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Jan 9-11 \u2013 Calgary<\/strong>
Schleinich Memorial<\/a>
Organizer: Zeeshan Munir<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb 7-8 \u2013 Calgary<\/strong>
Calgary Youth Regional<\/a>
Organizer: CJCC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb 7 \u2013 Edmonton<\/strong>
Edmonton Youth Regional<\/a>
Organizer: Cristian Ivanescu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb 14-16 \u2013 Edmonton<\/strong>
Northern Alberta Open<\/a>
Organizer: Mike Zeggelaar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 7 \u2013 Edmonton<\/strong>
Edmonton Chess Challenge<\/a>
Organizer: Cristian Ivanescu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 8 \u2013 Calgary<\/strong>
Calgary Chess Challenge<\/a>
Organizer: CJCC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 14 \u2013 Calgary<\/strong>
Alberta Rapid Championship<\/a>
Organizer: CCC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 15 \u2013 Calgary<\/strong>
Alberta Blitz Championship<\/a>
Organizer: CCC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 27-29 \u2013 Edmonton<\/strong>
Alberta Closed<\/a>
Organizer: ECC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 28-29 \u2013 Edmonton<\/strong><\/strong>
Alberta Reserves<\/a>
Organizer: ECC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 11 \u2013 Red Deer<\/strong>
Alberta Chess Challenge<\/a>
Organizer: CJCC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 18-19 \u2013 Lethbridge<\/strong>
Lethbridge Open<\/a>
Organizer: Jerry Mikusek<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 25-26 \u2013 Edmonton<\/strong>
Alberta Youth Championship<\/a>
Organizer: Cristian Ivanescu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1-3 \u2013<\/strong> Salmon Arm, BC<\/strong>
BC vs. AB Match<\/a>
Organizer: Paul Leblanc, Alex Nguyen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 9-10 \u2013<\/strong> Edmonton<\/strong>
Edmonton Spring Sectional<\/a>
Organizer: Sam Hoekman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 22-24 \u2013 Calgary<\/strong>
Steinitz-Menchik Chess Classic
Organizer: CCC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 6-7 \u2013 Grande Prairie<\/strong>
41st Trumpeter Open<\/a>
Organizer: Chris Kaut<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 13-14 \u2013 Medicine Hat<\/strong>
Medicine Hat Open
Organizer: Josiah Trentalance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 20-21 \u2013 Edmonton<\/strong>
Summer Demi-Classical
Organizer: Samuel Hoekman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 27-30 \u2013<\/strong> Calgary<\/strong>
Canadian Junior Championship<\/a>
Canadian Senior’s Championship<\/a>
Organizer: Vlad Rekhson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 29-Aug 3 \u2013<\/strong><\/strong> Calgary<\/strong>
Calgary International
Organizer: Vlad Rekhson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug 1-3 \u2013 Calgary<\/strong>
Over\/Under 1800
Organizer: CCC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug 29-30 \u2013 Calgary<\/strong>
BALE (Be At Least Eighteen) 2026
Organizer: CCC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sept 5 \u2013 Red Deer<\/strong>
Battle of Alberta
Organizer: Sam Hoekman, Zeeshan Munir<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sept 12-13 \u2013 Edmonton<\/strong>
Edmonton Junior Regional
Organizer: ECC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sept 12-13 \u2013 Calgary<\/strong>
Calgary Junior Regional
Organizer: CJCC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sept 19-20 \u2013 Lethbridge<\/strong>
Lethbridge Fall Open
Organizer: Garth Dunn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sept 26 \u2013 Red Deer<\/strong>
Junior Battle of Alberta
Organizer: Selena Yang, Summa Lai<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct 10-12 \u2013 Calgary<\/strong>
Alberta Open
Organizer: CCC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct 17-18 \u2013 Edmonton<\/strong>
<\/strong>Alberta Senior\u2019s Championship
Alberta Women\u2019s Championship
Organizer: ECC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct 23-25 \u2013 Edmonton<\/strong>
Edmonton Fall Sectional
Organizer: ECC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov 7-8 \u2013<\/strong> Edmonton<\/strong>
Alberta Junior Championship
Organizer: ECC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TBD \u2013 Banff<\/strong>
Banff Open
Organizer: TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov 20-22 \u2013 Calgary<\/strong>
Southern Alberta Open
Organizer: CCC

Dec 12-13 \u2013 Edmonton<\/strong>
WBX Team Tournament
Organizer: Terry Seehagen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PREVIOUS YEARS<\/strong>

2025 Tournaments<\/a>
2024 Tournaments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jan 9-11 \u2013 CalgarySchleinich MemorialOrganizer: Zeeshan Munir Feb 7-8 \u2013 CalgaryCalgary Youth RegionalOrganizer: CJCC Feb 7 \u2013 EdmontonEdmonton Youth RegionalOrganizer: Cristian Ivanescu Feb 14-16 \u2013 EdmontonNorthern Alberta OpenOrganizer: Mike Zeggelaar March 7 \u2013 EdmontonEdmonton Chess ChallengeOrganizer: Cristian Ivanescu March 8 \u2013 CalgaryCalgary Chess ChallengeOrganizer: CJCC March 14 \u2013 CalgaryAlberta Rapid ChampionshipOrganizer: CCC March 15 \u2013… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8675","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clear"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8675"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9125,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8675\/revisions\/9125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}