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Event Report 2017

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2017 BC Open Event Report

Feb. 2017, Richmond, BC.

2017 BC Open Sets Attendance Record

The Westminster Room of the Airport Executive Plaza Hotel in Richmond was a sea of chess players during Family Day weekend 11-13 February. For the 3^rd consecutive year the BC Open broke the all-time attendance record with 130 players enjoying a weekend of chess and camaraderie. Most appropriately a significant number of players took advantage of the family discount to celebrate family day at the chess tournament. A couple of chess parents even took up competitive chess for the first time and entered as father-daughter and father-son teams.

The Arbiter, Stephen Wright also set a personal record with the largest event he had ever directed single-handedly.

A major factor in the success of this year’s event was a partnership between the organizers, Victoria Chess and the Vancouver Chess School which featured a scholastic qualifier event in the same hotel on Saturday and a referral to the BC Open for a large number of VCS’s promising students. We also saw a continuation of the trend for adult players to return to the game after a number of years of chess sabbatical. The result was a healthy mix of young and old players.

Going into the last round it looked like Jason Kenney had the inside track with a half point lead over Tanraj Sohal and Alfred Pechisker. Kenney and Pechisker went head-to-head on board one in a titanic battle that seemed to be favouring Kenney until the late middle game when Pechisker, with considerably more time on his clock but down the exchange launched a tremendous counter-attack that overwhelmed Kenney’s kingside. Meanwhile Sohal, on board two rolled confidently to victory over fast rising junior Brandon Zhu and also overtook Kenney to land in a first-place tie with Pechisker. Alfred had the better tiebreak score and earned the qualifying spot in the 2017 BC Closed. It was the second BC Open victory for Alfred who last won in 1999 and the 5^th year in a row when Tanraj either won the event outright or figured in a tie for 1^st place. Brandon Zhu most deservedly won the U2000 prize.

Pechisker-Kenney at the point of Pechisker launching a counter-attack

Co-winners Alfred Pechisker and Tanraj Sohal with Paul Leblanc of Victoria chess (centre)

The U1900 section was won in convincing manner by Dongkai Wang with 5 consecutive wins followed by a draw against Kevin Li.

U1900 winner Dongkai Wang

The real action was in the U1400 section with an astounding number of 59 players and a perfect score for Dylan Fraser playing in only his third CFC rated tournament. Dylan competed as a junior in high school then took a number of years to complete his education and commence an apprenticeship as an electrician. He did manage to keep up his chess skills at the Concordia University Chess Club in Montreal and at various coffee shops in Kelowna and Vancouver where he now lives.

Top unrated prize winner Benjamin Wu as well as Henry Wang and Elvin Sun finished a point back in a multiple tie for 2^nd.

U1400 winner Dylan Fraser

A welcome addition to chess in BC, WFM Adela Fratila, originally from Romania, took part in her first Canadian competition finishing with a respectable score of 3 in the Premier section.

One of the youngest competitors, Sophia Yu, completes castling

Elvin Sun Benjamin Wu and Henry Yang each won $100 in the U1400 section

pgn Game file:

