RESULTS for Junior/Senior Northern Alberta Regional Challenge on Sunday, March 14, at Edmonton Chess Club
Grade 7:  1. Michael Ludwig*, 2 Rishi Durupala, 3. Prabjeet Bansal, 4. Sean Roemer, 5. Nate Hartnell
Grade 8:  1. Saahil Nanda, 2-3 Tied: Tyler Mah and Naveed Virji;
Grade 9:  1.  Derek Thomas*, 2. Etienne Leclerc, 3. Malindu Wanniarachchige; 4. Saif Razzaq
Grade 10: 1. Sean Lacy, 2. Terry Batbold;  Grade 11: Anthony Wu*;   Grade 12: Ryan Lacy*   Click here for rating report.
 
RESULTS of Elementary Northern Alberta Regional Challenge on Sunday, March 21, at Edmonton Chess Club
82 players participated in the six grades of this Society of Alberta Chess Knights event organized by The Roving ChessNuts
Players in bold won either an overall trophy or medal, or a medal for being a top scorer from the lower half of the ratings
Grade1:  1.  Kaining Lin, 2. Kainxin Wang, 3. Ying Tu Li, 4. Ethan Reiter
Grade 2:  1. Sean Robertson*, 2. Emmett Maxfield, 3. David Yao, 4. Alvin Wu
Grade 3:  1. Ian McCullough*, 2. Adam Mawani*, Kevin Stanislus, 4. Tosin Kuye, 5. Yashaswi Bhandari, 6. Boris Stevanovic,
                7. Stephen Shen, 8 - 10. Gabriel Forbes, Jarod Hasell, Jonah Lamoureux, 11. Bradley Houston
Grade 4:   1. Jamil Kassam*, 2. Jakob Kaiser, 3. Mark Nie, 4. Rayden Lin, 5. Andrei Niculescu, 6. Ethan Chew,
                 7 - 10. Alex Broughton, Andrews Keates, Patrick Cervantes, Artur Lyssenko, 11 -12. Joel Fleck, Brendan Lacy,  
                 13 - 20. John Cervantes, Vinh Nguyen, Lukas Muliawan, Willem Jakobs, Destin Chan, Riley Ross, Jim Larssen,
                Justin Powley, 21 - 23. Adam Omar, Salmaan Khan, Kelton Libich, 24. Norman Kim
Grade 5:   1. Zhonglin Huang*, 2. William Wei, 3. Allan Stanislus, 4. Collin Harrison, 5. Noah Hoffner, 6. Thomas Def-Ojeda
                 7 - 11. Ryan Nowakowsky, Diana Muzyka, Eric Hsiao, Filip Stevanovic, Tyson Ofstie, 12 - 14. Austin Hesse, Samuel Sarris,
                Joshua Robertson, 15 - 19. Luciano Di Blasi, David Gutenberg, Kareem Hamdon, Benjamin Lamoureux, 
                Mehrshad Sahebsara, 20 - 21. Jonathan Martins, Joseph Meleshko, 22 - 26. Zachary Dingman, Ibrahim Elmallah,
                Brennan Hebert, Lucas Lemay, Dimitri Trofimuk
Grade 6:  1. Dennis Situ*, 2. David McCullough*, 3. Sebastien Despres, 4 - 6. Dante Chan, Stephen Pavlic*, Tony Yang,
                7 - 10. Davin Ness, Ryan Jensen, Mitchell Powley, Ayush Namboothiri, 11 - 12. Brody Shandro, Rowan Ley,
                13.Joel Leclerc
                * These players had been regional, provincial or in the case of Ian McCullough, national champ prior to this event
 
