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    gameplay of chess in Canada began in 1844, when the country's first club was founded in Montreal, Quebec. The Canadian Chess Association was founded in Hamilton...
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  • The Chess Federation of Canada or CFC (French name: Fédération canadienne des échecs) is Canada's national chess organization. Canadian Chess Association...
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  • winners of the Canadian Chess Championship, often referred to as the Canadian Closed Championship to distinguish it from the annual Canadian Open tournament...
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  • Canadian chess periodicals encompasses the names, publication dates and history of the many chess magazines published in Canada. Chess Canada formerly...
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    The 45th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Budapest, Hungary, from 10 to 23...
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    the Women's Chess Olympiad since 2014. Zhou began playing chess in France at age three before growing up primarily in Finland and Canada. She gained national...
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    Candidates Tournament 2024 (category Chess in Canada)
    eight-player chess tournament, held to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2024. The tournament took place at The Great Hall in Toronto...
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  • The Canadian Open Chess Championship is Canada's Open chess championship, first held in 1956, and held annually since 1973, usually in mid-summer. It is...
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    1992) is a Canadian chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer. FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title in 2013. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011 and...
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    The World Chess Championship 2024, officially known as the World Chess Championship 2024 presented by Google for sponsorship reasons, will be a match between...
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    A chess title is a title regulated by a chess governing body and bestowed upon players based on their performance and rank. Such titles are usually granted...
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  • The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess. The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing...
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    Alexandra Botez (category Canadian chess players)
    24 September 1995) is an American and Canadian chess player, poker player, online streamer and YouTuber. In chess, she holds the FIDE title of Woman FIDE...
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    Women's Candidates Tournament 2024 (category Chess in Canada)
    eight-player chess tournament held to determine the challenger for the Women's World Chess Championship 2025. It was held from 3 April to 22 April 2024 in Toronto...
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  • The 44th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Chennai, India, from 28 July to...
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  • The open event at the 45th Chess Olympiad was held from 11 to 22 September 2024. It was contested by a record number of 197 teams, representing 195 nations...
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    Andrea Botez (category Canadian chess players)
    Cristina Botez (/ˈboʊtɛz/ BOH-tez; born April 6, 2002) is a Romanian Canadian chess player, commentator, and internet personality. She is mostly known as...
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  • Nathan Divinsky (category Canadian chess players)
    29, 1925 – June 17, 2012) was a Canadian mathematician, university professor, chess master, chess writer, and chess official. Divinsky was also known...
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  • Chess.com is an internet chess server and social networking website. One of the largest chess platforms in the world, the site has a freemium model in...
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  • Daniel Yanofsky (category Canadian chess players)
    2000) was a Canadian chess player, chess arbiter, writer, lawyer, and politician. An eight-time Canadian chess champion, Yanofsky was Canada's first grandmaster...
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  • The women's event at the 45th Chess Olympiad was from 11 to 22 September 2024. It was contested by a record number of 183 teams, representing 181 nations...
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    The rook (/rʊk/; ♖, ♜) is a piece in the game of chess. It may move any number of squares horizontally or vertically without jumping, and it may capture...
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    Aman Hambleton (category Canadian chess players)
    30 December 1992) is a Canadian chess grandmaster and Twitch/Kick streamer. He is a member of the Chessbrahs (a Canadian chess entertainment company)...
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    Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (category Canadian chess players)
    2004) is a Canadian chess grandmaster who won the 2022 World Under 18 Chess Championship. He completed all requirements for a Grandmaster title in 2023 at...
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  • chess grandmaster who defected from the Soviet Union to Canada in 1980. A four-time winner of the Canadian chess championship, he represented Canada at...
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    were considered too trivial for inclusion in the catalogue. The chess variants listed below are derived from chess by changing one or more of the many rules...
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    Computer chess includes both hardware (dedicated computers) and software capable of playing chess. Computer chess provides opportunities for players to...
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  • FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020 was an online chess tournament organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and hosted by Chess.com. It was...
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  • The Champions Chess Tour (CCT) 2023 was a fast chess tournament circuit that was organized in 2023 by Chess.com. The tour started on 6 February 2023 and...
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    Peter Biyiasas (category Canadian chess players)
    is a Canadian chess grandmaster. He was Canadian champion in 1972 and 1975, represented Canada with success on four Olympiad teams, and played in two Interzonals...
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