Notes
2017 B.C. Chess Challenge 卑詩省 国 际象棋 挑战赛
All players who scored 2.5 points or more in any regional event the same year are invited to participate in the annual B.C. Chess Challenge for a chance to win the title of B.C. Champion and a chance to represent B.C. on the national stage. Not only is this an opportunity to play at the Canadian Chess Challenge , it is yet another opportunity for all players to sharpen their tournament skills against other strong players.
To find out if you are qualified, please check your name on our previous regional tournaments . If your name is highlighted in red , you are qualified!
For a full report, please see the article in our 2016 Team B.C. at the Canadian Chess Challenge Regina
Click here to find out more about all the Regional, Provincial, National or the World Chess Tournament.
Provincial Organizers
Vancouver Chess School (VCS) will be organizing the Regional qualifiers and the Provincial Chess Challenge. Victoria Junior Chess Society will be hosting the Victoria Regional.
Sponsors
Any donation and sponsorship are welcome. This year, the goal of our donation funds is to financially support Team B.C. members and coaches to attend the Canadian Chess Challenge in Toronto.
Location: Vancouver Chess School 温哥 华国际象棋学 校
Columbia College 438 Terminal Avenue, Vancouver
*Door opens at 10:00 am only. Tournament hall is located on the 3rd floor, room 320-330
*Street parking and underground parking ($2 per hour)
*Note no "U-turn" is allowed on Terminal Avenue
Please show up at least 5 minutes before round starts. We will start the clock according to the schedule shown below.
2017 B.C. Chess Challenge
Qualification 参 赛 条件
B.C. students only Grade P - 12
Time Control 赛时限 制
Game in 25 minutes with 5 seconds delay
Format 赛 制
5-round Swiss format
Ratings 等 级 分
CMA rated
Schedule 时间 表
1st round – 10:30am
2nd round – 11:40am
Lunch after round 2
3rd round – 12:50pm
4th round – 2:00pm
5th round – 3:10pm
Awards – estimated at 4:30pm
There will be a delay if there is a playoff
Prizes 奖
Result
SwissSys Standings. 2017 Chess Challenge: Kindergarten
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[R] Prize
1
Wu, Nicholas
674
W5
U---
W4
L2
W3
3.0
6.5
1st
2
Gao, Justin
353
U---
W3
L5
W1
L4
2.0
6
2nd
3
Jiang, Zi Hao [William]
584
W4
L2
U---
W5
L1
2.0
4
3rd
4
Vickers, Aaron
578
L3
W5
L1
U---
W2
2.0
4
4th-medal
5
Holmgren, Coen
502
L1
L4
W2
L3
U---
1.0
2.5
SwissSys Standings. 2017 Chess Challenge: Grade 1
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1
Pompas, Codrin
834
W7
W6
W4
W2
W3
5.0
1st
2
Kofmansky, Matthew
392
D4
W3
W6
L1
W5
3.5
2nd
3
Matisz, Eliot
387
W5
L2
W7
B---
L1
3.0
3rd
4
Zhu, Daniel
449
D2
W5
L1
W7
L6
2.5
5
Zheng, Owen
424
L3
L4
B---
W6
L2
2.0
6
Xu, Teddy
359
B---
L1
L2
L5
W4
2.0
7
Boroomand, AryaCyrus
400
L1
B---
L3
L4
U---
1.0
SwissSys Standings. 2017 Chess Challenge: Grade 2
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[C] TBrk[O] Prize
