Nova Scotia at the Canadian Chess Challenge 1998

A hastily assembled Nova Scotian team finished 10th in Chess and Math's national youth tournament organized by school grades, the 1998 Canadian Chess Challenge, in Winnipeg. Here at the individual results. To be fair, team was assembled at the last minute and because of that were not as fully prepared as they might have been. The distance also meant some contenders could not go. Nevertheless, they has a good time.

Jeff Coakley coakley@auracom.com wrote: "Although their competitive result was disappointing, the Nova Scotia team had an enjoyable trip to Winnipeg for the national finals. Top scorers were: Gary Ng (grade 6) 4 points; Robin Thorsen (grade 4) 3 points; and Matthew Furrow (grade 11) 2 points. Gary Ng was the event's Most Valuable Player. He received a plaque for scoring the largest percentage of points on his team. The team's closest match was a narrow loss to P.E.I. (5.5 - 6.5) Mike Currell was team captain, Terry Thorsen a referee, and Jeff Coakley the tournament director." Here are the results:

Grade 1
9-10 (NS) OSBURN Brennen          0  233 -8  -1  -4  -6  -5  -2  =7  +9  -3     1.5      

Grade 2
9-10 (NS) CURRELL Sean            0  384 -7  -2  -1  -5  -6  -3  +4  =10 -8    1.5   


Grade 3
9-10 (NS) BEHME Stefan          506  472 -2  -1  -3  -4  -8  -5  -6  -7  +10       1 


Grade 4 
6-7 (NS) THORSEN Robin         728  704 +9  -6  +1  -4  -5  -2  -3  +10 -8        3 

Grade 5
  9 (NS) LIVINGSTON Alex       833  783 +10 -3  -5  -4  -7  -1  -8  -6  -2        1 


Grade 6
5-7 (NS) NG Gary               748  864 -6  +5  -2  -3  -4  -1  +9  +10 +8        4 

Grade 7
9-10 (NS) MCCORMICK William       0  796 -3  -5  -2  +8  -4  -1  -7  -9  -6        1 

Grade 8
9-10 (NS) CANDOW John           807  825 -4  -1  -2  -5  =9  -3  -6  +8  -7        1.5

Grade 9
 10 (NS) CARY Jamie            967  913 -7  -5  -2  -6  -9  -3  -4  -8  -1        0 

Grade 10
 10 (NS) MCFADDEN Phillipe     810  775 -7  -8  -1  -4  -3  -2  -5  -9  -6        0 

Grade 11
  9 (NS) FURROW Matthew       1418 1379 -4  -1  -2  -7  -8  -6  -5  +3  +10       2 

Grade 12
 10 (NS) MCGEE Billy           884  888 -5  -3  -4  -9  =7  -1  =6  -8  -2        1.5 
 

The 1999 Canadian Chess Challenge, organized and sponsored by the Chess'n Math Association will be held in Prince Edward Island. The cost of participation should not prevent young Nova Scotians from participating in that event.

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