new home in Paris, France, and […]

  • Woodward Wins Revenge Grand Final
    on June 22, 2026 at 10:55 am

    GM Andy Woodward fought back valiantly to defeat GM Andrew Tang in the Grand Final Reset and deny him the title for the third year in a row in the Chess.com Hyperbullet Championship 2026, which concluded on Friday, June 19. After losing to […]

  • How Two Magnus Carlsen Games Helped Inspire Norway's New Chess Thriller
    on June 22, 2026 at 8:11 am

    A Magnus Carlsen game from 2010 and his famous queen sacrifice from the 2016 World Championship match helped shape the central chess battle in The Nation's Gambit, a new Norwegian political thriller, in which every captured piece costs a […]

  • Ding Liren Leads Dragon Chilling To 'Dream' Double Gold
    on June 21, 2026 at 5:18 pm

    "It's like a dream!" said Dragon Chilling captain GM Ni Hua as the Chinese team added 2026 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship gold medals to their earlier victory in rapid chess. The team, led by GM Ding Liren, beat GM Hans […]

  • Gurel Clinches 10th Bullet Brawl Title By 1 Point After Flawless Start
    on June 20, 2026 at 10:13 pm

    GM Hikaru Nakamura's perfect record in Bullet Brawl in 2026 has finally come to an end courtesy of an exceptional performance by the 17-year-old GM Ediz Gurel. Gurel recorded one of the all-time greatest starts with 17 consecutive wins and […]

  • Carlsen, WR Chess Back In Business As World Team Blitz Championship Begins
    on June 20, 2026 at 4:28 pm

    GM Magnus Carlsen bounced back from four losses in a row to win his first eight blitz games and wasn't even the highest scorer as WR Chess cruised to victory in Pool A and then eased through to the Quarterfinals of the FIDE World Blitz […]

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