mapleleaf 17 Aug : 12:57
Guys, I would really appreciate it if you could email me suggestions for poll questions. There must be something you want to know peoples' opinion on ;)
mapleleaf 24 May : 18:44
The site was down for a few days but should be ok now. Had a motherboard burn out on me..
Bob Gillanders 01 Dec : 10:51
Hi John, Yah, it was quite a game, I was actually up 3 pawns in the white side of a Gruenfeld, certainly should have won, but Doug outplayed me in time pressure and came up with an amazing windmill/mating net.
John R. Brown 14 Nov : 06:43
Great results for Keith, Matt & Doug and Mike. I'd like to see Doug's Swindle over Bob.
latefordinner 11 Nov : 05:48
KW doesn't appear to have aged much since I last saw him some years ago. Can you post any games? As I recall, a rather Fischeresque approach, similar to both Bailey and Pushkedra. Say hello tohim for me if you can
mapleleaf 06 Nov : 15:32
Keith has beaten up Hamilton once again. When are we gonna suck it up and stop this guy?
mapleleaf 27 Sep : 01:04
I've now added private message feature. That means you can send a message to other site members.
Its currently the fifth box down on the right hand side.
mapleleaf 27 Sep : 01:01
Thanks Mark I'll keep that in mind.
I want to tell everyone there's been about 1148 hits on this site so far, so its been quite a success. I'd like to encourage many of you who are visiting this site to also post something in the forums and in the comment boxes.
Its currently very easy to get a membership on the site just go over to the Welcome/login box on the right margin and click on "sign up". After filling out a very simple form youll be signed up.
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Just after school finishes we will be having a 1 day CFC event for kids. It will be on Saturday July 5th at the downtown YMCA on James Street.
Whether you are a junior or youth (anyone under 17) who has never played in a chess tournament before or you just want to get some practice before the Canadian Open then this is the tournament for you.
Tentative pairings for April Fools 08 round 3 are up
First of all let me appologize for falling behind on the tournament posts on the web site. However its all caught up now, so click on the link below to see the standings and tentative pairings for round 3 of our current Friday CFC series, April Fools 2008.
Hamilton's next weekly series CFC event, "April Chess Fools 2008" begins this Friday. Since the time control will be 2 hours per person registration will be at 7:00pm and the games will begin at 7:30pm. You can also register by emailing -email- and just letting us know you are comming.
To see the poster for this event please click on the following link:
Plese note a mistake was made on the original tournament poster for the Joe Pochmursky Memorial V. Where the original poster says "Ontario Street", it should really be "Linwell Road". This will only effect you if you plan on mailing in your registration.
You can see the corrected poster by clicking on the following link:
