Registration is open for both the Northern Alberta Open (February 18-19) and the Edmonton Youth Regional (February 11). The tournament pages can be found on the 2023 Schedule.
Schleinich Memorial Results
Congratulations to all the section winners:
Section A: Dale Haessel
Section B: Rex Yumen and Emil Soberov
Section C: Mateo Jackson
Section D: Aaqil Alpuri (Shaik Shabana)
Section E: JB Duclos
Section F: Daniel Hogg
Section G: Michael Lee
Section H: Chayan Dureja
Section I: Luke Suo
Full crosstables are viewable on the CCC facebook page. Thanks to the organizing and directing team for their efforts.
WBX Results
Results for the WBX Team Tournament, December 17-18, courtesy of Terry Seehagen:
Teams:
1. Tymur Keleberda + Anna Synytska + Siva Nandipati — 11½ / 15
2. Anand Rishi Chandra + Hemant Srinivasan + Bhavik Dave — 10½ / 15
3. Paris Dorn + Dustin Koperski + Douglas Nechio — 8½ / 15
Board 1
Tymur Keleberda — 4½ / 5
Board 2
Anna Synytska — 4½ / 5
Board 3
Ryan Chen, Bhavik Dave, and Douglas Nechio (+ Mike Zeggelaar) — 3½ / 5
2023 Schedule
The 2023 schedule has been posted.
The ACA Board’s Planning Meeting minutes may also be viewed via the Minutes page.
WBX Teams
Here are the teams registered for the WBX Team Tournament, via the organizer:
1 Anand Rishi Chandra + Hemant Srinivasan + Bhavik Dave (average rating 1987)
2 Butch Villavieja + Dante Briones + Ron Offengenden (average 1976)
3 Paris Dorn + Dustin Koperski + Douglas Nechio (average 1956)
4 Jonathan Wu + Roy Yearwood + Mateo Jackson (average 1921)
5 Samuel Hoekman + Eric Jin + Ryan Chen (average 1903)
6 Rafael Arruebarrena + Yash Darvekar + Prabhat Nagarajan (average 1900)
7 Tymur Keleberda + Anna Synytska + Siva Nandipati (average 1879)
8 Belsar Valencia + Mark Tuvera + Winifred Boquiren + (Alvin Guevarra – substitute) (average 1852)
9 Nicholas Zacharias + Joshua Sembrano + Ricky McCoshen (average 1711)
10 Shreyas Prasanna + Dean MacDonald + Stephen Ejack (average 1554)
The first round pairings will be sent out most likely on Thursday.
WBX Team Tournament
The WBX Team Tournament is coming up, December 17-18 in Edmonton. This is a very popular event with teams of three players whose ratings average no more than 2000.
Full information is available on the tournament webpage.
Southern Alberta Open Results
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.
2022 Banff Open results
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
Alberta Junior Championship Results
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!
Senior’s Results
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.