Intense competition at Manitoba Youth Chess Championship 11May

Igal Raihman continued his fine play from the Provincal Chess Challenge to win the MANITOBA Youth Chess Championship ahead of a strong field of 18 players .Igal is quickly establishing himself as one the best juniors in the province and is sure to be a strong contender to the Junior crown currently held by # 1 Manitoba junior: Trevor Vincent.

FULL RESULTS

Igal Raihman.......4.5 pts.....Under 16 champion
Marlon Araullo.....4.0.........Under 14 champion
Dezheng Kong.......3.5.........Under 10 champion
Paulo Araullo......3.5.........
Weixi Lui..........3.0.........Under 18 champion
Daniel Oberton.....3.0.........
Isaac Wiebe........3.0.........
Justin Villeneuve..3.0.........Under 8 champion
Leor Wasserman.....2.5.........Under 12 champion
Michael Pang.......2.5.........
Evan Taylor........2.5.........
Phil Gregoryanz....2.5.........
Daniel Raihman.....2.0.........
Aaron Green........2.0.........
Leah Green.........2.0.........Under 12 girls champion
Matthew Compte.....1.0.........
Alex Compte........1.0.........
Jeannette compte...0.0.........Under 8 girls champion

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ON A WONDERFULLY HARD FOUGHT TOURNAMENT

A SPECIAL THANKS TO LORNE GIBBONS OUR TIRED BUT SUPER TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR ON A SUPER JOB...WELL DONE

THE MANITOBA YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP GOES THIS SUNDAY

ACTIVE CHESS FORMAT (GAME 30 min)
ENTRY FEE $15 + CFC MEMBERSHIP
REGISTRATION 9-930 SUNDAY 11 MAY ROOM 2C14 UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG
ROUNDS 10 AM ,11,1,2,3
CHAMPIONS DECLARED FOR ages U8,U12,U14,U16,U18 all ages for both girls and boys

JUNIORS PLAY CHESS !!

There are still two major chess tournaments for juniors before summer arrives Scholasticchess.mb has their final tournament on May 4th at the University of Winnipeg Duckworth center and the Manitoba Youth Chess Championship (chessmanitoba.mb )goes on the 11th of May at the University of Winnipeg .The winners of the various age groups in the Youth Championship receive free entry into the Canadian Youth Championships ($150).While the winners of the Canadian Championships receive an all expense paid trip to World Youth Championships !!(last year the World Championships were in Turkey ) Remember that they will declare champions in Under 8,U10,U12,U14,U16,U18 ages so you could easily win your age group and then advance up the line to Canadian champ and then World Champ !! Another way for kids to play chess is to play in the junior chess club (for FREE )each saturday until May .chessmanitoba.mb for details. hope to see you out !!

Congratulations To All Our Provincal Champions

It looks like Manitoba will be sending one of our strongest teams ever to the National Scholastic Chess Championships in Edmonton on the May long weekend.
Good Luck to all our Champions
Grade 1 Ethan Lin
2 Matthew Murphy
3 Dezhong Kong
4 Ryne Swift
5 Michael Pang
6 Leor Wasserman
7 Nikho Angelo Hizon
8 Aaron Green
9 Igal Raihman
10 Mark Paolo Araullo
11 Weixi Liu
12 Trevor Vincent
Also a huge organizational effort from Jerimie Piche ,Peter Henson ,Gilles Piche and their volunteer helpers .Great Job Everyone and thank you !

Manitoba Scholastic Chess Championship Goes On 16 March 2008

Many grades are still open to participants for the Manitoba Scholastic Championships on 16 March .Please email jeremie.piche@scholasticchess.mb.ca as soon as possible if you are interested also go to the excellent web site www.scholasticchess.mb.ca for details

Kelvin High School Wins Championship

Congratulations to Mighty Kelvin who powered to another High School Team Championship. .Trevor Vinvcent, Sultan Ali, Phillip Gregoryaz,and Patrick Serda finished ahead of teams from (2nd place) St. Pauls, (3rd)Vincent Massey, (4th) Kildonan East, (5th)John Taylor, (6th)GlenLawn . The Tournament was again well run by Blair Rutter and friends.Good times were had by all involed

Manitoba High School Chess Championship Goes This Friday 22 Feb 2008

The Manitoba Chess Association is again hosting the prestigious high school championship at the University of Winnipeg .There is still time to enter your school team but you must act QUICKLY !
Please go to the chessmanitoba.com website for full details . Good-luck to all the teams and players who do enter this enduring classic tournament !