World Youth Chess Championship 2012

October 14, 2012 //

Seneca Hill Chess Club will be recognizing some participants of the World Youth Chess Championship held in Maribor, Slovenia, from November 7 to 19, 2012.

We are pleased to announce that our selected candidates are:
Players who came top three in CYCC 2012 AND are Oriole members or were OGCC 2012 participants
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Place: First
Awards: 10 free Oriole tournaments AND a year CFC junior membership
Players: U8 girl – Kylie Tan
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Categories Ontario Girls' Chess Championship, Sundays tournaments

Chess for Children School

By corinnawan

October 1, 2012 //

Chess for Children School in Swansea Town Hall since 1996 is a community based school. Their teachers, Goran Milicevic and Natalia Khoudgarian hold international titles and receive enthusiastic reviews from their students.

Their fall program starts on October 13.
Here is the website: http://www.chessforchildren.ca

Originally posted on April 27, 2012
Updated on October 1, 2012

Categories Friends

World Junior Chess Championship 2012

By corinnawan

September 20, 2012 //

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)

Categories Friends, General

Chess Olympiad 2012 – Jackie Peng

By corinnawan

September 10, 2012 //

Congrats to WFM Jackie Peng who did very well in the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. She obtained the title of Women FIDE Master from her performance.

Jackie is one of our sponsorship recipients. We are so proud of her!

Categories Friends

News of some of our instructors

By corinnawan

August 24, 2012 //

News about some of our instructors:

FM Aman Hambleton (Ex-instructor, presently not residing in Toronto)
Aman participated in the World Junior Chess Championship in Athens from August 4 to August 11. He did tremendously well and earned his first IM (International Master) norm. Aman is one of our sponsorship recipients in 2012.

FM Michael Humphreys
Michael has been working with Seneca Hill Chess Club for 2 years. He came tied 7th in the invitational section of Canadian Closed from August 4 to 11. He won the FM (FIDE Master) title from this tournament. Congratulations!

FM Roman Sapozhnikov
Roman has just played in the Superfest 2012. He had an excellent result in the open section – tied for second.

WCM Yevetaliza Orlova (Liza)
It will be Liza’s second time representing Canada to participate in the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. She is leaving on August 26. We wish her all the best in the Olympiad. Liza is also one of our sponsorship recipients in 2012.

Eric Zhan (Our Assistant)
Eric, graduated from UTS in June, has just left home for his University study at Cornell. We wish him all the best.

Categories Friends

Thursday – Tournament Winners

By corinnawan

August 23, 2012 //

March 23, 2017

Group A: 1st Cullen Y, tied 2nd Charlie S, 3rd Alexander S and Angus Z

Group B: 1st Lael C and Max Z, tied 3rd Vanessa L, Jordan A, Isaiah M, Ada W and David H

Group C: 1st Katy H, 2nd Dhruv Z, 3rd Emily S and Justin S.

Complete results:

February 9, 2017

Group A: 1st Angus Z, 2nd Cullen Y, 3rd Alexanders S

Group B: 1st Vanessa L, 2nd Golden L, 3rd Chase

Group C: Tied 1st Miya G and Katy H, 3rd Russell L, Andre T, Octavius Z, Emily Song

Complete results

December 1, 2016

Group A: 1st Charlie S, tied 2nd Andrew Z, Charlie S, Zixuan Z

Group B: 1st Cristian I, tied 2nd Kyle C, Chase L

Group C: 1st Zoe W, tied 2nd Brian S and Justin S.

Complete results:

October 27, 2016

Group A: 1st Angus Z, 2nd Cullen Y, 3rd Zixuan Z

Group B: 1st Vanessa L, 2nd Lael C, tied 3rd Justin F, Yolanda Z, Flora Y

Group C: 1st Miya G, 2nd Shoon P, tied 3rd Leila N, Zoe W, Sunny Z, Russell L, Ellen L

Section 1, 4 and 7

Complete results

Categories Thursdays at Seneca Hill

Thursday – Rated Games

By corinnawan

CLICK on the dates!

Categories Thursdays at Seneca Hill

Thursday – Weekly Contest Winners

By corinnawan

August 23, 2012 //

2016-2017

Top winners (in order)

First term – Mid term

Group A: Zixuan Z, Andrew X, Cullen Y, Charlie S

Group B: Lael C, Vanessa L, Sean P, Emily S, Lucia L, Brian S

Group C: Miya G, Sunny Z, Mandi Z, Zoe W

First term – End of term

Group A: Cullen Y, Charlie S, Zixuan Z, Andrew X, Alexander S, Golden L

Group B: Flora Y, Venessa L, Kyle C, Emily S, Yolanda Z

Categories Thursdays at Seneca Hill

Wednesday Chess Lessons at Creative

By corinnawan

August 15, 2012 //

We are opening new chess classes on Wednesdays at Creative Education Centre. The program includes snacks and drinks, CMA rated tournaments and small group lessons.

6:00 to 8:00

Every Wednesday

Please email creativechess@rogers.com for details.

Categories Wednesdays at Creative