8th Annual Grand Pacific Open in Victoria BC April 18-21 Now is a good time to book!

[Brian Raymer]

89 players now!

89 players now! www.grandpacificopen.com Book your travel. Book your hotel. Register today!

[Brian Raymer]

Pub night! 93 players now. On our way to a record.

Arriving Thursday night for the GPO? Join us at 7pm to help set up the chess sets and clocks. A great chance to meet our volunteers. Then join us for a beer/drink at the Flying Otter Grill. First drink is on us. The Flying Otter is kid friendly and is one of the few floating restaurants on the harbour. http://www.flyingottergrill.com Less than 2 weeks to go! 93 players now. Help us break our record. Share this page. Tell your friends about this great event.

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[Roger Patterson]

Re: Pub night! 93 players now. On our way to a record.

Mark Dutton scored a nice radio interview on the GPO.

http://www.mixcloud.com/ryanawram/gr...m_content=html

[Brian Raymer]

101 players now! On our way to a record turnout.

101 players now! On our way to a record turnout. Thanks for helping spread the word about this great event.

https://www.facebook.com/GrandPacificOpenChess

[Jack Maguire]

Re: 101 players now! On our way to a record turnout.

From the 'Victoria News':

http://www.vicnews.com/neighbourhood...254926641.html

[Brian Raymer]

108 players now! See who is signed up www.grandpacificopen.com

108 players now! See who is signed up www.grandpacificopen.com

Click "Like" and share on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/GrandPacificOpenChess

Last chance to register online at regular rates. Onsite registration only after midnight PST April 14. Onsite registration cash only 4-5pm at the Hotel Grand Pacific.

Please support our sponsors

Hotel Grand Pacific - The genesis for the name of our event. Great venue and rooms for our guests. The Hotel Grand Pacific (HGP) is a 4 Star hotel located in a great downtown area on the inner harbour. Please support the HGP. Book your room now. The HGP has an internet cafe and fine dining on site. As well as a great health club and indoor 25m pool. Great access to restaurants, cafes, grocery stores and other shopping. www.hotelgrandpacific.com

Goddess Chess will be sponsoring prizes for the top women. www.goddesschess.blogspot.com


The Flying Otter Grill - 950 Wharf Street, located on the Harbour next to the water for a quick bite to eat or drink.
www.flyingottergrill.com/

Sam's Deli, The Soda Shoppe and Dog Gone It Government Street near Humbolt. Easy walk from the Hotel Grand Pacific.
http://www.samsdeli.com

[Roger Patterson]

Re: 108 players now! See who is signed up www.grandpacificopen.com

pre-registration is now closed with 112 people on the list.

www.grandpacificopen.com

[Brian Raymer]

112 players now!

112 players now. Online registration is closed. You can still register onsite between 4 and 5pm on April 18 at the Hotel Grand Pacific in Victoria BC

[Mark S. Dutton]

Re: 114 players now! This year we want to set a new attendance record!

112 players now. Online registration is closed. You can still register onsite between 4 and 5pm on April 18 at the Hotel Grand Pacific in Victoria BC

There is still time to join the largest chess tournament in British Columbia! On site registration at the Hotel Grand Pacific!

Here is a quick summary of previous years! We hope to set a record this year!

Grand Pacific Open
Year Date # Winner(s) Score
1st 2007 April 7-9 41 Hanneign Pitre 4.5-0.5
2nd 2008 March 21-24 83 Bindi Cheng 6.0-0.0
3rd 2009 April 10-13 76 Leon Piasetski*, Valeria Gansvind, Lawrence Day, Vicente Lee Jr. 5.0-1.0
4th 2010 April 2-5 87 Lawrence Day 5.5-0.5
5th 2011 April 22-25 104 Nino Maisuradze 6.0-0.0
6th 2012 April 6-9 119 Hikaru Nakamura 6.0-0.0
7th 2013 March 29 - April 1 106 Jack Yoos 5.5-0.5

* Tie-break winner





http://www3.telus.net/public/swright2/gpo.html

[Mark S. Dutton]

123 players in 2 sections! We set another new attendance record! 8th Grand Pacific OP

123 PLAYERS in 2 SECTIONS -- here are the FINAL standings of the VYCC and ACTIVE as well as standings for the GPO:
http://grandpacificopen.pbworks.com/.../77899400/2014 GPO - PAIRINGS AND RESULTS

Here is a PHOTO ALBUM of the event.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1&l=21d6b755b2

[Mark S. Dutton]

PHOTOS and more PHOTOS! (and even a few games) Re: 123 players in 2 sections!

