Date Saturday, April 5, 2025
Time 02:00 PM-06:00 PM
Location Online
Rounds 5
Time control 15|10
Format Grade K-12
Players 90 players maximum
Entry Fee $40. Sibling discount: $10 off for 2nd member or higher in the family
Сancellation time 24 hours
Registration No registration after 8pm night before tournament
Organizer Maxim Doroshenko
Notes

   

2024-2025 Regional Qualifier to B.C. Chess Challenge

All B.C. students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 are invited to participate in this annual marquee event, marking the beginning of the annual Chess Challenge series which culminates in the Canadian Chess Challenge. Players can qualify to the B.C. Chess Challenge, itself a qualifier to the national event, by scoring 2.5 points or higher in a regional event.  

Players of all skill levels are highly encouraged to participate in this event. Not only is it a chance to compete against the top players in their grade, it is a chance for all players to continue to improve their general tournament skills. Players are encouraged to enter more than one qualifier to accumulate even more tournament experience but can only claim one trophy or medal in all their participated qualifier events.

 

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. 

 

Regional Qualifier - Vancouver

Qualification  参赛条件

B.C. students only Grade P - 12

Time Control  赛时限制

G20

Format  赛制

5-round Swiss format

Ratings  等级分

CMA rated

Schedule  时间表

1st round – 2:00pm

2nd round – 2:45pm

3rd round –3:30pm

4th round – 4:15pm

5th round – 5:00pm

Awards – estimated at 5:45pm

Prizes  奖品

Grade K-12: Medals to top 3 players in each section

Award certificates to all participants 所有参赛者均获得奖证书

 

 

Tips  

In order to perform well and stay focus for the entire tournament, please reframe your child from using the computer for other games except chess. Playing or running around will result in burning their energy faster especially for the last 2 rounds.

Notice to players 

参赛者须知

o   Playing up is not allowed  不容跳组

o   May combine if sections are small   如人数太少,有些组别可能合并

o   No food or drinks inside tournament room

   

 

 

 

 

 

Individual Tie Breaker  个人决胜局

Swiss format

1)      Direct Encounter (Head to Head)

2)      Cumulative score

3)      Opposition cumulative score

Round Robin format

1)      Direct Encounter (Head to Head)

2)      SonneBorne-Berger

 

 

 

 

Location:  Online

 

Mandatory prerequisites 

Regular login. No guest registration

Webcam (mandatory) needs to be on during the entire tournament

Computers only (no iPads, or tablets)

Chrome browser is highly preferable 

Registration Rules

No registration 24 hours before the event

Waiting lounge on zoom will be open 30 minutes prior to the start of the tournament.

Zoom meeting and the online tournament arena will be locked once the tournament starts. No late arrivals.

Online Tournament Rules

Please do not "X" out your game. Checkmate, Resign or Draw only.

No draw offers prior to move #30

Anti cheating software in place. No computer support. Any foul play will result in a permanent ban from VCS tournaments.

The player should be alone in the room. Please be mindful of the background noise

No talking during the game.

Please make sure you take washroom breaks in between rounds. Washroom breaks or any reason to leave, during the tournament will result in a forfeit. 

Arbiters decision final

Ratings   

Chess n' Math (CMA)

Vancouver Chess School Photo album 影集

Contact: info@vanchess.ca Voice mail: (604)568-3283

 

Registration fees:  $40      

Sibling discount $10 off for 2nd member or higher in the family   

No registration after 8:00pm night before tournament.

 

Refund policy  退款条件 

No refund within 24hours. If you have 24 hours or more: Log into student's account and click cancel under "My tournament"

24退款24办理退款: 前往学生我的比取消即可

 

Ratings   

Chess Federation Canada (CFC)

Chess n' Math (CMA) 

 

