Sunday, October 15, 2017

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - October 7, 2017

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 2 (Loyd)
1. Qa1

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - September 23, 2017

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 2 (Loyd)

Sunday, October 1, 2017

2017 Abe Yanofsky Open Tournament has been rated by FIDE

Below are those that had changesto their FIDE rating , or now have played the minimum of games to obtain a FIDE rating.


Name Previous  New change
  Nones, Teodulfo Ii 2254 2272  17.6
  Baron, Gustav L 1969 1986  16.8
  Gonzales, Joel
1964  0
  Swift, Ryne 1855 1897  42.4
  Wiebe, Isaac 2039 2056  17
  Valentino, Marcos 2005 2015  9.6
  Wolchock, Theo 1818 1852  34.4
  Moncal, Nilo 2115 2095  -20.4
  Baumgartner, Christopher 1830 1839  8.6
  Ma, Derek 1895 1908  13.2
  Lipnowski, Samuel 2134 2129  -5
  Klokow, John
1708  0
  Boshoff, Thomas 1927 1939  11.6
  Wei, Daniel 1762 1776  13.6
  Bince, Rolando 1974 1970  -4
  Cohen, Lawrence 1879 1878  -1.2
  Bonness, Will 1825 1810  -14.8
  Boron, Anthony 1857 1848  -9.2
  Prince, Colin 1836 1818  -17.6
  Atem, James 1825 1777  -47.6
  Beach, Brock 1961 1923  -38
  Magnusson, Saul 1946 1896  -50

Friday, September 29, 2017

2017 October TNT starts Tuesday, Oct 3

2017 October TNT – CFC (Chess Federation of Canada) rated.
$15 entry fee – Prizes will be based on entries.
Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42
4 rounds – 1 game on each of Oct 3, 10, 17, 24
(This is not a knockout tournament, players will play all 4 rounds) (Players may take up to 1 half-point and any number of zero-point byes.
Half-point byes for round 4  must be requested before Round 2.
Please note that we intend to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.
There is one game per week.
All of the TNTs are Swiss (pairing) style tournaments with a time control of G /110 minutes [Each player has 1 hour 50 minutes to complete their moves, the game will be be approx. 3 hours and 40 minutes maximum].
We will also be using FIDE Rule Appendix G.4 for situations with players having under 2 minutes remaining. .
Start time is 7:00 pm
All players must be CFC members (can be obtained during registration on-site)
[$ 20 for a one-tournament adult membership or $ 49 for 12 months- new adult members pay only $ 36 for a twelve-month CFC membership, or $ 16 for a one-tournament membership] Junior (under 20) members pay $ 10 for a one-tournament membership, $ 34 for a twelve-month CFC membership, new junior members pay only $ 24 for a twelve month CFC membership, or $ 8 for a one-tournament membership]
Registration for tournament -Tuesday, October 3 – approximately 6:35 pm to 6:50 pm
Registration will be cut off at 6:50 pm.
 before 5 pm (you can try later, but the wireless access at the U may be problematic).
Players can join in Round 2, they will receive a half-point bye for Round 1.
Tournament contact will be Ken Einarsson - Phone or text 204-999-3069 or email ken659@mymts.net
Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42 Easiest way to get there is to take the elevator at the north end (Ellice) to the 5th Floor(if that Elevator is operating) Otherwise, there is an elevator just to the west of the old Bookstore location. Our goal is to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

2017 September TNT has been rated by the CFC

See the crosstable here:
http://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201709041

Congratulations to the following who achieved new peak established ratings:

Isaac Wiebe 2261
Jason Evans 1675
Carter Marshall 1506

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - September 9, 2017

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 2 (Loyd)
1.Qe6

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - August 26, 2017

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to move and mate in two (Loyd)
1. Ne2


Friday, September 8, 2017

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - August 12, 2017

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 2 (Loyd)

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

2017 Abe Yanofsky Memorial has been rated by the CFC

see the crosstables here:

Open
http://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201709006


U1800
http://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201709007mber=201709007

Congratulations to the following who established new peak established ratings:

Jojo Nones  2321
Isaac Wiebe 2256
Derek Ma 1961
Daniel Wei (SK) 1799
Gilbert Perez 1796
Larry Samson 1638
Carter Marshall 1485
Ethan Eckert 1445
Max Russo 1574
Yanyu Lei 1294