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
Below is the list of players who qualified to participate in the Canadian Youth Chess Championship 2013 in Ottawa, July 10 to 13.
Please see here for a list of players who won the CYCC sponsorship (a year CFC membership) from Seneca Hill Chess Club.
Players qualified from NYYCC will also have the chance to win a scholarship from us. Please see details here.
To register for CYCC, please visit their official website. Don’t miss the early bird registration fee.
Good News!
We are able to hand over the OGCC to good hands – Mississauga Chess Club.
I encourage you all to continue to participate in this great event.
Here is the link to the tournament: OGCC2013
Corinna
IM Aman Hambleton is coming to Oriole again. Here is a link to the Simul given by Aman at Oriole last June.
Aman’s performance then became the focus of the whole Canadian chess community. Within the past few months, he has a dramatic improvement. He was awarded the IM (International Master) title and he has won 5 IM and 1 GM (Grand Master) norms. He has a rocketing jump FIDE rating from 2226 to 2472.
We are proud to present another simul exhibition given by IM Aman Hambleton on April 28, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
North York Youth Chess Championship 2013
Thank you for participating in the NYYCC – March 31 and April 7
Here are the results:
Canadian Youth Chess Championship 2014
NYYCC scholarship
Seneca Hill Chess Club is offering a scholarship of $50 each to eligible participants in all 12 sections in the WYCC 2013.
To be eligible, the player must:
(1) have participated in NYYCC on March 30 or April 6 at Oriole,
(2) be the top three (ranked after tie-breakers) in CYCC in Ottawa in July and
(3) have participated in WYCC 2014 in Durban, South Africa.
This is a cash prize, which will be available for pick up at Oriole by December 21, 2014 (Sunday 1:00 to 3:30).
Details of the NYYCC. <– click here.
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 |
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 – 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 |
Ontario Chess Challenge – North York Regional Qualifier – results
March 3, 10 and 17, 2013
| Qualified players | OCC sponsorship winners |
| G.12 Jay Phil Rana G.11 Jerick Siemeon G.10 Brian Hanratty G.9 Jeo Mattekatt G.8 Attarva Washimkar G.7 Charles Dela Cruz G.6 Patrick Xie G.5 Yi Deng G.5 Ricky Luo G.4 Nathaniel Yong G.3 Thomas Wang G.3 Dimitar Atanasov G.2 Mark Stevenson G.1 Isamel Shen |
G.12 Jay Phil Rana $4 G.11 Jerick Siemeon $2 G.10 Rebecca Giblon $4 G.9 Jeo Mattekatt $6 G.8 Attarva Washimkar $2 G.7 Charles Dela Cruz $2 G.6 Harry Zhao and Jeffrey Xu (tied) shared $14 G.5 Yi Deng $20 G.5 Ricky Luo $6 G.4 Nathaniel Yong $16 G.3 Benjamin Lin $20 G.3 Thomas Wang $2 G.2 Jonathan Zhao $20 G.1 Levon Ettibaryan $20 Kindergarten Max Chen $10 Total $148 |
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