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Thank you Victor, for that report and for taking time to attend this very important meeting.

The above statement was prepared in consultation with the CFC board of directors.

The Chess Federation of Canada condemns the Russian Federation invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine. We reject the stated pretexts and justifications advanced for this evil and illegal act...

They say that but the data suggests something different. In much of Europe schools stayed open and the kids were maskless and transmission rates were negligible. The data comparing masked and...

We can leave this reports thread open a bit longer if you want to copy and paste it into the meeting.

Victor went to the FIDE Planning and Development Commission meeting in Mexico where he had an...

It was difficult to fully engage in this meeting with snow storms and deaths of family members offering unwelcome distractions. The good news is that life will slowly return to normal over the...

Vaccines do not prevent spread of Omicron. Even having had Covid previously and being double vaccinated and being boosted do not prevent spread of Omicron. You can get it and you can - with or...

Masks are largely theater and are not effective according to the literature though people get upset if you say so out loud. I would probably play as long as N95 masks were not the requirement. I...

Who has this information and would be willing to write it up?

Political developments are always important and particularly at this time.

I think the best way to get people to participate again is to have tournaments that don't become a vector to spread covid. The start will be slow but things will accelerate.

Last year's...

Doug Ford today echoed what a lot of Canadians have been saying about being so over COVID.

My understanding was that that was the intention all along as Kingston was awarded the Canadian Closed and Canadian Women's Closed for a period of four years (only one of which has been held to date...

Ontario is removing capacity restrictions as of Thursday and vaccine passport requirements as of March 1st. Masks remain for now but scientific justification is poor. Particularly for children, ...

I have had some people suggest that we might go to an online qualifier or series of qualifier events for CYCC as a way to raise funds and keep people interested. The problem with that is that the...

There is supposed to be some announcement from the Ontario government on Monday.

We believe that will have to be the case. Large parts of the country are limited in their ability to hold qualifiers at this moment. We will likely try to re-establish the qualifier system once...

Thank you. He was 89 and lived a full life. It was his time. He had health issues in his last years which required nursing home care.

CYCC 2022 and Canadian Open 2022 are likely to go ahead assuming that there are no government edicts closing things down due to covid. I am not sure of the status of CJCC 2022. Christina Tao may...

Unfortunately my elderly uncle passed away at 3 am this morning. One of the under-reported side effects of COVID is that it has exposed a rather shaky health care system in Canada to more strain. I...

I have been spending some time of late trying to get NAYCC 2022 and CYCC 2023 and Canadian Open 2023 on track and I believe that we have made good progress on those events with Calgary as the...

Before Sofia, there will be a FIDE election in 2022. The consensus among the CFC board of directors are that the current FIDE leadership led by president Arkady Dvorkovich is doing a good job.

I would like to welcome all the voting members to this February meeting of the voting members.

It is with sadness that I have to report that CFC Youth Coordinator Christina Tao lost her father...

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The PDF of the tournament information which is in French is too large to simply upload to the forum as it is about 2 Mbytes. I have placed it on WeTransfer. You can...

8èmes Rencontres Internationales des Echecs Francophones

Official Invitation Letter

Mr. President of the Chess Federation of Canada,

We are pleased to inform you that we will organize the...