Canadian Chess Challenge
The Canadian Chess Challenge is the national scholastic chess championship. The annual event, held since 1989, is organised by the Chess'n Math Association. Each province is represented by a team of 12 players, one in each school grade. Our provincial championship on May 5, 2024 will determine who qualifies for Team PEI at this year's national finals, which will be held in Moncton on Victoria Day weekend.
Photos from past nationals are shown below and on the PEIYCA facebook page.
2014 - Winnipeg, MB
2014 - Winnipeg, MB
Grade 1 Duncan McIntyre
Grade 2 Seamus MacEachern
Grade 3 Ronan Lantz
Grade 4 Luc Doucette
Grade 5 Karla Lynn McCallum
Grade 6 Chengmeng (Jacky) Jia
Grade 7 SoumyaDeep Chowdhury
Grade 8 Jack Ronahan-Wood
Grade 9 Joseph Kassouf
Grade 10 Bradley Norman
Grade 11 Ian Hink
Grade 12 Iain Crowell
Provincial Coordinator / Team Captain: Aaron Rainnie
2013 - Ottawa, ON
Grade 1: Seamus MacEachern
Grade 2: Connor Pierce
Grade 3: Arnab Kundu
Grade 4: Karla Lynn McCallum
Grade 5: Ian Kerr
Grade 6: SoumyaDeep Chowdhury
Grade 7: Jack Ronahan-Wood
Grade 8: Joseph Kassouf
Grade 9: Sandy MacDonald
Grade 10: Iain Crowell
Grade 11: Ian Hink
Grade 12: Ryan Drew
2012- Halifax, NS
Grade 1: Charlie Ross
Grade 2: Arnab Kundu
Grade 3: Karla Lynn McCallum
Grade 4: Ian Kerr
Grade 5: Declan MacEachern
Grade 6: Jack Ronahan-Wood
Grade 7: Joseph Kassouf
Grade 8: James Tweel
Grade 9: Iain Crowell
Grade 10: Venu Bangla
Grade 11: Aaron Rainnie
Grade 12: Alexandre Perry
2011 - Victoria, BC
Grade 1 - Luc Doucette
Grade 2 - Karla Lynn McCallum
Grade 3 - Ian Kerr
Grade 4 - SoumyaDeep Chowdhury
Grade 5 - Jack Ronahan-Wood
Grade 6 - Jacob MacDonald
Grade 7 - James Tweel
Grade 8 - Iain Crowell
Grade 9 - Venu Bangla
Grade 10 - Kaan Coban
Grade 11 - Alexandre Perry
Grade 12 - Joshua Bryan
2010 - Montreal, QC
Grade 1 Jeremy Norman
Grade 2 Ian Kerr
Grade 3 Joshua Dow
Grade 4 Bradley Norman
Grade 5 David McClarty
Grade 6 Arsalan Rahimian
Grade 7 Iain Crowell
Grade 8 Ryan Doucette
Grade 9 Aaron Rainnie
Grade 10 Alexandre Perry
Grade 11 Joshua Ranni
Grade 12 Michael Harrison
2009 - Toronto, ON