Location: Jericho Village Shopping Centre (312-2083, Alma St, Vancouver, BC, V6R4N6)

Vancouver Chess Festival #11

Start Date Saturday, April 12, 2025, 10:00 AM
End Date Sunday, April 13, 2025, 08:00 PM
Location UBC Ponderosa Ballroom (6445 University Boulevard)
Format For Adults & Juniors
Сancellation time 24 hours
Organizer Maxim Doroshenko
Tournament Director Stephen Wright
Notes

Vancouver Chess Festival 

Location: UBC Ponderosa Ballroom (6445 University Boulevard)

 

Pairings and Results: https://www.swisssys.com/section_selector.php?t_id=4747&tournament=VCF%2011

 

 

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

 

 

2-day Classical 

Qualification资格

 All adults and juiors are welcome. No rating restriction.

Time Control  时间限制

G60

Format赛制

5-round Swiss format

Ratings 计分系统

All sections: CFC, CMA rated. Valid CFC membership is required

Pairing  配对

CFC ratings will be used for pairing and prize eligibility orFIDE/USCF/CMA (any other international rating) if a player does not have a CFC rating

Round time

回合时间

Saturday

1st round – 10:30am

 

2nd round – 1:00pm

 

3rd round – 3:30pm

 

Blitz tournament 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

G5, 7 rounds

https://www.vanchess.ca/tournaments/view/id/10797

Sunday

4th round – 3:30pm

5th round – 5:30pm

Award ceremony - 7:30pm

Prizes 奖品

 

Guaranteed prize fund $5500

 

 

Entry fee
Tournament Regular Early bird and sibling discount

2-day Classical 

$90

$80 before Feb 28

2-hour Blitz

$20

$15 before Feb 28

Free entry for GM/IM/FMs (register before Mar 1)

 

You are eligible to compete in a higher section if your peak CFC or FIDE rating is within 200 points of the next section.                

 

2-Day Classical Chess Tournament

Prize Distribution:

Section 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place Best Female Player
Open $1000 $600 $400 $275 $150 $100
U1800 $600 $400 $275 $150 $100 $100
U1400 $300 $200 $150 - - $100
U1000 $250 $150 $100 - - $100
U600 VCS Signature Medal + Special Prize VCS Signature Medal + Special Prize VCS Signature Medal + Special Prize - - VCS Signature Medal

 

Chess Notation is required for classical games. Please bring your own scorebook. 

Chess sets and clocks are provided.      

请自备象棋记录本 提供象棋和棋钟

 

Individual Tie Breaker (applies to Junior Open only) 个人决胜局 :

1. Direct Encounter (Head to Head)

2. Cumulative Score

3. Opposition Cumulative Score

 

Bye request: If you cannot attend all rounds, maximum of 2 half point byes (except last round) is allowed. Please email us with your request or inform TD at least 24 hours before round starts 

轮空要求 : 如果你不能参加所有回合，请电邮轮空要求或在赛前半小时请求不超过2次半分轮空（除最后一轮)

 

No onsite registration is allowed. All participants must register and pay online in advance for pairing purposes.  

为作好赛前配对,所有参赛选手需在网上提前注册及付费。不接受现场报名。

 

CFC rating: https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/

 

You can register or renew CFC membership online: https://www.chess.ca/en/players/membership-join/

 

CMA rating: https://chess-math.org/ratings

 

Photography

VCS reserves the right to use any photos taken during our events for promotional purposes, unless parents request in writing that their child’s image not appear in any promotional literature. 

