Our Powerhouse
18 of our players played in the TDSB Chess Championship – north quadrant qualifier today (March 21, 2014).
Congrats to all the players, they all did a fantastic job. Both our primary and junior teams came first and advanced to the city finals.
We are pleased to announce that we will be supporting two 2013 WYCC members, Rebecca Giblon and Cindy Qiao who are participating in 2013 World Youth Chess Championship from December 17 to 29 in Al Ain, UAE.
Rebecca is a volunteer on Sundays at Oriole. Cindy is a Seneca Hill PS student.
Each will be presented $100 at one of our January meetings to help with their travel expenses.
Good luck to Rebecca and Cindy!
Good luck to Oriole players: Nicholas, Nameer, Aahil and Mysha too!
Follow our instructors at the international tournaments.
***updates on July 20. Both Aman and Roman had an awesome tournament. Aman tied for third (7/9) and Roman came first under 2400 (6.5/9). They are playing in Quebec Open that starts tomorrow (July 21). See link below. Read the rest of this entry »
June 8 – Kingston
Results of the K-3 teams.
1st- Quebec
2nd- Ontario – Seneca Hill A team – Benjamin, Oliver, Hao and Griffin
3rd- Ontario – Crestview – Leaded by Jonathan Z
Results of the K-6 teams.
1st- Quebec
2nd- Ontario – Seneca Hill B team – Harry Z, Kyle T, Bill and Ray
3rd- Ontario – Seneca Hill C team – Aaron, David W, Yikang and Cindy
Congratulations to all the above Seneca Hill Chess Club and Seneca Hill PS players!
All won a trophy!
Complete results will be posted here when it is available.
Seneca Hill have sent two K-6 and one K-3 teams to the Ontario Team Championship organized by Chess’n Math Association today (June 2).
Our players had an excellent performance. The two junior teams came first and second and the primary team came first!
All three teams are invited to play the top Quebec teams in Kingston on June 8.
Champion – K-6
Griffin, Hao, Benjamin and Oliver
Second place – K-6
Cindy, Aaron, Yikang and David
Champion K-6
Harry, Bill, Kyle and Ray
Under the sun – There is nothing new!
We won again and again!
For the rankings, please click here.
For the individual results and rating updates, please click here.
Congrats to all the girls who participated in the Ontario Girls’ Chess Championship 2013.
We have two trophy winners: Isamel S (U8-Third) and Cindy Q (U10-Third).
Isamel S at the award presentation
Cindy Q at the award presentation
Congrats to Daniel Liu and Jonathan Zhao winning the Ontario Youth Chess Championship in Under 10 and Under 8 sections respectively.
Champion of OYCC Under 10 – Daniel Liu
Champion of OYCC Under 8 – Jonathan Zhao
Congrats to the Seneca Hill Public School Team (Harry, Daniel, Kyle, Ray and Bill) which participated in the Toronto Secondary School Chess League team finals on April 19. They played in the junior section, that is for grade 10 and under. The team came third after UTS and Glennforest. They won 5 medals and $160 Ontario High School Chess Championship entry fee.
TSSCL 2013 bronze medal winners
Ontario Chess Challenge – Seneca Hill Regional Qualifier – results
March 23, 2013
| Qualified players | OCC sponsorship winners |
| G.6 Alisher Kishkimbayev G.5 David Weng G.4 Yikang Wang G.3 Adrian D’Souza G.2 Jason Wu G.1 Blair Xing |
G.6 Patrick Xie $4 G.5 David Weng $8 G.4 Yikang Wang $6 G.3 Adrian D’Zouza $10 G.2 Aidan Mo $4 G.1 Blair Xing $6 Total $38 |
Ontario Chess Challenge – Provincial Finals April 21
Qualified Seneca Hill chess students as of April 1
| G.1 Isamel Shen Blair Xing |
G.2 Aidan Mo Jonathan Zhao Nicholas Wu Hao Chen Griffin Carrigan Jason Wu |
G.3 Alan Li Benjamin Lin Michael Chen Maxwell He Adrian D’Souza |
| G.4 Daniel Liu Ray Liu Yikang Wang |
G.5 Kyle Truong David Weng Bill Hu |
G.6 Harry Zhao Patrick Xie Alisher Kishkimbayev |
G.7 Kayton Yan |
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