2013 Newsletters
If you like chess and outdoor this is for you! Come for
Casual Outdoor Chess
every Thursday 6:30-9:30 PM (weather permitted)
Friday 6:30-9:30 PM (weather permitted)
Saturday 3-5 PM (weather permitted)
at the Chess Park in Dickinsfield
( on Dickins Drive across Sister Mary Philips School).
Chess peices and clock are provided by FMCC
during the Summer months
Sponsor of Fort McMurray Chess Club
Sponsor of Fort McMurray Chess Club
Sponsor of Fort McMurray Chess Club
Sponsor of Fort McMurray Chess Club
July 10: Regina-Veronicka Kalaydina/IM Porper win in Fort McMurray
The first ever Fort McMurray Open and AB Women's Championship in Fort-McMurray has been a great success! Organizer Jina burn has done a tremendous job of securing sponsorship (over $7000 in prizes and a lot of extra stuff for the tournament), a great place to play and creating a friendly atmosphere for everyone. The event attracted a total of 40 participants including an unprecedent 15 in the AB Women's Championship. The winner of the Women's was the pre-tournament favourite Regina-Veronicka (Nicka) Kalaydina from Calgary, who went perfect 5/5. Second was quite a big upset as Carla Robitu from Edmonton snuck in to win the prize with 4/5. Third was shared by the organizer-Jina Burn and Armine Arzumanyan from Edmonton 3.5/5 each. In the Open section, IM Edward Porper won the event with 4.5/5 ahead of IM Richard Wang, NM Vlad Rekhson and Oleksandr Kalaydin (AKA Nicka's father) who came back to competitive chess after 30 years.