CFC Newsletter Archive

Publication date is the 4th of each month.
Deadline for submissions is the 15th of the previous month.
Games are to be sent in pgn format.
Articles should be in electronic format, however fax and mail articles are allowed.

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Cover	Content
2012
February - Members Only	February 2012 2012 Canadian Junior Championship (Frank Kluytmans) Interview with David Zhang: From Tears to First Place Trophies (Nicka Kalaydina) Canadian Chess League and Team Championships (Deen Hergott) Offbeat Praxis: Nimzowitsch with 2.d4 (Kevin Pacey) Coach's Corner (Edward Porper) The Heir (Ed Yetman) The World Champions in Canada: Tal (Stephen Wright) George Eastman Toronto Champion circa 1930 (Erik Malmsten) Cover: David Zhang and Nicka Kalaydina.
January - Members Only	January 2012 2011 World Youth Chess Championships (Deen Hergott) Interview with Nikolay Noritsyn: Young and Daring (Nicka Kalaydina) Offbeat Praxis: Bird's Opening (Kevin Pacey) Coach's Corner (Edward Porper) Rudy Michard (Ed Yetman) A Founding Father from Canada (Stephen Wright) Tal's first visit to Canada (David Cohen) Cover: David Cohen, Deen Hergott, Kevin Pacey, Nicka Kalaydina, Edward Porper, Ed Yetman, and Stephen Wright.
2011
December - Members Only	December 2011 2011 European Team Championships (Aris Marghetis) 2011 Quebec Elite Championship Review (Lawrence Day) Interview with Natalia Khoudgarian: Story of a Champion (Deen Hergott) Mainstream Praxis: Benko Gambit and Modern Benoni (Kevin Pacey) Coach's Corner (Edward Porper) Cover: Michael Song, Yuanchen Zhang, Taylor Zhang, and Richard Wang.
November Newsletter / November Games	November 2011 The 15th Canadian Women's Championship (Lawrence Day) FIDE World Cup: Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 (Deen Hergott) Mainstream Praxis: Anti-Sicilian (except 3.Bb5+) (Kevin Pacey) Move by Move: Something Different (Deen Hergott) Coach's Corner (Edward Porper) Cover: Natalia Khoudgarian, Iulia Lacau-Rodean and Liza Orlova.
October - Members Only	October 2011 Move by Move (Deen Hergott) Mainstream Praxis: Italian (except Evans) (Kevin Pacey) The Adventuresome h2-h4!? in Current QGD and English Theory (Lawrence Day) Move by Move - 2 (Deen Hergott) Mainstream Praxis: 3.Bb5(+) Anti-Sicilian (Kevin Pacey) Coach's Corner (Edward Porper) Cover: Dina Kagramanov.
Summer - Members Only	Summer 2011 Chess in the Movies: Ivory Tower (David Cohen) Ye Olde Modern Larsen Attack: 1.b3 - A01 (Lawrence Day) An International Master-Class: Calgary International (Edward Porper) Move by Move: Something Different (Deen Hergott) Mainstream Praxis: QGD Classical Orthodox (Kevin Pacey) Canadian Open Chess Championship: Lecture (David Cohen) Hunting for Kings at the Canadian Open (Lawrence Day) Quebec Open 2011 (Deen Hergott) A Beauty Contest: 6th Edmonton International (Edward Porper) Mainstream Praxis: QGD (except Classical Orthodox) (Kevin Pacey) Cover: Joel Benjamin, Dejan Bojkov, Nikolay Noritsyn, and Ali Razzaq.
May - Members Only	May 2011 Sambuev Zukes Young Lions: Some Key Games from the 81st Canadian Championship (Lawrence Day) Move by Move (Deen Hergott) Mainstream Praxis: Evans Gambit (Kevin Pacey) Canadian Closed & Zonal Championship (Eric Hansen) The Most Famous Game in Chess History: Part III (David Cohen) Cover: Bator Sambuev.
April - Members Only	April 2011 Movie Review: Bobby Fischer Against the World (David Cohen) Ding's King's Indians Rock China's Championship (Lawrence Day) Move by Move (Deen Hergott) Mainstream Praxis: Ruy Lopez (except Open) (Kevin Pacey) The Most Famous Game in Chess History: Part II (David Cohen) Cover: Ding Liren, various shots from the Grand Pacific Open, and a graphic by Mike Magnon.
March Newsletter / March Games	March 2011 Imperturbability, the Wizard Chess and a Flock of Pterodactyls (Lawrence Day) Masters' Forum (Jean Hebert, Brian Hartman and Eric Hansen) Move by Move (Deen Hergott) Mainstream Praxis: Open Ruy Lopez (Kevin Pacey) The Most Famous Game in Chess History (David Cohen) Cover: Wesley So and Erwin Casareno.
February - Members Only	February 2011 Modern Ideas in Benoni Cement (Lawrence Day) Offbeat Praxis: Modern Defence to 1 d4 (Kevin Pacey) Move by Move: Recent International Events (Deen Hergott) Shirov Simul & Lectures (John Upper) Patzer Bliss in Bermuda (Hal Bond) Cover: Pascal Charbonneau, Hal Bond, and Alexei Shirov
January - Members Only	January 2011 Way Hot Theory, Accelerated (Lawrence Day) Offbeat Praxis: Double d-Pawn Openings (Kevin Pacey) Move by Move: Tata Steel (Deen Hergott) Cover: Hikaru Nakamura
2010
December - Members Only	December 2010 The Vienna Influence on 1960's Canadian Chess Theory (Lawrence Day) 2010 London Chess Classic (Deen Hergott) World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad (Gary Gladstone) Offbeat Practice: Guimard French Tarrasch (Kevin Pacey) A Tale of 2 IM's (Alex Yam) Cover: Canada's U16 Olympiad Chess Team, Magnus Carlsen, Gary Kasparov, and Emperor Franz-Jospeh of Austria-Hungary.
