1940

• January: Montreal Chess League member clubs were:
  • Montreal CC (460 Sherbrooke E - moved to 259 St-Jacques, #39). President: Gaston Gaudet.
  • En Passant (251 St-Viatur). President: Maurice Fox.
  • Le Parisien (975 Chaumont). President: N. Faribeault.
  • Wilbank (St-Antoine and Atwater). President: Charles Robillard.
  • Sun Life. President: H. Ward.
• The City Championship was won by Joseph Rauch; the "B" by J. Fraser; the "C" by Max Saxberg. No crosstables available.
• The "A" team championship was won by En Passant.
• The "B" team championship was won by En Passant.
• The "C" team championship was won by Le Parisien.
• Alfred Tanguay (18-0) won the Montreal CC championship. S. Kitces (16.5-1.5) was second.
• Ruben Fine simul (16 boards); won 16; drew 0; lost 0.
• The Canadian Championship (10 players) was held at the Mount Royal Hotel: Maurice Fox (1st - 8.5-0.5); Joseph Rauch (2nd - 7.5-1.5); Dudley Ledain (3rd - 6.5-2.5); Charles Smith (8th - 3-6); Ephrem Brisebois (9th - 2.5-6.5).
• The Montreal Chess League executive was: Ephrem Brisebois (president); Max Guze and N. Faribeault (vice-presidents); Charles Robillard (Secretary-treasurer).
• The Montreal Chess Club executive was: T. Sampson (president); H. Ward and C. Mules (vice-presidents); C. Ranch (Secretary-treasurer).

1941

• The City Championship (Major - 6 players) was won by Joseph Rauch (4.5-0.5); the Minor (4 players) by Charles Robillard (5.5-0.5). No crosstables available.
• October: The Canadian Championship (11 players) was in Winnipeg: Maurice Fox (2nd - 8-2, behind Abe Yanofsky); S Kitces (4th - 7-3).
• The Montreal Chess League executive was: T. Sampson (president); Max Guze, C.Mules, and N. Faribeault (vice-presidents); Charles Robillard (Secretary-treasurer).

1942

• The City Championship (Major - 8 players) at Le Parisien, was won by Joseph Rauch, who also won the "La Patrie" trophy. No crosstables available.
• The Montreal CC moved to the Palestre Nationale, 840 Cherrier, where it was open seven days a week.
• En Passant CC and Le Parisien were also open seven days a week.
• The Montreal CC Championship (14 players) was won by Joseph Rauch (11.5-1.5).
• Abe Yanofsky simul (17 boards) at Le Parisien: won 15; drew 2 (Gaston Gaudet and G. Gallagher); lost 0.
• Abe Yanofsky simul (27 boards) at Congregation Adath Israel: won 17; drew 6; lost 4 (Gaston Gaudet, S.B. Wilson, Schwartz, and Garelick).
• May: The Military Chess League was started - the team championship won by the Great War Vets CC (17-7). Member clubs were:
  • Great War Vets CC.
  • Ambulance Corps CC.
  • Grenadier Guards CC.
  • Wilbank CC (withdrew from Montreal Chess League - champion: Charles Robillard).
  • Elwood CC.
• The Montreal Chess League executive was: T. Sampson (president); Max Guze and N. Faribeault (vice-presidents); Secretary-treasurer position was vacant.
• The Montreal Chess Club executive was: T. Sampson (president); C. Mules and Georges Marechal (vice-presidents); C.E. St-Maurice (secretary-treasurer).

1943

• The City Championship (Major - 10 players) at the Montreal CC, was won by Charles Smith (7-2). No crosstables available.
• The Montreal CC Championship (9 players), was won by R. Campa (7.5-0.5).
• Gaston Gaudet (9-0) won a 10-player, 5-seconds-a-move tournament at the Montreal CC.
• April: Phil Brunet blindfold simul (6 boards): won 4; drew 2; lost 0.
• June: Canadian Championship (12 players) was held in Dalhousie, N.B. Charles Smith (2nd - 10-1 - behind Abe Yanofsky); O.M. McConnell (4th - 6.5-4.5).
• The Montreal Chess Club executive was: T. Sampson (president); C. Mules and Georges Marechal (vice-presidents); C.E. St-Maurice (secretary-treasurer).

1944

• Member clubs of the Montreal Chess League:
  • Wilbank (915 Atwater).
  • Montreal CC (840 Cherrier). Champion: Charles Smith.
  • Le Parisien (960 Chaumont).
  • Club J'ai Alai. Champion: I. Boituck.
  • L'Echiquier. Champions: J. Auger and R. Mongeau.
  • CASC. Champion: Lieut. Gendron.
  • En Passant (251 St-Viateur W.).
  • Cercle Le Sphinx (South Shore).
• The Montreal CC Championship (Major - 6 players), was won by Charles Smith (9-3); the Minor (10 players) by Cameron (10.5-1.5). No crosstables available.
• May: it was announced that the City Championship would be postponed until the fall; it did not take place then; it did not take place again until 1947.
• November: The Montreal CC celebrated its 100th anniversary with a match against Quebec (Montreal 6, Quebec 4 - A. Vasconcellos drew Jules Therien on board 1), and a banquet at the Plaza Hotel.
• The Montreal Chess Club executive was: Ephrem Brisebois (president); C. Mules and T. Sampson (vice-presidents); Noel Bureau (secretary-treasurer).