1
Song, Ethan
1283
W7
W3
W2
W4
W6
5.0
15
44.5
1st
2
Yang, Ryan
1527
W8
W5
L1
D6
W3
3.5
11
48
2nd
3
Xue, Andrew
463
W6
L1
W5
W8
L2
3.0
10
49
3rd
4
Jin, Alexander
781
W10
W9
L6
L1
W8
3.0
10
41.5
5
Shao, Brian
619
W12
L2
L3
W10
W11
3.0
8
30.5
6
Lam, Ethan
721
L3
W7
W4
D2
L1
2.5
8
51.5
7
Xu, Joey
463
L1
L6
W11
W9
D10
2.5
5.5
38.5
8
Zhou, Leonardo
610
L2
W12
W9
L3
L4
2.0
7
37
9
Wei, Melinda
426
W11
L4
L8
L7
W12
2.0
6
26.5
10
Song, Osborn
556
L4
D11
W12
L5
D7
2.0
5.5
27.5
11
Holmgren, Emilian
697
L9
D10
L7
W12
L5
1.5
4
25
12
Agapito, Franco
422
L5
L8
L10
L11
L9
0.0
0
30.5
SwissSys Standings. 2017 Chess Challenge: Grade 3
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[C] TBrk[O] Prize
1
Jiang, Eric
1215
W13
W6
W2
W3
W5
5.0
15
49.5
1st
2
Wu, Nathan
1531
W10
W9
L1
W12
D4
3.5
11.5
50
2nd
3
Yu, Sophia
1250
W7
W14
D4
L1
W9
3.5
11.5
47.5
3rd
4
Wang, Daniel
1464
W11
D5
D3
W6
D2
3.5
11
49
5
Mok, Gillian
1039
W16
D4
D12
W13
L1
3.0
10.5
44.5
6
Chen, Freddy
967
W17
L1
W7
L4
W10
3.0
9
42
7
Zubo, Kirill
691
L3
W8
L6
W15
W13
3.0
7
38.5
8
Yang, Andy
533
L9
L7
W18
W16
W12
3.0
6
27
9
Wang, Patrick
1027
W8
L2
D11
W14
L3
2.5
8.5
41.5
10
Zhou, Roy
789
L2
D12
W15
W11
L6
2.5
7
40.5
11
Chen, Andrew
736
L4
W17
D9
L10
W16
2.5
6.5
31.5
12
Chen, Austin
817
W18
D10
D5
L2
L8
2.0
8.5
35
13
Wang, Simon
670
L1
W18
W14
L5
L7
2.0
7
38.5
14
Chen, Jason
931
W15
L3
L13
L9
W18
2.0
6
32
15
Leong, Aiden
476
L14
W16
L10
L7
W17
2.0
5
25
16
Chen, Leon
647
L5
L15
W17
L8
L11
1.0
3
30
17
Johnston-Voon, Owen
485
L6
L11
L16
W18
L15
1.0
2
23.5
18
Shang, Kyle
451
L12
L13
L8
L17
L14
0.0
0
29.5
SwissSys Standings. 2017 Chess Challenge: Grade 4
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1
Xu, Andrew
1380
W9
W5
W2
W4
D7
4.5
1st
2
Wu, Benjamin
1203
W3
W6
L1
W9
W4
4.0
2nd
3
Xu, Tiger
878
L2
D7
W11
W12
W5
3.5
3rd
4
He, Matthew
1022
W10
W13
W7
L1
L2
3.0
5
Li, Alvin
949
W11
L1
W10
W6
L3
3.0
6
Cooknagy, Benjamin
935
W8
L2
W13
L5
W9
3.0
7
Jiang, Kate
891
W12
D3
L4
W10
D1
3.0
8
Hooftman, David
632
L6
B---
L9
W13
W12
3.0
9
Zhou, David
878
L1
W11
W8
L2
L6
2.0
10
Ji, Matthew
686
L4
W12
L5
L7
B---
2.0
11
Ng, Gavin
639
L5
L9
L3
B---
W13
2.0
12
Chadha, Rohan
586
L7
L10
B---
L3
L8
1.0
13
Edwards, Jack
526
B---
L4
L6
L8
L11
1.0
SwissSys Standings. 2017 Chess Challenge: Grade 5
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[C] Prize
1
Wu, Lucian
1642
W11
W5
W9
W2
W3
5.0
15
1st
2
Sun, Elvin
1257
W12
W6
W3
L1
W4
4.0
13
2nd
3
Imoo, Joshua
1307
W7
W4
L2
W5
L1
3.0
11
3rd
4
Amjadi, Borna
1175
W10
L3
W11
W9
L2
3.0
10
5
Fan, Elaine
1123
W14
L1
W6
L3
W10
3.0
9
6
Wu, Garrison
651
W8
L2
L5
W10
W11
3.0
8
7
Kachchakaduge, Nethru
857
L3
L10
W13
W12
W9
3.0
6
8
Wang, KevinZhengYi
1023
L6
W12
L10
D11
W13
2.5
6
9
Spasojevic, Luka
1246
W13
W14
L1
L4
L7
2.0
9
10
Wang, Fangxun
692
L4
W7
W8
L6
L5
2.0
7
11
Xiao, Binary
1023
L1
W13
L4
D8
L6
1.5
5
12
Quon, Lucas
746
L2
L8
W14
L7
U---
1.0
3
13
Jin, Justin
716
L9