November Newsletter/November Games	November 2010 The Panno KID (Lawrence Day) Race for the Top (Deen Hergott) Mainstream Praxis: The French Winawer (Kevin Pacey) Interview with Jason Cao (Tony Ficzere) 2010 World Youth Championships (Tony Ficzere) NATO Chess Championships (Maj Regis Bellemare) Cover: Canada's Youth Chess Team, Joshua Doknjas, Jason Cao, and John Doknjas
October - Members Only	October 2010 Six Complex Games from Khanty-Mansiysk (Lawrence Day) Yuanling Yuan Annotates (Yuanling Yuan) Move by Move: Bluvshtein 1-0 Topalov (Deen Hergott) World Chess Olympiad Tables Mainstream Praxis: English Opening (Kevin Pacey)
September - Members Only	September 2010 Lessons from the Great Dane (Lawrence Day) Nimzo-Indian and Related 1.d4 Defences (Kevin Pacey) Rising Star vs Experience (Alex Yam) Bent Larsen: 1935-2010 (Deen Hergott) The World Champions in Canada: Mikhail Botvinnik (Stephen Wright)
August - Members Only	August 2010 The Summer of the Prepared Variation (Lawrence Day) 5th Edmonton International (Edward Porper & Tony Ficzere) World Junior (Victor Mikhalevski) 1st Chess Festival a Major Success (Gal Gross) Mainstream Praxis: Pirc - except Austrian (Kevin Pacey) Snapshots of the Canadian Open (Deen Hergott)
July - Members Only	July 2010 Diagonalitis, Kan Variations, and the Orangutan (Lawrence Day) Move by Move: 2010 Capablanca Memorial (Deen Hergott) Mainstream Praxis: Austrian Pirc (Kevin Pacey)
June - Members Only	June 2010 Pawn Storming on Manhatten: The Portland Attack (Lawrence Day) Move by Move (Deen Hergott) Questions of Modern Chess Etiquette (Michael Humphreys) Mainstream Praxis: Beating the French Advance (Kevin Pacey) Canadian Open 2000 to 2009 (Eric Malmsten) 5 Days in May: The Calgary International Chess Classic (Tony Ficzere)
May - Members Only	May 2010 Return of the King: Anand vs Topalov 2010 (Deen Hergott) Learning from the Hand: Vassily Smyslov in the 1960's (Lawrence Day) Ivanchuk's Uncompromising Chess (Michael Humphreys) Adjusting to My Opponent's Style (Alex Yam) Mainstream Praxis: French 3.Nc3 (Kevin Pacey) GM Torre Simul (Bob Macfie)
April - Members Only	April 2010 Youth, Exuberance, and Anti-Sicilian's (Lawrence Day) Saguenay 2010 (Steve Bolduc) The Northwest Chamionship: A History (Stephen Wright) Mainstream Praxis: Open Sicilian - except Dragon (Kevin Pacey) St Louis Chess Club (Hans Jung)
March Newsletter / March Games	March 2010 Evolving Strategy in the Modern Benoni Fianchetto (Lawrence Day) Capelle La Grande International (Don & Keith MacKinnon) The World Champions in Canada: Max Euwe (Stephen Wright) A Tale of Two Games (Alex Yam) A Scarborough Chess Club History (Maurice Smith & Bob Armstrong)
February - Members Only	February 2010 Carlos Torre and the Immortal Windmill (Lawrence Day) Exhibition au club de quartier Ahunistic (Steven Bolduc) 1950's Chess Master Rudolf Paul Draxl (Eric Malmsten) Mainstream Practice: Sicilian Dragon (Kevin Pacey) The World Champions in Canada: Alexander Alekhine (Stephen Wright)
January - Members Only	January 2010 Premature Passing of a Weekend Warrior: Michael Schleifer (Robert Hamilton) Wild Ride: The King's Gambit in the 1960's (Lawrence Day) First Saturday (Steven Bolduc) 4th Edmonton International (Tony Ficzere) The World Champions in Canada: Lasker:2 & Capablanca (Stephen Wright)
2009
December - Members Only	December 2009 2009 World Cup Games from Siberia (Jean Hebert) Advances in the Advance Caro Kann: 1859-2009 (Lawrence Day) New England Masters (Steven Bolduc) 2009 London Chess Classic (Hal Bond) The World Champions in Canada: Lasker:1 (Stephen Wright) Book Review: The Life & Games of Frank R Anderson (Erik Malmsten) Chess Player of the Year Cover: Bryon Nickoloff and Michael Schleifer
November Newsletter	November 2009 2009 Nanjing Pearl Spring International (Renier Castellanos) Indians, Plan B, and the Benko Bind (Lawrence Day) L'amateur bat le maitre (Steven Bolduc) The World Champions in Canada: Steinitz (Stephen Wright) Mississauga Junior Chess Club (Bob Gillanders) Obituaries: Jerome Chyurlia & Michael Scherbak
October - Members Only	October 2009 From Germany with Amusement (Edward Porper) 2009 Montreal International (Anton Kovyalov) 2009 NA Youth Medals (Aris Marghetis) 2009 RA Fall Open (Aris Marghetis) Championnat de Montreal (Steven Bolduc) Obituary: Harold Daykin Cover: Image by Mike Magnon
September - Members Only	September 2009 Mysterious Rook Pawns, Casual Castling, and a Durable Principle (Lawrence Day) 2009 Montreal International (Kevin Spraggett) The Bottom Life (Dinesh Dattani)