Maritime Open History

The following note & list, from Ken Duff, appeared on chess-ns last year, sometime prior to the Maritime Open in October. I have finally put it (the list) up on the net, and have added as many locations as I was able to....Mar 10, 1998

The other day I dug out the Colpitts Trophy from its current resting place, which is the basement of the Ward Chipman Library, UNBSJ, and wrote down the winners of The Maritime Open since 1947, the first year of the trophy. Maybe someone knows whether or not that was also the first year for the tournament.

The inscription on the trophy read:

"The Colpitts Trophy
Annual Competition
The Maritime Chess Tournament."

There is no indication of Colpitts' first name or who he/she was. Maybe Dan Elman knows.

Here is the list of winners, followed by the city each represents. The city in which the tournament was held, if known, is also listed on the far right.

1947	G.M. Leggett	Moncton
1948	Geo. Doyle	Saint John
1949	O.P. Doucett	Moncton

1950	D.I.D. Rozman	Charlottetown
1951	D.M. MacConnell	Halifax
1952	D.I.D. Rozman	Charlottetown
1953	D.M. MacConnell	Halifax
1954	Dr. G. Danilov	Bathurst
1955	Dr. G. Danilov	Bathurst
1958	L.A. Campbell	Sydney
1959	Rod Dinkey	Halifax

1961	D.I.D. Rozman	Charlottetown
1962	Alexander Patrick	Sydney
1963	Paul Selick	Saint John
1964	Harold Uuetoa	Herring Cove, N.S.
1965	Paul Selick	Saint John	Saint John
1966	Paul Selick	Saint John	Halifax
1967	Paul Selick	Saint John	Saint John
1968	Ken Duff	Saint John	Halifax
1969	George Walls	Saint John	Saint John

1970	Jim Mathers	Halifax	Greenwood, N.S.
1971	George Walls	Saint John	Saint John(?)
1973	Jim Mathers	Halifax	Charlottetown
1974*	Bill Doubleday!	St Andrew's, NB	Saint John
1975*	Denis Allan	Halifax	Halifax
1976	Jim Mathers	Halifax	St John's
1977*	Carlos Jauregui!	Sydney	Halifax
1978T	Tom Gibson	Moncton	Saint John
1979*	Bill Bogle	Saint John	Halifax

1980*	Frank Sexton	St. John's, Nfld	Corner Brook, Nfld.
1981*	Rick Stewart	Moncton	Moncton
1982*	Robert Hamilton	Fredericton	Charlottetown
1983	Carlos Jauregui	Sydney	Halifax
1984	Jim Duffett	St. John's	St John's
1985	Robert Hamilton	Fredericton	Moncton
1986	Robert Hamilton	Fredericton	Halifax
1987T	Brian Hartman	Ottawa	Saint John
1988	Gordon Giacomin	Halifax	Halifax
1989	Peter MacKean	Kensington, PEI	Charlottetown

1990	Paul Thibodeau	Halifax	Halifax
1991*	Joe Horton	Fredericton	Moncton
1992*	Fred McKim	Saint John	Summerside, PEI
1993*	Jonathan MacDonald	Saint John	Wolfville, NS
1994*	Fred McKim	Saint John	Bathurst
1995	Jonathan MacDonald	Saint John	Summerside
1996	Glenn Charlton	Halifax	Halifax
1997*	Eddie Urquhart	Halifax	Halifax
1998*T	Neil Davis	Saint John	Saint John
1999*T	Alvah Mayo	Westville, NS	Charlottetown

2000*	Fred McKim	Charlottetown	Dartmouth, NS
2001*	Fred McKim	Charlottetown	Dieppe, NB
2002*T	Anthony Howarth	Charlottetown	Charlottetown
2003*	Justin Gulati	Charlottetown	Halifax
2004*	Ryan Harper	Fredericton	Saint John
2005*T	Anthony Howarth	Charlottetown	Charlottetown
2006*	Gary Ng	Halifax	Halifax
2007*	Anthony Howarth	Charlottetown	Halifax
2008*	Jonathan MacDonald	Saint John	Fredericton
2009*	Anthony Howarth	Charlottetown	Fredericton

2010*	Gary Ng	Halifax	Halifax
2011*	Aaron Cooper	Fredericton	Saint John
2012*	Victor Havik	Norway	Halifax
2013*T	Elias Oussedik	Moncton	Charlottetown
2014*T	Adam Dorrance	Cambridge, NS	Fredericton
2015	Adam Dorrance	Cambridge, NS	Halifax
2016*T	Robert Hamilton	Fredericton	Charlottetown
2017*T	Sam Song	Saint John	Saint John
2018*	Tallal Younis	Halifax	Halifax
2019*T	Bill Bogle	Saint John	Summerside, PE

2021T	Jason Manley	Fredericton	Summerside, PE
2022	Sahib Singh	India	Saint John
2023T	Aman Hambleton	Toronto	Summerside, PE
2024T	Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte	Toronto	Summerside, PE

It's probably of no interest to anyone but myself, but an * by the year means that I played, a T means that I directed.

In 1974, The first year I played, the event was known as the Maritime Championship. The winners of the event in 1974 and 1977 (and likely some earlier years, as well) qualified for the subsequent Canadian Closed. For 1975 the event was renamed the Atlantic Championship. By 1980 the event was renamed the Atlantic Open Championship, and a separate Atlantic Invitational Closed was also held. In 1991 the event was renamed the Maritime Open Championship. Throughout this time, despite the name changes, the one consistent factor has been the tradition of playing on the Thanksgiving weekend.

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