U1800
Ouajih Mekni won the morning twenty-eight player U1800 session of the 2025 June St. Mary’s FIDE Rapids with a perfect 5-0 score.
Ouajih Mekni
Efren Mallari and Cole Simpson shared the 2nd and first U1400 dollars (Mallari was unrated) with 4 points.
Armin Aria, Winston JIn, and Pavlo Murenko, with 3.5 points, shared the 3rd place prize.
Crosstable at: http://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2025/2025_St_Marys_FIDE_June_Rapid_u1800.htm
Open
Svitlana Protsyuk returned to the podium in fashion, with a perfect 5-0 score in the forty player afternoon Open session.
Svitlana Protsyuk
Fernando Orcullo, Arjie Bayangat, and Alan Nagelberg scored 4 points to share the combined 2nd, 3rd and first U1950 prize.
Rhailey Punay and Adebowale Adeyemi shared the 2nd U1950 prize with 3.5 points.
Will Bonness was first U1850 with 3 points.
Jim Melnyk was first U1700 with 2.5 points.
Ouajih Mekni, Yuchen Li, and Zelus Hui, with 2.5 points, shared the 2nd U1850 prize.
John Klokow, John Minano, Dineth Balamanage, and Keith Gannon, with 2 points, shared the 2nd U1700 prize.
Crosstable at: http://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2025/2025_St_Marys_FIDE_June_Rapid_Open.htm
The tournaments were organized and directed by Al MacPherson.