Visitors to Canada - simultaneous and exhibition games

A PGN file of associated games.

(Much of the Montréal information stems from Hugh Brodie - many thanks!)

Player	Date	Location	# of boards/type (score)	Comments
Henry Bird	22 January 1877	Montréal	19 (+11 =2 -6)	or 15 (+9 =2 -4)
	23/27 January 1877		4 consultation (+2 =1 -1)
	27/30 January 1877		17 (+12 =2 -3)
	February 1877	Sherbrooke	50 games, 1 loss
	10 February 1877	Montréal	25 (+21 =2 -2)
George Mackenzie	3 January 1879	Montréal	14 (+12 =1 -1)
	4 January 1879		12 (+11 =1 -0)
	7 January 1879		13 (+11 =0 -2)
	9 January 1879		11 opponents (+13? =4 -1)
	14 January 1879		15 opponents (+14 =1 -4)
James Grundy	23 February 1880	Toronto	11 (+9 =0 -2)
	24 February 1880		8 (+6 =0 -2)
	25? February 1880	Hamilton	22 (+16 =0 -6)	"two rounds"
Johannes Zukertort	24 January 1884	Toronto	27 (+22 =3 -2)	possibly 3 more boards, +3
	25 January 1884		12 blindfold (+6 =1 -5)
	30 January 1884	Ottawa	19 (+16 =0 -3)
	31 January 1884		12 blindfold (+10 =1 -0, 1 unfinished)
	11 February 1884	Montréal	34 (+28 =3 -3)
	12 February 1884		12 blindfold (+8 =2 -2)
	19 February 1884	Québec City	29
	20? February 1884		12 blindfold (+10 =1 -1)
Henry Bird	May/June 1889	Montréal	150 games in first week, -9	not well documented in press
Joseph Blackburne	4 June 1889	Montréal	25 (+21 =2 -2)
	6 June 1889		24 (+18 =5 -1)
	8 June 1889		8 blindfold (+3 =4 -1)
	10 June 1889		30 (+28 =1 -1)
Emanuel Lasker	21 November 1892	Montréal	24 (+21 =2 -1)
	22 November 1892		4 individual (+4)
	23 November 1892		3 individual, 1 consultation (+4)
	24 November 1892		26 (+23 =2 -1)
	26 November 1892	Québec City	5 (+5 =0 -0)
			16 (+14 =1 -1)
William H.K. Pollock	March 1893	Montréal
William Steinitz	13 November 1893	Montréal	16 (+15 =0 -1)
	14 November 1893		2 consultation, +2
	15 November 1893		"2 people at once" +10?
	17 November 1893		+18?
	18 November 1893		2 consultation, +2
	20 November 1893		2 consultation, +2
	21 November 1893		16 (+15 =0 -1)
	22 November 1893		2 consultation, +2
	25 November 1893		22 (+20 =1 -1)
	30 November 1893	Québec City	13 (+12 =0 -1)
Francis J. Lee	14 April 1894	Montréal	15 (+12 =1 -2)
	16 April 1894		14 (+12 =1 -1)
	April 1894		11 (+9 =0 -2)
Harry N. Pillsbury	16 May 1894	Montréal	10 blindfold (+7 =2 -1)
Harry N. Pillsbury	2 June 1894	Montréal	12 blindfold (+8 =0 -4)
Frank J. Marshall	September 1898	Montréal	match with Jasnogrodsky, 3-3
Harry N. Pillsbury	17 January 1899	Winnipeg	23 (+20 =0 -3)	also 6 checkers
	18 January 1899		7, consulting pairs on 5 (+6 =1 -0)
			6 blindfold (+6 =0 -0)	also two hands of whist
Harry N. Pillsbury	5 February 1900	Winnipeg	14 opponents (+16 =0 -1)	also +7 =1 at checkers
			32 (+29 =3 -0)	also +4 =4 -2 at checkers
	6 February 1900		2 individual games, +2	also +3 =1 at checkers
			10 blindfold (+7 =1 -2)	also checkers and whist
Harry N. Pillsbury	3 November 1900	Montréal	25 (+20 =3 -2)
			16 blindfold (+12 =1 -3)
