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!
Organizers: Victoria Chess (Roger Patterson, Paul Leblanc)
Head TD: FA Stephen Wright
Assistant TD: NTD Henry Chiu
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:
Prior to 2009 (courtesy of Stephen Wright)
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 |
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 |
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 |