A total of 14 scholastic players came to the University of Winnipeg on February 21, 2009 to play in the second scholastic training tournament. When the dust settled, Leah Green emerged victorious with a perfect record of 4 out of 4 points to claim first prize. Second was claimed by Nikho Hizon with a point total of 3.5 out of 4 points and Colin Stranc claimed third prize with a score of 3 out of 4 points. The crosstable is shown below: Rounds Name Grade Old rating New rating 1 2 3 4 Total 1 Leah Green 7 1038 1078 +11 +7 +5 +4 4.0 2 Nikho Angelo Hizon 8 953 1007 +9 +3 =4 +6 3.5 3 Colin Stranc 8 1070 1063 +12 -2 +11 +7 3.0 4 Sashika Kumaragamage 8 989 993 +8 +6 =2 -1 2.5 5 Mobin Moshiri 8 870 872 =10 +12 -1 +11 2.5 6 Justin Villeneuve 3 815 813 +13 -4 +9 -2 2.0 7 Matthew Murphy 3 716 734 +14 -1 +8 -3 2.0 8 Kris Gendzelevich 4 629 645 -4 +13 -7 +10 2.0 9 Wayne Einarsson 3 567 597 -2 +14 -6 +12 2.0 10 Kyle Bolton 4 520 536 =5 -11 +13 -8 1.5 11 Thomas Hunt 4 680 685 -1 +10 -3 -5 1.0 12 Theo Wolchock 1 695 675 -3 -5 +14 -9 1.0 13 Aakash Natarajan 1 492 483 -6 -8 -10 +14 1.0 14 Zelda Kynman 5 389 370 -7 -9 -12 -13 0.0
Saturday, February 21, 2009
SCHOLASTIC TRAINING TOURNAMENT #2
BUGHOUSE TOURNAMENT #2
1 Colin Stranc and Wayne Einarsson
2. Leah Green and Theo Wolchock
3. Sahika Kumaragamage and Matthew Murphy
4. Justin Villeneuve and Kris Gendzelevich
At the end of the tournament, there was a tie for first place between the team of Colin Stranc/Wayne Einarsson and the team of Sashika Kumaragamage/Matthew Murphy and a tie breaker match was held. At the end of the tie breaker, the team of Colin Stranc and Wayne Einarsson was victorious.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
ECOLE SOMERSET SCHOOL WINS 2009 MANITOBA HIGH SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
A total of six (6) teams competed at the University of Winnipeg on February 19, 2009 for the 2009 Manitoba High School Chess Championships. The team Ecole Somerset School from the Prairie Spirit School Division emerged victorious with 19 out of 20 points. This also marks a record for the highest point total in a Manitoba High School Championships as the previous mark was set by the 2008 Kelvin High School team which had 18 points out of 20.
Cross table:
2009 MANITOBA HIGH SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS | ||||||
rounds | ||||||
SCHOOL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total |
Ecole Somerset School | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19.0 |
Fort Richmond Collegiate | 4 | 0 | 3.5 | 3 | 2 | 12.5 |
Vincent Massey Collegiate | 1.5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11.5 |
Acadia Junior High School | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | 11.5 |
All Star High School Team | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.5 |
Peguis Central School | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
Results by board number:
Board 1 Results | ||||||||
FR | AC | PE | SO | AL | VM | Total | ||
Weixi Lui | Fort Richmond (FR) | X | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 |
Aaron Green | Acadia (AC) | 0.5 | X | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 3.0 |
Ian Bear | Peguis (PE) | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Paolo Araullo | Somerset (SO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 5.0 |
Leor Wasserman | All Stars (AL) | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | X | 0 | 2.5 |
Mark Klusa | Vincent Massey (VM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 2.0 |
Board 2 Results | ||||||||
FR | AC | PE | SO | AL | VM | Total | ||
Bill Song | Fort Richmond (FR) | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 |
Leah Green | Acadia (AC) | 0 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 |
Isiah Sutherland | Peguis (PE) | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
Marlon Araullo | Somerset (SO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 5.0 |
Stephen Kenney | All Stars (AL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 0.0 |
Cris Currie | Vincent Massey (VM) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3.0 |
Board 3 Results | ||||||||
FR | AC | PE | SO | AL | VM | Total | ||
Brendan Allen | Fort Richmond (FR) | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 |
Sashika Kumaragamage | Acadia (AC) | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
Ian Sutherland | Peguis (PE) | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
Nikho Hizon | Somerset (SO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 4.0 |
Fung Cheung | All Stars (AL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 0.0 |
Paul Funston | Vincent Massey (VM) | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3.5 |
Board 4 Results | ||||||||
FR | AC | PE | SO | AL | VM | Total | ||
Suraj Srinivasan | Fort Richmond (FR) | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 |
Sachin Vijayan | Acadia (AC) | 0 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 |
Brandon Sutherland | Peguis (PE) | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Bernadette Araullo | Somerset (SO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 5.0 |
Rachel Edwards | All Stars (AL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 0 | 1.0 |
Noel Berry | Vincent Massey (VM) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4.0 |
A special mention to Katrina Araullo who played board 2 for the All Star team in the last round against Peguis Central School.
Pictures from the 2009 Manitoba High School Chess Championships
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
2009 MANITOBA HIGH SCOOL CHESS TOURNAMENT
SCHOLASTIC TRAINING TOURNAMENTS
About the Event:
Experts agree that the single best way for junior chess players to improve and deepen their enjoyment of the game of chess IS TO PLAY MORE! Come to our junior chess tournaments on Saturday from 11:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. in Room 3C14 - University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue. All junior players (K-12) are welcome even if they have never played in a tournament before (Players must know how the pieces move, of course). We will be running through the rules of chess for the students, and how a tournament works. The tournament will be held from 12:30 to 4:30 consisting of a four (4) round swiss system tournament. As an added feature a 'bughouse tournament' will be run from 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon .Everyone is welcome. This is the perfect opportunity for junior players to gain valuable additional practice before the provincial scholastic championships in March. Look for additional information at http://www.chessmanitoba.com/
Event Dates:
Saturday January 24, 2009
Saturday February 21, 2009
Saturday March 7, 2009
Tournament Rounds:
Each player will play four games. Games will be time controlled (Each player has 30 minutes for all their moves.) Players are encouraged to record their moves on a score sheet. . Rounds begin at 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.
EVERYONE WHO ENTERS WILL GET A PRIZE
Registration Information:
Cost: $5.00
Tournament registration: 12:00 noon
Bughouse registration: 10:45 a.m.
This event is sanctioned by the Manitoba Chess Association and will be rated by the Chess and Math Association.