2023 April Tuesday Night Tournament One Section – CFC and FIDE Standard Rated Event $ 30 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. 5 rounds – 1… Read More »
Iqvinder Dhillon won on Board 2 to win the 2023 April TNT with 3.5 points. Rolando Bince and Blair Rutter fought to draw on Board 1, in the last game to finish, and ended up sharing 2nd with 3 points. Sharing the U1700 and U1300 prizes, were the all-junior cohort of Jackson Stordeur, Joe Zhou,… Read More »
Seventy-five players participated in the Brandon Spring King tournament on April 22 including 40 players in the kid section! Winner in the open section was Martin Riquelme with a perfect 5.0 score. James Chapman, Brody Fehr, Gilbert Perez, Geethika Kadigamuwa and Josh Pido each had 4.0 points with Chapman taking second place and Fehr placing… Read More »
Rolando Bince, Blair Rutter, Carl Pottinger, and Iqvinder Dhillon lead with 2.5 points. Crosstable at: http://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2023/2023_Apr_TNT.htm
Junior Elazar Schwartz is the surprise leader with 2.0 points, in the twenty-six player 2023 April TNT at CMU. No less than ten (!) players are at 1.5 points, including juniors Joe Zhou, Harsha Kumbharathi, and Jackson Stordeur who drew their higher-rated opponents on the top boards. Crosstable at: http://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2023/2023_Apr_TNT.htm
Twenty-four players have started the 2023 April TNT at CMU. Juniors Harsha Kumbharathi and Elazar Schwartz scored upsets in Round 1. You can join the action next week with a half-point bye for the missed Round 1. Crosstable at: http://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2023/2023_Apr_TNT.htm
Fifty-four (!!) players contested the 2023 MCA April FIDE and CFC rated Rapid held at St. Mary’s United Church on April 1, 2023. Marlon Jodar and Gustav Baron emerged at co-victors with 4.5 points including a hard-fought last round draw. They also shared first in the March tournament. Top U1800 was Zach Gies with 4… Read More »