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Next Wednesday January 18th starting at 6:45, Pub Chess will be showing the big face off between the Toronto Dragons and the Montreal Chessbrahs live. In Week 1, Montreal led by superstar Li Chao overpowered the formidable New York Knights. Toronto will be looking to win one back after their narrow miss against the Montclair Sopranos. Pub Chess will have a projector to show the live streaming coverage of this big match. Pub Chess is held at the Madison Pub in Toronto one block east of Spadina, north of Bloor. NM Geordie Derraugh and WCM Liza Orlova will be on hand. Come out, and cheer Toronto on! https://www.facebook.com/events/1855380711342777/ https://www.chess.com/clubs/toronto-dragons-fan-club

If you visit Pub Chess regularly, you may have seen the talks given by GM Razvan Preotu, IM Arthur Calugar or IM Michael Song. The three of them are going to be joining a team of Toronto players, the Dragons, to compete in the Pro Chess League here on chess.com next year. You'll be able to follow them live on chess.com TV, Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. starting January 11th. You can read more about our team at the Fan Club page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/todragonschess/ and you can read about the League itself on the U.S. Chess League site: http://uschessleague.com/

Larry Bevand is talking about setting up a FIDE rated tournie in Toronto for players who don't have a FIDE rating. http://forum.chesstalk.com/showthread.php?15435-1st-fide-cma-futurity-2017

The Hart House Holidays Open is being held this weekend. Pre-register by Wednesday. Register by 6 p.m. Saturday. Hart House is southwest of Museum station not far from the Madison. http://forum.chesstalk.com/showthread.php?15225-Hart-House-Holidays-Open

About a month or so ago, WCM Liza Orlova gave a talk about the Immortal Draw. Here it is:

Today Arthur Calugar shared with us one of his wins over a GM from his time in Texas. He's back in Toronto now.

On Monday, June 6, the Annex Chess Club is hosting the Toronto Rapid Team Chess Championship. Teams of four representing the Chess Supersite (IM Michael Barron, WIM Nava Starr), Annex Chess Club (NM Michael Humphreys), Aurora Chess Club, Manila Chess Club, Scarborough Chess Club and Willowdale Chess Club will be vying for the title of Toronto Rapid Team Champion. There will also be an under 1800 section. You can register in advance by emailing info@annexchessclub.com or show up at the Annex Chess Club, 918 Bathurst between 6 and 6:30 on Monday, June 6 where new teams will be formed. https://www.chess.com/groups/view/annex-chess-club