PEI Youth Chess Association

The new chess season is here! We hope you can make it to our first tournament on October 6. 

Please note the change in location and registration policy. 

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PEIYCA CHESS TOURNAMENT

Sunday     October 6, 2024

1 pm - 4 pm      Check-in by 12:45 pm.

                                                                Birchwood Intermediate School        new location

49 Longworth Ave.  

Charlottetown 

Open to all students grade K - 12

Players are divided into groups by age and rating.

Everyone plays at least 4 games.

Medals for top 3 players in each section

                                           Players should pre-register by e-mail before 6 pm on Saturday, October 5.    new policy

peiyouthchess@gmail.com

Include the player’s full name, school, and grade.

Entry fee for pre-registered players: $15 

The $15 entry fee for pre-registered players can be paid in two ways:

By e-transfer before 6 pm on Saturday at peiyouthchess@gmail.com 

or 

By cash at the tournament before 12:45 pm.

All players must check in at the tournament before 12:45.  Doors open at 12:30.

If you cannot attend after pre-registering, please notify us as soon as possible. Thanks!

Players who have not pre-registered may still sign up at the event before 12:45 pm.

But the entry fee is $20 and there is no guarantee that they will be placed in an appropriate group 

based on their age and rating, though we will do our best in this regard.

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Canadian Chess Challenge 

National Finals 2024  

Congratulations to the twelve players who represented Prince Edward Island at the Canadian scholastic chess championships 

in Moncton, New Brunswick on May 18-20. Our top scorers were Daniel "Yogi" Dang (6th place, grade 1), Goldy Vu (4th place, grade 2), 

and Joe Li (4th place, grade 10). Goldy Vu was awarded the Most Valuable Player award! Next year's event will be held in Ottawa. 

TEAM PEI 

 1.  Daniel Dang

 2.  Goldy Vu

 3.  Justin Nguyen

 4.  Allan Li

 5.  Brian Gu

 6.  Daniel Nguyen

 7.  Ian Li

 8.  Kenneth Yohannan

 9.  Aidan Arsenault

10. Joe Li

11. Luke Dickie

12. Kristopher Zember

complete results:   https://chess-math.org/ratings/pairings/16362/1581333

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Maritime Scholastic Chess Team Championship 

The PEIYCA hosted this annual tournament on November 18 at Colonel Gray High School. Though this was the first time the event was held since before the pandemic in 2019. Each province was represented by 24 players, divided into 4 sections by grade. Our team was selected based on October ratings. The competition could not have been any closer. First place came down to the very last game. Congratulations to Team Nova Scotia on their victory. They scored 64 points in the four round tournament, one half point ahead of Team New Brunswick's 63.5 points. Team PEI was further back in third place. Everyone at the event received a gold, silver, or bronze medal. There were also trophies for the top individual player in each section: K-3 Colin Wang (NS), 4-6 Calix Marchand (NS), 7-9 Gabriel Gingras (NB), 10-12 Titan Dunahee (NB). Thanks to Eric Robitaille (NB), Chris Felix (NS), and other organisers from our neighbour provinces for their help in running the event.

Team PEI 

K-3: Spencer Tan, Goldy Vu, Vassil Yonchev, Felix Li, Jason Ha, Henry McGuirk

4-6: Channing Guo, Lucas Lei, Brian Gu, Isaac Birch, Shu Liu, Morgan Saunders, Owen Hennigar, Tai Zhou

7-9: Jack Nguyen, Steve Shi, Easton Chen, Shuvomoy Barma, William Handrahan, Setu Venkat Kooloju

10-12: Joe Li, Nathan Costain, Tomas Wang, David Courtney

Our top scorers were Goldy Vu, Channing Guo, and Joe Li. Thanks to everyone for taking part. See facebook for photos.