Registration is open for the Southern Alberta Open in Calgary, November 22-23. Full info here.

Reminder that BALE 2025 is the week before, November 15-16 in Edmonton. Info here.

Congratulations to the top finishers in the Fall Sectional:

Section A: Amir Bahmani & Tymur Keleberda, 4/5
Section B: Zongyan Yu & Michael Prianichnikov, 3/5
Section C: Terance Mudiyanselage, 4/5 (2nd: Mike Zeggelaar, 3.5/5)
Section D: Josiah Trentalance, 4/5 (2nd: Tynan Boyd & Andrew Burgess, 2.5/5)
Section E: Jashandeep Singh, 4.5/5 (2nd: Meijia Li, 4/5)

Thanks to Mike Zeggelaar for running the event.

Congratulations to Alberta Open champion Tymur Keleberda! He won the tournament with a perfect 6/6 score, including a key win over Omid Malek in the 5th round. Malek and Rafael Arruebarrena shared second place at 4.5/6.

In the U1700 section, David McCullough returned for his first classical event since 2015, and won with a 6/6 score. Congratulations to him, and to Garth Dunn and Arnold Garcia, who shared second place at 4.5/6.

In total, 50 players participated. Thanks to Mike Zeggelaar for running the event.

The Alberta Chess Association is pleased to welcome its new President, Alex Nguyen. He assumed the role following the AGM on October 12th, in place of outgoing President Lars Lowther.

Additionally, Avery Michalchuk has taken the role of Treasurer, and we also welcome new directors Selena Yang and Vitaliy Andreev.

You can view the full Board of Directors here, and the archive of minutes here.

Congratulations to the 2025 Alberta Senior’s Champion, Esmaeil Safarzadeh, and 2025 Alberta Women’s Champion, Mehrnoosh Zavar Mousavi. Safarzadeh won with a score of 4.5/5, drawing in the last round to secure the victory. Zavar Mousavi also allowed only a half point to slip, scoring 4.5/5.

Second place in the Senior’s was shared by Brad Booker and Dale Haessel, at 4/5. Second place in the Women’s went to Grace Rachuk at 4/5, and third to Zlata Butenko at 3.5/5.

Thanks to the CCC team for orgazning the event.

We are pleased to announce the introduction of BALE 2025, an adults-only tournament (“be at least eighteen”) taking place November 15-16 in Edmonton.

This was inspired by the very popular ALTO (“at least twenty-one”) tournaments at the Charlotte Chess Center. Full information and registration here.

Prior to that, reminder for the Senior’s and Women’s Championships (October 18-19 in Calgary), the Edmonton Fall Sectional (October 24-26), and Alberta Junior Championship (November 1-2 in Calgary).

Registration is open for the Alberta Junior Championship in Calgary, November 1-2. In addition to the Championship group, there are Open, U1500, and U1100 sections.

Full info here.

Registration is open for:

– The Alberta Women’s Championship and Alberta Senior’s Championship, October 18-19 in Calgary.

– The Edmonton Fall Sectional, October 24-26.

Registration is open for the Alberta Open, October 11-13. This is a top event on the tournament calendar, and serves as a qualifier for the 2026 Alberta Closed.

Full information here.

Congratulations to the top finishers at the Edmonton Junior Regional. In the Open section, Yash Darvekar took first place with a score of 4.5/5, followed by Matthew Ivanescu in second at 4/5 and Zlata Butenko in third at 3.5/5.

In the U1300 section, there was a three-way tie at 5.5/7, ultimately with Markian Bochkariov finishing first on tiebreak, Liam Lilko in second, and Zenan Gluckie in third.

Thanks to Cristian Ivanescu for organizing and Sam Hoekman for directing.