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Volume 12, Issue 2 • October 2, 2019

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Tournament Details: Sign-in at Greenfield Hall, 3803 114 Street, Edmonton by 12:30 p.m., October 6 • Round Robin Sections with winner getting trophy and all other participants getting runner-up medals • Sections are composed of similar rated players • Additional prizes afterwards based on rating gains • Rated by national Chess’n Math Association • If you are not a rated chess player and not known to Roving ChessNuts, it would be best to be evaluated prior to the tournament so you can be placed correctly. Phone or e-mail

Register online link on home page: rovingchessnuts.com

or register/prepay entry by phone: 780-474-2318 or e-mail: rovingchessnuts@shaw.ca to register or if you have questions

Entry fee: $25 per player ($15 2nd player same family)

Unless a blizzard is occurring, there will be a fun Turkey Trot outside Greenfield Hall before the Sunday, October 6, 2019

Open Scholastic Chess Tournament Parents are welcome to join in! After all players have registered after the 12:30 sign-in for the tournament, the Trot will be held (the route will be short and you can walk, jog or race along it). There will be some prizes given out after the trot, but not just for the fastest! There will also be two draw prizes for tournament players awarded with the Trot prizes - a $25 Safeway Gift Card to help with Thanksgiving Dinner and a DGT Digital Clock (value over $60). Please wear suitable footwear and outer wear for the Trot!

Highest rated players at tournament need tiebreak game to sort out winner

In their first game in Section A at the Back to School Tournament, Eric Jin and Tri Tran battled to a draw and needed a tiebreak to settle the score for first place. Al-though he had more winning material than Eric, Tri ran out of time on his clock, giving Eric the win. Section B also had to have tiebreak games, but the other four sections of competition did not have to go be-yond the regular round-robin format. Results were: Section A 1.. Eric Jin on tiebreak, 3.5; 2. Tri Tran, 2.5; 3. Pascal LaCroix, 1.0; 4. Ryan Chen. Section B 1. Kai Riley on tiebreak, 3.0; 2. Leo Marsten, 2.0; 3. Terry Li, 2.0; Jarek Walker, 1.0. Section C 1. Andrew Wang, 3.0; 2. Linus Jin, 2.0; 3.Vin-cent Yang, 1.0; 4. Artie Murallidaran. Section D 1. Viktor Merritt, 2.0; 2. Joshua Johnson, 1.0; 3. Jotis Kung. Section E 1. Jothymius Kung, 3.0; 2. Daniel Strungaru, 2.0; 3. Daniel Wang, 1.0; 4. Miles Zacharko. Section F 1. Daniel Suchand, 3.0; 2. Hanh Tran, 2.0; 3. May Li, 1.0; 4. Joshua Kung. Organized by The Roving ChessNuts and rated by the national Chess'n Math Association, the event was held at Greenfield Hall in south Edmonton. Jothymius Kung won the main draw prize of a North American DGT clock. Kai Riley and Ryan Chen won draw prizes of a credit voucher towards the November School Break Chess Camps.

Back to School Section B

November tournament open to individuals, school teams Richard Roberts Memorial Tournament scheduled for November 3 at Greenfield Hall will have the same format as usual in its third year, but a school team category will be added. The tournament is named after the late Richard Roberts who instructed chess for more than a decade with The Roving ChessNuts and prior to that during his four decades of being a teacher and principal, taught chess to students

in schools where he was employed. The individual competition has trophies and medals, plus the winners of three sections determined by rating get their names added to the annual trophy. The team battle will include any elementary school with five players en-tered and scores of each team’s top three play-ers will determining the top teams.

