2021 BC Chess Challenge. Provincial (Grade K-3)

2021 B.C. Chess Challenge   

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. 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!

The trophy winners who scored under 50% in any of the Regionals are allowed to play.

Top rated BC players on Apr 1st (CMA: Grade K-4 and CFC: Grade 5-12) can participate in the Provincial without qualification. 

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. 

Location: Online

        Please show up at least 5 minutes before round starts. We will start the clock according to the schedule shown below.    

Individual Tie Breaker  个人决胜局

Swiss format

Swiss Group 1 Grade 1 # Name CMA ID CMA Rating Grade Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total TBrk[H] TBrk[C] TBrk[O] Prize 1 Kai Zhang 1489116 1390 Grade 1 ♟ W6 Game ♙ W5 Game ♟ W2 Game ♙ W3 Game ♟ W4 Game 5 100 15 44 1st 2 YouJia Ye 1460305 1243 Grade 1 ♙ W7 Game ♟ W3 Game ♙ L1 Game ♟ W5 Game ♙ W8 Game 4 100 12 42 2nd 3 David Song 1489083 1014 Grade 1 ♟ W8 Game ♙ L2 Game ♟ W6 Game ♟ L1 Game ♙ W10 Game 3 100 9 42 4 Lucas Yao 1489623 2041 Grade 1 ♟ W10 Game ♙ L6 Game ♟ W8 Game ♙ W7 Game ♙ L1 Game 3 100 10 34 3rd 5 Jeffrey Deng 1448987 900 Grade 1 ♙ W9 Game ♟ L1 Game ♙ W10 Game ♙ L2 Game ♟ L7 Game 2 99 8 37 6 Kayden Biehn 1491467 811 Grade 1 ♙ L1 Game ♟ W4 Game ♙ L3 Game ♟ L8 Game ♙ W9 Game 2 99 5 42 7 Ashiana Varma-Vitug 1487992 1058 Grade 1 ♟ L2 Game ♙ L10 Game ♟ W9 Game ♟ L4 Game ♙ W5 Game 2 100 4 36 8 Mario Min 1488453 972 Grade 1 ♙ L3 Game ♟ W9 Game ♙ L4 Game ♙ W6 Game ♟ L2 Game 2 100 6 38 9 Albert Wang 1492367 511 Grade 1 ♟ L5 Game ♙ L8 Game ♙ L7 Game ♟ W10 Game ♟ L6 Game 1 100 2 27 10 Daniel Kwan 1490837 756 Grade 1 ♙ L4 Game ♟ W7 Game ♟ L5 Game ♙ L9 Game ♟ L3 Game 1 99 4 33 Swiss Group 2 Grade 2 # Name CMA ID CMA Rating Grade Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total TBrk[H] TBrk[C] TBrk[O] Prize 1 Leon Gong 1448954 1151 Grade 2 ♟ W5 Game ♙ L2 Game ♟ W8 Game ♙ W7 Game ♙ W4 Game 4 99 11 46 1st (after playoff) 2 Bowen Wu 1488633 1306 Grade 2 ♙ W3 Game ♟ W1 Game ♙ W7 Game ♟ L4 Game ♙ W8 Game 4 100 13 46.5 2nd (after playoff) 3 Jasper Zhang 1491219 1103 Grade 2 ♟ L2 Game ♙ W5 Game ♟ D9 Game ♙ W8 Game ♟ W7 Game 3.5 100 8.5 40.5 3rd 4 Ethan Low 1429806 1274 Grade 2 ♟ L8 Game ♙ W11 Game ♟ W6 Game ♙ W2 Game ♟ L1 Game 3 100 9 39 5 Michael Bai 1456266 706 Grade 2 ♙ L1 Game ♟ L3 Game ♙ W11 Game ♙ W6 Game ♟ W9 Game 3 100 6 29 6 Forrest Zhu 1433845 1120 Grade 2 ♙ W9 Game ♟ L7 Game ♙ L4 Game ♟ L5 Game ♙ W11 Game 2 99 6 27.5 7 Jesse Law 1482186 1223 Grade 2 ♟ W11 Game ♙ W6 Game ♟ L2 Game ♟ L1 Game ♙ L3 Game 2 100 9 38.5 8 Leo Ren 1490578 862 Grade 2 ♙ W4 Game ♟ W9 Game ♙ L1 Game ♟ L3 Game ♟ L2 Game 2 100 9 45 9 Darren Lum 1488249 788 Grade 2 ♟ L6 Game ♙ L8 Game ♙ D3 Game ♟ W11 Game ♙ L5 Game 1.5 100 3.5 29.5 10 Mateen Shayegani 1502739 592 Grade 2 BYE (1.0) Game BYE (0.0) Game BYE (0.0) Game BYE (0.0) Game BYE (0.0) Game 1 100 5 0 11 Tiger Wang 1491197 615 Grade 2 ♙ L7 Game ♟ L4 Game ♟ L5 Game ♙ L9 Game ♟ L6 Game 0 100 0 33.5 Swiss Group 3 Grade 3 # Name CMA ID CMA Rating Grade Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total