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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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), […]
NS Open 2018 RESULTS
Nova Scotia Open 2018, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, May 11-13, 2018, 30 players, five round Swiss: First: Alvah Mayo (2077), 5 points, $300. Second: Tallal Younis (2087), 4 points, $180. Tied for third: Jose Gonzalez-Cueto (2067) and Brian McKay (1937), 3.5 points, $65 each. Tied for U1700: Lloyd Lombard (1482) and Ryan Donovan (1274), 3 […]
Bluenose Open 2018 – RESULTS
Bluenose Open 2018 Forty six players, five-round Swiss, February 23-25, 2018, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS. First: Adam Dorrance (2297), 4.5 points. Prize: $460. Tied for Second/Third: GM Eric Hansen (2627), Jose Gonzalez-Cueto (2030), and David Zhou (1947), 4 points. Prize: $153 each. First U1600: Tallal Younis (unr.), 3.5 points. Prize: $120. Second U1600: Jerry […]
20th annual Veranda Invitational Chess Tournament – results
This tournament report was submitted by David Kenney: This year was the 20th year the annual Veranda Invitational Chess Tournament was held. This tournament, which is usually held in the summer but occasionally is held in the fall, is a six-player single round-robin event organized by Rex Naugler. The games are usually very interesting battles […]
Remembrance Day Open 2017 Results
Remembrance Day Open 2017 Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS Five-round Swiss, 33 players Tied for first/second: Brian McKay (1907) and Stephen Saunders (1883), 4 points, $260 each. Tied for third: Zachary Burrows (2212), Gordon Giacomin (1940), Libin Suresh (1892), David Kenney (1853), Roger Langen (2129), 3.5 points, $28 each. U1500: Tied for first: Jarrett […]
Paul Hake Labour Day Open 2017 RESULTS
Paul Hake Labour Day Open 2017, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, September 2-4, 2017, Six-round Swiss, 22 players Tied for first/second: Roger Langen (2201) and Chris Felix (2053), 4.5 points. Prize: $190 each. Tied for third: Cynthia Cui (1733) and Jim Gilks (1870), 4 points. Prize: $50 each. First U1500: John MacLean (1262), 3 points. […]
Chris Felix wins NS Closed 2017
The Nova Scotia Chess Association would like to congratulate Chris Felix for winning the 2017 Nova Scotia Closed chess championship. Chris, who also won the title last year, bested five of the province’s eligible top players to win the round robin event held at MSVU July 7-9, 2017. His name will be engraved on the Nova […]