The first Annual Festival of the Chess in the Library Organization will be held at the North York Central Library,(5120 Yonge Street, Toronto, On M2N 5N9) from 12:30-4:30pm, on Saturday, June 26th, 2010. The Chess in the Library (CITL) program is an initiative one years ago founded by a 15 years old IB high school student. The founder, Yuanling Yuan is a Women International Master in chess and presently ranked number one of all female chess players in Canada.
Currently, the CITL program is hosted weekly at 10 different Toronto Public Library branches and it has been a huge hit for the chess community in Canada. With the help of 40 student-volunteers who joined the organization team from time to time and a total donated value of up to $3000, CITL is able to provide more than 150 kids the opportunity to play chess in Toronto each week. The program’s main intention is to promote the magnificent game of chess in Canada and the organization plans to expand the program to various provinces of Canada in the next 2 years.
This Saturday will be the organization's one year anniversary and we will host a grand chess festival to celebrate – CITL 1st Annual Festival. The main event will be a chess tournament in which the top 10 chess players from each CITL location will gather together and compete for individual and team prizes. Side events such as puzzle competitions and activities with a giant chess set will surely attract many other non-CITL participants. Many CITL leaders, librarians and donors will be present during this celebration, in hopes of finding more individual and corporate sponsors for the upcoming school year.
Other Background Information of CITL
Sponsorships:
Toronto Public Library (http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/
TechForceOnCall (http://techforceoncall.com/
Scarborough Chess Club (http://scarboroughchessclub.ca/
Greater Toronto Chess League (http://www.torontochess.org/)
Victoria Park Collegiate Institute (http://www.victoriaparkci.com/)
Chess’n Math Association (http://www.chess-
Toronto Secondary School Chess League
CITL Official Website: http://www.chessinthelibrary.com/
CITL Leaders’ Blogs:
Founder WIM Yuanling Yuan (Grade 10) http://yuanlingyuan.blogspot.com/
Webmaster Yutong Luo (Grade 11) http://yutong2009.blogspot.com/
Northern District Branch Leader Michael Kleinman (Grade 10) http://michaelkleinman.blogspot.com/
Pleasant View Branch Leader Kevin Wu (Grade 9) http://kevinwu-
Maria A. Shchuka Branch Leader Jan Lazo (Grade 10) http://lazonatorfatalities.blogspot.com/
Fairview Branch Leader Jesse Wang (Grade 10) http://jesse-
WIM Yuanling Yuan’s Biography (Founder of CITL):
• 2010 Selected Canada's Olympiad Women's Team
• 2009 Top rated female Canadian at Year-end
• 2009 Awarded Woman International Master title (youngest ever Canadian WIM)
• 2008 Top rated female Canadian at Year-end
• 2008 Represented Canada at Women's Olympiad
• 2008 Awarded Woman FIDE Master title
• 2008 2nd place, Pan-American Women's Championship
• 2007 Toronto Junior Champion
• 2007 Ontario High School Champion (while in Grade 7)
• 2007 Toronto High School Champion (while in Grade 7)
• 2003 Represented Canada at World Girls Under-10 Championship, 10th place
• 2003 Canadian Girls Under-10 Champion
Contact Info:
WIM Yuan, Yuanling, Founder of CITL, 416 273-1255 yuanling_1@yahoo.com