Vancouver Chess School Photo album 影集

Email: info@vanchess.ca Phone: (604)568-3283

Swiss Group 1

Grade 3

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Sam Evans1521189904Grade 3 W4 Game W3 Game W5 Game W2 Game D6 Game4.510014.545.5
2Aiden ZHU1575819833Grade 3 W7 Game W9 Game W6 Game L1 Game W5 Game41001340
1st
3Arjun Thakare1509963684Grade 3 W8 Game L1 Game W7 Game L4 GameBYE (1.0) Game399930.5
3rd
4Charles Zhang1622518668Grade 3 L1 Game L6 GameBYE (1.0) Game W3 Game W8 Game3100637
5Dante Powar1646019539Grade 3 W6 Game W7 Game L1 Game W8 Game L2 Game31001144
2nd
6Sebastian Lam1643545825Grade 3 L5 Game W4 Game L2 Game W9 Game D1 Game2.51006.549.5
7Luffy Xing1624814470Grade 3 L2 Game L5 Game L3 GameBYE (1.0) Game W9 Game2100338
8Aiden Chen1623936412Grade 2 L3 GameBYE (1.0) Game W9 Game L5 Game L4 Game2100731
9Nathan Zeng1625679259Grade 3BYE (1.0) Game L2 Game L8 Game L6 Game L7 Game1100529.5

Swiss Group 2

Grade 4

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1William Buttar1642252789Grade 4 W3 Game W2 Game W4 Game W5 GameBYE (1.0) Game51001530
1st
2Ryan Li1607894630Grade 4BYE (1.0) Game L1 Game D3 Game W4 Game W5 Game3.599.59.535.5
=2nd
3Darsh Hasija1622845680Grade 4 L1 Game W5 Game D2 GameBYE (1.0) Game W4 Game3.599.58.536.5
=2nd
4Luca Mitchell1621293732Grade 4 W5 GameBYE (1.0) Game L1 Game L2 Game L3 Game2100936
5Zac Ju1537929580Grade 4 L4 Game L3 GameBYE (1.0) Game L1 Game L2 Game1100342

Swiss Group 3

Grade 5

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Markus Li15035051156Grade 5 W3 Game W5 Game W2 Game W7 Game W6 Game51001539
1st
2Ashiana Varma-Vitug14879921058Grade 5 W6 Game W4 Game L1 Game W5 GameBYE (1.0) Game41001235
2nd
3Elara Bissonnette1624059632Grade 5 L1 Game L6 GameBYE (1.0) Game W4 Game W7 Game3100634
3rd
4Daniel Kwan1490837756Grade 5BYE (1.0) Game L2 Game L7 Game L3 Game W5 Game299633
5James Klingler1640845649Grade 5 W7 Game L1 Game W6 Game L2 Game L4 Game299846
6Abigail Lui1621934552Grade 5 L2 Game W3 Game L5 GameBYE (1.0) Game L1 Game299641
7Christopher Zhang1527884438Grade 5 L5 GameBYE (1.0) Game W4 Game L1 Game L3 Game299735
8Ronald Zhang1646032507Grade 5BYE (0.0) GameBYE (0.0) GameBYE (0.0) GameBYE (0.0) GameBYE (0.0) Game0100037

Swiss Group 4

Grade 6

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Leon Gong14489541151Grade 6 W7 Game W5 Game W3 Game D2 Game W9 Game4.599.51450
1st
2Jesse Law14821861187Grade 6 W8 Game W9 Game W4 Game D1 Game W5 Game4.599.51443
2nd
3Jiayin Guo15105821158Grade 6 W10 Game W4 Game L1 Game W9 Game W7 Game41001241
3rd
4Om Hasija1622834800Grade 6 W6 Game L3 Game L2 Game W11 Game W10 Game3100841
5Junzhe Liu1505711720Grade 6 W11 Game L1 Game W7 Game W10 Game L2 Game31001043
6Yori Rozali1504361602Grade 6 L4 Game D10 Game W8 Game L7 GameBYE (1.0) Game2.5100622
7Adam Wong1645942637Grade 6 L1 Game W8 Game L5 Game W6 Game L3 Game2100645
8Lewis Park1645931587Grade 6 L2 Game L7 Game L6 GameBYE (1.0) Game W11 Game299330
9Junchen LIU1661185617Grade 6BYE (1.0) Game L2 Game W11 Game L3 Game L1 Game2100844
10Sam Zhao1503369699Grade 6 L3 Game D6 GameBYE (1.0) Game L5 Game L4 Game1.5100536
11Marcus Nguyen1421965230Grade 6 L5 GameBYE (1.0) Game L9 Game L4 Game L8 Game1100429

