Many of our friends, OGCC guests and players are playing in the international tournaments in November.
We wish them all the best.
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Chess for Children School in Swansea Town Hall since 1996 is a community based school. Their teachers, Goran Milicevic and Natalia Khoudgarian hold international titles and receive enthusiastic reviews from their students.
Their fall program starts on October 13.
Here is the website: http://www.chessforchildren.ca
Originally posted on April 27, 2012
Updated on October 1, 2012
One of our sponsorship recipients, Aman Hambleton is playing at the World Junior Chess Championship 2012 in Athens now (August 4 to 11).
You can follow his games at WJCC.
Updated August 15: Congrats to Aman who won an IM norm in the WJCC!
Updated October 20: Congrats to Aman again for winning his second IM norm in the SPICE Cup 2012!
Update November 25, 2012. Congrats to Aman. He did incredibly well in the UNAM tournament: undefeated, 4.5 out to 6 against Grandmasters, earned his IM title and first GM norm! Aman came third. All other top ten are Grandmasters!
Posted by Aman: Link here
(Then, scroll down to see his post.)
Here is a link to Aman’s website (about WJCC Fundraising simul)
Congrats to WFM Jackie Peng who did very well in the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. She obtained the title of Women FIDE Master from her performance.
Jackie is one of our sponsorship recipients. We are so proud of her!
News about some of our instructors:
FM Aman Hambleton (Ex-instructor, presently not residing in Toronto)
Aman participated in the World Junior Chess Championship in Athens from August 4 to August 11. He did tremendously well and earned his first IM (International Master) norm. Aman is one of our sponsorship recipients in 2012.
FM Michael Humphreys
Michael has been working with Seneca Hill Chess Club for 2 years. He came tied 7th in the invitational section of Canadian Closed from August 4 to 11. He won the FM (FIDE Master) title from this tournament. Congratulations!
FM Roman Sapozhnikov
Roman has just played in the Superfest 2012. He had an excellent result in the open section – tied for second.
WCM Yevetaliza Orlova (Liza)
It will be Liza’s second time representing Canada to participate in the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. She is leaving on August 26. We wish her all the best in the Olympiad. Liza is also one of our sponsorship recipients in 2012.
Eric Zhan (Our Assistant)
Eric, graduated from UTS in June, has just left home for his University study at Cornell. We wish him all the best.
Seneca Hill Chess club ran a series of fundraising activities to sponsor Natalia Khoudgarian WIM, Jackie Peng WCM, and Yelizaveta Orlova WCM for the 40th World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul; and Aman Hambleton FM for the World Junior Championship in Athens.
WIM Natalia Khoudgarian played a simul as one of the side activities in OGCC 2012 on May 19. (See this video.) Then we had 3 simuls at Oriole in June. On June 17, we finished the final part of the fundraising activities.
The response of the simuls was great. We had to turn down some players on the first two simuls. On June 3 and 10, WCM Yelizaveta Orlova and FM Aman Hambleton played 23 and 24 boards respectively.
In order to accommodate everyone, in addition to WCM Jackie Peng, Liza kindly agreed to take the extra boards on June 17.
It ended up Jackie played 21 boards and Liza 14.
There were 35 participants/boards, two woman masters, 3 workers (my husband, my daughter and me) and many parents.
Regardless of the crowdedness and warmth in the room at Oriole, the atmosphere was excellent and everyone enjoyed it.
Both girls won all the boards, except Liza and Janet (Jackie’s sister) had a draw.
Liza and Jackie were amazingly tough and calm. They managed to win against so many players in about 2 to 2.5 hours.
Before the simuls, some little players were asking: “Where are the masters?” They had never thought those two young referees in their tournament were the masters and would eventually beat them all!
Talking about referees, we have to thank Gallen and Karen (computer) for helping as referees for all three Sundays.
Photos were uploaded and a link will be sent to the participants. There are 4 posted here for everyone to see.
Last of all, I am thrilled to announce that the total amount we raised was $1552! Each of our four recipients will receive $400, which will help with their expenses during the international tournaments this summer. We wish them all the best in the World Chess Olympiad and World Chess Junior Championship.
Corinna
WCM Jackie Peng at the Simul
Jackie and her 21 boards.
WCM Yelizaveta Orlova and the extra 14 boards.
Behind Liza’s 14 players.
The second Simul hosted by FM Aman Hambleton today (June 10) was also a great success! We had 24 boards and two winners – Daniel and Wenyang.
Thanks to all the participants and parents. Oh yeah, WCM Yelizaveta Orlova was also a participant today!
We will upload the close up photos we took today to an album only for the participants. Here are some of the photos.
Please scroll down to see the details of the third Simul.
Corinna
Aman at Liza’s board
FM Aman Hambleton at the 24 board Simul
Aman and the first winner
Aman playing the last player who was the second winner
There were many more players coming to Oriole the past Sunday than I expected. I am sure we would achieve our fundraising goal. WCM Yelizaveta Orlova was the first host of our 3 simuls at Oriole.
It was my inexperience in running a simul (In fact, it was my first time.) that made Liza play under time pressure. Liza did amazingly well and eventually won all 22 games. (Liza offered a draw to a player who had to leave early.)
I definitely learnt how to do a better simul for FM Aman Hambleton coming Sunday.
Please scroll down to see the details of the upcoming two simuls on June 10 and 17.
Corinna
WCM Yelizaveta Orlova at the simul
- WCM Yelisaveta Orlova at the simul
Seneca Hill Chess Club is running a series of fundraising activities to sponsor Natalia Khoudgarian WIM, Jackie Peng WCM and Yelizaveta Orlova WCM to 40th World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey; and Aman Hambleton FM to World Junior Chess Championship in Athens, Greece.
One of the activities is Simultaneous Exhibitions (Simuls)
A simultaneous exhibition is a chess game exhibition in which one player plays multiple games at a time with a number of other players.
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Date |
Sunday, June 3, 2012 |
Sunday, June 10, 2012 |
Sunday, June 17, 2012 |
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Time |
3:00 to 5:00, After weekly tournaments |
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Guests |
Yelizaveta Orlova WCM |
Aman Hambleton FM |
Jackie Peng WCM |
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Participants |
Anyone, adults and students |
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Fee |
$10 each or $20 for all 3 |
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Registration |
Tickets for sale at Oriole and OGCC |
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All proceeds, including those from Oriole weekly Sunday tournaments go to the sponsorship.
Seneca Hill Chess Club is running a series of fundraising activities to sponsor Natalia Khoudgarian WIM, Jackie Peng WCM and Yelizaveta Orlova WCM to 40th World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey; and Aman Hambleton FM to World Junior Chess Championship in Athens, Greece.
One of the activities is the Siblings and Friends Tournament at the OGCC 2012.
Open to all Kindergarten to G.12 students.
Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012
Location: Marshall McLuhan CSS, 1107 Avenue Road, Toronto
Games rated by CMA www.chess-math.org
Entry fee: $12 per player pay on site.
Refreshment: Snacks and drinks are provided.
Games start at 12:00
Registration: 10:30 – 11:30, limited to 30 players.
Pre-registration by email recommended, email full name and grade to ogcc2003@rogers.com or use web form here.
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