Harry N. Pillsbury	6 December 1900	Toronto	12 blindfold (+11 =1 -0)	also checkers and whist
	7 December 1900
	8 December 1900
Harry N. Pillsbury	12 January 1901	Winnipeg	22 (+17 =3 -2)	also +4 =2 -1 at checkers
			10 blindfold (+10 =0 -0)	also checkers and whist
Jacques Mieses	24 November 1903	Montréal	4 consultation with clocks
Harry N. Pillsbury	5 December 1903	Montréal	17 (+16 =0 -1)
			16 blindfold (+14 =1 -1)
Emanuel Lasker	15 December 1905	Montréal	14 (+11 =2 -1)
	16 December 1905		1 consultation (+1)
Géza Maróczy	16 April 1906	Winnipeg	game vs. M. Smith, +1
			19 (+16 =3 -0)
	17 April 1906		game vs. C. Blake, +1
			20 inc. 1 blind (+17 =1 -2)
	18 April 1906		game vs. M. Smith, +1
			1 consultation, +1
	19 April 1906		game vs. R.J. Spencer, +1
			14 (+14 =0 -0)
	20 April 1906		games vs. Smith and Burrell, +2	played simultaneously
	21 April 1906		game vs. C. Blake, +1
			27 (+24 =3 -0)
Frank J. Marshall	1 December 1906	Winnipeg	19 (+15 =0 -4)
			23 (+16 =6 -1)
Emanuel Lasker	7 June 1907	Winnipeg	14 (+12 =0 -2)
	8 June 1907		8 (+7 =0 -1)
			17 (+13 =2 -2)
Jacques Mieses	20 February 1908	Toronto	14 (+10 =2 -2)
			32 (+24 =7 -1)
José R. Capablanca	19 January 1909	Toronto	23 (+23 =0 -0)	1st American tour
José R. Capablanca	29 June 1909	Montréal	15 (+12 =3 -0)
	30 June 1909		17 (+15 =2 -0)
José R. Capabanca	17 November 1909	Montréal	24 (+22 =2 -0)	2nd American tour
Paul F. Johner	October? 1910	Toronto
José R. Capablanca	14 May 1912	Winnipeg	20 (+20 =0 -0)	4th American tour
	15 May 1912		20 (+20 =0 -0)	4th American tour
Frank J. Marshall	24 June 1913	Victoria	9 (blindfold?) (+8 =1 -0)
			17 (+13 =3 -1)
Frank J. Marshall	27 November 1914	Toronto	19 (+14 =5 -0)
			33 (+25 =4 -4)
Frank J. Marshall	2 December 1914	Montréal	27 (+21 =4 -2)
	10 December 1914		3 consultation, +1 =1 -1	2 players per board, simul?
			game vs. G. Marechal, -1	both players blindfolded
Frank J. Marshall	17 February 1915	Vancouver	26 (+22 =4 -0)
Frank J. Marshall	1915	Montréal	31 (+26 =2 -3)
Frank J. Marshall	27 November 1915	Montréal	25 (+19 =5 -1)
Frank J. Marshall	10 March 1916	Toronto	21 (+20 =1 -0)
Frank J. Marshall	25 October 1916	Toronto	41 (+33 =6 -2)
Frank J. Marshall	6 March 1917	Toronto	34 (+29 =3 -2)
Frank J. Marshall	17 December 1919	Montréal	33 (+24 =6 -3)
	18 December 1919		27 (+22 =3 -2)
	19 December 1919		36 (+32 =2 -2)
	20 December 1919		22 (+16 =6 -0)
Charles Jaffe	October 1920	Montréal	20 (+18 =2 -0)
			21 (+14 =6 -1)
Frank J. Marshall	10 March 1921	Montréal	30 (+24 =5 -1)
	11 March 1921		29 (+23 =5 -1)
			22 (+19 =3 -0)
Frank J. Marshall	19 March 1921	Toronto
Samuel Reshevsky	26 April 1921	Toronto	17 (+15 =2 -0)	Reshevsky was 9 years old
Frank J. Marshall	7 January 1922	Montréal	155 (+126 =21 -8)	World record
Samuel Reshevsky	19? April 1923	Montréal	20 (+15 =5 -0)	Reshevsky was 11 years old
Samuel Reshevsky	19 April 1923	Ottawa	26 (+26 =0 -0)	Reshevsky was 11 years old
