The CFC Regular Chess Post – Nov. 17/11 – PEI Open.

Starts tomorrow!
Dates: Nov 18-20, 2011;
Place: UPEI, MacDougall Hall, Room 328, Charlottetown, PEI;
Rds: 5;
Type: Swiss;
Times: Fri 7pm; Sat 10am, 4pm; Sun 9am, 2pm;
TC: Round 1, 40/2, SD/30. Rounds 2-5, 40/2, SD/1;
Contact: fred_mckim@hotmail.com .

Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator

The CFC Regular Chess Post – Nov. 16/11 – Manitoba Junior Championship.

- Open to Manitoba Juniors born in 1992 or later (under 20);

Dates: Open - Nov 19 – 20; Novice – Nov. 20;
Location: University of Winnipeg - Rooms 1L04 and 1L06;
Sections: Open (recommended that participants be rated at least 1400); Novice;
Rounds: 4 ( possibly 5 for Novice Section );
Time Control: Open - Game / 90 + 30 second increment; Novice - Active;
;Entry Fee: $ 15 - CFC Rated (CFC Membership not required !);
Guaranteed Prizes for Open: 1st $ 40; 2nd $ 30; 3rd $ 20. If the winner travels to the National Championship in Calgary - $ 200 will be available for travel expenses. Winner (if rated over 1900) qualifies for 2012 Manitoba Championship.

Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator

The CFC Regular Chess Post – Nov. 15/11 – WYCC. The WYCC starts this Thurs., Nov. 17 ( Rd. 1 – Nov. 18 ) and runs to Nov. 27. Our team members will soon be departing for Brazil, where it is being played. There are 9 possible playing days - the playing schedule is nine rounds with a double round day for the 3rd and 4th rounds followed by a rest day. Here are the Canadian team administrators & 40 youngsters who will represent us in Brazil:

Head of Delegation - Andrew Giblon
Assistant Head of Delegation - Gary Gladstone
CFC Youth Co-ordinator - Patrick McDonald
Coaches - IM Nikolay Noritsyn; FM Andrew Peredun; Michael Egorov

1 U- 08 Girls Taylor Zhang
2 U- 08 Girls Jeannie Yiying Zhang
3 U- 08 Open Sergey Noritsyn
4 U- 08 Open Frank Wang
5 U- 08 Open Rohan Shyam Talukdar
6 U- 08 Open Luke Pulfer
7 U- 10 Girls Constance Zhaoxing Wang
8 U- 10 Girls Lily Zhou
9 U- 10 Girls Varshini Paraparan
10 U- 10 Open Yuanchen Zhang
11 U- 10 Open Dinny Wang
12 U- 12 Girls Melissa Giblon
13 U- 12 Girls Dorsa Moayyed
14 U- 12 Girls Rachel Tao
15 U- 12 Girls Qiyu Zhou
16 U- 12 Open Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte
17 U- 12 Open Razvan Preotu
18 U- 12 Open Michael Ji Yu Song
19 U- 14 Girls Joanne Foote
20 U- 14 Girls Louisa Qian Qian Hou
21 U- 14 Girls Rebecca Giblon
22 U- 14 Open Richard Wang
23 U- 14 Open Bryant Yang
24 U- 14 Open Yimang Yang
25 U- 14 Open Mark Plotkin
26 U- 14 Open Agastya Kalra
27 U- 14 Open James Fu
28 U- 16 Girls Chang Yun
29 U- 16 Girls Kimia Moayyed
30 U- 16 Girls Regina-Veronicka Kalaydina
31 U- 16 Girls Myriam Roy
32 U- 16 Girls Tina Fang
33 U- 16 Open David Zhang
34 U- 16 Open Simon Gladstone
35 U- 16 Open Mikhail Ivanov
36 U- 16 Open Nikita Gusev
37 U- 16 Open Konstantin Semianiuk
38 U- 18 Girls Yelizaveta Orlova
39 U- 18 Girls Linda Fu
40 U- 18 Open Loren Laceste

For more detailed information, see the Canadian WYCC Blog: http://wycc2011canada.blogspot.com/Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator

The CFC Regular Chess Post – Nov. 14/11 – Jack Taylor Memorial Result. Played: Nov. 12-13 at Royal Scott Hotel and Suites, 425 Quebec St., Victoria, B.C.; Type: 5 rd. swiss; Prizes: 1st: $75, U1800 $50. (Guaranteed). Registrants – 21 players, from 933 to 2062; Winners: Ruining [Ray] Wu ( 2029 ) - 4.0; James Chan ( 2005 ) - 4.0 ( Note: Games between CFC players rated but CFC membership was not required – an interesting approach to trying to get non-CFC members interested in eventually playing fully-rated CFC tournaments, and taking out CFC membership ). Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator

The CFC Regular Chess Post – Nov. 11/11 – Jack Taylor Memorial. Starts tomorrow! This 5 rd. swiss is being played Nov. 12-13 at Royal Scott Hotel and Suites, 425 Quebec St., Victoria, B.C. Prizes: 1st: $75, U1800 $50. (Guaranteed). Games between CFC players rated but CFC membership not required. Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator