2016 Victoria Championship
Jan. 15-17
Victoria, BC
55 players gathered at the Comfort Inn in Victoria for a five round chess tournament during the weekend of January 15th to 17th.
The tournament actually comprised two distinct components. The first was a F.I.D.E. rated match between the five strongest Victoria players and five of the strongest Vancouver players (aka "Rest of the World") arranged in “Scheveningen” style where each team member played every member of the opposite team and prizes were awarded based on individual best scores. All of the players have previously competed in the BC Closed and six are current or former BC Closed Champions.
Tanraj Sohal, Jack Yoos, John Doknjas, Joshua Doknjas and Jason Kenney represented "The Rest of the World". The Victoria team consisted of Jason Cao, Valeria Gansvind, Howard Wu, Harry Moore and Roger Patterson.
Rest of the World: Left to right, Jason Kenney, John Doknjas, Joshua Doknjas, Jack Yoos, Tanraj Sohal
Victoria: Jason Cao, Roger Patterson, Howard Wu, Harry Moore, Valeria Gansvind
In the end the slightly higher rated Vancouver team prevailed 14 ½ to 10 ½ led by a strong performance by Tanraj Sohal. Individual prize winners were Tanraj (Vancouver) and Harry Moore / Jason Cao (Victoria). Harry also earned the title of 2016 Victoria Champion on tiebreak with Jason and was awarded the Victoria Cup, a beautiful silver trophy dating back to 1945.
The Victoria Cup: (top Victoria Player) (left: winner Harry Moore, right: organizer Paul Leblanc)
Victoria Championship: Scheveningen section.
|
Victoria |
Rtg |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Total |
1 |
FM Jason Cao |
2399 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2.5 |
2 |
WFM Valeria Gansvind |
2309 |
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
1.5 |
3 |
NM Howard Wu |
2229 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
2 |
4 |
NM Harry Moore |
2206 |
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1 |
2.5 |
5 |
NM Roger Patterson |
2149 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10.5 |
|
Rest of the World |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
NM Tanraj Sohal |
2358 |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
7 |
FM Jack Yoos |
2355 |
0.5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
3.5 |
8 |
NM John Doknjas |
2274 |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
3.5 |
9 |
CM Joshua Doknjas |
2198 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.5 |
10 |
NM Jason Kenney |
2192 |
0 |
1 |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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14.5 |
The second component was the Victoria Open, a new event on the BC chess calendar that attracted a very respectable 45 players from far and wide including two Seattle players, a visitor from Russia and a player from Saskatchewan.
Vancouver player Jose Kagaoan won the Premier section, winning 4 games and drawing with Sloan Setiadikurnia of Seattle who in turn tied for 2nd/3rd with Zulfikar Sali who recently moved to Victoria from Prince George.
The Victoria Open U1600 section was won by Nicholas Peters of Parksville who finished a half point ahead of Bernie Stanley of Victoria. Nicholas defeated Bernie in the 3rd round in what proved to be the decisive game.
Photos:
pgn Game file: all games in the Scheveningen and selected games from the open.
The best game prize went to Zulfikar Sali for his round 5 win over Matthew Geng
The tournament was very capably directed by Mark S. Dutton, International Arbiter assisted by Henry Chiu. The main organizer was Paul Leblanc, assisted by Roger Patterson.
Generous sponsors were Duncan Haines, Ross Richardson, Paul Leblanc and an anonymous donor (best game prize). Equipment was provided by Victoria Chess.
Organizer: Paul Leblanc
TDs: Mark S. Dutton IA, Henry Chu NA, NTD
Sponsors: Duncan Haines, Ross Richardson, Paul Leblanc, and anonymous. Many thanks!
Victoria Open: Premier Section
Winner Jose Kagaoan with Organizer Paul Leblanc
# |
Name |
ID |
Rtng |
Post |
St |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Tot |
