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Chicago Open Chess Tournament (May): www.chesstour.com
US Chess Championship (May): www.uschess.org
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Chess remains one of the world’s most popular board games. A viable opportunity exists for anyone who can vertically integrate within the chess community. Chess is played at the following tournaments: the Chess Olympiad, Continental Championship, World Championship, National Tournaments, Regional Tournaments, Chess Club Tournaments, School Tournaments, and Other Tournaments.
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Chess Training Links
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On-line chess training: www.chessaid.com
On-line chess training: www.chessmagnetschool.com
Securing Sponsors for Chess Tournaments
By Peter Hum
In 2007, the organizers of the Canadian Open and Canadian Youth Chess Championships in Ottawa raised more than $90,000 in cash and many invaluable in-kind donations from sponsors and donors to stage the two events.
MonRoi International Women Chess Grand-Prix
Summary
The first International Women’s Grad-Prix made history. The champion is Pia Cramling of Sweden, one of 14 female grandmasters, and the third rated women player in the world.
Grand-Prix Finale Standings:
City TV Features MonRoi
Toronto, Canada
September 9-20, 2006
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Interview with IM Igor Zugic
Igor Zugic is a 24-year-old International Master from Toronto. He works as a software engineer at Siemens. Igor holds an engineering degree from the University of Toronto.
When did you learn to play chess?
My father thought me to play chess when I was five. I played my first tournament when I was eleven. It was a weekend open tourney.
Interview with Mark Dutton, Chief Arbiter
2006 Canadian Closed Chess Championship, Toronto
How do you feel?
I feel exhausted, but exceedingly happy.
MonRoi at the US Open
By Chris Bird
I was the Bulletin Editor at this year's US Open (and also the Las Vegas Masters and National Open) and liaised with the MonRoi representatives in regards to collecting game scores for publication and also to help them set up their necessary equipment that allowed for spectators to observe the games of the top 6 boards on a big screen and provide live broadcast of the games on the Internet.