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Event Report 2015 BC Open

Page history last edited by roger patterson 9 years, 1 month ago

2015 BC Open

Feb. 7-9

Richmond, BC

 

 

The 47th BC Open drew 85 players to Richmond BC - a 30 year high in attendance and building on the recent strong attendances for the last few years.   Just a few more players next time and it will be a 42 year high!   It seems clear that the BC Open has been reestablished as one of the major events of the BC chess calendar.  Our favourite story is that of Scott Richardson who along with Kai Richardson had to snowshoe out of the snow in the BC Interior to make it to a truck and then to a plane to make it to the tournament.   Dedication!

 

This year's event was the first in recent years to run in three sections instead of two - a decision prompted by the strong attendance of the last few years.   That worked out well - the numbers in each section were reasonably balanced and due to the somewhat condensed rating range for each section, the competition was a stiffer than previously.   Finishing in the prize money required half a point less than last year.   Last year's winner Tanraj Sohal was again the favorite and wound up again in the winner's circle but he sputtered out of the starting gate dropping a half point to Roger Patterson in round 2 and another half point in what must have been a lost game against James Chan in round 3.

 

A pgn file can be found on Stephen Wright's site as well as links to more photos, BC Open history, and the crosstable below.

 

Thanks to all those who helped out and to our TD, FA Stephen Wright.

 

 

The winner, Tanraj Sohol (middle) along with organizers Paul Leblanc and Roger Patterson.   Photo Victoria Doknjas

 

 

 

 

The intrepid Scott Richardson, complete with walking stick (but sans snowshoes.....)

 

 

Prize Winners:

 

Premier Section:

1st:  Tanraj Sohal  $550

2nd: John Doknjas $250

U2000:  Daniel Salcedo $250

 

U1900 Section:

1st: Richard Ingram

2nd: Maven Zheng $150

U1700 Trevor Johnson

 

U1400 Section:

1st: Kevin Li $200

U1200: Ping Yu, Brian Butchart,, Kevin Liu. $33.33 each

Top Unrated:  Harleen Singh Jaspal $100

 

 

Previous BC Opens:

2014 BC Open

2013 BC Open

2011 BC Open

2009 BC Open

Prior to 2009 (courtesy of Stephen Wright)

 

 

Organizers:  Victoria Chess (Roger Patterson & Paul Leblanc)

TD:   FA Stephen Wright

 

 

 

 