Frank J. Marshall	20 May 1923	Montréal	16 (+12 =4 -0)
Alexander A. Alekhine	22 November 1923	Montréal	37 (+27 =5 -5)
	24 November 1923	Québec City	26 (+26 =0 -0)
	25 November 1923	Trois Rivieres	24 (+24 =0 -0)
	26 November 1923	Montréal	27 (+25 =2 -0)
	29 November 1923		20 (+19 =1 -0)
	1 December 1923		21 blindfold (+12 =5 -4)	North American record
	3 December 1923		1 consultation (+1)
Alexander A. Alekhine	23 January 1924	Toronto	36 inc. 2 blind (+31 =4 -1)
Frederick D. Yates	1924	Montréal
Bruno Forsberg	18/21/22 July 1924	Winnipeg	beat R.J. Spencer 3-0	in the area for several months
Géza Maróczy	21? February 1925	Montréal	51 (+40 =10 -1)	2 simuls
Géza Maróczy	30 March 1925	Winnipeg	24 (+24 =0 -0)
			48 (+45 =3 -0)
	31 March 1925		26 (+24 =1 -1)
Sir George Thomas	1926	North Vancouver	12 (+12 =0 -0)
Emanuel Lasker	21 April 1926	Toronto	31 (+25 =5 -1)
Géza Maróczy	October? 1926	Montréal	15 (+14 =1 -0)
			14 (+13 =1 -0)
			18 (+10 =7 -1)
Frank J. Marshall	January 1928	Montréal	22 (+13 =8 -1)
Frank J. Marshall	January 1932	Toronto	20 (+13 =5 -2)
Alexander A. Alekhine	14 November 1932	Toronto	42 inc. 2 blind (+35 =3 -4)
Alexander A. Alekhine	26 November 1932	Winnipeg	46 (+38 =1 -7)
Isaac Kashdan	June 1933	Montréal	64 (+49 =9 -6)
Frank J. Marshall	18 November 1933	Toronto	34 (+26 =7 -1)
Isaac Kashdan	1934	Montréal	72 (+58 =9 -5)
			73 (+50 =16 -7)
Isaac Kashdan	9-11 March 1934	Winnipeg
Samuel Reshevsky	26 November 1934	Toronto	30 (+25 =5 -0)
Arthur Dake	11 January 1936	Toronto	29 (+27 =2 -0)
George Koltanowski	18 September 1938	Montréal	19 blindfold (+15 =4 -0)
George Koltanowski	24 September 1938	Toronto	16 blindfold (+10 =4 -2)
Israel A. Horowitz	summer 1939	Montréal	61 (+55 =5 -1)
Reuben Fine	1940	Montréal	16 (+16 =0 -0)
Israel A. Horowitz	2 March 1942	Toronto	21 (+19 =1 -1)
Gisela Gresser	1945	Montréal	18 (+17 =0 -1)
Israel A. Horowitz	4 February 1946	Vancouver	39 (+36 =3 -0)	7 hours
George Koltanowski	10 October 1946	Vancouver	8 blindfold (+3 =3 -2)	5 hours
George Koltanowski	1947
Yanofsky/Wade tandem	February 1947	Montréal	28 (+26 =0 -2)
			27 (+25 =2 -0)
Robert Wade	9 October 1947	Vancouver	30 (+19 =5 -6)	4 hours
Robert Wade	10 October 1947	Victoria	24 (+21 =0 -3)
Max Euwe	January 1949	Montréal	42 (+35 =4 -3)
	12 January 1949	Toronto	67 (+48 =13 -6) or 61 (+48 =7 -6)
	13 January 1949		52 (+43 =6 -3)
	17 January 1949	Vancouver	50 (+43 =4 -3)	5 hours
George Koltanowski	14 February 1949	Vancouver
Lodewijk Prins	12 December 1951	Montréal	18 (+15 =0 -3)
	13 December 1951		2 consultation games, +2
	12 December 1951	Québec City	22 (+16 =4 -2)
	December 1951	Montréal	game vs. M. Fox, -1
	16 December 1951		20 (+15 =3 -2)
	December 1951		10 clock (+6 =0 -4)
Arturo Pomar	2 June 1952	Québec City	21 (+16 =4 -1)	possibly 5 more boards, +5
	4 June 1952	Montréal	27 (+16 =9 -2)
	8 June 1952		10 clock (+6 =1 -3)
	9 June 1952		game vs. J.N. Williams, +1
	11 June 1952		9 (+8 =1 -0)
