Halifax Spring Chess Festival Post-Event Reportby TD Daniel Rokhvarger The Halifax Spring Chess Festival ran April 11-13, 2025 at Saint Mary’s University. It featured three tournaments: Standings and Prizes Open Championship Crown Section (80% of flyer-stated value) Crosstable: CFC – … Continued
Bluenose Open 2025, MSVU, 61 players. Five round Swiss. Calix Marchand wins with perfect score 5-0: Open section: Open section:First: Calix Marchand (2237), 5 points. Prize: $250. Calix will also have his name engraved on the Bluenose Cup.Second through fourth: … Continued
Tournament results: Saint Mary’s Open 2024, November 8-10th 2024, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS. Five-round Swiss, 68 players. Open section: Tied for first place: Sriram Sarja (2353) and Kyle Creamer (1988), 4.5 points. Prize $262.50 each. Tied for third-through-fourth place: Calix Marchand … Continued
The Labour Day Open 2024 took place over the August 30 – September 1 weekend with 61 players in attendance, you can see all of the results online here: https://chess-results.com/tnr995619.aspx?lan=1 The tournament was won by Jerjis Kapra with an amazing … Continued
The 2024 Nova Scotia Closed Chess Championship took place over the August 23-25 weekend, with six strong participants playing a single round robin tournament. One of the strongest Nova Scotia Closed Chess Championship events by rating with 5 players over … Continued
The Nova Scotia Closed 2024 Chess Championship is taking place on the August 23 to August 25 weekend and can be watched live online at the following link: https://view.livechesscloud.com/#614b2896-d598-4784-a354-66b2deea4bca Round Schedule:Friday 6:00pm – Round 1Saturday 9:30am – Round 2Saturday 4:00pm … Continued
After an 11-year hiatus, the Cape Breton Open made its return to the Nova Scotia chess calendar August 9-11 at Cape Breton University in Sydney. In the five-round Swiss, Roger Langen of Dartmouth, a senior, took first place with a … Continued
The class of 1974 from Halifax West High School held their 50th anniversary reunion July 12, 1974 and awarded the provincial high school chess champions from that year their belated trophies and certificates. The Class of 74 – 50 Year Reunion … Continued
Nova Scotia Open 2024, June 14-16, 2024, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS. Five-round Swiss, 76 players. Open section: First: Sriram Sarja (2310), 4.5 points. Prize: $360 Tied for second: Andrea Fantasia (1852), Louis Fillmore (1658), Paul Abela (1842), Kyle Creamer (1827), Calix Marchand … Continued
The Halifax Open 2024, April 12-14, 2024 at Mount Saint Vincent University was a five-round swiss with 62 players competing. Congratulations to Jordan Clyde for winning the open section and Elon Lau for winning the U1500 section! Open section: First: … Continued