March Blitz Chess Championship

General Information
Date Saturday, March 18, 2017
Time 03:30 PM-05:30 PM
Location VCS at Columbia College, Vancouver
Time control G/5
Format Chess Festival 国际象棋节- For all ages
Сancellation time 24 hours
Organizer Maxim Doroshenko
Details

   

 

Blitz Chess Championship  闪电战象棋锦标赛 

 

Blitz chess is a variation of chess in which each side is given less time to make a move than under normal tournament time controls. The 2015 World Rapid Chess Champion was Magnus Carlsen, and the 2015 World Blitz Chess Champion was Alexander Grischuk.

 

Video Grischuk vs Carlsen World Blitz Championship 2014

 

闪电战象棋是国际象棋的其中的一种。每一方将于非正常比赛时间内完成挑战2015年世界国际象棋快速冠军是Magnus Carlsen以及2015年世界国际象棋闪电冠军是Alexander Grischuk

 

 

Location: Vancouver Chess School  温哥华国际象棋学 

Columbia College 438 Terminal Avenue, Vancouver  

*Door opens at 9:30 am only. Tournament hall is located on the 4th floor, room 411 

*Street parking and underground parking ($2 per hour) 

*Note no "U-turn" is allowed on Terminal Avenue         

 

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

Blitz Chess Championship

Qualification  条件

All adults are welcome with no rating restriction.

All juniors K-12 must have currently or previously attained

a minimum rating of CFC 900 / CMA 1000. No exception

All Juniors K-12

from 0 to CMA 999

Time Control  赛时限

Game in 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move

Format 赛制

7-round Swiss format

Ratings 

Unrated

Chess Notation  象棋记录

Not required

Schedule  时间

1st round – 3:30pm

2nd round – 3:45pm

3rd round – 4:00pm

4th round – 4:15pm

5th round – 4:30pm

6th round – 4:45pm

7th round – 5:00pm

Awards – estimated at 5:15pm

Prizes 

80% of entry fees returned as prizes

2 place prizes and 2 prizes per class

Classes to be determined by entries

Champion Medals

to best under:

0-399/400-599/600-799/800-999

For pairing purposes 仅用于配对用途

CFC ratings will be used for pairing and prize eligibility  or

FIDE/USCF/CMA (any other international rating)

if a player does not have a CFC rating

CMA ratings will be used

All juniors who have both CFC & CMA ratings,

your highest rating will be used

 

Chess sets and clocks are provided  提供象棋和棋 

 

Registration fees:  $15      

 

No onsite registration is allowed. Must pay online for advanced preparation.  不接受现场报名。为赛前作好准,必网上注册付

 

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

  • All Sections
  • Open
  • Junior (below 1000 CMA)
# Player Grade School Section Rating CFC Rating CMA CFC Expiry
1 Davaaochir Nyamdorj Adult Unknown school Open 2293 2368 Sep 24, 2025
2 Andrew Hemstapat Grade 7 R.C.Palmer S.S. Open 2252 2563 Aug 9, 2022
3 Ryan Leong Grade 9 Open 2164 2091 Jul 1, 2123
4 Henry Yang Grade 6 Marlborough E.S. Open 2160 1654 May 19, 2026
5 Sherry Tian Grade 6 Mc Robert SS Open 2045 2112 May 1, 2021
6 Callum Lehingrat Grade 9 Cariboo Hill Open 1992 1985 Jun 11, 2024
7 Kevin Low Grade 6 Dr. George M. Weir E.S. Open 1965 2095 Oct 27, 2024
8 Uranchimeg Nyamdorj Grade 12 Vancouver Technical S.S. Open 1813 1896 Feb 17, 2020
9 Ethan Low Grade 8 Moscrop S.S. Open 1765 1714 Jan 1, 2021
10 Jonathan Steif Adult Open 1627 400 Nov 15, 2023
11 Gurbaz Singh Grade 8 Tamanawis S.S. Open 1481 1076 Oct 1, 2018
12 Luka Spasojevic Grade 5 Kitsilano Secondary Open 1329 1475 Nov 1, 2021
13 Ben Zeng Grade 10 St. John's Open 884 1119 Mar 28, 2016
14 Carl Xiong Grade 6 Citadel M.S. Open 0 711
15 Gilberto Igharas Grade K None Open 0 1893
16 Kamal Singh Adult Open 0 1528
17 Adel Talyspayeva Adult BCIT Open 0 1667
18 Rohan Wessels Grade 7 Southpointe Academy Junior (below 1000 CMA) 0 1259
19 Tiger Xu Grade 4 Martha Currie E.S. Open 0 996