Swiss Group 5

Grade 7

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Kevin Chiu1411233851Grade 7 D4 Game W2 Game W3 Game D5 Game W6 Game410011.533.5
1st
2Katelyn Kwan1490826785Grade 7 W3 Game L1 Game W6 Game W4 Game W5 Game4991134
2nd
3Ardeshir Shahriary1605159614Grade 7 L2 Game W5 Game L1 Game W6 Game W4 Game3100738
3rd
4Armaan Varma-Vitug1433867828Grade 7 D1 Game W6 Game W5 Game L2 Game L3 Game2.51009.535.5
5Lucas Xing1528042688Grade 7 W6 Game L3 Game L4 Game D1 Game L2 Game1.5100639
6Neo Chan1605172595Grade 7 L5 Game L4 Game L2 Game L3 Game L1 Game0100045

Round Group 1

Grade 8

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[SB]Prize
1Zichun Xiao16461991325Grade 8 W2 Game W2 Game W2 Game W2 Game41000
1st
2Noah Grado1661196606Grade 8 L1 Game L1 Game L1 Game L1 Game01000
2nd

Swiss Group 6

Grade 9

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Spencer Sang1573582845Grade 9 W6 Game L3 Game W5 Game W2 Game W4 Game41001134
1st
2PengSen Fang14932671432Grade 9 W5 Game W6 Game L4 Game L1 Game W3 Game31001035
3Raphael Cuenca1396607793Grade 9 W4 Game W1 Game W6 Game L5 Game L2 Game3991233
2nd
4Austin Xu1488958901Grade 9 L3 Game W5 Game W2 Game D6 Game L1 Game2.5100837
3rd
5Tristan Patterson1409253804Grade 9 L2 Game L4 Game L1 Game W3 Game D6 Game1.51002.542.5
6Leo Liu1613035759Grade 9 L1 Game L2 Game L3 Game D4 Game D5 Game11001.543.5

Swiss Group 7

Grade 10-11

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Patrick Steel14626231232Grade 10 W3 Game W4 GameBYE (1.0) Game W2 Game W5 Game51001530
2Ishant Vedak16612181028Grade 11 W5 Game D3 Game W4 Game L1 GameBYE (1.0) Game3.51001134
1st grade 11
3Rafael Yen15734571022Grade 10 L1 Game D2 Game W5 GameBYE (1.0) Game D4 Game31007.537.5
1st grade 10
4Alex Lung1605205800Grade 10BYE (1.0) Game L1 Game L2 Game W5 Game D3 Game2.51007.537.5
2nd grade 10
5Nathaniel Roessler1417072799Grade 10 L2 GameBYE (1.0) Game L3 Game L4 Game L1 Game1100441
3rd grade 10

