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2018 Manitoba Junior Championship – Oct. 27-28

2018 Manitoba Junior Championship
October 27 -28 , 10am – 5pm

University of Winnipeg – Room 2C15

Chess Federation of Canada (CFC) rated
(for this all-Junior event, CFC membership is not required)
4 round Swiss System
$ 15 entry fee

Prizes based on entries – First prize guaranteed $ 50 minimum

Registration 9:30 am to 9:50 am Saturday, October 27

Winner, if rated over 1900 qualifies for the 2019 Manitoba Closed Championship.

Tournament Director: Tony

Open to all Manitoba Juniors born after January 1, 1999,

Time Control: 90 minutes + 30 second increment
Round Times:
Saturday, 10 am and 2:30 p.m
Sunday, 10 am and 2:30 p.m

(Rounds 2 and 4 may be advanced if Previous round’s games end early and there is mutual consent between paired players to start earlier.)

Players under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

2018 October TNT and 2018 Manitoba Senior – Round 3 results

2018 October TNT

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

Bd ResWhite BlackRes
10.5Rolando Bince (1839 2.0)Colin Prince (1850 2.0)0.5
21 Theo Wolchock (2182 1.5)Blair Rutter (1966 1.0)0
31 Jaroslaw Czypinski (1923 1.0)James Atem (1793 1.5)0
40 Jim Melnyk (1572 1.0)Oyeyemi A Abioye (1876 1.0)1
50 Zachary Piche (1554 1.0)Cory Letain (1669 1.0)1
61 Philipp Gregoryanz (1432 1.0)Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1570 0.0)0
71 Yanyu Lei (1607 0.0)Darren Flynn (1352 0.0)0

2018 Manitoba Senior

Jeff Babb leads with 3 points.

Bd ResWhite BlackRes
11 Jeff Babb (2144 2.0)Anthony Boron (2021 2.0)0
20 Peter Magyar (1470 1.0)Roy Proulx (1606 1.0)1
30 Francis Trueman (1397 1.0)Keith Gannon (1494 0.0)1
? Bruce Reimer (1562 0.0)BYE
? John Remillard (1625 1.0)BYE

2018 October TNT and 2018 MB Senior – Round 2 results

2018 October TNT

Rolando Bince and Colin Price lead with 2 points.

Bd ResWhite BlackRes
1.5James Atem (1793 1.0)Theo Wolchock (2182 1.0).5
20 Blair Rutter (1966 1.0)Rolando Bince (1839 1.0)1
31 Colin Prince (1850 1.0)Jim Melnyk (1572 1.0)0
4.5 Oyeyemi A Abioye (1876 0.5)Zachary Piche (1554 0.5).5
50 Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1570 0.0)Jaroslaw Czypinski (1923 0.0)1
61 Cory Letain (1669 0.0)Darren Flynn (1352 0.0)0
71 Philipp Gregoryanz (1432 0.0)Yanyu Lei (1607 0.0)0

2018 Manitoba Senior

Jeff Babb and Tony Boron lead with 2 points.

Bd ResWhite BlackRes
10 Roy Proulx (1606 1.0)Jeff Babb (2144 1.0)1
21 Anthony Boron (2021 1.0)John Remillard (1625 1.0)0
30 Bruce Reimer (1562 0.0)Francis Trueman (1397 0.0)1
41 Peter Magyar (1470 0.0)Keith Gannon (1494 0.0)0

2018 October TNT and Manitoba Senior – Round 1 results

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.

Bd ResWhiteResBlack
11 Theo Wolchock (2182 0.0)0 Cory Letain (1669 0.0)
20 Yanyu Lei (1607 0.0)1 Blair Rutter (1966 0.0)
30 Jaroslaw Czypinski (1923 0.0)1 Jim Melnyk (1572 0.0)
40 Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1570 0.0)1 Colin Prince (1850 0.0)
51 Rolando Bince (1839 0.0)0 Philipp Gregoryanz (1432 0.0)
60 Darren Flynn (1352 0.0)1 James Atem (1793 0.0)
Bd ResWhiteResBlack
11 Jeff Babb (2144 0.0)0 Bruce Reimer (1562 0.0)
20 Keith Gannon (1494 0.0)1 Anthony Boron (2021 0.0)
31 John Remillard (1625 0.0)0 Peter Magyar (1470 0.0)
40 Francis Trueman (1397 0.0)1 Roy Proulx (1606 0.0)

2018 October TNT and 2018 Manitoba Senior Chess Championship start Tuesday, October 2

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.

