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