2017 Manitoba Senior (over 50) Champiosnship - Dec 9 - 10

2017 Manitoba Senior Championship (open to those 50 years old and over)
University of Winnipeg – Room 2C15
4 round Swiss System CFC Rated (CFC Membership required)
$ 15 entry fee
Registration: 9:40 – 9:55 am – Saturday, December 9 (Room 2C15) or
Tuesday, December 5 at the TNT.(Room 4CM42)
University of Winnipeg – Room 2C15
Open to all Manitoba players born before 1968
Time Control: 90 minutes + 30 second increment
Round Times: 10 am and 2:00 p.m each day (Rounds 2 and 4 may be advanced if Previous round’s games end early and there is mutual consent between paired players to start earlier.)
Minimum prizes –
Top Senior – Born before 1968
Top Over 65 – Born before 1953
CFC Membership Information:
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]

Tournament Director:  Ken Einarsson

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - November 18, 2017

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to mate in 2 (Rinder)
1.Qd5+

2017 Manitoba Junior Championship has been rated by the CFC

2017 Manitoba Junior Championship has been rated by the CFC

Please see the crosstable here:

http://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201711100

Yanyu achieved a new peak high established rating: 1341

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - November 4, 2017

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to mate in 2 (Shire)

More Kaptsan crosstables from the Latvian era

2017 Earl Rosenbloom Memorial Chess Tournament starts Tuesday, November 7

2017 Earl Rosenbloom Memorial Chess Tournament
University of Winnipeg -
Room 4CM42
One Section - FIDE and CFC Rated
Swiss - 7 rounds
Prizes based on entries - class prizes also
Dates: November 7 - December 19, 2017
Arbiter: Anthony Boron
Org CFC / Manitoba Chess Association
Time Controls - G /110(+Guideline III.4 for situations with players having under 2 minutes remaining.)
Start time is 7:00 pm
(Players may take up to 2 half-point and any number of zero-point byes. Half-point byes for rounds 6 and 7 must be requested before Round 4.) .
Registration - November 7 - approximately 6:30 pm to 6:50 pm.
Late Registration for tournament - November 14 or 21 - approximately 6:30 pm to 6:45 pm - you will receive a 1/2 point bye for each of the first two rounds missed.
All players must be CFC (Chess Federation of Canada) 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; 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).
Top 2 Manitoba Finishers in the 2017 Earl Rosenbloom Memorial qualify to the 2018 Manitoba Championship
Entry Fees: 2017 Earl Rosenbloom Memorial $ 25
Great opportunity to Start, add to, or complete your FIDE Rating requirements.
Tentative Pairings to be Published prior to Rounds 3-7
Location: University of Winnipeg - Rm 4CM42
(This is not a knockout tournaments, players will play all 7 rounds)(If you can not play on one or more weeks, please contact the TD BEFORE the round.)
facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/178247284305/

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - October 21, 2017

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to mate in 2 (Bilfinger)
1. Ke3

2017 October TNT has been rated by the CFC

See the crosstable here:
http://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201710051

Congratulations to the following who achieved new peak establish ratings:

Ryne Swift 2092   (+87 !)




Consider joining the Manitoba Chess Association Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/178247284305/

2018 Manitoba Closed Championship Qualifying Update

2018 Manitoba Closed Championship Qualifying Update 

Manitoba Closed 2018 format : 8 player knockout 

(Note: on February 23, 2014 the MCA board approved the adding up to two spots to the the Manitoba Championship at discretion of the Board; if the Board add the two spots, qualifiers 7 and 8  (ordered by CFC rating, along with the new 2 additions will play in a preliminary knockout round, producing two winners who then play with the top six qualifiers by CFC rating. On February 26, 2017, the Board approved a regulation that bidders for the wild-card spots must have a standard rating greater than 1800.) 

Qualifiers -
*Players must be Manitoba Permanent residents.

(Persons  who are not citizens or permanent residents, but who have been a resident of Manitoba for a twelve-month period immediately preceding the tournament, may be admitted to the Tournament provided they can clearly demonstrate to the MCA Board of Directors that they have a settled intention to continue to reside in Manitoba. The admittance to the Tournament of such exceptions shall be entirely at the discretion of the MCA Board of Directors.)
 

Qualifiers must play 10 standard rated games (somewhere in the world) during calendar 2017 in order to qualify. In order of preference - if the qualifying player does not want to participate or the qualifier is redundant, we continue down the list until there are 8 willing participants.

     1. Previous Year's Champion (GUSTAV BARON)
     2. Winner of the Reserve (not held)
     3. MB Junior Champion (if rated above 1900)  - to be held in November)
     4. Top Manitoban in AY Memorial (JOJO NONES -  subject to *)
     5,6. Top 2 finishers in the Tournament of Champions (Earl Rosenbloom Memorial - to be held in Nov - Dec) 
     7. Player with the best MTPPS (  ) 
     8. Player with the 2nd best MTPPS (  ) 
     9. 2nd Manitoban in the AY Memorial (ISAAC WIEBE)
    10. Player with the 3rd best MTPPS  (  )
    11. Player with the 4th best MTPPS  (  )
    12.  Player with the 5th best MTPPS (  )
13.  Player with the 6th best MTPPS ( )
13.  Player with the 7th best MTPPS ( )


The above players (in bold) will be contacted in early 2018 to determine their willingness to participate in the knockout.  If any of the players decline, invitations will be provided to next players on the list below.  Then there will be a short period when wild-card bids (as described above) will be entertained.

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MTPSS -  Modified Tournament Performance Point Score
MTPPS is calculated as follows:
A Loss = 0 points
A Draw = the rating of the opponent
A Win = the greater of [your opponent's rating + 200] or [your rating]

The top ten performance scores for each player are counted

The 2018 top MTPPS scores at this point are as follows (to end of September):
(Tournaments scored included all Manitoba CFC Standard rated tournaments, US standard rated tournaments, International FIDE standard rated tournaments etc.) If you believe a result has been missed or is incorrect, please contact me.

 

Wiebe	23396
Baron	22862
Nones	22638
Babb	22626
Boron	22300
Wolchock	22026
Valentino	21808
Bince	21435
Swift	21399