Upcoming tournaments in a packed Fall calendar:

– Alberta Open, October 12-14 in Calgary. This is a six round event, where the winner qualifies for the 2025 Alberta Closed. Information here. The ACA’s Annual General Meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, in between rounds three and four.

– Alberta Senior’s Championship & Alberta Women’s Championship, October 19-20 in Edmonton.

– Edmonton Fall Sectional, October 25-27.

– Alberta Junior Championship, November 2-3 in Edmonton.

– Banff Open, November 9-11, currently headlined by IMs Jean Hébert and Mark Ginsburg.

Information on the Edmonton events will become available on the Schedule page.

Congratulations to Team South on winning the Battle of Alberta. They came in with a big rating advantage, and made no mistake, finishing with a crushing second round to win 17-7. Still, very well done to the North players who scored big upset games, and to the seven players who scored 2/2.

Big thanks to captains Zeeshan Munir and Rafael Arruebarrena for organizing. Photos from the event can be found on the CCC facebook page.

The Junior Battle of Alberta follows on September 28th in Red Deer, full details here.

A busy month of chess ahead of us:

– Last call for the Edmonton International, which runs August 29th to September 2nd.

– The Battle of Alberta, September 7th in Red Deer.

– The Edmonton Junior Regional, September 14-15, and Calgary Junior Regional, September 21-22.

– The Lethbridge Fall Open, September 21-22.

See the linked pages for individual tournament information.

Congratulations to Amir Mohammad Bahmani on winning the Over 1800 with a perfect 5/5 score! Anand Rishi Chandra was runner up with 3.5/5.

Congratulations to Jack Sheng on winning the Under 1800 with a 4.5/5 score. Second place was shared by Joshua Sembrano and Shanker Raman.

Thanks to Zeeshan Munir and the CCC for organizing.

Registration is open for the Over/Under 1800 in Calgary on August 10-11. Full information available here.

Look at the other recent posts for more of our upcoming events, including the Banff Open and the Edmonton International.

Registration is open for the 15th Edmonton International. You can view full info for the event here and sign up here. Note that you must be 1900+ CFC/FIDE (or have qualified in a previous event) to be eligible for the tournament.

Other upcoming events, all in Calgary:
– Canadian Seniors Championship, Aug. 3-5
– Over/Under 1800, Aug. 10-11
– North American Junior Chess Championship, Aug. 14-18

IA Vlad Rekhson will be conducting an online TD workshop on Saturday, July 6th. Information and sign up are here: https://forms.gle/1HVZEcqtx2LhqLrY8

We invite anyone who may be interested in directing a tournament to join, and especially would like to invite members from outside Edmonton and Calgary to help run high quality events in all areas of the province.

Congratulations to Eric Jin on winning the second Edmonton International Qualifier. He scored 4/5 to finish half a point ahead of Tri Tran and Paris Dorn.

Thanks to Sam Hoekman for running the event.

Congratulations to Hemant Srinivasan on winning the Steinitz-Menchik Classic with a 5.5/6 score. This is his third consecutive year posting an outstanding result at the Steinitz-Menchik, totalling a 15-2-1 record over the 18 games. Second place went to Anand Rishi Chandra at 5/6, who was the only player to draw the winner this year.

Congratulations also to Jack Sheng, who won the second section with a 5.5/6 score, half a point ahead of Mats Philipzig. Results for both sections can be viewed here. Thanks to the CCC for organizing, and Sean Wu for directing.

Reminder that the Trumpeter Open is this weekend, June 8-9 in Grande Prairie, and the second Edmonton International Qualifier the following weekend. See the ACA Schedule page for info on both.