2019 BC Open

The BC Open (16-18 February, Executive Plaza Hotel, Richmond) easily exceeded last year’s record attendance with an amazing turnout of 185 players. The key to success, as usual these days, is to attract a large contingent of juniors. The U1000 section, with 67 players was large enough to merit a private playing hall and a dedicated tournament director.

The Premier Section was led all the way by FM Grigoriy Morozov. Only a last round loss to six times BC Open champion FM Tanraj Sohal prevented Morozov from claiming clear first, instead tying with Sohal at 5-1. First and second place prize money was equally split ($600 each). Since Sohal and Morozov both had already qualified for the 2019 BC Closed by virtue of being 2018 BC co-champions, Davaa-Ochir Nyamdorj was given the nod based on a third place tie-break.
An interesting appearance in the Premier Section was Joe Oszvald, former BC Champion and winner of the 1975 BC Open. After a long absence from competitive chess, Joe is back!

Jaylord Talosig captured first place in the U1900 Section. Jaylord has been competing in Vancouver Chess School tournaments for the past two years and decided to enter his first major event, with outstanding success, giving up only one draw to second place finisher Ryan ZhiQi Huang. The U1500 section winners was Pavanpal Singh Bhasin at 5.5.

The U1000 section standings were rather unusual with two unrated players, Ace Palolan and John Beddoes topping the cross-table with 6-0 and 5.5-0.5. As unrated players are ineligible for class prizes, first place was shared by three players with 5-1 scores – AryaCyrus Boroomand, Sina Soleimani Pari and Neo Huang. Palolan and Beddoes captured the two unrated prizes.

The BC Open seems to have found a good niche in the chess calendar, occupying the Family Day Weekend.

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Round 5. Grigoriy Morozov calmly disposes of Andrew Hemstapat. Unseen danger lurks at the other end of the table opposite Joe Roback. Tanraj Sohal is about to arrive on board one. (photo by Paul Leblanc)

Co-winners 2018 BC Closed, co-winners 2019 BC Open (holding the BC Closed Trophy)

Chief Arbiter: Stephen Wright,

TD U1000 Eric Gu.

Organized by Victoria Chess.

SwissSys Standings. BC Open: Premier

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	Prize
1	FM Morozov, Grigoriy	2377	W13	W18	W6	W3	W9	L2	5.0	$600.00 =1st/2nd
2	FM Sohal, Tanraj S.	2370	W20	D9	D5	W14	W15	W1	5.0	$600.00 =1st/2nd
3	IM Kaufman, Raymond	2356	W29	W11	W8	L1	W4	D6	4.5
4	Sali, Zulfikar	2308	D26	W24	W19	W5	L3	W9	4.5
5	Nyamdorj, Davaa-Ochir	2282	W16	W17	D2	L4	W7	W12	4.5	BC Closed spot
6	Kenney, Jason	2253	W28	W15	L1	H---	W10	D3	4.0
7	Nunez Asencio, Jorge	2244	L17	W22	W29	W11	L5	W15	4.0
8	CM Mohammed Qanee, Arpak Worya	2231	W21	W12	L3	L9	D20	W24	3.5
9	Hemstapat, Andrew	2208	W22	D2	W23	W8	L1	L4	3.5
10	WFM Gibbard, Alina Iuliana	2054	D23	L19	W26	W13	L6	W21	3.5
11	Ferguson, Peter	2022	W32	L3	W24	L7	D21	W19	3.5
12	Lehingrat, Callum	2016	W31	L8	D18	W23	W25	L5	3.5
13	Salcedo, Daniel E.	2016	L1	D21	W31	L10	W16	W23	3.5
14	Tian, Shi Yuan [Sherry]	2049	H---	H---	W16	L2	D19	D17	3.0
15	Roback, Joe	2027	W30	L6	W17	W18	L2	L7	3.0
16	Zheng, Victor	1951	L5	W32	L14	W27	L13	W26	3.0	$100.00 =1st U2000
17	Taylor, Tristan	1920	W7	L5	L15	D24	W22	D14	3.0	$100.00 =1st U2000
18	Cheng, Louis	2064	W27	L1	D12	L15	L24	W30	2.5
19	Tang, Edward	2013	H---	W10	L4	D20	D14	L11	2.5
20	Patterson, Roger	2001	L2	W30	D25	D19	D8	U---	2.5
21	Li, Kevin	1917	L8	D13	W28	D25	D11	L10	2.5
22	Rathburn, Hector	1915	L9	L7	W32	D31	L17	W28	2.5
23	Zheng, Maven	1863	D10	W26	L9	L12	W27	L13	2.5
24	Leong, Ryan	1843	W25	L4	L11	D17	W18	L8	2.5
25	Oszvald, Joe	2053	L24	W28	D20	D21	L12	U---	2.0
26	James, Rowan	1961	D4	L23	L10	D30	W31	L16	2.0
27	Gu, Chuyang	1883	L18	L29	W30	L16	L23	W31	2.0
28	Ausan, Leo Tito Jr.	1937	L6	L25	L21	W32	D30	L22	1.5
29	Kagaoan, Jose	1993	L3	W27	L7	U---	U---	U---	1.0
30	Yang, Brian	1824	L15	L20	L27	D26	D28	L18	1.0
31	Wu, Charles	1708	L12	H---	L13	D22	L26	L27	1.0
32	Wang, Kai	1711	L11	L16	L22	L28	U---	U---	0.0

