Tobias Salkeld, Winner of the 2026 Yanofsky Memorial – Open section
Tobias Salkeld defeated Yakiv Gres in the final round to win the 2026 Yanofsky Memorial Open section with a score of 4.5 from 5 rounds.
Eros Villamar was 2nd with 4 points. Brody Fehr, with 3.5 points took the 3rd place, while Aiden Ling, also scoring 3.5 points earned the slightly larger 1st U2000 prize.
John Klokow was 2nd U2000 with 3 points. Ray Kuryliw and Pablo Lake scored 2.5 points to share the U1850 Prizes.
Crosstable at: https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026_AY_Open.htm
Isaac Turon, Winner of the 2026 Yanofsky Memorial – U1800 section
Isaac Turon won the U1800 section with 4.5 points.
Ondrej Pacin, Jim Melnyk, and Karanveer Sarao scored 4 points to share the pooled 2nd, 3rd and 1st U1600 prizes.
Afaz Munshi scored 3 points to take the top U1400 Prize.
Zenas Hui, Zach Lee, and Asher Jo scored 3 points to share the 2nd U1600 prize.
Francis Trueman, Oscar Zhang, and Aayush Vispute scored 2 points to share the 2nd U1400 prize.
Crosstable at: https://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026_AY_U1800.htm
The tournament, played at the Cross Common Room at St John’s College, September 5-7, was organized and directed by Al MacPherson