2012 Manitoba Junior Championship

Manitoba Junior Championship
"Ole Hellsten Award"
CFC Rated

The Manitoba Chess Association will be holding the 2012 Junior Chess Championship on Sunday, November 4.

Eligibility: Open to Manitoba residents under 20 years of age as of December 31, 2012.

It will be held at the University of Winnipeg (Room 1M21)

The time control is as follows: each player will get 60 minutes. (G/60)

The approximate times of the rounds are:

Round 1: 10:00 AM

Round 2: Noon  (if Round 1 ends substantially earlier, we will start round 2 earlier)

BREAK

Round 3: 2:30 PM (if Round 2 ends substantially earlier than 2 pm , we will start round 3 earlier)
 
Round 4: approximately 4:30 PM


The Manitoba Junior is the highest-level junior chess tournament in Manitoba.
The winner, if rated over 1900, qualifies to the 2013 Manitoba Championship.


Registration time is 9:30 AM -10:00AM on Sunday November 4.


Entry Fee:
Open Section: $ 15
CFC Membership is not required.


Other:
First Tie Breaker, if necessary, in Open Section:
Head to Head result if applicable,

else a two-game match will be arranged for a future date.

2012 November Sunday Quads CFC Rating Tournament Sunday, November 4

2012 November Sunday Quads CFC Rating Tournament
Sunday, November 4
((Room 1M21) 

A QUAD (short for quadrangular)is simply a group of four players arranged by rating. Each player in a particular QUAD plays one game against each of the other three players. The winner is the player with the best score.

The first thing that is done  is to arrange the players in order of their CFC ratings.
Then the players are broken into groups of four.  The lowest grouping may have more than 4 players - this section will be run as a Swiss.

In each Quad Group - the pairings will be something like this:
White* Black*

Round 1
1 vs 4
2 vs 3
   
Round 2
3 vs 1
4 vs 2
   
Round 3
1 vs 2
4 vs 3
*Colors in the third round are determined by coin toss/computer


Each 4-player section is a separate event for pairing and prize purposes.
Time Control:  Game / 60
Entry Fee: $ 5  (to cover CFC rating fees)

Round 1: 10:00 am

Round 2: 12:30 pm

Round 3:  2:30 Pm

By mutual agreement, games may start earlier than stated.
Registration - 9:40 - 10 am - Sunday, November 4

All players in the tournament must also be Chess Federation of Canada members.
CFC Membership information:
(membership can be purchased at the tournament site)
Former/returning members:
$ 20 for a one-tournament membership or $ 49 for 12 months, Juniors - one ournament membership $ 10, $34 for 12 months.
 New members pay only $ 16 for a one-tournament membership or $ 36 for 12
months, Juniors - one tournament membership $ 10, $24 for 12 months.

2012 Albert Boxer Memorial has been rated by the CFC

Please the crosstable here.

Congratulations to the following who achieved new peak ratings:

Michael Pang - 1945
Jamie Campbell - 1704
Cody Baron - 1778
Bruce Leaden - 1595

New York Times Brooklyn Castle review

The Game Is All-Consuming, at Least Until the Outside World Intrudes

‘Brooklyn Castle,’ Directed by Katie Dellamaggiore

Producers Distribution Agency

A scene from the documentary “Brooklyn Castle,” with students from Intermediate School 318.

By MANOHLA DARGIS

Published: October 18, 2012

The child chess champions in the irresistible documentary “Brooklyn Castle” don’t take long, as one of these sweetpeas likes to say, to crush you. Year after year, these big brains and little bodies at Intermediate School 318 in Williamsburg win chess tournaments, and their winning streak continues on screen. They are a remarkable, funny, inspiring, at times devastating group. Through the eyes of the director Katie Dellamaggiore, you come to know these children, their teachers and parents as you witness their pulse-quickening matches and tears splashed on the family dining-room table. There’s smiling uplift here, but the road is seldom easy and sometimes brutal......

read the rest of the review at 

http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/movies/brooklyn-castle-directed-by-katie-dellamaggiore.html?nl=movies&emc=edit_fm_20121019&_r=0

2012 Albert Boxer Memorial

2012 Albert Boxer Memorial

University of Winnipeg
Room 4CM42
 October 20, 21
FIDE and CFC rated
Five rounds
Game / 90 + 30 second increment
Round 1 - Saturday 10 am
Round 2 - Saturday 2 pm
Round 3 - Saturday 6 pm
Round 4 - Sunday 11 am
Round 5 - Sunday 3 pm
   Games in Rounds 2,3,5 may start earlier than indicated above if players agree. 2 half-point byes allowable per player.  Last round bye must be requested before Round 2.

$20 entry for the tournament - prizes based on entries
Top Manitoban qualifies for the 2013 Manitoba Championship (if they play minimum 10 games in 2012)
All players in the tournament must also be Chess Federation of Canada members.
CFC Membership information: (membership can be purchased at the tournament
site)
Former/returning members:
$ 20 for a one-tournament membership or $ 49 for 12 months, Juniors - one
tournament membership $ 10, $34 for 12 months.
 New members pay only $ 16 for a one-tournament membership or $ 36 for 12
months, Juniors - one tournament membership $ 10, $24 for 12 months.

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - October 6, 2012

White to mate in 2 (Dobrila)
1. Rg7