SwissSys Standings. BC Open: U1900

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	Prize
1	Talosig, Jaylord	1839	W43	W29	W30	D2	W8	W3	5.5	$500.00 1st
2	Huang, ZhiQi Ryan	1604	D38	W26	W22	D1	W6	W8	5.0	$200.00 2nd
3	Wang, Alex Jiale	1497	W39	W7	D6	W10	W16	L1	4.5	$66.67 =1st U1700
4	Basko, Yauheni	1456	D26	L38	W43	W34	W25	W13	4.5	$66.67 =1st U1700
5	Jiang, Eric	1324	W40	W27	D10	D6	W11	D9	4.5	$66.67 =1st U1700
6	Zaruev, Timur	1800	W28	W35	D3	D5	L2	W22	4.0
7	Wu, Lucian	1754	W36	L3	W40	D15	D10	W21	4.0
8	Du, Daniel	1708	W37	W41	W15	W11	L1	L2	4.0
9	Su, Ethan	1648	W42	L11	W32	D19	W27	D5	4.0
10	Baeza, Patricio	1624	W16	W14	D5	L3	D7	W20	4.0
11	Song, Ethan	1454	W20	W9	W38	L8	L5	W25	4.0
12	Taylor, Ashton	1444	L21	L40	W36	W26	W32	W19	4.0
13	Escandor, Manuel Omana	1791	F35	H---	W24	W30	W14	L4	3.5
14	Zhang, Andy	1490	W19	L10	W18	D25	L13	W29	3.5
15	Gu, Stephanie	1434	W23	W31	L8	D7	L17	W27	3.5
16	Williamson, Jason	1888	L10	W24	W21	W20	L3	U---	3.0
17	Campbell, Jamie	1818	L27	W43	H---	H---	W15	U---	3.0
18	Monkhouse, Neale	1797	L29	H---	L14	D24	W41	W37	3.0
19	Hora, Daryl	1746	L14	W23	W29	D9	D22	L12	3.0
20	Calota, Sorin	1683	L11	W42	W41	L16	W30	L10	3.0
21	Pangilinan, Emmanuel	1676	W12	L30	L16	W23	W31	L7	3.0
22	Wang, Jerry	1604	D31	W33	L2	W38	D19	L6	3.0
23	Qian, Jessica	1462	L15	L19	W42	L21	W40	W32	3.0
24	Yang, Henry	1441	D33	L16	L13	D18	W43	W31	3.0
25	Ingram, Richard	1741	L41	W37	W35	D14	L4	L11	2.5
26	Harris, Philip	1698	D4	L2	D31	L12	W35	D30	2.5
27	Cheng, Clement	1581	W17	L5	H---	W39	L9	L15	2.5
28	Yang, Ryan	1574	L6	L32	D37	W41	D34	D40	2.5
29	Wang, Daniel Ruohan	1556	W18	L1	L19	D33	W38	L14	2.5
30	Briner, Julius	1523	W32	W21	L1	L13	L20	D26	2.5
31	Nyamdorj, Uranchimeg	1874	D22	L15	D26	W40	L21	L24	2.0
32	Lee, Mau-Seng	1749	L30	W28	L9	W35	L12	L23	2.0
33	Caluza, Severo [Juni]	1659	D24	L22	H---	D29	D37	U---	2.0
34	Basilio, Ronald	1630	H---	H---	D39	L4	D28	U---	2.0
35	Imoo, Joshua	1537	X13	L6	L25	L32	L26	W42	2.0
36	Jose, Marionito	1535	L7	L39	L12	L37	W42	W41	2.0
37	Wu, Nathan Ping-Ying	1462	L8	L25	D28	W36	D33	L18	2.0
38	Dhall, Deepanshu	1880	D2	W4	L11	L22	L29	U---	1.5
39	Leblanc, Paul	1748	L3	W36	D34	L27	U---	U---	1.5
40	Xu, Andrew	1656	L5	W12	L7	L31	L23	D28	1.5
41	Sullivan, Brian	1481	W25	L8	L20	L28	L18	L36	1.0
42	Sung, Henry	unr.	L9	L20	L23	W43	L36	L35	1.0
43	Bruneau, Gilles	1587	L1	L17	L4	L42	L24	U---	0.0