Please take a look at the excellent work of Doug Bain © Bluegiraffe Photo - the Official Photographer of the Grand Pacific Open Chess events.

http://bluegiraffephoto.zenfolio.com...3c952#hf03c952

Photo Gallery Here: http://bluegiraffephoto.zenfolio.com/gpo21014

And Yes -- Hugh Brodie -- I did enter a few pgns for your database



[Event "8th Annual Grand Pacific Open"]
[Site "Hotel Grand Pacific - Victoria"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kagaoan, Jose"]
[Black "Kenney, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 d5 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 8. h3
Bf5 9. g4 Be4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxe4 Qh4 13. Nf2 O-O-O 14. Qf3 Bd6
15. Bg2 Qe7 16. O-O f6 17. Re1 g5 18. d5 1-0

[Event "8th Annual Grand Pacific Open"]
[Site "Hotel Grand Pacific - Victoria"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Villavieja, Butch"]
[Black "Wu, Ruining (Ray)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Ne7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c3 O-O 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qc7
15. Rae1 a6 16. Kh1 Na5 17. f4 Qc4 18. Qd1 Nc6 19. a3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bc5 21. f5
Bxd4 22. cxd4 exf5 23. Rxf5 Rac8 24. Ref1 Qc6 25. Qf3 Qg6 26. h3 Qe6 27. b3 Rc6
28. Kh2 Rc2 29. Qg3 Rc6 30. Qh4 Qd7 31. Rh5 h6 32. Rhf5 Rg6 33. Qh5 Qe6 34. Qf3
Qd7 35. Rf2 Qe6 36. g4 Qd7 37. h4 Qe7 38. Kh3 Qd7 39. Qf4 Rc6 40. Rf3 g6 41.
Rf6 h5 42. Rxc6 bxc6 43. Kg3 Qxg4 44. Qxg4 hxg4 45. Kxg4 Rb8 46. Kg5 Kg7 47.
Rc3 a5 48. Rxc6 Rxb3 49. Rc5 Rxa3 50. Rxd5 Rd3 51. Rd8 a4 52. d5 a3 53. d6 Rd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Annual Grsnd Pacific Open"]
[Site "Hotel Grand Pacific - Victoria"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chan, James"]
[Black "Berry, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. a3 Nxe5 6. Nf3 Nxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. b4
Qf6 9. Qxf6 Nxf6 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. cxb6 axb6
15. c4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Ba4 17. Be2 Bxd1 18. Bxd1 Bxb4 0-1

[Event "8th Annual Grand Pacific Open"]
[Site "Hotel Grand Pacific - Victoria"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yoos, Jack"]
[Black "Lessler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Bc4 Qh4 5. Kf1 Bd6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8.
Ne4 O-O 9. d4 Bf5 10. Nf2 Nd7 11. g4 Bxg4 12. Nxg4 Qh3 13. Kf2 Qxg4 14. Rg1
Qh3 15. Bf1 Qh6 16. c4 Nf5 17. Qd3 Nh4 18. Ng5 Rfe8 19. Qh3 Nc5 20. b4 Ne4 21.
Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bd3 Rxd4 23. Bd2 Ng6 0-1

