Mind Sports Manitoba will be holding a one day active tournament from 9:00 to 5:00 on Saturday April 21 at the Sinclair Park Community Center, 490 Sinclair Street in Winnipeg.
5 Round Active, 30 minutes per player
Entry fee $20.00. All proceeds to cash and chess prizes.
Free raffle of computer chess game, chess sets, books, etc.
CFC membership is not required.
To register, contact Steve Udarbe at udarbest@gmail.com or 204-996-2509.
Gustav Baron and Jeff Babb lead with 3 points.
| Bd | Res | White | Black | Res | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | Theo Wolchock (2004 2.0) | Gustav L Baron (2216 2.0) | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | Jeff Babb (2212 2.0) | Anthony Boron (2017 2.0) | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | Blair Rutter (1984 1.0) | Colin Prince (1878 1.5) | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | Rolando Bince (1964 1.0) | Philipp Gregoryanz (1352 1.5) | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | Cory Letain (1732 1.0) | Joshua Gerona (1921 1.0) | 1 | |
| 6 | 0.5 | Bruce Leaden (1548 0.5) | Keith Gannon (1530 1.0) | 0.5 | |
| 7 | 0 | Ken Marshall (1520 0.5) | Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1528 0.5) | 1 | |
| 8 | 0 | Carter Marshall (1488 0.5) | John Remillard (1631 0.0) | 1 | |
| 9 | 0.5 | Peter Magyar (1508 0.0) | Zachary Piche (1437 0.0) | 0.5 | |
| 0.5 | Ryan Wirtzfeld (1318 1.0) | BYE |
Gustav Baron, Jeff Babb, Tony Boron, and Theo Wolchock lead with 2 points.
| Bd | Res | White | Black | Res | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Gustav L Baron (2216 1.0) | Blair Rutter (1984 1.0) | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | Joshua Gerona (1921 1.0) | Jeff Babb (2212 1.0) | 1 | |
| 3 | 1 | Anthony Boron (2017 1.0) | Rolando Bince (1964 1.0) | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | Cory Letain (1732 1.0) | Theo Wolchock (2004 1.0) | 1 | |
| 5 | 0 | Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1528 0.5) | Colin Prince (1878 0.5) | 1 | |
| 6 | 1 | Philipp Gregoryanz (1352 0.5) | John Remillard (1631 0.0) | 0 | |
| 7 | 0 | Zachary Piche (1437 0.0) | Keith Gannon (1530 0.0) | 1 | |
| 8 | 1 | Ryan Wirtzfeld (1318 0.0) | Peter Magyar (1508 0.0) | 0 | |
| ? | Carter Marshall (1488 0.0) | BYE | |||
| ? | Ken Marshall (1520 0.0) | BYE | |||
| ? | Bruce Leaden (1548 0.0) | BYE |
Nineteen players have started the 2018 April TNT (Andy Kohalmi Memorial). You can still join the tournament next Tuesday with a half-point bye for Round 1.
| Bd | Res | White | Black | Res | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | John Remillard (1631) | Gustav L Baron (2216) | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | Jeff Babb (2212) | Bruce Leaden (1548) | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | Keith Gannon (1530) | Anthony Boron (2017) | 1 | |
| 4 | 1 | Theo Wolchock (2004) | Ken Marshall (1520) | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | Peter Magyar (1508) | Blair Rutter (1984) | 1 | |
| 6 | 1 | Rolando Bince (1964) | Carter Marshall (1488) | 0 | |
| 7 | 0 | Zachary Piche (1437) | Joshua Gerona (1921) | 1 | |
| 8 | 0.5 | Colin Prince (1878) | Philipp Gregoryanz (1352) | 0.5 | |
| 9 | 0 | Ryan Wirtzfeld (1318) | Cory Letain (1732) | 1 | |
| ? | Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1528) | BYE |
2018 April TNT (Andy Kohalmi Memorial)- CFC (Chess Federation of Canada) rated.
$ 15 entry fee – Prizes will be based on entries.
Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42
4 rounds – 1 game on each of April 3,10,17,24 –
(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.
-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.
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 -$ 15 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, April 3 – 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.
Harshani Konara won the 2018 Costales Memorial with 3.5 points. Second place was shared by Colin Prince and Joshua Gerona with 3 points. Also with 3 points was Udaya Annakkage, winning the U1700 first prize. Keith Gannon, John Remillard, Yevhen Viznytsya, Bruce Leaden and Ievgeniia-Diane Furda all split the 2nd U1700 prize. Zachary Piche won top U1500, with newcomer Josh Chen winning 2nd U1500.
