LATEST CHESS NEWS                
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Click here to read the latest Chess Teasers dated March 4, 2010
 
> Edmonton Regional Warm-Up and Grand Prix Tournament is now history.
Sectional winners were: A. Derek Thomas, B. Ryan Lacy, C. Jamil Kassam, D. Terry Batbold, E. Mark Nie
F. Filip Stevanovic, G. John Cervantes, H. Nathan Roy, I. Christina Chaisson, J. Zachary Chaisson,
K. Jadyn Buchanan, L. Yashaswi, Bhandari.
Click here to see full sectional results for the 66 players involved..  Watch for rating report for this event later in the week. This was a Society of Alberta Chess Knights Event, organized by The Roving ChessNuts.  Directing were Bruce Thomas, Rob McCullough, Howard Louie and Alexander Kaiser.
 
> Registrations now accepted for March 14 Junior/Senior High Northern Alberta Regional Challenge in Edmonton.  Click here to see details in the March 4 Chess Teasers, bottom of Page 1.  Click here to register.  Please include your current school grade, full name of your school and your birth date in the comments section of the registration form. This information needs to be verify for Chess'n Math Association's Chess Challenge.
 
> New Horizons wins another Elementary School Team Match! The New Horizons A Team remained undefeated in the fourth team match of the current school year and scored its biggest winning margin Sunday, February 28 at Edmonton Chess Club.  New Horizons A squad got 18.5 out of a possible 20 points, easily beating Westbrook A (12.5) and New Horizons B (9.5).  Also in the same Section A were Garneau (9) and Westbrook B (0.5).  In the B section, Malmo Elementary was the big winner, despite it being the school's first team event.  Malmo scored 18, far ahead of Good Shepherd (13.5), Grandin (10), Leo Nickerson School (9.5), McKernan (9), and Earl Buxton Elementary (5.5)      Click here to see the team results and who the players were. Click here to see results of the West Edmonton Mall Match which was held in January and also won by the New Horizons A Team. 
 
> We now have easier links to all rated chess events at the top of this page.  Click on "Ratings"  This includes rating reports filed from school programs, out-of-school classes, and all scholastic tournaments.  Scroll down the list of classes and events and pick the latest one you were in to find your latest rating. 
 
From the start of the 2006/07 school year to March 7, 2010, The Roving ChessNuts have organized and/or played a major role in 578 competitive chess events which involved 11,513 chess players; of these, 1,303 were first-time competitive chess players!
 
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