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2008 MANITOBA JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

On November 16, 2008 sixteen juniors competed for the right to be the 2008 Manitoba Junior Champion. All the games were hard fought and at the end a tie for first and second occurred between Weixi Lui and Igal Raihman and also a tie for third and fourth occured between Ryne Swift and Leah Green. A five minute sudden death game was played to determine first and second and also third and fourth places. Weixi Lui was victorious over Igal Raihman to claim the 2008 Manitoba Junior Championship and Ryne Swift defeated Leah Green to claim third place. Below is the crosstable for the event.

	2008 MANITOBA JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
	Last Name	First Name	Rating	ROUNDS
				1	2	3	4	Total
1	Lui	Weixi	1832	W4	W7	W6	D2	3.5
2	Raihman	Igal	1150	W10	W8	W5	D1	3.5
3	Swift	Ryne	1143	W15	D5	W12	D6	3.0
4	Green	Leah	931	L1	W16	W14	W9	3.0
5	Kong	Dezhong	1546	W13	D3	L2	W12	2.5
6	Green	Aaron	1264	W14	W12	L1	D3	2.5
7	Pang	Michael	1250	W16	L1	W8	Bye	2.5
8	Oberton	Daniel	1804	W9	L2	L7	W14	2.0
9	Kumaragamage	Sashika	799	L8	W10	W13	L4	2.0
10	Vijayan	Sachin	772	L2	L9	W15	W16	2.0
11	Ma	Derek	776	L12	L14	W16	W13	2.0
12	Wasserman	Leor	1191	W11	L6	L3	L5	1.0
13	Stranc	Colin	895	L5	W15	L9	L11	1.0
14	Yung	Dustin	803	L6	W11	L4	L8	1.0
15	Einarsson	Wayne	459	L3	L13	L10	Bye	0.5
16	Villeneuve	Justin	690	L7	L4	L11	L10	0.0

JUNIOR BUGHOUSE TOURNAMENT

As part of the 2008 Manitoba Junior Chess Championships, a bughouse tournament was held in conjunction with the event during the lunch break. A total of 5 teams competed for the bragging rights of the "Manitoba Junior Bughouse Champions". At the end of the bughouse tournament, when the dust settled, the team comprized of Leah Green and Weixi Lui were victorious. Congratulations to all the teams that took part in the tournament.

MANITOBA JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP goes this Saturday 15 NOV at the U of W

The Premiere Junior Chess Tournament goes this Saturday with the winner getting a paid trip to the nationals in 2009 ! Last year's Winner was top junior Trevor Vincent who had to fight through the highest rated field ever (average rating approx 1750 cfc) to claim first place.This year could be even stronger if many of our best juniors can make it on Saturday . Room 2c14 UofW 09:00 sign up see details www.chessmanitoba.com

November 2008 Scholastic Tournament

A total of 36 players played in the November Scholastic Tournament. Tournament results can be found on the following website: Manitoba Scholastic Chess Website. Below are several pictures of the players taken during the November tournament.

November 2008 Scholastic Chess Tournament

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

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.

2008 Manitoba Junior Chess Championships - November 15, 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

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 .

JUNIOR CHESS CAMP GOES AUGUST 5th - 8th

INTERNATIONAL MASTER DAVE ROSS will again be teaching juniors this summer at the University of Winnipeg .This chess camp is an excellent opportunity for juniors to improve their enjoyment and understanding of the game of chess . My two kids Aaron and Leah have been attending the camp for a number of years and look forward to it again this year!!

The camp is divided into two sections ( intermediate and advanced ) and runs from 09:00 -3:30 each day tuesday to friday the first week after the Aug long weekend .
Open to all Juniors a knowledge of the moves and having played in a tournament or two will be required at registration . SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE !!(as of july 5)

COST : $145 and $185 (advanced section) maximium cost per familly $370 .

