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.

The Calgary Chess Club has posted information on the ACA’s 50th Anniversary Tournament, which will be a rapid event on Saturday, January 20th and a blitz event on Sunday, January 21st, at the Calgary Chess Club. More details can be found here for rapid and here for blitz.

The Edmonton Youth Regional is February 10th and the Calgary Youth Regional is February 11th. Registration is open for both events, which lead into the Alberta Youth Championship April 27-28 in Edmonton.

The Calgary International and Reserves wrapped up on Saturday. Finishing on top were the favourites, GM Gomez Garrido in first place with 7.5/9 and GM Dimitri Komarov in second with 6.5/9. Congratulations to both.

In the Reserves section, James Botoy was victorious with a 4.5/5 score. Congratulations as well.

The International standings are available here, and further wrap-up and pictures can be viewed on the Calgary Chess Club facebook page.