from the Winnipeg Free Press
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| White to mate in 2 (Carpenter)1.Qxd4+ |
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Monday, April 21, 2014
Rudolf Rocker Chess Club
Mark Jenkins writes:
Greetings folks into chess,
As mentioned before, I'm starting a chess club. It's going to be most Saturdays, noon-4pm on the third floor of 91 Albert St starting next Saturday, April 26.
http://rockerchess.ca
Unfortunately this location lacks an elevator -- but it does have heritage charm, space for about 40 people, and reasonable rent. As the club develops, I envision us also including folks who can't make it there through remote methods (phone, internet, SMS) and club members meeting up with folks at other locations.
We'll be running an optional ratings system for bullet, blitz, rapid, standard times, over the board untimed games (with sealed move adjournment allowed) and correspondence.
We're open to all ages and levels of ability, but my goal is to provide a fun, casual drop in setting for a broad community of adults. Most of the organized chess community in Winnipeg right now is young scholastic players (and their parents/relatives) and strong adults who play CFC rated events held by MCA.
My view is that both of these existing cohorts can contribute to my goal of making semi-organized club chess a part of Winnipeg again. If this succeeds, we'll get more than a strong community of "old patzers" out of this -- we'll also directly develop more stronger players who will attend tournaments and more advocates of the game to spread it to young people.
On our website, http://rockerchess.ca club members will have the opportunity to contribute to the site by posting game analysis, announcements of local events, and personal reflections on the world of chess.
To encourage this drop-in spirit, we're operating admission on a "pay what you can" basis. We'll also need folks to join me and chip in their organizing energies. Even something as simple as picking up edibles for sale from a wholesaler can be a real help.
At some point I'd like to attempt something big and splashy to create some local buzz and press coverage. I've got some crazy ideas up on http://rockerchess.ca/promoide
These ideas would do best if co-organized with MCA and Scholastic chess folks with the goal of promoting local chess as a whole and raising the profile of all of us.
I've got a 8x11" and 11x17" poster designed.
http://rockerchess.ca/wp-conte
http://rockerchess.ca/wp-conte
Feel free to print and post.
Mark Jenkins
member #1
Greetings folks into chess,
As mentioned before, I'm starting a chess club. It's going to be most Saturdays, noon-4pm on the third floor of 91 Albert St starting next Saturday, April 26.
http://rockerchess.ca
Unfortunately this location lacks an elevator -- but it does have heritage charm, space for about 40 people, and reasonable rent. As the club develops, I envision us also including folks who can't make it there through remote methods (phone, internet, SMS) and club members meeting up with folks at other locations.
We'll be running an optional ratings system for bullet, blitz, rapid, standard times, over the board untimed games (with sealed move adjournment allowed) and correspondence.
We're open to all ages and levels of ability, but my goal is to provide a fun, casual drop in setting for a broad community of adults. Most of the organized chess community in Winnipeg right now is young scholastic players (and their parents/relatives) and strong adults who play CFC rated events held by MCA.
My view is that both of these existing cohorts can contribute to my goal of making semi-organized club chess a part of Winnipeg again. If this succeeds, we'll get more than a strong community of "old patzers" out of this -- we'll also directly develop more stronger players who will attend tournaments and more advocates of the game to spread it to young people.
On our website, http://rockerchess.ca club members will have the opportunity to contribute to the site by posting game analysis, announcements of local events, and personal reflections on the world of chess.
To encourage this drop-in spirit, we're operating admission on a "pay what you can" basis. We'll also need folks to join me and chip in their organizing energies. Even something as simple as picking up edibles for sale from a wholesaler can be a real help.
At some point I'd like to attempt something big and splashy to create some local buzz and press coverage. I've got some crazy ideas up on http://rockerchess.ca/promoide
These ideas would do best if co-organized with MCA and Scholastic chess folks with the goal of promoting local chess as a whole and raising the profile of all of us.
I've got a 8x11" and 11x17" poster designed.
http://rockerchess.ca/wp-conte
http://rockerchess.ca/wp-conte
Feel free to print and post.
Mark Jenkins
member #1
Friday, April 18, 2014
Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - April 5, 2014
from the Winnipeg Free Press
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| White to mate in 2 (Wormald) 1. Qh1 |
Monday, March 31, 2014
Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - March 22, 2014
from the Winnipeg Free Press
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| White to mate in 2 (Holloday) 1.Nf4 |
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - March 8, 2014
from the Winnipeg Free Press
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| White to mate in 3 (Loyd) 1.Qg3 |
Saturday, March 1, 2014
2014 March TNT starts March 4, 2014
2014 March TNT Tournament $ 15 entry fee - Prizes will be based on entries.
Location: University of Winnipeg - Rm 4CM42
4 rounds - March 4, 11, 18, 25 - (This is not a knockout tournament, players will play all 4 rounds)
Please note that we intend to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.
Tuesday Night Tournaments are held every month of the year, (except for November and December when things are organized a little differently).
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 3 hours and 40 minutes maximum]
The TNTs are typically 4 round events (one game for 4 consecutive Tuesdays in the month).
Start time is 7:00 pm and the TD will confirm costs
$ 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;
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]
Registration for tournament -Tuesday, March 4 - approximately 6:35 pm to 6:50 pm
Registration will be cut off at 6:50 pm. (If you think you may be late, please send an email to
chessmanitoba 'at' gmail.com) before 5 pm (you can try later, but the wireless access at the U may be problematic) . 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.
Location: University of Winnipeg - Rm 4CM42
4 rounds - March 4, 11, 18, 25 - (This is not a knockout tournament, players will play all 4 rounds)
Please note that we intend to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.
Tuesday Night Tournaments are held every month of the year, (except for November and December when things are organized a little differently).
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 3 hours and 40 minutes maximum]
The TNTs are typically 4 round events (one game for 4 consecutive Tuesdays in the month).
Start time is 7:00 pm and the TD will confirm costs
$ 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;
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]
Registration for tournament -Tuesday, March 4 - approximately 6:35 pm to 6:50 pm
Registration will be cut off at 6:50 pm. (If you think you may be late, please send an email to
chessmanitoba 'at' gmail.com) before 5 pm (you can try later, but the wireless access at the U may be problematic) . 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.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
2014 February TNT has been rated by the CFC
2014 February TNT has been rated by the CFC.
Please see the crosstable.
Congratulations to the following who achieved new peak ratings:
Alex Platt 2068
Daniel Raihman 1806
Jamie Campbell 1810
Theo Wolchock 1947
Please see the crosstable.
Congratulations to the following who achieved new peak ratings:
Alex Platt 2068
Daniel Raihman 1806
Jamie Campbell 1810
Theo Wolchock 1947
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - February 22, 2014
from the Winnipeg Free Press
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| White to mate in 2 (Meredith) |
1. Qb4
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