PLACE : University of Winnipeg Room 2C14 sign up tues 5th aug 08:45 hrs

CONTACT : Jim Green email : the_cool_greens@shaw.ca

PLAY CHESS THIS SUMMER

If you would like to play some chess this summer check out "Chess in the Park" across from Portage Place(between Edmonton and Kennedy st.) each Friday at noon .These are blitz tournaments open to all for free and run by the Manitoba Chess Association . just show up before noon and sign up !

If you want some chess action during the week try stopping by the park on tuesday(11-4) and thursday(11-4) and saturday (12-4)and a local chess expert will set you up with a game or chess lesson if you would like again the cost is free and everyone is welcome .

HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THE SUMMER

BOY O BOY is the summer ever going fast !
There is so much to do and so little time to do it !

First off....A big congrats to team Manitoba for that huge showing in Edmonton in May at the Canadian Chess Challenge!

We got silver medal production from Dezhong Kong (grade 3) and Trevor Vincent (grade 12), as well as bronze medal performances from Michael Pang (grade 5) and Weixi Lui(grade 11)
combined with a strong showing from the rest of our team (often against much stronger kids from the other provinces) had Team Manitoba chasing mighty Alberta for fourth spot right until the end when they pulled slightly ahead and we had to settle for fifth place 20 points ahead of Nova Scotia . Team Ontario won the event for the 11th year in a row. For all the details go to www.chess-math.org/ and follow the links to chess challenge 2008 .

A GREAT BIG WELL DONE TO NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES SATURDAY 28 June
some 30 players including 20 juniors took part in this well run and organized chess tournament . Three big sections with top rated junior Trevor Vincent winning the top section and juniors Isaac Weibe and Alexander Iomdina winning sections 2&3.

Intense competition at Manitoba Youth Chess Championship 11May

Igal Raihman continued his fine play from the Provincal Chess Challenge to win the MANITOBA Youth Chess Championship ahead of a strong field of 18 players .Igal is quickly establishing himself as one the best juniors in the province and is sure to be a strong contender to the Junior crown currently held by # 1 Manitoba junior: Trevor Vincent.

FULL RESULTS

Igal Raihman.......4.5 pts.....Under 16 champion
Marlon Araullo.....4.0.........Under 14 champion
Dezheng Kong.......3.5.........Under 10 champion
Paulo Araullo......3.5.........
Weixi Lui..........3.0.........Under 18 champion
Daniel Oberton.....3.0.........
Isaac Wiebe........3.0.........
Justin Villeneuve..3.0.........Under 8 champion
Leor Wasserman.....2.5.........Under 12 champion
Michael Pang.......2.5.........
Evan Taylor........2.5.........
Phil Gregoryanz....2.5.........
Daniel Raihman.....2.0.........
Aaron Green........2.0.........
Leah Green.........2.0.........Under 12 girls champion
Matthew Compte.....1.0.........
Alex Compte........1.0.........
Jeannette compte...0.0.........Under 8 girls champion

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ON A WONDERFULLY HARD FOUGHT TOURNAMENT

A SPECIAL THANKS TO LORNE GIBBONS OUR TIRED BUT SUPER TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR ON A SUPER JOB...WELL DONE

THE MANITOBA YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP GOES THIS SUNDAY

ACTIVE CHESS FORMAT (GAME 30 min)
ENTRY FEE $15 + CFC MEMBERSHIP
REGISTRATION 9-930 SUNDAY 11 MAY ROOM 2C14 UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG
ROUNDS 10 AM ,11,1,2,3
CHAMPIONS DECLARED FOR ages U8,U12,U14,U16,U18 all ages for both girls and boys

JUNIORS PLAY CHESS !!

