Maili-Jade Ouellet (MIF) de St-Lambert au Québec commencera l'année 2018 à titre de Championne d'échecs du Canada. Démontrant beaucoup de résilience, Maili marque 7 points sur 9, suffisant pour devancer l'ancienne championne du Qiyu Zhou d'Ottawa qui termine au secong avec 6,5, après avoir vaincu Agnieszka Matras-Clement d'Alberta en bris d'égalité.
Maili-Jade Ouellet from St-Lambert Québec became the new Women Canadian Chess champion by scoring 7 points out of 9 in a 10 players field round robin tournament held in Montreal from december 26 to 31st. QiYu Zhou (Ontario), the defending champion, finished second with 6,5 points after winning a tie breaking match against Agnieszka Matras-Clement from Alberta.
Joueuses - Players / Appariements - Pairings / Résultats - Standings / Parties - Live Games / pgn
| # | Name-Nom | Title-Titre | FIDE | CFC | Prov. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Tot. |
| 1 | Jiaying Wang | 1919 | 1925 | NF | X | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | Maili-Jade Ouellet | WIM/MIF | 2062 | 2194 | QC | 1 | X | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | QiYu Zhou | WGM/GMF | 2240 | 2309 | ON | 1 | 1 | X | = | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 6,5 |
| 4 | Agnieszka Matras-Clement | WIM/MIF | 2260 | 2324 | AB | 0 | = | = | X | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6,5 |
| 5 | Ruoying Xu | 2020 | 2110 | ON | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 0 | = | 1 | = | 0 | 4 | |
| 6 | Cynthia Cui | 1604 | 1790 | NB | 1 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | X | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | Svitlana Demchenko | WFM/MFF | 2081 | 2288 | ON | 1 | = | 0 | = | = | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5,5 |
| 8 | Lucy Chao | 1331 | 1593 | AB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Shi Yuan Tian | 1661 | 2017 | BC | 1 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | 0 | 1 | X | = | 4 | |
| 10 | Natalia Khoudgarian | WIM/MIF | 2100 | 2248 | ON | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | X | 4,5 |
Cumulative scores - Tableau cumulatif
| R | Name-Nom | PR. | CFC | T | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 1 | Maili-Jade Ouellet | QC | 2194 | WIM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3,5 | 4,5 | 5,5 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Qiyu Zhou | ON | 2309 | WGM | 1 | 1,5 | 2,5 | 3,5 | 4,5 | 5 | 5 | 5,5 | 6,5 |
| 3 | Agnieszka Matras-Celement | AB | 2324 | WIM | 0,5 | 1,5 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 3 | 3,5 | 4,5 | 5,5 | 6,5 |
| 4 | Svlitana Demchenko | ON | 2081 | WFM | 0,5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5,5 | 5,5 |
| 5 | Natalia Khoudgarian | ON | 2248 | WIM | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3,5 | 4,5 |
| 6-8 | Ruoying Xu | ON | 2110 | 0 | 0,5 | 1,5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| 6-8 | Cynthia Cui | NB | 1790 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2,5 | 3,5 | 3,5 | 4 | 4 | |
| 6-8 | Shi Yuan Tian | BC | 2017 | 0 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 1 | 1,5 | 1,5 | 2,5 | 3 | 4 | |
| 9 | Jiaying Wang | NF | 1925 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| 10 | Lucy Chao | AB | 1593 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Past Champions - Championnes précédentes
TB Match for the second place - Match de bris d'égalité pour la seconde place
[pgn]
[Event "Match - TB - Women Zonal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matras-Clement, Agnieszka"]
[Black "Zhou, QiYu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.11"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nbd2
d6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. Nc4 Nh7 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qe2 Ng5 15.
Ncd2 Kh8 16. Qe3 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21.
Rxf4 Qg5 22. Re4 Qxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Raf8 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ 25. Nxf1 Bf7 26. Bxf7 Rxf7
27. Re8+ Kh7 28. d4 Re7 29. Rxe7 Nxe7 30. Ne3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Match - TB - Women Zonal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhou, QiYu"]
[Black "Matras-Clement, Agnieszka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "103"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 c4 13. b4 cxb3 14. axb3 Bd7 15. Ba3
Rfe8 16. Nxe5 Bf8 17. Nf3 Nb7 18. Nd4 g6 19. Bb2 Nc5 20. Nd2 Bg7 21. Qf3 a5 22.
c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Reb8 24. Bc3 a4 25. Ra3 Ne8 26. Qe3 Rb7 27. f4 f6 28. N4f3
Rab8 29. Bd4 Bh6 30. g3 Rb4 31. Qc3 Bxh3 32. e5 f5 33. Kf2 Ne4+ 34. Bxe4 fxe4
35. Rxe4 Bf5 36. Re1 Bf8 37. Rea1 dxe5 38. Bxe5 Qa7+ 39. Kg2 R8b7 40. Nd4 Rb2
41. Rxa4 Qc5 42. R4a2 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 Nd6 44. Ra8 Ne4 45. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 46. Kf2 Rb1
47. Ke3 Bf5 48. Ra5 Qc8 49. c5 Rd1 50. Nxf5 Qxf5 51. d6 Qh3 52. Qb3+ 1-0
[/pgn]
