1998 Chess Challenge
Nova Scotia Grades 1-12 Championships
1998 Chess Challenge
Nova Scotia Cost: $5
Prizes: 1st and 2nd
Contact: Kim Tufts at 423-9274 or nstn1286@fox.nstn.ca
For more details http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/NSChess/nschess.html
Directions: Carrefour is located off Caledonia which crosses Main St in Dartmouth. The schools is approx. 1.5 kms down Caledonia and is on your right (Avenue du Portage).
Looking back to last year: The 1997 Nova Scotia Chess Challenge was a very successful event with 76 young people participating on March 29, 1997. A report listing all the winners, who qualify for the National championships, is online.
Details: The 12 grade winners win
the right to represent Nova Scotia at the
Canadian Chess Challenge in Winnipeg
on May 17-18, 1998. There the ten provinces
compete against one another as teams.
Rooms and some meals are provided for
all competitors. The players exchange
provincial pins and make friends from
around the country. This has been an
annual event since 1989 and is
sponsored in part by the Chess'n Math
Association, a National organization devoted to promoting chess and scholastic
achievement based in Montreal. For
more information contact Chess'n Math
.
See what happened at the 1997 Chess Challenge Finals from a Nova Scotian perspective.