Date Sunday, June 6, 2021
Time 12:30 PM-06:30 PM
Location Online
Format Provincial 省级赛 - Those who qualified in any Regional
Entry Fee $50. Sibling discount: $10 off for 2nd member or higher in the family
Сancellation time 24 hours
Registration No registration after 8pm night before tournament
Pre-registration Online
On site registration Not allowed
Organizer Maxim Doroshenko
Notes

  

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.    

2021 B.C. Chess Challenge

Qualification  条件

B.C. students only Grade P - 12

Time Control  赛时限

Game in 25 minutes with 5 seconds increment

Format  

5-round Swiss format

Ratings 

CMA rated

Schedule  时间

1st round – 12:30pm

2nd round – 1:40pm

 

3rd round – 2:50pm

4th round – 4:00pm

5th round – 5:10pm

Awards – estimated at 6:30pm

There will be a delay if there is a playoff

Prizes  

Grade K-12: Trophies to top 3  

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

Notice to parents

长须知

 

Tips 

 

Notice to players

赛者须知

o   Playing up is not allowed  不容

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

 

What to bring

 

 

  

Individual Tie Breaker  个人决

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

In the event of a tie for first place there will be a playoff game between the two players or the top two by computer tiebreak (as listed above)

if three or more players tie for first. Time control: 5 mins + 3 sec increment. Colour to be determined by lot.

 

2020 Provincial champions are allowed to participate without any qualification

YouJia Ye, Ethan Low, Nicholas Wu, Justin Gao, Wesley Russell, Ryan Yang, Aiden Leong, Kate Jiang, Luka Spasojevic, Cristopher Yu, Rohan Wessels

 

Players qualified by CMA rating

 

Grades

2020 Team BC members

Top Rated Players as of Apr 1, 2021

CFC

Grade 5-12

CMA

Grade 1-4

1

YouJia Ye

Kai Zhang

 

 

2

Ethan Low

Ethan Low

 

 

3

Nicholas Wu

Nicholas Wu

 

  

4

Justin Gao

 Justin Gao

 

 

5

Wesley Russell

 AryaCyrus Boroomand

  

 

6

Ryan Yang

Jingyun (Ryan) Yang

 

 

7

Aiden Leong

 Ethan Su

 

 

8

Kate Jiang

Kate Jiang 

 

 

9

Luka Spasojevic

 Aiden Zhou

 

 

10

Cristopher Yu

Patrick Huang 

   

 

11

Rohan Wessels

 Andrew Hemstapat

    

 

12

 

 Brian Yang

 

 

 

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 after 8:00pm night before tournament

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  

 

Bye request  轮空要求 

If you cannot attend some of the rounds, maximum of 2 zero point byes is allowed (except last round). Please email info@vanchess.ca with your request or inform TD at least 24 hours before the tournament starts  

 

Registration fees:  $50      

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

No registration after 8:00pm night before tournament. Drop in or onsite registration is not allowed. Must pay online for advanced preparation. 

赛前晚上8点后不接受报名。为赛前作好准,必网上注册付不接受现场报名。 

 

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

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

Swiss Group 1

Grade 4

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Ivan Zong13693611400Grade 4 W2 Game W6 Game W7 Game W3 Game W5 Game51001550
1st
2Ethan Li14566261209Grade 4 L1 Game W14 Game W10 Game W7 Game D4 Game3.599.59.545
3Erwin Mok13554881860Grade 4 W12 Game W9 Game D4 Game L1 Game W8 Game3.599.511.549
3rd
4Ryan Golchin13723751229Grade 4 W16 Game W5 Game D3 Game D8 Game D2 Game3.5991244
2nd
5Zhengyu Chen13675261660Grade 4 W11 Game L4 Game W12 Game W6 Game L1 Game31001046
6AidenHaoTing Lu13742981290Grade 4 W14 Game L1 Game W16 Game L5 Game W9 Game399938
7William Jiang13141891231Grade 4 W15 Game W8 Game L1 Game L2 Game W10 Game31001040.5
8JustinU Gao13294912090Grade 4 W10 Game L7 Game W9 Game D4 Game L3 Game2.5100946.5
9Chelsea Tang14431941128Grade 4 W13 Game L3 Game L8 Game W11 Game L6 Game2100737.5
10Oliver Ye13628681006Grade 4 L8 Game W15 Game L2 Game W13 Game L7 Game2100633.5
11Zack Zhou13965851040Grade 4 L5 Game L16 Game W14 Game L9 Game W12 Game299429
12Oliver Freeman14891381020Grade 4 L3 Game W13 Game L5 Game W16 Game L11 Game299633.5
13Coen Holmgren1332314940Grade 4 L9 Game L12 Game W15 Game L10 Game W14 Game297422
14Dean Atkinson1431279971Grade 4 L6 Game L2 Game L11 Game W15 Game L13 Game1100227.5
15Walter Zhang13297041086Grade 4 L7 Game L10 Game L13 Game L14 Game W16 Game199126
16Rushil Kaushik1488238843Grade 4 L4 Game W11 Game L6 Game L12 Game L15 Game199432

