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
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FIDE
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World Chess Championship
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Daniel Yanofsky
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 grandmaste ...
*1943
Daniel Yanofsky
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 grandmaste ...
*1945
Daniel Yanofsky
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 grandmaste ...
, Frank Yerhoff
*1946 John Belson
*1947
Daniel Yanofsky
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 grandmaste ...
Daniel Yanofsky
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 grandmaste ...
Daniel Yanofsky
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 grandmaste ...
Daniel Yanofsky
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 grandmaste ...
*1965
Daniel Yanofsky
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 grandmaste ...
Zvonko Vranesic
Zvonko Vranesic (born 4 October 1938) is a Croatian– Canadian International Master of chess, and an International Master of Correspondence Chess. He is an electrical engineer, a university professor, and a developer of computer chess softwa ...
Bryon Nickoloff
Bryon Nickoloff (June 23, 1956 – August 3, 2004) was a Canadian chess master. A Canadian champion, he also represented Canada six times at Chess Olympiads.
Early years
Nickoloff, born of Bulgarian heritage in Toronto to emigre parents, cam ...
Evgeny Bareev
Evgeny Ilgizovich Bareev (; born 21 November 1966) is a Russian-Canadian chess player, trainer, and writer. Awarded the FIDE Grandmaster title in 1989, he was ranked fourth in the world in the international rankings in 1992 and again in 2003, w ...
Natalia Khoudgarian
Natalia Khoudgarian (born 1973) is a Russian-born Canadian chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master (WIM) by FIDE in 1996.Dina Kagramanov
*2007
Natalia Khoudgarian
Natalia Khoudgarian (born 1973) is a Russian-born Canadian chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master (WIM) by FIDE in 1996.Dina Kagramanov
*2011
Natalia Khoudgarian
Natalia Khoudgarian (born 1973) is a Russian-born Canadian chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master (WIM) by FIDE in 1996.Natalia Khoudgarian
Natalia Khoudgarian (born 1973) is a Russian-born Canadian chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master (WIM) by FIDE in 1996.Qiyu Zhou
*2018 Maili-Jade Ouellet
*2022 Maili-Jade Ouellet
*2024 Maili-Jade Ouellet
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Chess
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