Rockway Centre: 1405 King St E , Kitchener, ON, Canada, N2G 2N9 Email: kwchessinfo@gmail.com

Kitchener Waterloo Chess Club

We are a not-for-profit, member-based organization promoting the game of Chess in the KW area for all ages.

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Rockway Centre: 1405 King St E , Kitchener, ON, Canada, N2G 2N9 Email: kwchessinfo@gmail.com

Aaron Reeve Mendes: 1st in Blitz at Menorca, Spain April 4, 2024
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 Aaron Reeve Mendes emerged as the champion. Despite facing off against seasoned Grandmasters (GMs) and International Masters (IMs), […]
CFC Response to the FIDE Ban on Transgender Women Competing in Women's Events August 20, 2023
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 women and subsequently studying the issue to arrive at a final decision. This decision came as a surprise, […]
TEDx Talk on Checkmating Bias: Increasing Women's Participation in Chess April 17, 2023
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 December 19, 2022
(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 Youth Chess Championship in Romania. In this question-and-answer session, the International Master shares his thoughts on his career, his ambition […]

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