Swiss Group 2

Grade 4, Grade 5

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Ryanbole Yu14143831222Grade 5 W9 Game W5 Game W4 Game W8 Game D6 Game4.510014.554
1st
2Wesley Russell13299281921Grade 5 L10 Game W17 Game W13 Game W15 Game W11 Game41001022
3AryaCyrus Boroomand13296711255Grade 5 W11 Game L8 Game W17 Game W13 Game W10 Game41001131
4Anthony ZongYueLi13087341190Grade 5 W12 Game W14 Game L1 Game W9 Game W8 Game41001244
2nd
5Dennis Wang13608991197Grade 5 W13 Game L1 Game W10 Game W11 Game W17 Game41001133.5
3rd
6Christian Grecu14045951221Grade 5 W15 Game W10 Game L8 Game W17 Game D1 Game3.510011.536.5
7Colette Eisenberg13966311164Grade 5 W17 Game W16 Game L11 Game W14 Game D9 Game3.510011.522.5
8Jamie Watt14677641226Grade 5 W16 Game W3 Game W6 Game L1 Game L4 Game31001251
9Owen Zheng13162261050Grade 5 L1 Game W15 Game W14 Game L4 Game D7 Game2.51007.547
10Eric Miao1305729877Grade 5 W2 Game L6 Game L5 Game W12 Game L3 Game2100747.5
11Dorsa Shaeri1419862928Grade 5 L3 Game W12 Game W7 Game L5 Game L2 Game2100747.5
12Norman Lee1388643907Grade 5 L4 Game L11 GameBYE (1.0) Game L10 Game W15 Game298429
13Tristan Patterson1409253804Grade 5 L5 GameBYE (1.0) Game L2 Game L3 Game W16 Game2100534
14Marcos Esparza1502763586Grade 5BYE (1.0) Game L4 Game L9 Game L7 GameBYE (1.0) Game2100631
15Matthew DU14070581134Grade 5 L6 Game L9 Game W16 Game L2 Game L12 Game1100335
16Stephanie Qian13581551004Grade 5 L8 Game L7 Game L15 GameBYE (1.0) Game L13 Game199231.5
17Elijah Goldstein1489825605Grade 5 L7 Game L2 Game L3 Game L6 Game L5 Game0100055
18Dyana Shayegani1502752483Grade 5BYE (0.0) GameBYE (0.0) GameBYE (0.0) GameBYE (0.0) GameBYE (0.0) Game0100011

Swiss Group 3

Grade 6

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Ryan Yang12382642376Grade 6 W8 Game W6 Game W2 Game W3 Game W7 Game51001544.5
1st
2Leonardo Zhou13296931085Grade 6 W7 Game W11 Game L1 Game W4 Game W6 Game41001244
2nd
3Dean Huang1367368849Grade 6 W4 Game W5 Game D6 Game L1 Game W10 Game3.510011.545
3rd
4Emilian Holmgren13322351173Grade 6 L3 Game W9 Game W10 Game L2 Game W8 Game3100838.5
5Peter Brown13579311031Grade 6 W9 Game L3 Game D7 Game L6 GameBYE (1.0) Game2.598.57.531.5
6Ryan WU14220221008Grade 6 W10 Game L1 Game D3 Game W5 Game L2 Game2.51008.552
7Patrick Steel14626231253Grade 6 L2 Game W8 Game D5 Game W9 Game L1 Game2.599.57.543.5
8Nathaniel Roessler1417072799Grade 6 L1 Game L7 Game W11 GameBYE (1.0) Game L4 Game2100535.5
9YiCheng Yang1298643813Grade 6 L5 Game L4 GameBYE (1.0) Game L7 Game W11 Game2100428
10Jayden Li1456593850Grade 6 L6 GameBYE (1.0) Game L4 Game W11 Game L3 Game2100633
11James Wang1309634610Grade 6BYE (1.0) Game L2 Game L8 Game L10 Game L9 Game1100527

