Registration is open for the Lethbridge Open, April 13-14. Full information and sign-up here.
2024 Alberta Chess Challenge
The Alberta Chess Challenge takes place in Red Deer on April 6th. This tournament determines Team Alberta for the 2024 Canadian Chess Challenge, where grade winners will represent Alberta in New Brunswick on the May long weekend.
Information and registration here.
2024 Alberta Rapid & Blitz Championship Results
Congratulations to Alex Yam and Emil Soberov on shared first (6/7) at the Alberta Rapid Championship. Congratulations to Jinghui Bai (12.5/13) on first place at the Alberta Blitz Championship, and Dale Haessel as runner up.
Thanks to Bhavik Dave for directing, and Zeeshan Munir for organizing.
2024 Northern Alberta Open Results
Congratulations to Tymur Keleberda on winning the Northern Alberta Open last weekend with a perfect 5/5 score! Keleberda and Jeffrey Xu were 4/4 going into the final round, in which Keleberda won their critical game. Mahan Eshragi dropped his only half point in the final round to finish solo second. Third place was split by Xu, Samuel Hoekman, Maxim Vasic, Yash Darvekar, and Eric Jin at 4/5.
An extra congratulations to 8-year-old Michael Prianichnikov, whose 3/5 score and 2001 performance rating earned a top 10 finish and over 100 CFC rating points.
Thanks to Mike Zeggelaar for directing this 57-player tournament. Full standings here.
2024 Alberta Rapid & Blitz Championships
The Alberta Rapid and Blitz Championships will be held at the Calgary Chess Club on March 2nd and 3rd. Find more details on the CCC events page or through the ACA Schedule.
The website is back up
The site should be fully operational. Please let us know at albertachess@gmail.com if you find anything amiss.
2024 Northern Alberta Open
The Northern Alberta Open takes place February 17-18 at the Edmonton Chess Club. Registration is open, and info can be found here.
2024 Edmonton & Calgary Youth Championships
The Edmonton Youth Regional is February 10th and the Calgary Youth Regional is February 11th. Registration is open for both events, which lead into the Alberta Youth Championship April 27-28 in Edmonton.