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

SwissSys Report: VCF 11

SwissSys Standings. VCF 11: Open

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total Prize
1 NM Mackinnon, Keith 133701 2277 W12 W15 W17 W5 D4 4.5 $1000.00
2 FM Song, Ethan 161587 2394 W20 W28 D4 D3 W11 4.0 $356.25
3 FM Yang, Jingyun [Ryan] 160085 2317 W21 W8 D6 D2 W10 4.0 $356.25
4 NM Pechisker, Alfred 104330 2206 W29 W24 D2 W7 D1 4.0 $356.25
5 Leong, Ryan 150533 2151 W30 W11 W26 L1 W6 4.0 $356.25
6 Aljo, Johan 175195 2243 W13 W19 D3 W8 L5 3.5  
7 Li, Moses 177860 1715 D9 W27 W28 L4 W16 3.5  
8 CM Mohammed Qanee, Arpak Worya 167619 2013 W23 L3 W20 L6 W21 3.0  
9 Musakhanyan, Viktor 184327 1978 D7 L26 W25 W15 D14 3.0  
10 Yin, Andrew 177701 1947 D27 D16 W21 W19 L3 3.0  
11 Yin, Aiden 176770 1825 W32 L5 W18 W12 L2 3.0  
12 Wu, Nicholas Pei-Chang 163251 1822 L1 W31 W14 L11 W19 3.0  
13 Lu, Aiden Hao-Ting 166548 1744 L6 L25 W27 W30 W20 3.0  
14 Zacharias, Nicholas 173532 1937 L24 W29 L12 W25 D9 2.5  
15 Suresh, Barath Subramanian 176909 1872 W31 L1 D16 L9 W23 2.5  
16 Fan, Henry 171593 1665 H--- D10 D15 W26 L7 2.5  
17 Raj, Skandha 190124 1534 W18 B--- L1 H--- U--- 2.5  
18 Yuan, Jaydon 171605 1890 L17 W30 L11 L23 W26 2.0  
19 McCallum, Elliot 175710 1882 W25 L6 W24 L10 L12 2.0  
20 Lu, Karson 180931 1855 L2 W22 L8 W24 L13 2.0  
21 Lu, Samuel 177625 1839 L3 W23 L10 W31 L8 2.0  
22 Ye, Youjia 175136 1728 L28 L20 L30 B--- W31 2.0  
23 Cheng, Peter Qian 155608 1724 L8 L21 W29 W18 L15 2.0  
24 Zhang, Xavier 178157 1602 W14 L4 L19 L20 W29 2.0  
25 Xiao, Zichun 193118 1466 L19 W13 L9 L14 W30 2.0  
26 Gaudreau, Sylvain 144102 1750 H--- W9 L5 L16 L18 1.5  
27 Doroshenko, Dasha 181196 1663 D10 L7 L13 L29 B--- 1.5 Top female $100
28 Wu, Nathan Ping-Ying 161420 2148 W22 L2 L7 U--- U--- 1.0  
29 Landingin, Jofrel 141991 1738 L4 L14 L23 W27 L24 1.0  
30 Doroshenko, Sophia 181200 1736 L5 L18 W22 L13 L25 1.0  
31 Sanat-Pisheh, Mikail 194483 unr. L15 L12 B--- L21 L22 1.0  
32 IM Piasetski, Leon 101297 2300 L11 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. VCF 11: U1800

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total Prize
1 Musakhanyan, Daniel 184696 1625 W13 W14 D3 W4 D2 4.0 $500.00
2 Golliak, Gabriel 176176 1293 W17 W8 W11 D3 D1 4.0 $500.00
3 Ingram, Richard 112370 1698 W10 W12 D1 D2 D6 3.5 $131.25
4 Fernando, Manuel 104770 1635 D11 W6 W16 L1 W10 3.5 $131.25
5 Kontogiorgos, Vassilis 183789 1590 L6 W7 D10 W16 W8 3.5 $131.25
6 Singh, Dakshesh 186435 1336 W5 L4 W13 W12 D3 3.5 $131.25
7 Singh, Zoya 186679 1453 L8 L5 B--- W18 W12 3.0 Top female $100
8 Caluza, Severo [juni] 104730 1651 W7 L2 H--- W11 L5 2.5  
9 Kwong, Bryson 186612 1476 D16 L11 W15 L10 W14 2.5  
10 Aloke, Aryav 182775 1457 L3 W18 D5 W9 L4 2.5  
11 Vilches, Rio 176716 1429 D4 W9 L2 L8 W17 2.5  
12 Alromeshi, Aadil 184355 1477 W18 L3 W14 L6 L7 2.0  
13 Macleod, Travis 184064 1414 L1 W17 L6 L14 W16 2.0  
14 Zhang, Ethan 176393 1282 B--- L1 L12 W13 L9 2.0  
15 Szeto, Jordan 183567 1505 H--- L16 L9 L17 W18 1.5  
16 Ren, Zirui 184646 1307 D9 W15 L4 L5 L13 1.5  
17 Chow, Micah 175737 1460 L2 L13 L18 W15 L11 1.0  
18 Lind, Ryan 188145 1319 L12 L10 W17 L7 L15 1.0  