2017 B.C. Open Final Standings:
Executive Plaza Airport Hotel, Richmond, 11-13 February 2017

BC Open: Premier

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	Prize
1	FM Sohal, Tanraj S.	2374	B---	D4	W12	D6	W13	W10	5.0	$400.00
2	Pechisker, Alfred	2237	W20	W13	W3	L8	W6	W4	5.0	$400.00
3	FM Morozov, Grigoriy	2348	W27	D6	L2	W19	W9	W8	4.5
4	Kenney, Jason	2201	W15	D1	W9	W17	W8	L2	4.5
5	Doknjas, Joshua	2208	W14	D9	L6	W23	D10	W13	4.0
6	Nyamdorj, Davaa-Ochir	2149	W22	D3	W5	D1	L2	W11	4.0
7	Richardson, Kai	2083	D16	H---	W24	L13	W21	W14	4.0
8	Barranco, Francisco	2202	W10	W26	H---	W2	L4	L3	3.5
9	Sadoughian-Zadeh, Farshad	2090	W25	D5	L4	W12	L3	W19	3.5
10	Zhu, Brandon	1939	L8	W22	W18	W11	D5	L1	3.5	$250.00
11	Hiebert, Kenji	2078	L26	W23	W14	L10	W24	L6	3.0
12	WFM Fratila, Adela	2050	D23	W16	L1	L9	D19	W18	3.0
13	Hemstapat, Andrew	2009	W28	L2	W15	W7	L1	L5	3.0
14	Huang, Patrick	1944	L5	W25	L11	W26	W18	L7	3.0
15	Zhou, Aiden	1911	L4	W20	L13	L24	W28	W21	3.0
16	O'Brien, Frank	1772	D7	L12	D20	L21	W25	W24	3.0
17	McLaren, Brian	2198	W21	H---	W19	L4	U---	U---	2.5
18	North, Robert	2041	L24	W21	L10	W25	L14	L12	2.0
19	Salcedo, Daniel E.	1997	H---	W24	L17	L3	D12	L9	2.0
20	Williamson, Jason	1986	L2	L15	D16	D22	W23	U---	2.0
21	Doknjas, Neil	1886	L17	L18	W28	W16	L7	L15	2.0
22	Qu, Leo	1872	L6	L10	L25	D20	W26	D23	2.0
23	Zheng, Maven	1705	D12	L11	W26	L5	L20	D22	2.0
24	Chung, Alec	1700	W18	L19	L7	W15	L11	L16	2.0
25	Zheng, Victor	1849	L9	L14	W22	L18	L16	D26	1.5
26	Gu, Chuyang	1731	W11	L8	L23	L14	L22	D25	1.5
27	Cheng, Louis	1988	L3	W28	U---	U---	U---	U---	1.0
28	Gu, Eric	unr.	L13	L27	L21	B---	L15	U---	1.0