1945

• Member clubs of the Montreal Chess League:
  • Montreal CC (840 Cherrier). Champion: A. Vasconcellos.
  • L'Echiquier. Champion: Charles Robillard.
  • Wilbank (915 Atwater). Champion: William Daillaire.
  • Cercle Le Sphinx (South Shore). Champion: M. Senecal.
  • Les Collegiens. Champion: J. Labrecque.
  • CASC. Champion: Capt. P. Lerousse.
  • Le Parisien (960 Chaumont).
  • Cercle St-Henri (5010 Notre-Dame W.).
  • En Passant (251 St-Viateur W.).
• April: Montreal beat Quebec 5-3 in a match.
• Gisela Gresser (US women's champion) simul (18 boards) at Montreal CC. Won 12; drew 0; lost 1 (J.E. Patenaude).
• Charles Robillard elected President of the Chess Federation of Canada.
• Montreal CC champion A. Vasconcellos returned to Brazil.
• Telegraph match: Toronto 5, Montreal 3. Maurice Fox beat S. Morrison on board 1.
• December: Le Parisen had "a successful annual oyster party".
• The Montreal Chess League executive was: T. Sampson (president); Alexis Cartier (vice-president); Noel Bureau (secretary-treasurer).

1946

• Member clubs of the Montreal Chess League:
  • Les Collegiens. Champion: N. Tobin.
  • Veterans. Champion: R. Mackenzie.
  • Cercle Femina. Champion: G. Archangelo.
  • Cercle Le Sphinx (South Shore). Champion: B. Lortie.
  • L'Echiquier. Champion: Charles Robillard.
  • Cercle St-Henri (5010 Notre-Dame W.). Champion: E. Patenaude.
  • Montreal CC (840 Cherrier).
  • Wilbank (915 Atwater).
  • Le Parisien (960 Chaumont).
  • Verdun YMCA.
  • En Passant (251 St-Viateur W.).
• May: Montreal beat Quebec 6-0 in a match. Montreal players were: Maurice Fox, E. Davis, Max Guze, Charles Podlone, Matthews, and Jack Gersho.
• June: Montreal beat Ottawa 5.5-0.5 in a match. Maurice Fox drew N. Wilson on board 1.
• June: Toronto beat Montreal 4-2 in a match in Kingston. Max Guze 0 R. Anderson 1; Maurice Fox 0 R.E. Martin 1; E. Davis = H. Opsahl; Jack Gersho 1 K. Kerns 0; W. Schwartz 0 H. Rideout 1.
• The Canadian Championship (2 sections of 14 players each) was held in Toronto. J. Belson won the final playoff over Maurice Fox. ($200 and $140).
• Alexis Cartier died.
• The daughter of Jules Therien died in a car accident.
• "La Ligue du Noble Jeu" - six clubs (Les Collegiens, Queen's Knight, Cercle Femina, Club de la Tour, L'Echiquier, and Le Sphinx), formed a new League - in competition with the Montreal Chess League.

1947

• Member clubs of the Montreal leagues were:
  • Cercle Femina. Champion: Anna Cosgrove.
  • Cercle Le Sphinx (South Shore). Champion: F. Landry.
  • L'Echiquier. Champion: J. Auger.
  • Verdun YMCA. Champion: Phil Brunet.
  • Montreal CC (840 Cherrier).
  • Cercle de la Tour.
  • Les Collegiens.
  • Queen's Knight CC.
  • Wilbank (915 Atwater).
  • Le Parisien (960 Chaumont).
  • En Passant (251 St-Viateur W.).
• February: Abe Yanofsky and R.G. Wade tandem simul (28 boards) at the Verdun CC: won 26; drew 0; lost 2 (Jackson and Imre Poirier).
• February: Abe Yanofsky and R.G. Wade tandem simul (27 boards) at the Central YMCA: won 25; drew 2; lost 0. They also gave lectures and blindfold exhibitions.
• The City Championship (36 players) was won by Joseph Rauch and W. Tannenbaum.
• June: Montreal Chess League re-formed, and the "Ligue du Noble Jeu" was dissolved.
• July: The Quebec City junior champion was 18-year old Raymond Trudel.
• The Canadian Championship (14 14 each) was held in Quebec City. Joseph Rauch (2nd - 11-2 behind Abe Yanofsky); Phil Brunet (7.5-5.5); Redpath Drummond (4.5-8.5); R. Lebel (4-9); O. Wreschner (3-10).
• September: A new Provincial Federation was formed.
• October: The Provincial Championship (22 players) was held at the Montreal East Town Hall. Entry fee was $2. Dudley Ledain directed. It was won by Jules Therien (5-1). Phil Brunet and Jack Gersho scored 4.5-1.5.
• The Montreal CC championship was won by Giroux (15-1).
• December: The Provincial Speed Championship (30 players) (10 seconds/move) was held at Sorel. The winner was Max Guze (6.5-0.5).
• The Montreal Chess Club executive was: Ephrem Brisebois (president); Max Guze (vice-president); Phil Brunet (secretary-treasurer).

