News & Events
Notice
Please see our Local Chess Clubs page for information on the chess clubs meeting in the province, and for updates on the new clubs in the Halifax—Dartmouth area.
- February 13, 2012: a new club is starting up at Dalhousie University in February, 2012. The first meeting is Tuesday, February 14, 2012 -- for details see the Clubs page.
Note: The club is closed for the summer months — resuming in early September. - September 8, 2011: an agenda for the 2011–2012 season at the Bluenose Chess Club has been posted. See the Clubs page for some results of the weekly events.
Tournaments / Local & International News
- Canadian Chess Challenge 2012 (Halifax) May 20–21, 2012
- Canadian Chess Challenge Blitz Tournament (Halifax) May 19, 2012 2 p.m.–5 p.m.
- Nova Scotia Closed 2012 (Halifax) May 19–21, 2012
- Nova Scotia Open 2012 (Halifax) May 19–21, 2012
- Halifax Open Tournament 2012 (Halifax) April 6–8, 2012 David Kenney wins
- Bluenose Chess Club Open 2012 (Halifax) February 24–26, 2012 Chris Felix wins
- Thanksgiving Open 2011 (Halifax) October 7–10, 2011 Gordon Giacomin wins
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Paul Hake Labour Day Open 2011 (Halifax)
September 2–5, 2011
Jean Desforges and Jose Gonzalez-Cueto co-winners -
Veranda Invitational 2011 (Nova Scotia)
July 23–August 18, 2011
Jason Kenney wins -
Halifax Dartmouth Natal Day Open 2011 (Halifax)
July 29–August 1, 2011
Alvah Mayo, Jose Gonzalez-Cueto, Adam Dorrance, Paulo Ferreira co-winners -
Canadian Open (Toronto)
July 8–17, 2011
3-way tie: GMs Benjamin, Bojkov, Arencibia -
George Beals Canada Day Open 2011 (Halifax)
June 30–July 3, 2011
Jasmine Du & Adam Dorrance co-winners -
Nova Scotia Open 2011 (Halifax)
May 20–23, 2011
Jason Kenney & Jasmine Du co-winners - Canadian Closed (Guelph) May 6, 2011–11 Bator Sambuev wins
- Sunday Active Event (Halifax) May 1, 2011 Adam Dorrance wins
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Bluenose Open Championsip 2011 (Halifax)
April 22–24, 2011
Elias Oussedik & Brandon Martin co-winners - Sunday Active Event (Halifax) March 20, 2011 Jim Gilks wins
- Sunday Active Event (Halifax) February 20, 2011
- Tata Steel Chess Tournament (Wijk aan Zee) January 14–30, 2011 Nakamura wins
- London Chess Classic (London) December 8–15, 2010 Carlsen wins
- Maritime Open (Halifax) October 8–11, 2010 Gary Ng wins
- Chesss Olympiad (Khanty-Mansiysk) September 21–October 3, 2010
- Paul Hake Labour Day Open (Halifax) September 3–6, 2010 Jasmine Du wins
- North America Youth Championships 2010 (Montreal) August 16–18, 2010
- Natal Day Open (Halifax) July 30–August 2, 2010 S. Duffy & B. Martin co-winners
- Verandah Invitational (Halifax & Fancy Lake)) July 24–August 1, 2010 A. Wysocki wins
- Canadian Open (Toronto) July 10–18, 2010 McShane wins
- The Canadian Youth Chess Championship (Windsor, Ont.) July 6–9, 2010
- George Beals Canada Day Open (Halifax) July 1–4, 2010 B. Pentz & C. Spicer co-winners
- CCC (Montreal) May 23–24, 2010 Ontario - 1st Place
- NS Open (Halifax) May 21–24, 2010 B. Pentz wins
- Canadian Junior Chess Championship (Toronto) April 30–May 4, 2010
- World Chess Championship Match (Sofia, Bulgaria) April 24–May 12, 2010 Anand wins
- March Break Children's Tournament (Dartmouth) March 13, 2010
- Linares 2010 (Linares, Spain) February 12–25, 2010
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72nd Corus Chess tournament (Wijk aan Zee)
January 15–31, 2010
Carlsen wins
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World Cup 2009 (Khanty-Mansiysk)
November 20–December 15, 2009
Gelfand wins
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Tal Memorial 2009 (Moscow)
November 5–14, 2009
Kramnik wins
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17th European Team Championship 2009 (Novi Sad, Serbia)
October 21–31, 2009
Azerbaijan wins
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Maritime Open 2009 (Fredericton)
October 9–12, 2009
Anthony Howarth wins
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Paul Hake Labour Day Open 2009 (Halifax)
September 4–7, 2009
Jean Desforges wins
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Natal Day Open 2009 (Halifax)
July 31–August 3, 2009
G. Giacomin & B. Martin co-winners
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Canadian Junior Championship 2009 (Victoria)
July 25–28, 2009
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CYCC 2009 (Victoria)
July 21–24, 2009
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Canadian Open Championship 2009 (Edmonton)
July 11–19, 2009
GM Bluvshtein & IM Porper co-winners
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George Beals Canada Day Open 2009 (Halifax)
June 27–July 1, 2009
G. Charlton & A. Mayo co-winners
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Nova Scotia Open 2009 (Halifax)
May 22–25, 2009
Alvah Mayo wins
- Canadian Chess Challenge 2009 (Toronto) May 17–18, 2009
- NS Youth Championship 2009 (Halifax) April 19, 2009
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Bluenose / Dalhousie Open 2009 (Halifax)
February 20–22, 2009
Jason Kenney & Gary Ng co-winners
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Linares 2009 (Linares, Spain)
February 18–March 8, 2009
Grischuk wins
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Topalov - Kamsky Challenger Match (Sofia)
February 16–28, 2009
Topalov wins
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Corus 2009 (Wijk aan Zee)
January 16–February 1, 2009
Karjakin wins
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Post-Secondary Team Championship 2009 (Kingston)
January 16–18, 2009
Western Ontario wins [reports]
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Chess Olympiad 2008 (Dresden)
November 12–25, 2008
Open: 1. Armenia 2. Israel
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World Blitz Championship (Kazakhstan)
November 8, 2008
Dominguez wins
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Chess for Alzheimer's (Halifax) November 1, 2008. Report / Pictures here
- World Championship
Match (Bonn) October 14–November 2,
2008
Anand wins
- Maritime Open 2008 (Fredericton) October 11-13, 2008 J. MacDonald and F. McKim co-winners
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FIDE Top 100 1 October 2008 (TWIC)
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Women's World Championship - Finals (Bilbao)
September 14–18, 2008
Kosteniuk wins
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Grand Slam Final Masters (Bilbao)
September 2–13, 2008
Topalov wins
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Paul Hake Labour Day Open
(Halifax) August 29–September 1,
2008
Antoni Wysocki wins
- Halifax Dartmouth Natal Day
Open August 1–4,
2008 T. O'Donnell and A. Wysocki co-winners
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2008 Canadian Open
(Montreal) July 19–27,
2008
4-way tie at the top
See Games
- CYCC (Quebec City) July 14–17, 2008
- Nova Scotia Closed 2008 June 29–July 1, 2008 Antoni Wysocki wins
- George Beals / Canada Day Open June 28–July 1, 2008 Liam Keith-Jacques wins
- Nova Scotia
Open May 16–19,
2008 Antoni Wysocki
wins