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Chess players and parents: Watch for further details and online registration for the fall open scholastic chess tournaments Sunday afternoons at Greenfield Hall, 3803 114 Street, with sign in at 12:30 p.m.: • October 6 - Turkey Trot for Chess • November 3 - Richard Roberts Memorial Open for individuals and school teams • December 8 - Chess & Christmas Party - Lots of treats and extra door prizes • January 12 - Welcome 2012 - start the new calendar year with some good chess games Other tournaments and events: • Saturday, October 12 - Mini-tournament at RC training facility, 12:30 p.m. - limited to 14 players (This event is mainly for those scholastic players who can not make Sunday tournaments and open to all levels of play-ers over 500 rating. • November 12 & 13 - School Break Commando Chess Camps & Tournament at Greenfield Hall. (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day - Commando Tournament on No-vember 13, 1 p.m.) There will likely be a Family Chess Workshop this fall where a chess student and an adult family member can get advice on how to practice and improve their chess skills at home. A Beginners Girls-Only Workshop is also expected to be held before the end of the school year. Attention Players and Parents: If you are not get-ting our tournament invitations by e-mail with a link for online registration, send an e-mail to rovingchessnuts@ shaw.ca with your name, school and grade and ask us to add you to the contact list.

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Back to School Section D

Chess Etiquette:

Being modest in your victories A good sport in your defeats

How to defend against the Scholar’s Mate: 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5? Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 At this point, White has play-

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Roving ChessNuts are holding weekday evening classes at Greenfield Hall, and Saturday morning classes at Beaumont Pub-lic Library and at the RC Training

Facility in northeast Edmonton. Other venues are expected to open this chess season as well. The classes started in Septem-ber and continue until near the

Christmas holidays. Students can still join the classes with seats still not filled. Best way to find out what is available is to e-mail rovingchess-nuts@shaw.ca or usually there is updated information on the web-

site: www.rovingchessnuts.com. New offering We are often getting inquiries from parents wanting to get their children involved but not being near one of the existing classes or not finding a class day and time their children can attend. There has been a few occa-sions in past years where a parent has offered to host a chess class in their family room or other part of the house where a few tables and chairs can be set up. Through our training of junior chess instructors and leaders, we are willing to entertain similar arrangements for a minimum of six beginning chess students of ele- mentary age. Last season, we did offer se-ries of chess classes hosted by two community leagues in southeast and southwest Edmonton. Parents wishing more informa-tion on these types of possible arrangements should contact Bruce by e-mail or phone: rov-ingchessnuts@shaw.ca or 780-474-2318. All children should have the opportunity to learn how to play chess properly and benefit from its educational attributes.

Chess & Fun during November School Break (Tues & Weds)

Full or Half day Chess and Fitness Camps November 12 & 13, 2019 Greenfield Community Hall 3803 114 Street

Chess Learning and Playing with Fitness Activities between games (healthy a.m. & p.m. snacks)

8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Drop-off early as 8; pick-up by 5:15) • Students must wear runners and exercise wear for indoor and outdoor

Students Grades 1 to 9 invited to Full Day or Half Day (8:30 to 12:30 or 1 to 5) - full day must bring lunch All levels of chess* • Call or text 780-554-7280 on camp days

FULL DAY Camp $50.00 TWO FULL DAY Camp $90.00 HALF DAY Camp $30.00 TWO HALF DAY Camp $52.00 5% GST must be added • Prepayment or $25 deposit required by October 21, 2019

Register for these camps by e-mail rovingchessnuts@shaw.ca, phone 780-474-2318, at 12015 76 Street, or at Roving ChessNuts school programs or classes and tournament outside of schools

Camp Souvenir for all participants, chance of rating/other awards commando tournament on Friday afternoon * All attending players should have basic understanding of chess. If a player does not have a chess rating and has not received proper instruction in playing the world’s most respected board game, we strongly recommend making an appointment for a FREE evaluation at The Roving ChessNuts, 12019 76 Street by appointment 780-474-2318. The evaluation will allow us to better serve the needs of the new camp participant, provide them with a basic chess manual and enough instructions to be better prepared for the camp. * Only experienced players under Grade 3 can attend.

If you require more information or have questions, please call 780-474-2318 or e-mail rovingchessnuts@shaw.ca; stay updated at www.rovingchessnuts.com

15% OFF 2nd Fee same family

Registration for Commando Chess Camps Please print clearly. Fill in a sheet for each student.

