Chess Canada. Dragon. by Victoria Jung-Doknjas

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1 2016 CCC by Victoia Jung-Doknjas Saskatchwan at Last Th 28th dition of th Canadian Chss Challng (CCC) was hld at th Univsity of Rgina, Saskatchwan fo th fist tim. With this ya's vnt bing in Saskatchwan, th CCC has now bn hostd by all 10 Canadian povincs. Fomat Th CCC is a 10-tam Round Robin. Th povincial champions fom ad 1 to ad 12 fom thi povinc s tam. Ths povincial tams play thi countpats on th 9 oth povincial tams vying fo th tam championship titl and fo th individual national championship titls of thi spctiv gads. Th 2016 CCC an on th Sunday (ounds 1-6) and Monday (final 3 ounds) of th May long wknd: May 22-23, Tim contol was 25 mins + 5 sc dlay. Song & Awatamani; gift bag; Lay B. on th mik. Hospitality Th ky CCC Oganizs, Laui Lintott, Naom Sing, and Simon Li, aangd fo plays and familis to njoy th Univsity of Rgina s modn and spacious accommodations. Each unit had 3-4 spaat bdooms wh 2-3 popl could stay in on bdoom and sha 2 spaat bathooms, a lag living oom, and full kitchn with fidg, micowav, and stov. Th CCC Oganizs also plannd a Blitz tounamnt, wh BC s Janak Awatamani and Ontaio s Michal Song tid. Aft th playoff gam, Janak Awatamani won fist plac. This was followd by a nic Wlcom BBQ dinn and som aft dinn fun outdoo las tag! Plays w givn gift bags full of goodis lik chocolat chss pics, chss ass, chss pncil, souvni 2016 CCC booklt, and CCC scobook, as wll as thi CCC ctificat. Opning Cmony Duing th opning cmony, Chss n Math Excutiv Dicto Lay Bvand intoducd all th plays as ach tam was paadd in by bagpip Ein, with thi ad 12 play lading th way and caying thi povincial flag. Onc all 10 tams w at thi boads, Don MacKinnon sang "O Canada". Chif Abit Jff Coakly announcs tounamnt uls and paiings, and Round 1 bgins.

2 As a goodwill gstu, plays xchang povincial pins and shak hands at th stat of ach th gam. Paiings and Rsults Th paiings a andom xcpt fo th final ound wh th paiings a fixd basd on last ya's tam standings. Fo this ya, that mant Tam Ontaio (last ya s winns) and Tam Qubc (last ya s 2nd plac tam) mt in th final ound, which sultd in a tid match 6-6. Th tibak was th cumulativ tam points, which gav Tam Ontaio th tam championship titl onc again. Tam Qubc cam scond, Tam BC won thid plac, Tam Albta cam fouth plac, and th hom Tam Saskatchwan finishd 5th plac: thi bst v sult! Th bst maitim povinc was Nwfoundland & Labado. Adam Doanc 12 Lay Bvand psntd Nova Scotia s Adam Doanc with a chqu fo $1,200 to cogniz his paticipation in 12 CCCs, fom ad 1 to ad 12, and winning th championship 8 tims. P Lay Bvand: "Adam Doanc of Nova Scotia, took pat in his last Canadian Chss Challng. H has psntd his gad vy ya fom ad 1 to ad 12! Not only that, h has won th National comptition fo his gad ight tims! Chss'n Math honoud th occasion by awading Adam a spcial plaqu and at th sam tim w psntd him with a chqu fo $1,200...$100 fo ach ya h took pat at th National lvl." Lay Bvand & Adam Doanc

3 T-Shits Th was a th-way ti fo th Bst T-Shit: Nwfoundland & Labado, Qubc, and Saskatchwan. Th th povincs split th $200 cash piz vnly. Vots fo th Bst T-shit a nomally votd on by Tam Captains. Nxt ya, th plays will b allowd to vot fo th Bst T-Shit. Bughous Aft th main CCC tounamnt, th Bughous tounamnt had 2 sctions, wh th Opn sction was won by Janak Awatamani and Jmy Hui; and th U1200 sction was won by Lo Qu and Lucian Wu all of whom a fom BC. th many sponsos spcially to majo sponso, th City of Rgina; Chis Dawson fom Nwfoundland and Labado, th man bhind th timly onlin updats fo th Canadian Chss Challng s sults and stats. Thanks to... Chss n Math s Lay Bvand and Chistian Lacass; Chif Abit Jff Coakly; CCC Oganizs Laui Lintott, Naom Sing, and Simon Li; th many volunts fom Saskatchwan; Tam ON QC BC AB SK MB NL NB NS PEI TB Total ON X X QC X X BC X X AB X X SK X X MB X X NL X X NB X X NS X X PEI X X links Rsults and Stats English/indx.xml mo photos: Association-Alumni /

4 Top Tams 1. Ontaio 2. Qubc 3. BC 4. Albta 5. Saskatchwan (clockwis fom top lft)

5 ad 1 1. Alx Jikai Yan 2. Ryan Yang 3. Andw Ksnych ad 2 1. Anthony Atanasov 2. Kvin Zhong 3. Danil Wang Rad 3 1. Max Chn 2. Richad Q. Zhng 3. Vishuth Shama ad 4 3. Lucian Wu 1. Nam Issani 2. Hauaki Omichi

6 ad 5 3. Nil Doknjas 1. Quiyu Huang 2. Max England 1.Nicholas Vtts 2.Wnxuan Zhong 3.Lo Qu 4.Ian Zhao 5.Alxand Sasata a d 6 ad 7 1. Eugn Hua 2. abil Philip Tinica 3. Ethan Low ad 8 1. Maili-Jad Oullt 2. Joshua Doknjas 3. Dk Ma 4. Jff Wang

7 3. Matthw ng 1. Richad Chn 2. Ananda Saha ad a d 2. Josph Bllissimo 1. Ziyuan (Sam) Song 3. Jason Cao 9 10 ad Michal Song 1. Janak Awatamani 3. Olivi Knta Chiku-Ratt 3. Adam Doanc 1. Jmy Hui 2. Zhn Nasi ad 12