Author Archives: Anthony Boron

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JAEGER MARTIN – Obituaries – Winnipeg Free Press Passages Some old-timers may remember Martin, I only knew he was a one-time Winnipegger. Brad Thomson posted on chesstalk in August, “I am sorry to hear of Martin’s passing and express my condolences to his friends and family. Martin was a delightful and fun-loving soul who enjoyed… Read More »

On Thursday Dec 31 Mark Jenkins of Rudolf Rocker Chess Club is hostinga virtual, casual chess meetup at noon:http://rockerchess.ca/virtual-casual-chess-meetup-thursday-dec-31-2020-noon/ Mark is prepared to facilitate the participation of players who onlyhave phones and don’t have internet(http://rockerchess.ca/how-to-play-by-phone-radio-or-conference-call/)so it would be helpful if folks reading this online can call up theirisolated chess friends and let them know about… Read More »

Barry Atkinson – past MCA executive member has passed away ATKINSON BARRY – Obituaries – Winnipeg Free Press Passages

Dear all,FIDE just announced Online World Cadet and Youth Rapid tournament last week.https://www.fide.com/news/785Each country can only register one player per each age category (u10, U12, U14, U16 & U18) by Nov 15, 2020.  ** No U08 section For Canada to select the official representative, 2020 National Youth Active Online Chess Championships will be the qualifying tournament. … Read More »

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Theo Wolchock won the August online Rapid tournament on tie-break over Colin Prince, both scoring 4 points. TKMjackpot was third with 3.5 points. Top U1800 was lil306.

Isaac Wiebe placed first again in the weekly nine-round blitz tournament with a score of 8.5.  Colin Prince placed second with 7.5 and SchachFuhrer placed third with 6.0.   Top under 1800 was zxcfds with 3 points. Full results here. Next MCA online tournament will be a rapid at 7:00 pm on Thursday, August 6.