SwissSys Standings. BC Open: U1500

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	Prize
1	Bhasin, Pavanpal Singh	1013	W44	D34	W8	W11	W3	W4	5.5	$400.00 1st
2	Guo, Yu Han [Veronica]	1286	W41	W31	L6	W40	W5	W9	5.0	$200.00 2nd
3	Luu, Tran Nguyen Khoi	1493	W30	W14	W9	D5	L1	W18	4.5
4	Singh, Kamal	1367	D23	W12	W21	W20	W6	L1	4.5
5	Paterson, Jeremy	1284	W39	W22	W37	D3	L2	W10	4.5	$100.00 =1st U1300
6	George, Kristian	929	W19	W18	W2	D7	L4	W14	4.5	$100.00 =1st U1300
7	Ma, Xianqing	1499	W36	D11	W34	D6	L10	W22	4.0
8	Qiu, Andrew Yu	1359	W24	D20	L1	D25	W27	W21	4.0
9	Mok, Gillian	1215	W25	W40	L3	W31	W22	L2	4.0
10	Sandoval, Jaime	1204	L22	W42	W39	W19	W7	L5	4.0
11	Han, Aaron	1180	W26	D7	W13	L1	D20	W25	4.0
12	Qiu, Peter Yong	1466	D15	L4	W35	W34	L14	W20	3.5
13	Madokoro, Aidan	1404	D21	W23	L11	L14	W40	W31	3.5
14	Kiyooka, Elyjah	1145	W43	L3	H---	W13	W12	L6	3.5
15	Mamaradlo, Jerald	1093	D12	L21	D23	D26	W38	W30	3.5
16	He, Matthew	1015	L18	L19	W24	D29	W34	W33	3.5
17	Clarkson, Paul	1487	L37	H---	W27	H---	W36	U---	3.0
18	Fraser, Dylan	1273	W16	L6	L31	W42	W37	L3	3.0
19	Zhang, Joyce	1200	L6	W16	W43	L10	D31	D26	3.0
20	Zhou, Zhengyuan [Frank]	1137	W27	D8	W33	L4	D11	L12	3.0
21	Sunardi, Jason	1083	D13	W15	L4	W32	D28	L8	3.0
22	Amjadi, Borna	1061	W10	L5	W36	W37	L9	L7	3.0
23	Fan, Elaine	1057	D4	L13	D15	L27	W39	W40	3.0
24	Fowler, Tyler	1057	L8	L27	L16	W41	W42	W36	3.0
25	Wu, Stanley	987	L9	W35	D32	D8	W33	L11	3.0
26	Wu, Nicholas Pei-Chang	903	L11	L36	W38	D15	W29	D19	3.0
27	McChesney, Garrett	unr.	L20	W24	L17	W23	L8	W37	3.0
28	Street, Jeffrey	1401	U---	W38	H---	H---	D21	U---	2.5
29	Zhang, Raymond Tangning	1217	H---	H---	L40	D16	L26	W41	2.5
30	Jin, Alexander	1120	L3	L43	D41	W44	W32	L15	2.5
31	Kanji, Imran	1039	W32	L2	W18	L9	D19	L13	2.5
32	Baeza, Quevedo Alonso	1326	L31	W41	D25	L21	L30	D34	2.0
33	He, Jack	1310	W38	L37	L20	W39	L25	L16	2.0
34	Zheng, Yawen	1215	W42	D1	L7	L12	L16	D32	2.0
35	Campbell, William	1145	L40	L25	L12	L38	W44	W42	2.0
36	Huang, Nico	1130	L7	W26	L22	W43	L17	L24	2.0
37	Yang, Amanda	1103	W17	W33	L5	L22	L18	L27	2.0
38	Huang, Winston	1033	L33	L28	L26	W35	L15	W44	2.0
39	Hack, Don	1023	L5	W44	L10	L33	L23	W43	2.0
40	Zhu, Allen	821	W35	L9	W29	L2	L13	L23	2.0
41	Eisenberg, Lucas	1029	L2	L32	D30	L24	W43	L29	1.5
42	McKinnon, David	960	L34	L10	W44	L18	L24	L35	1.0
43	Gao, Justin	785	L14	W30	L19	L36	L41	L39	1.0
44	Batisse, Norman	1232	L1	L39	L42	L30	L35	L38	0.0

