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Alberta Results at the 2010 Canadian Chess Challenge

Team Alberta had a very successful time at the 2010 Canadian Chess Challenge in Montreal, May 22 to 24. The Alberta Team set a new record for points earned during the Grades 1 through 12 competition with the nine other provinces. The 2010 team did great by getting 71.5 points and even though it ended in its average 4th place, Alberta's score was much closer to the usual leading provinces of Ontario (1st with 91.5) and Quebec (2nd with 80.5). British Columbia with 79 points took third place. B.C. got third place by beating Alberta, 7-5, in the final round of play on Monday. Click here to see the Rating Report on the 2010 Canadian Open.

The individual results of Alberta Team Members were:

Grade 1: Kaining Lin, Edmonton - 6 points for 4th place; Grade 2: Patrick Tolentino*, Calgary - 7 points, tied for 2nd, 4th place after tiebreak;

Grade 3: Ian McCullough, Sherwood Park - 7.5 points for 2nd; Grade 4: Jamil Kassam*, Edmonton - 7 points for 3rd;

Grade 5: Diwen Shi, Calgary - 6 points for 3rd; Grade 6: Dennis Situ, Edmonton - 3 points for 7th

Grade 7: Yuekai Wang*, Calgary - 6.5 points, 2nd after tiebreak; Grade 8: Nicka Kalaydina*, Calgary -7 points, tied for 2nd 2nd after tiebreak;

Grade 9: David Zhang*, Calgary - 8 points for 2nd; Grade 10: David Miller, Grande Prairie - 4 points, tied for 7th;

Grade 11: Yaroslav Babich, Calgary - 5 points for 6th; Grade 12: Ryan Lacy, Edmonton - 4.5 points, tied for 4th place

* 2009 Alberta Champ previous grade

Northern Alberta Elementary School 2009/10 Team Championships - May 16

Section A Results:

Champion Team - New Horizons A - Noah Hoffner, David McCullough, Ian McCullough, Allan Stanislus, Austin Hesse - 9 points

Runner-Up - Westbrook A - Tony Yang, Kaining Lin, Mark Nie, Andrei Niculescu, David Yao, Poplar Wang, Ryan Nowakowsky - 6 points

Section B Results:

Champion Team - New Horizons B - Adam Mawani, Ryan Jensen, Tyson Ofstie, Kevin Stanislus, Ayush Namboothiri - 13.5 points

Runner-Up - Garneau - Jakob Kaiser, Alex Broughton, Vinh Nguyen, Jadyn Buchanan - 11.5 points

Third - Glenora - Filip Stevanovic, Andrew Keates, Boris Stevanovic, Graham Warner - 9 points

Fourth - Malmo - Ibrahim Elmallah, Lucia Li, Adam Omar, Elizabeth Cholowski, Sofia Said - 2.5 points

Society of Alberta Chess Knight's Mother's Day Tournament - May 9

Results from the 10 Round Robin Sections:

Section A: 1. Noah Hoffner, 2. Etienne Leclerc, tied for 3. David McCullough and Dennis Situ

Section B: 1. Tony Yang, 2. Jakob Kaiser, tied for 3. Dante Chan and Rishi Durupala

Section C: 1. Naveed Virji, 2. Ian MCullough, 3. Zack Kirsch

Section D: 1. Thomas Nef-Ojeda, 2. Prabjeet Bansal, 3. Kaining Lin, tied for 4. Mark Nie and Terry Batbold, 6. Allan Stanislus

Section E: 1. Tobin Fell, 2. Alex Broughton, 3. Joel Leclerc, 4. Luciano Di Blasi, 5. Rayden Lin, 6. Filip Stevanovic

Section F: 1. Austin Hesse, 2. Vingh Nguyen, 3. Destin Chan, tied for 4. Andrei Niculescu and David Yao, 6. John Cervantes

Section G: 1. Yashaswi Bhandari, 2. Sean Robertson, 3. Artur Lyssenko, 4. Jonathan Martins, tied for 5. Nathan Roy and Collin Harrison

Section H: 1. Josh Roberston, 2. Tyson Ofstie, 3. Kevin Stanislus, 4. Patrick Cervantes, tied for 5. Andrew Keates and Darren Li

Section I: 1. Henry Song, 2. Ibrahim Emallah, 3. Kaixin Wang, 4. Boris Stevanovic, 5. Jayden Buchanan

