BC Open 2016 Event Report


BC Open 2016 Event Report

Feb.  6-9, 2016

Richmond BC

 

 

The 48th (not quite annual) BC Open drew an all time record attendance of 102 players.    The previous record was held by the 1973 BC Open won by Duncan Suttles at the height of the Fischer boom years.   Considering that BC only has something like 250 CFC members, this is an impressive result.  Attendance this year also drew in a wider representation outside of BC than in previous years.  The provinces of New Brunswick, Quebec, and Alberta were all represented as well as Washington State and Oregon.

 

The fight for first place in the Premier section was upended with back to back upsets by Jason Kenney over the top #1 and #2 seeds which put him briefly in sole first.  He could not maintain the streak but it gave him a strong tiebreak to give him overall first and the BC Closed qualifying spot in the final 4 way tie for first with Tanraj Sohal (3x previous winner), Grigoriy Morozov (new to BC) , and Elias Oussedik (visiting from New Brunswick and previous Maritime Open champion).   Winners in the U1900 section were Neale Monkhouse and Hector Rathburn and U1400 was taken by a very happy Sherry Tian.

 

As always many thanks to our TDs (Stephen Wright, Henry Chiu) and to all those who helped out with registraton and setting up.   Everything goes much more smoothly with all these assists!

 

pgn file of games:

 

Organizers: Victoria Chess (Roger Patterson, Paul Leblanc)

Head TD: FA Stephen Wright

Assistant TD: NTD Henry Chiu

 

Prize Winners:

 

Premier:

1st-4th: NM Jason Kenney, NM Tanraj Sohal, NM Elias Oussedik, FM Grigoriy Morozov. ($200 each)

BC Closed qualifying spot:  NM Jason Kenney

U2000 Farshad Sadoughian-Zadeh ($250)

 

U1900:

1st-2nd Neale Monkhouse, Hector Rathburn ($225 each) 

U1700: Victor Zheng, Adam Li, John David Moje  $33 each

 

U1400:

1st:  Shi Yuan [Sherry] Tian $200

U1200: Navid Samiei $100

Top Unrated: Matthew Dearle

 

Previous BC Opens:

2015 BC Open 

2014 BC Open

2013 BC Open

2011 BC Open

2009 BC Open

Prior to 2009 (courtesy of Stephen Wright)

 

 

 

2016 BC Open: Premier

 

The Winners: (left to right) Elias Oussedik, Grigoriy Morozov, (organizer) Paul Leblanc, Tanraj Sohal, Jason Kenney

 

 

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Sohal, Tanraj S. 2382 W13 W15 W2 L4 W6 D5 4.5 200.00
2 Morozov, Grigoriy 2375 W19 W11 L1 W14 W4 D7 4.5 200.00
3 Oussedik, Elias 2363 D16 W20 D9 W10 W13 D4 4.5 200.00
4 Kenney, Jason 2190 W27 W17 W6 W1 L2 D3 4.5 200.00
5 Fernandez, Lautaro 2099 W25 D7 W15 L6 W9 D1 4.0  
6 Cao, Jason 2386 W18 W10 L4 W5 L1 D14 3.5  
7 Gansvind, Valeria 2289 W28 D5 D14 D11 D12 D2 3.5  
8 Doknjas, John 2288 D20 D16 W25 L9 W17 D15 3.5  
9 Moore, Harry 2213 D14 W26 D3 W8 L5 D12 3.5  
10 Doknjas, Joshua 2178 W23 L6 W16 L3 D11 W19 3.5  
11 Patterson, Roger 2160 W24 L2 W17 D7 D10 D13 3.5  
12 McLaren, Brian 2086 H--- L14 W27 W16 D7 D9 3.5  
13 Horiachkin, Yaroslav 2037 L1 W23 W19 W18 L3 D11 3.5  
14 Sadoughian-Zadeh, Farshad 1900 D9 W12 D7 L2 W20 D6 3.5 250.00
15 Richardson, Kai 2102 W22 L1 L5 W26 D19 D8 3.0  
16 Kagaoan, Jose 2024 D3 D8 L10 L12 W18 W22 3.0  
17 Martinez, Julieta unr. W30 L4 L11 W22 L8 W25 3.0  
18 Roback, Joe 2049 L6 D27 W20 L13 L16 W24 2.5  
19 Pulfer, Luke 2036 L2 W24 L13 W25 D15 L10 2.5  
20 Salcedo, Daniel E. 1995 D8 L3 L18 W23 L14 W26 2.5  
21 Trochtchanovitch, Pavel 1928 U--- W22 U--- W24 U--- U--- 2.0  
22 Ghandi, Houshyar 1679 L15 L21 B--- L17 W23 L16 2.0  
23 Zhou, Aiden 1852 L10 L13 D24 L20 L22 W29 1.5  
24 James, Rowan 1793 L11 L19 D23 L21 W26 L18 1.5  
25 Escandor, Manuel Omana 1658 L5 W28 L8 L19 H--- L17 1.5  
26 Chung, Alec 1673 H--- L9 H--- L15 L24 L20 1.0  
27 Wang, Linchuan [Lee] 1895 L4 D18 L12 U--- U--- U--- 0.5  
28 Burke, Paul 2006 L7 L25 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
29 Chang, Dave 1919 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- L23 0.0  
30 Cao, Yun Xu 591 L17 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

