Congratulations to Jonathan winning the First Grand Prix on November 11. There were 44 players in U8 group. He won all five games.
Many of our club members also had good results. Please see link. U8 section is at the bottom of the list.
Many of our friends, OGCC guests and players are playing in the international tournaments in November.
We wish them all the best.
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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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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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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
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)
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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