The CFC has launched a “Recognize Chess as a Sport in Canada Petition” and are seeking your support. From the CFC:

“This is an opportunity for Canada to recognize chess as a sport and offer government funding for our training, tournaments, players, coaches, and more. Achieving this milestone will give chess the funding it deserves to promote chess to anyone who wants to learn, regardless of their ages.

It will be closed for signatures on April 1st and so in 2 months, we must collect as many signatures as we can.

Here is the link to sign the petition. After you sign the petition, you will receive an email minutes after from House of Commons Petitions to confirm your support.

https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4283

Thank you very much for helping out.

Again, anyone who believes Chess should be recognized as a sport in Canada can vote.”

The website for the Canadian Open and Canadian Youth Championship is live!

https://canopen2023.ca/CCC/Home/Home

Registration is open for both. Register before May 1 for the best rates.

Registration is open for both the Northern Alberta Open (February 18-19) and the Edmonton Youth Regional (February 11). The tournament pages can be found on the 2023 Schedule.

Congratulations to all the section winners:

Section A: Dale Haessel
Section B: Rex Yumen and Emil Soberov
Section C: Mateo Jackson
Section D: Aaqil Alpuri (Shaik Shabana)
Section E: JB Duclos
Section F: Daniel Hogg
Section G: Michael Lee
Section H: Chayan Dureja
Section I: Luke Suo

Full crosstables are viewable on the CCC facebook page. Thanks to the organizing and directing team for their efforts.

Results for the WBX Team Tournament, December 17-18, courtesy of Terry Seehagen:

Teams:

1. Tymur Keleberda + Anna Synytska + Siva Nandipati — 11½ / 15

2. Anand Rishi Chandra + Hemant Srinivasan + Bhavik Dave — 10½ / 15

3. Paris Dorn + Dustin Koperski + Douglas Nechio — 8½ / 15

Board 1
Tymur Keleberda — 4½ / 5

Board 2
Anna Synytska — 4½ / 5

Board 3
Ryan Chen, Bhavik Dave, and Douglas Nechio (+ Mike Zeggelaar) — 3½ / 5

The 2023 schedule has been posted.

The ACA Board’s Planning Meeting minutes may also be viewed via the Minutes page.

Here are the teams registered for the WBX Team Tournament, via the organizer:

1   Anand Rishi Chandra + Hemant Srinivasan + Bhavik Dave  (average rating 1987)
2   Butch Villavieja + Dante Briones + Ron Offengenden  (average 1976)
3   Paris Dorn + Dustin Koperski + Douglas Nechio  (average 1956)
4   Jonathan Wu + Roy Yearwood + Mateo Jackson  (average 1921)
5   Samuel Hoekman + Eric Jin + Ryan Chen  (average 1903)
6   Rafael Arruebarrena + Yash Darvekar + Prabhat Nagarajan  (average 1900)
7   Tymur Keleberda + Anna Synytska + Siva Nandipati  (average 1879)
8   Belsar Valencia + Mark Tuvera + Winifred Boquiren + (Alvin Guevarra – substitute)  (average 1852)
9   Nicholas Zacharias + Joshua Sembrano + Ricky McCoshen  (average 1711)
10   Shreyas Prasanna + Dean MacDonald + Stephen Ejack (average 1554)

The first round pairings will be sent out most likely on Thursday.

The WBX Team Tournament is coming up, December 17-18 in Edmonton. This is a very popular event with teams of three players whose ratings average no more than 2000.

Full information is available on the tournament webpage.

The following results were posted on the Calgary Chess Club facebook page. Congratulations to the winners.

Overall:
T-1. Anand Rishi Chandra & Leo Lin (4.5/5)
3. Patrick Angelo Tolentino (4/5)

U2100:
T-1. Jonathan Wu, Hemant Srinivasan, and Roy Yearwood (3.5/5)

U1800:
1. Shreyas Prasanna (3.5/5)
2. Garth Dunn (3/5)

U1400:
1. Paul Viminitz (3/5)
2. Patrick Giles (2.5/5)

Thanks to Bhavik Dave for his work running the tournament.

The 2021 AB Junior Championships had two parts. The first was the Closed Championship and it took place on the weekend of November 6-7. It consisted of a 6 player Round-Robin featuring some of the strongest juniors in Alberta. Those included: Paris Dorn, Mark Ivanescu, Anand Rishi Chandra, Hemant Srinivasan, Maxim Vasic and Jinghui Bai. Paris Dorn from Edmonton emerged as the winner with 4/5 and earned ACA sponsored funding for a trip to Canadian Junior in 2022. See full standings at: https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?id=202111007&p=172448

The second portion was Open and under 1300 sections which this year took place online on December 19th. The following players won prizes: Open section: Matthew Ivanescu (1st, Edmonton), Mark Ivanescu(2nd, Edmonton), Jonathan Wu (3rd, Calgary). Top girl: Erin Zhao (Fort McMurray), Top under 1600: Jason Pan (1st, Edmonton) Eric Jin (2nd, Calgary). Crosstable: https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?id=202112039&p=172448

In the under 1300 section: Hasya Patel (1st, Fort McMurray), Matthew Sylvestre (2nd, Fort Chipewyan) Matt Fu (3rd, Calgary). Top girl: Allison Chan (Calgary). Top under 1000: Linus Jin (1st, Calgary), William Waller (2nd, Calgary). Crosstable: https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?id=202112040&p=167994