The Manitoba Chess Association will be hosting online blitz and rapid tournaments for the next 4 weeks on Lichess. The first tournament will be held on Tuesday, May 26 at 7:00 pm and will be a blitz tournament (8 round Swiss, 3/2 time control). The tournament on the following Tuesday (June 2 at 7:00 pm) will be a rapid tournament (5 round Swiss, 10/5 time control). A blitz tournament will be held again on June 9 and a rapid tournament again on June 16.

To participate you must first register as a player at lichess.org and then sign up as a member of the Manitoba Chess Association lichess team at this link.

Once you are a member of the MCA team, you can join any of the 4 tournaments posted on the team page. To do so, you must join the tournament prior to 7:00 pm on the scheduled Tuesday. Anyone (including those outside Manitoba) are welcome to join.

No entry fee. No prize fund. Pairings will be done automatically based on your lichess rating (which is 1500 for new players).

Tournament director: Theo Wolchock

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact blairrutter@shaw.ca

There are now 32 players in the tournament. Some very interesting games tonight; we’ll have to wait until the pgns are prepared to analyze the missed opportunities.

2020 March TNT Tournament (Herb Gregory Memorial)
Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42

One Section – CFC and FIDE Rated Event

$ 20 entry fee – Prizes will be based on entries.

5 rounds – 1 game on each Tuesday March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31

(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.  FIDE Zero tolerance rule not in effect (you will not forfeited if you are late, but will lose after 1 hour of being late).

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 -$ 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 $ 0 for a twelve-month CFC membership, ]Junior (under 20) members pay $ 10 for a one-tournament membership, $ 17 for a twelve-month CFC membership, new junior members pay only $ 0 for a twelve month CFC membership, or $ 0 for a one-tournament membership] .

Registration for tournament -Tuesday, March 3 – approximately 6:35 pm to 6:50 pm Registration will be cut off at 6:50 pm. Tournament Director/Registrar will be  Blair Rutter 204-298 6961
Players can join in Round 2  , they will receive a half-point bye for Round 1. Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42

Getting to 4CM42: (written by Mark Jenkins) Location is room 4CM42 in Centennial Hall at the University of Winnipeg. This room is a bit tricky to get to because the escalators only go to the 4th floor and do not go to the 4CM mezzanine level. Give yourself time to find the room. Either take the Centennial Hall elevator direct to the 4CM level, or take the Lockhart Hall (Ellice entrance) elevator to level 5 and cross over from the Lockhart level 5 to Centennial Hall 4CM (note, this elevator isn’t always available) or take the escalators to the 4th floor and then use the stairs between the escalator and library to reach the 4CM level.