2015 BC Open: Premier   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Sohal, Tanraj S. 2329 W11 D15 D13 W9 W10 W3 5 $550
2 Doknjas, John 2270 W16 W9 D3 D6 D5 W15 4.5 $250
3 Villavieja, Butch 2202 W20 W5 D2 D10 W6 L1 4  
4 Pulfer, Luke 2004 W25 L6 H--- W21 D11 W16 4  
5 Salcedo, Daniel E. 1948 W26 L3 W18 W7 D2 D8 4 $250
6 Pechisker, Alfred 2243 W19 W4 D10 D2 L3 D11 3.5  
7 Kenney, Jason 2158 D17 W18 D15 L5 D12 W21 3.5  
8 Erichsen, Dan 2096 L18 D21 W23 D17 W19 D5 3.5  
9 Roback, Joe 2034 W28 L2 W26 L1 W17 D10 3.5  
10 Kalisvaart, Peter 1993 W23 W14 D6 D3 L1 D9 3.5  
11 Yu, Robin 1909 L1 W22 W25 D15 D4 D6 3.5  
12 Doknjas, Joshua 2203 D27 D17 L19 W25 D7 D18 3  
13 Chan, James 2115 W21 H--- D1 W19 U--- U--- 3  
14 Kagaoan, Jose 2113 W22 L10 D17 L16 D18 W24 3  
15 Patterson, Roger 2106 W24 D1 D7 D11 D16 L2 3  
16 Landingin, Jofrel 1902 L2 D24 W27 W14 D15 L4 3  
17 Qu, Leo 1806 D7 D12 D14 D8 L9 W25 3  
18 Zhang, Eric M. 1742 W8 L7 L5 W28 D14 D12 3  
19 Leblanc, Paul 1882 L6 W28 W12 L13 L8 D22 2.5  
20 Low, Kevin 1815 L3 L25 D22 L23 B--- W26 2.5  
21 Shao, Nathan 1787 L13 D8 W24 L4 W23 L7 2.5  
22 Richardson, Kai 1781 L14 L11 D20 W26 D24 D19 2.5  
23 Escandor, Manuel Omana 1616 L10 H--- L8 W20 L21 W28 2.5  
24 Caluza, Severo [Juni] 1756 L15 D16 L21 B--- D22 L14 2  
25 Zhou, Aiden 1698 L4 W20 L11 L12 X27 L17 2  
26 Ghandi, Houshyar 1609 L5 B--- L9 L22 W28 L20 2  
27 Pakh, Alex 1854 D12 H--- L16 U--- F25 U--- 1  
28 Jose, Marionito 1725 L9 L19 B--- L18 L26 L23 1  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2015 BC Open: U1900   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Ingram, Richard 1838 D2 W20 W14 W10 W12 W7 5.5 $300
2 Zheng, Maven 1547 D1 W22 W18 W6 D4 W9 5 $150
3 Johnson, Trevor Elliott 1556 W28 D13 H--- H--- W18 W12 4.5 $100
4 Barron, Robert L. 1691 W30 W26 L10 W16 D2 D6 4  
5 Geng, Matthew 1642 D11 D17 W24 L12 W25 W16 4  
6 Huang, Patrick 1603 W25 W9 D12 L2 W15 D4 4  
7 Chung, Alec 1552 L18 W23 W26 W13 W14 L1 4  
8 James, Rowan 1462 L14 L16 X30 W22 W13 W18 4  
9 Rathburn, Hector 1843 W16 L6 D13 W17 W11 L2 3.5  
10 Pitre, H.G. 1747 W21 W19 W4 L1 H--- U--- 3.5  
11 Hao, Robert 1477 D5 L12 W27 W19 L9 W20 3.5  
12 Su, Michael 1750 D17 W11 D6 W5 L1 L3 3  
13 Harris, Philip 1688 W23 D3 D9 L7 L8 W25 3  
14 Zhang, Yutong 1625 W8 D18 L1 W20 L7 D17 3  
15 Broz, Peter 1598 L26 W27 L25 W24 L6 W23 3  
16 Doknjas, Neil 1552 L9 W8 W28 L4 W19 L5 3  
17 Zhou, Annika 1538 D12 D5 D19 L9 W21 D14 3  
18 Aspler, Gerald 1859 W7 D14 L2 W25 L3 L8 2.5  
19 Iatcenko, Anton 1613 W24 L10 D17 L11 L16 W26 2.5  
20 Brewster, Paula 1566 H--- L1 W22 L14 W26 L11 2.5  
21 Yu, Rinna 1529 L10 L24 W23 D26 L17 W27 2.5  
22 Lee, Mau-Seng 1586 D27 L2 L20 L8 W29 D24 2  
23 Sullivan, Brian 1485 L13 L7 L21 B--- W27 L15 2  
24 Zheng, Victor 1365 L19 W21 L5 L15 D28 D22 2  
25 Li, James 1349 L6 W30 W15 L18 L5 L13 2  
26 Du, Daniel 1348 W15 L4 L7 D21 L20 L19 1.5  
27 Wan, Justin 1326 D22 L15 L11 W28 L23 L21 1.5  
28 Wu, Lucian 1265 L3 B--- L16 L27 D24 L29 1.5  
29 Geng, Li 1387 U--- U--- U--- U--- L22 W28 1  
30 Bhuiyan, Afzalul 1495 L4 L25 F8 U--- U--- U--- 0  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2015 BC Open: U1400   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Li, Kevin 1308 W18 W17 W5 D8 W6 W4 5.5 $200
2 Stephens, Tyler 1358 W20 W14 L6 W10 W18 W5 5  
3 Yu, An 1250 W12 W7 L8 D18 W11 W14 4.5  
4 Jaspal, Harleen Singh unr. W10 H--- W24 W6 W8 L1 4.5 $100
5 Ehrenreich, Matthew 1362 W15 W13 L1 W16 W7 L2 4  
6 Sawant, Digvijay [Jay] 1295 W21 W22 W2 L4 L1 W8 4  
7 Moje, John David unr. W9 L3 W17 W13 L5 W16 4  
8 Leong, Ryan 1340 W16 W11 W3 D1 L4 L6 3.5  
9 Zhang, Clark 1223 L7 L24 W26 W19 W23 D10 3.5  
10 Yu, Ping 1175 L4 W12 W21 L2 W13 D9 3.5 $33.33
11 Butchart, Brian 1155 W27 L8 H--- W24 L3 W18 3.5 $33.33
12 Liu, Kevin S.C. 703 L3 L10 W27 D17 W19 W20 3.5 $33.33
13 Briner, Julius 1247 W25 L5 W20 L7 L10 W22 3  
14 Guo, Jim 1243 W26 L2 L16 W21 W15 L3 3  
15 Gu, Chuyang 1065 L5 W19 L18 W22 L14 W23 3  
16 Butchart, Kevin 1008 L8 W25 W14 L5 W17 L7 3  
17 Du, Carina 1135 W23 L1 L7 D12 L16 W25 2.5  
18 Fox, Dylan 990 L1 W23 W15 D3 L2 L11 2.5  
19 Zhu, Ryne 876 D24 L15 W22 L9 L12 W27 2.5  
20 Tang, Qiwen [Kevin] 1014 L2 W26 L13 L23 W27 L12 2  
21 Liu, Lehang [Leo] 925 L6 W27 L10 L14 L22 B--- 2  
22 Qian, Jason 476 B--- L6 L19 L15 W21 L13 2  
23 Zhu, Brandon unr. L17 L18 W25 W20 L9 L15 2  
24 Martin, Caolan 1294 D19 W9 L4 L11 U--- U--- 1.5  
25 Van, Anna 675 L13 L16 L23 L27 B--- L17 1  
26 Chen, Jason 567 L14 L20 L9 B--- U--- U--- 1  
27 Su, Ethan unr. L11 L21 L12 W25 L20 L19 1  

 

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