Chess Manitoba

2019 Manitoba Closed Championship

The 2019 Manitoba Closed Chess Championship saw eight players contesting a seven game round-robin over the first two weekends in May.
Entering the penultimate round, undefeated Theo Wolchock had a half-point lead over Isaac Wiebe and Jeff Babb. In what would prove to be a pivotal game for the championship results, Babb missed a win in the ending against Wiebe, with a resultant draw. Wolchock, in looming time trouble, then decided not to press his advantage against Yemi Abioye, to enter the final round maintaining the half-point lead over Wiebe and Babb.

The final round pairings were Tony Boron-Wolchock, Wiebe-Derek Ma, Abioye-Babb (The other contestants, Gustav Baron and Rolando Bince had already concluded the tournament). The previously winless Boron played spoiler by defeating Wolchock, opening the door for Wiebe or Babb to capture the championship. Wiebe’s attack broke through soon after and now it was up to Babb to try and generate winning chances in his game, which otherwise looked like a draw with the heavy pieces on the board. Eventually, Abioye showed good technique to win in a marathon 129 moves.

Isaac Wiebe repeats as Manitoba Closed Champion, Theo Wolchock finished in second, with Jeff Babb and Yemi Abioye tied for third.

2019 May TNT – Round 1 results

Twenty-two players have started in 2019 May TNT. You can still join next week, with a 1/2 point for Round 1

Bd	Res	White	Black	Res
1	0	Aibike Myrzaibraimova (1572 0.0)	Harshani Konara (2000 0.0)	1
2	1	Blair Rutter (1899 0.0)	Gregory R. Allan (1569 0.0)	0
3	0.5	Carter Marshall (1552 0.0)	Rolando Bince (1970 0.0)	0.5
4	0	Roy Proulx (1864 0.0)	Philipp Gregoryanz (1539 0.0)	1
5	0	Bruce Leaden (1489 0.0)	Colin Prince (1861 0.0)	1
6	1	Jim Green (1858 0.0)	Peter Magyar (1482 0.0)	0
7	0	Ken Marshall (1473 0.0)	Phil Le Dorze (1793 0.0)	1
8	1	Udaya Annakkage (1690 0.0)	Keith Gannon (1465 0.0)	0
9	0	Ryan Lotecki (1287 0.0)	John Remillard (1648 0.0)	1
10	1	Cory Letain (1629 0.0)	Alia Myrzaibraimova (1216 0.0)	0
11	0	Jesse Johnston (unr. 0.0)	Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1584 0.0)	1
	0.5	Anthony Boron (1971 0.0)	BYE

2019 May TNT starts Tuesday, May 7

$ 15 entry fee + CFC Membership required (see below)

– Prizes will be based on entries.

There is one game per week.

Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42 4 rounds – 1 game on each of May 7,14,21,28 –
(This is not a knockout tournament, players will play all 4 rounds) (Players may take up to 1 half-point and any number of zero-point byes.Half–point byes for round 4 must be requested before Round 2.

Please note that we intend to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.

All of the TNTs are Swiss (pairing) style tournaments with a time control of G /105 minutes plus a five-second increment from move1. [Each player has 1 hour 45 minutes to complete their moves, the game will be be approx. 3 hours and 40 minutes maximum].

Start time is 7:00 pm -$ 15 entry fee and CFC membership required.

CFC membership:

All players must be CFC members (can be obtained during registration on-site) [Renewing or new Adult members pay $ 25 for a twelve-month CFC membership, Renewing adults pay $ 20 for a new one-tournament membership; new members pay $ 16 for a one-tournament membership]

Junior (under 20) members pay $ 10 for a one-tournament membership, $ 17 for a twelve-month CFC membership, new junior members pay $ 17 for a twelve month CFC membership, or $ 8 for a one-tournament membership]

Registration for tournament -Tuesday, May 7 – approximately 6:35 pm to 6:50 pm

Registration will be cut off at 6:50 pm.
Tournament Director will be Tony Boron .Contact at 204-798-9464 or email chessmanitoba at gmail.com

Players can join in Round 2, they will receive a half-point bye for Round 1. Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42Easiest way to get there is to take the elevator at the north end (Ellice) to the 5th Floor(if that Elevator is operating) Otherwise, there is an elevator just to the west of the old Bookstore location. Our goal is to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.

2019 Nathan Divinsky Memorial – Final Round Results

Relatively early in the night, Colin Prince won on Board 3 to get to four points. On Board 1, with co-leader Jaroslaw Czypinski on 3.5 points playing Yemi Ayiobe, it never looked like anything but a draw. On Board 3, Theo Wolchock, the other co-leader appeared to have a strong initiative, but when the smoke cleared only Tony Boron had winning chances. Theo hung on – playing on increment for approximately 60 moves. With the draw, Wolchock, Czypinski,and Prince tied for first with 4 points.

