Chess Nova Scotia launches ChessNS Player Experience Survey
Chess Nova Scotia has created a survey to get feedback on how we can improve the chess player experience. Please take the survey: SURVEY CLOSED.
Calix Marchand wins Bluenose Open with perfect score
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
Sriram Sarja and Kyle Creamer tie for first in the Saint Mary’s Open 2024
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
Sriram Sarja wins NS Open 2024
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
Gonzalez-Cueto, Heran-Boily, Lacson tie in Bluenose Open 2024
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
Dzmitry Kalinin wins NS Open 2023
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
Bluenose Club to reopen Feb 7th, 2023
The Bluenose Chess Club at NSCC Ivany Campus will reopen February 7th, 2023. See details here.
Jerjis Kapra wins Remembrance Day Open 2022
Remembrance Day Open 2022, results: Thirty-six players, 5-round Swiss, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS, November 25-27, 2022. First: Jerjis Kapra (2086), 4.5 points. Prize: $360 Second/third (tie): Calix Marchand (1842) and Madoc Sullivan (1636), 4 points. Prize: $160 each. U1700: … Continued
In Memory of Don Bidgood
See: http://www.nssca.ca/in-memory-of-don-bidgood/