Alberta Chess Association
Welcome to the Alberta Chess Association!
The Alberta Chess Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of chess in Alberta. We are affiliated with the Chess Federation of Canada, and provide support to players and organizers province wide.
We gratefully acknowledge the support we receive from the Alberta Sport, Recreation Parks & Wildlife Foundation!
ACA Contact Info
Executive Director: Vlad Rekhson
Phone: 403-970-8032
email: vrekhson@yahoo.ca
ACA News
Feb 6: NM Alex Yam wins University Battle of AB. University of Calgary is the top school. The event was directed by Frank Kluytmans and all the details in his very extensive report are available here. Due to an organizational error the event will not be active rated as originally announced.
January 31: The January 2012 issue of the ACR magazine is now available online. You can view it here.
January 31: The University Battle of AB is taking place on the weekend of February 4-5. The event will be a 10 round Swiss. 36 players are currently pre-registered. To see the pre-registered list you can visit: https://sites.google.com/site/calgaryjuniorchessclub/pre-registered-list/2012-university-battle-of-ab
January 31: Congratulations to the winners and all the prize winners of the very successful 2012 John Schleinich Memorial! Some of the tournament games are available at: http://calgarychess.com/SchleinichGames.html Final standings can be viewed at: http://www.calgarychess.com/SchleinichStandings.html
Breaking News: January 9: Calgarians NM David Zhang and Nicka Kalaydina won the 2012 Canadian Junior Championship! David won the open section with the incredible 6.5/7 despite being only the 5th highest rated player. Second went to NM Richard Wang from Edmonton with 6/7 and third went to FM Shiyam Thavandiran from Ontario. Nicka Kalaydina was the pre-tournament favourite and her domination was never in doubt as she finished the tournament with 4.5/5. Both Nicka and David have won the right to represent Canada in the World Junior in Greece later this year. Tournament results are available at: http://www.cjcc2012.ca/ All tournament games are available in the games section and pictures can be viewed by going to: https://picasaweb.google.com/vrekhson/CanadianJunior2012 Special thanks goes to Head Organizer Frank Kluytmans and the entire organizing committee for bringing this event to Alberta.
January 9: The Calgary John Schleinich Memorial is now SOLD OUT as all 48 spots have been taken. Replacements may still be accepted in case someone will drop out. The tournament will take place in the Calgary Chess Club on January 20-22.
December 24: On Behalf of the ACA I would like to wish everyone Merry Christmas and a very Happy 2012 New Year!
Archived News
The Alberta Chess Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of chess in Alberta. We are affiliated with the Chess Federation of Canada, and provide support to players and organizers province wide.
We gratefully acknowledge the support we receive from the Alberta Sport, Recreation Parks & Wildlife Foundation!
ACA Contact Info
Executive Director: Vlad Rekhson
Phone: 403-970-8032
email: vrekhson@yahoo.ca
ACA News
Feb 6: NM Alex Yam wins University Battle of AB. University of Calgary is the top school. The event was directed by Frank Kluytmans and all the details in his very extensive report are available here. Due to an organizational error the event will not be active rated as originally announced.
January 31: The January 2012 issue of the ACR magazine is now available online. You can view it here.
January 31: The University Battle of AB is taking place on the weekend of February 4-5. The event will be a 10 round Swiss. 36 players are currently pre-registered. To see the pre-registered list you can visit: https://sites.google.com/site/calgaryjuniorchessclub/pre-registered-list/2012-university-battle-of-ab
January 31: Congratulations to the winners and all the prize winners of the very successful 2012 John Schleinich Memorial! Some of the tournament games are available at: http://calgarychess.com/SchleinichGames.html Final standings can be viewed at: http://www.calgarychess.com/SchleinichStandings.html
Breaking News: January 9: Calgarians NM David Zhang and Nicka Kalaydina won the 2012 Canadian Junior Championship! David won the open section with the incredible 6.5/7 despite being only the 5th highest rated player. Second went to NM Richard Wang from Edmonton with 6/7 and third went to FM Shiyam Thavandiran from Ontario. Nicka Kalaydina was the pre-tournament favourite and her domination was never in doubt as she finished the tournament with 4.5/5. Both Nicka and David have won the right to represent Canada in the World Junior in Greece later this year. Tournament results are available at: http://www.cjcc2012.ca/ All tournament games are available in the games section and pictures can be viewed by going to: https://picasaweb.google.com/vrekhson/CanadianJunior2012 Special thanks goes to Head Organizer Frank Kluytmans and the entire organizing committee for bringing this event to Alberta.
January 9: The Calgary John Schleinich Memorial is now SOLD OUT as all 48 spots have been taken. Replacements may still be accepted in case someone will drop out. The tournament will take place in the Calgary Chess Club on January 20-22.
December 24: On Behalf of the ACA I would like to wish everyone Merry Christmas and a very Happy 2012 New Year!
Archived News
Upcoming events
Northern Alberta Open
February 18-19, Edmonton, Organizer: Ali Razzaq
Alberta Youth Championship
February 25-26, Calgary, Organizer: Frank Kluytmans
Edmonton Regional Chess Challenge
March 18, Edmonton, Organizer: Bruce Thomas
Calgary Regional Chess Challenge
March 18, Calgary, Organizer: Frank Kluytmans
Medicine Hat Regional Chess Challenge
March 18, Medicine Hat, Organizer: Dr. Bill Taylor
March of Kings
March 24-25, Calgary, Organizer: Frank Kluytmans
Alberta Closed Championship
April 6-8, Edmonton, Organizer: Brad Willis
Alberta Reserves
April 7-8, Edmonton, Organizer: Brad Willis
Alberta Women's Championship
April 7-8, Edmonton, Organizer: Rick Pedersen
Lethbridge Open
April 14-15, Lethbridge, Organizer: Paul Viminitz
NAO 2011 Winners: (from left to right) Richard Wang, Nic Haynes, FM Vladimir Pechenkin, Rob McCullough
TD Ali Razzaq with Rick Pedersen and Richard Pua; 2010 WBX Team Tournament winners:"Two Ricks and an Arnie" (the 3rd winner, Arnold McKay is not in the picture)
IM Porper-GM Shirov
2009 Canadian Open
Edmonton, AB
2009 Canadian Open
Edmonton, AB
2011 Calgary International Chess Classic Roster
Edmonton International Qualifier. Winner-NM "rocket" Rob Gardner and best junior-Jamil Kassam.
6th Edmonton International winner GM Joel Benjamin with Ali Razzaq