See the crosstable here:
http://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201802108&key=180228
Aelekh Patel now has an established rating: 1628
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
2018 South Saskatchewan tournament sections have been rated by the CFC
Congratulations to the following who achieved new peak established ratings:
Gustav Baron 2216
Isaac Wiebe 2280
Ethan Eckert 1607
Gustav Baron 2216
Isaac Wiebe 2280
Ethan Eckert 1607
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - February 10, 2018
from the Winnipeg Free Press
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| White to mate in 2 (Loyd) 1.Kg8 |
Sunday, February 11, 2018
Saturday, February 10, 2018
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.
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) -THEO WOLCHOCK)
4. Top Manitoban in AY Memorial (JOJO NONES)
5,6. Top 2 finishers in the Tournament of Champions (Earl Rosenbloom Memorial - to be held in Nov - Dec) RYNE SWIFT, MYRON KERNETSKY
7. Player with the best MTPPS (ISAAC WIEBE)
8. Player with the 2nd best MTPPS (Gustav Baron - already qualified )
9. 2nd Manitoban in the AY Memorial (Isaac Wiebe -already qualified)
10. Player with the 3rd best MTPPS (Ryne Swift - already qualified)
11. Player with the 4th best MTPPS (Jojo Nones - see above)
12. Player with the 5th best MTPPS (JEFF BABB )
13. Player with the 6th best MTPPS (TONY BORON )
14. Player with the 7th best MTPPS (Theo Wolchock-see above)
15. Player with the 8th best MTPPS (Marcos Valentino)
16. Player with the 9th best MTPPS (Rolando Bince)
etc.
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.
Accepted:
JOJO NONES 2321
ISAAC WIEBE 2257
RYNE SWIFT 2214
JEFF BABB 2205
GUSTAV BARON 2126
MARCOS VALENTINO 2123
THEO WOLCHOCK 2054
TONY BORON 2021
Declined:
Myron Kernetsky
A notice soliciting wild-card bids will be sent out the weekend of January 13
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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:
(Tournaments scored included all 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.
(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) -THEO WOLCHOCK)
4. Top Manitoban in AY Memorial (JOJO NONES)
5,6. Top 2 finishers in the Tournament of Champions (Earl Rosenbloom Memorial - to be held in Nov - Dec) RYNE SWIFT, MYRON KERNETSKY
7. Player with the best MTPPS (ISAAC WIEBE)
8. Player with the 2nd best MTPPS (Gustav Baron - already qualified )
9. 2nd Manitoban in the AY Memorial (Isaac Wiebe -already qualified)
10. Player with the 3rd best MTPPS (Ryne Swift - already qualified)
11. Player with the 4th best MTPPS (Jojo Nones - see above)
12. Player with the 5th best MTPPS (JEFF BABB )
13. Player with the 6th best MTPPS (TONY BORON )
14. Player with the 7th best MTPPS (Theo Wolchock-see above)
15. Player with the 8th best MTPPS (Marcos Valentino)
16. Player with the 9th best MTPPS (Rolando Bince)
etc.
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.
Accepted:
JOJO NONES 2321
ISAAC WIEBE 2257
RYNE SWIFT 2214
JEFF BABB 2205
GUSTAV BARON 2126
MARCOS VALENTINO 2123
THEO WOLCHOCK 2054
TONY BORON 2021
Declined:
Myron Kernetsky
A notice soliciting wild-card bids will be sent out the weekend of January 13
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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:
(Tournaments scored included all 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.
| 23403 | Isaac Wiebe | |
| 22988 | Gustav L Baron | |
| 22887 | Ryne Swift | |
| 22638 | Teodulfo Nones | |
| 22626 | Jeff Babb | |
| 22541 | Anthony Boron | |
| 22326 | Theo Wolchock | |
| 21923 | Marcos Valentino | |
| 21634 | Rolando Bince | |
| 21108 | Blair Rutter | |
| 20878 | Myron Kernetsky | |
| 20480 | Jim Green | |
| 19819 | Saul Magnusson | |
| 19770 | Ken Einarsson | |
| 19431 | Joshua Gerona |
2018 Manitoba Closed Pairings
1. JOJO NONES 2321
2. ISAAC WIEBE 2257
3. RYNE SWIFT 2214
4. JEFF BABB 2205
5. GUSTAV BARON 2126
6. VALENTINO 2123
7. THEO WOLCHOCK 2054
8. TONY BORON 2021
Quarter finals:
A - Nones vs. Boron
B - Wiebe vs. Wolchock
C - Swift vs. Valentino
D - Babb vs. Baron
Semi-Finals
E - Winner A vs Winner D
F - Winner B vs. Winner C
Final
Winner E vs Winner F
Saturday, February 3, 2018
Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - January 27, 2018
from the Winnipeg Free Press
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| White to move and mate in 2 (Loyd) 1.Qa8 |
Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - January 13, 2018
from the Winnipeg Free Press
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| White to move and mate in 3 (Loyd) |
Thursday, February 1, 2018
2018 February TNT starts Tuesday, February 6
Chess Federation of Canada rated - CFC membership required (see below)
$ 15 entry fee - Prizes will be based on entries.
Location: University of Winnipeg - Rm 4CM42
4 rounds - 1 game on each of February 6,13,20,27 -
(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.
-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 -$ 15 entry fee and CFC membership required.
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, February 6 - approximately 6:35 pm to 6:50 pm
Registration will be cut off at 6:50 pm.
Tournament Director will be Tony Boron .Contact at 204-798-9464 or chessmanitoba@gmail.com
Players can join in Round 2, they will receive a half-point bye for Round 1. 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.
$ 15 entry fee - Prizes will be based on entries.
Location: University of Winnipeg - Rm 4CM42
4 rounds - 1 game on each of February 6,13,20,27 -
(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.
-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 -$ 15 entry fee and CFC membership required.
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, February 6 - approximately 6:35 pm to 6:50 pm
Registration will be cut off at 6:50 pm.
Tournament Director will be Tony Boron .Contact at 204-798-9464 or chessmanitoba@gmail.com
Players can join in Round 2, they will receive a half-point bye for Round 1. 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.
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