Do you think there will ever be a Canadian world chess champion?

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Inexorable88
Has there been a world championship match that involved a Canadian before?
Bawker

Has there EVER been a canadian world anything? happy.png

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Hockey.

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Only Canadian GM I know is Eric Hansen by the way.

Bawker

The one area I think you guys do excel is music though... some of my fave bands are from Canada! happy.png

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Bawker wrote:

The one area I think you guys do excel is music though... some of my fave bands are from Canada!

Oh we know who you mean

Jay-Bee, The Biebez, J-Babalicious, AKA America's Sweetheart, the Biebernator, The Biebs Knees, Biebtacular: The Greatest Show on Earth.

Pulpofeira
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Only Canadian GM I know is Eric Hansen by the way.

Ghostess Lola has mentioned Duncan Suttles sometimes if I'm not wrong, because of his fondness of A00 openings.

pdrive

Is there a dog sled race in Canada? If that's made into an Olympic sports I thought they may excel at it. Although there'll face fierce competition from the Alaskans (Americans) who've been doing Iditarod for years.

prosperov

It is possible for there to be a canadian world champion. In this day and age we have a Norwegian World champion and decades ago it would never have crossed our minds and by the way how many grandmasters from Norway do we know ? Has it ever won a single olympiad ? and yet we have a norwegian world champion. When that happens i wonder if the canadian world chess champion would topple Bret" the Hitman" Hart off his perch as the most famous canadian.

Inexorable88
I'm pretty sure there's a few grandmasters from Canada. Only a few though. I think 6 or so last I saw. 1/10th the population of the states so makes sense I suppose.
HorsesGalore

Boris Blumin, z"l, Canadian Champion 1936 and 1937 was happy to say he once visited World Champion Alexander Alekhine in his hotel room and played him chess.   That may be the closest a Canadian comes to playing a World Champion one on one......though that was just "fun chess".

The_Ghostess_Lola

I sure hope so. I luv Duncan Suttles. He's one of the most creative players of all time. He's may be the only GM in both Correspondence and Classical play.

His annotations in "No Regrets (Seirawan)" are awesome....Smile....

Bawker

"Oh we know who you mean
Jay-Bee, The Biebez, J-Babalicious, AKA America's Sweetheart, the Biebernator, The Biebs Knees, Biebtacular: The Greatest Show on Earth."

 

I have no idea who you are talking about.

I had in mind:

 

RUSH

Front Line Assembly

Delerium

Skinny Puppy

Conjure One

Gordon Lightfoot

Noise Unit

Balligomingo

 

All Canadian, all great!

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Bawker wrote:

"Oh we know who you mean
Jay-Bee, The Biebez, J-Babalicious, AKA America's Sweetheart, the Biebernator, The Biebs Knees, Biebtacular: The Greatest Show on Earth."

 

I have no idea who you are talking about.

I had in mind:

 

RUSH

Front Line Assembly

Delerium

Skinny Puppy

Conjure One

Gordon Lightfoot

Noise Unit

Balligomingo

 

All Canadian, all great!

 

I happen do know you're president of his fan club

 

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Bawker

Is your strange obsession with Bieber because of a secret longing?  A love that dares not speak its name?grin.png

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Bawker wrote:

Is your strange obsession with Bieber because of a secret longing?  A love that dares not speak its name?

Maaaaaaaaaybe.

Henson_Chess

Evgeny Bareev? He was World u-16 champion in 1982 before he transferred to the Canadian.Chess Federeation?

DoctorKraken42

I would say that I hope so, but my sense of patriotism has been missing since birth.

Robert_New_Alekhine
Lasker1900 wrote:

The odds are against it, since Canada has a relatively small population and also lacks a strong, well financed chess establishment. But talent can arise anywhere, so it's certainly not impossible.

That's right now.

If there's still going to be a WC match in 200 years, Canada may yet win it. 

loubalch

Only if Magnus falls for a Canadian girl, moves to Canada and changes his allegiance.