Congratulations to Team Alberta’s top performers at the Canadian Chess Challenge this weekend! Five players earned top three finishes in Montreal:
Grade 4 — Ryan Li, 3rd Place (7/9)
Grade 6 — Matthew Ivanescu, 3rd Place (6/9)
Grade 7 — Jonathan Wu, 1st Place (8.5/9)
Grade 9 — Anand Rishi Chandra, 1st Place (8/9)
Grade 11 — Sam Hoekman, 3rd Place (6.5/9)
Team Alberta finished in fourth place and impressively played the big three very tight, dropping matchups with Quebec (8-4), Ontario, (7-5), and BC (7-5) while putting up one of their best total scores ever at 72 points.