Chess Institute of Canada

Bringing chess to life™

Register now for Fall Online Classes

August 21, 2021

Our popular online chess classes are back! Our engaging chess instructors are Bringing Chess to Life™ once again through weekly interactive small-group Zoom sessions. Registration is now open! Register Now Wondering what level should

Weekly Clubs are running through the summer!

June 22, 2021

Hello chess enthusiasts! We’re very happy with the little chess communities that have formed in our weekly clubs through this most unusual year. Normally, we wrap up our clubs at the end of the

The Gleaner reports on the legacy we’re carrying forward

January 28, 2021

The Gleaner spoke to CIC’s Keith Denning about the legacy of our late founder, Ted Winick. Read the article >>

ELMNT FM talks to our own Peter Lambert

December 24, 2020

Chess Institute’s Peter Lambert has been teaching chess remotely at Hartley Bay School in Gitga’at First Nation on the West Coast. David Moses interviews Peter for ELMNT FM as part of his daily “Moment

Canadians Impress On The World Stage In Chess

September 24, 2021

Canada has been very busy on the world stage of chess lately. From mid-August to mid-September, Team Canada participated in the FIDE Online Olympiad. Not known as a global chess powerhouse, the Canadian team

GM Elshan Moradi sits at a chess board wearing a red shirt and a grey fedora

Sony teams up with US GM and helps CIC

September 17, 2021

GM Elshan Moradi Abadi was the second Iranian-born chess grandmaster to join the highest echelons of competitive chess by hitting a rating of 2600 FIDE. He now lives in North Carolina, USA, with his