L11
L7
W14
L8
1.0
2
14
Lo, Aaron
672
L5
L9
L12
L13
B---
1.0
0
SwissSys Standings. 2017 Chess Challenge: Grade 6
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1
Huang, Patrick
1867
W6
W7
W2
W4
L3
4.0
2nd (after playoff)
2
Doknjas, Neil
1736
W8
W4
L1
W7
W6
4.0
1st (after playoff)
3
Butchart, Kevin
1410
L9
W8
D6
W10
W1
3.5
3rd
4
Low, Kevin
1879
W5
L2
W9
L1
W7
3.0
5
Chung, Leo
1352
L4
W9
L7
W8
W10
3.0
6
Wang, KaiXin
1072
L1
W10
D3
W9
L2
2.5
7
Yang, Henry
1396
W10
L1
W5
L2
L4
2.0
8
Zhu, Benjamin
900
L2
L3
L10
L5
W9
1.0
9
Misic, Mihailo
836
W3
L5
L4
L6
L8
1.0
10
Long, Adam
741
L7
L6
W8
L3
L5
1.0
SwissSys Standings. 2017 Chess Challenge: Grade 7
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1
Qu, Leo
1802
W7
W4
W5
W2
D3
4.5
1st
2
Hemstapat, Andrew
2077
W6
W3
W4
L1
W9
4.0
2nd
3
Du, Daniel
1578
W8
L2
W7
W5
D1
3.5
3rd
4
Zheng, Victor
1714
W10
L1
L2
W7
W5
3.0
5
Wang, Bill
1178
W9
W6
L1
L3
L4
2.0
6
Huang, Jalen
923
L2
L5
W10
W8
L7
2.0
7
Shaporenko, Katya
800
L1
W9
L3
L4
W6
2.0
8
Wessels, Rohan
767
L3
W10
L9
L6
B---
2.0
9
Pauluarachchi, Sandiv
600
L5
L7
W8
W10
L2
2.0
10
Huang, Neo
773
L4
L8
L6
L9
U---
0.0
SwissSys Standings. 2017 Chess Challenge: Grade 8
# Name Rtng Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[R] Prize
1
Yang, Brian
1254
8
W4
W5
L2
U---
W3
3.0
6.5
1st
2
Low, Ethan
1827
8
L5
U---
W1
W3
L4
2.0
6
2nd
3
Yu, Alex
1223
8
U---
W4
W5
L2
L1
2.0
4
3rd
4
Chung, Alec
1706
8
L1
L3
U---
W5
W2
2.0
4
5
Seyfi, Agata
1231
8
W2
L1
L3
L4
U---
1.0
2.5
SwissSys Standings. 2017 Chess Challenge: Grade 9
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1
Doknjas, Joshua
2222
W4
U---
W3
W5
W2
4.0
1st
2
Leong, Ryan
1797
W3
W5
U---
W4
L1
3.0
2nd
3
Fox, Dylan
1693
L2
W4
L1
U---
W5
2.0
3rd
4
Rabinovich, Inna
878
L1
L3
W5
L2
U---
1.0
5
Sunardi, Jason
775
U---
L2
L4
L1
L3
0.0
SwissSys Standings. 2017 Chess Challenge: Grade 10
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1
Geng, Matthew
1728
W2
W3
W2
W4
W4
5.0
1st
2
Zheng, Maven
1743
L1
W4
L1
W3
W3
3.0
2nd
3
Bremner, William
1051
W4
L1
W4
L2
L2
2.0
3rd
4
Zeng, Ben
1094
L3
L2
L3
L1
L1
0.0
SwissSys Standings. 2017 Chess Challenge: Grade 11+12
# Name Rtng Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1
Doknjas, John
2288
12
W4
U---
W3
W5
W2
4.0
1st-grade 12
2
Zhu, Brandon
1859
11
W3
W5
U---
W4
L1
3.0
1st-grade 11
3
Cheng, Tony RuoTong
1422
12
L2
W4
L1
U---
W5
2.0
2nd-grade 12
4
Shao, Jason
1271
12
L1
L3
W5
L2
U---
1.0
3rd-grade 12
5
Lu, Devin
1126
11
U---
L2
L4
L1
L3
0.0
2nd-grade 11
#
Player
Grade
School
Section
Rating CMA
1
Andrew Hemstapat
Grade 7
R.C.Palmer S.S.
Grade 7
2563
2
Joshua Doknjas
Grade 9
Traditional Learning Ac.
Grade 9
2492
3
FM
Ethan Song
Grade 2
Grade 2
2416
4
FM
Ryan Yang
Grade 2
Lord Byng Secondary School
Grade 2
2376
5
John Doknjas
Grade 12
Traditional Learning Ac.
Grade 12
2337
6
Patrick Huang
Grade 6
Frank Hobbs E.S.
Grade 6
2262
7
Neil Doknjas
Grade 6
Traditional Learning Ac.
