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2026 October TNT (Tuesday Night Tournament) starts 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 6 at CMU

2026 October TNT Tuesday Night Tournament One Section – CFC and FIDE Standard Rated Event  – Time control – 60 minutes + 30 second increment –

4 rounds  (1 game each Tuesday)

$ 25 entry fee – Prizes tbd.

Location:   Canadian Mennonite University  (600 Shaftesbury Boulevard)

Room D33 (has been re-labelled as S271)  (map and direction and important information https://chess.chessmanitoba.org/?page_id=4538 Free Parking !

CFC Membership required. Pre-registration is strongly recommended as capacity will be limited to 28.

4 rounds – 1 game on each of Tuesday, October 6,13,20,27 – (This is not a knockout tournament, players will play all 4 rounds) (Players may take up to 1 half-point and any number of zero-point byes.)

Half-point byes for round 4 must be requested before Round 2. Please note that we intend to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.  FIDE Zero tolerance rule not in effect (After the first round, you will not forfeited if you are late, but will lose after 1 hour of being late).

There is one game per week. This tournament is a Swiss (pairing) style tournaments with a new time control of G /60 minutes plus a 30-second increment from move 1.  The games will be be approx. 3 hours in maximum duration.

Start time is 7:00 pm –$ 25 entry fee and CFC membership required. All players must be CFC members (can be obtained during registration on-site) –  CFC memberships  – Annual(12-month) –  Adults $ 30, Juniors $20.

Pre-registration advised  – email chessmanitoba at gmail.com or text 2047989464

On site Registration for tournament (if capacity has not been reached through pre-registration (highly recommended) – Tuesday, October 6 – approximately 6:35 pm to 6:45 pm Registration will be cut off at 6:50 pm.

Tournament Director(s) will be Tony Boron

Please send your questions to Tony Boron (2047989464) or email chessmanitoba at gmail.com.

Pre-registered:

NameCFC Rating
Babb2047
Blair Rutter1905
Ken Kowal1831
Ray Kuryliw1822
Sunyo Kim1807
Rory Curtis1802
Isaac Turon1646
Asher Jo1577
Thomas Pearce1539

Fall Seniors – Round 1 Results

10 players competed in round 1 of the Fall Seniors at Fort Garry United Church. This 5-round tournament continues next Friday, Oct 9th.

Players are welcome to join the tournament next week or inquire about playing just one or two rounds.

BdResWhiteBlackRes
BdResWhiteBlackRes
11Mark Klusa (2114 0.0)Ray Kuryliw (1822)0
2½Al Macpherson (1787)Jeff Babb (2047)½
31Anthony Boron (1946)James A Melnyk (1673)0
40Harley Greenberg (1659)Blair Rutter (1905)1
51Jim Lauritson (1868)Lawrence Klusa (1391)0
½John Klokow (1908)BYE

2026 Fall Seniors Open – Starts Friday Oct 2

5 Rounds – $25 entry

Non-senior adults welcome to play; age 21 to 49.

The Manitoba Chess Association will hold the Fall Seniors Open, a FIDE and CFC rated standard ”5” round tournament, starting Oct 2 2026 at Fort Garry United Church, 800 Point Road, Winnipeg. 

  • New players welcome! Including non-senior adults.
  • One or two round inquiries welcome.
  • Free street parking available.
  • Bus route adjacent.
  • Round 1, Fri Oct 2 at 1pm 
  • Round 2, Fri Oct 9 at 1pm 
  • Round 3, Fri Oct 16 at 1pm 
  • Round 4, Fri Oct 23 at 1pm
  • Round 5, Fri Oct 30 at 1pm 

To pre-register or inquire, text or phone Tournament Director John Klokow at 204-803-7085 or Tournament Organizer Al MacPherson at 204-898-8485 or email Tony Boron at chessmanitoba@gmail.com

  • CFC membership is required.
  • Time control of 90 minutes plus 30 second increment per move.
  • Players are forfeited for non-attendance 30 minutes past the scheduled start time.
  • Recording of moves required.
  • $25 entry fee to chessmanitoba@gmail.com
  • Pre-registration recommended.
  • Onsite registration from 1230pm until 1245pm Oct 2nd.
  • Players may take up to 1 half point bye and any number of zero-point byes. Round 5 half-point byes must be requested before Round 2.
  • This is not a cash prize event. Funds raised will pay the rent. Extra funds will be used to support future MCA Seniors chess. 
  • MCA anti-cheating protocols in effect.

 

Two Rapid Tournaments at St Mary’s Road United Church, Saturday, Oct 24

The Manitoba Chess Association will hold 2 tournaments on Saturday, October 24 at St. Mary’s Road United Church, 613 St. Mary’s Road. Both events are CFC and FIDE rated.

Some players are eligible to play in either or both tournaments.  

To pre-register, text or phone Tournament Director Al MacPherson at 204-898-8485 or email Tony Boron at chessmanitoba@gmail.com 

CFC membership required (valid for 12 months – $30 for adults, $20 for juniors). Contact chessmanitoba@gmail.com for details and/or can be obtained at CFC site chess.ca 

New players without CFC Memberships must pre-register. Onsite registration will not be accepted for new players.

