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Test Yourself | Women's Chess The Toronto Women's Chess Club (TWCC) meets on the second Monday of each month at ACC. We welcome women and girls of any age or skill level to attend. At each meeting, ACC's Resident WGM Anna Burtasova delivers a chess lecture, followed by casual play. <<Click on the Lichess Puzzle of the Day and solve it. | Our Home Above: "The Great Hall" at 918 Bathurst St. |
Useful Information |
VOLUNTEERS WANTED On a typical Monday evening, we have 100+ people attending the club. It takes us a couple of hours to setup the club on those evenings and maybe half that time to do the teardown. Volunteers reduce setup and teardown times dramatically. We encourage our members and visitors to help us with setup and teardown. If everyone takes a turn at helping, we all benefit! High school students can help our local chess community and satisfy their volunteer hours requirements. Read more (Our Contact Us page) Read more (Volunteer Toronto) | ACC SPECIAL EVENTS FOR 2023 Annex Chess Club is hosting 9 important chess tournaments in 2023. Mark your calendar! See our SPECIAL EVENTS page for more info including individual event flyers. ACC members receive discounts for most events. TORONTO BLITZ (Mon. Aug 14, ACC) * - 7-double round BLITZ (3|2); 100 players TORONTO OPEN ( Sep 2 - 4, St. Casimir's Parish Hall) - 6-round SWISS in 4-5 sections (90|30); 200+ players TORONTO WOMEN'S CLOSED (Sep 18 - Nov 13, ACC) * - 7-round SWISS (90|30); 20+ players ACC HALLOWE'EN RAPID (Mon. Oct 30, ACC) - 5-round RAPID (15|5); 80 players GTCL CUP TEAM RAPID (Mon. Nov 27, ACC) * - 5-round TEAM RAPID (15|5); 125+ players * = Greater Toronto Chess League (GTCL) awarded bids. | ABOUT OUR NEW SYSTEM In 2023, we installed a new online system with the following key features:
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TORONTO HOSTS 2024 CANDIDATES Toronto will host the 2024 FIDE Candidates and Women's Candidates Matches, scheduled for April 3-25, 2024, with a prize fund of EUR 750,000 (approx. $1.1 Million CDN). It will be the first time in chess history that both events will be held at the same time and venue, and also the first time that the Candidates Tournament will be held in North America.
| ACC IN THE NEWS View two articles about ACC's memorable 2022 Ontario Open, the first post-Covid-19 chess tournament in Ontario. An interesting story with some fascinating players and some great chess analysis. • ACM_027 (A Very Special CDN Chess Event) ARTICLES/RADIO: • Sunday, Jan 22, 2023 - Toronto Star • Sunday, Feb 4, 2023 - CTV News • Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 - Globe and Mail • Radio Report - Toronto Metro U • Carina D'Souza - TedX Talks |
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VIP access to certain special events.
Significant savings in weekly tournaments, classes and special events. |