7th Canadian Military Chess Championship
7th CANADIAN MILITARY CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
The 7th Canadian Military Chess Championship took place the week-end of the 11-12 April 2015 at Royal Military College (Collège Militaire Royal) St-Jean, Quebec. 35 players were competing for the title of Canadian Forces Chess Champion and one of the 6 spots on team Canada to the 26th NATO Chess Championship, to be hosted by The Netherlands in Amsterdam in July. In addition, bases were fighting for the best team award (total score of 3 players from same base or city).
Cyril Nerubenko (2132) from Halifax keep the Canadian Forces chess Champion title, winning his 6 games.
On the team competition, it was a tough competition and finally the Ottawa team took the lead only .5 points ahead of the former champion team, Valcartier, and one point ahead of the hosting team from Montreal.
There was also a Veterans Championship with 9 players, open to Canadian Forces Veterans and former Defence civilian employee. The new Veteran Champion is Cpl (ret) Gerald Aspler from Edmonton.
Complete results and pictures on military chess facebook page.
Information: Major Regis Bellemare, regis.bellemare@forces.gc.ca
Best Teams (10 teams)
1- Ottawa - 12 pts – Major Regis Bellemare, Captain Richard Moulton, Capt Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo
2- Valcartier - 11,5 pts – Lieutenant Guillaume Landry, Corporal Dominic Coulon, Corporal Daniel Lord
3- Montréal - 11 pts – Capitaine François Simard, Capitaine Mario Tremblay, Lieutenant Martin Simard
Individual (Top 6 – 34 players)
1- Cyril Nerubenko, Halifax 6/6 2015 Canadian Forces Chess Champion
2- Richard Moulton, Ottawa 5/6
3- Chris Felix, Halifax 4,5/6
4- François Simard, Montréal (St-Jean) 4/6
5- Philippe Léveillée Leitrim 4/6
6- Samuel Jimenez, Royal Military College Kingston 4/6
Best under 1400
1- Samuel Jimenez, Royal Military College Kingston 4/6
2- Guillaume Landry, Valcartier 3.5/6
3- Alexandre Giguere, College Militaire Royal St-Jean 3/6
Military Chess Recruit of the year
Owen Murphy Royal Military College Kingston 3/6
Veterans or former Defence civilian
1- Gerald Aspler, Edmonton 6/6
2- Richard Keep, Trois-Riviere 4,5/6
3- Jean-Roger Boutin, Quebec 4,5/6