SwissSys Standings. VCF 11: U1400

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total Prize
1 Malone, Ryan 192806 1269 L11 D10 W7 W4 W2 3.5 $250.00
2 Zhang, Yunqing 180797 1114 W6 D3 W4 W10 L1 3.5 $250.00
3 Joubble, Yuvraj 187855 1310 W5 D2 W8 L6 D7 3.0 $50.00
4 Qiao, Charlie 190868 1183 W9 W11 L2 L1 W10 3.0 $50.00
5 Zhou, Ryan 179770 1114 L3 W9 L6 B--- W8 3.0 $50.00
6 Velez, Wyatt 182412 966 L2 B--- W5 W3 U--- 3.0  
7 Szeto, Martina 185221 1242 H--- D8 L1 W9 D3 2.5 Top female $100
8 Kohavi, Ben 190875 1148 D10 D7 L3 W11 L5 2.0  
9 Singh, Arsh 187072 945 L4 L5 B--- L7 W11 2.0  
10 Li, Jinghuan 190891 898 D8 D1 W11 L2 L4 2.0  
11 Chen, Yuhong 186008 1067 W1 L4 L10 L8 L9 1.0  

SwissSys Standings. VCF 11: U1000

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total Prize
1 Lin, Cody 192874 869 W16 W19 W4 W5 W6 5.0 $250.00
2 Li, Muxuan 185268 900 W13 L7 W17 W10 W4 4.0 $125.00
3 Hasija, Om 187007 798 W10 W6 W12 L4 W7 4.0 $125.00
4 Pang, Zhihong Jayden 190921 955 W9 W11 L1 W3 L2 3.0  
5 Hasija, Darsh 187008 877 B--- W12 W7 L1 L8 3.0  
6 Sui, Raymond 188912 856 W14 L3 W15 W13 L1 3.0  
7 Suresh, Yaswitha 190751 821 W15 W2 L5 W11 L3 3.0 Top female $100
8 Ju, Zac 188292 756 L19 L17 W16 W18 W5 3.0  
9 Zhao, Yifang [Sam] 184968 720 L4 L10 W19 X17 W13 3.0  
10 Zhang, Charles 190495 unr. L3 W9 W11 L2 W12 3.0  
11 Yuan, Dylan 185426 854 W17 L4 L10 L7 W16 2.0  
12 Aloke, Arin 191909 764 W18 L5 L3 W15 L10 2.0  
13 Lin, Brody 192875 659 L2 W14 W18 L6 L9 2.0  
14 Zhang, Catherine 194480 unr. L6 L13 B--- L16 W18 2.0 VCS Signature medal
15 Demirkol, Efe 194491 unr. L7 W16 L6 L12 B--- 2.0 VCS Signature medal
16 Ma, Neil 192455 unr. L1 L15 L8 W14 L11 1.0  
17 Li, Ryan   unr. L11 W8 L2 F9 U--- 1.0  
18 Zheng, Jasper 185857 unr. L12 B--- L13 L8 L14 1.0  
19 Guo, Zhantu   unr. W8 L1 L9 U--- U--- 1.0  
# Player Grade School Section Rating FIDE Rating CMA Rating CFC CFC Expiry
1 FM Ryan Yang Grade 10 Lord Byng Secondary School 2-day Classical (Open section) 2350 2376 2366 Sep 30, 2120
2 IM Bindi Cheng Adult 2-day Classical (Open section) 2337 2383 2407 Dec 1, 2099
3 FM Ethan Song Grade 10 2-day Classical (Open section) 2291 2416 2389 Apr 30, 2026
4 IM Leon Piasetski Adult 2-day Classical (Open section) 2153 2284 2285 Dec 31, 2099
5 NM Alfred Pechisker Adult 2-day Classical (Open section) 2146 2390 2213 Sep 24, 2025
6 NM Keith MacKinnon Adult 2-day Classical (Open section) 2116 2391 2283 Oct 30, 2025
7 Johan Aljo Grade 9 Windermere 2-day Classical (Open section) 2111 2250 2240 Feb 27, 2026
8 Nathan Wu Grade 11 R.C. Talmey E.S. 2-day Classical (Open section) 2083 2173 2108 Oct 22, 2025
9 Arpak Qanee Adult iraq 2-day Classical (Open section) 1965 2147 1989 Mar 22, 2026
10 Richard Ingram Adult 2-day Classical U1800 1959 1466 1677 Feb 28, 2026
11 Ryan Leong Adult 2-day Classical (Open section) 1917 2091 2179 Jul 1, 2123
12 Elliot McCallum Grade 3 N/A 2-day Classical (Open section) 1908 1367 2032 Aug 20, 2025
13 Andrew Yin Grade 5 Taylor Park 2-day Classical (Open section) 1852 1398 1882 Jan 16, 2026
14 Geraldo Landre Grade K Vancouver C.S. 2-day Classical (Open section) 1841 1787 1771 Apr 8, 2026
15 Nicholas Zacharias Adult 2-day Classical (Open section) 1808 1052 1902 May 26, 2025
