Date Sunday, May 30, 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 1

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Kai Zhang14891161390Grade 1 W6 Game W5 Game W2 Game W3 Game W4 Game51001544
1st
2YouJia Ye14603051305Grade 1 W7 Game W3 Game L1 Game W5 Game W8 Game41001242
2nd
3David Song1489083994Grade 1 W8 Game L2 Game W6 Game L1 Game W10 Game3100942
4Lucas Yao14896231126Grade 1 W10 Game L6 Game W8 Game W7 Game L1 Game31001034
3rd
5Jeffrey Deng1448987900Grade 1 W9 Game L1 Game W10 Game L2 Game L7 Game299837
6Kayden Biehn1491467811Grade 1 L1 Game W4 Game L3 Game L8 Game W9 Game299542
7Ashiana Varma-Vitug1487992872Grade 1 L2 Game L10 Game W9 Game L4 Game W5 Game2100436
8Mario Min1488453949Grade 1 L3 Game W9 Game L4 Game W6 Game L2 Game2100638
9Albert Wang1492367511Grade 1 L5 Game L8 Game L7 Game W10 Game L6 Game1100227
10Daniel Kwan1490837788Grade 1 L4 Game W7 Game L5 Game L9 Game L3 Game199433

Swiss Group 2

Grade 2

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Leon Gong14489541120Grade 2 W5 Game L2 Game W8 Game W7 Game W4 Game4991146
1st (after playoff)
2Bowen Wu14886331306Grade 2 W3 Game W1 Game W7 Game L4 Game W8 Game41001346.5
2nd (after playoff)
3Jasper Zhang14912191103Grade 2 L2 Game W5 Game D9 Game W8 Game W7 Game3.51008.540.5
3rd
4Ethan Low14298061270Grade 2 L8 Game W11 Game W6 Game W2 Game L1 Game3100939
5Michael Bai1456266706Grade 2 L1 Game L3 Game W11 Game W6 Game W9 Game3100629
6Forrest Zhu14338451120Grade 2 W9 Game L7 Game L4 Game L5 Game W11 Game299627.5
7Jesse Law14821861091Grade 2 W11 Game W6 Game L2 Game L1 Game L3 Game2100938.5
8Leo Ren1490578862Grade 2 W4 Game W9 Game L1 Game L3 Game L2 Game2100945
9Darren Lum1488249788Grade 2 L6 Game L8 Game D3 Game W11 Game L5 Game1.51003.529.5
10Mateen Shayegani1502739592Grade 2BYE (1.0) GameBYE (0.0) GameBYE (0.0) GameBYE (0.0) GameBYE (0.0) Game110050
11Tiger Wang1491197615Grade 2 L7 Game L4 Game L5 Game L9 Game L6 Game0100033.5

Swiss Group 3

Grade 3

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[C]TBrk[O]Prize
1Nathan Yang13608661328Grade 3 W9 Game W3 Game W2 Game W8 Game W5 Game51001541
1st
2Nicholas Wu13100381459Grade 3 W4 Game W6 Game L1 Game W3 Game W7 Game41001243
2nd
3Panshul Mishra-Jaiman14432051140Grade 3 W5 Game L1 Game W4 Game L2 Game W8 Game3100949
3rd
4James Hong14091961137Grade 3 L2 Game W8 Game L3 GameBYE (1.0) Game W9 Game399734
5Armaan Varma-Vitug1433867710Grade 3 L3 Game D9 Game W7 Game W6 Game L1 Game2.5100741
6GeorgeYiHan Wang1489173845Grade 3 W7 Game L2 Game L8 Game L5 GameBYE (1.0) Game299633
7Elias Esnaola1490275724Grade 3 L6 GameBYE (1.0) Game L5 Game W9 Game L2 Game299630
8Kevin Zhou1472905958Grade 3BYE (1.0) Game L4 Game W6 Game L1 Game L3 Game2100837
9Brian Jiang1461971734Grade 3 L1 Game D5 GameBYE (1.0) Game L7 Game L4 Game1.5100535

Round Group 1

Grade K

#NameCMA IDCMA RatingGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5TotalTBrk[H]TBrk[SB]Prize
1Haoming Lian14891491089Grade K W2 Game W2 Game W2 Game W2 Game W2 Game51000
1st
2Wesley Hsu1502741250Grade K L1 Game L1 Game L1 Game L1 Game L1 Game01000
2nd
# Player Grade School Section Rating CMA
1 Nicholas Wu Grade 3 R.C. Talmey E.S. Grade 3 1459
2 Kai Zhang Grade 1 Bayridge E.S. Grade 1 1390
3 Nathan Yang Grade 3 Vancouver Montessori School Grade 3 1328
4 Bowen Wu Grade 2 Rosemary Height E.S. Grade 2 1306
5 YouJia Ye Grade 1 St.George’s Jr. Grade 1 1305
6 Ethan Low Grade 2 . Grade 2 1270
7 Panshul Mishra-Jaiman Grade 3 J.W sexmith elemontary Grade 3 1140
8 James Hong Grade 3 WPGA Grade 3 1137
9 Lucas Yao Grade 1 Odyssey at Fairview Grade 1 1126
10 Leon Gong Grade 2 Irwin Park E.S. Grade 2 1120
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 Jesse Law Grade 2 Tomekichi Homma Grade 2 1091
14 Haoming Lian Grade K Collingwood Grade K 1089
15 David Song Grade 1 Old Yale Rd. E.S. Grade 1 994
16 Kevin Zhou Grade 3 Diefenbaker Elementary School Grade 3 958
17 Mario Min Grade 1 St. George's school Grade 1 949
18 Jeffrey Deng Grade 1 Collingwood School Grade 1 900
19 Ashiana Varma-Vitug Grade 1 York House School Grade 1 872
20 Leo Ren Grade 2 Ocean Cliff Grade 2 862
21 GeorgeYiHan Wang Grade 3 St. George’s School Grade 3 845
22 Kayden Biehn Grade 1 R.J. Tait Elementary School Grade 1 811
23 Daniel Kwan Grade 1 OLPH Grade 1 788
24 Darren Lum Grade 2 Maple Grove Elementary School, Vancouver Grade 2 788
25 Brian Jiang Grade 3 Norma Rose Point E.S. Grade 3 734
26 Elias Esnaola Grade 3 Sir Wilfrid Laurier E.S. Grade 3 724
27 Armaan Varma-Vitug Grade 3 St. George’s Junior School Grade 3 710
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. Grade K 250