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I am excited to announce the upcoming Atlantic Christmas Chess Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia!! The event will span 4 days, December 19-22, and feature 3 exciting tournaments- an Open Championship with 3 sections (Crown, U1900, U1400), including a top section that will be FIDE-Rated; a Rapid Championship, including a Juniors section that will be CMA-Rated; and an Open Blitz Championship!
For more information on the Festival, including registration and prizes, check out the following link:
Only 1 week left of early-bird pricing for the Atlantic Christmas Chess Festival- sign up by November 21 and save! Register for all 3 tournaments and save an extra $10!!!
An exciting announcement to share for the Atlantic Christmas Chess Festival!!! A special event has been added for December 22- the Bughouse Championship!!!
Last day of early bird specials for the Atlantic Christmas Chess Festival!! Hurry- sign up today and grab those savings! Register for all 3 main events (Rapid, Open, and Blitz) and save an extra $10!
For more information on the Festival, check out the following link:
An exciting announcement for the Atlantic Christmas Chess Festival. Anyone who signs up for any of the Festival tournaments by December 8, 2024 will automatically be entered in to a draw to win this beautiful triple-weighted, FIDE-standard-compliant chess set!!!:
Hurry- sign up soon and don't miss out on the chance to own this awesome prize!
Anyone who has signed up previously will also be entered in to the draw. The draw will take place with the winner announced shortly before the first round of the Open Championship
Only 2 weeks left until the start of the Atlantic Christmas Chess Festival!!! Don't miss your chance to be a part of this amazing celebration of the game this Christmas season, featuring 3 main events (the Rapid, Open, and Blitz Championships), and one special event (the Bughouse Championship)! Remember also to sign up by December 8 and be automatically entered in to a drawing to win a beautiful FIDE-standard-compliant, triple-weighted chess set!!
Last day to sign up for the Atlantic Christmas Chess Festival and be eligible to win a beautiful, FIDE-standard-compliant, triple-weighted chess set! Sign up for any Festival tournament by end-of-day and don't miss your chance to win this awesome prize!
Final weekend before the Atlantic Christmas Chess Festival starts next Thursday!!! Don't miss out on this amazing event! Check out the featured tournaments and sign up through the following link:
Final day of the Atlantic Christmas Chess Festival! The Open Championship has been tight and exciting with plenty still to be decided in the final rounds 5 & 6
Check out the games live from the Open Championship at the following links:
I Just wanted to take a little bit of time to recap what was a fun, competitive, and exciting Atlantic Christmas Chess Festival at St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia
The weather provided for a picturesque backdrop to the Christmas special and the venue at St. Mary's University (SMU) in Halifax was terrific- a special thanks again to the MBAN program from the Sobeys School of Business for generously providing this space for the Festival!! The raffle draw for the FIDE-standard-compliant, triple-weighted chess set was held before the start of the Open Championship as planned and a big congratulations to Dev Gupta for winning the prize!!!
The first tournament of the festival was a 5-round Rapid Championship held on Thursday evening in 2 sections- Open and Junior
The winners from the Open Section placed as follows: 1. Sriram Sarja; 2. Jerjis Kapra; and 3. A 4-way tie between Jason Manley, Louis Fillmore, Travis Lloyd, and Jordan Winfield
For full results, see the chess-results page for this section at the following link: https://chess-results.com/tnr1085803.aspx?lan=1
The winners from the Junior Section, receiving medals, placed as follows: 1. Khushi Naik; 2. Isu An; and 3. Aden Yip
For full results, see the chess-results page for this section at the following link: https://chess-results.com/tnr1085802.aspx?lan=1
The second tournament of the festival was a 6-round Open Championship held between Friday afternoon to Sunday evening in 3 sections- Crown, U1900, and U1400
The winners from the Crown Section were as follows: 1. Jerjis Kapra; 2. Juan Ramirez-Orta; and 3. Samuel Heran-Boiley
For full results, see the chess-results page for this section at the following link: https://chess-results.com/tnr1086445...&art=0&flag=30
The winners from the U1900 Section finished in a 3-way tie and were as follows: 1. Janos Sam Aji Gregory Louis Genova; 2. Alice Yancey; and 3. Emma Norovsambuu
For full results, see the chess-results page for this section at the following link: https://chess-results.com/tnr1086447...&art=0&flag=30
The winners from the U1400 Section were as follows: 1. Eva Norovsambuu; 2. Maya Kemaoglu Guzel; and 3. Andrew Mayo
For full results, see the chess-results page for this section at the following link: https://chess-results.com/tnr1086446.aspx?lan=1
The third tournament of the festival was an all-open 7 double-round Blitz Championship held on Saturday evening after the fourth round of the Open Championship
The winners from the Blitz Championship were as follows: 1. Sriram Sarja; 2. Jerjis Kapra; and 3. Jason Manley
For full results, see the chess-results page page for this tournament at the following link: https://chess-results.com/tnr1056288.aspx?lan=1
The fourth tournament of the festival ended up being an all-open 10-round team double-round-robin Bughouse Championship
The winning teams from this tournament were comprised of the following participants: 1. Louis Fillmore and Jordan Winfield; 2. Benjamin Mock and Eddie Ritchie; and 3. Jude Carter and Minkyu Shin
A huge congratulations to all of the winners from all of the tournaments at the Atlantic Christmas Chess Festival- really well done!!! I would also like to extend a special thanks to everyone who helped support the festival along the way from those who enthusiastically helped with the raffle drawings for both the early-bird prize and Bughouse Championship random pairings; to the local arbiters who helped corroborate the results between rounds of the Blitz Championship, to the kind parent who went on my behalf to but candy for everyone at the latter stages of the festival- you all helped the it run better and made it extra special for everyone!!!
Seeing everyone coming together and enjoying chess at Christmas-time, as well as spending time with each other doing so is the best part of the holidays and the most rewarding thing in being an arbiter and organizer and I hope there can be many more such events to come!
Merry Christmas to all from a bright and snowy Halifax!:)
Daniel
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