Christmas Girls Chess Camp - Dec 21-23

By Yao Wang

CJCC is exciting to announce that our Girls Chess Camp is returning for this Christmas. 

2020-12-16 07:59:01 by Yao Wang

November Chess School

November Chess School followed by an 4-round CFC rated Tournament on lichess.org. will be held on Nov. 22 1  - 2 pm.

Chess School:      Nov 22nd, 1pm - 2pm (meeting room opens from 12:45 pm) on Zoom. 

Registration:      https://www.calgaryjuniorchess.com/CJCC/event/event/24530

2020-11-20 08:51:27 by Yao Wang

GM Workshop Series 2 with GM Evgeny Bareev and Chess Simultaneous Exhibition with FM Ian Zhao

By Yao Wang

We are exciting to announce that we are inviting GM Evgeny Bareev on Remembrance Day November 11th 10am-11am to the 2nd episode of our GM Workshop Series - Attacking the f7 Square

2020-11-06 12:41:01 by Yao Wang

2020 Calgary Junior Regional Championship

2020 Calgary Junior Regional Championship Tournament will be held on Saturday November 7th, 2020, 1:00 pm. Format:   5-round Swiss on lichess.org 15min/10second incremental.

OPEN: (higher level)

• 1st place: Guaranteed spot at 2020 Alberta Junior Championship Section and $50 Amazon Gift Card
• 2nd place: Free entry to AB Junior Open Section, $40 Amazon Gift Card
• 3rd place: $30 Amazon Gift Card
• Top Girl (if any): Free entry to AB Junior Open Section, $30 Amazon Gift Card

U1300 (one section combines U1300 and U800):

• 35/25/15/20 for OVERALL Top 1/2/3/Top Girl
• $30/20/15 for U800 Top 1/2/Top Girl. 
• Top 1's and Top Girls in U1300 and U800 will get a free entry to AB Junior Open Section

2020-10-30 07:52:42 by Yao Wang

2020 thanksgiving tournament

2020 Thanksgiving Tournament  will be held on  Oct 3rd, 1:30pm

- Fee: $10, $3 discount for sibling

- Prize:  $20/$15/$12/$10 Amazon e-gift cards for the top 3 and the top girl of each section. And $10 for the top ranked U500 in the lower section and top ranked U1000 in the upper section .

2020-09-28 11:25:19 by Yao Wang

September Online Chess School

September Chess School followed by an unrated Arena Tournament on lichess.org.

Chess School Time: Sep 27th, 1pm - 2pm. Tournament time: Sep 27th 2:15 pm on lichess.org,10/5,

Prize: top 3 of each section will receive a Free Entry to a future Chess School event. Only registered chess school students are eligible for the price.

2020-09-22 08:14:05 by Yao Wang

Back to School Tournament

First CJCC tournament of the new school year! 

2020-09-08 11:10:52 by Yao Wang

August Chess School

Augugst Chess School (last Free summer event for members) followed by an urated Arena Tournament on lichess.org.

Chess School Time: Aug 23rd, 1pm - 2pm (meeting room opens from 12:45 pm) on Zoom. 

Arena Tournament: 2:15pm on lichess.org/team/calgary-junior-chess-centre-cjcc

Sign-up: by cut-off time Aug 22nd, 10pm @ https://www.calgaryjuniorchess.com/CJCC/event/event/23656

2020-08-18 08:21:31 by Yao Wang

CJCC Events from Sep 2020 to Year End

A decision has been made by CJCC Board to keep all CJCC organized events ONLINE from Sep 2020 to the end of the year.

2020-08-18 08:20:51 by Yao Wang

Play Like Magnus Carlsen - Learn Chess with GM on Aug 5th

CJCC is bringing on a special event to give our members an opportunity learning chess from a GM! It is our hornor to invite GM Victor Mikhalevski as the guest speaker.

Time: 10am - 11am MST, Aug 5th. on Zoom Fee: $10

Registration details: https://www.calgaryjuniorchess.com/CJCC/event/event/23524

2020-08-02 10:58:09 by Yao Wang

Checkmate COVID-19 Tournament - CFC Rated!

