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.

Congratulations to the winners in the Alberta Junior Championship:

Closed: Hemant Srinivasan

Open: Mark Ivanescu

Under 1300: Jaiven Jahal

Under 800: Kevin Guo

Girls: Ashlyn Lu

Thanks to Cristian Ivanescu for organizing and to Dustin Koperski for lead directing.

Good luck to everyone playing in the very popular Banff Open this weekend!

Congratulations to Dale Haessel on winning the Alberta Senior’s Championship, and to runner-up Sardul Purewal.

Thanks to Terry Seehagen for organizing and Dustin Koperski for directing.

Congrats to the winners of the Edmonton Fall Sectional:

Section A: Tymur Keleberda

Section B: Jonathan Wu

Section C: Samuel Hoekman

Section D: Tri Tran

Section E: Walker Pryor

Thanks to TD Mike Zeggelaar and organizer Terry Seehagen for another excellent edition of this traditional event!

The Alberta Senior’s and Women’s Championships take place this weekend, October 29-30. Players can still pre-register via the tournament webpages or e-mail to the organizer, Terry Seehagen, and may also register on-site (prior to 9:45 a.m.).

Please note that the travel grant prize for each of these two events is up to $1000 — it was originally listed as $500.

Thank you to Sean Wu for directing and Lars Lowther for organizing. The following report provided by Lars Lowther.

The 2022 Alberta Open ran from October 8-10 at the Calgary Chess Club. Through six rounds of grueling play over 3 days, 40 participants battled it out to determine who would become the 2022 Alberta Open Champion and earn a qualifying spot into the 2023 Alberta Closed.

Calgary’s Sherzod Khodjimatov beat out Calgary youngster Patrick Angelo Tolentino on head-to-head tiebreaks, after both finished the tournament with a 5/6 score.  The fate of the winner was determined in the final round when Patrick – who was 5/5 heading into the round, was defeated by Sherzod.

Full results can be found here.

Prize Winners:

1st: Sherzod Khodjimatov
2nd: Patrick Angelo Tolentino
3rd: Rafael Arrubarrena/Maxim Vasic/Leo Lin/Hemant Srinivasan

U2000
1st: Yash Darvekar
2nd: Michael Decaire

U1700
1st: Cally Ntete
2nd: Kevin Hawkshaw

U1400
1st: Paul Viminitz
2nd: Stephen Demaer

The Alberta Junior Championship is now open for entries. Go to the 2022 schedule and follow the link. It will be held at the Quality Inn West in Edmonton and organized by Cristian Ivanescu with Dustin Koperski directing.