2015 Tournament Write Up (from the May 2015 ACA report, p31)

 

University of Calgary wins the 2015 University Battle of Alberta

 

The now traditional battle among the provincial universities successfully continued in 2015 as the Mount Royal University hosted the seventh edition of the annual event for the second year in a row. A total of 38 participants from 4 universities and local communities played 10 rounds of active chess over the course of two days, February 7-8. As before, the top five individual results counted for an overall team score. It often happened in the past that the community players occupied the whole pedestal. Looking at the final standings it seems that it was also the case this year. There is a catch, however. This time the winner of the tournament Vlad Rekhson actually represented the University of Calgary! Vlad must have been in a terrific shape as he finished with a remarkable score of 10/10. Second place went to FM Dale Haessel (8.5/10), while Kim Nguyen took clear third (7/10). The top U of C players followed the leader amassing 32.5 team points overall. Their perennial competitor, the University of Alberta, managed only 29.0 this time. The University of Lethbridge and the Mount Royal University ended up in a tie for the third place (21.5 points each).