Grade 6
2243
8
Brandon Zhu
Grade 11
Simon Fraser University
Grade 11
2205
9
Nathan Wu
Grade 3
R.C. Talmey E.S.
Grade 3
2173
10
LeoM Qu
Grade 7
Pinetree Secondary School
Grade 7
2138
11
Aiden Leong
Grade 3
DT
Grade 3
2131
12
Kevin Low
Grade 6
Dr. George M. Weir E.S.
Grade 6
2095
13
Ryan Leong
Grade 9
Grade 9
2091
14
Justin Gao
Grade K
Sir William Osler E.S.
Grade K
2090
15
Kate Jiang
Grade 4
Steveston London SS
Grade 4
1967
16
William Bremner
Grade 10
Mountainside Secondary
Grade 10
1955
17
Brian Yang
Grade 8
J.N. Burnett S.S.
Grade 8
1948
18
Matthew He
Grade 4
Maywood C.E.S.
Grade 4
1878
19
Daniel Wang
Grade 3
Manoah Steves Elementary
Grade 3
1780
20
Victor Zheng
Grade 7
Vancouver Technical S.S.
Grade 7
1776
21
Maven Zheng
Grade 10
Eric Hamber S.S.
Grade 10
1751
22
Ethan Low
Grade 8
Moscrop S.S.
Grade 8
1714
23
Alec Chung
Grade 8
St. George's Jr.
Grade 8
1712
24
Gillian Mok
Grade 3
Crofton House
Grade 3
1710
25
Daniel Du
Grade 7
Vancouver College
Grade 7
1708
26
Andrew Xu
Grade 4
Mulgrave
Grade 4
1706
27
Matthew Geng
Grade 10
Glenlyon-Norfolk-Jr. Boys
Grade 10
1694
28
Dylan Fox
Grade 9
Mulgrave
Grade 9
1654
29
Henry Yang
Grade 6
Marlborough E.S.
Grade 6
1654
30
Joey Xu
Grade 2
Alpha Secondary School
Grade 2
1581
31
Lucian Wu
Grade 5
Sir Matthew Begbie E.S.
Grade 5
1543
32
Eric Jiang
Grade 3
St. George's Jr.
Grade 3
1542
33
Nicholas Wu
Preschool
R.C. Talmey E.S.
Grade K
1527
34
Joshua Imoo
Grade 5
Heritage Christian Online School
Grade 5
1492
35
Luka Spasojevic
Grade 5
Kitsilano Secondary
Grade 5
1475
36
Alex Yu
Grade 8
Grade 8
1446
37
Tony Cheng
Grade 12
Sentinel S.S.
Grade 12
1440
38
Alexander Jin
Grade 2
Mulgrave
Grade 2
1411
39
Kevin Butchart
Grade 6
Tecumseh E.S.
Grade 6
1375
40
Leo Chung
Grade 6
St. John's
Grade 6
1374
41
Andy Zhang
Grade 6
Norma Rose Point S.
Grade 6
1371
42
Elvin Sun
Grade 5
.
Grade 5
1353
43
Jason Shao
Grade 12
Vancouver Coll.
Grade 12
1275
44
Agata Seyfi
Grade 8
West Vancouver Secondary
Grade 8
1270
45
Sophia Yu
Grade 3
John T. Errington E.S.
Grade 3
1263
46
Rohan Wessels
Grade 7
Southpointe Academy
Grade 7
1259
47
AryaCyrus Boroomand
Grade 1
University Hill Secondary
Grade 1
1255
48
William Jiang
Grade K
Whiteside ES
Grade K
1231
49
Benjamin Wu
Grade 4
Dr. Annie B. Jamieson
Grade 4
1224
50
Bill Wang
Grade 7
West Point Grey Ac.
Grade 7
1198
51
Kaixin Wang
Grade 6
Maple Grove
Grade 6
1195
52
Borna Amjadi
Grade 5
West Vancouver Secondary School
Grade 5
1174
53
Emilian Holmgren
Grade 2
Deep Cove E.S.
Grade 2
1173
54
Roy Zhou
Grade 3
Kwayhquitlum middle school
Grade 3
1152
55
Jalen Huang
Grade 7
Lochdale C.E.S.
Grade 7
1146
56
Katya Shaporenko
Grade 7
Scott Creek Middle School
Grade 7
1138
57
Devin Lu
Grade 11
Fraser Heights S.S.
Grade 11
1120
58
Ben Zeng
Grade 10
St. John's
Grade 10
1119
59
Matthew Kofmansky
Grade 1
Vancouver Talmud Torah
Grade 1
1113
60
Rafael Wang
Grade 5
Queen Elizabeth Annex E.S.