BC Open: U1900

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	Prize
1	Wang, Dongkai	1836	W44	W11	W23	W2	W7	D4	5.5	$300.00
2	Rathburn, Hector	1865	W24	W13	W22	L1	W10	D6	4.5	$41.67
3	Chen, Daniel	1755	H---	D16	W37	D13	W34	W11	4.5	$41.67
4	Li, Kevin	1751	W37	D17	D36	W27	W16	D1	4.5	$41.67
5	MacDonald, Kevin	1666	D42	W25	L34	W40	W18	W13	4.5	$41.67
6	Wu, Charles	1639	D34	D39	W38	W19	W12	D2	4.5	$41.67
7	Deepanshu, Dhall	1453	W21	W10	D9	W30	L1	W22	4.5	$41.67
8	Gibson, Kris	1857	L30	W31	W40	W34	L11	W23	4.0
9	Kim, George	1751	D25	W42	D7	L11	W35	W24	4.0
10	Pitre, H. G.	1703	W33	L7	W41	W36	L2	W19	4.0
11	Purevjav, Sanjjav	1657	W38	L1	W39	W9	W8	L3	4.0
12	Du, Daniel	1762	W32	D30	D17	W23	L6	D16	3.5
13	Lehingrat, Callum	1701	W41	L2	W33	D3	W30	L5	3.5
14	Talyspaeva, Adel	1633	D39	L18	D26	D41	W33	W34	3.5
15	Leong, Ryan	1609	L27	L41	W45	W37	D17	W32	3.5
16	Tian, Shi Yuan (Sherry)	1560	D19	D3	W29	W22	L4	D12	3.5
17	Branch, Ryan	1532	W35	D4	D12	L25	D15	W30	3.5
18	Kirkby, Levi	unr.	D45	W14	L30	W21	L5	W36	3.5
19	Monkhouse, Neale	1871	D16	H---	W44	L6	W27	L10	3.0
20	Javid, Mavaddat	1800	H---	H---	H---	H---	W25	U---	3.0
21	Ingram, Richard	1756	L7	D26	W42	L18	W41	D25	3.0
22	Harris, Philip	1722	W26	W27	L2	L16	W36	L7	3.0
23	Ehrenreich, Matthew	1638	W43	W29	L1	L12	W39	L8	3.0
24	Ibrahimov, Ulvi	1553	L2	L33	W43	W38	W28	L9	3.0
25	Ejack, Stephen	1425	D9	L5	W28	W17	L20	D21	3.0
26	Wickman, Nic	1347	L22	D21	D14	L35	W44	W38	3.0
27	Singh, Kamal	unr.	W15	L22	W32	L4	L19	W35	3.0
28	Ganjian, Enayat	1833	L36	D32	L25	W42	L24	W43	2.5
29	Leblanc, Paul	1793	W31	L23	L16	D33	L32	W39	2.5
30	Wu, Lucian	1547	W8	D12	W18	L7	L13	L17	2.5
31	Jose, Marionito	1529	L29	L8	L35	D43	W42	W41	2.5
32	Sullivan, Brian	1503	L12	D28	L27	W45	W29	L15	2.5
33	Van, Anna	1339	L10	W24	L13	D29	L14	W40	2.5
34	Wilson, Nitin	1268	D6	W45	W5	L8	L3	L14	2.5
35	Ritchie, Charlie	1596	L17	L38	W31	W26	L9	L27	2.0
36	MacDonell, Paul	1537	W28	H---	D4	L10	L22	L18	2.0
37	Wu, Nathan Ping-Ying	1453	L4	B---	L3	L15	L38	W44	2.0
38	Briner, Julius	1280	L11	W35	L6	L24	W37	L26	2.0
39	Xu, Andrew	1248	D14	D6	L11	W44	L23	L29	2.0
40	Cheng, Clement	1619	H---	H---	L8	L5	H---	L33	1.5
41	Wang, Jerry	1310	L13	W15	L10	D14	L21	L31	1.5
42	Su, Ethan	1308	D5	L9	L21	L28	L31	W45	1.5
43	Imoo, Joshua	1256	L23	L44	L24	D31	W45	L28	1.5
44	Lee, Mau-Seng	1546	L1	W43	L19	L39	L26	L37	1.0
45	Hoyer, Andrew	1582	D18	L34	L15	L32	L43	L42	0.5

