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We are now taking registration of the 2021 summer online chess programs.
Please click on this link for the form and details.
- For the online classes, we will keep our small instructional group format, with a teacher students ratio of 1:6. (Sometimes one or two more or less.)
All programs are two consecutive hours per week.
There are one hour instruction and one hour tournament game and guided puzzle solving in each class.
Summer Session:
Dates
Tuesday July 6 to August 24 (8 classes)
Thursday July 8 to August 26 ( 8 classes)
Saturday July 10 to August 28 (8 classes)
Time
Tuesday – 4:00-6:00 (All levels, in different groups)
Thursday – 4:00-6:00 (All levels, in different groups)
Saturday – 3:00-5:00 (All levels, in different groups)
Seneca Hill Chess Sunday tournaments
Schedule for 2021: January 24, February 21, March 14, April 4 (OCC qualifier), May 9 (OCC qualifier), June 6, July 11, August 8.
Start time: 1:00. (to approximately 5:00) Q and A room opens at 12:00.
Sections: By CMA rating (April 4 and May 9 – OCC qualifier, K-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-12)
Rounds: 5
Time control: 15 minutes plus 5 seconds.
Where: on lichess.org Please sign up (sign in – register) for a free lichess.org account and try a couple games before the tournament.
Fee: $10 for returning players, $15 if this is your first online Sunday tournament you sign up with SHC.
Prize: Free entry for the next tournament for top three and a trophy for the champion of each section. (August 8 – last tournament, second place and third place will get medals instead.)
Registration <<< please click here.
For more information, please email us.
Registered players, standings and pairings <<< please click here (coming up)
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Fairplay
Players are not allowed to have any assistance from including but not limited to other people, software and/or computers. Parents, please make sure the player has no access to cell phones or other devices during the game.
Lichess.org can detect this. Not only Lichess.org may abort your game and close your account, we may notify the major chess organizations like CFC and you may be banned from playing in any tournaments.
We will review suspicious games. Participants can also report suspicious games to lichess as soon as possible.
The tournament director has the right to request participants to sign in our Google Meet with their camera on and share their screen.
The tournament director reserves the right of final explanation.
We are now taking registration of the 2020-2021 online chess programs.
- Please click on this link for the form and details.
For the online classes, we will keep our small instructional group format, with a teacher students ratio of 1:6. (Sometimes one or two more or less.)
There are one hour instruction and one hour tournament game and puzzle solving in each class.
All programs are two consecutive hours per week.
Session 1: September 22/24/26 (Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday) to February 2/4/6 (Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday) – 15 weeks
—–No class on October 6/8/10 and December 15 to January 9
Session 2: February 16/18/20 to June 15/17/19 – 15 weeks
—– No class on March 16/18/20, March 30/April 1/3 and May 18/20/22
Tuesday and Thursday – 4:00-6:00
Saturday – 1:30-3:30, 2:30-4:30 and 3:30-5:30
Seneca Hill Chess August online program 2020
Number of Classes: 6 +3 optional/makeup classes.
Dates: Saturday August 8 to Thursday August 27
Days: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (Students choose any two days of the week, can join to the third day as a makeup or bonus class.
Time: 2:00-3:00 or 3:00-4:00 assigned, depends on the registrations and your level.
Level: we will place you in a group of students with similar levels.
Fee: $100, no prorated. There is no credit or refund for missed classes.
All the students in this session get a free/optional entry to the CMA August 23 tournament. Details will be emailed to you later.
Seneca Hill Chess Summer online program 2020
| Days of the week | Dates | Time (Your choice) |
Fees (no pro-rated) $150 for all 12 classes |
| Thursdays | June 25, July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 | 3:00-4:00 4:00-5:00 |
$90 for 6 classes |
| Saturdays | June 27, July 4, 11, 18, 25, August 1 | 2:00-3:00 3:00-4:00 4:00-5:00 |
$90 for 6 classes |
Maximum per class: 6 students. First come first served.
Days: You can choose both Thursdays and Saturdays, then we will give you two different teachers, so that you learn something different. You also have a discount of $30.
Level: we will place you in a group of students with similar levels.
You will see this optional question in the form.
“Who is the player in the photo above? A lucky draw of those who answered the question correctly will win a free class, $30 value.”
Add $30, you can play free in all 5 summer tournaments. Each tournament is $15. Games are CMA rated.
Saturday’s from June 20 to July 18 and Weekday’s June 22-26, July 6-10, July 13-17 and July 20-24.
Please don’t pay any fees yet. Many of you still have a credit with us.
I will send you a group or personal statement in one or two days.
We are now running all our chess programs online. Please see your email or contact us.
All qualifiers and over the board tournaments are cancelled. Parents who had paid should have received a refund. If you have not, please contact us.
Updated October 7. Everything is back to normal!
Unfortunately TCDSB decided to cancel all the permits starting from October 5 – tomorrow!
All our Saturday classes are cancelled effective from October 5 until further notice. It depends on the CUPE actions, we may run some make up lessons or refund the cancelled lessons.
There is no lesson scheduled on October 12, the thanksgiving weekend. I will send you an update about the lesson on October 19.
Sorry for the disappointment and inconvenience that may caused. Have a nice weekend!
Seneca Hill Chess 