 

Standings. 2016 BC Open: U1900

 

Winners Neale Monkhouse (left) and Hector Rathburn with organizer Paul Leblanc

 

 

 

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Monkhouse, Neale 1836 D21 W38 W11 H--- W8 W7 5.0 225.00
2 Rathburn, Hector 1812 W27 W19 W13 D8 D7 W9 5.0 225.00
3 Zheng, Victor 1688 W33 W5 D7 D12 W19 D8 4.5 33.33
4 Li, Adam 1656 D12 W16 D24 D5 W14 W15 4.5 33.33
5 Moje, John David 1341 W20 L3 W18 D4 W12 W13 4.5 33.33
6 Zheng, Maven 1819 W36 W25 L8 L7 W27 W21 4.0  
7 O'Brien, Frank 1774 W10 W26 D3 W6 D2 L1 4.0  
8 Harris, Philip 1758 W28 W31 W6 D2 L1 D3 4.0  
9 Doknjas, Neil 1704 D38 D21 W32 W22 W20 L2 4.0  
10 Ritchie, Charlie 1514 L7 W30 L15 W34 W24 W19 4.0  
11 Leong, Ryan 1423 W15 D24 L1 D16 W31 W25 4.0  
12 Hemstapat, Andrew 1420 D4 W18 W14 D3 L5 W20 4.0  
13 Landingin, Jofrel 1758 W29 W32 L2 W25 D15 L5 3.5  
14 Lehingrat, Callum 1753 D16 W34 L12 W35 L4 W28 3.5  
15 Li, Kevin 1687 L11 W17 W10 W21 D13 L4 3.5  
16 Gu, Chuyang 1474 D14 L4 W42 D11 D25 W29 3.5  
17 Du, Daniel 1469 L24 L15 D36 W33 W35 W31 3.5  
18 Leblanc, Paul 1711 D37 L12 L5 H--- W41 W33 3.0  
19 Tapp, Ashley 1616 W23 L2 W41 W26 L3 L10 3.0  
20 Chen, Daniel 1582 L5 W28 W33 W24 L9 L12 3.0  
21 Ehrenreich, Matthew 1548 D1 D9 W34 L15 W22 L6 3.0  
22 Basko, Yauheni 1397 L25 W36 W31 L9 L21 W32 3.0  
23 Briner, Julius 1353 L19 L27 D28 W36 D32 W37 3.0  
24 Huang, Patrick 1723 W17 D11 D4 L20 L10 D27 2.5  
25 Li, James 1639 W22 L6 W37 L13 D16 L11 2.5  
26 Jose, Marionito 1618 W30 L7 D27 L19 L28 W35 2.5  
27 Lester-Smith, Stephen 1516 L2 W23 D26 D32 L6 D24 2.5  
28 Hoyer, Andrew 1508 L8 L20 D23 W38 W26 L14 2.5  
29 Hasuike, Michael 1500 L13 D35 H--- W41 H--- L16 2.5  
30 Zhu, Brandon 1385 L26 L10 L40 B--- D37 W38 2.5  
31 Lee, Mau-Seng 1556 W41 L8 L22 W37 L11 L17 2.0  
32 Hao, Robert Runze 1518 W35 L13 L9 D27 D23 L22 2.0  
33 Sullivan, Brian 1433 L3 W42 L20 L17 W34 L18 2.0  
34 Vieira, Daniel unr. W42 L14 L21 L10 L33 W41 2.0  
35 Pangilinan, Emmanuel 1816 L32 D29 W38 L14 L17 L26 1.5  
36 Guo, Jim 1533 L6 L22 D17 L23 L39 W42 1.5  
37 Ejack, Stephen 1455 D18 H--- L25 L31 D30 L23 1.5  
38 Dekker, Case 1438 D9 L1 L35 L28 W42 L30 1.5  
39 Javid, Mavaddat 1794 U--- U--- U--- U--- W36 U--- 1.0  
40 Ghandi, Houshyar 1679 U--- U--- W30 U--- U--- U--- 1.0  
41 Van, Anna 1012 L31 W43 L19 L29 L18 L34 1.0  
42 Macdonald, Hugh K.M. 1550 L34 L33 L16 H--- L38 L36 0.5  
43 Cao, Yun Xu 591 U--- L41 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

