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The Canadian Chess Association was founded in 1872 and organized its first Championship the following year. In 1932 the Association was replaced by the Federation which represented all the cities of Canada. One of the Founders of FIDE in 1924, Canada became a full member in 1935 and four years participated in its first Olympiads. The best ranking so far was joint eighth in 1976.

Four major events which were organized in the countries are: The last eight games of the 1894 World Championship between Emmanuel Lasker and Wilheim Steinitz in Montreal, the World Junior at Toronto 1954, the Quarter-final match of World Championship between Robert Fischer and Mark Taimanov at Vancouver in 1971, the Candidates Matches at St. John in 1988 and the Candidate Semi-final match between Arthur Yusupov and Kevin Spraggett in Quebec 1989.

In 2011 Canada was ranked 44^th among the countries (2497) with 8 IGMs, 30 IMs and a total of 131 titled players

The top players were: Abraham Yanofsky, Fedor Bohatirchuk,  Duncan Suttles, Igor Ivanov, Kevin Spraggett and Alexandre Lesiege.

The national champions were:

1873 Albert Ensor, 1874 William Hicks, 1875 George Jackson, 1876 Edward Sanderson, 1877 Henry Howe, 1878 Jacob Ascher, 1879 Edwin Pope, 1881 Joseph Shaw, 1882 Edward Sanderson, 1883 Jacob Ascher, 1883 Jacob Ascher, 1884 Francois-Xavier Lambert, 1886 Nicholas MacLeod, 1887 George Barry, 1888 Nicholas MacLeod, 1889 Richard Fleming, 1890 Robert Short, 1891 A. Thomas Davison, 1892 William Boultbee, 1893 James Narraway, 1894 A. Thomas Davison, 1897 James Narraway, 1898 James Narraway, 1899 Magnus Smith, 1904 Magnus Smith, 1906 Magnus Smith, 1908 Joseph Sawyer, 1910 John Morrison, 1913 John Morrison, 1920 Sidney Gale, 1924 John Morrison, 1926 John Morrison, 1927 Maurice Fox, 1929 Maurice Fox, 1931 Maurice Fox, 1932 Maurice Fox, 1933 Robert Martin, 1934 John Belson, 1935 Maurice Fox, 1936 Boris Blumin, 1937 Boris Blumin, 1938 Maurice Fox, 1940 Maurice Fox, 1941 D. Abraham Yanofsky, 1943 D. Abraham Yanofsky, 1945 D. Abraham Yanofsky, Frank Yerhoff, 1946 John Belson, 1947 D. Abraham Yanofsky, 1949 Maurice Fox, 1951 Povilas Vaitonis, 1953 Frank Anderson, D. Abraham Yanofsky, 1955 Frank Anderson, 1957 Povilas Vaitonis, 1959 D. Abraham Yanofsky, 1961 Lionel Joyner, 1963 D. Abraham Yanofsky, 1965 D. Abraham Yanofsky, 1969 Duncan Suttles, 1972 Peter Biyiasas, 1975 Peter Biyiasas, 1978 Jean Hebert, 1981 Igor Ivanov, 1984 Kevin Spraggett, 1985 Igor Ivanov, Raymond Stone, 1986 Igor Ivanov, Kevin Spraggett, 1987 Igor Ivanov, 1989 Kevin Spraggett, 1991 Lawrence Day, 1992 Alexandre Lesiege, 1994 Kevin Spraggett, 1995 Francois Leveille, Ron Livshits, Bryon Nickoloff, 1996 Kevin Spraggett, 1999 Alexandre Lesiege, 2001 Alexandre Lesiege, Kevin Spraggett, 2002 Pascal Charbonneau,  2004 Pascal Charbonneau, 2006 Igor Zugic, 2007 Nikolay Noritsyn, 2009 Jean Hebert, 2011 Bator Sambuev.

Canadian Open Championship winners are:

1956 Larry M. Evans & William Lombardy, 1958 Elod Macskasy, 1960 Anthony Saidy, 1962 Laszlo Witt, 1964 Pal Benko, 1966 Larry M. Evans, 1968 Bent Larsen, 1970 Bent Larsen, 1971 Hans Ree, Boris Spassky, 1973 Duncan Suttles, 1974 Ljubomir Ljubojevic, 1975 Leonid Shamkovich, 1976 Lawrence Day & Nick DeFirmian, 1977 Jan Green-Krotki, 1978 Gyula Sax, 1979 D. Abraham Yanofsky, 1980 Lawrence Day, 1981 Igor Ivanov, 1982 Gordon Taylor, 1983 Bozidar Ivanovic & Kevin Spraggett, 1984 Denis Allan, Brett Campbell, Igor Ivanov & Dave Ross, 1985 Brian Hartman & Igor Ivanov, 1986 Viktor Kupreichik & Artur Yusupov, 1987 Kevin Spraggett, 1988 Lawrence Day, 1989 Vladimir Tukmakov, 1990 Georgi Timoshenko, 1991 Walter Browne, 1992 Alexei Barsov & Bryon Nickoloff, 1993 Kevin Spraggett, 1994 Vladimir Tukmakov, 1995 Deen Hergott, Ron Livshits, Bryon Nickoloff & Eduardas Rozentalis, 1996 Kevin Spraggett, 1997 Julian Hodgson, 1998 Michael Oratovsky, Evgeny Prokopchuk, Kevin Spraggett & Dimitri Tyomkin, 1999 Georgi Orlov, Kevin Spraggett, 2000 Joel Benjamin, Jonathan Rowson & Kevin Spraggett, 2001 Larry Christiansen, Anthony Miles, 2002 Pascal Charbonneau, Jean-Marc Degraeve & Jean Hebert, 2003 Alexander Moiseenko, 2005 Vassily Ivanchuk, 2006 Walter Arencibia, 2007 Xiangzhi Bu, 2008 Alexander Moiseenko, 2009 Mark Bluvshtein, 2010 Luke McShane.

Bu winner in 2007