	12 June 1952	Ottawa	game vs. Bohatirchuk, =1
	June 1952	Saskatoon	13 (+12 =0 -1)
	June 1952	Edmonton	33 (+31 =2 -0)
	June 1952	Calgary	20 (+19 =0 -1)
	30 June 1952	Winnipeg	7 clock (+6 =0 -1)
Herman Steiner	20 August 1952	Vancouver	30 (+26 =4 -0)	5.5 hours
George Koltanowski	19 January 1953	Vancouver	12 blindfold (+9 =3 -0)	5.5 hours
Samuel Reshevsky	10 May 1953	Montréal	43 (+35 =4 -4)
			10 clock (+9 =0 -1) (or +8 =2)
Samuel Reshevsky	8 February 1954	Vancouver	37 (+34 =3 -0)
	February 1954	Calgary	34 (+33 =1 -0)
	13 February 1954	Winnipeg	33 (+31 =2 -0)
	February 1954	Toronto	38 (+35 =3 -1)
	2 March 1954	Québec City	29 (+29 =0 -0)	3.25 hours
Igor Bondarevsky	29 June 1954	Ottawa	25 (+25 =0 -0)
Alexander Kotov			3 (+3 =0 -0)
Igor Bondarevsky	2 July 1954	Winnipeg	34 (+32 =2 -0)
Alexander Kotov			game vs. Yanofsky, +1
Igor Bondarevsky	5 July 1954	Toronto	game vs. Anderson, -1
Alexander Kotov			game vs. Vaitonis, +1
Igor Bondarevsky	6 July 1954		28 (+23 =5 -0)
Alexander Kotov			28 (+25 =1 -2)
Igor Bondarevsky	7 July 1954	Montréal	25 (+21 =4 -0)
Alexander Kotov			5 clock (+5 =0 -0)
George Koltanowski	23 February 1955	Vancouver	12 blindfold (+7 =3 -2)
	24 February 1955		6 clock (+3 =1 -2)
Samuel Reshevsky	13 February 1956	Vancouver	39 (+33 =5 -1)	4.5 hours
	14 February 1956	Victoria	40 (+31 =9 -0)	3 hours
Robert J. Fischer	5 September 1956	Montréal	19 (+18 =1 -0)	Fischer was 13 years old
George Koltanowski	April 1957	Montréal	58 (+55 =2 -1)	2 simuls
			2 blindfold games, +1 =1	10 seconds a move
Arthur Bisguier	31 July 1962	Vancouver	12 clock (+11 =1 -0)
Petar Trifunovic	January 1963	Montréal	? (+? =1 -?)
Svetozar Gligoric	August 1963	Montréal	22 (+15 =5 -2)
Robert J. Fischer	23 February 1964	Montréal	56 (+48 =3 -5)
	24 February 1964		10 clock (+10 =0 -0)
	25 February 1964	Québec City	48 (+48 =0 -0)
	27 February 1964	Toronto	50 (+40 =6 -4)
Cuban team, 5 players	April 1964	Montréal	2-game match, 7-3
Arthur Bisguier	13 July 1966	Vancouver
Paul Keres	4 May 1967	Montréal	12 clock (+10 =2 -0)
	May 1967		19 (+17 =1 -1)
			32 (+20 =6 -6)
Nona Gaprindashvili	12 October 1967	Montréal	25 (+23 =1 -1)
	14 October 1967		23 (+18 =1 -4)
Paul Keres	14 October 1967	Nanaimo	23 (+22 =1 -0)
Boris Spassky			10 clock (+10 =0 -0)
Paul Keres	15 October 1967	Vancouver	23 (+17 =2 -4)
Boris Spassky			23 (+22 =1 -0)
Laszlo Szabo	15 October 1967	Winnipeg	40 (+37 =1 -2)
Paul Keres	17 October 1967	New Westminster	46 (+45 =1 -0)
Boris Spassky		North Vancouver	47 (+45 =2 -0)
Boris Spassky	21 October 1967	Toronto	40 (+29 =9 -2)
Paul Keres			30 (+26 =2 -2)
Paul Keres	November 1967	Montréal	32 (+23 =6 -3)
			36 (+29 =7 -0)
			10 clock (+6 =3 -1)
Boris Spassky	November 1967	Montréal	25 (+24 =1 -0)
Bent Larsen	September 1968	Montréal	47 (+36 =7 -4)
Boris Spassky	8 September 1971	Montréal	25 (+24 =1 -0)
Paul Keres	1975	Kingston	36 (+33 =1 -2)
	1975	Ottawa	30 (+28 =1 -1)
	1975	Hamilton	28 (+21 =4 -3)
