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The Roving ChessNuts
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Learn Chess
Play Chess
12015 76 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (780) 474-2318 Fax (780) 479-8363
e-mail:  rovingchessnuts@shaw.ca 
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The World
of Chess
welcomes You!
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From the start of the 2006/07 school year to November 9, 2008, The Roving ChessNuts have organized and/or been involved in 345 competitive chess events which involved 6,930 chess players, of these, 869 were first-time competitive chess players!
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The ChessMart
Sets, Clocks, Books, More 
Monday - Friday
8:30 to 4:30
 Open some Saturday mornings
Call for other hours 780-474-2318
12015 - 76 Street, Edmonton 
Give A Gift Certificate for Products,
Lessons or Tournament Entry
Junior Chess Books
makes a great and lasting gift!
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SCHOLASTIC CHESS
ChessNuts School Programs
The Roving ChessNuts offer instructional chess programs in many schools in Edmonton and region, and also programs at public libraries and other facilities.  Most programs meet weekly for lessons and supervised games.  There are also team matches held between schools.  Only a few instructional spots remain for this fall.  (780) 474-2318 to book now for 2008/09! 
Check here for school information.
 
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Tournament Results
See Crosstable Results
for these tournaments by clicking on name:
St. Albert Regional Chess Challenge
Edmonton Regional Chess Challenge
Peace River Regional Chess Challenge
Calgary Regional Chess Challenge
2008 ALBERTA CHESS CHALLENGE
2008 Canadian Chess Challenge
Edmonton Elementary Team Championship
Borden Park Barbecue Tournament
Calgary Back 2 School Tournament
Edmonton Back to School Tournament
Edmonton Thanksgiving Tournament
Edmonton Elementary Team Match October
Calgary Junior October Tournament
2008 Junior Battle of Alberta
Edmonton November Fall Clash
Last updated: November 19/08 am     Frequent visitors may wish to refresh pages to be sure changes show.
Over 60 players compete
in Edmonton Fall Clash
      Record attendance for a November regular scholastic tournament occurred Sunday at Edmonton Chess Club when 61 players competed in 10 round-robin sections.
      Top A Section honours went to Derek Thomas, with silver going to Ryan Lacy and bronze to Michael Ludwig.  B Section medals went to David McCullough, gold; Brandon Ma, silver; and Reg Whitfield, bronze.
      In the C Section, Dennis Situ took gold, Ian McCullough silver, and Richard Mah bronze.  The top three in D section were, respectively, David Li, Dennis Rutar and a three-way tie for bronze with Mariah Fournier, Vikram Ruppa-Kasini and David Lacy.
      E Section was captured by Naveed Virji, gold; Scott Pollock, silver; and Destin Chan, bronze.  Daniel Bailey took gold in F Section, followed by Brendan Lacy, silver, and Joel Leclerc, brozne.
      G Section medal winners were David Zhang, gold; Imran Virgji, silver; and Artur Lyssenko, bronze.  H Section saw Sean Robertson win gold, Johnston Wang take silver, and Mitchell Powley receive bronze.
      Jakob Kaiser took gold in I Section and Jared Hasell captured silver.  Bronze was shared by Dustin Shemko and Tanner McLean-Poll. J Section had Austin Hesse capture gold while silver was shared by Collin Harrison, Joel Fleck and Luc Sauze.
      Top draw prizes were claimed by Joel Fleck, David Lacy and Gabriel Mahamad.   Directors were Bruce Thomas, Rob McCullough, Walter Pavlic and David Ludwig.  Parent assistantants were Elizabeth Whitfield, Terry Olson, Brandy Baron, David Lacy and Alexander Kaiser. 
 
November 2008 Events in Edmonton
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Scholastic Grand Prix Chess
is now underway for scholastic players
Click here for Registration Form & Details
 
Almost 50 players have already registered for Edmonton's
Scholastic Christmas Tournament on December 7!
Don't miss out - pre-register today by e-mail:
rovingchessnuts@shaw.ca
Click Here for
Alberta Chess Assoc.
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Richard Wang of Edmonton won the 2008 Alberta Junior Chess Championship November 1 & 2.  Allan Wu of Edmonton, David Zhang and YueKai Wang, both of Calgary, tied for second.  Ryan Lacy of Edmonton and Diwen Shi of Calgary shared the top under 1600 prize.