Category: Tournaments – Out of Town

Report by Tom Hack Two London Young Guns At The Hamilton Summer Open This past weekend, Justin Hack and Amir Mohammad Docheshmeh participated in the under 2000 Hamilton Summer Open. The group had 20 players, and after four rounds Justin and Amir were sitting first and second, facing each other in the final round.  The […]

Congratulations to Geoffrey Ruelland. Games from this tournament are in Games Archive 2018 See games labelled 2018 Stratford Ch See also, Games Archive at top of page for other years. Name OLD PERF NEW PEAK RESULTS TOTAL 1 Ruelland, Geoffrey 2167 2190 2172 2172 W3 W7 W2 W5 W6 5.0 2 Thomas, Dan 2047 2025 […]

1st Annual Goderich Open St. Marys, Ontario 2016 October 22 Congradulations to the tournament winner, Gerry Litchfield. K-fac = 8, TC – Category 3 PLAYER OLD PERF NEW PEAK RESULTS TOTAL 1 Gerry Litchfield 1674 2086 1701 1845 =0 =0 +3 +6 +4 4.0 2 Thomas Verny 1749 1746 1756 1756 +5 =3 -4 +7 […]

1st Annual Goderich Open Date: Saturday, October 22nd, 2016 Location: Goderich, ON – Playing Site: TBA Time controls: SD 25 minutes (G25) Schedule: Rd1 10am, Rd2 11am, Lunch 12pm, Rd3 1pm, Rd4 2pm, Rd5 3pm Entry: Free Prizes: None Format: Swiss or Round Robin depending on number of participants. Misc: Bring lunch, or lunch can […]

Peter Baxted Ties For First At Guelph Tournament U2000 Congratulations to London Chess Club member Peter Baxted for Tying for first place in the U2000 Section of the Guelph tournament held in November of 2012. Peter scored 4/5 in a very strong field.

London Chess Players Win At Hamilton Chess Tournament Last weekend there was a two day chess tournament in Hamilton that had over 80 players competing.   Four London chess club players participated Richard Glew, Hugo Ortiz, Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo, and Tony Bao. Richard Glew came in First place in the U2000 Section and Tony Bao won […]

Special thanks to organizer and tournament director Ed Thompson for running a great event. There were 13 teams in total and London fielded two teams.