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Grand Pacific Open in Victoria April 2-5 and Victoria Chess Challenge April 2
$4000 Guaranteed FIDE rated 6 round swiss Open and U1400 section
2010 Events:
Grand Pacific Open - The Main Event: a FIDE and CFC rated 6 round Swiss with $4000 in guaranteed prizes.
Victoria Chess Challenge - Qualifier for the BC Chess Challenge
Grand Pacific Active - 4 round active event rated by the Victoria Chess Club
Midnight Blitz - blitz tournament - $100 in prizes
Grand Pacific Bughouse - 5 round Swiss for Bughouse
Victoria Chess Challenge Grade K-12 April 2 12 noon - 5 pm Open to all students in grade K-12 Out of region, province and country welcome to play. Qualifier for the BC Chess Challenge (BC students only)
There are 69 players now in the GPO. www.grandpacificopen.com for the complete list in a nicer format for viewing.
First Name Last Name City Prov/State Title rating Type FIDE Byes
Jack Yoos Vancouver British Columbia CA FM 2444 CFC 2375
Valeria Gansvind Sidney British Columbia CA WFM 2229 CFC 2332
Lawrence Day Weston Ontario CA IM 2302 CFC 2279
Radu Roua Portland Oregon US NM 2224 FIDE 2224
Nenad Ristovic Calgary Alberta CA FM 2272 CFC 2203
Lucas Davies Vancouver British Columbia CA NM 2244 CFC 2182
Dan Scoones Port Coquitlam British Columbia CA NM 2256 CFC 2179
Howard Wu Victoria British Columbia CA NM 2216 CFC 2149
Roger Patterson Victoria British Columbia CA NM 2204 CFC 2141
Noam Davies Vancouver British Columbia CA NM 2212 CFC 2125
Pavel Trochtchanovitch Richmond British Columbia CA 2090 CFC 2092
Roy Yearwood Calgary Alberta CA 2184 CFC 2076
Tanraj Sohal Surrey British Columbia CA 2096 CFC 2034
Jim Daniluk Calgary Alberta CA 2064 CFC 2017
Hanniegn Pitre Seattle Washington US 1960 CFC 1995
Paul Leblanc Victoria British Columbia CA 1877 CFC 1993
Jack Cheng Vancouver British Columbia CA 2008 CFC 1987
Aaron Sequillion Edmonton Alberta CA 1999 CFC 1985
Alexandra Botez Clackamas Oregon US WCM 1930 FIDE 1930
Dhezeng Kong Vancouver British Columbia CA 1996 CFC 1929
Welcome to our latest players to sign up. www.grandpacificopen.com for more information on registering, hotel reservations and to see who else is playing.
* Christopher Mackie, Camas, WA
chess rating: 1212P
Type: USCF
* Iain Mackie, Camas, WA
chess rating: 1023P
Type: USCF
* Daniel Lee, West Vancouver, British Columbia
chess rating: 1128
Type: CFC
* Holger Grund, Seattle, WA
chess rating: 2422
Type: FIDE
* Alice (Huan Yi) Xiao, Vancouver, British Columbia
chess rating: 1642
Type: CFC
IM Lawrence Day is in Victoria! 4th Annual Grand Pacific Open in Victoria April 2-5
Hi Brian:
Thanks for being such an excellent organizer! The players of BC and in this entire area are all very fortunate to have such an enthusiastic promoter of the game we all love!
A quick review of the first 3 years of the Annual Grand Pacific Open:
2007 - 41 Players - Mike MacGregor - Champion
2008 - 83 Players - FM Bindi Cheng - Champion
2009 - 76 Players - 4-way tie - IM Leon Piasetski, WFM Valerina Gansvind, IM Lawrence Day & IM Vicente Lee Jr.
2010 Grand Pacific Open Chess Championship Schedule
4TH Annual Grand Pacific Open April 2 - 5, 2010
Sections: Open (FIDE and CFC rated); U1400 (CFC rated)
Round Times Rd 1 at 6:00 pm Friday April 2nd; Rds 2 and 3 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Saturday April 3rd; Rds 4 and 5 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Sunday April 4th; Rd 6 at 10:00 am Monday April 5th
TD Mark S. Dutton, IA
Victoria Chess Challenge (Grade K-12) April 2 10am - 4pm, G25min+5 sec increment, 5 round swiss or round robin, medals 1st, 2nd, 3rd each grade K-12. Open to Out of Region players including US and International. Top players will qualify for BC Chess Challenge (BC residents only). TD Elliot Raymer
Grand Pacific Active April 2 12 noon - 4pm, G25min+5 sec increment, 4 round swiss, medals 1st, 2nd, 3rd ?12 years >12years and ? 60 years TD Elliot Raymer
Midnight Blitz April 3 10pm or ASAP to 11:45, G5min, 5 double round swiss, 1st $50, U1700 $25, U1200 $25 TD Elliot Raymer
Grand Pacific Bughouse April 5 2pm - 4pm, G5min, 5 round swiss TD Elliot Raymer
2010 Grand Pacific Open Chess Championship Schedule
Grand Pacific Open April 2 - 5 2010
Sections: Open (FIDE and CFC rated); U1400 (CFC rated)
Round Times
Rd 1 at 6:00 pm Friday April 2nd;
Rds 2 and 3 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Saturday April 3rd;
Rds 4 and 5 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Sunday April 4th;
Rd 6 at 10:00 am Monday April 5th
Sections: Open (FIDE and CFC rated); U1400 (CFC rated)
Round Times
Rd 1 at 6:00 pm Friday April 2nd;
Rds 2 and 3 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Saturday April 3rd;
Rds 4 and 5 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Sunday April 4th;
Rd 6 at 10:00 am Monday April 5th
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