Swiss Group 4

Grade 7

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Nathan Wu12541042173Grade 7 W5 Game W4 Game W2 Game L3 Game W6 Game4991347
1st after playoff
2Gillian Mok12533951710Grade 7 W6 Game W3 Game L1 Game W4 Game W5 Game4991248
2nd after playoff
3Bowen Wong13294781401Grade 7 W9 Game L2 Game W8 Game W1 Game W7 Game4991137
3rd
4Aiden Leong13295022131Grade 7 W8 Game L1 Game W7 Game L2 GameBYE (1.0) Game3100936.5
5Roy Zhou12987221152Grade 7 L1 Game W7 Game D6 Game W9 Game L2 Game2.599.57.540
6Steven Daniil14898711030Grade 7 L2 Game W9 Game D5 GameBYE (1.0) Game L1 Game2.599.57.533
7Anais Bonnis1207383563Grade 7BYE (1.0) Game L5 Game L4 Game W8 Game L3 Game2100732
8Visisht Kodali1215674712Grade 7 L4 GameBYE (1.0) Game L3 Game L7 Game D9 Game1.51004.527.5
9VenkataVikhyath Kodali1215685768Grade 7 L3 Game L6 Game L5 Game D8 Game0.51000.530.5

Swiss Group 5

Grade 8

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Kaiqi Qin14143722094Grade 8 W6 Game W2 Game W3 Game L4 Game W5 Game41001348
2nd after playoff
2Veronica Guo11609541796Grade 8 W7 Game L1 Game W8 Game W3 Game W4 Game4991144
1st after playoff
3Kate Jiang13140771967Grade 8 W8 Game W4 Game L1 Game L2 Game W9 Game31001041
4Kaden Zhu14770011445Grade 8 W10 Game L3 Game W5 Game W1 Game L2 Game3991045
5Owen Yuen13561531693Grade 8 W9 Game W6 Game L4 Game W8 Game L1 Game3991136
3rd
6Raymond Feng1494617973Grade 8 L1 Game L5 Game W7 Game W9 Game W10 Game399634
7Jack Edwards1165599707Grade 8 L2 Game W9 Game L6 Game W10 Game W8 Game399724
8Leo Ke1493256930Grade 8 L3 Game W10 Game L2 Game L5 Game L7 Game1100439
9Sofia Varma-Vitug1490567718Grade 8 L5 Game L7 Game W10 Game L6 Game L3 Game1100334
10Sam Yazdi1484256614Grade 8 L4 Game L8 Game L9 Game L7 Game L6 Game0100030

Swiss Group 6

Grade 9

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Tao Xie14902181377Grade 9 W6 Game W3 Game D2 Game D5 Game W4 Game410012.541
1st
2Luka Spasojevic12663661475Grade 9 W8 Game D4 Game D1 Game W6 Game D3 Game3.599.51138.5
2nd
3Edward Jeong13090831289Grade 9 W5 Game L1 Game W4 Game W7 Game D2 Game3.599.510.543
3rd
4Ryan Cheng14680911311Grade 9 W7 Game D2 Game L3 Game W8 Game L1 Game2.5100940.5
5David Eirew1165689988Grade 9 L3 Game W6 Game W8 Game D1 Game L7 Game2.5100832
6Michael Zhu14924021022Grade 9 L1 Game L5 Game D7 Game L2 Game W8 Game1.599.52.538
7Lucas Quon1312929785Grade 9 L4 Game L8 Game D6 Game L3 Game W5 Game1.599.52.534
8Rafael Wang13162151111Grade 9 L2 Game W7 Game L5 Game L4 Game L6 Game1100433

