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.

Congratulations to FM Blagoj Gicev, who won the first Qualifier with a 4/5 score, half a point ahead of a six-way tie! Gicev, Mahan Eshraghi, and Ron Offengenden (top of the second place tie) earn free entry into the Edmonton International at the end of the Summer.

Registration for the second qualifier, June 15-16, is now open. Full information here.

Reminder about the Steinitz-Menchik Classic May 31 to June 2 and the Trumpeter Open June 8-9.

Registration is open for the Steinitz-Menchik Classic, May 31st to June 2nd. This is a six round classical event, held at the Calgary Chess Club. Full information here.

The 39th Trumpeter Open will take place June 8-9 in Grande Prairie. The ACA is contributing an extra $500 to the prize fund, so make sure to register soon.

Full information on the event here.

Reminder also that the Edmonton International Qualifier is next weekend, May 11-12 — information here.

Congratulations to the winners at the Alberta Youth Championship:

U8 Platon Bilyk
U10 Lucas Wang
U12 Zongyan Yu
U14 Jonathan Wu
U16 Eric Jin
U18 Tymur Keleberda

Big thanks to organizer Cristian Ivanescu, and thanks also to directors Dustin Koperski and Dmytro Komarov.