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The Prince Edward Island Youth Chess Association (PEIYCA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting scholastic chess on PEI. We hold various events throughout the year for students grade K-12.
The Prince Edward Island Youth Chess Association (PEIYCA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting scholastic chess on PEI. We hold various events throughout the year for students grade K-12.
See our Calendar of Events for details.
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CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE
National Finals
Ottawa May 18-19
Congratulations to Team PEI for an excellent showing at the national finals.
Three of our players did especially well. Goldy Vu is the 2025 Canadian grade 3 champion!
Joe Li, scoring 7.5 out of 9 games, placed second in grade 11 and Rebecca Sijo came fourth in grade 2.
Thanks to everyone who took part and made the trip to Ottawa a big success.
Complete results are available at: https://www.chess-challenge.chess-math.org/national/results/2025/English/index.xml
See our facebook page for photos.
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Canadian Chess Challenge
PEI 2025 Provincial Championships
RESULTS
The PEI Provincial Championships were held at Birchwood School on March 29 (grade 1-4) and April 6 (grade 5-12).
Thanks to everyone who took part and congratulations to our champions:
grade 1 Henry Owen
grade 2 Rebecca Sijo
grade 3 Goldy Vu
grade 4 Justin Nguyen
grade 5 Allan Li
grade 6 Jack Johnston
grade 7 Daniel Nguyen
grade 8 Niko He
grade 9 Kenneth Yohannan
grade 10 Aidan Arsenault
grade 11 Joe Li
grade 12 Afif Hassan
They qualify to play at the Canadian Chess Challenge national finals in Ottawa on May 17-19 as part of Team PEI.
The top players in each group were:
grade 1
1. Henry Owen
grade 2
1. Rebecca Sijo
2. Ann Nguyen
3. Adriel Yip
grade 3
1. Goldy Vu
2. Jason Ha
3. Vassil Yonchev
4. Eldi Maillet
grade 4
1. Justin Nguyen
2. Johnny Nguyen
3. Oscar Kennan-Hamon
4. Jude Krauskopf
grade 5
1. Allan Li
2. Marcus Lai
3. Harjan Virdee
4. Nikolay Yonchev
4. William Ha
grade 6
1. Jack Johnston
2. Catherine Sijo
3. Owen Hennigar
4. Louis Le
grade 7
1. Daniel Nguyen
2. Lucas Pham
3. Eloi Massé
4. Federico Zapata
grade 8
1. Niko He
2. Carter MacEwen
3. Cassandre Massé
grade 9
1. Kenneth Yohannan
2. Sadra Khezerlou
3. Beowolf Babineau-Mardres
4. Shuvomoy Barma
grade 10
1. Aidan Arsenault
2. Jolan Massé
3. Martin Nguyen
grade 11
1. Joe Li
grade 12
1. Afif Hassan
2. Nathan Costain
3. Eleanor Wooten
complete results
grade 1-4 https://chess-math.org/ratings/pairings/16967
See our Facebook page for photos.
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"Chess Club In A Box" is an initiative organized by the PEI Youth Chess Association
to promote chess in public schools throughout the province.
The goal is to provide teachers or interested parents with everything they need to start and maintain a successful school chess program, including 5 chess sets.
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