 

Standings. 2016 BC Open: U1400

 

Winner: Sherry Tian with organizer Paul Leblanc

 

 

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Tian, Shi Yuan [Sherry] 1018 W3 W17 W18 D4 W2 W8 5.5 200.00
2 Samiei, Navid 1114 W8 W15 W12 W6 L1 W4 5.0 100.00
3 Dearle, Matthew unr. L1 W20 W29 W15 D11 W12 4.5 Best unrated
4 Zhang, Clark 1329 W16 W7 W11 D1 D12 L2 4.0  
5 Qian, Daniel 1131 L18 W32 D16 W22 D6 W11 4.0  
6 Chai, Connor 930 W9 H--- W21 L2 D5 W19 4.0  
7 Xu, Andrew 799 W27 L4 L10 W28 W18 W17 4.0  
8 Yang, Henry 613 L2 W31 W14 W21 W17 L1 4.0  
9 Cerovina, Milan unr. L6 L14 W31 W32 W24 W15 4.0  
10 Lupini, Elliot unr. L29 W23 W7 L12 W13 W16 4.0  
11 Wen, Eric 780 W28 W24 L4 W18 D3 L5 3.5  
12 Sun, Elvin 708 W20 W13 L2 W10 D4 L3 3.5  
13 Imoo, Joshua 1068 W30 L12 L17 W26 L10 W27 3.0  
14 Su, Ethan 1020 L19 W9 L8 W20 L15 W25 3.0  
15 Yang, Ryan 752 W31 L2 W28 L3 W14 L9 3.0  
16 Zhang, Ciro 697 L4 W27 D5 D24 W21 L10 3.0  
17 Jiang, Eric 688 W23 L1 W13 W19 L8 L7 3.0  
18 Qian, Jason 677 W5 W29 L1 L11 L7 W23 3.0  
19 Pari, Sina Soleimani unr. W14 D21 D24 L17 W27 L6 3.0  
20 Wang, Jerry unr. L12 L3 W30 L14 W26 W24 3.0  
21 Shu, Eva 799 W26 D19 L6 L8 L16 W29 2.5  
22 Malhans, Ripdaman Singh 614 L24 D26 W32 L5 L23 W28 2.5  
23 Hack, Donald W. 1238 L17 L10 L27 W30 W22 L18 2.0  
24 Paulson, Stewart 1124 W22 L11 D19 D16 L9 L20 2.0  
25 Cao, Yun Xu 591 U--- U--- U--- W31 W30 L14 2.0  
26 Wang, Jack [Junhao] unr. L21 D22 H--- L13 L20 W31 2.0  
27 Yang, Brian unr. L7 L16 W23 W29 L19 L13 2.0  
28 Lau, Mauricio unr. L11 W30 L15 L7 W29 L22 2.0  
29 Yang, Bo Wen [Angelina] 885 W10 L18 L3 L27 L28 L21 1.0  
30 Situ, Jay unr. L13 L28 L20 L23 L25 W32 1.0  
31 Payne, Joel unr. L15 L8 L9 L25 W32 L26 1.0  
32 Arief, Shiraz unr. H--- L5 L22 L9 L31 L30 0.5