16 Samuel Lu Grade 5 Berkshire Park Elementary 2-day Classical (Open section) 1790 1138 1874 Sep 28, 2025
17 Viktor Musakhanyan Grade 9 Moscrop S.S. 2-day Classical (Open section) 1769 1712 1956 Sep 13, 2025
18 Jaydon Yuan Grade 7 Kerrisdale Elementary 2-day Classical (Open section) 1756 1474 1840 Sep 19, 2025
19 Nicholas Wu Grade 7 R.C. Talmey E.S. 2-day Classical (Open section) 1751 1527 1846 Oct 11, 2025
20 BarathSubramanian Suresh Grade 5 BC Christian Academy 2-day Classical U1800 1748 1272 1909 Sep 25, 2025
21 Peter Cheng Adult asdf 2-day Classical (Open section) 1747 998 1738 Feb 4, 2026
22 Jofrel Landingin Adult 2-day Classical (Open section) 1719 1535 1703 Apr 29, 2025
23 Sophia Doroshenko Grade 7 Unknown 2-day Classical (Open section) 1713 1120 1704 May 9, 2025
24 Dasha Doroshenko Grade 7 Unknown 2-day Classical (Open section) 1710 1148 1635 May 9, 2025
25 Aiden Yin Grade 5 Taylor Park 2-day Classical (Open section) 1704 1455 1918 Jul 31, 2025
26 YouJia Ye Grade 5 St.George’s Jr. 2-day Classical (Open section) 1694 1243 1704 Feb 28, 2026
27 Severo Caluza Adult 2-day Classical U1800 1690 1410 1618 Dec 31, 2099
28 Karson Lu Grade 2 Maple Grove Montessori 2-day Classical (Open section) 1655 1465 1893 Mar 24, 2026
29 Henry Fan Grade 7 West Point Grey Ac. 2-day Classical (Open section) 1635 1250 1774 Feb 23, 2026
30 AidenHaoTing Lu Grade 8 Sir Winston Churchill H.S. 2-day Classical (Open section) 1611 1290 1812 Jan 1, 2026
31 Zichun Xiao Grade 8 LORD BYNG SECONDARY SCHOOL 2-day Classical (Open section) 1606 1138 1638 Apr 8, 2026
32 Manuel Fernando Adult 2-day Classical U1800 1602 1043 1630 May 24, 2025
33 Skandha Raj Grade 2 The Evergreen School 2-day Classical (Open section) 1594 1226 1580 Jul 24, 2025
34 Vassilis Kontogiorgos Adult 2-day Classical U1400 1549 1319 1592 Mar 17, 2026
35 Moses Li Grade 4 Hollyburn Elementary 2-day Classical (Open section) 1521 1281 1895 Oct 20, 2025
36 Sam Zhao Grade 6 Madrona school 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 625 789 Jan 1, 2026
37 Ryan Li Grade 4 Kerrisdale Elemantary 2-day Classical U1000 0 783 0
38 Zirui Ren Grade 6 Dr. R. E. McKechnie 2-day Classical U1800 0 1004 1317 Sep 23, 2025
39 Zhantu Guo Grade 10 Prince of Wales S.S. 2-day Classical U1000 0 464 0
40 Zac Ju Grade 4 École Jules Quesnel 2-day Classical U1000 0 580 686 Apr 8, 2026
41 Yuvraj Joubble Grade 7 Inman E.S. 2-day Classical U1400 0 866 1298 Jun 9, 2025
42 Rio Vilches Adult 2-day Classical U1800 0 1207 1420 Sep 2, 2025
43 Yunqing Zhang Grade 5 University Highlands Elementary School 2-day Classical U1400 0 796 1201 Feb 9, 2026
44 Yuhong Chen Grade K Frost Road Elementary 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 603 1022 Nov 11, 2025
45 Ryan Lind Adult 2-day Classical U1800 0 744 0
46 Ryan Zhou Grade 8 Yorkson Creek M.S. 2-day Classical U1400 0 767 1123 Feb 5, 2026
47 Yaswitha Suresh Grade K BCCA 2-day Classical U1000 0 640 872 Sep 23, 2025
48 Xavier Zhang Grade 2 Corpus Christi 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 1139 1701 Nov 19, 2025
49 Wyatt Velez Grade 5 Queen Elizabeth Elementary 2-day Classical U1400 0 1027 1313 Apr 9, 2026
