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5th Annual Grand Pacific Open Victoria, BC Canada April 22-25 2011
The price goes up April 15. Register now for what looks to be a record breaking year. Welcome to our latest players to sign up, John Williams from Pheonix, Arizona and Howard Hare from Seattle, Washington. www.grandpacificopen.com to see who else is playing. Great Hotel, Great Location. See you in Victoria BC Canada next month. April 22-25 Side events are free for GPO players.
Victoria is proud to be hosting the Canadian Chess Challenge May 21-23 this year. www.victoriajuniorchess.com
Players from 5 Countries 5 US states and 3 Canadian Provinces
Check out who is playing this year. www.grandpacificopen.com
$99 rate at the Hotel Grand Pacific 5 Stars Prime Harbour Front location.
See who is playing www.grandpacificopen.com
$99 room rate 5 Star Hotel Great Inner Harbour location. Ocean view playing site. Where will you be on April 22?
There were still a few rooms left at the Hotel Grand Pacific at the $99 rate this afternoon. Suites were also available starting at $139. If you plan to stay at the HGP you should book ASAP. 94 players now. The list will be updated soon. www.grandpacificopen.com
See who is playing www.grandpacificopen.com
$99 room rate 5 Star Hotel Great Inner Harbour location. Ocean view playing site. Where will you be on April 22?
Tours leave at 1pm on Friday and return in time for Round 1. Mention Chess for a 20% discount
Check out the silent auction at the GPO. Gift certificates from our sponsors and more.
2011 Grand Pacific Open Chess Championship ADVANCE ENTRIES
Sections: Open (FIDE and CFC rated); U1400 (CFC rated)
Round Times Rd 1 at 6:00 pm Friday April 22; Rds 2 and 3 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Saturday April 23;Rds 4 and 5 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Sunday April 24; Rd 6 at 10:00 am Monday April 25
SwissSys Standings. 2011 Grand Pacific Open
- 5th Annual: 2011 Grand Pacific - OPEN Section
# Name ID Rtng Tot Prize
1 GM Igor Rausis NEW CFC 2489 0.0
2 FM John C [Jack] Yoos 107994 2452 0.0
3 WFM Valeria Gansvind 135048 2318 0.0
4 WGM Nino Maisuradze 2296 0.0
5 IM Lawrence Day 101024 2278 0.0
6 NM Alex Yam 138357 2269 0.0
7 NM Lucas Davies 110614 2225 0.0
8 NM Tanraj S Sohal 135830 2203 0.0
9 Howard Wu 105433 2192 0.0
10 John M. Williams NEW CFC 2168 0.0
11 Jamin Gluckie 127161 2148 0.0
12 Roger Patterson 103043 2132 0.0
13 Anson De Peiza 107492 2114 0.0
14 Yaron Gvili NEW CFC 2094 0.0
15 Pavel Trochtchanovitch 143763 2091 0.0
16 Dezheng Kong 146641 2089 0.0
17 Joe Soliven 144472 2084 0.0
18 Benedict Daswani 111363 2061 0.0
19 Ed Seedhouse 102195 2050 0.0
20 Lawrence Cohen 150883 2016 0.0
21 Michael A Schemm 101909 2009 0.0
22 Lukas Beaudry 126054 2003 0.0
23 Paul Leblanc 104186 1998 0.0
24 WCM Alexandra Botez 132416 1994 0.0
25 Ryan Lo 145788 1988 0.0
26 Manfrei Aquino 110160 1968 0.0
27 Ross Richardson 111115 1946 0.0
28 Jack [Kun] Cheng 133192 1943 0.0
29 Mike Murray 132150 1937 0.0
30 Hanniegan G Pitre 110863 1936 0.0
31 Loren Leceste NEW CFC 1929 0.0
32 John Doknjas 141225 1926 0.0
33 FM Jason Cao 149413 1921 0.0
34 Peter Lai NEW CFC 1918 0.0
35 David Crook 111494 1918 0.0
36 Evan Raymer 126641 1908 0.0
37 Yiming Han 142321 1895 0.0
38 Joe Roback 143038 1888 0.0
39 Han Du 151915 1881 0.0
40 Yifei Han 142320 1871 0.0
41 Philip Harris 112311 1867 0.0
42 Colin D Aykroyd 100288 1864 0.0
43 Troy Pendergraft 144115 1863 0.0
44 Severo [Juni] Caluza 104730 1851 0.0
45 Neil Cruden 149897 1835 0.0
46 Phil Holmstrom 112225 1808 0.0
47 Ken Forman 123040 1803 0.0
48 Lan Ma NEW CFC 1801 0.0
49 Bill Tate 105952 1789 0.0
50 Elliot Raymer 127485 1784 0.0
51 Jofrel Landingin 141991 1772 0.0
52 Alice Xiao 148766 1769 0.0
53 Steven Alexander Witt NEW CFC 1713 0.0
54 Sarah R. May 1696 0.0
55 Deron Stewart 142413 1688 0.0
