Isaac Wiebe vs. Magnus Carlsen - Thursday, Sep 22

Seriously ! Isaac Wiebe won a random draw related to playing the PlayMagnus app, and will enjoy a once in a lifetime experience in New York to play in a simul against World Champion Magnus Carlsen.

 From the organizers: On September 22, Magnus Carlsen will host 10 players from his app, as well as guests from the Liberty Science Center, in the “Play Live Challenge.” The event will be hosted at the Liberty Science Centre in New York, and will be built around a timed simul. Magnus will have 30 minutes, and so will each of the contestants. We expect Magnus will have to make a run for it with only 30 minutes for all boards combined. After the simul Magnus will do a game analysis with each of the players. In cooperation with the Norwegian newspaper VG, we (PlayMagnus) will broadcast the entire event.

The broadcast will start at 10:30 (Central), and last approx. 2,5 hours.

Complete Dashboard: The broadcast will contain live commentary in English, TV feed and graphics with all the boards. http://direkte.vg.no/studio/play-live-challenge

 TV feed of the broadcast, including English commentary and graphics:



 In studio: The studio guests will include Fabiano Caruana and Paul Hoffman.

Bridging Villages / MCA Active Tournament – Sunday, September 18

Bridging Villages / MCA Active Tournament – Sunday, September 18

Bridging Villages

Together with
the Manitoba Chess Association (MCA)present a
FUNDRAISER CHESS TOURNAMENT
Sunday, September 18
10:00am – 4:00pm
University of Winnipeg (Rm 3L08)
Prize Fund: $200 (donated by MCA)
5 round Swiss
Time control:  20 minutes plus 10 second Bronstein delay
Two sections:  Open and U1600
https://www.facebook.com/events/1271051882929260/

Entry fee: $15 (tax receipts provided)
All proceeds will be donated to Bridging Villages, and will contribute to the building of a school for orphaned children in Uganda.
Additional donations are welcomed, and tax receipts will be provided.
RAFFLE PRIZE: Handmade stone Ugandan chess set!

King is 5.25 in.
Registration: 9:30AM – 9:45AM
For more information or for early registration please contact Blair Rutter from MCA (blairrutter@shaw.ca) or Anais Hacault  from Bridging Villages (anais.hacault@gmail.com)

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - September 3, 2016

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to mate in 2 (Bettman)
1. Rec2

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - August 20, 2016

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to mate in 2 (Loyd)

2016 September TNT starts Tuesday, September 6

2016 September TNT - 
CFC  rated.

 $ 15 entry fee  -   Prizes will be based on entries. A

Location: University of Winnipeg - Rm 4CM42

4 rounds - September 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 1.

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.
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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, 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,September 6  - 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.  Tournament Director will be Blair Rutter  reachable  at 204-256-2353 or blairrutter@shaw.ca

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.

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - August 6, 2016

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to mate in 2 (Bettmann)
1. Qh5

2016 Abe Yanofsky Blitz Championship - Tuesday, August 9

2016 Abe Yanofsky Blitz Championship

Open to all


Tuesday, August 9
University of Winnipeg, Portage Avenue Room 4CM42
Registration 6:35 - 6:55

Time Control - 3 minutes + 2 second increment.
(same time control as used in the World Blitz Championship)

Format likely to be 2 Sectioned Round Robins, or 2 Sectioned (Open, approx U1800) Swisses depending on number of entries.

Current estimate is that there will be approximately 9-10 double rounds (2 game matches) ie. 18-20 games per player.

Entry fee - $ 10,  $ 5 for 2016 Abe Yanofsky Memorial entrants.

Prizes - Entries to 2016 Abe Yanofsky Memorial (transferable)

2016 Winnipeg Open - Joe Dreman Memorial has been rated by FIDE

Name	New Rating		Change
Kernetsky, Myron	1999		79
Campbell, Jamie	1779		51
Rutter, Blair	1822		42
Atem, James	1842		17
Babb, Jeff	2112		16
Bonness, Will	1825		1
Wolchock, Theo	1758		-7
Wiebe, Isaac	2017		-13
Bince, Rolando	1955		-25
Boron, Anthony	1840		-26
Baron, Gustav L	2025		-27
Magnusson, Saul	1993		-44
Prince, Colin	1863		-55
New FIDE rating
Czypinski, Jaroslaw	1954

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - July 23, 2016

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to mate in 2 (Shinkman)