– Quad(rangle) tournament (groups of four with each player playing 6 games in double round-robin) using CFC regular rating as basis for forming the quad groupings. Bottom section as a Swiss if not divisible by 4. – Entry fee of $5. Winner take all, except a first and second prize to be awarded based on… Read More »
Open Section Aleksandar Zashev and FM Kevin Gentes shared 1st-2nd with 6.5 points. Gustav Baron scored 5 points to take the third prize. Blair Rutter also had 5 which earned the Top A Class (U2000) prize. Second U2000 was Tony Boron with 4.5; Colin Prince and Will Bonness shared Third U2000 with 4 points. http://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2016/2016_AY_Open.htm… Read More »
FM Kevin Gentes topped the 2016 Abe Yanofsky Blitz tournament played August 16 with 14.5 – 1.5, Second was C. Iyer with 13.5 Top U1880 were Carl Pottinger with 9.5 and Larry Samson with 8. All of the above entries to the 2016 Abe Yanofsky Memorial. http://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2016/2016_AY_Blitz.htm
Arvin Dawa won the final of the 2016 Manitoba Closed with a 2-0 match victory over Tony Boron in the final. In fact, Arvin won all his matches by a 2-0 score ! (Play-in match versus James Atem, Quarterfinal versus Colin Prince, Semi-Final versus Theo Wolchock, and the final). He is Manitoba’s newest National Master… Read More »