SwissSys Standings. BC Open: U1000

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	Prize
1	Palolan, Ace	unr.	W33	W41	W49	W3	W6	W5	6.0	$150.00 1st unrated
2	Beddoes, John	unr.	D59	W22	W42	W17	W11	W12	5.5	$50.00 2nd unrated
3	Boroomand, AryaCyrus	927	W45	W32	W19	L1	W34	W14	5.0	$200 =1st/2nd
4	Soleimani Pari, Sina	875	W60	W25	L40	W51	W39	W9	5.0	$200 =1st/2nd
5	Huang, Neo	817	W58	W9	W11	W21	W14	L1	5.0	$200 =1st/2nd
6	Wessels, Rohan	937	W16	W52	D17	W8	L1	W25	4.5
7	Tang, Julian	842	H---	H---	W35	D25	W28	W21	4.5
8	Li, Anthony Zong Yue	799	D31	W62	W10	L6	W43	W24	4.5	$100.00 1st U800
9	Shan, Lyvia	957	W24	L5	W32	W15	W29	L4	4.0
10	Shan, Eric	954	W35	D42	L8	W45	W19	D17	4.0
11	Zou, Alex	954	W44	W29	L5	W30	L2	W36	4.0
12	Li, Yuhan [John]	900	L46	W63	W53	W31	W40	L2	4.0
13	Guo, Boyong	891	B---	L17	L15	W54	W35	W34	4.0
14	Qu, Jayden	834	W55	W39	W48	W40	L5	L3	4.0
15	Tian, Eliza	632	L40	W55	W13	L9	W26	W39	4.0
16	Zhou, Felix Tian	574	L6	W38	L27	W65	W30	W29	4.0
17	Kiff, Oliver	unr.	W30	W13	D6	L2	W41	D10	4.0
18	Stookey, Mitch	unr.	D22	D31	L62	W44	W51	W27	4.0
19	Zheng, Samuel	unr.	W43	W26	L3	W27	L10	W31	4.0
20	Gao, Joshua	929	W36	L51	L24	W63	D33	W40	3.5
21	Xu, Joey	925	W63	W46	W51	L5	D24	L7	3.5
22	Mok, Erwin	713	D18	L2	L33	W47	W45	W43	3.5
23	Ye, Oliver	709	L39	W60	L25	D46	W62	W41	3.5
24	Wang, Howard	613	L9	W58	W20	W50	D21	L8	3.5
25	Schwartz-Dardick, Gabriel	unr.	B---	L4	W23	D7	W48	L6	3.5
26	Li, Anthony	848	W67	L19	L34	W55	L15	W54	3.0
27	Tang, Gideon	832	H---	H---	W16	L19	W56	L18	3.0
28	Yu, Christopher	818	W57	L40	W44	D43	L7	D33	3.0
29	Hu, Jingheng	800	W37	L11	W56	W48	L9	L16	3.0
30	Zhou, Leonardo	775	L17	W54	W61	L11	L16	W56	3.0
31	Yang, Nathan Yi-Hsin	752	D8	D18	W47	L12	W37	L19	3.0
32	Lu, Aiden	671	B---	L3	L9	L56	W55	W46	3.0
33	Wang, Haoze	646	L1	L56	W22	W61	D20	D28	3.0
