2011 February TNT has been rated by the CFC

2011 February TNT has been rated by the CFC

See the crosstable here

Congratulations to the following who achieved new high ratings:

Gary Campbell 1724
Jim Green 1822
Theo Wolchock 1635
Sashika Kumaragamage 1466
Alex Iomdina 1410

Theo clocks in as # 4 in Canada in the U10 group.

Also Jonathon Zaczek played in the Northern Alberta Open last weekend. Here is a link to the cross-table http://chess.ca/xtableSQL.asp?TNum=201102041

1	Zhang, Yuanchen	Markham, ON	1916
2	Wan, Kevin	Ottawa, ON	1745
3	Zotkin, Daniel	Etobicoke, ON	1681
4	Wolchock, Theo	Winnipeg, MB	1635
5	Zhao, Yue Tong (Davy)	Scarborough, ON	1575

Also Jonathon Zaczek played in the Northern Alberta Open last weekend. Here is a link to the cross-table http://chess.ca/xtableSQL.asp?TNum=201102041

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - February 12, 2011

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to Move and Mate in 2 (Janet)

1. Re8 (vacating the e7 square)

Manitoba Active Chess Ratings - after the 2011 Kent Oliver Memorial

Name
Bince, Rolando	2124
Boron, Anthony	1979
Burstow, John	2293
Campbell, Jamie	1646
Crawford, Gary	1466
Currie, James	1916
Czypinski, Jaroslaw	1927
Dawa, Arvin	2091
De Groot, Steven	1800
Evans, Brian	1599
Gannon, Keith	1590
Green, Aaron	2001
Green, Jim	1838
Greenberg, Harley	1771
Iomdina, Alex	1435
Iomdina, Bella	1890
Joven, Perfecto	1891
Kaptsan, Aron	2075
Klusa, Lawrence	1339
Klusa, Mark	1557
Kohalmi, Andy	1635
Lauritson, Jim	1878
Letain, Cory	1631
Li, Devon	1567
Li, Henry	1410
Lipic, Stephen	1874
Lipnowski, Samuel	2252
Magnusson, Saul	1793
Manicdao, Tomas	1773
Melamedoff, Gustavo	1950
Melven, John	1548
Milord, Frank	1646
Milward, Dave	1713
Mousseau, Chuck	1846
Nikouline, Alexandre	2075
Ochate, Edward	1521
Ott, Richard	1446
Pang, Charles	1800
Pang, Michael	1781
Pottinger, Carl	1771
Raihman, David	1498
Raihman, Igal	1988
Remillard, John	1548
Repa, Jason	2024
Rutter, Blair	1851
Samson, Larry	1761
Schulz, Manfred	1842
Schulz, Waldemar	1969
Schwartz, Leah	1141
Swift, Ryne	1778
Trueman, Francis	1550
Van Wyk, Joseph	2054
Villeneuve, Justin	1292
Vincent, Trevor	2318
Wasserman, Arie	1727
Wasserman, Jerry	1973
Wasserman, Leor	1789
Wolchock, Theo	1605
Yung, Dustin	1172
Zaczek, Jonathon	2188

2011 FIDE Futurity Rated by the CFC

Tournament Director Anthony Boron Finish Date 2011/2/3 Tournament # 201102002 Province MB

#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Tot
1	Melamedoff, Gustavo	2084	2264	2130	2130	X 0 1 1 1 1	4.0
2	Zaczek, Jonathon	2300	2141	2287	2300	1 X = 0 1 1	3.5
3	Lauritson, Jim	1977	2045	1990	2077	0 = X = 1 =	2.5
4	Boron, Anthony	1993	1962	1986	2060	0 1 = X 0 =	2.0
5	Kaptsan, Aron	2010	1959	1998	2300	0 0 0 1 X 1	2.0
6	Lipic, Stephen	1839	1833	1835	1874	0 0 = = 0 X	1.0

Congratulations to Gustavo for the win and a new peak rating of 2130 !

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - January 29, 2011

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Jacobs)
1.Bg1