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Did not change much since then. https://www.chess.ca/en/elite/arbiter-titles/ You'll find couple names who are not anymore with us.

Interesting you say this about younger and younger participation. Like draws to like. Because kids see other kids, they come and join your club. You...

The middle range of players, rated roughly 1200 to 2000 have lost an average of about 100 rating points since 2017. Those below 1200 and the top...

For sure - but in fairness while people complain about how the "Handbook" aka "Old Handbook" is Byzantine, FIDE has taken it to new levels. I've...

Your point A is extremely important. I remember some 20 years ago we had 2 players with the same name in BC - one was about 1300 the other 2300+...

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2023 Eastern Ontario Open # Name ID Rating Total 1 Bator Sambuev 146462 2530 0.0 2 Derek Wang 166573 2114 0.0 3 Jose Eduardo...

Thank you so much Victoria for your very kind words. The support of the chess community has been deeply touching.

Tournament sites based in government buildings, or those of large corporations are off-limits nowadays - mostly for security reasons. In Montreal, we...

On the topic of Ottawa chess nostalgia, at one point there were enough clubs (8!?) to have team league play (along with all the club sites Ottawa had...

Aris, I am sure that I speak for the many people whom you have helped, encouraged, and touch over the years just via your extensive tournament...

In the old days there were two articles written for organizers (both by J. Berry?). One was about how to found and run a chess club in Canada, and...

Thnx. Seems they created drama out of nowhere. I recalled the merge, and it seemed a good move as the CFC groups was inactive for ages.

Couple thoughts and issues: A. During covid many kids played online in the CFC rated events. They got CFC #, however, seems not many are aware or...

The CFC club on chess.com merged with Team Canada, resulting in a consolidation of resources and members. We got an administrator and Team Canada...

Please find the results of the anonymous survey I did back in November. Opening a Dialogue with CFC: I. Most of the participants are from 1)...

Out of curiosity - what was an issue?

Thank you Vlad for the supportive sentiment! My health continues to improve steadily and strongly, and I'm happily looking forward to the upcoming...