Canadian Youth Chess Championship, North York qualifiers <–click for details
March 31 – U14, U16, U18 (Full)
March 31 – U8, U10, U12 (Full)
April 7 – U8, U10, U12 (Full. Expect some no show, will take 2 more)
Due to the overwhelming pre-registration in the above qualifiers, the weekly tournaments on March 31 and April 7 are cancelled.
Simultaneous Games given by IM Aman Hambleton <–click for details
April 28 – Any students and adults (more than half full)
Ontario Chess Challenge – North York Regional Qualifiers 2013 (Formerly called Seneca Hill Regional)
Open to any K to G.12 students in Ontario
Many of our friends, OGCC guests and players are playing in the international tournaments in November.
We wish them all the best.
Here are the links to the websites. Read the rest of this entry »
Oriole Chess Club 10th Anniversary New Year Celebration
For Oriole players only
January 6, 2013.
Double Chess tournament, Awards, Pizza, snacks and drinks – Free for Oriole regular players**
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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)
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.
Ontario Girls’ Chess Championship 2012
A report and results were posted on the website. http://ogcc2003.ca/2012%20results1.html
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.
Many of our students and club members did very well in the Ontario Chess Challenge on April 22.
As we announced before, we will sponsor $100 to our student, Benjamin Lin who made it to the Canadian Chess Challenge 2012 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We will also continue to sponsor him to play at Hillcrest weekly.
We are pleased to add the following scholarship to the top ten winners.
| Name | Grade | Ranking | Seneca Hill | Hillcrest | Oriole | Total |
| Jonathan Zhao | 1 | 1st | $100 | $20 | $120 | |
| Aiden Mo | 1 | 2nd | $20 | $20 | ||
| Griffin Carrigan | 1 | 3rd | $20 | $20 | $40 | |
| Nicholas Wu | 1 | 7th | $20 | $20 | ||
| Benjamin Lin | 2 | 1st | $100* | * | $20 | $120 |
| Arhant Washimkar | 2 | 2nd | $20 | $20 | ||
| Thomas Wang | 2 | 4th | $20 | $20 | ||
| Michael Chen | 2 | 10th | $10 | $10 | ||
| Wenyang Ming | 3 | 1st | $20 | $20 | ||
| Daniel Liu | 3 | 3rd | $20 | $30 | $20 | $70 |
| Colin Ruan | 3 | 10th | $10 | $10 | ||
| Kyle Truong | 4 | 8th | $10 | $20 | $30 | |
| Bill Hu | 4 | 9th | $10 | $10 | $20 | |
| Harry Zhao | 5 | 9th | $10 | $20 | $10 | $40 |
| Benedict Cheung | 6 | 2nd | $30 | $30 | ||
| Joey Zhong | 6 | 10th | $10 | $10 |
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