Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - August 10, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to mate in 2 (Funk)

 1. Ned6

2019 Winnipeg Open (Joe Dreman Memorial) has been rated by the CFC,

See the crosstable here:

https://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201907062

Congratulations to the following who achieved new peak established CFC ratings:

Derek Ma   2204
Adrian Lafreniere 2024
Cory Letain 1840
Udaya Annakkage 1793

FIDE has rated the Canadian Open

https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=221867&t=

Manitobans generally didn't fare so well -

Name	Rating change
Wolchock, Theo	-25.2
Wiebe, Isaac	-24.8
Ma, Derek	+ 3.4
Boron, Anthony	-15.6
Green, Jim	-9.8
Einarsson, Ken	-33.2
Bince, Rolando	-22.6

Major factor  was underrated juniors and/or unrated players.

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - July 27, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Funk)

1. Nb6

2019 Canadian Open and CYCC tournaments have been rated by the CFC

From what I reviewed, it seems that no Manitobans achieved new peak established ratings.

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - July 13, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to mate in 2 (Funk)

1. Kc4

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - June 15 (and June 29)

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to mate in 2 (Funk)

Ned6

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - June 1, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Funk)

1.Ne4

FIDE Rating changes

FIDE has rated the 2019 Divinsky Memorial (April TNT) and the Manitoba Closed -

Following are the Previous FIDE rating, the new FIDE rating and the +/- changes