Canadian Chess Challenge 2013-Results by Grade(1-6)

Results by Grade From Chess and Math.

More about Ottawa
The event was held in Ottawa so here is a bit of background.



Grade 1
Unrated Lucian Wu(BC) steamrollered the opposition with a perfect 9-0 scored to earn the gold medal.

Team	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
BC	Lucian Wu	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
ON	Nameer Issani	1396	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
AB	Khino Angelo Tolentino	788	1	0.5	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	6.5
QC	Tony Cai	762	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5
MB	Alexander Loukine	451	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	4
NB	Alex LeBlanc	355	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
PE	Seamus MacEachern	592	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4
NS	Alexander Brown	717	1	0.5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.5
NL	Sebastian Locke	674	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
SK	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Grade 2
Qiuyu Huang(QC) scored a perfect 9-0 for the gold medal while Patrick Huang(BC) did very well to get the silver with 8/9.

Team	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
QC	Qiuyu Huang	1446	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
BC	Patrick Huang	830	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
AB	Andi Superceanu	1188	1	1	1	1	1	1	0.5	0	0	6.5
ON	David Gan	988	1	0	1	1	0.5	1	0.5	1	0	6
NB	Alexandre Xavier-LeBlanc	818	1	1	1	1	0.5	0	0	0	1	5.5
MB	Itay Amrom	787	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3
NL	Peter Dormody	649	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
NS	Jerjis Kapra	768	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
PE	Connor Pierce	592	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
SK	Anastasia Sasata	282	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Grade 3
Ian Zhao(AB), Victor Zheng(BC) and Nicholas Vettese(ON) shared first with 7/9. Zheng did very well to show that ratings don't win games-players do. 

Team	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
AB	Ian Zhao	1358	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	7
BC	Victor Zheng	877	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
ON	Nicholas Vettese	1448	1	1	0.5	1	0	1	1	1	0.5	7
QC	Robert Liu	1396	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0.5	5.5
SK	Alexander Sasata	1119	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.5	5.5
MB	Joshua Huston-Earle	1037	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4
NL	Norman Chen	974	0	0	0.5	1	0	0	0	1	1	3.5
PE	Arnab Kundu	894	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
NB	Terry Michaud	475	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
NS	Callum Brown	931	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Grade 4
Kaixin Wang took the gold with 8.5/9 but second lowest rated Ethan Low(BC) did superbly and took the bronze with 7.5/9.

Team	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
AB	Kaixin Wang	1811	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0.5	8.5
ON	Wenyang Ming	1639	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	8
BC	Ethan Low	641	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0.5	7.5
QC	Ziyu Guan	1256	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	6
SK	Daniel Wei	1056	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5
NB	Thomas Myatt	540	0.5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.5
PE	Karla Lynn McCallum	984	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	1	0	2.5
NL	Brett Russell	1141	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
MB	Ethan Eckert	809	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	1	1.5
NS	Benjamin Koshi	836	0.5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.5

Grade 5
Mali-Jade Ouellet(QC) scored a perfect 9-0 for the gold while Yue Tong Zhao(ON) took the silver with 8/9.

Team	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
QC	Mali-Jade Ouellet	1710	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
ON	Yue Tong Zhao	1703	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	8
MB	Derek Ma	1376	1	0	1	0	1	0.5	1	1	1	6.5
SK	Benjamin Lortie	1260	0.5	1	1	0	1	0.5	0	0	1	5
NS	Sahejpreet Singh	1130	1	0.5	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5	4.5
NL	Xingbo Huang	1297	0.5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.5	4
AB	Jeff Wang	992	0	0.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	3.5
BC	Brian Butchart	595	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
NB	Leonardo Cui	794	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
PE	Ian Kerr	1072	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0.5

Grade 6
Top seed Kevin Wan(ON) took the gold with a perfect 9-0 but
Matthew Geng(BC) did excellently to claim the bronze with 7/9.

Team	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
ON	Kevin Wan	2106	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
QC	Ananda Saha	1734	1	1	0.5	1	1	1	1	1	0	7.5
BC	Matthew Geng	983	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
AB	Chenxi Wu	1390	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5
NS	Lucas Dorrance	1509	1	0	0.5	0	1	0	0.5	1	1	5
PE	SoumyaDeep Chowdhury	1212	0	1	0.5	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.5
SK	Andrew Li	777	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0	0	3.5
NB	Adam Makarov	646	0	1	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.5
NL	Ryan Pickard	1107	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
MB	William DeFehr	1102	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Canadian Chess Challenge May19-20, 2013: Sohal Wins Again(!)

Chess Wiz-Kid Sohal Just Keeps Winning!
Story and photo-The Link

Sohal,Tanraj Grade 11 National Champion

Tanraj Sohal has won the 2013 Canadian Chess Championship held in Ottawa, Ontario on May 19-20, 2013 in his grade level.

Opening Ceremony(With Bagpipes)
Video by Chess and Math.



Sohal, a sixteen-year old Grade 11 student from Surrey, has won won the Canadian Chess Championship trophy in his grade level for the eighth time. He earlier won the 2013 Fraser Valley Regional in Surrey and BC Provincial Chess Championship held in Richmond, BC.

The Canadian Chess Challenge is the annual event where each province is represented by their 12 Provincial Champions (one player from Grades 1 to 12).

Canadian Chess Challenge is organized and sponsored by the Chess’n Math Association, Canada’s National Scholastic Chess Organization. Each player plays 9 round robin matches over two days in their respective grade against each of the provincial champions.

Results-Chess and Math
Ontario finished first overall, Quebec 2nd and BC third.

 

Province		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Ontario	ON	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
Quebec	QC	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	8
British Columbia	BC	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
Alberta	AB	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	6
New Brunswick	NB	0.5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	4
Newfoundland and Labrador	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
Nova Scotia	NS	0.5	0	0	0	0.5	0	1	1	0	3
Manitoba	MB	0	0	0	0	0.5	0.5	1	0	0.5	2.5
Saskatchewan	SK	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	1	1.5
Prince Edward Island	PEI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0