Alvah Mayo has won the Nova Scotia Closed 2019 Chess Championship. Alvah bested the field of six of the province’s top players to win the title. His name will be engraved on the Nova Scotia Closed Championship trophy. Alvah won the five-round, round robin tournament with 4 points. The event took place at Mount Saint […]
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Halifax Summer Open 2019 RESULTS
Photo above: Walter MacNeil and Jerjis Kapra tie for first place in the Halifax Summer Open 2019 and are awarded the George Beals Trophy. Halifax Summer Open 2019, Five-round Swiss, 19 players, Mount Saint Vincent University, June 28-30, 2019. Tied for first/second: Walter MacNeil (1715) and Jerjis Kapra (1658), 4 points, $135 each. Their […]
DGT technology has arrived in Nova Scotia
The Nova Scotia Chess Association now has three DGT electronic chess boards. We intend to use them on the top three boards in our tournaments going forward. For the upcoming Halifax Summer Open 2019 tournament, the games played on the top three boards will be viewable, as they occur live, by going to this site: […]
NS Open 2019 RESULTS
Nova Scotia Open 2019, 5-round Swiss, 27 players, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, May 10-12, 2019 First place: Roger Langen (2091), 5 points. Prize: $250. Roger’s name will be engraved on the Nova Scotia Open Chess Tournament trophy. Second place: Tallal Younis (2165), 4 points. Prize: $150. Tied for third place: Glenn Charlton (2033) and […]
Halifax Open 2019 RESULTS
Halifax Open 2019, 5-round Swiss, 21 players, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS, April 12-14. First place: Samuel Heran (1577), 4.5 points. Prize: $200. Tied for second/third place: David Poirier (1830), Ken Cashin (1694), and Conrad MacNeil (1680), 3.5 points. Prize: $73.33 each. Tied for first U1500: Darin Evoy (1490), Andy Wang (1459), and […]
Bluenose Open 2019 RESULTS
Bluenose Open 2019 Results: Thirty five players, 5-round Swiss, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, February 22-24, 2019. First: Tallal Younis (2147), 4.5 points, prize: $310. Tallal will also have his name engraved on the Bluenose Cup. Second: Alvah Mayo (2156), 4 points, prize: $190. Third: Adam Dorrance (2324), Paul Dec (2093), Brian McKay (1891), Madoc […]
Remembrance Day Open 2018 RESULTS
Remembrance Day Open 2018, 5-round Swiss, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS, November 9-11, 2018, 22 players: Tied for First/Second: Alvah Mayo (2152) and Roger Langen (2070), 4.5 points, prize: $175 each. Third: Paulo Ferreira (1838), 3.5 points, prize: $80 U1700: Ken Cashin (1688), Conrad MacNeil (1677), and David Bardsley (1627), 3 points, prize: $20 […]
Maritime Open 2018 Results
Maritime Open 2018, 6-round Swiss, Saint Mary’s University, October 6-8, 2018, 34 players: First: Tallal Younis (2105), 5 points, prize: $335. Tallal will have his name engraved on the Colpitts Trophy. He is donating his prize money to youth chess in Nova Scotia. Second: Fred McKim (2050), 4.5 points, prize: $200. Tied for Third: Alvah […]
Paul Hake Labour Day Open 2018 RESULTS
Paul Hake Labour Day Open 2018, Twenty six players, six-round Swiss, September 1-3, 2018, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS. Tied for First: Alvah Mayo (2179), David Poirier (1880), Stephen Saunders (1873), and Paulo Ferreira (1838), 4.5 points, $127.50 each. Tied for U1700: Jerjis Kapra (1649) and Eric Newman (1628), 3.5 points, $55. U1300: Neil Uppal […]
George Beals Open 2018 RESULTS
George Beals Open 2018, June 8-10, 2018, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, five-round Swiss, 25 players Tied for first/second place: Alvah Mayo (2197) and Jonas Dornieden (1772), 4 points, $200 each. Tied for third place: Gordon Giacomin (1942) and Libin Suresh (1840), 3.5 points, $50 each. U1700: Ed McKearney (1695), Harold Uuetoa (1642), David Bardsley (1622), […]