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