{"id":8881,"date":"2026-02-10T19:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T02:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/?page_id=8881"},"modified":"2026-04-10T17:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T23:41:05","slug":"2026-edmonton-chess-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2026-edmonton-chess-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Edmonton Chess Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date:<\/strong> Saturday, March 7, 2026
Venue:<\/strong> The Edmonton Chess Club — (780) 424-0283
Address:<\/strong> #204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizer<\/strong>: Cristian Ivanescu
Email:<\/strong> cristianivanescu59@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start time:<\/strong> 11:00 a.m. Players must arrive and check in between 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. or they may not be paired in round one.
Format: <\/strong>By school grade (1-12). The exact format of each section will depend on the number of participants but players are guaranteed a minimum of 3 games. Chess \u2019n Math rated.
Time control:<\/strong> Game in 25 minutes with a 5-second delay for grades 3-12. Clocks may be added to grades 1 and 2 if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entry fee: <\/strong>$30.
Registration:<\/strong> Fill out the form below. Payment will be made on-site with cash. The deadline for registration is Friday, March 6 @ 8:00 PM. Space is limited to 52 players.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prizes:<\/strong> Section winners receive free entry to the Alberta Chess Challenge in Red Deer on April 11th. Medals will be awarded to top finishers in each grade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name, Email, Grade, Mailing, Comments<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-Registered List<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inhvar Andriichuk (1)
Holly Hughey (1)
Cormac Tarnasky (2)
Ethan Wang (2)
Platon Bilyk (3)
Silas Reuter (3)
Aadhavan suresh (3)
Leonardo De Crisci (4)
Arshaan Khetani (4)
Steven Lanko (4)
Marko Lypovyk (4)
Darrin Ma (4)
Marco Reich (4)
Agam Singh Ahuja (5)
Asa Anderson (5)
Mitchell Bean (5)
Adam Nowacki (5)
Mustafa (5)
Ashley Honey Ganji (6)
Loki Lai (6)
Austin Lu (6)
Micah Deeg (7)
Oliver Edden (7)
Wuran Guo (7)
Aadit Kulkarni (7)
Meijia Li (7)
Ethan Zhou (7)
Liwen Zhu (7)
Satvik Holla (8)
Alexander Reich (8)
Zlata Butenko (9)
Matthew Ivanescu (9)
Rhys Andrew (10)
Marcus Bei (10)
Steven Gan (10)
Liame Parra-Alexander (10)
Aryan Ranjan Kumar (11)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last updated: March 6th, 10:00 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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