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I may be wrong, but I think there is only one place to buy clocks in Windsor:
Hügin and Münin 1664 Tecumseh Road East, Windsor. 519-974-7898
There are on-line "chess shops" here (Toronto)
and here (Ottawa).
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Tactics
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Select your skill level, click on the desired piece and drag it to the target square. In some puzzles you have to enter a series of moves.
Notice the hint button, if needed...
Tactics are the foundation of chess... the best plan in the world will fail, if you don't calculate the tactics correctly.
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Windsor Tournaments
Lots of tournaments coming up...
All future tournament dates here.
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Childrens' Chess Club
closed for the summer.
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News
July 24 ... CFC-rated tournament
Denton writes: We had a good turn-out again, 10 players this time.
Joshua Myers won with a perfect 4/4; second was Jeremy Mathews with 3/4.
Michael O'Neil and Jeffrey Zhu both scored 2.5/4, but Michael got the bronze on tiebreak
This should result in Joshua breaking the 1600 mark for the first time!
Next tournament July 31.
July 17 ... CFC-rated tournament
This event was organised by Denton Cockburn, with the assistance of his union, CUPE local 4580. There were 14 players.
Brendon Lee won with 3.5/4.
Michael O'Neil and Terry Coulombe tied for second with 3/4 (Michael gained about 70 points in the event, and Terry also gained some rating points.)
July 6 - 9 ... Canadian Youth Chess Championship
This was the most complex event I've organised. Everything went very well, and now I'm in my post-event slump.
Check out the CYCC website , which includes links to CFC ratings.
Local players who would be very happy with their results include
Minya Bai,
4½ points,
Under 10 Girls
Brian Bashura,
4 points,
Under 10 Boys
Melissa Lee,
4 points,
Under 16 Girls
Joshua Mathews,
4½ points,
Under 8 Boys
Joshua Myers,
4 points,
Under 14 Boys
Zhehai Zhang,
4 points,
Under 8 Boys
Jeffrey Zhu,
4 points,
Under 10 Boys
Check out the Final Standings, with playoff results indicated in the notes.
Play thru the games on the Monroi website...
Lots of photographs HERE
ummm... what day is it??
I'm so scatter-brained these days I haven't written up any tournament reports for the last two events... hmmm... I don't know when I can get to it.
Anway, there are three events being organised by Fazle Baki, while I am trying to remember where I keep my Alzheimers medication...
5 June... CFC-rated tournament
There was a very nice small tournament at the South Asian Centre on Tecumseh Road. Organised and directed by Fazle Baki, there was space for only 12 players. As it turned out, they squeezed in 14 players (the 7th board placed in the manager's office) and also someone was turned away at the door.
Winner of the A section was Denton Cockburn, who defeated Vlad Drkulec in the last round, for the second tournament in a row. Of the juniors in the section, Shaumik Baki claimed the trophy with 2 points and with an upset victory against Joshua Myers. David Deforest and Hanyuan Ye tied for the 2nd place with 1.5 points each.
Rohan Talukdar won every game to take home the trophy in the B section. Prushoth Vivekanantha and Robbie Haggith tied for the 2nd place with 2 points each.
22 May... Ontario Girls Championship
Congratulations to Rachel Tao, second in her section, and Ellen Tao, third in her section, at the Ontario girls Championship. Here they are being congratulated by Yuanling Yuan, the youngest Canadian Woman International master.
29 May... CFC-rated tournaments
Once again, almost a full house... there were a couple of no-shows, but the room was pretty full.
There were 8 players in the Pro-section, playing for cash prizes. Jeremy Mathews, buoyed by his success last month, played with the big guys, who showed no mercy. As usual in CFC-rated events, the rating system was shown to be accurate, as top-rated Denton Cockburn won all three games. Tied for second were Vlad Drkulec, Alan Baljeu, and Oleg Korenevski,visiting from Australia.
In the Amateur section, playing for trophies, Joseph Zhou and Rachel Tao each won all their games. Hanyuan Ye and Shaumik Baki tied in the last round, and also in the final standings, with 2½/3.
Next library tournament June 12th... click for details
16 May... Ontario Youth Championship
Windsor players at OYCC
Brief report... congratulations to Zhehai Zhang, tying for first in the under-8 boys (2nd on tiebreak). Grade 1 student Rohan Talukdar tied for 4th. In the under-12 girls, Rachel Tao placed 4th, with Erica Forshaw one place behind. In the under-14 boys, Joshua Myers was unlucky to place "only" tied for second, though 6th on tiebreak.