[Event "8th Annual Grand Pacific Open"]
[Site "Hotel Grand Pacific - Victoria"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Berry, Jonathan"]
[Black "Moore, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. e3 a5 10. a3 Bh7 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. e4 Na6 13. Ne5 Nc5 14. Bd4 Qc7 15. f4
Ncd7 16. g4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 c5 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bc3 a4 21. f5 exf5
22. gxf5 axb3 23. cxb3 Bg5 24. a4 c4 25. Rfd1 Qe7 26. Qxc4 Rac8 27. Qb4 Be3
28. Kh1 Bc5 29. Qb5 Bd6 30. e5 Rxc3 31. exd6 Qg5 32. d7 Rc2 33. Bxb7 Bxf5 34.
d8=Q Rxh2 35. Kxh2 Qf4 36. Kg2 Qg4 37. Kf2 Rxd8 38. Rxd8 Kh7 39. Qc4 1-0

[Event "8th Annual Grand Pacific Open"]
[Site "Hotel Grand Pacific - Victoria"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sohal, Tanraj S."]
[Black "Richardson, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8 8. Nge2
Na6 9. O-O Nac7 10. a3 a6 11. b4 b5 12. a4 cxb4 13. Na2 Bd7 14. Be3 b3 15. Qxb3
bxa4 16. Qa3 a5 17. Nec3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nxa4 Ra6 20. Rad1 Bg5 21. Bxg5
Qxg5 22. f4 Qf6 23. N2c3 h5 24. c5 h4 25. Nb2 hxg3 26. hxg3 exf4 27. Rxf4 Qg5
28. Rdf1 Rf6 29. Nc4 Bd3 30. Nxd6 Bxf1 31. Nce4 Qe5 32. Nxf6 Nxf6 33. Bxf1 Ra8
34. Nc4 Qe1 35. d6 Ncd5 36. Rf3 Ne4 37. Qd3 Nb4 38. Qd4 Nxg3 39. Qg4 Nxf1 40.
Rxf1 Qc3 41. Rf3 Qc1 42. Kg2 Qc2 43. Rf2 Qc3 44. d7 Rd8 45. Qe6 Kh7 46. Ne5
Qxc5 47. Qg6 Kg8 48. Qe8 Kh7 49. Qxd8 Qxe5 50. Qh4 1-0

[Event "8th Annual Grand Pacific Open"]
[Site "Hotel Grand Pacific - Victoria"]
[Date "2014.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polly P Wright"]
[Black "Alexander Cooper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1362"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e3 Bg4 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Bb4 13. Kf1 Be6 14.
Qb5 Bd6 15. Ng5 c6 16. Qd3 Bf5 17. e4 Bg6 18. h4 Be7 19. Nf3 f6 20. Qb3 Bf7
21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Kh8 23. h5 Re8 24. Nh4 h6 25. Qf7 c5 26. Ng6 Kh7 27.
Nxe7 Qc7 28. Qg6 Kh8 29. Nd5 Qd6 30. dxc5 Qxc5 31. Nc3 Rad8 32. Rh3 Qc4 33.
Kg1 b5 34. Rg3 Rg8 35. Nd5 Rde8 36. Nxf6 gxf6 37. Qxh6# 1-0

[Event "8th Annual Grand Pacific Open"]
[Site "Hotel Grand Pacific - Victoria"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polly P Wright"]
[Black "Daniel Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1226"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Ndb5 a6 7. Nd6 Bxd6 8.
Qxd6 Nc6 9. e4 Qf6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Rc1 e5 12. Qd2 Nge7 13. Rd1 h6 14. Be2 O-O
15. O-O Rd8 16. Na4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc6 20. Rd6 b5 21.
cxb5 axb5 22. Nc5 Ra8 23. Bxb5 Ne5 24. a3 Ra5 25. a4 Nc6 26. Nb3 1-0

[Event "8th Annual Grand Pacific Open"]
[Site "Hotel Grand Pacific - Victoria"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Day, Lawrence"]
[Black "Wu, Ruining (Ray)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 e6 5. a3 a6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Ba2
O-O 9. Be3 b5 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Qh3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f3 a5 14. O-O Qc7 15.
Rfc1 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Ne2 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. c4 bxc3 20. Nxc3 Bxa2 21.
Nxa2 Qe5 22. Rc3 0-1

