Saskatchewan Chess Association

Fans of Keith MacKinnon and Jamin Gluckie (and we all know who you are) will be delighted to know that most of their games at the currently-in-progress Canadian Open have been broadcast LIVE at the MonRoi web site (http://monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1406, free registration required).

So, fire up that web browser, pop a nice big bowl of popcorn, relax, and watch the carnage!

For those student chess players who want to go to the next level in improving their chess, take a look at the up-coming "Battle at the Border", a major chess tournament being organized for Lloydminster over the Labour Day long weekend.
More information is available at: http://www.albertachess.org/2010BATB/index.php
You will see that American G.M. Hikaru Nakamura and Canadian G.M. Pascal Charbonneau are both going to be attending, along with many other titled players.

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I am going to create a "Teachers" section on the web site that lists the contact info and further details of people who offer lessons in the Saskatoon area. If you wish to be included in this listing, send an email to stoonchess@gmail.com.

Information you might want to provide includes:

• Who you are
• What experience you have at teaching chess
• What sort of player you would be willing to teach--age, level, etc.
• When you are available to teach
• Your fee
• What your students should expect

Not much new posting on this site lately, so this is a challenge for you.

Here are three games spanning several decades. Your challenge, if you chose to accept it, is to match the players “class” to the games. To make it easier I will tell you that there are only 4 different players in the 3 games and one of the 4 players is a famous GM, one is an Expert, one is a B class player and one is a C class player. It shouldn’t be too difficult. If you want you can also guess which decade the games were played in.

After I get a few guesses I will fill in the info.

Game 1

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With the end of school approaching and the one day of warm, dry weather we just had, most of us seem to be thinking of other things besides chess. For instance, it appears that the only breathing mammal in Saskatoon who is eager for the Saskatchewan Open is Jason X.

(cue sound of crickets)

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This past weekend hot and humid Montreal played host to the annual Canadian Chess Challenge, as the best student chess players from across the country competed for the right to be called National Champion in their grade. Saskatchewan sent a 12 person team (11 boys and one girl) to Nationals, and we came home in 9th place, a mere half a point behind 8th place Nova Scotia.

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