Monday, December 16, 2019

2020 Manitoba Closed Qualifying Update

2020 Manitoba Closed Qualifying Update

2020 Manitoba Closed Championship Qualifying Update  Manitoba Closed 2020 format : 8 player Round Robin
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 2019 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 (ISAAC WIEBE)
     2. Winner of the Reserve (not held)
     3. MB Junior Champion (if rated above 1900)  -WOLCHOCK - already qualified)
     4. Top Manitoban in AY Memorial (THEO WOLCHOCK)
     5,6. Top 2 finishers in the Tournament of Champions (Jack Woodbury Memorial) - Theo Wochock, ROLANDO BINCE )
     7. Player with the best MTPPS (WOLCHOCK - already qualified
     8. Player with the 2nd best MTPPS (WIEBE - already qualified
     9. 2nd Manitoban in the AY Memorial (DEREK MA)
    10. Player with the 3rd best MTPPS  (MA - already qualified)
    11. Player with the 4th best MTPPS  (GUSTAV BARON)

    12.  Player with the 5th best MTPPS (YEMI ABIOYE )

13.  Player with the 6th best MTPPS (Bince- already qualified )

14.  Player with the 7th best MTPPS (COLIN PRINCE)
15. Player with the 8th best MTPPS (ANTHONY BORON)
16.  Player with the 9th best MTPPS (Jaro Czypinski)
etc.
The above players (in bold) will be contacted in early 2020 to determine their willingness to participate in the Round-Robin.  If any of the players decline, invitations will be provided to next players on the list below. 


2019  MTPPS scores  including 2019 Jack Woodbury Memorial.  (Note: Some of Wiebe's USCF tournaments were not calculated as they were irrelevant for qualification as he had already qualified as 2019 Manitoba Champion).

Total Name
23440 Theo Wolchock
23202 Isaac Wiebe
22780 Derek Ma
22210 Gustav L Baron
22010 Yemi Abioye
21558 Rolando Bince
21483 Colin Prince
20998 Anthony Boron
20639 Jaroslaw Czypinski
20201 Harshani Konara
20044 Cory Letain
19574 Jim Green
19566 Blair Rutter




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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 2019 top MTPPS scores at this point are as follows: Calculations in progress
(Tournaments scored included all CFC Standard rated tournaments, International FIDE standard rated tournaments etc. - Note that Wiebe's score would be much higher if USCF events had been calcualted, but it is moot as he is alreay qualified) If you believe a result has been missed or is incorrect, please contact me.

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - December 14, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 2 (Funk)
1. Qf4

Thursday, December 12, 2019

The CFC has rated the 2019 Jack Woodbury Memorial


See the crosstable here:
https://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201912041


Congratulations to the following who achieved new peak established ratings:

Theo Wolchock 2253
Colin Prince  2007
Alia Myrzaibraimova 1164

Saturday, December 7, 2019

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - November 23, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 2 (Funk)
1. Rf1

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - November 2, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to move and mate in 2 (Funk)
1. Ned4
1. Ned4

Sunday, November 10, 2019

2019 Manitoba Junior Championship - November 16, 17

University of Winnipeg - Room 2C15

Chess Federation of Canada (CFC) rated
(for this all-Junior event, CFC membership is not required)
4 round Swiss System
$ 15 entry fee

Prizes based on entries - First prize guaranteed $ 50 minimum

Registration 9:30 am to 9:50 am Saturday, Nov 16
Winner, if rated over 1900 qualifies for the 2020 Manitoba Closed Championship

Tournament Director: Tony Boron,
chessmanitoba@gmail.com  204 798 9464

Open to all Manitoba Juniors born after January 1, 2000,

Time Control: 90 minutes + 30 second increment
Round Times:
Saturday, 10 am and 2:30 p.m
Sunday, 10 am and 2:30 p.m

(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.)


Players under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - October 19, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Funk)
1.Ke7

Friday, October 11, 2019

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - October 5, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to move and mate in 2 (Funk)
1. Ke3

Thursday, September 26, 2019

2019 October TNT and 2019 Manitoba Senior (over 50) start Tuesday, October 1

Two tournaments running in parallel

2019 October TNT - CFC (Chess Federation of Canada) rated.

2019 Manitoba Senior (over 50) Chess Championship   - CFC (Chess Federation of Canada) rated.

Entrants for the Senior must be born before October 1, 1969.