[Event "8th Annual Grand Pacific Open"]
[Site "Hotel Grand Pacific - Victoria"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patterson, Roger"]
[Black "Villavieja, Butch"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. Be3 Na5 10. Qa4 c6 11. c5 b5 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15.
b3 Qd8 16. b4 Nb7 17. Qxa6 Ra8 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Qc4 Be6 20. Qd3 d5 21. Qc2 Qd7
22. Kh2 Ra3 23. Qb2 Rca8 24. Ndb1 R3a7 25. a4 Nd6 26. Nd2 h5 27. a5 Rb8 28. Qa3
h4 29. Na4 hxg3 30. fxg3 Nf5 31. Nc5 Qc8 32. Bf4 Nxd4 33. Bxb8 Qxb8 34. Nxe6
fxe6 35. e3 Ne2 36. e4 Nh5 37. Rf3 Nhxg3 38. Rxg3 Nxg3 39. Rxc6 Nxe4 40. Kh1
Nxd2 41. Qe3 Ne4 42. Bxe4 dxe4 43. Qxe4 Qg3 44. Qxe6 Kh7 45. a6 Ra8 46. Qg4
Qe1 47. Kg2 Qd2 48. Kh1 Re8 49. Qh4 Kg8 50. Rxg6 0-1

[Event "8th Annual Grand Pacific Open"]
[Site "Hotel Grand Pacific - Victoria"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Doknjas, Joshua"]
[Black "Yoos, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5 Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 Qc7 7. Bc2 d5 8. d3
e5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bb3 N7f6 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5
15. Nbd2 Rfe8 16. Re1 Bf4 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. g4 Bg6 20. Nh4 Rad8 21.
Nxg6 hxg6 22. Qf3 g5 23. Nxg5 Rf8 24. Nxf7 c4 25. Bxc4 Rxf7 26. Bxf7 Kxf7 27.
Re4 g5 28. Rae1 Qd6 29. Re7 Kf8 30. Qe4 Nf6 31. Qxb7 Qd5 32. Qxa6 Bd6 33. R7e6
Ne8 34. Qc4 Nc7 35. Rf6 Kg7 36. Rf5 Qxc4 37. Rxg5 Kf7 38. Rf5 Kg6 39. dxc4
1-0

[Event "8th Annual Grand Pacific Open"]
[Site "Hotel Grand Pacific - Victoria"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tate, Bill"]
[Black "Escandor, Manuel Omana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1547"]
[BlackElo "1711"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 Bd7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nd5 10. Bg5 a6 11. a3 b5 12. h3 Qc8 13. Kh2 f6 14. Be3 Na5 15. Nc5
Bc6 16. Rc1 Nb6 17. Nh4 Rd8 18. Qc2 f5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Bxf5 Bd7 21. Bxh7 Kh8
22. Qg6 Be8 23. Qc2 Bf7 24. Rce1 Nb7 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Bf4 Nd5 27. Be4 c6 28.
Bg3 Nf6 29. Re3 Qd7 30. Rfe1 Bh6 31. Bf5 e6 32. Bxe6 Bxe6 33. Rxe6 Bg7 34. Re7
Qd5 35. Qg6 Qg8 36. Be5 Rf8 37. Re4 Qh7 38. Rh4 Ng4 39. Qxg4 Bxe5 40. dxe5
1-0

[Event "8th Annual Grand Pacific Open"]
[Site "Hotel Grand Pacific - Victoria"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shao, Nathan"]
[Black "Sutherland, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "1645"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
a3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. d3 Rfe8 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Nc3 Rad8 13. b4 Bxe2 14. Nxe2
Qxa1 15. Bb2 Bxf2 16. Kxf2 Ng4 17. Kg3 Qxf1 18. Nf4 Nh6 19. Qd2 c6 20. h3
Qe1 0-1

123 PLAYERS in 2 SECTIONS -- here are the FINAL standings of the VYCC and ACTIVE as well as standings for the GPO:
http://grandpacificopen.pbworks.com/.../77899400/2014 GPO - PAIRINGS AND RESULTS

Here is a PHOTO ALBUM of the event.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1&l=21d6b755b2

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