The magazine reported on the latest important tournaments in Canada, especially those with Grandmaster-strength players, including many game scores.

[1] Previous editions attracted Boris Spassky, Paul Keres, Bent Larsen, Ljubomir Ljubojević, Alexei Shirov, Vasily Ivanchuk and Nigel Short.

It also sends men's and women's teams to Chess Olympiads held every other year.

[4] The CFC awards National Master titles to players who perform at a high level.

[5] They are awarded to players with a published, non-provisional CFC rating of 2200, and (at any point) three "norms", which are performances of 2300, comprising at least five games each.