$ 20 entry fee – Prizes will be based on entries.
Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42
5 rounds – 1 game on each of October 1,8,15, 22, 29 –
(This is not a knockout tournament, players will play all 5 rounds) (Players may take up to 1 half-point and any number of zero-point byes.
Half-point byes for round 5 must be requested before Round 3.
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 /105 minutes plus a five-second increment from move 1. [Each player has 1 hour 45 minutes to complete their moves, the game will be be approx. 3 hours and 40 minutes maximum].
Start time is 7:00 pm -$ 20 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 $ 25 for 12 months- new adult members pay $ 25 for a twelve-month CFC membership, or $ 16 for a one-tournament membership]Junior (under 20) members pay $ 10 for a one-tournament membership, $ 17 for a twelve-month CFC membership, new junior members pay only $ 17 for a twelve month CFC membership, or $ 8 for a one-tournament membership]
Registration for tournament -Tuesday, October 1 - approximately 6:35 pm to 6:50 pm
Registration will be cut off at 6:50 pm. Tournament Director will be  . Contact at 204-  or email chessmanitoba at gmail.com
Players can join in Round 2, they will receive a half-point bye for Round 1. Location: University of Winnipeg - Rm 4CM42
Getting to 4CM42:  (written by Mark Jenkins) Location is room 4CM42 in Centennial Hall at the University of Winnipeg. This room is a bit tricky to get to because the escalators only go to the 4th floor and do not go to the 4CM mezzanine level. Give yourself time to find the room. Either  take the Centennial Hall elevator direct to the 4CM level, or take the Lockhart Hall (Ellice entrance) elevator to level 5 and cross over from the Lockhart level 5 to Centennial Hall 4CM (note, this elevator isn't always available) or take the escalators to the 4th floor and then use the stairs between the escalator and library to reach the 4CM level.

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

The CFC has rated the 2019 September TNT

see the crosstable here:
https://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201909039

Congratulation to the following who achieved new peak established ratings:

Udaya Annakkage 1818
Ken Marshall 1544

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - September 21, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to move and mate in 2 (Funk)
1. Ng3


Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - September 7, 2019

from the Saturday Free Press
White to move and mate in 3 (Funk).
1. Nd3

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

The CFC has rated the 2019 Abe Yanofsky Memorial

See the Open Crosstable here:

https://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201909005

See the U1800 Crosstable here:

Congratulations to the following who achieved new peak established ratings:
https://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201909006

Theo Wolchock 2238
Derek Ma  2223
Gilbert  Perez 1917
Ethan Eckert 1793  (+173)
Aibike Myrzaibraimova 1606
Zachary Piche 1590

Sunday, September 1, 2019

2019 Abe Yanofsky Memorial results

Theo Wolchock won the 2019 Abe Yanofsky Memorial Open with 4.5 points, ceding only a draw to fellow junior Derek Ma in Round 2. Ma finished 2nd with 4 points;, his other draw was with current Manitoba Champion Isaac Wiebe in Round 4. Yemi Abioye finished 3rd with 3.5, upsetting Wiebe in the final round.

James Currie won top U2000 with 3 points, followed by Jordan Constantino (Kwiatek) and Gilbert Perez who shared 2nd U2000 with 2.5 points.



Ethan Eckert dominated the U1800 section, winning with a perfect score. Al MacPherson finished 2nd with 4 points. Aibike Myrzaibraimova won top U1600 with 3.5 points, followed by 2nd U1600 shared by Carter Marshall, Ken Marshall, Zachary Piche, and Ievgeniia-Diana Furda, all with 3 points.

Top U1400 was shared by newcomers Noah Monk and Marcel Lemay, both with 3 points.


Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - August 24, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 2 (Funk)
1. Rh6

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - August 10, 2019


from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 2 (Funk)
 1. Ned6

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

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.

Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - July 27, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to move and mate in 2 (Funk)
1. Nb6

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

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.

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - July 13, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 2 (Funk)
1. Kc4

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

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

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 2 (Funk)
Ned6

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - June 1, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to move and mate in 2 (Funk)

1.Ne4

Monday, June 3, 2019

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




Wednesday, May 29, 2019

The CFC has rated the 2019 May TNT

Please see the crosstable here:  chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201905124



Congratulations to the following who achieved new peak established ratings:

Phil Le Dorze  1910  (+117 !)

Harshani Konara 2020

Udaya Annakkage 1702

Aibike Myrzaibraimova  1581


Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - May 18, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Funk)
1.Rc2

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - May 4, 2019

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to move and mate in 2 (Funk)
1.Bf3

Thursday, May 16, 2019

The CFC has rated the 2019 Manitoba Closed

See the crosstable here:

http://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201905067&key=190516


Congratulations to the following who achieved a new peak established rating:

Yemi Abioye  2091

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

2019 May TNT starts Tuesday, May 7

2019 May TNT starts Tuesday, May 7


$ 15 entry fee  + CFC Membership  required (see below)
– Prizes will be based on entries.
There is one game per week.
Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42 4 rounds – 1 game on each of May 7,14,21,28 –
(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.Half–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.
All of the TNTs are Swiss (pairing) style tournaments with a time control of G /105 minutes plus a five-second increment from move1. [Each player has 1 hour 45 minutes  to complete their moves, the game will be be approx. 3 hours and 40 minutes maximum].
Start time is 7:00 pm -$ 15 entry fee and CFC membership required.
CFC membership:
All players must be CFC members (can be obtained during registration on-site) [Renewing or new Adult members pay $ 25 for a twelve-month CFC membership, Renewing adults pay $ 20 for a new one-tournament membership; new members pay  $ 16 for a one-tournament membership]
Junior (under 20)  members pay $ 10 for a one-tournament membership, $ 17 for a twelve-month CFC membership, new junior members pay  $ 17 for a twelve month CFC membership, or $ 8 for a one-tournament membership]
Registration for tournament -Tuesday, May 7 – 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 email chessmanitoba at gmail.com
Players can join in Round 2, they will receive a half-point bye for Round 1. Location: University of Winnipeg – Rm 4CM42Easiest 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.