Chess Institute of Canada

Bringing chess to life™

August 2, 2022

After more than two years, we were delighted to bring chess to real life! In March 2020, we moved our operations online (as did much of the world.) On June 25 we hosted a

Summer Chess Camps!

March 25, 2022

Summer is coming, and with it comes online summer chess camps and tournaments! All summer long, CIC will be running a series of fun, educational chess camps for young players of all ages and

CIC Students Impress At Canadian Chess Open

July 14, 2022

The Canadian Youth Chess Championship just wrapped up in Hamilton, Ontario, immediately followed by the Canadian Open Chess Championship, which is continuing until July 17. Over two dozen of our students and tournament attendees

Queen on Board

March 11, 2022

We celebrated International Women’s Day earlier this week. And I’ve been thinking about the women and girls in my life even more than usual. The Queen Some say it’s the most powerful and

Magnus Carlsen Bows Out of World Championship

July 20, 2022

Today is World Chess Day, and today Magnus Carlsen at once stunned the chess world and confirmed earlier suspicions by announcing today that he would not defend his title of World Chess Champion in

Try, Try Again: Nepo Wins The 2022 Candidates Tournament

July 6, 2022

Ian Nepomniachtchi has done it again, winning the Candidates Tournament for a second time in a row. The double round robin tournament featured eight of the top players in the world, all vying for