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  • Now available: <a href="/en/cfc/newsletters/">CFC Chess Canada Newsletter - 2025</a>

    Now available: CFC Chess Canada Newsletter - 2025
     

  • June Callwood Outstanding Acheivement Award for Volunteers<br>given to April Zhong for <a href="http://www.chessforconnection.com/">ChessForConnection</a>.

    June Callwood Outstanding Acheivement Award for Volunteers
    given to April Zhong for ChessForConnection.

  • A new Canadian chess book:<br>Best Stories in Chess ... on <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FP9MLC5C">Amazon</a>

    A new Canadian chess book:
    Best Stories in Chess ... on Amazon

  • 2025 North American Youth Chess Championships (NAYCC)<br>Kingston, Ontario. August 18-23. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CX7K7UnB4/">Facebook</a>.

    2025 North American Youth Chess Championships (NAYCC)
    Kingston, Ontario. August 18-23. Facebook.

  • 2025 FIDE World Youth U16 Olympiad - Team Canada<br>Barranquilla, Colombia. August 16-23. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1aEGfiQsGm/">Facebook</a>.

    2025 FIDE World Youth U16 Olympiad - Team Canada
    Barranquilla, Colombia. August 16-23. Facebook.

  • FIDE World Schools Team Chess Championship<br>Team from Renert School, Calgary, Alberta

    FIDE World Schools Team Chess Championship
    Team from Renert School, Calgary, Alberta

  • The 7th Boyi Cup China Youth Chess International Open<br>Team Canada in Daqing, China

    The 7th Boyi Cup China Youth Chess International Open
    Team Canada in Daqing, China

  • Pan American Youth Chess Championship<br>Lima, Peru

    Pan American Youth Chess Championship
    Lima, Peru

  • Pan American Youth Chess Championship<br>Lima, Peru

    Pan American Youth Chess Championship
    Lima, Peru

  • Now available: <a href="/en/cfc/newsletters/">CFC Chess Canada Newsletter - Cerberus 2024</a>

    Now available: CFC Chess Canada Newsletter - Cerberus 2024
     
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News

Aaron Reeve Mendes: 1st in Blitz at Menorca, Spain
CFC Response to the FIDE Ban on Transgender Women Competing in Women's Events
TEDx Talk on Checkmating Bias: Increasing Women's Participation in Chess
IM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux On His Prep, His Talismans, and Keys to Success
COVID-19 Rating Incentive Extended To July 1
Canadian Closed, Zonals, Easter Sectionals (Kingston) Announced
CFC condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine
COVID-19 Rating Incentive Extended To April 1
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Events

Dec 26-27 — Waterdown, ON
Silent Storm and Spirit of Waterdown Junior Open-CYCC and CMA Qualifiers
Dec 26-27 — lichess.org
Steinitz World High School Chess League
Dec 26-28 — Markham, ON
2026 New Year Celebration Open - Markham Chess Club
Dec 26-28 — Waterdown, ON
Silent Storm and Spirit of Waterdown Boxing Week Chess Open
Dec 26-30 — Langley, BC
Goodbye 2025 FIDE OPEN
Dec 27 — Mississauga, ON
AFM1st Peel Region - Winter Open Chess Championship
Dec 27 — lichess.org
KBCC Holidays Special (Blitz and Rapid)

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