50 Ryan Malone Adult 2-day Classical U1400 0 897 1267 Jan 21, 2026
51 Travis MacLeod Adult 2-day Classical U1800 0 903 1390 Sep 16, 2025
52 Sylvain Gaudreau Adult 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 1059 0
53 Raymond Sui Grade 2 Norma Rose Point E.S. 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 790 778
54 Aadil Alromeshi Adult 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 912 0
55 Om Hasija Grade 6 Sir Wilfrid Laurier Annex 2-day Classical U1000 0 939 886 Sep 27, 2025
56 Daniel Musakhanyan Grade 7 Inman E.S. 2-day Classical U1800 0 946 1669 Sep 18, 2025
57 Arin Aloke Grade 4 Skwo:wech Elementary school 2-day Classical U1000 0 549 0
58 Arsh Singh Grade 8 Marlborough E.S. 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 439 946 Apr 10, 2026
59 Aryav Aloke Grade 6 Ecole Glenbrook Middle School 2-day Classical U1800 0 992 0
60 Asees Kundi Grade 3 St George’s School 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 554 612 Sep 27, 2025
61 Ben Kohavi Grade 5 Norma Rose Point E.S. 2-day Classical U1400 0 888 1097 Apr 9, 2026
62 Brody Lin Grade 3 Sacred Heart E.S. 2-day Classical U1000 0 792 0
63 Bryson Kwong Grade 9 Lord Byng 2-day Classical U1800 0 998 1459 Feb 3, 2026
64 Catherine Zhang Grade 1 Collingwood 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 371 0
65 Charles Zhang Grade 3 Collingwood 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 668 919 Sep 3, 2026
66 Charlie Qiao Grade 10 Prince of Wales S.S. 2-day Classical U1400 0 900 1171
67 Cody Lin Grade 3 Sacred Heart E.S. 2-day Classical U1000 0 810 0
68 Dakshesh Singh Grade 6 Marlborough E.S. 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 985 1506 Apr 10, 2026
69 Darsh Hasija Grade 4 Sir Wilfrid Laurier Annex 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 656 861 Sep 27, 2025
70 Neil Ma Grade 2 Crosstown Elementary School 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 415 409 Jan 7, 2026
71 Dylan Yuan Grade 4 Jules Quesnel 2-day Classical U1000 0 670 820 Nov 10, 2025
72 Efe Demirkol Grade 8 St Georges 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 438 0
73 Ethan Zhang Grade 6 Vancouver Christian School 2-day Classical U1800 0 923 1283 Jul 19, 2025
74 Gabriel Golliak Grade 4 Hollyburn Elementary School 2-day Classical U1800 0 1160 1537 Aug 18, 2025
75 HERBERT YUNG Grade 5 Collingwood 2-day Classical U600 0 480 0
76 Jasper Zheng Grade 1 St.George’s 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 376 0
77 Jayden Pang Grade K H.T. Thrift Elementary 2-day Classical U1000 0 576 0
78 Jinghuan Li Grade 4 Dr. Annie B. Jamieson 2-day Classical U1400 0 672 1008 Oct 3, 2025
79 Jordan Szeto Grade 6 Whiteside Elementary 2-day Classical U1800 0 1021 1469 Jun 28, 2025
80 Martina Szeto Grade 5 Mitchell E.S. 2-day Classical U1400 0 838 1181 Oct 26, 2025
81 Micah Chow Grade 9 Vancouver Christian School 2-day Classical U1800 0 986 1403 Oct 20, 2025
82 Mikail Sanat-Pisheh Adult 2-day Classical (Open section) 0 307 0
83 Muxuan Li Grade 9 Vancouver Colledge 2-day Classical U1000 0 753 0
84 Zoya Singh Grade 6 TAYLOR PARK E.S BURNABY,BC 2-day Classical U1800 0 817 1479 May 17, 2025

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