Swiss Group 7

Grade 10

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Patrick Huang10170222262Grade 10BYE (1.0) Game W4 Game W3 Game W2 Game W5 Game51001530
1st
2Christopher Yu13605631466Grade 10 W5 GameBYE (1.0) Game W4 Game L1 Game W3 Game41001332
2nd
3Markus Frigaard1484267886Grade 10 W4 Game W5 Game L1 GameBYE (1.0) Game L2 Game31001134
3rd
4Tadd Mao1493212915Grade 10 L3 Game L1 Game L2 Game W5 GameBYE (1.0) Game2100342
5Brandon Yeung1494718970Grade 10 L2 Game L3 GameBYE (1.0) Game L4 Game L1 Game1100342
6Jeremy Chan13199051201Grade 10BYE (0.0) GameBYE (0.0) GameBYE (0.0) GameBYE (0.0) GameBYE (0.0) Game0100028

Swiss Group 8

Grade 11

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Bill Wang12039061198Grade 11BYE (1.0) Game W4 Game W2 Game W5 Game L3 Game41001431
1st after playoff
2Jalen Huang11659041146Grade 11 W5 Game W3 Game L1 Game W4 GameBYE (1.0) Game4991233
2nd after playoff
3Rohan Wessels12664231259Grade 11 W4 Game L2 Game L5 GameBYE (1.0) Game W1 Game3100837
3rd
4Andrew Corston-Oliver1494652825Grade 11 L3 Game L1 GameBYE (1.0) Game L2 Game W5 Game2100441
5Antonia Bonnis1207394762Grade 11 L2 GameBYE (1.0) Game W3 Game L1 Game L4 Game299738
# Player Grade School Section Rating CMA
1 FM Ryan Yang Grade 6 Lord Byng Secondary School Grade 6 2376
2 Patrick Huang Grade 10 Mount Douglas Secondary Grade 10 2262
3 Nathan Wu Grade 7 R.C. Talmey E.S. Grade 7 2173
4 Aiden Leong Grade 7 DT Grade 7 2131
5 Kaiqi Qin Grade 8 University Hill S.S. Grade 8 2094
6 JustinU Gao Grade 4 Lord Byng Secondary Grade 4 2090
7 Kate Jiang Grade 8 Steveston London SS Grade 8 1967
8 Wesley Russell Grade 5 St. John's Grade 5 1921
9 Erwin Mok Grade 4 St George’s School Grade 4 1860
10 Veronica Guo Grade 8 York House Grade 8 1796
11 Gillian Mok Grade 7 Crofton House Grade 7 1710
12 Owen Yuen Grade 8 J.N. Burnett Grade 8 1693
13 Zhengyu Chen Grade 4 Moody Middle Grade 4 1660
14 Luka Spasojevic Grade 9 Kitsilano Secondary Grade 9 1475
15 Christopher Yu Grade 10 Vancouver College Grade 10 1466
16 Kaden Zhu Grade 8 Eric Hamber S.S. Grade 8 1445
17 Bowen Wong Grade 7 University Hill S.S. Grade 7 1401
18 Ivan Zong Grade 4 Smiling Creek Elementary Grade 4 1400
19 Tao Xie Grade 9 wvss Grade 9 1377
20 Ryan Cheng Grade 9 Prince of Wales S.S. Grade 9 1311
21 AidenHaoTing Lu Grade 4 Sir Winston Churchill H.S. Grade 4 1290
22 Edward Jeong Grade 9 Handsworth S.S. Grade 9 1289
23 Rohan Wessels Grade 11 Southpointe Academy Grade 11 1259
24 AryaCyrus Boroomand Grade 5 University Hill Secondary Grade 5 1255
25 Patrick Steel Grade 6 University Hill Secondary Grade 6 1253
26 William Jiang Grade 4 Whiteside ES Grade 4 1231
27 Ryan Golchin Grade 4 Argyle Secondary School Grade 4 1229
28 Jamie Watt Grade 5 St. John's Grade 5 1226
29 Ryanbole Yu Grade 5 St. George's Grade 5 1222
30 Christian Grecu Grade 5 École Kwayhquitlum Grade 5 1221
31 Ethan Li Grade 4 St. George's School Grade 4 1209
32 Jeremy Chan Grade 10 vancouver college Grade 10 1201