Let's Checkmate COVID-19! Our first REAL CFC Rated Online Tournament is coming on July 25th, 1:30pm. Check out details and sign up at https://www.calgaryjuniorchess.com/CJCC/event/event/23271

2020-07-15 09:44:28 by Yao Wang

MOCK "Rated" Online Tournament - lichess.org

By Yao Wang

To be prepared for our coming CFC Rated online touraments, we are running a MOCK tourament on lichess.org on July 11th 1:30pm. This MOCK tournament will implement all required controls as for a real CFC Rated Tournamements, the only difference is the result will not be submitted to CFC and it won't affect your CFC rating yet this time. It will give both the players and the tournament coordiantors an opportunity to familize the requirements and process to do a Rated tournament. Note this is a member-only event. Read details and sign up on the event page 

https://www.calgaryjuniorchess.com/CJCC/event/event/22938

2020-07-08 02:52:41 by Yao Wang

2020-2021 CJCC Annual Membership Renew

2020-2021 Membership is open NOW for Renewal or New Membership to enjoy Free Member-only Events in Summer! And July Chess School on July 5

2020-06-24 03:42:01 by Yao Wang

2020 SPF Girls Invitational June 20

2020 Susan Polgar Fundation Girls Invitational will be online with $180,000 in prizes/scholarships

2020-06-16 12:50:48 by Yao Wang

CJCC Annual General Meeting on Zoom

All CJCC Members, it's time for our Annual General Meeting (AGM)! As Alberta and Calgary are still in the 1st stage of re-opening, we will hold our AGM online.

Time:  June 14th 2020, 1:00 – 2:15pm

2020-06-08 02:41:49 by Yao Wang

CJCC Online Tournament moving to lichess.org

By Yao Wang

Since there have been several issues with chesskid.com, we are moving our next online tournament on lichess.org, which is a much stable and user friendly chess platform. 

All the tournaments are FREE and UNRATED but only open to CJCC Members.

Tournament Organizer: Yao Wang

Schedule: May 30, 1:30 pm MST 5-round tournament,15-10

See Details on Event page:https://www.calgaryjuniorchess.com/CJCC/event/event/22771

2020-05-23 08:16:00 by Yao Wang

First CJCC Online Chess School

By Yao Wang

Good News! CJCC First Online Chess School during May long weekend followed by an online tournament on chesskid.com. The online chess school and tournament are FREE  but only open to CJCC Members.

Chess School Schedule: May 16, 12:50 pm MST on Zoom for about 40 mins

See registration details on https://www.calgaryjuniorchess.com/CJCC/event/event/22671. 

Tournament Schedule: May 16, 2:15 pm MST on chesskid.com 4-round,15-5

2020-05-15 08:38:58 by Yao Wang

April 25 CJCC Online Tournament - Chesskid.com

By Yao Wang

2nd April CJCC online chesskid.com tournament on April 25, 1:30 pm : https://www.calgaryjuniorchess.com/CJCC/event/event/22665

The online tournaments are not open to public. Instead, it's a benefit to our members who can not play regular events due to the COVID-19 situation.

Please behave self-discipline during the online tournament as an over-the-board tournament as a respect to your opponents and yourself.

We want you have fun while improving your chess skills!

Best Regards,

CJCC

2020-04-21 11:22:09 by Yao Wang

Sunday Online Tournament March 22

By Yao Wang

Congratulations to our first online tournament Winners on March 14!

As the schools are closed now due to COVID-19, CJCC is organizing more online tournaments on chesskid.com. All the tournaments are FREE and UNRATED.

Tournament Organizer: Yao Wang

Schedule: March 22, 1:30 pm MST 5-round tournament,15 5

2020-03-19 04:51:30 by Yao Wang

Friday Evening Online Tournament March 20

By Yao Wang

Congratulations to our first online tournament Winners on March 14!

As the schools are closed now due to COVID-19, CJCC is organizing more online tournaments on chesskid.com. All the tournaments are FREE and UNRATED.

Tournament Organizer: Yao Wang

Schedule: March 20, 7pm MST 5-round tournament,15 5

2020-03-19 04:51:12 by Yao Wang