Category Archives: News

2023 Martin Jaeger Memorial (January TuesdayNightTournament) starts Tuesday, January 10

2023 Martin Jaeger Memorial (January TNT Tournament) One Section – CFC and FIDE Standard Rated Event $ 25 entry fee – Prizes tbd. Location: Canadian Mennonite University (600 Shaftesbury Boulevard) Room D33 (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. 4 rounds –… Read More »

MCA 2022 December Online CFC Rated QR (G/25 minutes) tournament on Tornelo starts Thursday, December 8 9:30 P.M.

CFC (Chess Federation of Canada) rated. All players must be members of the CFC. 4 round Swiss System tournament Time control of G 25 10 (25 minutes per player plus 10 second per move increment) 1 round (game) on each of Thursday, December 8 Thursday, December 15 Thursday, December 22 Thursday, December 29 starting at… Read More »

CFC has rated the November Rapid and Jay Khedkar Memorial

2022 November 26 Rapid https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?id=202211124 2022 Jay Khedkar Memorial https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?id=202211108 FIDE updates ratings once per month – this tournament will be rated by FIDE at the end of December. FIDE has rated the 2022 November 26 Rapid https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=309367&t=1 Only a few players had rating changes – those players had existing FIDE standard ratings… Read More »

MCA 2022 September Online CFC Rated QR tournament starts Tuesday, September 6 9:30 P.M.

CFC (Chess Federation of Canada) Quick rated. All players must be members of the CFC. As it is CFC rated, all players must have a current, unexpired CFC membership. Can be purchased directly from CFC or through Manitoba Chess Association. (see end of this post) 4 round Swiss System tournament Time control of G 25… Read More »

Brandon Kingstone Open Rapid Tournament – July 24

The Brandon Knights Chess Club will be hosting a one day rapid tournament on Sunday, July 24. Time: 1:00 pm Location: Brandon University, Clark Hall 212 Format: 5 round Swiss. Two sections – Adult and Junior (age 16 and under). Time control: 15 minute plus 10 second increment per move Entry fee if registered prior… Read More »

Peace in Ukraine high school chess tournament

All Manitoba students in grades 7 to 12 are invited to a Peace in Ukraine Chess Tournament to be held from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm on Tuesday, March 29 at École Secondaire Sisler High School, 1360 Redwood Ave. in Winnipeg. Six round Swiss style tournament. Time control of 12 minutes plus 3 second increment… Read More »

Mark Jenkins of Rocker Chess Club is hosting a casual meetup December 18

Mark Jenkins of Rocker Chess Club is hosting a casual meetup Dec 18, 2021, noon-3pm, 2nd floor 374 Donald (Skullspace) https://rockerchess.ca/casual-meetup-dec-18-374-donald-st-noon-3pm/

David Woodbury – 1955-2021

A player familiar to those that were active in the 1970’s has passed away. I met David at the old Winnipeg Chess Club on Selkirk Avenue around 1971. As far as I can determine / remember he did not play rated CFC chess after 1977 (the 1977 CFC annual ratings show a very respectable 1840… Read More »

Invitation to Brandon – Winnipeg online match – Sunday, November 21

The Manitoba Chess Association will be again hosting a Brandon versus Winnipeg online match tournament starting at 3:30 pm on Sunday, November 21 on the Tornelo platform. Players from Brandon and Winnipeg (and surrounding areas) who have a rating between 0 and 1800 are invited to participate. (The ratings used for eligibility and pairings will… Read More »

Brandon’s Gilbert Perez featured on FIDE website

World Championship for People with Disabilities: Last call to register (fide.com) Saturday, 30 Oct 2021 04:44 Word Championship for People with Disabilities The 4th FIDE World Chess Championship for People with Disabilities will take place online from November 4-14, 2021. Organized by Dresdner Schachfestival E.V. under the auspices of FIDE, it is an individual 9-round Swiss… Read More »