November School Break Nov. 12 & 13, 2019 at Greenfield Hall, 3803 114 Street

Circle Your Choices:

Full Day November 12 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. $50 Half Day November 12 8:30 to 12:30 or November 12 Half Day 1:00 to 5:00 $30

Full Day November 13 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. $50 Half Day November 13 8:30 to 12:30 or November 13 Half Day 1:00 to 5:00 $30 Both Full Days 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. $90 Both Half Days 8:30 to 12:30 or Both Half Days 1:00 to 5:00 $52

Name: ______________________________________ Grade: _____ Birthdate (M/D/Y): ____________

Phone: __________________________________ E-mail for updates and notices: ____________________________________

(NOT shared and used only for scholastic chess purposes)

Address: _________________________________________ City: _________________________ Postal Code: _________

Emergency Contact number(s) during camp: ____________________________________________________________

Name: __________________________ Any information that instructor and supervisors should know about the student (severe allergies, learning difficulties, etc.)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

If third member of family is attending, please ask for a quote. 5% GST must be added • Prepayment or $25 deposit required by October 21, 2019

CALCULATED AMOUNT OF CAMP FEES OR INVOICE AMOUNT: $_________________

Cheques preferred, payable to: Roving ChessNuts

Cheque attached ___ Credit Card # ____________________________________________ Expires: _______

If enrolling an additional child, please put registration forms together and issue one cheque or one card payment.

Roving ChessNuts, 12015 76 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5B 2C9

Confirmation and Payment of camp attendance can be made by phoning 780-474-2318 Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or mail completed form with cheque to Roving ChessNuts, 12015 76 St., Edmonton, AB T5B 2C9 or hand in at chess class in envelope

Commando Tournament

Nov. 13 afternoon may only be open to

camp attendees Watch for Details

15% OFF 2nd Fee same family Use 2nd sheet

& attach to this one

Registration for the November 3 event will begin after the Turkey Trot event on October 6. This chess season there will be more emphasis on school team com-petitions so that more students in school programs experience and ben-efit from testing their developing chess skills under competitive condi-tions. Parents who wish to get involved in helping their school have a recog-nized chess team, please contact Bruce at The Roving ChessNuts. Between 2002 and 2008, there were many team tournaments on weekends and even after-school matches hosted by different schools in Edmonton and St. Albert. One large tournament involving 16 elementary school teams and almost 100 players was held at West Edmonton Mall.

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Rating Recognition Program 2018 - 19 CHESS SEASON

following June 23 End of School Year Tournament Tournament Rising Stars

Roving ChessNuts 780-474-2318

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12015 76 Street, Edmonton

This title and prizes awarded to players who make the highest rating gains during open competitions having 20 or more players involved. In order to promote more female participation, there are scholastic female title(s) and prize(s) for any open competition having three or more girls involved. Read more in Chess Teasers and see photos of tournament winners and rising rating stars in the newsletters! Next awards to be presented will be for the Turkey Trot to Chess Tournament to be held October 6 and the second tournament of the 2019 - 20 Chess Season.

Open August Camp August 27 to 31

Trophy: Nuno Gao,

178 points, 55% wins Runner-Up Trophy

Daniel Nazarov 134, 65% wins

Female Trophy Vanessa Rodriguez

Runner-Up Medals Jayden Li, 116 points

Stefan Zelko, 88 Daniel Strungaru, 80

Back to School September 23

Trophy: Eric Jin, 100 points

Runner-Up Medals Caleb Menard, 98 points

Glenn Bi, 72 Viktor Merritt, 52 Liam Dalton, 46

October Fall Open

October 21 Trophy:

Nuno Gao, 98 points Female Trophy

Victoria Kan Runner-Up Medals Linus Jin, 92 points Daniel Strungaru, 76

Trustan Vander-Leeuw, 64 Jothymius Kung, 60

Callingwood’s First

November 10 Trophy:

