Isaac Wiebe and Yemi Abioye lead with 3 points.

Four players share first place – Isaac Wiebe, Yemi Abioye, Roy Proulx, and Rolando Bince.

Twenty-four players have started the tournament.  You can join the action next week, with a half-point bye for Round 1.   The big upset of the night was John Remillard’s win over Tony Boron.

2019 January TNT – CFC (Chess Federation of Canada) rated.

$ 15 entry fee -and CFC membership required (see below)

Prizes will be based on entries.

Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42

4 rounds – 1 game on each of January 8,15,22,29 – (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. 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 move 1.

[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.

All players must be CFC members (can be obtained during registration on-site)[$ 20 for a one-tournament adult membership or $ 49 for 12 months- new adult members pay only $ 36 for a twelve-month CFC membership, or $ 16 for a one-tournament membership]Junior (under 20) members pay $ 10 for a one-tournament membership, $ 34 for a twelve-month CFC membership, new junior members pay only $ 24 for a twelve month CFC membership, or $ 8 for a one-tournament membership]

Registration for tournament -Tuesday, January 8 – 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 chessmanitoba@gmail.com

Players can join in Round 2, they will receive a half-point bye for Round 1. Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42 Easiest way to get there is to take the elevator at the north end (Ellice) to the 5th Floor. 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.

Isaac Wiebe and Gustav Baron tied for first with 6 points out of 7 in the 2018 Jack Woodbury Memorial.  Third place, with 5 points,  went to Theo Wolchock.

Also scoring 5 points was James Atem, who top U1940.  Yemi Abioye won 2nd U1940 with 4 points, Colin Prince with 4 points, was 3rd U1940.

Roy Proulx won top U1650 with 4.5 points, 2nd U1650 was John Remillard with 4 points.

Azamat Myrzaibraimov won top U1500 with 4.5 points.  The 2nd and 3rd U1500 prizes and 3rd U1650 prize were shared amongst Peter Magyar, Aibike Myrzaibraimova, Jigar Upadhyay, and Phillipp Gregoryanz. all with 3 points.

The CFC has rated the event.

Please see the crosstable here

Isaac Wiebe is the sole leader with a perfect 5-0 after defeating Gustav Baron on Board 1. Baron is alone in second with 4 points, just ahead of no less than seven players with 3.5 points.  The penultimate round is on December 11.

Isaac Wiebe and Gustav Baron lead with 4 points. Fighting chess on all fifteen boards with only one draw.