Since the start of the 2010/11 school year, The Roving ChessNuts have organized or been involved in 195 competitive events which have
involved 3,195 participants including 425 first-time rated chess players.
Upcoming Chess Events
Sunday, Jan. 29,
1 p.m., Elementary School Team Match at Edmonton Chess Club. A school should have 3 players for full team.
Register
Friday, Feb. 3, 7 p.m., Rec Chess League
Sunday,
Feb. 12, 1 p.m., Scholastic Valentine's Tournament - plenty of chocolate prizes, but no love notes allowed among the battling players! Register now for the fun and round-robin competition.
Alberta Chess Challenge on April 21, 2012 in Red Deer
CHESS NEWS ....
Friday, January 27, 6:00 p.m.
> No Friday Night Rec Chess Tournament. Pleaseregister for next the February 3 Friday evening tournament for adults and higher-rated scholastic players.
> Sunday's
Elementary School Team Tournament has been changed to allow schools to field a complete team of only 3 players instead of five.
This match will definitely proceed as 10 teams have registered. There will be two sections of play based on the average
rating of team members. See the teams and players who have so far registered. Deadline for registering was 6
p.m., Friday, but a couple of teams were still looking for more players and will be allowed to complete the team if possible. Register only if you see your school needs a player to round out a team. No new schools can be accepted at this time.
> Alberta
Recreational Chess League held its first Pizza and Chess Event on Sunday, January 22. Adult players winning 50% or more
of their games were Rob McCullough, Bruce Thomas, Renato Zita, George Bradford, and Stefan Grossmann who got a perfect three victories. Scholastic
players having a 50% or higher success rate were: David McCullough, Ian McCullough, Derek Thomas, Matthew Zita, Alvin Wu,
Lenard Grossmann, Siddhartha Chitrakar, Prayus Shrestha and Johnny Burn.
> See the complete results
of the Welcome 2012 Scholastic Tournament held January 11
by the Society of Alberta Chess Knights and The Roving ChessNuts.
> Read January
1, 2012 Chess Newsletter Read December 23 Chess Newsletter
> Saturday Knights Club consisting of lessons, coaching and rated play for beginning players has only two openings left in
the winter session. The club meets 10 to 12 noon each Saturday. E-mail rovingchessnuts@shaw.ca and request a flyer if you are
interested or phone 780-474-2318. Evaluation of new players occurs 9:30 a.m. Saturday; please call 780-474-2318 to book an appointment.
> See the
results of the Northern Alberta Scholastic Championships held November 13 in Edmonton and the Christmas Tournament held on December
11
> See updated Grand Prix Chess Registration Form is now available and you can still join the Grand Prix
before the February 12 Valentine's Tournament. If you are going to play in most scholastic tournaments until next October,
save money on entry fees, get a T-shirt and be eligible for special awards and prizes! A Grand Prix bowling party is being
planned for February.
See Results of Alberta Chess Challenge
See Rating Report of Alberta Chess Challenge 2011
> Get Your School Involved in Organized Chess!
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GiantChess Available for Rental
Contact Roving ChessNuts, 780-474-2318.
Selection of Chess Pieces, Boards,
Clocks and Books available
at
the ChessMart 12015 76 Street, Edmonton
Mondays to Fridays, 8:30 to 4:30 p.m.