56 Jacob Jensen 141224 1660 0.0
57 Polly P Wright 150795 1657 0.0
58 Rick Martinson 122911 1656 0.0
59 Eoin Dunne 140419 1649 0.0
60 Dylan Parker 140990 1642 0.0
61 Robert Hamm 108361 1619 0.0
62 Brian Sullivan 103750 1605 0.0
63 Matthew Herdin 143881 1604 0.0
64 Doug Sly 100351 1592 0.0
65 Frederick A. Davis NEW CFC 1545 0.0
66 Chris Stephenson 134340 1514 0.0
67 Shaun Luttin 150798 1511 0.0
68 Li Geng 150799 1505 0.0
69 James Taylor 100325 1491 0.0
70 Tian Tian Geng 147673 1482 0.0
71 Joshua Doknjas 146444 1450 0.0
72 Ruining [Ray] Wu 150768 1422 0.0
73 Lionel Han 147578 1418 0.0
74 Petr Straka 147629 1407 0.0
75 Trevor Yonkman 138549 1372 0.0
76 Jill Ding 146400 1208 0.0
77 Kai Richardson 152020 unr. 0.0
78 Joshua Biedak NEW CFC unr. 0.0
SwissSys Standings. 2011 Grand Pacific Open
- 5th Annual: 2011 Grand Pacific - Under 1400 Section
# Name ID Rtng Tot Prize
1 Justin C Wong 137589 1320 0.0
2 Michael Su 149622 1293 0.0
3 Conrad Burgert 138747 1254 0.0
4 Luke Pulfer 149297 1213 0.0
5 Leo Stokes 128533 1180 0.0
6 Edward Enns 122461 1177 0.0
7 Garth Edgar 148849 1172 0.0
8 Fred Wissemann NEW CFC 1167 0.0
9 Daniel Lee 129739 1139 0.0
10 Ben Seran NEW CFC 1131 0.0
11 Matthew Geng 147851 1116 0.0
12 Howie Hare NEW CFC 1075 0.0
13 Praveer Sharan NEW CFC 1010 0.0
14 Brian Parker 148112 956 0.0
15 Jefferson Yang Xia 151047 882 0.0
16 Andrea Botez 147577 743 0.0
17 Regan Thiessen NEW CFC unr. 0.0
18 Erik Rodriguez NEW CFC unr. 0.0
PRIZE FUND: :D
Open Section: $1000+Trophy, $600, $400 U2000 $400 + Trophy, $300 U1700 $350 + Trophy, $250, Top Women $70, $60, $50, $40, $30 (courtesy of Goddess Chess)
Top BC Player qualifies for BC Closed.
U1400 Section: $300 + Trophy, $200;
Top Unrated (Highest score in either section) $100
Biggest Upset $100
Time Control: Game in 90 minutes with a 30 second increment
DETAILS OF EVENTS: 5th Annual Grand Pacific Open Victoria, BC Canada April 22-25 2011
The Grand Pacific Open is BC's largest chess event and this will be it's 5th annual! The main event is a 6 round FIDE and CFC rated Swiss with $4250 in prizes. There are also a number of side events which are free if you play in the main event and include a Scholastic tournament, an active tournament, Midnight Blitz with $100 in prizes, and a Bughouse tournament to finish off the weekend.
The tournament hall itself is the very nice ballroom at the 5 Star Hotel Grand Pacific. The hotel is located on the Inner Harbour in downtown Victoria, close to tourist destinations and across the street from the Seatle Clipper and Coho ferry connections.
We now have a number of Sponsors for the 5th Annual Grand Pacific Open. See our Sponsors page for a list. Thanks for supporting our sponsors. The Bard and Banker Scottish Brew Pub is sponsoring the Grand Pacific Open. There will be an informal gathering at the Bard and Banker on Sunday April 24 starting at 3:15pm - 5:30pm. Enjoy half price appetizers, a drink or dinner and help support the Bard.
Thanks too to those who have donated to the Grand Pacific Open.
Come join us Easter 2011 in Victoria for the Grand Pacific Open!
Side Event Entry Fee: For all side events, FREE if registered in the main event, the Grand Pacific Open. Otherwise, $10 gets you a pass to all side events. CFC membership not required for any of the side events.
Side Event Registration: Please register by email grandpacificopen@gmail.com or onsite prior to the event. Onsite registration from 1 hour to 15 minutes before the start of the particular event.
Grand Pacific Scholastic: A 5 round active junior event: April 22 10am - 4pm, G/25min+5 sec increment, Two sections only Gr. K-3 and Gr. 4-7 Medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each section CMA and CFC rated
Grand Pacific Active A 4 round active event open to all: April 22 12 noon - 5pm, G/25min+5 sec increment, Rated by the Victoria Chess CLub.
