Active Grand Prix - "The Death Match"
Date: December 29, 2013
Location: Vancouver Chess School
TD: Stephen Wright, FA
Players: Butch Villavieja, Mayo Fuentebella, John Doknjas, Davaa-Ochir Nyamdorj, Joe Roback, Alfred Pechisker, Joe Soliven, Jason Cao, Tanraj Sohal, Brian McLaren, Alisher Sanetullaev, Richard Ingram
The invitational Grand Prix pitted the 12 winners of the 2013 monthly active tournaments against each other for what was affectionately called, “The Death Match”. Organizer Maxim Doroshenko’s idea of having the best play the best for a “winner takes all” grand prize of $500 was an excellent one and enticed the highly skilled players to this unique tournament.
The impressive field included 4 juniors, all of whom have either won the BC Junior Championship title outright or tied for the honours, and no less than 4 BC Closed Champions (current and former ones).
The 6 rounds of 25 mins + 5 sec inc. games provided some very entertaining and inspiring play. And after all the dust settled, former U10 World Youth Champion, FM Jason Cao was the big prize winner going undefeated with 4.5pts/6 games.
Thanks to Vancouver Chess School for hosting this event.
Final Standings: http://vanchess.ca/media/static-content/Active_gp_Standings.pdf
By: Victoria Jung-Doknjas
