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Canadian Chess Championship
This is the list of all the winners of the Canadian Chess Championship, often referred to as the Canadian Closed Championship to distinguish it from the annual Canadian Open tournament. The winner of the Canadian Closed advances to the World Cup stage of the FIDE World Chess Championship cycle. Winners on tiebreak or a playoff match are noted with an asterisk beside their names. *1872 tournament not completed *1873 Albert Ensor *1874 William Hicks *1875 George Jackson *1876 Edward Sanderson *1877 Henry Howe *1878 Jacob Ascher *1879 Edwin Pope *1881 Joseph Shaw *1882 Edward Sanderson *1883 Jacob Ascher, Henry Howe *1884 François-Xavier Lambert *1886 Nicholas MacLeod *1887 George Barry *, Nicholas MacLeod *1888 Nicholas MacLeod *, James Narraway, Edwin Pope *1889 Richard Fleming *, James Narraway *1890 Robert Short *1891 A. Thomas Davison *1892 William Boultbee *1893 James Narraway *1894 A. Thomas Davison *1897 James Narraway *1898 James Narraway *1899 Magnu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess Federation Of Canada
The Chess Federation of Canada or CFC (French name: ''Fédération canadienne des échecs'') is Canada's national chess organization. Canadian Chess Association, founded in 1872, was replaced in 1932 by the Canadian Chess Federation (CCF), which for the first time included representation from all major cities in Canada. In 1945 the name was changed to avoid confusion with the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. The CFC organizes tournaments and publishes national ratings. The highest rated player in Canada is Evgeny Bareev of Toronto. Activities From 1974 to 2008 the CFC published a bi-monthly magazine called ''Chess Canada''. Its former titles were ''En Passant'' and ''CFC Bulletin''. The magazine reported on the latest important tournaments in Canada, especially those with Grandmaster-strength players, including many game scores. The magazine also printed the top ratings of several age groups and top overall in Canada. ''Chess Canada'' also posted notices of upcoming tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Fleming (chess Player)
Richard Fleming may refer to: *Richard Fleming (bishop) (c. 1385–1431), English clergyman and bishop of Lincoln *Richard Fleming (priest), Dean of Ontario *Richard Fleming (Coronation Street), a fictional character on the British television show ''Coronation Street'' * Richard E. Fleming (1917–1942), United States Marine Corps officer and Medal of Honor recipient *Richard Fleming (MP for City of London) in 1459 *Richard Fleming (MP for Southampton), in 1715, MP for Southampton (UK Parliament constituency) Southampton was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the British House of Commons. Centred on the town of Southampton, it returned two members of parliament (MPs) from 1295 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election. ... See also * {{hndis, Fleming, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Blumin
Boris Blumin (January 11, 1908 Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="ecember 29, 1907 Old Style and New Style dates">O. S. Saint Petersburg – February 16, 1998, Trenton, New Jersey) was a Canadian-American chess master. Born in Russian Empire, Russia, he emigrated to Canada, where he played in several chess championships. He took 9th at Toronto 1927 (CAN-ch, Maurice Fox won); took 4th at Montreal 1929 (Fox won); tied for 3rd-4th at Toronto 1934 ( John Belson won); took 3rd at Montreal 1935 (Fox won). Blumin was twice Champion of Canada winning at Toronto 1936 and Quebec 1937. He tied for 3rd-4th, behind Israel Albert Horowitz and Isaac Kashdan, at Boston 1938 ( U.S. Open). He was a five-time winner of the Montreal City Championship (1933–1939). In August 1939, he moved to New York City, where he took 11th at the U.S. Open (Reuben Fine Reuben C. Fine (October 11, 1914 – March 26, 1993) was an American chess player, psychologist, university professor, and aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Belson (chess Player)
John Belson (c.1625–1704) was an English Roman Catholic historian and religious controversialist. Life John Belson was the son of Augustin Belson (c.1606–1684) and Elizabeth Cursonn (born c.1606). He was born into an old Catholic family from Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire: his great-uncle was the martyr Thomas Belson. He was probably educated abroad, like his brothers, who attended the English College, Douai. In 1653 he married Clare Gage. Belson gained a reputation for his knowledge of history and controversial matters, helping John Austin, Thomas White, Thomas Blount, John Sergeant, and several other learned writers of his time. A collaboration with Thomas Blount, the ''Chronological History of England'', was never finished. Belson wrote a controversial treatise, ''Tradidi vobis'' (1662), an exposition and defence of William Rushworth's ''Dialogues'', which Thomas White had edited and amplified in 1654. In the late 1670s Belson took the oath of allegiance, justifying h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Martin (chess Player)
Robert Martin may refer to: Politicians * Robert N. Martin (1798–1870), American politician, U.S. Representative from Maryland * Robert Martin (Oklahoma governor) (1833–1897), American politician, Governor of Oklahoma Territory, 1891–1892 * Robert Martin (New Jersey politician) (born 1947), New Jersey state senator * Robert Martin (Canadian politician) (1858–?), pharmacist and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada Sports * Robert Martin (bobsleigh) (1900–1942), American bobsledder * Robert Martin (cricketer) (1918–1985), English cricketer * Robby Martin Others * Robert R. Martin (1902–1950), United States Army officer * Robert Martin (singer) (born 1948), American singer, songwriter and musician * Robert "Bob" Martin (1948–2020), American magazine editor and screenwriter * Robert Martin (audio engineer) (1916–1992), American audio engineer * Robert Martin, bass player with Curved Air * Robert Martin (cinematographer) (1891–1980), American cinematographe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Eastman (chess Player)
