Maritime ChessCentre Web Site
Last updated Dec 24, 2009
Web Site News
Blog
2009/08/18: IM Jean Hebert has won the 2009 Canadian Closed and Qualifier for the World Cup. He
must be one of the older Canadian champions, only a couple of years older than me :-(
, and first won this title 30+ years ago.
2009/04/16: Coming up this Sunday is the first to my knowledge PEI School Team Championship. We are expecting
as many as a dozen 4 players teams.
2009/04/15: NM Anthony Howarth is the featured player in this year's Charlottetown Open. A full list of
participants is available at the Calendar of Events page. The event goes May 2-3.
2009/04/14: I've broken off my internation chess news into it's own page. you can link to it from lower on the
page.Great source of info on "the world of chess".
2009/04/07: Anthony Banks and Fred McKim tie for 1st with 4 out of 5 at the UPEI Spring Active
Tournament. Gordon Waddell captures Most Improved and Iain Crowell takes Top Junior. 10 played
2009/04/06: The PEI Scholastic team is announced. The nationals take place May 17-18 in Toronto
1: Ian Kerr - West Kent
2: Ethan Borden - Elm St
3: Jeremy Norman - Francois Buote
4: Brechan MacLean - Spring Park
5: Mathurin Carr-Rollitt - Spring Park
6: Iain Crowell - Spring Park
7: Ryan Doucette - Queen Charlotte
8: Aaron Rainnie - East Wiltshire
9: Colby Currie - Stonepark
10: Jacob Simmons - Charlottetown Rural
11: Bradley Cooper - Colonel Grey
12: Elhan Sadat - Colonel Grey
Blog Archives
Canadian Top 10 Lists
National (CFC)
Ratings as of Dec 24, 2009
Played in at least one CFC event since Jan 1, 2008
1. Anton Kovalyov Quebec 2638 17 (Argentina citizen)
2. Mark Bluvshtein Ontario 2634 21
3. Bator Sambuev Ontario 2608 29 (Russian citizen)
4. Artiom Samsonkin Ontario 2606 20
5. Leonid Gerzhoy Ontario 2590 22
6. Nicolay Noritsyn Ontario 2548 18
7. Pascal Charbonneau Quebec 2520 26
8. Igor Zugic Ontario 2516 28
9. Thomas Roussel-Roozman Quebec 2504 21
10. Edward Porper Alberta 2494 47
10. Jean Hebert Quebec 2494 52 2009 Canadian Champion
International (FIDE)
Ratings as of Nov 1, 2009
Played in at least one FIDE event since Jan 1, 2008
1. Anton Kovalyov Quebec 2601 17
2. Kevin Spraggett Ontario 2594 55
3. Mark Bluvshtein Ontario 2583 21
4. Pascal Charbonneau Quebec 2509 26
5. Dimitry Tyomkin Ontario 2498 32
6. Bator Sambuev Ontario 2491 29
7. Thomas Roussel-Roozmon Quebec 2488 21
8. Igor Zugic Ontario 2462 28
9. Leonid Gerzhoy Ontario 2456 22
10. Jan Teplitsky Ontario 2448 34
Age as of Dec 31, 2009
Maritime Chess Schedule.....updated weekly
The Top 25 Rated Players in the Maritimes
...updated after each CFC revision
The Top 15 "Active Chess" Players in the Maritimes
...updated after each CFC revision
The Top 10 Rated Junior Players in the Maritimes
...updated after each CFC revision
Current/Defending Maritime Tournament Champions
...updated monthly
History of the Maritime Open's Colpitts Trophy
...last updated Oct 26, 2006
History of the Atlantic Closed Winners
....last updated Oct 26, 2006
Top 10 Maritime Player Tournament Performance Ratings (by year:
1996-2008) Lists
Chess PEI...last updated 2009
UPEI/Charlottetown Chess Club...last updated 2009
PEI Youth Chess Association...last updated Jan 4, 2010
NB Chess Elite...last updated Mar 8, 2000
1999 CANADIAN CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIP (On-site Report)
Games from the 1999 Atlantic Closed
Maritime Chess Centre's 1998 Olympiad Coverage
Saint John Chess Club Web Site
...by Joe Boyd...news, pictures, and games
SJCC Information & Links
...by Ken Duff
......including
The NBCA Blitz and Rapid Chess Ratings
Dieppe Chess Club
Nova Scotia Chess by John Cordes (with lots of good stuff)
Nova Scotia Scholastic Chess Association
New PEI Youth Chess Page....2009
PEI Youth Chess Association
...an old page, but well done
Summerside Chess Club...New Fri
night club organized by Alex Davies
Chess Federation of Canada
...including Crosstables
...and Rating Lists
Chess Talk..A moderated forum by Larry Bevand
(Executive Director of Strategy Games and Chess'n Math) for expressing your views and news
on Candaian and World Chess Issues.