34	Cheng, Junxi [Joseph]	628	L48	W57	W26	W49	L3	L13	3.0
35	Zhang, Bohan	588	L10	W64	L7	W38	L13	W48	3.0
36	Wang, Jack [Junhao]	552	L20	L47	W57	W52	W50	L11	3.0
37	Gordon, Peter	unr.	L29	L44	W60	W53	L31	W51	3.0
38	Li, Aaron	unr.	L42	L16	W67	L35	W63	W53	3.0
39	Botham, Max	unr.	W23	L14	W52	W42	L4	L15	3.0
40	Huang, Luke	unr.	W15	W28	W4	L14	L12	L20	3.0
41	Han, Jason	828	W56	L1	D45	W62	L17	L23	2.5
42	Eisenberg, Colette	773	W38	D10	L2	L39	L46	W60	2.5
43	Lee, Kendra	700	L19	W67	W65	D28	L8	L22	2.5
44	Chung, Angus	583	L11	W37	L28	L18	W64	D52	2.5
45	Luan, Jacky	552	L3	W66	D41	L10	L22	W62	2.5
46	Liu, Hanxi	530	W12	L21	L50	D23	W42	L32	2.5
47	Wang, Brian	unr.	L51	W36	L31	L22	D60	W61	2.5
48	Leong, Aiden	972	W34	W50	L14	L29	L25	L35	2.0
49	Scriven, Michael	900	W54	W61	L1	L34	U---	U---	2.0
50	Bell, Craig	811	W64	L48	W46	L24	L36	U---	2.0
51	Shanks, Robin	736	W47	W20	L21	L4	L18	L37	2.0
52	Li, Henry	723	W65	L6	L39	L36	D61	D44	2.0
53	Tang, Gwendolyn	597	H---	H---	L12	L37	W57	L38	2.0
54	Xie, Andrew	545	L49	L30	W64	L13	W65	L26	2.0
55	Yang, Ethan	450	L14	L15	W66	L26	L32	W64	2.0
56	Wang, Abigail	409	L41	W33	L29	W32	L27	L30	2.0
57	Lu, James	390	L28	L34	L36	W66	L53	W63	2.0
58	Wang, Caitlin	388	L5	L24	L63	L60	W66	W65	2.0
59	Street, Jeffrey	1401	D2	H---	H---	U---	U---	U---	1.5
60	Sun, Ariel	527	L4	L23	L37	W58	D47	L42	1.5
61	Karim, Ilham Azad	unr.	B---	L49	L30	L33	D52	L47	1.5
62	Wang, Lucas	unr.	H---	L8	W18	L41	L23	L45	1.5
63	Imoo, Matthew	551	L21	L12	W58	L20	L38	L57	1.0
64	Feng, Haolin	386	L50	L35	L54	X67	L44	L55	1.0
65	Wang, William	unr.	L52	B---	L43	L16	L54	L58	1.0
66	Yu, Ruijia [Brandon]	unr.	U---	L45	L55	L57	L58	B---	1.0
67	Pan, Ricky	459	L26	L43	L38	F64	U---	U---	0.0

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2019 BC Open

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Organized by Victoria Chess.