The U1800 prizes were shared by Jim Melnyk, Aibike Myrzaibraimova, and Gary Crawford.

Top U1500 was won by Bruce Leaden, 2nd shared by Francis Trueman and Gregory Allan.

The CFC has rated the tournament

Bd	Res	White	Black	Res
1	.5	Jaroslaw Czypinski (1929 3.5)	Oyeyemi A Abioye (2047 3.0)	.5
2	.5	Anthony Boron (1983 2.5)	Theo Wolchock (2183 3.5)	.5
3	1	Colin Prince (1839 3.0)	Al MacPherson (1688 2.5)	0
4	.5	Gary Crawford (1584 2.5)	Jim Green (1871 2.5)	.5
5	0	Keith Czarny (1687 1.5)	Jim Melnyk (1673 2.0)	1
6	1	Aibike Myrzaibraimova (1509 2.0)	Zachary Piche (1495 1.5)	0
7	0	Keith Gannon (1481 1.5)	Bruce Leaden (1481 1.5)	1
8	1	Francis Trueman (1433 1.0)	Peter Magyar (1518 1.0)	0
9	0	Alia Myrzaibraimova (1272 0.0)	Gregory R Allan (unr. 1.0)	1

2019 Nathan Divinsky Memorial – round 4 results

After 4 rounds Theo Wolchock and Jaroslaw Czypinski lead with 3.5 points.

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
1	1	Theo Wolchock (2183 2.5)	0	Oyeyemi A Abioye (2047 3.0)
2	0	Jim Green (1871 2.5)	1	Jaroslaw Czypinski (1929 2.5)
3	0	Jim Melnyk (1673 2.0)	1	Colin Prince (1839 2.0)
4	0.5	Al MacPherson (1688 2.0)	0.5	Gary Crawford (1584 2.0)
5	0	Keith Czarny (1687 1.5)	1	Anthony Boron (1983 1.5)
6	0	Gregory R Allan (unr 1.0)	1	Blair Rutter (1921 1.0)
7	0	Peter Magyar (1518 1.0)	1	Aibike Myrzaibraimova (1509 1.0)
8	0	Francis Trueman (1433 1.0)	1	Keith Gannon (1481 0.5)
9	1	Bruce Leaden (1481 0.5)	0	Alia Myrzaibraimova (1272 0.0)
	0.5	Ievgenia-Diana Furda (1595 1.5)	Bye
	0.5	Zachary Piche (1495 1.0)	Bye

2019 Nathan Divinsky Memorial – Round 3 results

Theo Wolchock and Jaroslaw Czypinski drew on Board 1; earlier Yemi Abioye won on Board 2.

Abioye leads with 3 points, followed by Wolchock, Czypinski, and Jim Green, all with 2.5.

Bd	Res	White	Black	Res
1	.5	Jaroslaw Czypinski (1929 2.0)	Theo Wolchock (2183 2.0)	.5
2	1	Oyeyemi A Abioye (2047 2.0)	Al MacPherson (1688 2.0)	0
3	1	Jim Green (1871 1.5)	Keith Czarny (1687 1.5)	0
4	1	Colin Prince (1839 1.0)	Peter Magyar (1518 1.0)	0
5	0	Aibike Myrzaibraimova (1509 1.0)	Jim Melnyk (1673 1.0)	1
6	1	Gary Crawford (1584 1.0)	Gregory R Allan (unr. 1.0)	0
7	1	Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1595 0.5)	Bruce Leaden (1481 0.5)	0
8	0.5	Zachary Piche (1495 0.5)	Keith Gannon (1481 0.0)	0.5
9	0	Alia Myrzaibraimova (1272 0.0)	Francis Trueman (1433 0.0)	1
	?	Blair Rutter (1921 0.5)	BYE
	?	Anthony Boron (1983 1.0)	BYE

2019 Divinsky Memorial – Round 2 results

Players with black pieces won on 7 of 10 boards including upsets on boards 3 and 5. Leading with 2.0 points after two rounds are Theo Wolchock, Oyeyemi Abioye, Jaroslaw Czypinski and Al MacPherson.