TBrk[H] TBrk[C] TBrk[O] Prize 1 Nathan Yang 1360866 1353 Grade 3 ♙ W9 Game ♟ W3 Game ♟ W2 Game ♙ W8 Game ♟ W5 Game 5 100 15 41 1st 2 Nicholas Wu 1310038 1527 Grade 3 ♙ W4 Game ♟ W6 Game ♙ L1 Game ♟ W3 Game ♙ W7 Game 4 100 12 43 2nd 3 Panshul Mishra-Jaiman 1443205 1140 Grade 3 ♟ W5 Game ♙ L1 Game ♟ W4 Game ♙ L2 Game ♟ W8 Game 3 100 9 49 3rd 4 James Hong 1409196 1085 Grade 3 ♟ L2 Game ♙ W8 Game ♙ L3 Game BYE (1.0) Game ♟ W9 Game 3 99 7 34 5 Armaan Varma-Vitug 1433867 828 Grade 3 ♙ L3 Game ♟ D9 Game ♙ W7 Game ♟ W6 Game ♙ L1 Game 2.5 100 7 41 6 GeorgeYiHan Wang 1489173 845 Grade 3 ♟ W7 Game ♙ L2 Game ♟ L8 Game ♙ L5 Game BYE (1.0) Game 2 99 6 33 7 Elias Esnaola 1490275 724 Grade 3 ♙ L6 Game BYE (1.0) Game ♟ L5 Game ♙ W9 Game ♟ L2 Game 2 99 6 30 8 Kevin Zhou 1472905 958 Grade 3 BYE (1.0) Game ♟ L4 Game ♙ W6 Game ♟ L1 Game ♙ L3 Game 2 100 8 37 9 Brian Jiang 1461971 734 Grade 3 ♟ L1 Game ♙ D5 Game BYE (1.0) Game ♟ L7 Game ♙ L4 Game 1.5 100 5 35 Round Group 1 Grade K # Name CMA ID CMA Rating Grade Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total TBrk[H] TBrk[SB] Prize 1 Haoming Lian 1489149 1089 Grade K ♟ W2 Game ♙ W2 Game ♟ W2 Game ♙ W2 Game ♟ W2 Game 5 100 0 1st 2 Wesley Hsu 1502741 250 Grade K ♙ L1 Game ♟ L1 Game ♙ L1 Game ♟ L1 Game ♙ L1 Game 0 100 0 2nd All Sections Grade K Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 # Player Grade School Section Rating CMA 1 Lucas Yao Grade 1 Odyssey at Fairview Grade 1 2041 2 Nicholas Wu Grade 3 R.C. Talmey E.S. Grade 3 1527 3 Kai Zhang Grade 1 Bayridge E.S. Grade 1 1390 4 Nathan Yang Grade 3 Vancouver Montessori School Grade 3 1353 5 Bowen Wu Grade 2 Rosemary Height E.S. Grade 2 1306 6 Ethan Low Grade 2 . Grade 2 1274 7 YouJia Ye Grade 1 St.George’s Jr. Grade 1 1243 8 Jesse Law Grade 2 Tomekichi Homma Grade 2 1223 9 Leon Gong Grade 2 Irwin Park E.S. Grade 2 1151 10 Panshul Mishra-Jaiman Grade 3 J.W sexmith elemontary Grade 3 1140 11 Forrest Zhu Grade 2 St. George's Junior School Grade 2 1120 12 Jasper Zhang Grade 2 Dr. Annie B. Jamieson Grade 2 1103 13 Haoming Lian Grade K Collingwood Grade K 1089 14 James Hong Grade 3 WPGA Grade 3 1085 15 Ashiana Varma-Vitug Grade 1 York House School Grade 1 1058 16 David Song Grade 1 Old Yale Rd. E.S. Grade 1 1014 17 Mario Min Grade 1 St. George's school Grade 1 972 18 Kevin Zhou Grade 3 Diefenbaker Elementary School Grade 3 958 19 Jeffrey Deng Grade 1 Collingwood School Grade 1 900 20 Leo Ren Grade 2 Ocean Cliff Grade 2 862 21 GeorgeYiHan Wang Grade 3 St. George’s School Grade 3 845 22 Armaan Varma-Vitug Grade 3 St. George’s Junior School Grade 3 828 23 Kayden Biehn Grade 1 R.J. Tait Elementary School Grade 1 811 24 Darren Lum Grade 2 Maple Grove Elementary School, Vancouver Grade 2 788 25 Daniel Kwan Grade 1 OLPH Grade 1 756 26 Brian Jiang Grade 3 Norma Rose Point E.S. Grade 3 734 27 Elias Esnaola Grade 3 Sir Wilfrid Laurier E.S. Grade 3 724 28 Michael Bai Grade 2 WPGA Grade 2 706 29 Tiger Wang Grade 2 Henry Anderson E.S. Grade 2 615 30 Mateen Shayegani Grade 2 Hillcrest Grade 2 592 31 Albert Wang Grade 1 North Star Montessori Grade 1 511 32 Wesley Hsu Grade K Campus View E.S. 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