The Alberta Youth Championship takes place April 27-28 at the Quality Inn West Edmonton. This event has sections by age group — U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18 — and leads into the Canadian Youth Chess Championship in Laval, QC, in July.

Information and registration here.

And a reminder that the grade-based (1-12) Alberta Chess Challenge is April 6th in Red Deer: info.

The 2024 Alberta Closed will be held April 19-21 at the Edmonton Chess Club, and the Alberta Reserves alongside it April 20-21. Information on the six-player championship can be viewed here.

Info and registration for the Reserves here.

Reminder that the Lethbridge Open is the week before, April 13-14: info.

Registration is open for the Lethbridge Open, April 13-14. Full information and sign-up here.

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.

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.

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.

The Edmonton Chess Challenge takes place Saturday, March 9th and the Calgary Chess Challenge takes place Sunday, March 17th. These events are by grade level (1-12) and lead up to the Alberta Chess Challenge on April 6th.

Find full information for Edmonton here, and Calgary here.

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 site should be fully operational. Please let us know at albertachess@gmail.com if you find anything amiss.

The Northern Alberta Open takes place February 17-18 at the Edmonton Chess Club. Registration is open, and info can be found here.