There are still two major chess tournaments for juniors before summer arrives Scholasticchess.mb has their final tournament on May 4th at the University of Winnipeg Duckworth center and the Manitoba Youth Chess Championship (chessmanitoba.mb )goes on the 11th of May at the University of Winnipeg .The winners of the various age groups in the Youth Championship receive free entry into the Canadian Youth Championships ($150).While the winners of the Canadian Championships receive an all expense paid trip to World Youth Championships !!(last year the World Championships were in Turkey ) Remember that they will declare champions in Under 8,U10,U12,U14,U16,U18 ages so you could easily win your age group and then advance up the line to Canadian champ and then World Champ !! Another way for kids to play chess is to play in the junior chess club (for FREE )each saturday until May .chessmanitoba.mb for details. hope to see you out !!

Congratulations To All Our Provincal Champions

It looks like Manitoba will be sending one of our strongest teams ever to the National Scholastic Chess Championships in Edmonton on the May long weekend.
Good Luck to all our Champions
Grade 1 Ethan Lin
2 Matthew Murphy
3 Dezhong Kong
4 Ryne Swift
5 Michael Pang
6 Leor Wasserman
7 Nikho Angelo Hizon
8 Aaron Green
9 Igal Raihman
10 Mark Paolo Araullo
11 Weixi Liu
12 Trevor Vincent
Also a huge organizational effort from Jerimie Piche ,Peter Henson ,Gilles Piche and their volunteer helpers .Great Job Everyone and thank you !

Manitoba Scholastic Chess Championship Goes On 16 March 2008

Many grades are still open to participants for the Manitoba Scholastic Championships on 16 March .Please email jeremie.piche@scholasticchess.mb.ca as soon as possible if you are interested also go to the excellent web site www.scholasticchess.mb.ca for details

Kelvin High School Wins Championship

Congratulations to Mighty Kelvin who powered to another High School Team Championship. .Trevor Vinvcent, Sultan Ali, Phillip Gregoryaz,and Patrick Serda finished ahead of teams from (2nd place) St. Pauls, (3rd)Vincent Massey, (4th) Kildonan East, (5th)John Taylor, (6th)GlenLawn . The Tournament was again well run by Blair Rutter and friends.Good times were had by all involed

Manitoba High School Chess Championship Goes This Friday 22 Feb 2008

The Manitoba Chess Association is again hosting the prestigious high school championship at the University of Winnipeg .There is still time to enter your school team but you must act QUICKLY !
Please go to the chessmanitoba.com website for full details . Good-luck to all the teams and players who do enter this enduring classic tournament !

Winnipeg Junior ChessTournament Feb 03 / 2008

Congratulations to the three section winners of this continuing series of super tough chess tournaments organized by mr. Pang and mr Swift .(great job again guys ). Here are the full results

section 1 section 2 section 3

Dezheng Kong 3.0 / 3.0 | Ryne Swift 4.0 / 4.0 | Bernadette Araullo 3.0 / 4.0
Marlon Araullo 2.5 / 3.0 | Leah Green 3.0 / 4.0 | Justin Lin 2.5 / 4.0
Mark P.Araullo 1.5 / 3.0 | Vahid Fazel 1.5 / 4.0 | Katrina Araullo 2.0 / 4.0
Michael Pang 1.0 / 3.0 | Frank Yu 1.5 / 4.0 | Ethan Lin 1.5 / 4.0
Leor Wasserman 0.0/3.0 |Janelle Maxin 0.0 / 4.0 | Mathis Penner 1.0 / 4.0

No word on the next tough tournament in this ongoing series but with the 6 scholastic tournaments scheduled in February and March for school age kids ( please go to scholasticchess.mb.ca for more info ) my guess is late march or early april.... stay posted for details as they come available

WELCOME TO THE BRAND NEW HOME OF MANITOBA JUNIOR CHESS

Hello everyone ! The purpose of this site is to provide information and entertainment to manitoba's junior chess players and their families . We will endeavor to keep up to date on many of the exciting opportunities and events for junior players in manitoba in the coming months. Also we will try and provide some fun and interesting instruction to our future chess champions . Please enjoy