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Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratté au championnat jeunesse du Canada
Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratté au championnat jeunesse du Canada
Bonjour à tous,
Olivier est présentement au championnat jeunesse du Canada à Victoria. Après 6 rondes, il partage la tête du classement avec Kong (1890 CFC) dans la section des moins de 10 ans. Les deux meneurs s'affronteront demain à 13h heure locale. La partie pourrait être retransmise en direct sur le site monroi.com. Ayons tous une pensée pour lui!
C’est le 23 mars dernier qu’avait lieu à l’école les finales régionales de l’ « Art de s’exprimer » et de la compétition d’échecs, événements organisés par le Club Optimiste du Plateau Mont-Royal.
Les représentants de l’école Saint-Joseph ont su tirer leur épingle du jeu de façon remarquable. Voici d’ailleurs les résultats :
Échecs :
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Deuxième année Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratté Médaille Or
Charles Veilleux Médaille Argent
3 mars 2006 15h20
Tournoi d’échec
Nous avons fait le mardi 28 février dernier et le jeudi 2 mars notre tournoi d’échec annuel.
Nous félicitons tous nos participants et participantes.
Voici la nomenclature de nos médaillés.
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Olivier-Kenta Chicku-Ratté nouveau champion du Ahuntsic
Samedi 14 mars était jour du Championnat interne du Club Ahuntsic, réservé aux membres. Activité gratuite, service de traiteur fourni s’il vous plaît : poulet B-B-Q, May West, Joe Louis et liqueurs douces. Ce fut fort apprécié de tous (et toutes : il y avait trois dames sur place, incluant deux mères de jeunes).
Trente-trois participants dont neuf jeunes voulaient tous mettre la main sur le trophée convoité. L’arbitre Jean Ménis veillait au grain pour les appariements et l’application des règles (Hmida Eddouri a invoqué la règle des cinquante coups en troisième ronde, mais Hong Ruy Zhu a fini par mater son Roi dépouillé avec F+C avant la limite).
Finalement le trophée est remporté par Olivier-Kenta avec le fantastique score de 5-0. Il a battu le champion défendant Bernard Ouimet en cinquième ronde, transformant une défaite (quasi) certaine en une victoire tout à fait officielle. Bravo au nouveau champion !
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