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In 2018, the Open was held in Quebec City on July 6–13. In 2019, it was held in Regina, Saskatchewan, the first time ever in that province. For both 2020 and 2021, the championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 championship was held July 12–17 in Hamilton, Ontario. [2] The 2023 championship will be held in Calgary ...
Candidates Tournament 2024. Gukesh D, the winner of the tournament, will advance to the World Chess Championship 2024 match. The 2024 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess tournament, held to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2024. The tournament took place at The Great Hall in Toronto, Canada, from April 3 ...
Grandmaster (2013) FIDE rating. 2610 (August 2024) Peak rating. 2629 (September 2017) Eric Hansen (born May 24, 1992) is a Canadian chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer. FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title in 2013. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011 and 2013. Hansen has represented Canada in the Chess Olympiad since 2012.
He tied for first place at the Toronto Pan American Open at the end of 1999, despite his weakened condition. His last tournament was the 2004 Canadian Open Chess Championship in Kapuskasing, where, although badly emaciated by the disease, he managed to score 6.5/10, playing several fine games. Two weeks later, he died in hospital at age 48.
October 23, 2020. ( 2020-10-23) The Queen's Gambit is a 2020 American coming-of-age period drama television miniseries based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. The title refers to the "Queen's Gambit", a chess opening. The series was written and directed by Scott Frank, who created it with Allan Scott, who owns the rights to ...
There are two lasting images from the end of the 2023 RBC Canadian Open. The first is Nick Taylor's reaction after sinking a 72-foot putt to best Tommy Fleetwood in a playoff to win the tournament.
The 2023 Canadian Open championships (branded as the National Bank Open presented by Rogers for sponsorship reasons) were outdoor hard court tennis tournaments played from August 7 to August 13, 2023. The men's tournament took place at the Sobeys Stadium in Toronto and the women's event took place at the IGA Stadium in Montreal.
Title. Grandmaster. International Arbiter. Peak rating. 2460 (July 1971) Daniel Abraham (Abe) Yanofsky (March 25, 1925 – March 5, 2000) was a Canadian chess player, chess arbiter, writer, lawyer, and politician. An eight-time Canadian chess champion, Yanofsky was Canada's first grandmaster and the first grandmaster of the British Commonwealth.