6. Emmett Maxfield Section J: 1. Ying Li, 2. Graham Warner, 3. Norman Fu, 4. Alvin Wu, 5. Kurt Ruecker, 6. Lucas Lemay

2010 Alberta Chess Challenge - April 17 in Red Deer

**Designates a 2009 Provincial Champ, *Designates a former provincial or national champ

Grade 1 Finishing Order: 1. Kaining Lin, Edmonton; 2. Kaixan Wang, Edmonton; 3. Ying Li, Edmonton

Grade 2 Finishing Order: 1. **Patrick Tolentino, Calgary; 2. Sean Robertson, Edmonton; 3. David Yao, Edmonton;

4. Emmett Maxfield, Edmonton; 5. Nrithya Bal, Edmonton; 6. Robert Lee, Medicine Hat;

Grade 3 Finishing Order: 1. *Ian McCullough, Sherwood Park; 2. Yashaswi Bhandari, Edmonton; 3. Andre Tolentino, Calgary;

4. **Adam Mawani, Sherwood Park; 5. Jeremy Kerr, Edmonton; 6. Tosin Kuye, Sherwood Park; 7. Kevin Stanislus, Sherwood Park;

8. Jarod Hasell, Sherwood Park; 9. Stephen Shen, Edmonton; 10. Caleb Jackson, Sherwood Park.

Grade 4: 1. **Jamil Kassam, Edmonton; 2. Jakob Kaiser, Edmonton; 3. Rayden Lin, Edmonton;

Alex Broughton, Edmonton; John Cervantes, Edmonton; Patrick Cervantes, Edmonton; Ethan Chew, Edmonton;

Andrew Keates, Edmonton; Willem Jakobs, Edmonton; Brendan Lacy, Edmonton; Tony LeNguyen, Medicine Hat;

Zeling Li, Calgary; Artur Lyssenko, St. Albert; Andrei Niculescu, Edmonton;

Mark Nie, Edmonton; Vinh Nguyen, Edmonton; Riley Ross, Edmonton; Poplar Wang, Edmonton

Grade 5 Finishing Order: 1. *Diwen Shi, Calgary; Tied 2-3. Noah Hoffner, Sherwood Park and **Zhonglin Huang, Edmonton;

4. Thomas Nef Ojeda, St. Albert; 5. William Wei, Edmonton; 6. Diana Muzyka, Edmonton; 7. Nicholas Lee, Calgary;

8. Allan Stanislus, Sherwood Park; 9. David Gutenberg, Sherwood Park; 10-11. Austin Hesse, Sherwood Park and

Jonathan Martins, Edmonton; 12. Richard Mah, Edmonton; 13. Lee Ma, Calgary; 14. Collin Harrison, Edmonton;

15. Mehrshad Sahebsara, Edmonton; 16. Ryan Nowakowsky, Edmonton; 17. Aidan Power, Grande Prairie;

18. Josh Robertson, Edmonton; Tied 19-21. James Lee, Medicine Hat; Lucas Lemay, Edmonton and Samuel Sarris, Edmonton

Grade 6 Finishing Order: 1. Dennis Situ, Edmonton; 2. Chenxi Zhao, Calgary; 3. *David McCullough, Sherwood Park;

4-5. Tony Yang, Edmonton and Sebastien Despres, Edmonton; 6. **Stephen Pavlic, Edmonton; 7-8. Ryan Jensen, Sherwood Park and Derek Zhang, Calgary; 9. Joel Leclerc, Ft. Saskatchewan; 10. Evan Wood, Edmonton; 11. Ayush Namboothiri, Edmonton;

Grade 7 Finishing Order: 1. **Yuekai Wang, Calgary; 2. Michael Ludwig, St. Albert; 3. Prabjeet Bansal, Edmonton;

4. Rishi Durupala, Edmonton; Jackson Prather, Calgary; Brian Taylor, Medicine Hat

Grade 8 Finishing Order: . 1. **Nicka Kalaydina, Calgary; 2. *Tony Cai, Calgary; 3. *Aaron Ting, Calgary; 4. Tyler Mah, Edmonton

Grade 9 Finishing Order: 1. **David Zhang, Calgary; 2. Ettienne Leclerc, Ft. Saskatchewan; 3. *Derek Thomas, Edmonton;

4. Zack Kirsch, Spruce Grove; 5. Josh Wilcox, Medicine Hat

Grade 10 Finishing Order: 4. 1. David Miller, Grande Prairie; 2. Sean Lacy, Edmonton; 3. Mark Ting, Calgary;

4. Terry Batbold, Edmonton; 5. Tobin Fell, Vegreville

Grade 11 Finishing Order: 1. *Yaroslav Babich, Calgary; 2. Jordan Schibler, Medicine Hat; 3. *Antony Wu, Edmonton;