Morning Under-1800 Tournament

Players must be unrated or have CFC quick ratings below 1800.

$15 early pre-payment entry fee to chessmanitoba@gmail.com until Thursday, Oct 22 at 11pm. After that, entry is $20.

*Entry is FREE for all players rated below 1400, including unrated players. (CFC membership required) Free entries must report to the Tournament Director before 855am to be paired for round 1.

All players under age 12 must have a guardian in attendance. 

Onsite registration from 830am with first round starting at 9am sharp! 

Final round expected to end after 12 noon. 

5 round Swiss system with time control of 10 minutes with a 10 second delay.

Unrated players are ineligible for top prize in this tournament.

Afternoon Open Tournament

Players must be at least 16 years of age (born 2010 or earlier) or have a CFC Quick rating above 1500. 

$20 early pre-payment entry fee to chessmanitoba@gmail.com until Thursday, Oct 22 at 11pm. After that, entry is $25.

Onsite registration from 1230pm with first round starting at 1pm.

Final round expected to end around 6pm. 

5 round Swiss system with time control of 20 minutes with a 10 second delay.

Notes for both tournaments

  • $$ prizes depending on entries.
  • MCA anti-cheating protocols in effect.
  • Rating formula is CFC quick. Then CFC standard. Otherwise, FIDE Rapid, then FIDE standard. 
  • Some rounds may feature forced byes depending on player count.  
  • Recording of moves not required. 
  • Limited parking on church property but there is free local street parking. 

Pre-registered as ofOct 4
Morning Under-1800
Asher Jo1684
Joshua Braun1456
Jesse Penner1441
Ante Mandusic1352
Ibrahim Barlas1062
Kristoffer Wirchunrated
Afternoon - Open
Zach Gies1846
Jesse Penner1441

2026 Abe Yanofsky Memorial – Final Results

 

Tobias Salkeld, Winner of the 2026 Yanofsky Memorial – Open section

 

Tobias Salkeld defeated Yakiv Gres in the final round to win the 2026 Yanofsky Memorial Open section with a score of 4.5 from 5 rounds.

Eros Villamar was 2nd with 4 points. Brody Fehr, with 3.5 points took the 3rd place, while Aiden Ling, also scoring 3.5 points earned the slightly larger 1st U2000 prize.

John Klokow  was 2nd U2000 with 3 points.  Ray Kuryliw and Pablo Lake scored 2.5 points to share the U1850 Prizes.

Crosstable at:  https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026_AY_Open.htm

Isaac Turon, Winner of the 2026 Yanofsky Memorial – U1800 section

 

Isaac Turon won the U1800 section with 4.5 points.

Ondrej Pacin, Jim Melnyk, and Karanveer Sarao scored 4 points to share the pooled 2nd, 3rd and 1st U1600 prizes.

Afaz Munshi scored 3 points to take the top U1400 Prize.

Zenas Hui, Zach Lee, and Asher Jo scored 3 points to share the 2nd U1600 prize.

Francis Trueman, Oscar Zhang, and Aayush Vispute scored 2 points to share the 2nd U1400 prize.

Crosstable at: https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026_AY_U1800.htm

The tournament, played at the Cross Common Room at St John’s College, September 5-7,  was organized and directed by Al MacPherson

2026 Yanofsky Memorial Tournament – Sept 5-6-7

Any pairings listed on the ChessRoster tournament page are subject to change prior to round time.

The Manitoba Chess Association will hold the 2026 Yanofsky Memorial, a FIDE and CFC rated standard tournament September 5-6-7 at the University of Manitoba.

This will be the 20th Yanofsky Memorial, held to commemorate ‘Canada’s first Grandmaster’. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Yanofsky

Capacity Limit is 50 players.

Players must be at least 16 years of age (born 2010 or previous) or have regular CFC ratings above 1500 or have played in a previous MCA weekend tournament. 

There will be an open section and an under-1800 section.

  • Round 1, Sat 10am
  • Round 2, Sat 230pm
  • Round 3, Sun 10am
  • Round 4, Sun 230pm 
  • Round 5, Mon 10am

The location is the Cross Common Room at St John’s College, 92 Dysart Road. Free parking is available in K lot.

To pre-register, text or phone Tournament Director Al MacPherson at 204-898-8485 or email Tony Boron at chessmanitoba@gmail.com

CFC membership is required. Valid for 12 months from date of purchase. $30 for adults, $20 for juniors. Contact chessmanitoba@gmail.com for details and/or can be obtained at CFC site chess.ca

Players must pre-register. There will be no onsite registration.

  • Time control; 90 minutes plus 30 second increment.
  • $50 early-bird registration entry fee to chessmanitoba@gmail.com before Thursday August 27th at 11pm.
  • $60 regular entry.
    • Note: entry fees are not fully refundable when players cancel registration
    • Note: players who register (pay) and simply don’t show up will not receive a full refund.
  • Player’s must be (cfc standard) rated no less than 1700 to play up into the open section.
  • Recording of moves required.
  • No agreed draws before move 31.
  • Players are forfeited for non-attendance 30 minutes past the round scheduled start time.
  • Players may request two, ½ point byes for rounds 1-5. Must request before round 3.
  • Cash prizes based on entries. 
  • MCA anti-cheating protocols in effect. 
  • All players under age 12 must have a guardian in attendance. 
  • Some rounds may feature forced byes depending on player count.   

