The 2018 Jack Woodbury Memorial has started with twenty-six players.  You can still join the action next week with a half-point for Round 1. (Players may take up to 2 half-point and any number of zero-point byes. Half-point byes for rounds 6 and 7 must be requested before Round 4.)

Round 1 saw a few upsets and near upsets.  John Remillard defeated Jeff Babb, while Roy Proulx prevailed over Projjwal Pramanik, both 500 rating point upsets.  Bruce Leaden held Blair Rutter to a draw, while John Klokow just missed converting against #1 seed Isaac Wiebe.

2018 Jack Woodbury Memorial

University of Winnipeg

Room 4CM42

One Section – FIDE and CFC Rated Event

Swiss – 7 rounds

Dates –  Tuesdays. November 6 – December 18,

Entry Fee: $ 25

Arbiters: Blair Rutter  / Anthony Boron

Time Controls – G /110(+Guideline III.4)

(Players may take up to 2 half-point and any number of zero-point byes. Half-point byes for rounds 6 and 7 must be requested before Round 4.)

Registration – November 6 – approximately 6:30 pm to 6:50 pm.

Late Registration for tournament – November 13 or 20 – approximately 6:30 pm to 6:45 pm – you will receive a 1/2 point bye for each of the first two rounds missed.

All players must be CFC (Chess Federation of Canada) members (can be obtained during registration on-site)

$20 for a one-tournament adult membership or $ 49 for 12 months- new adult members pay only $ 36 for a twelve-month CFC membership;

Junior (under 20) members pay $ 10 for a one-tournament membership, $ 34 for a twelve-month CFC membership, new junior members pay only $ 24 for a twelve month CFC membership).

Top Manitoba Finisher in the 2018 Jack Woodbury Memorial qualifies to the 2019 Manitoba Championship

(These are not knockout tournaments, players will play all 7 rounds)(If you can not play on one or more weeks, please contact the TD BEFORE the round.)

Jaroslaw Czypinski and Yemi Abioye tied for first in the 2018 October TNT, with 4 points.

Other prize:

1st U1900 – Colin Prince

2nd U1900 – Cory Letain

1st U1600 – Phil Gregoryanz

2nd U1600 – Jim Melnyk, Zachary Piche

Jeff Babb won the Manitoba Senior with a perfect 5-0 score.  Francis Trueman was top Over-65.

Under 1800 Prize was shared by Keith Gannon, John Remillard, and Roy Proulx

CFC has rated the October Events –  please see

https://chessmanitoba.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-cfc-has-rating-2018-october.html

2018 October TNT

Colin Prince won on top board, and now leads with 3.5.

2018 Manitoba Senior

Jeff Babb leads by a full point, with a perfect score.

2018 October TNT

Theo Wolchock, Colin Prince, and Rolando Bince lead with 2.5 points.

2018 Manitoba Senior

Jeff Babb leads with 3 points.

Twelve players have started the 2018 October TNT, and eight are playing in the 2018 Manitoba Senior (over 50) championship.

You can still join the tournaments next Tuesday with a half-point bye for Round 1.

Two tournaments running in parallel

2018 October TNT – CFC (Chess Federation of Canada) rated.

2018 Manitoba Senior Chess Championship   – CFC (Chess Federation of Canada) rated.

Entrants for the Senior must be born before October 2, 1968.

$ 20 entry fee – Prizes will be based on entries.
Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42
5 rounds – 1 game on each of October 2,9,16, 23, 30 –
(This is not a knockout tournament, players will play all 5 rounds) (Players may take up to 1 half-point and any number of zero-point byes.
-point byes for round 5 must be requested before Round 2.
Please note that we intend to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.
There is one game per week.
All of the TNTs are Swiss (pairing) style tournaments with a time control of G /110 minutes [Each player has 1 hour 50 minutes to complete their moves, the game will be be approx. 3 hours and 40 minutes maximum].
We will also be using FIDE Rule Appendix G.4 for situations with players having under 2 minutes remaining.

Start time is 7:00 pm -$ 20 entry fee and CFC membership required.All players must be CFC members (can be obtained during registration on-site)[$ 20 for a one-tournament adult membership or $ 49 for 12 months- new adult members pay only $ 36 for a twelve-month CFC membership, or $ 16 for a one-tournament membership]Junior (under 20) members pay $ 10 for a one-tournament membership, $ 34 for a twelve-month CFC membership, new junior members pay only $ 24 for a twelve month CFC membership, or $ 8 for a one-tournament membership]

Registration for tournament -Tuesday, October 2 – approximately 6:35 pm to 6:50 pm

Registration will be cut off at 6:50 pm.
Tournament Director will be Tony Boron  .Contact at 204-798-9464  chessmanitoba@gmail.com

Players can join in Round 2, they will receive a half-point bye for Round 1.  Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42 Easiest way to get there is to take the elevator at the north end (Ellice) to the 5th Floor(if that Elevator is operating) Otherwise, there is an elevator just to the west of the old Bookstore location. Our goal is to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.