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We now officially announce that we will guarantee the 3000$ price for 2nd Edition of McGill Open (May 3-4-5)! Remember that this time the result would also count for the Quebec Chess Tour!! The tournament will be held at 3rd… Read More »
We’re having the first meeting of the year on Thursday September 13th at 5:30PM in the cafeteria of the Trottier Engineering building. Come check out the club, meet your executive team, and hear about all the activities we’ve planned for this… Read More »
Your favorite team of execs has organized something really special for you this summer: a FREE summer chess camp from August 6th to August 10th! The lecturer will be FIDE Master Lefong Hua. Lefong is obviously a very strong player… Read More »
After organized several rated semi-rapid tournaments and the Montreal intercollegiate Championship, McGill Chess Club challenged itself to a much greater event, the McGill Open Chess Championship. On the weekend of May 11th, 12th and 13th, 73 players of all level… Read More »
On January 14-15th 2012, McGill Chess Club sent 3 teams* to the Canadian Post-Secondary Chess Championship: Team A played in the championship section and the other teams played in the reserve section (U1750). After two days of competing, McGill Team… Read More »
The following are the rules for the McGill University Chess Ladder. These rules will be effective this week and end at the end of this year. The rules are as follows: 1. New players can join the ladder at any… Read More »
Our tournament last Saturday attracted 27 players of various levels, and went smoothly thanks to our referree Shao Hang He! Kenny Ah-Lan (expert) finished first with a perfect score of 5/5. He was followed by three players with 4/5: Sankalp… Read More »
As a present from the FQE (Fédération Québécoise des Échecs), the McGill Chess Tournament hosted tomorrow will be FQE semi-rapid rated! Since this is graciously offered by the FQE, there will be no extra charge. Memberships to the FQE will… Read More »
Our elections have finally closed for our Fall 2012 Committee and all of our positions have been filled. Our executive team is composed of the following members: President: Benjamin Suire VP Communications: David Zhou VP External: Shao Hang He, Felix… Read More »
Welcome to the new McGill Chess Club Website! The McGill Chess Club is dedicated to bringing the great game of chess to McGill University, and the surrounding community. Our members range from competitive chess players to beginners, so whether you’re… Read More »
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