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Congratulations to this year's BC Champion FM John Dokngas, BC Women's Champion Lia Rathburn and co-winners of the Western Canada Open NM Niccolo Baldeschi and Yidong Chen.
[Posted October 15, 2024]
The BC Chess Championship takes place this coming weekend at Capilano University Lonsdale at CapU Lonsdale, 250-125 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver. The public is invited to watch the action.

2024 BC Closed Championship Schedule:
Round 1 at 6pm on Friday, Oct 11
Round 2 at 10am on Saturday, Oct 12
Round 3 at 3pm on Saturday, Oct 12
Round 4 at 10am on Sunday, Oct 13
Round 5 at 3pm on Sunday, Oct 13
Round 6 at 10am on Monday, Oct 14
Round 7 at 3pm on Monday, Oct 14

Results after Round 6

Also this weekend at the same venue is the BC Women's Open and the Western Canadian Open.
BC Women's Open Standings
See you this weekend!
[Posted October 9, 2024]
BC Arbiters and Organizers

BCCF Guidance on the Use of Ratings
1. The primary rating used for section assignment, play-up eligibility, pairings and prizes is the player’s CFC rating provided that rating is current.

2. If the player does not have a current CFC rating but does have a current FIDE, USCF or FQE rating then that rating may be used. The Arbiter will decide if a given rating is 'current'. In general, “current” means 10 games played in the 12 months preceding the event under consideration.

3. Conversion of other ratings to CFC equivalent will be done at par.
[Posted October 6, 2024]
Congratulations to Johnny Dong who achieved the National Arbiter title on October 2.
[Posted October 6, 2024]
The participants for the 2024 BC Championship have been announced:

Aljo, Johan
FM Doknjas, John
FM Doknjas, Neil
IM Kaufman, Raymond
NM MacKinnon, Keith
IM Nguyen, Van Thanh
Qu, Leo
NM Yang, Jingyun (Ryan)

The venue will also host the BC Women’s Championship, open to all women resident in BC and the Western Canadian Open to which everyone is invited.

https://juniorstomasters.site123.me/2024-western-canadian-open
[Posted September 28, 2024]


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What's New

October 6, 2024: Changes to BCCF Executive
September 30, 2024: Bulletin #456 added
September 30, 2024: Updates to Langley Chess Club
August 31, 2024: Updates to Abbotsford Chess Club
August 28, 2024: Bulletin 455 added