2026 October TNT Tuesday Night Tournament One Section – CFC and FIDE Standard Rated Event – Time control – 60 minutes + 30 second increment – 4 rounds (1 game each Tuesday) $ 25 entry fee – Prizes tbd. Location: Canadian Mennonite University (600 Shaftesbury Boulevard) Room D33 (has been re-labelled as S271) (map and direction… Read More »
Yakiv Gres continued his tournament winning streak, taking the 2026 Mid-Summer TNT with a perfect 4-0 score. Nicole Zhang was next with 3 points. Blair Rutter, Sunyo Kim, and Ian Zhang all scored 2.5 points to share the U1900 prize; Pablo Lake also scored 2.5 to take the larger unshared U1800 prize. Asher Jo and… Read More »
Yakiv Gres leads with 3 points, followed by Pablo Lake with 2.5 points. Mark Klusa will likely not play in Round 4 due to work commitments. Crosstable at: https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026AugTNT.htm
The four expert rated players in the tournament; Yakov Gres, Mark Klusa, Jeff Babb, and Joe Zhou, lead with 2 points. Crosstable at: https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026AugTNT.htm
Twenty-six players have started the 2026 MidSummer TNT. In Round 1, none of the rating favorites lost. Crosstable at: 2026 MidSummer TNT
Yakiv Gres and Blair Rutter are co-winners of the 2026 Early Summer TNT, scoring 3.5 points to share the top 2 prizes. David Edelman scored 3 points to win the undivided U1750 prize, while Rory Curtis and Sunyo Kim, also scoring 3 points, split the U1900 Prize. Afaz Munshi scored 2 points to take the… Read More »
Mark Klusa leads with 3 points, 1/2 point ahead of Yakiv Gres, James Currie and Blair Rutter. Crosstable at: https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026JulyTNT.htm
Five players still have perfect scores: Yakiv Gres, Mark Klusa, James Currie, John Klokow, and Blair Rutter. Crosstable at:https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026JulyTNT.htm
All the rating favorites won, except on Board 5, where White tried too hard to avoid a draw. Crosstable at: https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026JulyTNT.htm
Jeff Babb and James Currie tied for first in the 2026 June TNT, scoring 3.5 points. Aiden Ling, with 3 points, was top U1900. Nicole Zhang, Sunyo Kim, and Pablo Lake, with 2.5 points, tied for top U1800 Zenas Hui and Asher Jo, with 2 points, shared the U1600 prize. Crosstable at: https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026JuneTNT.htm