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VCS Tournaments

Play. Learn. Compete. Over 300 tournaments annually – Online & In Person – for all levels and ages!

Why choose our tournaments

300+ Events each year
We host more than 300 CFC, CMA, and FIDE-rated tournaments annually – including weekly Quads, Blitz, and Open events.
Online & In person
Play from home or join us at our Vancouver locations. Accessible options for every chess enthusiast.
Big prize funds
Our Chess Festivals feature a $6,000 prize fund and attract top-rated players from across the country.
Rated & structured
All tournaments are officially rated and divided by skill to ensure balanced and competitive matchups.
CMA provincial partner
VCS, the official CMA partner, runs regional qualifiers leading to the BC Provincial and Canadian National Championships (Grades 1–12).
Path to national
VCS hosts CFC-rated tournaments, including official Qualifiers that serve as a pathway to the Canadian Youth Chess Championship.

Upcoming tournaments

Over the Board. Real Battles.

10Oct
Best starting tournament!

11Oct
Build Confidence Weekly!

14Oct

What parents are saying

C Wu
Jul 9, 2021
Google 5 stars

A wonderful place for kids to learn and play chess! In addition to weekly classes and tournaments, Vancouver Chess School does a great job of organizing and running the Regional qualifiers and the Gr...

Kelly Meng
Mar 19, 2021
Google 5 stars

My son enjoys learning chess from this school and has been in this school more than 3 years. The teachers are very kind, respectful and professional. My son loves to attend the classes there. All the...

Helen Chai
May 11, 2021
Google 5 stars

Teachers at VCS are professional, caring and inspiring. It is a wonderful place to learn, compete and grow. Online classes & tournaments are very well organized during this trying time. My kid ...

T Low
Jan 4, 2021
Google 5 stars

Vancouver Chess School has been a blessing to our family and to the Chess Community. The instruction has been top notch and we love the fact that the school regularly has chess competitions. The schoo...

Khangmin Lee
Mar 15, 2021
Google 5 stars

Vancouver Chess School has given my 2 kids a fun, intellectual and safe space to hang out with other like-minded children. They have very competent and experienced instructors. Both their in-person (p...

Lily He
Apr 22, 2021
Google 5 stars

Vancouver Chess School is a highly professional chess school. The teachers in the school are approachable and dedicated on teaching, which provides kids a great milieu of learning chess. Many students...

Cristian Grecu
Mar 25, 2021
Google 5 stars

Great place, both before and post-Covid. My son has been attending for 3 years and has made great progress. They have lots of tournaments and camps. There's a clear system in place to track performan...

Crystal
Jun 3, 2020
Google 5 stars

In Vancouver Chess School, there has a complete and systematic chess education system, rich and interesting practice resources, and tournaments for all levels players weekly and monthly. Most importan...

Paul Du
Jul 8, 2021
Google 5 stars

This is an exceptional chess school that helped my child develop an incredible passion in the field of chess. The instructors are all engaging and helpful. There are many camps, tournaments, and other...

Roger Patterson
May 18, 2021
Google 5 stars

Vancouver Chess School does a great job of sparking excitement for chess in kids. Their regular tournaments are very well organized, and they have gone the extra mile in making sure tournaments, even...

Eugene Yu
Apr 15, 2021
Google 5 stars

The best chess school in Vancouver! My son has been leaning chess in VCS more than three years and he enjoys it very much. The VCS not only holds regular tournaments for different level chess players...

Vincent Cui
Apr 25, 2021
Google 5 stars

Vancouver Chess School is an outstanding institution for children’s chess education at any age. I was amazed how VCS team could maintain the tempo during the pandemic and continues to teach chess le...

Leon Gong
Jul 5, 2021
Google 5 stars

A great chess school. Our kid Leon attended his very first chess tournament in this school three years ago and now won his provincial champion and represent BC to win his first national champion. For ...

Kadinho
Apr 29, 2021
Google 5 stars

VCS is a very good school for all age chess learners. It provides a resourceful topics on chess and there are many tournaments that you might not even have time to play all of them!...

Jiyang Gao
Jan 24, 2021
Google 5 stars

I first got to know Vancouver Chess School when I registered my son for the VCS’ Chess in School program in 2016. I simply wanted to expose him to an extracurricular activity, but I didn’t expect ...

Vivian Cheng
Jan 19, 2021
Google 5 stars

My son has been with Vancouver Chess School for more than 1 year. He loved the classes, and the teachers there as well. The coaches are great, and they teach kids not only the techniques but also the ...

Si Chen
Jun 18, 2020
Google 5 stars

My son has been learning chess in VSC for more than two years. He gained a lot of chess strategies and practice opportunities there. The most important thing is that my son is inspired all the time t...

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