2018 Abe Yanofsky Memorial – final results

In the Open Section. Jojo Nones repeated as the winner, with 4.5 points.  Sharing the 2nd -3rd prizes, were Isaac Wiebe, Ryne Swift, and Theo Wolchock, all with 3.5 points. Top U2000 was Blair Rutter with 2.5 points, with Daniel Wei and Sam Cleto sharing 2nd  U2000 with 2 points.

http://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2018/2018_AY_Open.htm

 

In the U2000 section, Jordan Kwiatek won with a perfect 5-0 score.  Second was Yemi Abioye with 4 points. Top U1600 was Jeremie Piche with 3.5 points; Michael He and Yanyu Lei  with 3 points shared the 2nd U1600 prizes.

Top U1400 was James Paeldin with 3.5 points, second U1400 was Jim Melnyk with 2.5 points.

http://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2018/2018_AY_U1800.htm

 

2018 Abe Yanofsky Memorial round 3 results – Open section

BdResWhiteResBlack
10 Isaac Wiebe (2305, 2.0)1 Teodulfo II Nones (2320, 2.0)
21 Ryne Swift (2208, 1.5)0 Gustav L Baron (2264, 2.0)
31 Jeff Babb (2154, 1.0)0 Derek Ma (2076, 1.5)
41 Theo Wolchock (2053, 1.0)0 Nilo Moncal (2168, 1.0)
51 Marcos Valentino (2064, 1.0)0 Nedzad Brkic (2019, 1.0)
60.5Joshua Gerona (1909, 1.0)0.5Rolando Bince (1848, 0.5)
71 Colin Prince (1852, 0.0)0 Blair Rutter (1983, 0.5)
80 James Atem (1837, 0.0)1 Daniel Wei (1850, 0.0)
0.5Anthony Boron (2007, 1.5)BYE

2018 Abe Yanofsky Memorial round 3 results – U1800 section

BdResWhiteResBlack
91 Jordan Kwiatek (1789, 2.0)0 Clifford Goodman (1657, 2.0)
101 Fernando Orcullo (1698, 2.0)0 Larry Samson (1638, 2.0)
110.5Jeremie Piche (1596, 2.0)0.5Cory Letain (1665. 1.5)
121 Gilbert Perez (1796, 1.0)0 Ken Marshall (1471, 1.5)
131 Yanyu Lei (1478, 1.0)0 Carter Marshall (1609, 1.0)
140 Michael He (1520, 1.0)1 Oyeyemi A Abioye (unr., 1.0)
151 James Paeldin (unr., 1.0)0 Zachary Piche (1517, 1.0)
160.5Bruce Leaden (1500, 1.0)0.5Jim Melnyk (unr., 1.0)
170.5Ante Mandusic (1189, 1.0)0.5Richard Ott (1530, 0.5)
180.5Keith Gannon (1473, 0.5)0.5Francis Trueman (1413, 0.5)
190 Barry Morin (1297, 0.5)1 Kevin Booth (1732, 0.0)
200 Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1631, 0.0)1 Ethan Eckert (1570, 0.0)
0.5Joshua Huston-Earle (1593, 0.5)BYE
0.5Roy Proulx (1651, 0.0)BYE

2018 Abe Yanofsky round 2 results – Open section

BdResWhiteResBlack
11 Teodulfo II Nones (2320, 1.0)0 Jeff Babb (2154, 1.0)
20 Nilo Moncal (2168, 1.0)1 Isaac Wiebe (2305, 1.0)
31 Gustav L Baron (2264, 1.0)0 Marcos Valentino (2064, 1.0)
40.5Derek Ma (2076, 1.0)0.5Ryne Swift (2208, 1.0)
50 Blair Rutter (1983, 0.5)1 Anthony Boron (2007, 0.5)
60 Daniel Wei (1850, 0.0)1 Theo Wolchock (2053, 0.0)
71 Nedzad Brkic (2019, 0.0)0 Colin Prince (1852, 0.0)
81 Joshua Gerona (1909, 0.0)0 James Atem (1837, 0.0)
0.5Rolando Bince (1848, 0.0)BYE