1948

• Verdun CC champion was J.E. Patenaude (9-0).
• City Championship (Major - 17 players) won by Maurice Fox (14-2). Entry fee was $5; time control was 36/90, 24/60; first prize was the Courtemanche Trophy and a silver brick. The Minor "B" (48 players) was won by J.E. Patenaude.
• McGill University beat University of Toronto 7.5-1.5 in a match.
• Quebec City junior champions were Raymond Trudel and Rene Levesque.(!?)
• The Chess Federation of Canada had 561 members (NB - 31; PEI - 11; NS - 15; Que. - 226; Ont. - 149; Man. - 57; Sask. - 17; Alb. - 5; BC - 50).
• July: East Montreal beat West 15-6. Max Guze drew Maurice Fox on board 1.
• October: The Provincial Championship (29 players) was held at the Mount Royal Town Hall. Dudley Ledain directed. It was won by Jack Gersho and Osias Bain (5-1).
• Provincial Federation executive was: Joseph Rauch (president); Ephrem Brisebois and R. Trottier (vice-presidents); Dudley Ledaain (secretary); E. Morrissette (treasurer).
• Montreal Chess League executive was: G. Archangelo (president); J. Auger, L. Drury, and E. Bernard (vice-presidents); E. Lariviere (secretary); R. Brescia (treasurer).
• November: The Montreal Chess League split up again as in 1946. The new executive was: A. Ekstein (president); Max Guse and L. Beaudin (vice-presidents); W. Hornung (secretary-treasurer).
• December: The Provincial Speed Championship (28 players) (10 seconds/move) was held at Shawinigan. The winners were Joseph Rauch and H. Feldman (6-1).

1949

• April 2: the first chess column by Dudley Ledain appeared in "The Gazette". He would continue writing it for 30 more years.
• April: The Montreal Speed Championship (24 players) (10 seconds/move) was held at the Montreal East Town Hall - winners were Maurice Fox and Ignas Zalys.
• April: The High School championship was won by Baron Byng HS.
• April: The Montreal Junior (15 players) was held at Victoria School. Won by Seymour Lake (6-0). Second was Lionel Joyner (4.5-1.5).
• April: A club was formed at the Westmount YMCA, meeting on Fridays.
• May: The Interclub Championship was won by Verdun CC (J.E. Patenaude, G. Keller-Wolff, A. Grant, W. Hornung, L. Beaudin, A Gratton, W. Ekdal).
• June: City Championship (17 players) won by Maurice Fox (12-2); the Premier Reserves (12 players) by E. Dance (3-0); the Major Open (36 players) by M. Capkan and G. Gravel (4-1); the Ladies' Championship by Firda Bone (4-1).
• July: USA beat Canada 116.5 - 86.5 in a country-wide match. Montreal lost 7-2 to West Orange, NJ. (Maurice Fox drew H. Hesse; Max Guze lost to Weaver Adams).
• August: Montreal CC and Log Cabin CC (West Orange, NJ) drew 5-5 (on board 3, Alfred Tanguay lost to John Curdo).
• August: The Canadian Championship (10 players) was held in Arvida. Maurice Fox (1st - 7.5-1.5); Jospeh Rauch (6th - 5-4); Phil Brunet (7th - 3-6); Jules Therien (9th - 2-7).
• August: Abe Yanofsky simul (17 boards) at the NDG YMCA: won 16; drew 1 (S. Wreschner); lost 0.
• October: The Provincial Championship (26 players) was held in Quebec - won by Max Guze and Joseph Rauch (5-1), Charles Podlone (4.5-1.5).
• Provincial Federation executive was: Joseph Rauch (president); Alfred Tanguay and R. Trottier (vice-presidents); A.J. Holton (secretary); J.A. Morrissette (treasurer).
• November: The Provincial Speed Championship (24 players) (10 seconds/move) was held at Sherbrooke. The winners were Max Guze and Ignas Zalys.
• November: The McGill CC championship (32 players) won by G. Fox - the son of Maurice Fox.
• Montreal Chess League executive was: J.B. Eckstein (president); Max Guze and I. Stevens (vice-presidents); W. Hornung (secretary-treasurer).
• November: Montreal junior team (S. Low, Lionel Joyner, G. Weintraub, D. Shuster) beat a Quebec junior team (J. Mericure, J.L. Fiset, P. Potvin, M. Giroux) 4-0.
• December: Montreal CC beat En Passant CC 6-2 in a match: Ignas Zalys 1 Maurice Fox 0; Phil Brunet 0.5 Max Guze; Alfred Tanguay 0.5 Joseph Rauch; Gaston Gaudet 1 Moshe Cohen 0; Georges Gravel 1 Jack Gersho 0; etc.
• December: Lachine CC opened at 110 Notre-Dame. M. Montpetit - president.
• Montreal Chess Club executive was: Ephrem Brisebois (president); Alfred Tanguay (vice-president); Georges Gravel (secretary); E. Pahneuf (treasurer).

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