33 Bill Wang Grade 11 West Point Grey Ac. Grade 11 1198
34 Dennis Wang Grade 5 DT SS Grade 5 1197
35 Anthony ZongYueLi Grade 5 St.John’s Grade 5 1190
36 Emilian Holmgren Grade 6 Stelly's Secondary School Grade 6 1173
37 Colette Eisenberg Grade 5 Crofton House School Grade 4 1164
38 Roy Zhou Grade 7 Kwayhquitlum middle school Grade 7 1152
39 Jalen Huang Grade 11 Burnaby North S.S. Grade 11 1146
40 Matthew DU Grade 5 St. George's Grade 5 1134
41 Chelsea Tang Grade 4 Sir Winston Churchill Secondary Grade 4 1128
42 Rafael Wang Grade 9 Queen Elizabeth Annex E.S. Grade 9 1111
43 Walter Zhang Grade 4 Lord Byng Secondary School Grade 4 1086
44 Leonardo Zhou Grade 6 Suncrest E.S. Grade 6 1085
45 Owen Zheng Grade 5 Kwayhquitlum middle school Grade 5 1050
46 Zack Zhou Grade 4 St George's School Grade 4 1040
47 Peter Brown Grade 6 St. George's Grade 6 1031
48 Steven Daniil Grade 7 Annunciation School Grade 7 1030
49 Michael Zhu Grade 9 St John School Grade 9 1022
50 Oliver Freeman Grade 4 Richmond Christian School Grade 4 1020
51 Ryan WU Grade 6 Saint George's Grade 6 1008
52 Oliver Ye Grade 4 Choice School Grade 4 1006
53 Stephanie Qian Grade 5 Suncrest E.S. Grade 5 1004
54 David Eirew Grade 9 University Hill S.S. Grade 9 988
55 Raymond Feng Grade 8 St. George's Sr. Grade 8 973
56 Dean Atkinson Grade 4 PIE Grade 4 971
57 Brandon Yeung Grade 10 Lord Byng S.S. Grade 10 970
58 Coen Holmgren Grade 4 North Saanich M.S. Grade 4 940
59 Leo Ke Grade 8 Lord Byng Secondary Grade 8 930
60 Dorsa Shaeri Grade 5 Ecole Pauline Johnson Grade 5 928
61 Tadd Mao Grade 10 Duchess Park Secondary (Prince George) Grade 10 915
62 Norman Lee Grade 5 Vancouver Technical Secondary School Grade 5 907
63 Markus Frigaard Grade 10 St Johns Grade 10 886
64 Eric Miao Grade 5 West Point Grey Academy Grade 5 877
65 Jayden Li Grade 6 Collingwood School Grade 6 850
66 Dean Huang Grade 6 Robert Alexander McMath Secondary School Grade 6 849
67 Rushil Kaushik Grade 4 Moody Elementary, Port Moody Grade 4 843
68 Andrew Corston-Oliver Grade 11 Stratford Hall Grade 11 825
69 YiCheng Yang Grade 6 Hampton Park E.S. Grade 6 813
70 Tristan Patterson Grade 5 Capitol Hill Elementary Grade 5 804
71 Nathaniel Roessler Grade 6 St. John's School Grade 6 799
72 Lucas Quon Grade 9 St Michaels University School Grade 9 785
73 VenkataVikhyath Kodali Grade 7 Sail Academy Grade 7 768
74 Antonia Bonnis Grade 11 Prince of Wales S.S. Grade 11 762
75 Sofia Varma-Vitug Grade 8 York House School Grade 8 718
76 Visisht Kodali Grade 7 Sail Academy Grade 7 712
77 Jack Edwards Grade 8 St. John's Grade 8 707
78 Sam Yazdi Grade 8 St. John’s school Grade 8 614
79 James Wang Grade 6 Lord Kitchener E.S. Grade 6 610
80 Elijah Goldstein Grade 5 David Livingstone Elementary School Grade 5 605
81 Marcos Esparza Grade 5 Homeschooling Grade 5 586
82 Anais Bonnis Grade 7 Prince of wales secondary Grade 7 563
83 Dyana Shayegani Grade 5 Gordon Head Middle School Grade 5 483