Since the start of the 2010/11 school year, The Roving ChessNuts have organized or been involved in 255 competitive events which
have involved 4,290 participants including 612 first-time rated chess players. Most of these events have been
Society of Alberta Chess Knights tournaments as well as on-going tournaments at various schools and the Roving ChessNuts training
facility.
Upcoming Chess Events
Canadian Chess Challenge, May 19 to 21 in Halifax, NS. Good luck to the Alberta
Team!
Sunday, June 3: Grand Prix Tournament at Edmonton Chess Club, but this event is also open to all scholastic players.
Round-robin play according to ratings; cash prizes in top sections while lower rated sections play for medals. Register
CHESS NEWS
Tuesday, May 15 Read latest Chess Teasers Newsletter - April
28
Best wishes for success to the 2012 Alberta Team
to the Canadian Chess Challenge: (*also was 2011 team
member)
Grade 1: William Bradford, Edmonton; Grade 2: Ian Zhao*, Calgary; Grade 3: Kaixin Wang*, Edmonton
Grade 4: David
Yao, Edmonton; Grade 5: Ian McCullough, Sherwood Park;
Grade 6: Jamil Kassam, Edmonton; Grade 7: Diwen Shi,
Calgary; Grade 8: Chenxi Zhao, Calgary;
Grade 9: Yuekai Wang*, Calgary; Grade 10: Michael Ludwig, St. Albert;
Grade
11: Derek Thomas, Edmonton; Grade 12: Harris Wang, Edmonton
Provincial Coordinator and Team Manager: Bruce Thomas; Team Coach:
Rob McCullough
> See the results of the Mother's Day Open Scholastic Tournament in Edmonton.
> Westbrook
Elementary has won the 2011/12 Northern Alberta Team Championship, dfeating archrivals, New Horizons, 7.5 to 6.5 at Edmonton
Chess Club on Sunday. Westbrook was the team with the highest average rating and when Westbrook and New Horizons faced
each other, Westbrook dominated, 2.5 to 0.5. Dickinsfield School from Fort McMurray and Forest Heights tied for third place
with two points each. Ecole Grandin A Team took the B section championship, with 6 points, only one point ahead of Stratford
A Team. In the C section championship, Ecole Grandin B Team was tops with 6.5 while Glen Allan Elementary of Sherwood Park
was second with 5 points. See the team results and names of players on the team. A total of 12 teams and over 36 players
participated in this Roving ChessNuts event.
> See the full results of the April 15 open scholastic tournament in Edmonton
which attracted three dozen players.
> See full
results of Edmonton Regional Challenge held on March 18
> Ada Broughton, a grade 3 competitor, won all her games to become the new Northern Alberta
Scholastic Female Champ Saturday afternoon at The Roving ChessNuts. Seven girls competed. Jessie Zhang who was the 2011
champ was runner-up, losing to Broughton and Mary Joseph of Fort McMurray. Lauren Moody of Sherwood Park was the top player
among the less experienced players and tied with Joseph for third place overall.
> Saturday Knights Club, 10 a.m.
to noon, is a good training grounds for younger players rated under 1000. There will be no Knights Club on Saturday, May 19,
but new players can join on May 26 and receive credit for classes missed to that date. - see details
> See the results
of all Early 2012 Scholastic Tournaments
See Results of Alberta Chess Challenge 2011
See Rating Report of Alberta Chess Challenge 2011
> Get Your School Involved
in Organized Chess!
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at
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Mondays to Fridays, 8:30 to 4:30 p.m.