CFC has rated the tournament:
http://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201803097
| Bd | Res | White | Black | Res | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Harshani Konara (1899 2.5) | Rolando Bince (1985 2.5) | 0 | |||
| 2 | .5 | Colin Prince (1861 2.5) | Joshua Gerona (1937 2.5) | .5 | |||
| 3 | 1 | Udaya Annakkage (1670 2.0) | John Remillard (1633 2.0) | 0 | |||
| 4 | 0 | Yevhen Viznytsya (1581 2.0) | Cory Letain (1714 1.5) | 1 | |||
| 5 | 1 | Bruce Leaden (1537 1.0) | Josh Chen (unr. 1.5) | 0 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Keith Gannon (1520 1.0) | Peter Magyar (1524 1.0) | 0 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1524 1.0) | Darren Flynn (1371 1.0) | 0 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Zachary Piche (1423 1.0) | Francis Trueman (1452 0.5) | 0 | |||
| 9 | 1 | Philipp Gregoryanz (1383 0.0) | Ante Mandusic (1195 0.5) | 0 |
Five players lead with 2.5 points after 3 rounds: Rolando Bince, Blair Rutter, Joshua Gerona, Harshani Konara and Colin Prince.
| Res | White | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | Colin Prince (1861, 2.0) | 0.5 | Harshani Konara (1899, 2.0) |
| 1 | Rolando Bince (1985, 1.5) | 0 | Cory Letain (1714, 1.5) |
| 1 | Blair Rutter (1975, 1.0) | 0 | John Klokow 1768, 1.5) |
| 1 | Joshua Gerona (1937, 1.5) | 0 | Josh Chen (unrated, 1.5) |
| 0 | Peter Magyar (1524, 1.0) | 1 | Udaya Annakkage (1670, 1.0) |
| 1 | John Remillard (1633, 1.0) | 0 | Keith Gannon (1520, 1.0) |
| 0 | Darren Flynn (1371, 1.0) | 1 | Yevhen Viznytsya (1581, 1.0) |
| 0.5 | Aibike Myrzaibraimova (1482, 0.5) | 0.5 | Bruce Leaden (1537, 0.5) |
| 0.5 | Francis Trueman (1452, 0.0) | 0.5 | Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1524, 0.5) |
| 1 | Zachary Piche (1423, 0.0) | 0 | Philipp Gregoryanz (1383, 0.0) |
| Ante Mandusic (1195, 0.5) | Bye |
Three more players have joined the March TNT (Servillano Costales Memorial). Leading with 2.0 points are Harshani Konara and Colin Prince.
| Res | White | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | John Klokow (1768, 1.0) | 0.5 | Rolando Bince (1985, 1.0) |
| 0.5 | Cory Letain (1714, 1.0) | 0.5 | Joshua Gerona (1937, 1.0) |
| 1 | Harshani Konara (1899, 1.0) | 0 | John Remillard (1633, 1.0) |
| 0 | Udaya Annakkage (1670, 1.0) | 1 | Colin Prince (1861, 1.0) |
| 1 | Josh Chen (unrated, 0.5) | 0 | Aibike Myrzaibraimova (1482, 0.5) |
| 1 | Yevhen Viznytsya (1581, 0.0) | 0 | Ante Mandusic (1195, 0.5) |
| 1 | Peter Magyar (1524, 0.0) | 0 | Zachary Piche (1423, 0.0) |
| 1 | Keith Gannon (1520, 0.0) | 0 | Philipp Gregoryanz (1383, 0.0) |
| 1 | Darren Flynn (1371, 0.0) | 0 | Francis Trueman (1452, 0.0) |
| 0.5 | Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1524, 0.0) | BYE | |
| 0.5 | Bruce Leaden (1537, 0.0) | BYE | |
| 0.5 | Blair Rutter (1975, 1.0) | BYE |
The Manitoba scholastic chess championship was held on Sunday, March 11. Congratulations to the following winners who will now be eligible to play in the national scholastic chess championship to be held on the May long weekend in St. John’s, NL.
Grade 1: Alia Myrzaibraimova
Grade 2: Gisadi Amarasinghe
Grade 3: Elazar Schwartz
Grade 4: Zachary Piche
Grade 5: Martin Riquelme
Grade 6: Zostrianos Gross
Grade 7: Max Russo
Grade 8: Carter Marshall
Grade 9: Ethan Eckert
Grade 10: Derek Ma
Grade 11: Ethan Lin
Grade 12: Brock Beach
Full results can be found here.
Eighteen players have started in the 2018 March TNT (Servillano Costales Memorial). All rating favourites won in the first round. You can still join next Tuesday with a half point bye for the first round.
| Bd | Res | White | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Rolando Bince (1985) | 0 | Yevhen Viznytsya (1581) |
| 2 | 0 | Bruce Leaden (1537) | 1 | Blair Rutter (1975) |
| 3 | 1 | Joshua Gerona (1937) | 0 | Peter Magyar (1524) |
| 4 | 0 | Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1524) | 1 | Harshani Konara (1899) |
| 5 | 1 | Colin Prince (1861) | 0 | Keith Gannon (1520) |
| 6 | 0 | Francis Trueman (1452) | 1 | John Klokow (1768) |
| 7 | 1 | Cory Letain (1714) | 0 | Zachary Piche (1423) |
| 8 | 0 | Philipp Gregoryanz (1383) | 1 | Udaya Annakkage (1670) |
| 9 | 1 | John Remillard (1633) | 0 | Darren Flynn (1371) |