Submitted by
xMenace on Sat, 09/20/2008 at 5:09am.
Knights, kings, and queens will be taking over St. Thomas University from October 10 to 13 at the 2008 Maritime Open Chess Tournament.
This premier event in Maritime chess will feature six rounds of play over three days leading to the Maritime Chess Championship.
As part of the competition, many-time New Brunswick chess champion and the current highest-rated player in the province, Bill Bogle of Quispamsis, will give a simultaneous display of chess by playing several opponents on Friday evening, October 10 in Holy Cross Hall at 7:00 pm.
The tournament analysis room will be equipped with several computers to allow participants to supplement post-mortem analysis with the latest chess software (ie., Rybka 3.0; Fritz 11; Deep Shredder 11) supplied by ChessBase 10 and Chess Assistant 10.