 Results of Edmonton Regional Warm-Up Tournament, March 7
Played at Edmonton Chess Club, 10840 124 Street
Results of Sections:
A:  1. Derek Thomas, 2. David McCullough, 3.Etienne Leclerc, 4. Michael Ludwig
B:  1. Ryan Lacy, 2. Tony Yang, 3. Jakob Kaiser, 4. Dante Chan
C:  1. Jamil Kassam, 2. Dennis Situ, 3. Ian McCullough, 4. Rishi Durupala, 5. Sebastien Despres 
D:  1. Terry Batbold, 2. Sean Lacy, 3. Joel Leclerc, 4. Richard Mah, 5. Allan Stanislus, 6. Prabjeet Bansal
E:  1. Mark Nie, 2. Vinh Nguyen, 3. Rayden Lin, 4. Kaining Lin, 5. Mickey Khan, 6. Austin Hesse
F:  1. Filip Stevanovic, 2. Tyler Mah, 3. Mehrshad Sahebsara, 4. Alex Broughton, 5. Destin Chan, 6. Matthew Waggoner
G:  1. John Dervantes, 2. Sean Robertson, 3. Marcela Louie, 4. Jonathan Martins, 5. Vincent Baird, 6. Diana Muzyka
H:  1. Nathan Roy, 2. David Yao, 3. Artur Lyssenko, 4. Benjamin Lamoureux, 5. Tied Kevin Stanislus and Collin Harrison
I:   1. Christina Chaisson,  2. Josh Robertson, 3. Andrew Keates, 4. Patrick Cervantes, 5. Boris Stevanovic, 6. Raghu Manohar
J:  1. tied Zachary Chaisson and Brody Shandro, 3. Brendan Lacy, 4. Dimitri Trofimuk, 5 tied Ibrahim Elmallah and Ayush Namboothiri
K. 1. Jadyn Buchanan, 2. Riley Ross, 3. Samuel Sarris, 4. Kaixin Wang, 5. Ethan Brown, 6. Santiago Pellicer
L.  1. Yashaswi Bhandari, 2. Kelton Libich, 3. Adam Omar, 4. tied Stephen Shen and Lucas Lemay, 6. Soheyl Makiabady
Congratulations to All Players for a Good Tournament!
Winners of Sectional Draw Prizes - a half or full-day Spring Break Chess Camp at The Roving ChessNuts:
Etienne Leclerc, Tony Yang, Dennis Situ, Joel Leclerc, Austin Hesse, Destin Chan,
Vincent Baird, David Yao, Andrew Keates, Brendan Lacy, Jadyn Buchanan and Soheyl Makiabady
 
School Team Match #4 Results  Played at Edmonton Chess Club on February 28
Organized by Roving ChessNuts; Directed by Bruce Thomas, Rob McCullough, Howard Louie, Derek Thomas, Andy Hess
Section A Results
1.  New Horizons Team A:  David McCullough, Noah Hoffner, Ian McCullough, Ryan Jensen, Adam Mawani - 18.5 points (Gold)
2.  Westbrook A: Tony Yang, Richard Mah, Rayden Lin, Mark Nie, Mehrshad Sahebsara - 12.5 points (Silver)
3.  New Horizons Team B:  Allan Stanilus, Austin Hesse, Marcela Louie, Kevin Stanislus, Brody Shandro, Tosin Kuye,
      Ayush Namboothiri - 9.5 points
4.  Garneau:  Jakob Kaiser, Alex Broughton, Vinh Nguyen, Ethan Brown, Jadyn Buchanan - 9 points (Consolation
      Bronze as highest team among the lowest-average rating)
5.  Westbrook B:  Poplar Wang, David Yao, Ethan Chew - 0.5 points
6.  Greenfield failed to field team at last minute 
Section B Results
1.  Malmo: Ibrahim Elmallah, Dimitri Trofimuk, Santiago Pellicer-Cohen, Adam Omar, Austin McConnell - 18 points (Gold)
2.  Good Shepherd: William Wei, Andrew Fedori, Thomas Brownrigg, Samuel Sarris - 13.5 points (Silver)
3.  Grandin: Luciano DiBlasi, Evan Wood, Lucas Lemay - 10.5 points.
4.  Leo Nickerson:  Jimmy Paradis, Branden Fee, Luke Harmon, Gabrian Forbes, Aaron Forbes - 9.5 points (Consolation
      Bronze as highest team among the lowest-average rating) 
5.  McKernan: Dennis Situ, Rown Ley, Sebastian Ley, Soheyl Makiabady - 9 points
6.  Earl Buxton: Aidan She, Kareen Hamdon, Stephen Shen - 5.5 points
The final team match of the year will be the championship match on Sunday, April 25