This tournament will be online. You may enter by going to the 2022 Schedule and clicking on the link.
ACA Tiebreak Procedure
For tournaments that require a tiebreak, they may use the one suggested by the ACA technical committee and passed by the ACA Board. It is the can be found on the Home Page – About Us – 2nd link on the right. A tournament may post beforehand their own tiebreak procedures such as an Armageddon finish which would take precedence over the suggested ACA tiebreak.
Edmonton Youth Regional – Feb 12
Entries are now open. Go to 2022 Schedule/Edmonton Youth Regional for link. Entries will be limited to first 60 due to Covid and also no pizza provided due to Covid.
Wood Buffalo Youth Chess Challenge Jan 23 – Postponed
Due to COVID spreading fast through the school system.
This will be rescheduled when normality returns.
Edmonton Chess Challenge Jan 15 – Postponed to Mar 12
This event will now be organized by Michael and David Ludwig.
John Schleinich Memorial 2022 January 7-9 CCC
Entries will close January 4th for the 2022 Schleinich Memorial. All sections will be FIDE rated this year. For details, please see the CCC FB page. https://www.facebook.com/events/864814874191137/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22group_featured_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22group%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D
Calgary Junior Events
The Calgary Junior chess club decided to change dates of the youth events. Calgary Chess Challenge moved to Feb 12 and Calgary Youth to March 19. The 2022 schedule has now been updated.
2021 AB Junior Championships
The 2021 AB Junior Championships had two parts. The first was the Closed Championship and it took place on the weekend of November 6-7. It consisted of a 6 player Round-Robin featuring some of the strongest juniors in Alberta. Those included: Paris Dorn, Mark Ivanescu, Anand Rishi Chandra, Hemant Srinivasan, Maxim Vasic and Jinghui Bai. Paris Dorn from Edmonton emerged as the winner with 4/5 and earned ACA sponsored funding for a trip to Canadian Junior in 2022. See full standings at: https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?id=202111007&p=172448
The second portion was Open and under 1300 sections which this year took place online on December 19th. The following players won prizes: Open section: Matthew Ivanescu (1st, Edmonton), Mark Ivanescu(2nd, Edmonton), Jonathan Wu (3rd, Calgary). Top girl: Erin Zhao (Fort McMurray), Top under 1600: Jason Pan (1st, Edmonton) Eric Jin (2nd, Calgary). Crosstable: https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?id=202112039&p=172448
In the under 1300 section: Hasya Patel (1st, Fort McMurray), Matthew Sylvestre (2nd, Fort Chipewyan) Matt Fu (3rd, Calgary). Top girl: Allison Chan (Calgary). Top under 1000: Linus Jin (1st, Calgary), William Waller (2nd, Calgary). Crosstable: https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?id=202112040&p=167994
Alberta Senior’s (Frank Kluytmans Memorial) and Women’s Championship – Dec 11-12
The Calgary Chess Club will host the 2021 Alberta Women’s and Senior’s (Frank Kluytmans Memorial) Championship. 1st prize in both tournaments entitles you to a $500 travel grant to the Senior/Women’s Canadian Championship in addition to the prize money. For more information go to the Calgary Chess Club page https://calgarychess.com/events#content
WBX cancelled this year
We regret for a number of reasons the WBX tournament has been cancelled this year.