Monday, May 23, 2016

2016 Canadian Chess Challenge

being played in Regina this long weekend.

http://www.chess-challenge.chess-math.org/national/results/2016/English/index.xml 

Manitoba usually finishes no worse than 5th - but were edged out this year for 5th by the hosts.

It looks like Derek Ma may have tied for 3rd in Grade 8.

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - May 12, 2016

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 2
1. Kf7

Sunday, May 22, 2016

2016 Gibraltar Challengers B - Round 1

I played a young fourteen year-old Norwegian fellow, Daniel Nordquelle, rated 2102.
(He had a rougher time than me, ELO-wise, dropping 50 points in Challengers A, forty points in the Masters, and 37 in the Challengers B.  But his K=40, so, will gain those points back with a few wins here and there.)

The game was quite double-edged, but I prematurely pushed my h-pawn and eventually lost it.

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - April 30, 2016


from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in two (Slesarenko)
1. Qh7