Vincent Yang, 100 points Female Trophy

Michelle Enkhtaivan Runner-Up Medals Eric Zhang, 52 points Shreyas Prasanna, 42 Daniel Strungaru, 40 Owen Pankewitz, 38

Go for 2 Tournament

November 25 Overall Trophy:

Jotis Kung, 144 points Female Trophy

Dana Lee, 70

November 25 continued Runner-Up Medals

Jay Lee, 142 Manny Perla, 142 Jeff Weston, 122

Brayden Roberts-Kowalchuk, 108

Pre-Holiday Tournament December 9, 2018

Overall Trophy: Anu Purevjamts, 152 Runner-Up Medals Joshua Johnson, 146

Jesse Bredin, 136 Manny Perla, 88

Glenn Bi, 78

Richard Roberts Memorial Tournment

January 20, 2019 Overall Trophy:

Jotis Kung, 86 points Runner-Up Medals Joshua Johnson, 66 Caleb Casorso, 58 Miles Zacharko, 54 Vincent Yang, 78

Pre-Valentine’s

Tournament February 10, 2019

Overall Trophy Artem Fedyshen, 158

Female Trophy Sophia Zhao, 86

Runner-Up Medals Hastings Radbourne, 130 Jayden McDermott, 104

Joshua Johnson, 90

Faceoff at Rogers Place - Teams March 10, 2019 Overall Trophy

Jarek Walker, 184 Runner-Up Medals Tyler Atkinson, 110

Kieran Gow-Escudero, 110 Liam Chomay, 94 Ryan Atkinson, 88

Faceoff at Rogers Place - Individuals

March 10, 2019 Overall Trophy

Tri Tran, 190

March 10 continued Female Trophy

Dana Lee, 92 Runner-Up Medals

Peter Fath, 124 Alex O’Keefe, 82

Hasan Zia, 66

Beaumont Library Event, February 23, 2019

Overall Trophy: Logan Hussy, 90

Runner-Up Medals: Rajvansh Khanna, 74;

Neil Campbell, 50; Brayden Roberts-Kowalchuk, 50;

Kier Nash, 48

Welcome Spring April 7, 2019

Overall Trophy: Devin MacDougall, 124 Runner-Up Medals:

Leo Marsten, 102; Daniel Wang, 94;

Arjun Thirunavukkarasu, 90; Andrew Wang, 78

Spring Training April 28, 2019 Overall Trophy: Jarek Walker, 124

Top Female Trophy: Vanessa Rodriguez, 344 Runner-Up Medals:

Nathan York, 90; Tri Tran, 88; Manny Perla, 36; Toby Li, 35

Mother’s Day Tournament, May 12, 2019

Overall Trophy: Anu Purevjamts, 100 Runner-Up Medals:

Leo Marsten, 88; Joshua Johnson, 62; Vincent Yang, 56;

Tetyana Shelevach, 52

End of School Year Event June 23, 2019 Overall Trophy Tianze Pei, 160

Runner-Up Medals: Matthew Ivanescu, 140

Tri Tran, 120 Viktor Merritt, 46 Caleb Casorso, 42

Rising Chess Star Awards for 2018/19 Season

Tournament Chess Pieces with pouch & vinyl board RC student price:

These pieces are used in classes and tournaments; Green squares on board, red or blue pouch Reg. price 2995

$2300+GST = $24.15Available at

Roving ChessNuts 12015 76 Street, Edmonton

780-474-2318 Also available at Greenfield Hall classes & tournaments

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The latest winners Back to School Tournament, September 22 Overall Trophy: Andrew Wang, 70 points gained

Runner-Up Medals: Jothymius Kung, 62 Daniel Suchand, 62 Viktor Merritt, 46

Eric Jin, 42

Tri Tran and Viktor Merritt received Rising Star medals at the Back to School Tournament for get-ting high national rating gains at the End of School Year Tournament held in June. Both of these play-ers had a great 2018/19 season getting other awards for their achievements on the chess board. Viktor also got off to a good start this season, win-ning yet another Rising Star medal for his perform-ance at the September 22 tournament.