The Alberta Senior’s Championship and Women’s Championship take place in Calgary on October 21-22. There is a $500 travel grant for the winner of each to their respective Canadian Championship. See the Schedule for information on both events.
2023 Alberta Open
The Alberta Open is October 7-9 in Edmonton. This six-round event is a qualifier for the 2024 Alberta Closed, and additionally the ACA is contributing $500 to the prize fund.
September Junior Events
Reminder that the 2023 Edmonton Junior Regional takes place this weekend, September 16-17. This event has two sections, Under 1300 and Open, and is open to everyone with birth year 2003 or later. See the tournament page for full info.
The Junior Battle of Alberta will be in Edmonton this year, on September 30th. Please see the event page and contact your team captain if you would like to play.
2023 Battle of Alberta Results
The Battle of Alberta ended in a 12-12 tie! By rule, defending champion Team South retains the trophy. Team North fielded an incredibly young team, and nearly overcame a significant average rating deficit — impressive performance. Thank you in particular to the captains, Sam Hoekman and Zeeshan Munir, for their organizing efforts.
| TEAM NORTH | TEAM SOUTH | |
| 1. Vitaly Andreev (2419) | 1-1 | 1. Emil Soberov (2334) |
| 2. Tymur Keleberda (2366) | 2-0 | 2. Alex Yam (2330) |
| 3. Paris Dorn (2161) | 0-2 | 3. Daniel Kazmaier (2274) |
| 4. Amir Mohammad Bahmani (2159 FIDE) | 2-0 | 4. Dale Haessel (2214) |
| 5. Henadzi Arakelian (2106) | 0.5-1.5 | 5. Anand Chandra (2213) |
| 6. Andi Superceanu (2104) | 0-2 | 6. Maxim Vasic (2201) |
| 7. Sam Hoekman (2063) | 1-1 | 7. Kris Boehmer (2117 FIDE) |
| 8. David Suominen (2025) | 0-2 | 8. Hemant Srinivasan (2088) |
| 9. Mark Ivanescu (2023) | 0-2 | 9. Jinghui Bai (2051) |
| 10. Yash Darvekar (1953) | 1.5-0.5 | 10. Jonathan Wu (2029) |
| 11. Ron Offengenden (1952) | 2-0 | 11. Rex Yumen (2005) |
| 12. Eric Jin (1923) | 2-0 | 12. Nick Zacharias (1938) |
| avg: 2105 | 12-12 | avg: 2150 |
2023 Battle of Alberta Lineups
For this Saturday, September 2nd (colours decided immediately prior to game one):
| TEAM NORTH | TEAM SOUTH |
| 1. Vitaly Andreev (2419) | 1. Emil Soberov (2334) |
| 2. Tymur Keleberda (2366) | 2. Alex Yam (2330) |
| 3. Paris Dorn (2161) | 3. Daniel Kazmaier (2274) |
| 4. Amir Mohammad Bahmani (2159 FIDE) | 4. Dale Haessel (2214) |
| 5. Henadzi Arakelian (2106) | 5. Anand Chandra (2213) |
| 6. Andi Superceanu (2104) | 6. Maxim Vasic (2201) |
| 7. Sam Hoekman (2063) | 7. Kris Boehmer (2117 FIDE) |
| 8. David Suominen (2025) | 8. Hemant Srinivasan (2088) |
| 9. Mark Ivanescu (2023) | 9. Jinghui Bai (2051) |
| 10. Yash Darvekar (1953) | 10. Jonathan Wu (2029) |
| 11. Ron Offengenden (1952) | 11. Rex Yumen (2005) |
| 12. Eric Jin (1923) | 12. Nick Zacharias (1938) |
| avg: 2105 | avg: 2150 |
Tournament page: http://www.albertachess.org/home/2023-battle-of-alberta/.
2023 Over/Under 1800
The Over/Under 1800 will be played August 19-20 in Edmonton. This tournament has two sections, one for players rated over 1800 and one for players rated under 1800.
Please see the event page for info and registration, and check out the last few posts on the ACA front page for other current happenings.
2023 Battle of Alberta
The annual Battle of Alberta is coming up, Saturday, September 2nd in Red Deer. This team event puts the top 12 players from the North against the top 12 from the South in two-game matches. View the event page for full information including which team you would be eligible for.
Please contact your respective team captain,
Rafael Arruebarrena (North) — rafael.arruebarrena@gmail.com
Zeeshan Munir (South) — zeeshanchristy@gmail.com
if you are interested in playing.
2023 Canadian Open & Youth Championship Results
The Canadian Open came down to the final round on July 30th, where top seed GM Alexei Shirov won his game to take first place by half a point at 8.5/10. He scored two wins and three draws against the other five grandmasters and won the rest of his games.
Second place goes to GM Illya Nyzhnyk at 8/10, and third place was shared by GM Dimitri Komarov, FM Anthony Atanasov, and Ryan Campbell at 7.5/10. Three Albertans, IM Bitan Banerjee, Sherzod Khodjimatov, and Maxim Vasic, tied for 6th-15th at 7/10.
Full standings and results here, and top games from each round are viewable here. Check out the Calgary Chess Club facebook page for photos throughout the event. Thanks and well done to the organizing team, led by Lars Lowther.
Congratulations to the winners at the Canadian Youth Championship, which had 454 total players the week prior:
U18O – Tymur Keleberda
U18G – Julia Tsukerman
U16O – Max Chen
U16G – Valerie Ruchinskaya
U14O – Emil Soberov
U14G – Hanxi (Hancy) Jiang
U12O – Neil Moses
U12G – Laksshana Deepak
U10O – Edison Zhu
U10G – Ashley Qian
U8O – Venkat Karthikeya Reddy Kola
U8G – Florence Zixin Xu
Full results here. Thanks to the Youth organizing team, led by Wanjing Hu.
2023 Canadian Open LIVE
Follow along with Canadian Open updates on the Calgary Chess Club facebook page.
You can view live games of the top boards here or here and round by round results here.
2023 Canadian Open
Happy Canada Day!
The Canadian Open takes place July 22-30 in Calgary. Please visit the tournament website, which also includes information on the many side events featuring high-level Grandmasters:
https://canopen2023.ca/CCC/Home/Home
The registration deadline is 11:59 p.m. on July 12, 2023.