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The Canadian Chess Challenge National final will be held on-line June 11-12, 2022 however a number of provinces have chosen to run their provincial event in-person. It looks promising for the 2022 - 2023 season where hope to get to In-Person everywhere.
For the 2022 finals, all 10 provinces have indicated that they will have teams!
Good luck Larry. Although face to face sounds like a great idea, I just came back from a National Bridge Event in Reno, where probably at least 50 participants tested positive for COVID. Masks were optional and everyone had to show proof of vaccination. Part of the problem, was the rest of the casino had no such restrictions. Nobody got really sick, probably because they were vaccinated. We are holding face to face tournaments in Alberta and hopefully we can return to normality.
The Quebec Chess Challenge was held yesterday in Montreal. This was an in-person event. 335 youngsters took part. While this is lower than what we would draw pre-pandemic it was far more than what we had expected when we had to book a hall 6 months ago. Fortunately our site had additional space in the building and although it was tight, we managed to hold a successful event. Thanks go out to Virginie Roux and her team for putting this together!
The Ontario Chess Challenge will be an on-line event with a preliminary round on May 22 and a final on May 29. Francis Rodrigues and his team are putting this one together.
All 10 provinces will have determined their grade champions by the end of the month and will prepare their teams for the on-line event June 11-12, 2022.
Hopefuly 2023 will get us back to the real normal. PEI has first option to host the event and should they decline, the event would be held in Montreal.
The Quebec Chess Challenge was held yesterday in Montreal. This was an in-person event. 335 youngsters took part. While this is lower than what we would draw pre-pandemic it was far more than what we had expected when we had to book a hall 6 months ago. Fortunately our site had additional space in the building and although it was tight, we managed to hold a successful event. Thanks go out to Virginie Roux and her team for putting this together!
The Ontario Chess Challenge will be an on-line event with a preliminary round on May 22 and a final on May 29. Francis Rodrigues and his team are putting this one together.
All 10 provinces will have determined their grade champions by the end of the month and will prepare their teams for the on-line event June 11-12, 2022.
Hopefuly 2023 will get us back to the real normal. PEI has first option to host the event and should they decline, the event would be held in Montreal.
Larry Bevand
Executive Director
Chess'n Math Association
Thank you to Virginie and her team, and all the organizers for qualifying events, for all the hard work in making this event happen.It was the biggest OTB tournament we had been to, and it went off smoothly.
Could someone from CMA please explain why there are now two tournaments and how OCC winners will be decided this year. I could not find any information on CMA web site.
CCC finals schedule overlaps with Eastern Ontario Open Chess Championship (https://www.chesscanada.info/forum/s...s-Championship)
Some great players won't be able to represent Ontario this year. Quebec might finally win CCC :-)
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