	May 1975	Montréal	33 (+30 =3 -0)
			9 clock (+4 =2 -3)
	12 May 1975	Toronto
Tonu Oim	January 1976	Montréal	14 (+11 =1 -2)
Nana Alexandria	July 1976	Montréal	29 (+24 =4 -1)
Walter Browne	July 1977	Montréal	33 (+28 =3 -2)
Mikhail Botvinnik	August 1977	Montréal	20 (+14 =6 -0)
		Toronto	20 (+12 =7 -1)
Jan Timman	1977	Burlington	33 (+31 =0 -2)
Gyula Sax	August 1978	Montréal	28 (+26 =0 -2)
Boris Spassky	8 May 1979	Montréal	25 (+22 =3 -0)
Lajos Portisch	8 May 1979	Montréal		Café En Passant
	9 May 1979	Valleyfield
Anatoly Karpov	May 1979	Montréal		against women
Anatoly Karpov	9 May 1979	Toronto	20 (+17 =2 -1)	Loss to Nickoloff
Boris Spassky	9 May 1979	Toronto	18 (+17 =1 -0 or +16 =2 -0)
	10 May 1979		17 (+14 =3 -0)
Walter Browne	28 June 1979	Montréal		Gazette, 29/06/1979
Larry Christiansen	3 February 1980	Vancouver	10 blindfold (+9 =0 -1)
	4 February 1980		26 (+20 =3 -3)	3.5 hours
Anthony Miles	3 August 1981	Vancouver	30 (+21 =7 -2)
Anthony Miles	25 October 1981	Montréal	20 (+17 =2 -1)
	28 October 1981	Ottawa	29 (-1)
	1 November 1981	Scarborough	17 (-1)
Boris Spassky	1982	Mississauga
Nigel Short	30 July 1982	Québec City
Michael Stean	31 July 1982	Montréal
Eva Karakas	29 May 1983	Montréal
Pia Cramling	June 1984	Hamilton	20 (+19 =1 -0)
	June 1984	Scarborough	25 (+22 =1 -2)
	June 1984	Guelph	20 (+19 =1 -0)
	June 1984	Kitchener	17 (+13 =3 -1)
	18 June 1984	Ottawa	20 (+18 =1 -1)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic	13 August 1984	Montréal	12 clock
Susan Polgar	April 1986	Montréal	games vs. Seirawan, +1 =5 -5	11 clock simul?
Sophia Polgar			25	also blindfold blitz
Judith Polgar			25	also blindfold blitz
Boris Spassky	25 January 1988	Saint John	20 (+17 =3 -0)
John Nunn	1 February 1988		20 (+18 =1 -1)
Larry Evans	10 February 1988		15 (+14 =1 -0)
Mikhail Tal	15 February 1988		20
Gary Kasparov	19 February 1988		20
Boris Spassky	2 October 1995	Ottawa	24 (23?) (=1? -1)
	4 October 1995	Pickering
	5 October 1995	Toronto
	6 October 1995	Guelph
	7 October 1995	London
Jesus Nogueiras	9 July 1998	Ottawa	25?	RA Centre
Vladimir Epishin	21 May 2000	Vancouver	8 Clock	one hour each
Jaan Ehlvest	May 2000	Vancouver	Clock
Leonid Yudasin	17 May 2001	Toronto
Vitomir Arapovic	3 June 2004	Vancouver	10 (+9 =1 -0)
Pia Cramling	4 July 2004	Vancouver	28 (+24 =1 -3)	4 hours
Juan Bellon Lopez	4 July 2004	Vancouver	18 (+14 =2 -2)
Viktor Korchnoi	25 July 2004	Montréal	30 (+25 =5 -0)
Svetlana Matveeva	August 2005	Winnipeg	23 (+21 =2 -0)
Irina Krush	10 June 2006	Vancouver	23 (+20 =1 -2)
Gary Kasparov	18 June 2007	Toronto	20 (+20 =0 -0)
Susan Polgar	3 July 2007	Ottawa
Emil Sutovsky	12 October 2007	Toronto
Anatoly Karpov	13 October 2007	Toronto
Hikaru Nakamura	12 May 2008	Richmond	25 (+25 =0 -0)
Evgeny Bareev	18 June 2009	Toronto	24 (+19 =3 -2)
Hikaru Nakamura	20 July 2009	Victoria	40? (-1)
Alexei Shirov	11 February 2010	Ottawa	36 (+25 =9 -2)
Alexei Shirov	18 February 2010	Scarborough	25 (+17 =6 -2)