The War of 2004 will be held on April 24 & 25 in Arts 214 at the University of Saskatchewan. Some points to note about this event:

2 players from Saskatoon represented our club in the Northern Alberta Open this past weekend in Edmonton. Chris Achtemichuk finished with 1.5/5 and a performance rating of 1578, and Jamin Gluckie had a final score of 2.5/5 with a performance of 1822. The players had a grueling day of chess on Saturday when they were the last to leave the club at 12:30am after 14 hours of chess. Unfortunately, both players lost their final games on Sunday which kept them out of the prizes.

Anyone interested in playing in the Northern Alberta Open in Edmonton is welcome to join the SCC road crew. The tournament starts at 10 am, February 21 at the Edmonton Chess Club. More details of the event can be found at the official site. We will likely travel to Edmonton on Friday, Feb. 20, stay in a hotel two nights, and be home by around 11pm on Sunday Feb 22. If you have more questions or would like to join the crew, contact Jamin.

On the last day for pre-registering for the Saskatoon Winter Open, 3 more players added their names to the list of people signed up for the tournament, which brings the total to 24 people. In addition, since the number of players in the over 1400 section is not at least 12, there will only be one section in the upcoming tournament.

The field of players participating in the Saskatoon Winter Open continues to grow with the new total sitting at 17. Also, the CFC ratings were updated today, so if you are curious to see where you fit in relative to the rest of the Saskatoon Chess Club, visit the ratings page.