Prize |
1 |
Jose Kagaoan |
157558 |
1953 |
1999 |
BC |
+20 |
+23 |
+4 |
+5 |
=2 |
4½ |
$100 + Trophy
|
2 |
Sloan Christopher Setiadikurnia |
149902 |
1939 |
1961 |
US |
+19 |
+24 |
+11 |
H--- |
=1 |
4 |
|
3 |
Zulfikar Sali |
149874 |
2105 |
2092 |
BC |
+21 |
-4 |
+13 |
+11 |
+7 |
4 |
|
4 |
Rod Brown |
107597 |
1866 |
1910 |
BC |
+7 |
+3 |
-1 |
+18 |
=8 |
3½ |
|
5 |
Ian Cordon |
NEW |
1866 |
1896 |
BC |
+9 |
H--- |
+6 |
-1 |
+12 |
3½ |
|
6 |
Luke Pulfer |
149297 |
2028 |
2029 |
BC |
H--- |
+12 |
-5 |
+14 |
+17 |
3½ |
|
7 |
Matthew Geng |
147851 |
1691 |
1763 |
BC |
-4 |
+21 |
+17 |
+13 |
-3 |
3 |
|
8 |
Ivan Pauric |
101816 |
2099 |
2051 |
ON |
-24 |
+26 |
+9 |
=12 |
=4 |
3 |
|
9 |
Rowan James |
153852 |
1692 |
1752 |
BC |
-5 |
+16 |
-8 |
+27 |
+19 |
3 |
|
10 |
Tian Tian Geng |
147673 |
1555 |
1578 |
BC |
H--- |
H--- |
+23 |
H--- |
H--- |
3 |
|
11 |
Frank O'Brien |
139824 |
1756 |
1782 |
ON |
+14 |
+17 |
-2 |
-3 |
=16 |
2½ |
|
12 |
Philip Harris |
112311 |
1691 |
1741 |
BC |
+27 |
-6 |
+24 |
=8 |
-5 |
2½ |
|
13 |
Paul McNichol |
120735 |
1671 |
1682 |
BC |
H--- |
+15 |
-3 |
-7 |
+18 |
2½ |
|
14 |
Patrick Huang |
152240 |
1683 |
1703 |
BC |
-11 |
+22 |
=15 |
-6 |
+20 |
2½ |
|
15 |
Paul Leblanc |
104186 |
1728 |
1711 |
BC |
=26 |
-13 |
=14 |
=20 |
+23 |
2½ |
|
16 |
Ken Forman |
123040 |
1730 |
1710 |
BC |
-25 |
-9 |
+22 |
+26 |
=11 |
2½ |
|
17 |
Harold Bohn |
123139 |
2020 |
1960 |
BC |
+22 |
-11 |
-7 |
+24 |
-6 |
2 |
|
18 |
Mau-Seng Lee |
100313 |
1532 |
1557 |
BC |
-23 |
+20 |
+19 |
-4 |
-13 |
2 |
|
19 |
Jim Marshall |
108801 |
1700 |
1691 |
BC |
-2 |
+27 |
-18 |
+23 |
-9 |
2 |
|
20 |
Nigel Hanrahan |
102670 |
1701 |
1673 |
BC |
-1 |
-18 |
+21 |
=15 |
-14 |
1½ |
|
21 |
Neil Doknjas |
151942 |
1727 |
1703 |
BC |
-3 |
-7 |
-20 |
=22 |
+24 |
1½ |
|
22 |
Bill Tate |
105952 |
1710 |
1679 |
BC |
-17 |
-14 |
-16 |
=21 |
+26 |
1½ |
|
23 |
Kent Cronin |
101743 |
1729 |
1673 |
BC |
+18 |
-1 |
-10 |
-19 |
-15 |
1 |
|
24 |
Nicolau Oliveira |
160780 |
1712 |
1697 |
BC |
+8 |
-2 |
-12 |
-17 |
-21 |
1 |
|
25 |
James Hamilton |
NEW |
1568 |
1591 |
BC |
+16 |
U--- |
U--- |
U--- |
U--- |
1 |
|
26 |
Brian Sullivan |
103750 |
1418 |
1432 |
BC |
=15 |
-8 |
=27 |
-16 |
-22 |
1 |
|
27 |
Ross Richardson |
111115 |
1783 |
1710 |
BC |
-12 |
-19 |
=26 |
-9 |
U--- |
½ |
|
Victoria Open: U1600 Section
Winner Nick Peters with Organizer Paul Leblanc
# |
Name |
ID |
Rtng |
Post |
St |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Tot |
Prize |
1 |
Nicholas Peters |
133193 |
1483 |
1513 |
BC |
+14 |
+6 |
+2 |
+8 |
=3 |
4½ |
$100 + Trophy |
2 |
Bernie Stanley |
NEW |
1495 |
1498 |
BC |
+18 |
+7 |
-1 |
+5 |
+6 |
4 |
|
3 |
Louis Lapi |
102089 |
1447 |
1459 |
BC |
+15 |
-12 |
+14 |
+11 |
=1 |
3½ |
|
4 |
Thomas Greene III |
NEW |
unr. |
1752 |
WA |
+13 |
-8 |
+7 |
H--- |
+11 |
3½ |
|
5 |
Jordan Lathwell |
133205 |
819 |
961 |
BC |
+10 |
+11 |
-8 |
-2 |
+13 |
3 |
|
6 |
Nikolas Milonas |
148456 |
1289 |
1278 |
BC |
+19 |
-1 |
+17 |
+9 |
-2 |
3 |
|
7 |
Inna Rabinovich |
NEW |
1311 |
1309 |
RUSS |
+9 |
-2 |
-4 |
+14 |
+8 |
3 |
|
8 |
Luke Penner |
145992 |
1049 |
1080 |
BC |
H--- |
+4 |
+5 |
-1 |
-7 |
2½ |
|
9 |
Michael Luo |
159400 |
688 |
752 |
BC |
-7 |
+18 |
=16 |
-6 |
+17 |
2½ |
|
10 |
Randolph M Slaby |
156957 |
1368 |
1300 |
SK |
-5 |
=16 |
-18 |
+19 |
+15 |
2½ |
|
11 |
Ivan Nicolici |
NEW |
1472 |
1416 |
BC |
+16 |
-5 |
+13 |
-3 |
-4 |
2 |
|
12 |
Tian Tian Geng |
147673 |
1555 |
1566 |
BC |
B--- |
+3 |
U--- |
U--- |
U--- |
2 |
|
13 |
William Li |
160594 |
1211 |
1179 |
BC |
-4 |
+15 |
-11 |
+16 |
-5 |
2 |
|
14 |
Edward Enns |
122461 |
1078 |
1086 |
BC |
-1 |
+19 |
-3 |
-7 |
+18 |
2 |
|
15 |
Fred Wissemann |
152477 |
829 |
865 |
BC |
-3 |
-13 |
+19 |
+18 |
-10 |
2 |
|
16 |
Anthony Xu |
159404 |
835 |
850 |
BC |
-11 |
=10 |
=9 |
-13 |
+19 |
2 |
|
17 |
Yun Xu Cao |
159403 |
592 |
592 |
BC |
H--- |
H--- |
-6 |
H--- |
-9 |
1½ |
|
18 |
Garth Edgar |
148849 |
1083 |
1036 |
BC |
-2 |
-9 |
+10 |
-15 |
-14 |
1 |
|
19 |
Levy Mercer |
NEW |
unr. |
1691 |
BC |
-6 |
-14 |
-15 |
-10 |
-16 |
0 |
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