Grade 5
1111
61
Elaine Fan
Grade 5
Crescent Park E.S.
Grade 5
1089
62
Leonardo ZHOU
Grade 2
Marlborough E.S.
Grade 2
1085
63
Patrick Wang
Grade 3
Richmond C.S./E.S.
Grade 3
1079
64
DavidGuanXuan Zhou
Grade 4
Lord Kitchener E.S.
Grade 4
1063
65
Mihailo Misic
Grade 6
Moscrop S.S.
Grade 6
1052
66
Owen Zheng
Grade 1
Kwayhquitlum middle school
Grade 1
1050
67
Benjamin CookNagy
Grade 4
Vancouver Coll.
Grade 4
1046
68
Ethan Lam
Grade 2
Cleveland Elementary
Grade 2
1043
69
Justin Jin
Grade 5
Mulgrave
Grade 5
1016
70
Tiger Xu
Grade 4
Martha Currie E.S.
Grade 4
996
71
Binary Xiao
Grade 5
Heritage Mountain E.S
Grade 5
989
72
Freddy Chen
Grade 3
Fraser Wood E.S.
Grade 3
986
73
Garrison Wu
Grade 5
James Whiteside E.S.
Grade 5
972
74
Alvin Li
Grade 4
Lord Kitchener E.S.
Grade 4
962
75
Simon Wang
Grade 3
St. George's Jr.
Grade 3
961
76
Coen Holmgren
Grade K
Deep Cove E.S.
Grade K
940
77
Austin Chen
Grade 3
Bramblewood E.S. Coquitlam
Grade 3
919
78
Kirill Zubo
Grade 3
Buckingham E.S.
Grade 3
909
79
Jason Chen
Grade 3
St. George's Jr.
Grade 3
903
80
Inna Rabinovich
Grade 9
Parkland S.S.
Grade 9
892
81
Nethru Kachchakaduge
Grade 5
Mountain Meadows E.S.
Grade 5
891
82
Aaron Lo
Grade 5
St. John's
Grade 5
865
83
Benjamin Zhu
Grade 6
John Knox C.S.
Grade 6
834
84
Codrin Pompas
Grade 1
Lord Tennyson E.S.
Grade 1
830
85
Andy Huang
Grade 2
St. John's
Grade 2
824
86
Andrew Xue
Grade 2
Norma Rose Point E.S.
Grade 2
817
87
Neo Huang
Grade 7
Cambridge E.S.
Grade 7
817
88
Andrew Chen
Grade 3
St.Georges jr
Grade 3
811
89
KevinZhengYi Wang
Grade 5
Meadowridge
Grade 5
811
90
Lucas Quon
Grade 5
Unknown school
Grade 5
785
91
DANIEL ZHU
Grade 1
Norma Rose Point E.S.
Grade 1
783
92
Leon Chen
Grade 3
Walton E.S.
Grade 3
777
93
Adam Long
Grade 6
Scott Creek M.S.
Grade 6
765
94
Jason Sunardi
Grade 9
Vancouver College
Grade 9
765
95
Jack Edwards
Grade 4
St. John's
Grade 4
707
96
Andy Yang
Grade 3
Queen Mary E.S.
Grade 3
696
97
Matthew Ji
Grade 4
James McKinney E.S.
Grade 4
690
98
Brian Shao
Grade 2
St. George's Jr.
Grade 2
671
99
Gavin Ng
Grade 4
St. John's
Grade 4
670
100
David Hooftman
Grade 4
St. John's
Grade 4
665
101
Melinda Wei
Grade 2
Queen Mary E.S.
Grade 2
664
102
Sandiv Pauluarachchi
Grade 7
Scott Creek M.S.
Grade 7
664
103
Osborn Song
Grade 2
St. George's Jr.
Grade 2
644
104
Rohan Chadha
Grade 4
St. John's
Grade 4
609
105
Aaron Vickers
Grade K
Sardis E.S.
Grade K
579
106
Justin Liu
Grade 5
St. John's
Grade 5
561
107
Eliot Matisz
Grade 1
Trafalgar E.S.
Grade 1
515
108
Franco Agapito
Grade 2
Norma Rose Point E.S.
Grade 2
431
109
Kyle Shang
Grade 3
Dr. H.N. MacCorkindale
Grade 3
384
110
Teddy Xu
Grade 1
Pythagoras Academy
Grade 1
357
111
Owen JohnstonVoon
Grade K
St Patrick's Elementary
Grade K
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