Thank you to Sean Wu for directing and Lars Lowther for organizing. The following report provided by Lars Lowther.
The 2022 Alberta Open ran from October 8-10 at the Calgary Chess Club. Through six rounds of grueling play over 3 days, 40 participants battled it out to determine who would become the 2022 Alberta Open Champion and earn a qualifying spot into the 2023 Alberta Closed.
Calgary’s Sherzod Khodjimatov beat out Calgary youngster Patrick Angelo Tolentino on head-to-head tiebreaks, after both finished the tournament with a 5/6 score. The fate of the winner was determined in the final round when Patrick – who was 5/5 heading into the round, was defeated by Sherzod.
Full results can be found here.
Prize Winners:
1st: Sherzod Khodjimatov
2nd: Patrick Angelo Tolentino
3rd: Rafael Arrubarrena/Maxim Vasic/Leo Lin/Hemant Srinivasan
U2000
1st: Yash Darvekar
2nd: Michael Decaire
U1700
1st: Cally Ntete
2nd: Kevin Hawkshaw
U1400
1st: Paul Viminitz
2nd: Stephen Demaer