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
1	1	Theo Wolchock (2183 1.0)	0	Colin Prince (1839, 1.0)
2	0	Jim Melnyk (1673 1.0)	1	Oyeyemi A Abioye (2047 1.0)
3	0	Anthony Boron (1983 1.0)	1	Al MacPherson (1688 1.0)
4	0	Gregory R Allan (unr 1.0)	1	Jaroslaw Czypinski (1929 1.0)
5	0	Blair Rutter (1921 0.5)	1	Keith Czarny (1687 0.5)
6	0	Bruce Leaden (1481 0.5)	1	Jim Green (1871 0.5)
7	0.5	Zachary Piche (1495 0.0)	0.5	Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1595 0.0)
8	0	Keith Gannon (1481 0.0)	1	Gary Crawford (1584 0.0)
9	1	Peter Magyar (1518 0.0)	0	Alia Myrzaibraimova (1272 0.0)
10	0	Francis Trueman (1433 0.0)	1	Aibike Myrzaibraimova (1509 0.0)

2019 Divinsky Memorial – Round 1 results

Sixteen players have started the 5-round 2019 Nathan Divinsky Memorial. You can still join the action next Tuesday with a half-point for Round 1.

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black	Res
1	0	Gary Crawford (1584)	1	Theo Wolchock (2183)	1
2	1	Oyeyemi A Abioye (2047)	0	Peter Magyar (1518)	0
3	0	Aibike Myrzaibraimova (1509)	1	Anthony Boron (1983)	1
4	1	Jaroslaw Czypinski (1929)	0	Zachary Piche (1495)	0
5	0	Keith Gannon (1481)	1	Colin Prince (1839)	1
6	1	Al MacPherson (1688)	0	Francis Trueman (1433)	0
7	0	Alia Myrzaibraimova (1272)	1	Jim Melnyk (1673)	1
8	0	Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1595)	1	Gregory R Allan (unr.)	1

2019 Nathan Divinsky Memorial (April TNT) starts Tuesday, April 2

CFC (Chess Federation of Canada) and FIDE rated.

Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42
5 rounds – 1 game on each of April 2,9,16,23,30 –
(This is not a knockout tournament, players will play all 5 rounds) (Players may take up to 1 half-point and any number of zero-point byes. Half–point byes for round 5 must be requested before Round 2.
Please note that we intend to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.
There is one game per week.
All of the TNTs are Swiss (pairing) style tournaments with a time control of G /105 minutes plus a five-second increment from move1. [Each player has 1 hour 45 minutes to complete their moves, the game will be be approx. 3 hours and 40 minutes maximum].

Start time is 7:00 pm -$ 20 entry fee and CFC membership required.All players must be CFC members (can be obtained during registration on-site)[$ 20 for a one-tournament adult membership or $ 25 for 12 months- new adult members pay $ 25 for a twelve-month CFC membership, or $ 16 for a one-tournament membership]Junior (under 20) members pay $ 10 for a one-tournament membership, $ 17 for a twelve-month CFC membership, new junior members pay only $ 17 for a twelve month CFC membership, or $ 8 for a one-tournament membership]

Registration for tournament -Tuesday, April 2 – approximately 6:35 pm to 6:50 pm

Registration will be cut off at 6:50 pm.
Blair Rutter will be Tournament Director .Contact at 204-298-6961 or chessmanitoba@gmail.com

Players can join in Round 2, they will receive a half-point bye for Round 1. Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42Easiest way to get there is to take the elevator at the north end (Ellice) to the 5th Floor(if that Elevator is operating) Otherwise, there is an elevator just to the west of the old Bookstore location. Our goal is to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.

2019 March TNT – Final round results

Rolando Bince won the 2019 March TNT with a perfect 4.0 score, prevailing over Gustav Baron in the final round. Theo Wolchock, Ibukun Orogun, Jim Melnyk, and Keith Czarny all scored 3 points, sharing 2nd place, U1900, and U1700 prizes. Bruce Leaden won the U1500 prize.

Bd	Res	White	Black	Res
1	0	Gustav L Baron (2228 2.5)	Rolando Bince (1889 3.0)	1
2	0.5	Theo Wolchock (2190 2.5)	Ibukun Orogun (1839 2.5)	0.5
3	1	Jim Melnyk (1644 2.0)	Larry Samson (1737 2.0)	0
4	1F	Keith Czarny (1690 2.0)	Ievgeniia-Diana Furda (1539 2.0)	0F
5	0	Gary Crawford (1561 1.0)	Jaroslaw Czypinski (1929 1.5)	1
6	1	Philipp Gregoryanz (1528 1.0)	Zachary Piche (1499 1.0)	0
7	0	Francis Trueman (1427 1.0)	Richard Ott (1520 0.5)	1
8	0	Keith Gannon (1483 0.5)	Cory Letain (1678 0.5)	1
9	1	Bruce Leaden (1484 0.5)	Ryan Lotecki (1373 0.5)	0