4. **Raymond Ong, Calgary

Grade 12 Finishing Order: 1. Ryan Lacy, Edmonton; 2. Forest Liu, Calgary

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West Edmonton Mall Annual Elementary Team Match - January 24, 2010

Section A Results: Round Robin followed by top 2 teams play for gold, bottom two play for third (Average rating after team name)

1. New Horizons Team A (1405): 1. David McCullough, 2. Noah Hoffner, 3. Ian McCullough, 4. Allan Stanilus, 5. Austin Hesse

2. Westbrook Team A (1275): 1. Tony Yang, 2. Richard Mah, 3. Chris Li, 4. Rayden Lin, 5. Mark Nie

3. Greenfield (1160): Zhonglin Huang, Dante Chan, Destin Chan, Jeremy Kerr, Dylan Kerr

4. York Academic (1006): 1. David Li, 2. Davin Ness, 3. Dustin Shemko, 4. Collin Harrison, 5. Hunter Verge

Section B Results: Round Robin followed by top 2 teams play for gold, bottom two play for third (Average rating after team name)

1. Westbrook Team B (1022): 1. Ryan Nowakowsky, 2. Andrei Niculescu, 3. Kaining Lin, 4. Mehrshad Sahebsara, 5. Polar Wang

2. New Horizons Team B (969) : 1. Ryan Jensen, 2. Marcela Louie, 3. Mitchell Powley, 4. Brody Shandro, 5. Jarod Hasell

3. Garneau Elementary (942): 1. Jakob Kaiser, 2. Alex Broughton, 3. Vinh Nguyen, 4. Jadyn Buchanan

4. Glenora (964): 1. Stephen Pavlic, 2. Filip Stevanovic, 3. Andrew Keates, 4. Boris Stevanovic, 5. Riley Ross

Section C Results: Round Robin followed by top 2 teams play for gold, bottom two play for third (Average rating after team name)

1. Tempo (835): 1. Sebastien Despres, 2. John Cervantes,3. Patrick Cervantes, 4. Albert Li, 5. Adrideo Samuels

2. New Horizons Team C (622): 1. Tosin Kuye, 2. Kevin Stanislus 3. Ayush Namboothiri, 4. Justin Powley, 5. Ty Reed, 6. Dawson Reed

3. McKernan (665 for 5): Dennis Situ, Vincent Baird, Rown Ley, Sebastian Ley

4. Westbrook Team C (566):1. Ethan Chew, 2. Rith Bal, 3. Norman Fu, 4. Novin Kong, 5. Jannon Kong, 6. Shenal Wijeyeratne

"Welcome 2010" Scholastic Tournament - January 10

Section A:

1. Zhonglin Huang, 2. Etienne Leclerc, 3. Noah Hoffner, 4. Dante Chan

Section B:

1. David McCullough, 2. Naveed Virji, 3. Jamil Kassam, 4. William Wei

Section C: 1. Saahil Nanda, 2. Ian McCullough, 3. Sebastien Despres,

4. Dennis Situ, 5.Richard Mah

Section C#2: 1. Terry Batbold, 2. Luciano Di Blasi, 3. Adam Mawani,

4. Ryan Nowakowsky

Section D: 1. Joel Leclerc, 2. Allan Stanislus, 3. Andrei Niculescu,

4.-6. tied Ryan Jensen, Austin Hesse, Destin Chan

Section E: 1. Alex Broughton, 2. Filip Stevanovic, 3. Diana Muzyka, 4. Mitchell Powley, 5. Kaining Lin, 6. Dustin Shemko

Section F: 1.Tyler Mah, 2. Sean Robertson, 3. Artur Lyssenko, 4.-5. tied Collin Harrison, Josh Robertson 6.Tyson Ofstie

Section G: 1. Benjamin Lamoureux, 2. Jeremy Kerr, 3. Andrew Keates, 4. Boris Stevanovic, 5. Kevin Stanislus, 6. Julian Thorsrud

Section H: 1. Poplar Wang, 2. Brody Shandro, 3. Ibrahim Elmallah, 4. Isaac Firt, 5. Riley Ross,

6.-7. tied Jarold Hasell, Jonah Lamoureux, 8. Lucas Lemay

Section I: 1. Evan Wood, 2. Nathaniel Fair, 3. Justin Powley, 4. Cameron Holzmann, 5. Austin McConnell, 6. Bradley Houston

Click here for Results of 4 other Scholastic Tournaments in Edmonton

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