Although he was before my time in Manitoba chess, I heard enough about Kent Oliver to know that he was a player and past officer/president of the Manitoba Chess Association. For many years now, a supplement has been added in memory of Kent Oliver to enrich the prize fund of this important annual event. Those with a longer memory are welcome to add more details about Kent Oliver and/or the tournament named in his memory.
This weekend is also the occasion for the Annual General Meeting of the Manitoba Chess Association. The AGM will be held between the 4th and 5th rounds of the event ... and it looks like the 4th round will be starting an hour early (at 9 am rather than 10 am) to create time for the meeting. While the free pizza tradition has, I think, been abandoned, this is still an important meeting for Manitoba chess. Heheh. As it is between rounds of the KOM I expect it not to last too long. Plan to attend if you are able and interested in Manitoba chess in 2008.
Nigel Hanrahan
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News flash: Colin Prince and Samuel Lipnowski are playing on board 1 in the final round of the Kent Oliver Memorial. The winner will be clear first in the tournament. Post flash flash: Samuel won the game and the event.
The AGM went ahead, and I should add that free pizza WAS served (contrary to what I stated earlier!), with the current Executive officers re-elected. The new Executive Board is as follows:
President: Blair Rutter
Vice-Pres: Harley Greenberg
Secretary: Cecil Rosner
Treasurer: Lorne Gibbons
and Directors:
Tony Boron
Ken Einarsson *
James Green
Nigel Hanrahan *
Peter Magyar
Alexandre Nikouline
John Remillard
Dwight Vincent
The 2 CFC Governors will be appointed by the Board.
* Ken Einarsson and I filled the vacancies created by the absence of Jonathon Zaczek and Joseph Van Wyk. Jonathon and Joseph chose not to have their names put forward for this year's Board.
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