Swiss Group 8

Grade K-2

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Catherine Zhang1647156371Grade 1 W4 Game W5 GameBYE (1.0) Game W3 Game L2 Game4991431
1st grade 1
2Neil Ma1642241503Grade 2BYE (1.0) Game W4 Game L3 Game W5 Game W1 Game4991233
1st grade 2
3Pengyu Chen1661207432Grade K W5 GameBYE (1.0) Game W2 Game L1 Game W4 Game4991332
1st kindergarten
4Nathan Chen1623958356Grade 1 L1 Game L2 Game W5 GameBYE (1.0) Game L3 Game2100540
2nd grade 1
5Benedict Li1579184410Grade 2 L3 Game L1 Game L4 Game L2 GameBYE (1.0) Game1100144
2nd grade 2
# Player Grade School Section Rating CMA
1 PengSen Fang Grade 9 David Thompson S.S. Grade 9 1432
2 Zichun Xiao Grade 8 LORD BYNG SECONDARY SCHOOL Grade 8 1325
3 Patrick Steel Grade 10 University Hill Secondary Grade 10 1232
4 Jesse Law Grade 6 Tomekichi Homma Grade 6 1187
5 Jiayin Guo Grade 6 Pacific Way Grade 6 1158
6 Markus Li Grade 5 unknown Grade 5 1156
7 Leon Gong Grade 6 Irwin Park E.S. Grade 6 1151
8 Ashiana Varma-Vitug Grade 5 York House School Grade 5 1058
9 Ishant Vedak Grade 11 Alpha S.S. Grade 11 1028
10 Rafael Yen Grade 10 A. R. MacNeill S. S. Grade 10 1022
11 Sam Evans Grade 3 Unknown Grade 3 904
12 Austin Xu Grade 9 elgin park Grade 9 901
13 Kevin Chiu Grade 7 Citadel Middle School Grade 7 851
14 Spencer Sang Grade 9 st johns school Grade 9 845
15 Aiden ZHU Grade 3 Queen Mary E.S. Grade 3 833
16 Armaan Varma-Vitug Grade 7 St. George’s Junior School Grade 7 828
17 Sebastian Lam Grade 3 Larson E.S. Grade 3 825
18 Tristan Patterson Grade 9 Windsor Secondary Grade 9 804
19 Alex Lung Grade 10 St. John's Grade 10 800
20 Om Hasija Grade 6 Sir Wilfrid Laurier Annex Grade 6 800
21 Nathaniel Roessler Grade 10 St. John's School Grade 10 799
22 Raphael Cuenca Grade 9 Kitsilano High School Grade 9 793
23 William Buttar Grade 4 Ecole Entre-Lacs Grade 4 789
24 Katelyn Kwan Grade 7 OLPH Grade 7 785
25 Leo Liu Grade 9 University Hill S.S. Grade 9 759
26 Daniel Kwan Grade 5 OLPH Grade 5 756
27 Luca Mitchell Grade 4 Sunset Elementary Grade 4 732
28 Junzhe Liu Grade 6 Marlborough E.S. Grade 6 720
29 Sam Zhao Grade 6 Madrona school Grade 6 699
30 Lucas Xing Grade 7 Southridge Grade 7 688
31 Arjun Thakare Grade 3 Lion’s gate Montessori Grade 3 684
32 Darsh Hasija Grade 4 Sir Wilfrid Laurier Annex Grade 4 680
33 Charles Zhang Grade 3 Collingwood Grade 3 668
34 James Klingler Grade 5 Audubon Charter School New Orleans Grade 5 649
35 Adam Wong Grade 6 St. John's Grade 6 637
36 Elara Bissonnette Grade 5 WPGA Grade 5 632
37 Ryan Li Grade 4 Kerrisdale Elemantary Grade 4 630
38 Junchen LIU Grade 6 Marlborough E.S. Grade 6 617
39 Ardeshir Shahriary Grade 7 St. John's Grade 7 614
40 Noah Grado Grade 8 St. John's Grade 8 606
41 Yori Rozali Grade 6 Norma Rose Point E.S. Grade 6 602
42 Neo Chan Grade 7 St. John's Grade 7 595
43 Lewis Park Grade 6 St. John's Grade 6 587
44 Zac Ju Grade 4 École Jules Quesnel Grade 4 580
45 Abigail Lui Grade 5 Elsie Roy Elementary Grade 5 552
46 Dante Powar Grade 3 Edith Cavell E.S. Grade 3 539
47 Ronald Zhang Grade 5 St. John's Grade 5 507
48 Neil Ma Grade 2 Crosstown Elementary School Grade 2 503
49 Luffy Xing Grade 3 Southridge Grade 3 470
50 Christopher Zhang Grade 5 Richmond Christian School Grade 5 438
51 Pengyu Chen Grade K Henry Anderson E.S. Grade K 432
52 Aiden Chen Grade 2 Maple Grove Grade 3 412
53 Benedict Li Grade 2 St. George’s Grade 2 410
54 Jayden Li Grade 6 Thompson E.S. Grade 6 385
55 Catherine Zhang Grade 1 Collingwood Grade 1 371
56 Nathan Chen Grade 1 Kerrisdale Grade 1 356
57 Nathan Zeng Grade 3 Dr. R.E. McKechnie E.S. Grade 3 259
58 Marcus Nguyen Grade 6 St Pauls School Grade 6 230