June 15 - Come Play Chess at Keshen Goodman Library!
NSSCA is hosting a special chess event at the Keshen Goodman library. All players are invited regardless of skill level! If we have good participation, we may be able to convince the library to allow us to start a chess club at the library.
Ages 5-18
Drop by and play a bit of chess with the Nova Scotia Scholastic Chess Association. Players without experience will receive a short introduction.
Event Location:
Thomas Raddall Room, Keshen Goodman Library
330 Lacewood Dr
Halifax, NS B3S 0A3
Thursday, June 15 | 4 - 5:30 p.m.
Posted by Farhana
Grand Prix Final Standings
The final grand prix standings have been posted, congratulations to Dulhan for winning the Crown Group and Madoc for winning the Intermediate Group!
With the resounding success of the grand prix system, we intend to continue this next season!
Posted by Chris Felix
School Team Provincials and Regular Tournament - April 30!
The final tournament of the year, the School Team Provincials is approaching quickly! If your school doesn't have a team, don't worry... we will run an individual tournament too! So if you want to play chess, come on out!
Hope to see you on April 30th at Mount Saint Vincent University!
Checkout the Tournament Schedule for more detailed information on this event.
Posted by Chris Felix
April Regular this Sunday! Last Regular of the Year!
That time of the year again as we come to our last few events of the season. This Sunday is the April Regular and the last tournament of the Grand Prix! Don't forget to check the standings, if you're in the running for the top 3, make sure to come out!
Here is the tournament poster, hope to see everyone there!
Posted by Chris Felix
Nova Scotia Chess Challenge 53 Players!
This years Nova Scotia Chess Challenge saw 53 players competing for a spot to play at the Canadian Chess Challenge in Toronto. Congratulations to all the winners and good luck team Nova Scotia!!
Posted by Chris Felix
Grand Prix Standings!
We introduced a new Grand Prix system at our last tournament for the "Intermediate" and "Crown" groups, and now the standings are LIVE!
You can checkout the standings at our Grand Prix 16/17 page on the left menu.
Posted by Chris Felix
Maritime Team Tournament, Nova Scotia Second!
Congratulations to all the players of Team Nova Scotia! They represented their province extremely well and ended up in second place after a very close tournament!
Posted by Chris Felix
Dartmouth Junior Chess Club Simul Exhibition
On February 7, 2015 NSSCA head instructor and chess coach Chris Felix played a simultaneous exhibition for the Dartmouth Junior Chess Club. This involved playing 12 boards at once, taking on every challenger!
Some of the stronger competition, Jerjis Kapra and Asher Christiansen (Click for full size)
Even parents were invited to play! (Click for full size) In the end, after multiple games by a few players, only one draw was conceded to the challengers. Good work by Dylen Keel on taking advantage of an error by Chris!
Dylen Keel with an endgame advantage over Chris (Click for full size)
Congratulations Team Nova Scotia!!!
Congratulations to Team Nova Scotia for winning the Maritime Team Tournament, our first win in this event, beating the up-until-now undefeated Team New Brunswick!
This was an extremely close and tense event, but in the end Team NS scored 55 points to Team NB's 53 points and 35 points for Team PEI.
2014 Team Nova Scotia (Click for full size)
Posted by Chris Felix
Global TV Chess Portion
Global hosted a segment on Don Bidgood's Children's Chess Club and the Chess Club in a Box program.
You can view the segment here: http://globalnews.ca/video/441413/chess-club
Chess Club in a Box Kick-Off!
The NSSCA is kicking off the pilot for it's "Chess Club in a Box" program. Some information on the program can be found in these information sheets:
NSSCA Wins $1000 for Chess in a Box Program!
The NSSCA gave a presentation on the idea of the chess in a box school program to the Awesome Foundation Halifax, along with three other finalists. In the end, the chess in a box program won the vote of the trustee's, giving $1000 to the NSSCA to support this program.
A special thanks to the Awesome Foundation Halifax for making this opportunity possible! You can find more info on their website at http://awesomehalifax.com/
Below is a youtube video of the presentation, which took place on November 29, 2012:
Posted by Chris Felix
2012 Canadian Chess Challenge in Halifax!
The Canadian Chess Challenge was hosted by Nova Scotia for the very first time. For more information please visit the Canadian Chess Challenge 2012 website.
