Congratulations Alex Friedman, Larry Popa and Al Fabris. You are the winners of the Hamilton Summer Series 2017!

Alex won section A with 4 points while Al Fabris and Larry Popa win section B with 3.5.

To see the gory details please click on the following link:

Hamilton Summer Series 2017

Don't forget to give us your feedback on sections by emailing chesshamilton@gmail.com

Hamilton City Chess Club Presents:
A 5 Round Swiss August 19-20 At
Emmanuel United Church
871 upper Ottawa Street
Hamilton Ontario

• Schedule
Please Confirm your registration Saturday August 19 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 eligable for the U2000 prize.

• Fees
Top Guns and U2000 $55.00 U1600 $35.00 Cash Only
Email us by Aug 18 to receive a $5.00 discount
Titled players who commit to playing by August 16th will receive 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
Also visit our website: chesshamilton.mygamesonline.org "http://www.chesshamilton.mygamesonline.org/"

Visit our chess talk page at:
https://tinyurl.com/y8bpx53b

Either on our next tournament (Hamilton Summer Series) or the one after that (August Series) we are going to try multiple sections. We've had a number of requests to try it so were going to give it a shot.

There are two reasons for doing this. 1. We are regularly getting over 20 players in our tournaments now so we should be big enough to handle it. 2. Our club has enough new players that the average rating is lower than its been in many years.

Conditions for Multiple Sections:

We need about 10 players per section because, with byes, when you get less than 6 you can get sections impossible to pair. So we will need 20 players to have two sections for example. We understand we might get some lower turnouts for summer event so we will make some exceptions for that. When sections are too small, they will be combined.

Players who requested multiple sections need to play. If the players requesting multiple sections do not play we won't continue multiple sections.

How the sections be created:

We will be looking at the halfway mark of our last few tournaments. A quick look shows that section B will be approximately U1400 as things currently stand. That number could go up, for example, if some stronger players start to play at our club.

It does seem fair that to play in group A you need to be over 1400; but, email us your thoughts if you disagree.

If you have any questions or concerns about multiple sections or anything else about our club feel free to send us an email at chesshamilton@gmail.com

Bozidar and Datis have won the Hamilton June Series 2017 with 4 points each. To see the details of their achievement please visit the following link:

[i]Hamilton June Series 2017

Our next Friday series, Hamilton Summer Series 2017, begins Friday July 14. We look forward to seeing you all there!

Congratulations Datis! You won with a perfect score 5 out of 5. Honorable mention goes to Jesse who had 4 points.

To see the gory details please click on the following link:

Hamilton May Series 2017


If you would like to join our CFC tournaments please show up to our club at 7pm on any given Friday! Each tournament lasts 5 weeks except our club Championship in September which is 8 weeks. These games are CFC rated and are subject to CFC rules and conditions!

New Tournament Friday June 9th!! Be there!

Parking may be limited at our club tonight (May 19) because another group is renting the downstairs. Please try to arrive early to get a spot. If the lot is full when you get here there is a plaza about 1 minute drive south of us with a Giant Tiger. The walk from there is only about five minutes. There is also parking on the street behind Emmanuel.

Congratulations to Datis Azarpazhooh, you have won the Hamilton Spring Series 2017! Please remind us to give you your prize!

Honorable mention goes to Alex, Raymond and Kenneth who tied for second!

To see the cross table please visit the following link:

Hamilton Spring Series 2017

Congratulations Robert Gillanders and Raymond Singh. You have won!! Don't forget to demand your prize! To see the gory details of this event please click on the following link:

Hamilton City Chess Club pairings and cross table

Everyone should also remember that our next CFC events begins Friday March 31! Come to our club at 7pm to register!

Congratulations Mario Umana and Al Fabris, you have won the Hamilton Low Budget Winter Special 2017!

Honorable mention goes to Raymond Singh who came in clear second!

To see the details click the following link!

Low Budget Winter Special 2017

Congratulations Raymond Singh, you have won the Holiday Series! Honorable mention go to Alex Friedman, Kenneth, Joseph Callaghan and Andy
Medjedovic who tied for second!

To see the results click on the following link:

Hamilton Holiday Series 2016

Our next weekly event, The Low Budget Winter Special 2017, begins Friday Jan 20! Tell all your friends!