Ontario Chess Challenge qualifier 1 – GP1

By corinnawan
June 13, 2018 //

2019 Seneca Hill OCC Qualifiers

Online form here.

Registered Players list – click here.

Who: Student K to G.12 and open. Sections may be combined if less than 12 players.

Options of section: (A) the student’s school grade or (B) Elite.

Elite section is for (likely) pre-qualified players (announced by CMA in January) who want the challenge and who want to win OCC FREE ENTRY.

When: Saturday, December 8, 2018

For OCC qualifier 2 – February 16, 2019, please click here.

These two OCC qualifiers are Seneca Hill Grand Prix events. Grand Prix details here.

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Categories Ontario Chess Challenge Regionals

Triple Chess Threat

By corinnawan
May 28, 2018 //

As parents, it’s always satisfying to enroll our children in healthy competitive programs and Seneca Hill Chess has exceeded our expectations.  It has been a blessing not only for our three children, Micah, Nathan, and Janelle to learn logical and creative thinking and help them excel at their primary school clubs but also for us as parents to see them adopt a hobby that they can play together.  This program is so well run and the top-notch teachers know how to harmonize play with learning.  For all three of them to coincidentally win in their age-specific Swiss Round tournament was a real bonus and will go down as one of our special memories. ~Jason

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Categories Saturdays at St. Timothy

2018-2019 Seneca Hill Grand Prix

By corinnawan
May 28, 2018 //

For individual event details: please click on the event names.

We are so happy to have some sponsors for our GP1, 2 and 3. We have adjusted the cash prizes to reflect the sponsorship. We will post and send out a list of our sponsors. If you would like to sponsor our GP4, 5 and 6, please contact us.

Grand Prix details here.

GP1 08-Dec 12:00 to 5:00 OCC qualifier 1 CMA rated
GP2 16-Feb 12:00 to 5:00 OCC qualifier 2 CMA rated
GP3 March 16-17, plus 24 and 31 for top 8 2 days Greater Toronto Junior CFC regular rated
GP4 13-Apr 12:00 to 5:00 CYCC qualifier 1 CFC active rated
GP5 18-May 12:00 to 5:00 CYCC qualifier 2 CFC active rated
GP6 June 15-16 2 days Mock CYCC CFC regular rated

Format of June 15-16 tournament to be decided. Suggestions are welcome.

 

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Categories Canadian Youth Chess Championships (CYCC), Greater Toronto Junior Chess Championship, Ontario Chess Challenge Regionals

2018 NYYCC and GP4 – Results

By corinnawan
May 18, 2018 //

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Categories Canadian Youth Chess Championships (CYCC)

Featured Player – Martin Liu

By corinnawan
May 11, 2018 //
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Martin Liu – Winner of the top Blue group – February 2018

When I first started chess I was in  kindergarten on March  2014. At that time, I was learning the names of  all those pieces. Then I learned how to play chess. Read the rest of this entry »

Categories General, Saturdays at St. Timothy

I participated in 2018 Chess Olympiad

By corinnawan
May 11, 2018 //

by sponsoring a Canadian team member!

GM Aman Hambleton came to Seneca Hill in 2012. Since then, he returned every time he was awarded a new FIDE title. We are so glad that he has become a grandmaster!

Details and photos here.

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Categories Friends, General, Saturdays at St. Timothy, Sundays tournaments, Thursdays at Seneca Hill

OCC winners

By corinnawan
April 25, 2018 //

Congrats to all the participants and winners who participated in this prestigious Ontario Chess Challenge.

NM Joey Zhong won again in his last year (Grade 12) He will join the other 11 Ontario winners to play in the National Canadian Chess Challenge in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador on May 19-21.

Joey was our students from G.2 to G.6 and is now one of our teachers.

There are many more Seneca Hill Chess players came top three and top ten. Please visit our Facebook page for some of them, who we managed to take a photo.

OCC 2018 Joey

Categories Ontario Chess Challenge Regionals, Saturdays at Hillcrest, Thursdays at Seneca Hill

Ontario Chess Challenge 2018

By corinnawan
April 15, 2018 //

This prestigious tournament is organized by CMA every year. OCC qualifies Ontario top players to Canadian Chess Challenge. OCC is being held on April 22 this year. Read the rest of this entry »

Categories Ontario Chess Challenge Regionals

GM Aman Hambleton is coming to Seneca Hill Chess again!

By corinnawan
April 14, 2018 //

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GM Aman Hambleton is representing Canada at Chess Olympiad again!

The first thing I pulled out the old flyer, I had to change a letter proudly:
FM >> IM >> GM!

Back in 2012, the then FM (Fide Master) Aman Hambleton was representing Canada at the World Junior Chess Championship in Athens, Greece. We hosted the first fundraising simul for him at Oriole, one of the Seneca Hill location at that time. (Simul is a player playing multiple boards at the same time.) Read the rest of this entry »

Categories Friends, Saturdays at St. Timothy, Sundays tournaments

Ontario-Quebec Challenge

By corinnawan
April 2, 2018 //

When: June 2, 2018
Where: Kingston
Who: Ontario Girls team – Through March 17 OCC qualifier
G.1 Marie Guan
G.2 Alina Chen
G.3 Playoff between Winnie Zhuang and Greta Qu (forfeited)
G.4 Valerie Ruchinskaya
G.5 Playoff between Angela Lin (won) and Dania Surya
G.6 Playoff between Isamel Shen (won) and Yilin Liao

Categories Ontario Chess Challenge Regionals, Ontario Girls' Chess Championship
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