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Tournament Director Workshop
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.
Edmonton International Qualifier #2 Results
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.
2024 Steinitz-Menchik Results
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.
2024 Canadian Chess Challenge Results
Congratulations to Team Alberta on a 3rd place finish at the Canadian Chess Challenge in Moncton! Alberta defeated Quebec 6.5-5.5 in the final round to take third by half a point at 7 match points out of 9, behind Ontario (9) and British Columbia (7.5).
Extra congrats to the top individual finishers:
Grade 3: Felix Zhang, 3rd place
Grade 4: Lucas Wang, 3rd place
Grade 10: Eric Jin, 3rd place
Grade 12: Mark Ivanescu, 2nd place
Big thanks to Cristian Ivanescu and Yao Wang for organizing the team.
2024 Edmonton International Qualifiers
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.
2024 Steinitz-Menchik Classic
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.
2024 Alberta Youth Championship Results
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.
2024 Alberta Closed Results
Congratulations to 2024 Alberta Closed champion Gary Ng! This is his first Alberta Championship win after several runner-up finishes.
Ng started off in crushing fashion (as the writer of this post can ruefully attest) and never looked back, settling only for a final round draw and a 4.5/5 score, having secured first place after four games. Second and third places went to Tymur Keleberda (3.5/5) and Anand Rishi Chandra (3/5).
Thanks to intrepid director Mike Zeggelaar for running the event.
2024 Edmonton International Qualifier
Registration is open for the Edmonton International Qualifier, May 11-12 at the Edmonton Chess Club.
Top finishers will receive free entry into the Edmonton International, August 30 – September 2. Full information on the Qualifier here.