All results here.
24 April... CFC-rated tournaments
We had a full house, 26 players in the amateur section, and 6 in the pro section. Amateurs play for trophies, the pro section had cash prizes.
The pro section started off with upsets, as Mike Katrib beat top-rated Vlad Drkulec in a complex middlegame. Also, unrated Jesse Goron outlasted Rob Kubik in what probably should have been a drawn endgame. After the first round, the rating system re-asserted itself, and there were no more upsets. Mike came first, and Jesse and Vlad tied for 2nd.
The only player to win all three games was Jeremy Matthews, taking clear first in the amateur section. Erica Forshaw, Joshua Mathews, Hanyuan Ye, and Andrew Papadopoulos tied for 2nd.
There is a strong correlation between skill level and the amount of time used, which is why the adults were all taking all their time, and some of the kids' games were over in a few minutes. I would like to offer to the stronger players my sincere appreciation for their patience and good humour.
A big thanks to Linda Deforest for volunteering, and to Kelly Prsa who I strong-armed into being the snacks lady. Debi Croucher brought me a coffee, and took over the snacks late in the day.
Complete results here The ratings are published every Wednesday, usually late afternoon, you can look yourself up at www.chess.ca
18 April... Ontario Chess Challenge
A quickie report from the site by Blackberry, from Dan Passador
Local trophy winners included:
Stephen Passador scored 4 points to place 3rd.
Hanyuan Ye, 4 points 5th
Joshua Myers, 3½ points, 8th
Joseph Zhou, 3 points, 9th
Brendon Lee, 3 points, 4th
Melissa Lee, 3 points, 6th
Brian Tang, 2 points, 10th (!)
Close but no trophy, in 11th place in their respective sections, were Joshua Matthews, Erica Forshaw, and Jeffrey Zhu.
Lots of pix here
April 9th...Colasanti-Optimist tournament
This is my favourite tournament... apart from having to get up before the crack of dawn to deliver the chess equipment. I show up early, make the welcome speech, and then just mooch about, while Linda Lauzon and the Kingsville Optimists do all the week. Everyone gets a trophy or a medal, and there are a gazillion door prizes, and everyone goes home happy. Especially me.
April 3rd...playoff report
The playoffs today went very well, and I even had time to play some chess in the afternoon. Many thanks to volunteers Dan Passador, Robert Ty, Joseph Zhou, Linda Deforest, Herb Alice, Denton Cockburn, and the Lee Family chess organising group, dad Frank and chips-off-the-old-block Brendon and Melissa.
The trophies arrived only a few hours before the event, and never even made it into my house. They went straight from delivery truck to my van, and were unpacked at the site by Angela Passador.
Congratulations to all the trophy winners, listed at the Chess Challenge website.
Now it's on to the
Canadian Youth Championship on July 6-9.
March 10th
Michigan Junior Championship
The players who went to the Michigan Junior Championship 2010 did very well. We have to start with Jeremy Mathews scoring a perfect 5 for 5 and claiming the Co-Championship for the Michigan Children's Reserve Section (K-5). Brother Joshua Mathews went 3 for 5 winning 2nd place for Grade 2.
Rachel Tao also scored 3 out of 5 winning a 2nd place plaque for Grade 5. Shaumik Baki playing in K-8 section did very well with 3.5 out 5 for 3rd place for Grade 6. Unfortunately Ellen Tao (3.5/5) and Melissa Lee (2/5) had disastrous last games to keep them out of the hardware. Report from Frank Lee.
Tournament results, February 6th
We played in four sections...
The very strong A section, average rating 1266, was won by top-rated Joshua Myers, who scored 2½/3, and managed to pick up a dozen rating points. Stephen Passador was second.
The B section was very evenly balanced, with Rachel Tao coming on top of the heap.
The C section was won by Jeffrey Zhu, playing in his first rated tournament. Jeffrey arrived late and breezed thru the field, giving up only a draw to second-place Kabir Bjangoo. Tied for 3rd place were Minya Bai, Joshua Mathews and Sunand Kannappan.
The D section was won by Syed Moeed, the only player in the tournament to score 100%. Alex Mikho was second, and and Zahraa Moeed tied for third.
Next junior tournament Saturday February 20th.
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