Registration is open for the Alberta Rapid Championship (March 14th) and Alberta Blitz Championship (March 15th) in Calgary. Full info for the Rapid here, and the Blitz here.

The Edmonton Chess Challenge is set for March 7th, and the Calgary Chess Challenge for March 8th. Registration and full information here (Edmonton) and here (Calgary).

Early registration is also open for the Alberta Chess Challenge, April 11th in Red Deer. Info here.

Congratulations to all the top finishers at the Edmonton and Calgary Youth Regionals (Edmonton, Calgary):

U8: Ethan Wang (4/4), Nico Poli (4/5)
U10: Aadhavan Suresh (4/4), Audvik Verma (5/5)
U12: Loki Lai (3/4), Lucas Wang (4.5/5)
U14: Wuran Guo (3.5/4), April Wang (4/5)
U16: Michael Prianichnikov (3.5/4), Jake Chi Hang Li (4/5)
U18: Ryan Chen (3.5/4), Rostyslav Spiian (4.5/5)

Thanks to all our junior organizers for running the events.

Registration is open for all February events:

– The Edmonton Youth Regional, February 7.

– The Calgary Youth Regional, February 7-8.

– The Northern Alberta Open, February 14-16. We will be running it as a 5-round, 3-day event this year, with the final round on Monday, February 16th.

The 2026 calendar kicks off with the Schleinich Memorial Sectional next week, January 9-11, in Calgary. Full information and registration here.

The 2026 tournament schedule has been posted, which you can access at the top of the page.

Additionally, minutes from the ACA Board meetings have been posted here for your viewing, and the referenced new tournament director standards here.

Congratulations to the winners of the WBX Team Tournament: the team led by Belsar Valencia, with contributions from Joseph Young, Alvin Guevarra, Mark Tuvera, and Jeff Anthony De Guzman, scored 10/15 tournament points to finish first. Second place was shared at 9.5/10 by the teams Jonathan Wu, Matthew Ivanescu, Raphael Lee & Dale Haessel, Roy Yearwood, Matthew Atwood.

Amir Bahmani had the best individual performance, scoring 4.5/5 on board one, ahead of Valencia and Tymur Keleberda at 4/5. Yearwood, Lee, Terance Somadasa, and Nikolai Nikolov also scored 4/5 on boards two and three.

Big thanks to Terry Seehagen and Dustin Koperski for running the event. See everyone in 2026!

Congratulations to Southern Alberta Open Champion Omid Malek. Malek won on tiebreak over Sigfrido Pacheco-Vega, at scores of 4.5/5. Third place went to Roy Yearwood at 4/5.

Well done also to the winners of the U1600 section: Ramon Mitra finished first with 4.5/5. Audvik Verma and Sean Kuehl shared second at 4/5.

In total, 51 players participated. Thanks to the CCC for organizing the event.

Registration is open for the 2025 WBX Team Tournament. Teams consist of three players with an average rating of no more than 2000. You may register as an individual if you do not have a full team.

Full info here.

Congratulations to Alberta Junior Champion Tymur Keleberda, who won with a 5/5 score. Second place went to Emil Soberov at 3/5, and third place to Sam Hoekman at 2.5/5.

Well done as well to the other section winners:

Open: Michael Prianichnikov, 4/5 (2nd/3rd: Zlata Butenko & Finley Zhang, 4/5)
U1500: Allison Chan, 6/7 (2nd: Isu An, 5.5/7)
U1100: Anatoliy Gromov, 6/6 (2nd/3rd: Aline Scheverman & Aavan Singh, 4/6)

Thanks to the CJCC team for organizing the event.