Thursday, October 23, 2008

November 2008 Scholastic Chess Tournament

Saturday, October 18, 2008

North Dakota Chessnut Scholastic Chess Tournament

Today October 18, 2008, a contingent of chess players from Manitoba traveled to Fargo, North Dakota to play in the 2nd annual Chessnut Tournament. This year, as part of the Annual Chessnut Tournament, an unrated scholastic chess tournament was also held. A total of 33 players participated in the scholastic tournament, of which 8 played in the primary section, 12 in the middle years section and 13 in the high school section. Manitoba was represented in the primary section by Manitoba's own Wayne Einarsson

In the primary section, Zach Bigelow came in first and Blake Pember came in third, while Manitoba's Wayne Einarsson came in second. Also of note, former Manitoban now making his home in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Vahid Fazel played in the middle years section. For further information on this tournament please refer to the NDchessnut website.

Below are several pictures from the 2008 NDCHESSNUT SCHOLASTIC TOURNAMENT:
















Above Wayne Einarsson accepting his silver medal in the primary section















Wayne playing his second round game

Friday, October 17, 2008

October 19th regular monthly chess tournament has changed locations

The regular monthly chess tournament on October 19th has changed locations. It will now be at the University of Winnipeg, Lockhart Hall, Room 5L24. Registration is still between 12:15pm and 12:45pm.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Chess Simul at Dalhousie School

Jim and myself went to Dalhousie School today to give a chess simul to the children in the school. Approximately 30 future Manitoba Champions (students) from the school played Jim and myself. All the games were hard fought and a fun time was had by all.

For further information on upcoming scholastic tournaments please refer to the following link: http://www.scholasticchess.mb.ca/upcomingtournaments.php?sitelang=en

Sunday, October 5, 2008

JUNIORS DOMINATE ABE YANOFSKY MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

Super junior Trevor Vincent capped off a fine year of chess with a win in the last round against fellow junior Weixi Lui to win the signature chess event in Manitoba. Combined with his win in the Manitoba championship in May and his achieving a master rating along the way , Trevor has got to be considered as the leading candidate for player of the year honors . Of note too ;is junior Aaron Green tying for first place in the U1800 section after a fine performance in the tournament. Congratulations to all the participants ( young and young at heart ) on a fine tournament . note 54 chess players took part ages ranged from 9 to 80 .total prize fund was $4000. Well done Manitoba Chess Association (www.chessmanitoba.com ).

JUNIOR CHESS CAMP PROVIDES BIG FUN AND GREAT LEARNING

The junior chess camp went as scheduled ,the week after the August long weekend ,with 13 juniors ranging in age from 6 to 18 years of age . The top ranked 5 received personal attention and training from International master Dave Ross. While the lower ranked juniors were given instruction , tournament playing experiences , and a movie(Knights of the South Bronx )under the supervision of no less than three chess coaches (!) Good times were had by all .