Chess'n Math...the Canadian Scholastic
Chess Association
The Canadian Correspondence Chess
Association Site
Hugh Brodie's Database of Canadian
Closed Crosstables and Games
Hugh Brodie's
Database of Canadian Chess Games
David Cohen's Canadian Chess
...includes a weekly newsletter, and great history section with biographies, games, champions,
Hall of Fame, etc
IA Jonathan Berry...reports
on some of his chess experiences
Dadian Chess...great blog by BC National Master Dan Scoones
Ottawa Chess Club. Message Board...
hosted by Neal Frarey
An entertaining eclectic daily blog by
GM Kevin Spraggett
Newfoundland and Labrador Chess Association
Newfoundland and Labradour School Chess Association
Federation Quebecoise des Echecs
Montreal Chess News...by Hugh Brodie
Ontario Chess Association
Greater Toronto Chess League
Manitoba Chess Association
Saskatchewan Chess Association
Saskatchewan Chess Association...an older site
Alberta Chess Association
British Columbia Chess Federation
The Week in Chess by Mark Crowther
...The Internet's Chess Newspaper
ChessBase News...The most current news and views
Daily DirtMig Greengard's Blog
Chess Vibes...Peter Doggers from Holland
Chessdom...A professional site from Europe
GambitNew York Times topical Chess Blog
Susan Polgar's popular Blog
Chess Life Online
...the electronic publication of the USCF with features and blogs
The Chess Mind...Dennis Monokroussos
Chess News and Headlines...UsefulChess.com
Chessville News...by Pablo Sierra
International Chess News...Idaho Chess Union
Chess Tigers...German
Bruno's Chess Problem
...has a news section
Chess Today...A daily chess newspaper - Subscription based
The Chess Cafe (Russell Enterprises)...some
good monthly columns (new features every Wed)
Chess Life Magazine
...the on-line version of US Chess Federation's Chess Life
British Chess MagazineOn-line Shop
Chess Vista...Professional photos from International Events
by Fritz Agterdenbas
Tim Harding's Chess Mail Online
...Correspondence and Internet Newsletter
Latest Chess...Chess News , Reviews, and Interviews
Chess History...from the Chess Mechanics Institute
New in Chess...Classiest Chess magazine going
Chessville Weekly...International News plus general purpose site
Kingpin Chess Magazine...Satirical GB monthly publication
Coffee
Break Chess...with GM Alexander Baburin (older)
International News...My International Chess Calendar
FIDE Home Page
Association of Chess Professionals
World League of Chess Tournaments
Europe Echecs...from France
Russian Internet Super Chess
Chess Mate...from India
Chess Lab...featuring a 2 million game on-line
searchable DB
Chessgames.com...Good looking database, news, and on-line community
Chessplayer...IM Georgi Orlov's On-Line Chess
Magazine
FIDE Handbook...including the Laws of Chess
Chess Corner...another good site
(including interactive board)
Mark Weeks' World Chess Championship Index...history & complete games
Eric Schiller
MECCA - Chess Encyclopedia...
including a
comprehensive ECO index
Bill Wall's Chess Links...a lot of these links are "originals"
...including
Chess Trivia...a Chess Dictionary/Encyclopedia
Chess Metrics...fascinating site
on international ratings by Jeff Sonas
Mark Glickman's Rating Page
...rating research and proposals on USCF and FIDE ratings
bobbyfischer.net
...presumably unauthorized bio and views...
Exeter Chess Club's Coaching
Page some wonderful information and diagrams here
chessninja.com
Mig Greengard's Instructional Newsletters
A really good looking
beginner's instructional site... by John Edwards
Master Preparation a non-credit course from University of Maryland, Baltimore Co.
Duif's Place: Chess for Fans and Tournament
Players international list of instructors
Danny Kopec Chess
Services...Chess camps, etc
About Chess...worth checking out
Yahoo! Chess...Links
Mario Velucchi's Chess / Math Links....a nice ordered presentation
Stuart the Maniac's Chess Closet has links ordered every way imaginable...worth a look
Computer chess programming...links
Tim Krabbe's Chess Curiosities
The Internet Chess Club...the top commercial server
Chess.comFree on-line chess site
ChessNet Web Site...play with the GMs
ChessWorld.net
Manolis Stratakis' Chess
Problems page
GNU WebChess
...play the GNU computer
The Chess Variant Pages
...anyone for Kreigspiel??
I beat Garry...measures the number of degrees
betwen yourself and beating Garry K or any other player in the megabase. I have a link of 5
The Diplomatic Corps...Diplomacy
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Please send all comments and queries about this site to Fred McKim
(fred_mckim@hotmail.com)