Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - December 10, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Westbury)
1. Qg3

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - November 26, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Thomson)
1. c4

CFC has rated the November Rapid and Jay Khedkar Memorial

 

2022 November 26 Rapid

https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?id=202211124

 

2022 Jay Khedkar Memorial

https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?id=202211108

FIDE updates ratings once per month – this tournament will be rated by FIDE at the end of December.

 

FIDE has rated the 2022 November 26 Rapid

https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=309367&t=1

Only a few players had rating changes – those players had existing FIDE standard ratings and played other FIDE rated players in the tournament.  If an unrated player scores zero (against FIDE rated players) in their first event this score is
disregarded. It appears that 10 unrated FIDE players scored at least a point against FIDE rated players, so they are on their way to getting in the 5 games against FIDE rared opponents;

Per FIDE rule 7.14:
A rating for a player new to the list shall be published when it is based on 5 games against (FIDE) rated opponents. This need not be met in one tournament.
Results from other tournaments played within consecutive rating periods of not more than 26 months are pooled to obtain the initial rating.

2022 December TNT (TuesdayNightTournament) starts Tuesday, December 6

 

2022 December TNT (TuesdayNightTournament) starts Tuesday, December 6

2022 December TNT Tournament One Section – CFC and FIDE Standard Rated Event $ 25 entry fee – Prizes tbd.

Location:   Canadian Mennonite University  (600 Shaftesbury Boulevard)

Room D33  (map and direction and important information https://chess.chessmanitoba.org/?page_id=4538 Free Parking !

CFC Membership required. Pre-registration is strongly recommended as capacity will be limited.

4 rounds – 1 game on each Tuesday December 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.)

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.  FIDE Zero tolerance rule not in effect (After the first round, you will not forfeited if you are late, but will lose after 1 hour of being late).

There is one game per week. This tournament is a Swiss (pairing) style tournaments with a time control of G /90 minutes plus a five-second increment from move 1.  The games will be be approx. 3 hours maximum

Start time is 7:00 pm -$ 25 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 $ 0 for a twelve-month CFC membership, ]Junior (under 20) members pay $ 10 for a one-tournament membership, $ 17 for a twelve-month CFC membership, new junior members pay only $ 0 for a twelve month CFC membership, or $ 0 for a one-tournament membership].

On site Registration for tournament (if capacity has not been reached through pre-registration) -Tuesday, December 6 – approximately 6:35 pm to 6:50 pm Registration will be cut off at 6:50 pm.

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - November 12, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and Mate in 2 (Seilberger)

1. Bg8

Seilberger, Johann Joseph Petrus Adrianus

 Nov 1919

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - October 29, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Dobbs)

Dobbs, Gilbert S.

Good Companion

1^st Prize

Good Companion, 1915

 1.  Rc3

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - October 15, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Schalit)
1. Kg1

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - October 1, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 1 (Sheppard)
1. Qb2

 

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - September 17, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Penrose)

    

1. Qh1

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - September 3, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Beechey)

1. Rd4

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - August 20, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Bettmann)

1. Rf8

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - August 6, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Promislo)

1. Qa6

    

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - July 23, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Albert)
1. Qa8

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - July 9, 2022

 From the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2.
1. Qxd4

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - June 25 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Faulkner)

1. g6

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - June 11, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Prytz)
1. Qe1

 

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - May 28, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Larsen)
1. e6

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - May 14, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (A.C. White)
1. Qa1

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - April 30, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Promislo)

1. Rb3

Rocker Chess Club casual chess meetup April 30

 Mark Jenkins of Rocker Chess Club is hosting the first casual chess meetup at the Millenium Library in over two years -

Saturday, April 30, 1pm-4pm, round tables on the 2nd floor.
.
https://rockerchess.ca/next-casual-meetup-sat-april-30th.../

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - April 16, 2022

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in two.

1. Be4

 

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - April 2, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

1. e4 or 1. Qc4

White to move and Mate in 2 (Heydon)

1. e4

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - March 19, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (A.C. White)
1.Rg8

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - March 5, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Schalit)
1. Rg1

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - February 19, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to mate in move (Ellerman)
1. Qd8

MCA Mid-Winter Online CFC Rated QR tournament starts Tuesday, February 15

 CFC (Chess Federation of Canada) Quick rated. All players must be members of the CFC.

As it is CFC rated, all players must have a current, unexpired CFC membership. Can be purchased directly from CFC or through Manitoba Chess Association. (see end of this post)

4 round Swiss System tournament

Time control of G 25 10 (25 minutes per player plus 10 second per move increment)

One game on each of:

Tuesday, February 15

Tuesday, February 22

Tuesday, March 1

Tuesday, March 8     at 8:00 p.m.

Players must be visible on Zoom.  (The Zoom link will be available in the tournament lobby)

There will be no entry fee, and no prize fund.

Any number of half-point byes will be allowed.

New players to the Tornelo platform will have to sign up at Tornelo – Tornelo requires the use of real names – which is part of their Fair Play philosophy. You will receive a confirmation email from Tornelo that you will have to respond to. (Please check your spam folder in case it ended up there).

Sign in | Tornelo

After you have signed up with an ‘account’, you should be able to see a ‘join as a player’ button in the Lobby at the following link:

Event summary | Tornelo

So, that is like pre-registering for a tournament. On the night of the tournament, you have to check-in. Then the arbiter can make pairings being assured that everyone is there and/or give byes as needed. So it is no problem to register for the tournament and not show up (but as a courtesy please advise to chessmanitoba@gmail.com). You will only be paired if you are checked-in on Tuesday night by 8 p.m.

Please register for the first round any time (any day) prior to 6 p.m. on Tuesday February  15 (the earlier the better). This will allow time for the arbiter to ensure that all players are current CFC members and to use the appropriate CFC rating for pairings.

Let me know if you have any problems signing up/in.

Thanks,
Tony Boron

MCA Tournament Coordinator

(chessmanitoba@gmail.com)

CFC annual membership renewals are $25 (contact chessmanitoba@gmail.com) Juniors $ 17. For new CFC members, the fee is also $ 25 ($ 17 for Juniors), however the MCA will refund the $ 25 (or $ 17) upon participation and completion of all rounds in a future CFC rated live over-the-board event (which are currently suspended during the COVID situation).

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - February 5, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Tuxen)
1. Be2

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - January 22, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Rice)
1. Bg6

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - January 8, 2022

 from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Watney)

1. Rg8

         

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - December 24, 2021

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to move and mate in 2 (Westbury)
1. Rc8