Entry Fee $25 The Manitoba Chess Association will hold the 2026 Karl Nelson Summer Seniors Memorial Open, a FIDE and CFC rated standard 5 round tournament, starting July 3 2026 at Fort Garry United Church, 800 Point Road, Winnipeg. Karl Nelson was a Winnipeg chess player and past president of the Manitoba Chess Association. He… Read More »
Sixty-five entrants participated in the 2026 MCA St. Mary’s FIDE June Rapids held at St. Mary’s Road United Church, on Saturday, June 27. In the morning, young Elvis Wang topped the thirty-four player U1800 tournament with a perfect 5-0 score. Yupeng Miao, Nevil Parmar, Abdo-Jose Tomajian, and Marc Ranvile, with 4 points, shared the second… Read More »
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
The leaders on top board drew, allowing four more players to join them at 2.5 points heading into the final round. Crosstable at: https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026JuneTNT.htm
Mark Klusa and Nicole Zhang lead with 2 points. Several players took byes due to the inclement weather. Crosstable at: https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026JuneTNT.htm
2026 Summer Junior ChessRoster Tournament link The Manitoba Chess Association will hold the 2026 Summer Junior Open, a CFC rated standard tournament, July 20-21-22 at St. Mary’s Road United Church, 613 St. Mary’s Road. Capacity Limit is 50 players. Players must be born 2006 or later and be capable of accurately recording all moves on… Read More »
The 2026 June TNT got underway June 2 with 13 boards being contested. The rating favorites prevailed except for Boards 1 and 4, where Aiden Ling and David Edelman created upsets. Crosstable at: https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026JuneTNT.htm