We are in the midst of a very busy stretch of the ACA Schedule. The following tournaments are coming up:

• Calgary Youth Regional (February 26th)
• Alberta Blitz & Rapid Championships (Edmonton, March 4th/5th)
• Edmonton Chess Challenge (March 11th)
• Wood Buffalo Youth Regional (March 12th)
• Alberta Closed & Alberta Reserves (Calgary, March 17th-19th)

You can find further information on specific events through the Schedule tab.

Congratulations to Tymur Keleberda, who won the Northern Alberta Open with a perfect 5/5 score!

Well done also to Dale Haessel, Paris Dorn, Anand Rishi Chandra, Eric Jin, and Ricky McCoshen, who all tied for second place with 4/5.

Thanks to David Ludwig and Mike Zeggelaar for organizing and directing.

Congratulations to all the section winners in the Edmonton Youth Regional, and good luck in the Alberta Youth Regional.

Under 8
1st – Michael Prianichnikov, 3/3
2nd – Oliver Li, 2/3

Under 10
1st – Zongyan Yu, 6/6
2nd – Austin Lu, 4/6

Under 12
1st – Matthew Ivanescu, 5/5
2nd – Joshua Johnson, 4/5

Under 14
1st – Yash Darvekar, 4/4
2nd – Tri Tran, 2.5/4

Under 16
1st – Ryan Chen, 5/5
2nd – Ron Offengenden, 4/5

Under 18
1st – Tymur Keleberda, 2.5/3
2nd – Samuel Hoekman, 2.5/3

Thanks to Cristian Ivanescu and Richard Pua for organizing and directing.

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.