On Friday, June 2nd, 2023, Grandmaster Gergely Szabo visited the Hart House Chess Club to conduct a lecture on Calculation. The event consisted of an hour long lecture hosted in the Debates Room of Hart House. Extra chairs were brought in as the number of participants reached over 40! The lecture was quite captivating as many questions were asked. Participants thought that the lecture was delivered very professionally and everyone of all skill levels learned something from it.

Thank you to GM Szabo for stopping by, Hart House for their continued support, and the participants who came out!

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Join the Hart House Chess Club on Friday, June 2nd from 6 pm – 7 pm in the Hart House Debates Room for a Master Lecture hosted by Grandmaster Gergely Szabo. The lecture will be on the topic of Calculation. Students and members can join for free, non-members are asked to provide a small donation to the Club onsite. We hope to see you there!

Bio: Grandmaster Gergely Szabo is a FIDE Trainer from Romania and has coached Canadian teams at the World stage, including the 2018 Canadian Women’s Olympiad Team, as the Head Coach of the Canadian delegation at the 2015 World Youth Chess Championship in Greece, and as the Trainer and Captain of Team Canada at the 2014 U16 Olympiad, which won 5th place. As a player, GM Szabo has won several strong tournaments, including the Memorial “Victor Ciocâltea” GM group, Bucharest in 2009 and again in 2011. He is a co-founder of the JtM Chess Academy, the provider of the National Training Program for Canadian Youths, as sanctioned by the CFC.

Gergely will be in Toronto playing at the Canadian Transnational Chess Championship, hosted by our neighbours, Annex Chess Club, expected to be the Premier event for Canadian chess in 2023.