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
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
Bluenose Open 2024, March 1-3, 2024, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS. Five-round Swiss, 55 players. Open section: Tied for first: Jose Gonzalez-Cueto (1984), Samuel Heran-Boily (1915), and Remo Lacson (1861), 4 points. Prize: $146 each. U1700: Ken Cashin … Continued
Chess Nova Scotia will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday, April 28 2024, from 2-4 p.m. The meeting will be held online. See: Meeting agenda, including the meeting links, here. Minutes of 2023 AGM here. President’s report here. Financial … Continued
*** Story update: Kyle Creamer interviewed about this book on Sill Podcast here. *** Local chess player Kyle Creamer of Englishtown, Nova Scotia, has published his first book, My Chess Memoir: From a Kid to a King. The book follows … Continued
Saint Mary’s Open 2023, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax. Sixty-one players. Five round Swiss in two sections: Open and Under 1500. Results: Open section: First: Sriram Sarja (2258), 4.5 points. Prize: $300 Second/Third: Calix Marchand (2178), Chris Felix (1963), and Rikuto Nakayasu … Continued
Dzmitry Kalinin won the Nova Scotia Open 2023 with a score of 4.5/5. The five-round Swiss tournament took place at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 9-11 and drew 99 participants. Standings: Open section: First place: Dzmitry Kalinin … Continued