George Eastman (July 12, 1854March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. After a decade of experiments in photography, he patented and sold a roll film camera, making amateur photography accessible to the general public for the first time. Working as the treasurer and later president of Kodak, he oversaw the expansion of the company and the film industry. Eastman was a major philanthropist, establishing the Eastman School of Music, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and schools of dentistry and medicine at the University of Rochester and Eastman Dental Hospital at University College London, and making large contributions to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), the construction of several buildings at the second campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on the Charles River, and Tuskegee University and Hampton University, two historically black un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Fox
Maurice Fox (14 January 1898 in Ukraine, Russian Empire – 25 June 1988 in Montreal) was a Canadian chess master. He won the Canadian Chess Championship eight times, and is tied for the most Canadian titles with Abe Yanofsky. Biography At the end of 1898, Fox's family escaped from a series of pogroms in the small town in Ukraine where he had been born to London, England. After graduating from the University of London in 1921, he emigrated to Canada in 1923. The following year, Fox took second, behind John Morrison, at the Canadian Chess Championship in Hamilton. In 1926, he took second in the Canadian Chess Championship held in Montreal. He was Canadian champion in 1927, 1929, 1931 (after a playoff), 1932, 1935, 1938, 1940 and 1949. He also played in several United States Opens. In 1928 and 1929, he won the Montreal City Championship. In 1929, he took 5th in Bradley Beach, New Jersey; world champion Alexander Alekhine won. In 1930, Fox won the Montreal Chess Club Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harvey (chess Player)
John Harvey may refer to: People Academics * John Harvey (astrologer) (1564–1592), English astrologer and physician *John Harvey (architectural historian) (1911–1997), British architectural historian, who wrote on English Gothic architecture and architects * John Harvey (psychologist) (born 1943), American psychologist *John F. Harvey (John Francis Harvey, 1918–2010), Catholic priest and moral theologian, founder of ''Courage'' Apostolate *John T. Harvey (born 1961), English-born American professor of economics at Texas Christian University The arts and entertainment *John Harvey (actor) (1911–1982), English stage and film actor * John Harvey (American actor) (1917–1970), American actor *Harvey (announcer) (John Harvey, born 1951), American television and radio personality * John Harvey (author) (born 1938), British author of crime fiction * John Harvey (filmmaker), Australian producer, director and screenwriter, co-producer of 2017 TV series ''The Warriors'' *John D. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Gale
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Blake (chess Player)
Charles Blake (12 June 1880 – 18 May 1961) was an Anglo-Canadian chess player and prominent lawyer in Canada.''Who's Who in Canada'', An Illustrated Biographical Record of Men and Women of the Time, Edited by B.M Greene. Published by International Press Limited, Toronto, Canada, 1927, p. 1484 He won the U.S. Open Chess Championship in 1911, was the chess champion of Western Canada between 1907 and 1910, and was Winnipeg Chess Club Champion, between 1907 and 1910.''The Windsor Star'', Ontario, Canada, 7 January 1930, p. 16 Early life Charles Blake was born in London on 12 June 1880. He was educated at Bedford Modern School. Legal career Blake emigrated to Canada in 1903 and read law in Winnipeg, Canada, and was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1909. He practised with Rothwell & Johnson in Winnipeg, between 1909 and 1911, before setting up his own practice in Brandon, Manitoba, in 1912. He moved to Ontario in 1925 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1929 and the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morrison (chess Player)
John Stuart Morrison (born 7 December 1889 in Toronto – died 1 March 1975 in Toronto) was a Canadian chess master. Biography Morrison, whose father was a schoolteacher and principal, grew up in Toronto's west end. He discovered chess through books in 1907 and received lessons at lunchtime at the Toronto Engraving Co. from Alfred Hunter, a co-worker and Toronto chess club member. At 19, Morrison won his first Toronto championship; he won again in 1945. Morrison won the Canadian Chess Championship five times (1910, 1913, 1922, 1924, and 1926) and shared first place in 1931 (Maurice Fox won the playoff). He took twelfth place at New York City 1913 (José Raúl Capablanca won), took seventh place at New York 1918 (Capablanca won), and tied for 14th-15th place at London 1922 (Capablanca won). Morrison played first board (+5 –6 =4) on the Canadian team at the 8th Chess Olympiad The 8th Chess Olympiad ( es, La 8a Olimpíada de ajedrez, link=no), organised by the Fédération Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Sawyer (chess Player)
Joe Sawyer (born Joseph Sauers, August 29, 1906 – April 21, 1982) was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1927 and 1962, and was sometimes billed under his birth name. Early life Sawyer was born August 29, 1906 as ''Joseph Sauers'' in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. His parents were German. In his 20s he went to Los Angeles to pursue a career in films. Career Sawyer gained acting experience in the Pasadena Playhouse. Productions in which he performed there included '' Quinneys'', ''The Wolves'', and ''White Wings''. Popular roles that he portrayed included Sergeant Biff O'Hara in the ''Rin Tin Tin'' television program, a film, and on radio. On ''Stories of the Century'' in 1954, he portrayed Butch Cassidy, a role which he repeated in the 1958 episode "The Outlaw Legion" of the syndicated western series ''Frontier Doctor''. Sawyer also appeared on ABC's, ''Maverick'', ''Sugarfoot'', ''Peter Gunn'', and ''Surfside 6'' as well as NBC's ''Bat Mast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
