Articles relating to tournaments such as a tournament trip, tournament results, tournament recap etc.
Tournament results: Saint Mary’s Open 2025, November 7-9, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS. Five-round Swiss, 48 players. Open section: First: FM Calix Marchand (2340), 4.5 points. Prize: $300. Tied for second/third: Sam Heran-Boily (2051) and Paul Dec (1943), 4 points. Prize: $139 each. Tied for fourth: Kyle Creamer (2099) … Continued
The Nova Scotia Closed 2025 ended last night, and records were set! FM Calix Marchand clinched the tournament win with a final round draw against FM Adam Dorrance, finishing the event with 4.5 points out of 5.0 Calix is the … Continued
The Cape Breton Open returned to Sydney this summer, for the second year since its 11-year hiatus. The five-round Swiss tournament was held at Cape Breton University, and drew players from Cape Breton and mainland Nova Scotia. Kyle Creamer won … Continued
Labour Day Open 2025, August 30 – September 1, 2025, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS. Six-round Swiss, 40 players. Full results can be found here: https://s1.chess-results.com/tnr1244749.aspx?lan=1&art=0&flag=30&SNode=S0 Open section:First place: FM Calix Marchand (2325) with 5 points. Prize: $145Second place: … Continued
Nova Scotia Open 2025 Results: Fifty-nine players, five-round Swiss, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Two sections: Open and U1650. See crosstable: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – Nova Scotia Open 2025 Open:Tied for first/second: Sriram Sarja (2330) and Jerjis Kapra (2323), … Continued
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
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 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
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