Under-1800 Section

  • Players must be unrated or have CFC standard ratings below 1800.
    • Secondary rating will be CFC quick, then FIDE.
  • Unrated players (no CFC standard) are ineligible for top prize in this section.

 

2026 Mid-Summer TNT – Final Round Results

Yakiv Gres continued his tournament winning streak, taking the 2026 Mid-Summer TNT with a perfect 4-0 score.   Nicole Zhang was next with 3 points.

Blair Rutter, Sunyo Kim, and Ian Zhang all scored 2.5 points to share the U1900 prize;  Pablo Lake also scored 2.5 to take the larger unshared U1800 prize.

Asher Jo and Chloe Zhang scored 2 points to share the U1500 prize.

Crosstable at:  https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026AugTNT.htm

BdResWhiteBlackRes
10Pablo Lake (1705 2.5)Yakiv Gres (2174 3.0)1
2½ Sunyo Kim (1830 2.0)Jeff Babb (2056 2.0)½
3½ Zixuan [Joe] Zhou (2042 2.0)Ian Zhang (1815 2.0)½
40Zelus Hui (1876 2.0)Nicole Zhang (1761 2.0)1
50Ray Kuryliw (1821 1.5)Blair Rutter (1888 1.5)1
6½ Zenas Hui (1558 1.5)Ken Kowal (1846 1.5)½
7½ Aiden Ling (1828 1.5)Rory Curtis (1824 1.5)½
80James Atem (1837 1.0)Abdurrahman Omanovic (1746 1.0)1
91Asher Jo (1494 1.0)Winston Jin (1836 1.0)0
100Francis Trueman (1416 0.5)Chloe Zhang (1149 1.0)1
111Oscar Zhang (1368 0.5)Afaz Munshi (1474 0.0)0
0Mark Klusa (2115 2.5)BYE
0Ondrej Pacin (1463 1.0)BYE
0Ante Mandusic (1237 0.5)BYE

2026 Mid Summer TNT – Round 3 results

Yakiv Gres leads with 3 points, followed by Pablo Lake with 2.5 points.  Mark Klusa will likely not play in Round 4 due to work commitments.

Crosstable at:  https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026AugTNT.htm

BdResWhiteBlackRes
11Yakiv Gres (2174 2.0)Zixuan [Joe] Zhou (2042 2.0)0
20Jeff Babb (2056 2.0)Pablo Lake (1705 1.5)1
30Aiden Ling (1828 1.5)Zelus Hui (1876 1.0)1
4½ Ken Kowal (1846 1.0)Ray Kuryliw (1821 1.0)½
51Ian Zhang (1815 1.0)James Atem (1837 1.0)0
60Winston Jin (1836 1.0)Nicole Zhang (1761 1.0)1
70Abdurrahman Omanovic (1746 1.0)Sunyo Kim (1830 1.0)1
8½ Rory Curtis (1824 1.0)Zenas Hui (1558 1.0)½
90Ante Mandusic (1237 0.5)Asher Jo (1494 0.0)1
101Chloe Zhang (1149 0.0)Afaz Munshi (1474 0.0)0
11½ Francis Trueman (1416 0.0)Oscar Zhang (1368 0.0)½
½ Mark Klusa (2115 2.0)BYE
0Blair Rutter (1888 1.5)BYE
0Ondrej Pacin (1463 1.0)BYE

2026 Mid Summer TNT – Round 2 results

The four expert rated players in the tournament; Yakov Gres, Mark Klusa, Jeff Babb, and Joe Zhou, lead with 2 points.

Crosstable at:  https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026AugTNT.htm

BdResWhiteBlackRes
10Zelus Hui (1876 1.0)Yakiv Gres (2174 1.0)1
21Mark Klusa (2115 1.0)Ken Kowal (1846 1.0)0
30James Atem (1837 1.0)Jeff Babb (2056 1.0)1
41Zixuan [Joe] Zhou (2042 1.0)Winston Jin (1836 1.0)0
50Sunyo Kim (1830 1.0)Aiden Ling (1828 0.5)1
6½ Ondrej Pacin (1463 0.5)Rory Curtis (1824 0.5)½
71Pablo Lake (1705 0.5)Ante Mandusic (1237 0.5)0
81Ray Kuryliw (1821 0.0)Asher Jo (1494 0.0)0
90Afaz Munshi (1474 0.0)Ian Zhang (1815 0.0)1
101Nicole Zhang (1761 0.0)Francis Trueman (1416 0.0)0
110Oscar Zhang (1368 0.0)Abdurrahman Omanovic (1746 0.0)1
121Zenas Hui (1558 0.0)Chloe Zhang (1149 0.0)0
½ Blair Rutter (1888 1.0)BYE
½ Jafar Faraj (unr. 0.5)BYE