{"id":1303,"date":"2013-08-27T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2022-06-13T03:19:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T07:19:20","slug":"chess","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/chess","title":{"rendered":"Chess Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Introduction<\/strong>: The game of Chess has been around for more than a century and is played on a chessboard that has 64 squares broken into an 8 by 8 grid. Chess is a mind sport that is played between two players or between a player and a computer. Chess is played throughout the world and there is a push for Chess to be made a part of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.<\/p>\n There are a number of international Chess tournaments played throughout the year and are attended by players from all over the world. Some of the featured tournaments include the Tata Chess Steel Masters, World Chess Championship, European Individual Chess Championship, Chess World Cup, Zurich Chess Challenge, London Chess Class and the Grand Slam Masters Final.<\/p>\n The World Chess Federation (FIDE) governs the game of chess internationally and tournaments are held for both men and women. There are usually three formats followed to determine an eventual winner \u2013 round-robin style, elimination-style or the Swiss system style. The duration of a chess match can be anywhere between 20 minutes to 4 to 5 hours.<\/p>\n Chess along with bridge are two of the most popular board games in Canada and thousands of Canadians make wagers on chess betting websites such as Betfair, Bet365, William Hill, Paddy Power and 888 Sports. These sports betting websites offer their services online and via mobile apps that are suitable for both Android and iOS users.\u00a0 Some of the different types of chess bets include outright winner, draw and championship winner.<\/p>\n Most sports betting websites cover only the top chess tournaments in the world and hence there are extended periods of time where there are no chess betting matches featured on these websites.<\/p>\n The Chess Federation of Canada (CFC) is the regulatory body for Chess in Canada and is affiliated with FIDE. Every July, the CFC organizes a Canadian Open Chess tournament which sees the best chess players in Canada compete to win the prestigious title.\u00a0 The CFC follows the ELO rating system to rank the top players in the country. This is an advanced ranking system that is around 50 points higher than the US Chess Federation rankings and 90 points higher than FIDE rankings.<\/p>\n The current chess champion for the men\u2019s division in Canada is Bator Sambuev while Natalia Khoudgarian is the women\u2019s champion. CFC also focuses on promoting and educating Canadians about the game of chess and has run a junior chess championship for players under the age of 18. Richard Wang is the current U18 champion.<\/p>\n You are not going to be able to place a Chess related bet every day of the week, for this is something of a specialist type of sport, and Chess tournaments are few and far between, however, if and when the next tournament is up and running then several of our featured betting sites will be offering betting markets, and as such if you are fanatical about the sport, or simply have your eye on one particular player, then you will be able to put your money down, in the hope that your chosen player wins the title!<\/p>\n Playing Chess<\/a> in a tournament fashion is not a particularly new sporting event, for they have been taking place regularly for over one hundred years, with the first recorded one taking place in 1851 in London!<\/p>\nChess Betting in Canada<\/h2>\n
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