Midnight Blitz April 23 10pm or ASAP to midnight, G/5min, 5 double round swiss, 1st $50, U1700 $25, U1400 $25
Grand Pacific Bughouse April 25 2:30pm - 4pm, G/5min, 5 round Swiss
Grand Pacific Open Details:
Registration: On line registration is available at the bottom of this page. You can also contact us at grandpacificopen@gmail.com. A hard copy of the registration form (and cheque) can be mailed to
Victoria Junior Chess Society, 2386 Dalhousie St. Victoria, BC V8R 2H6 payable to Victoria Junior Chess Society. Do not mail cheques or registration after April 8. Onsite registration for the Grand Pacific Open is from 4:00-5:30 Friday April 22. Registration after 5:30 does not guarantee a Swiss pairing.
Sections: Open (FIDE and CFC rated); U1400 (CFC rated)
Round Times
Rd 1 at 6:00 pm Friday April 22;
Rds 2 and 3 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Saturday April 23;
Rds 4 and 5 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Sunday April 24;
Rd 6 at 10:00 am Monday April 25
Prize Fund: $4000 Guaranteed:
Open Section: $1000+Trophy, $600, $400 U2000 $400 + Trophy, $300 U1700 $350 + Trophy, $250, Top Women $70, $60, $50, $40, $30 (courtesy of Goddess Chess)
Top BC Player qualifies for BC Closed.
U1400 Section: $300 + Trophy, $200;
Top Unrated (Highest score in either section) $100
Biggest Upset $100
Time Control: Game in 90 minutes with a 30 second increment
Entry Fee (Open) $75 registered and paid on or before March 15, $85 registered on or before April 15, $95 on site.
Non CFC members add $16 (adult) or $8 (junior)
Entry Fee (U1400) $55 registered and paid on or before March 15, $65 registered on or before April 15, $75 on site.
Non CFC members add $16 (adult) or $8 (junior).
Misc: Unrated players are not eligible for class prizes. The 'Unrated' prize is won by the unrated player with the most points in either section. U1400 players may play in the Open but are then not eligible for the U1400 prize.
1st tiebreak for non cash prizes is individual cumulative score. 2nd tiebreak is cumulative score of opponents. Biggest upset prize and the Top Women prizes may be won in addition to any other prize won. Prizes for which there are no eligible players will not be awarded. Half point byes for rounds 1-5 if requested before the start of round 1. We may use floater players in the event of an odd number of players for any given round - games against floater players might not be CFC or FIDE rated. Prize ceremony at 2:15 on Monday, April 25. BCCF membership is included in entry fee. All chess equipment provided.
Accommodation:
Same great location at the Grand Pacific Hotel! $99 room rate available. Quote APR11GRAND for this great rate. http://www.hotelgrandpacific.com/
PRESS RELEASE -Re: 5th Annual Grand Pacific Open Victoria, BC Canada April 22-25 2011
PRESS RELEASE
Generations Battle for Chess Supremacy
Players aged six to eighty will go head to head in the 5th annual Grand Pacific Open Chess Tournament, to be held at the Hotel Grand Pacific on Easter Weekend April 22nd to 25th. Modern chess is unique in that there are no age or gender barriers to participation. This year’s event will feature close to 100 competitors from six countries. Play begins at 6:00 pm Friday and continues during the afternoon and evening on Saturday and Sunday, concluding with the final round Monday at 10:00 am. Spectators may attend free of charge.
Top contenders will be International Grand Master Igor Rausis of the Czech Republic, BC Champion Jack Yoos of Vancouver, Women’s Grandmaster Nino Maisuradze of France, International Master Lawrence Day of Toronto (last year’s winner), and Women’s FIDE Master Valeria Gansvind of Estonia.
However, the younger generation is out in force, led by World Under 10 Champion Jason Cao of Victoria. Also present will be US Grade One Champion Praveer Sharan of Lake Oswego, Oregon, Canadian Under 16 Champion Tanraj Sohal of Surrey, US National Girls Champion Alexandra Botez of Burnaby, Canadian Under 8 Champion Joshua Doknjas of Surrey and Canadian Under 8 Girls Champion Andrea Botez of Burnaby.
Selected Biographies:
Igor Rausis is 50 years old and living in Varnsdorf, Czech
Republic. Igor became an International Grandmaster atthe age of 30.
Igor has been a member of the Latvian Olympic team at several Chess
Olympiads: as a Player, as a Coach of various team and as a Delegate.
Some of Igor’s tournament wins: 1987 Prague Cedok Open, 1989 Muenchen
Invitational, 1992 Moscow Invitational, 1995 Paris Open, 1995 Heart of
Finland Open, 1997 Paris Invitational.
Praveer Sharan, a first grader in the Oak Creek Elementary School at Lake Oswego, OR, is the Oregon State K-2 chess champion for 2010 and 2011. He won the US National chess championship in the K-1 section in May 2010. In addition, Praveer has won several local chess championships held in the Portland area, including the City of Portland championship in 2010.
GM Igor Rausis Simul last night at the Hotel Grand Pacific
GM Rausis was undefeated in his simul against 14 opponents. The side events start this morning at 10am. Round 1 of the GPO starts at 6pm. We still have room for a few more on site registrations. If you are not registered yet and would like to play, register on line www.grandpacificopen.com or email grandpacificopen@gmail.com or register on site between 4 and 5 to ensure a Swiss pairing
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