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The following results were posted on the Calgary Chess Club facebook page. Congratulations to the winners.
Overall:
T-1. Anand Rishi Chandra & Leo Lin (4.5/5)
3. Patrick Angelo Tolentino (4/5)
U2100:
T-1. Jonathan Wu, Hemant Srinivasan, and Roy Yearwood (3.5/5)
U1800:
1. Shreyas Prasanna (3.5/5)
2. Garth Dunn (3/5)
U1400:
1. Paul Viminitz (3/5)
2. Patrick Giles (2.5/5)
Thanks to Bhavik Dave for his work running the tournament.
It was an unexpected finish to the tournament when Shirzod Khodjimatov defeated GM Nick De Firmian in the 5th round. However, Shirzod too became a victim in the 6th round, when he lost to CM Rafael Arruebarrena, the ACA president from Edmonton. This created a four way tie for first place between GM Nick de Firmian, Rafael Sherzod Khodjimatov and Leo Lin a 13 year old chess talent. GM Nick de Firmian went on to beat Rafael Arruebarrena in the Armegeddon final. To see the videos and more pictures of this event, visit the Banff Chess Open 2022 FB page. https://www.facebook.com/chessinbanff/videos/2512720298883741
Congratulations to the winners in the Alberta Junior Championship:
Closed: Hemant Srinivasan
Open: Mark Ivanescu
Under 1300: Jaiven Jahal
Under 800: Kevin Guo
Girls: Ashlyn Lu
Thanks to Cristian Ivanescu for organizing and to Dustin Koperski for lead directing.
Good luck to everyone playing in the very popular Banff Open this weekend!
Congratulations to Dale Haessel on winning the Alberta Senior’s Championship, and to runner-up Sardul Purewal.
Thanks to Terry Seehagen for organizing and Dustin Koperski for directing.
Congrats to the winners of the Edmonton Fall Sectional:
Section A: Tymur Keleberda
Section B: Jonathan Wu
Section C: Samuel Hoekman
Section D: Tri Tran
Section E: Walker Pryor
Thanks to TD Mike Zeggelaar and organizer Terry Seehagen for another excellent edition of this traditional event!
The Alberta Senior’s and Women’s Championships take place this weekend, October 29-30. Players can still pre-register via the tournament webpages or e-mail to the organizer, Terry Seehagen, and may also register on-site (prior to 9:45 a.m.).
Please note that the travel grant prize for each of these two events is up to $1000 — it was originally listed as $500.
Thank you to Sean Wu for directing and Lars Lowther for organizing. The following report provided by Lars Lowther.
The 2022 Alberta Open ran from October 8-10 at the Calgary Chess Club. Through six rounds of grueling play over 3 days, 40 participants battled it out to determine who would become the 2022 Alberta Open Champion and earn a qualifying spot into the 2023 Alberta Closed.
Calgary’s Sherzod Khodjimatov beat out Calgary youngster Patrick Angelo Tolentino on head-to-head tiebreaks, after both finished the tournament with a 5/6 score. The fate of the winner was determined in the final round when Patrick – who was 5/5 heading into the round, was defeated by Sherzod.
Full results can be found here.
Prize Winners:
1st: Sherzod Khodjimatov
2nd: Patrick Angelo Tolentino
3rd: Rafael Arrubarrena/Maxim Vasic/Leo Lin/Hemant Srinivasan
U2000
1st: Yash Darvekar
2nd: Michael Decaire
U1700
1st: Cally Ntete
2nd: Kevin Hawkshaw
U1400
1st: Paul Viminitz
2nd: Stephen Demaer
Here are the results of the elections from the 2022 AGM held at the Calgary Chess Club on Monday, October 10th at 2pm. Some positions did not end in 2022. ** denotes new Board member. Good luck everyone and thank you for your service. I, Ian Findlay have stepped down as Secretary and will soon be handing over the reins to Michael Ludwig.
President (2021-2023)
Rafael Arruebarrena, Edmonton
Past President (2019-)
Angelo Tolentino, Calgary
Vice President (2022-2024)
Jim Daniluk, Calgary
Secretary (2022-2024)
Michael Ludwig, Edmonton
Treasurer (2022-2023)
Dale Haessel, Calgary
Directors (2021-2023)
Lars Lowther, Calgary
Dale Haessel, Calgary (2021), Bhavik Dave (2022) ** Terry Seehagen, Edmonton Cristian Ivanescu, Edmonton
Directors (2022-2024)
David Ludwig, Edmonton
Jaiveek Dave, Fort McMurray **
Jyn San Miguel, Canmore ** Nicholas Zacharias, Calgary **
The Alberta Junior Championship is now open for entries. Go to the 2022 schedule and follow the link. It will be held at the Quality Inn West in Edmonton and organized by Cristian Ivanescu with Dustin Koperski directing.
The Annual General Meeting of the Alberta Chess Association (ACA), will take place on Monday, October 10th in Calgary at the Alberta Open in the Calgary Chess Club. It will occur approximately after the morning round. The positions of Secretary, Vice President, Treasurer and 4 directors will be elected.
You must be a ACA member in good standing to attend.
Topic: ACA AGM
Time: Oct 10, 2022 02:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Annual General Meeting Agenda
October 10, 2022 @ online Zoom meeting 2:00 pm or CCC in skittles room.
(1) Call to Order and introduction of Officers – Discussion of Meeting Procedures – President
(2) Passing of the Minutes of the last AGM – President
(3) President’s Address – President
(4) Financial Report and Statement – Treasurer
(5) Positions up for election
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
4 Directors – 2-year term – replacing or rerunning are the following directors.
Vlad Rekhson, Calgary
Ico van den Born, Fort McMurray
Richard Pua, Edmonton
Leah Hughey, Edmonton
(6) Other Business
(7) Adjournment of AGM
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