BC Open: U1400

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	Prize
1	Fraser, Dylan	1251	W33	W30	W24	W18	W7	W9	6.0	$200.00
2	Yang, Henry	1211	W34	D13	W17	W40	D10	W7	5.0	$100.00
3	Sun, Elvin	878	W53	W19	W9	L7	W21	W10	5.0	$100.00
4	Wu, Benjamin	unr.	L9	W55	W22	W11	W29	W20	5.0	$100.00
5	Song, Ethan	1000	W49	L18	W46	D8	W16	W23	4.5
6	Jiang, Eric	951	H---	D35	W37	W26	D20	W18	4.5
7	Dearle, Matthew	1365	W31	W23	W20	W3	L1	L2	4.0
8	Chung, Leo	1348	F38	W52	W38	D5	W40	D14	4.0
9	Madokoro, Aidan	1190	W4	W46	L3	W24	W25	L1	4.0
10	Singh, Gurbaz	1172	W44	W38	D14	W41	D2	L3	4.0
11	Johnson, Jonathan	1057	D35	W51	D41	L4	W45	W34	4.0
12	Guo, Yu Han [Veronica]	929	L37	W48	L35	W49	W36	W27	4.0
13	Shinn, Jungmin	889	W57	D2	L40	D30	W26	W29	4.0
14	Wang, Wei Cheng	unr.	W22	W29	D10	D21	D23	D8	4.0	$50.00
15	Osborne, Kurtis	unr.	L23	W31	W51	L29	W42	W38	4.0	$50.00
16	Purevjav, Bilguun	1329	W39	L24	D30	W35	L5	W40	3.5
17	Wang, Daniel	1279	D40	W37	L2	D36	W30	D22	3.5
18	Zhang, Clark	1256	W32	W5	D21	L1	W41	L6	3.5
19	Rahimabadi, Shayan	1205	W43	L3	W39	L23	W32	D24	3.5
20	Fan, Elaine	1141	W58	W25	L7	W34	D6	L4	3.5
21	Zhang, Andy	1080	W59	W47	D18	D14	L3	D25	3.5
22	Yang, Brian	1014	L14	W59	L4	W46	W35	D17	3.5
23	Yang, Ryan	1002	W15	L7	W50	W19	D14	L5	3.5
24	Chai, Connor	992	W56	W16	L1	L9	W50	D19	3.5
25	Soni, Ashish	812	W26	L20	W27	W28	L9	D21	3.5
26	Street, Jeffrey	1307	L25	W44	W32	L6	L13	W41	3.0
27	Paulson, Stewart	1146	W45	L41	L25	W43	W33	L12	3.0
28	Hack, Don	1077	L41	W45	W43	L25	L34	W46	3.0
29	Bremner, William	1028	W48	L14	W47	W15	L4	L13	3.0
30	Yu, Sophia	909	W50	L1	D16	D13	L17	W47	3.0
31	Yu, Ryan	855	L7	L15	L36	X59	W49	W45	3.0
32	Guo, Yu Chen [Vincent]	728	L18	W49	L26	W37	L19	W50	3.0
33	Chen, Jason	685	L1	L50	W56	W57	L27	W48	3.0
34	Amjadi, Borna	591	L2	W57	W42	L20	W28	L11	3.0
35	Penchev, Borislav	unr.	D11	D6	W12	L16	L22	W44	3.0
36	Wang, Patrick	unr.	H---	L40	W31	D17	L12	W42	3.0
37	Zheng, Yawen	unr.	W12	L17	L6	L32	W52	W51	3.0
38	Wen, Eric	871	X8	L10	L8	D47	W55	L15	2.5
39	Liu, George	827	L16	W56	L19	L50	D47	W57	2.5
40	Mok, Gillian	779	D17	W36	W13	L2	L8	L16	2.5
41	Campbell, William	unr.	W28	W27	D11	L10	L18	L26	2.5
42	Yang, Bo Wen (Angelina)	1072	L47	W58	L34	W48	L15	L36	2.0
43	Situ, Jay	374	L19	W53	L28	L27	L48	W56	2.0
44	Qian, Jessica	unr.	L10	L26	L49	W56	W53	L35	2.0
45	Yang, Amanda	unr.	L27	L28	W53	W55	L11	L31	2.0
46	Zheng, Jiandong	unr.	W55	L9	L5	L22	W57	L28	2.0
47	Bean, Thomas	unr.	W42	L21	L29	D38	D39	L30	2.0
48	Long, Adam	unr.	L29	L12	W52	L42	W43	L33	2.0
49	Shanks, Robin	unr.	L5	L32	W44	L12	L31	W55	2.0
50	Kidd, Bruce	unr.	L30	W33	L23	W39	L24	L32	2.0
51	Jiang, Kate	unr.	H---	L11	L15	L52	W59	L37	1.5
52	Martel, Garrett	unr.	L54	L8	L48	W51	L37	D53	1.5
53	Zhang, Raymond Tangning	unr.	L3	L43	L45	B---	L44	D52	1.5
54	Martin, Caolan	1199	W52	U---	U---	U---	U---	U---	1.0
55	Steward, Graham	1141	L46	L4	W59	L45	L38	L49	1.0
56	Imoo, Jason	unr.	L24	L39	L33	L44	B---	L43	1.0
57	Wu, Nicholas Pei-Chang	unr.	L13	L34	X58	L33	L46	L39	1.0
58	Zhou, Leonardo	unr.	L20	L42	F57	U---	U---	U---	0.0
59	Obexer, Jeff	unr.	L21	L22	L55	F31	L51	U---	0.0

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