Here is the schedule for the next few events at the Hamilton City Chess Club


Annual Meeting/15 Minute Tournament - Sep 23
-At our annual meting this year we will talk about child safety at chess clubs in Ontario
-The annual meeting starts at 7:30pm

15 Minute Tournament
-We will have an event this year that anyone can attend. So invite your friends!
-The 15 Minute tournament starts as soon as the annual meeting is finished

Club Championship -Begins Sep 30
-Each week for 8 weeks 1 game is played in tournament conditions.
-The games start at 7:30pm but please register at 7pm on Sep 30.
-The entry fee for our Club Championship is 20 dollars plus membership fees (3 dollars per week for non members)
-On Friday Oct 28 the Church we rent from will be having Halloween Party so there is no chess that evening
-Kids from our club are invited to attend the Halloween party

Congratulations Joe Ellis, you have won the August Series! Honorable mention goes to Raymond Singh, Bodizar Fotic, Daniel Grinbergs and RF Puschke who tied for second.

Please select the following link to see the cross table and pairings for this event:

Hamilton August Series 2016

First of all I'd like to thank everyone for coming to our event. It was because of you all it was a success.

This year's Summer Open was not without its drama. William Hongyu Li wrote on facebook, that the only guy he beat was Richard Chen. The guy who happened to win the event. But in order to do that, Richard had to beat Dough Bailey, who was a full point ahead at the time...But Doug was a point ahead because of Richard's loss to William..and so on.

Final result for the open section was:

1st-2nd Doug Bailey and Richard Chen with 4 points each.
3rd-4th Eugene Hua and Jason Cai with 3.5.

In the under 2000 section there was a three way tie between Benjamin Lin, Alex Friedman and Alberto Ramola with 4 points each.

Emma He made sure that the only section that wouldn't have a Hamilton representative among the top finishers was the U1600 section. She did this by winning all 5 of her games.

We then had a complicated 5 way tie for second between Salim Belcadi, Bhargava Guntoori, David Shi, Allan She and William Ratelband. It should be understood that all these players came second even though a tie breaking formula was used to decide who would get our 3 remaining trophies.

The trophies were distributed as follows:

William Ratelband second place trophy. Salim Belcadi third place trophy. Allan She was given the top U1200 trophy.

The tie breaking formula used was Swiss Sys performance ratings under "Canada".

Congratulations Raymond Singh, you have won the Hamilton Summer Series 2016. Honorable mention goes to Alex Friedman and Daniel Grinbergs who tied for second with 3.5 each. To see the crosstable please click on the following link:

Summer Series 2016

Hamilton City Chess Club Presents A 5 Round Swiss on August 27-28

Location
Emmanuel United Church
871 upper Ottawa Street
Hamilton Ontario

Schedule
Please Confirm your registration Saturday August 27 at 9:00am
Those arriving after 9:20am may not be paired

Game Times
Saturday - 9:30am, 2:00pm and 6:30pm
Sunday - 11:00am, 4:00pm

Sections and Prizes
Top Guns, U2000 and U1600
Top Guns and U2000 will play for cash prizes. U1600 will play for trophies
To play in the Top Guns Section You must be 1900 or higher
To play in the U2000 section you must be 1500 or higher
Please note: Unrated players are not eligible for the U2000 prize.

Fees
Top Guns and U2000 $55.00 U1600 $35.00 Cash Only
Email us by Aug 26 to receive a $5.00 discount
Titled players who commit to playing by August 9th will receive a major discount
CFC Membership required

Time Control
All games 90 minutes with a 30 second increment

Rules and Equipment
Please Bring Chess sets, Boards and Digital Clocks
Players are responsible for providing their chess equipment
Please Turn off your cell phones
TD Rulings based on CFC/FIDE handbooks are final
Questions, Concerns and Pre-Registration
Email us at: chesshamilton@gmail.com

For event news updates follow our Chess Talk thread at the following link:

Hamilton Summer Open 2016 - Chess Talk Discussion

Our chess club will be closed July 1, Canada Day!

Bodizar Fotic has won the 2016 June Series with 4.5 points. Honorable mention goes to Michel Vasquez and Zaynah
Bhanji, who came tied for second with 3.5.

To see the results of this event, please click on the following link:

Hamilton June Series 2016

Congratulations Raymond Singh and Konstantin Agabekian, you have won this year's May Series with 4 points each! To see the results of this dramatic tournament please click on the following link.

Hamilton May Series 2016

Our next CFC event begins Friday June 3. Register at 7pm at our club to play.

If you have any question about this or any other chess event in Hamilton please contact us at chesshamilton@gmail.com

Congratulations Robert Gillanders and Raymond Singh, you have won the Hamilton Spring Series 2016!

To see the results please visit the following link:
Hamilton Spring Series 2016

Our next CFC event begins Friday March 25! For those who can't play this round, there is no problem starting round 2! See you at the club.