British Columbia Chess Federation
Welcome to the home of the BCCF on the web. Use the links above and to the far left to find a chess club to visit or a chess tournament to play in.
If you'd like to know about events that have concluded, check out the BCCF Bulletin.
The British Columbia Chess Federation is a society whose purposes are:
- to extend and foster interest in chess throughout the Province.
- to assist and co-ordinate the affairs and activities of chess clubs in the Province.
- to assist in the settlement of chess disputes within the Province.
- to promote and support provincial championships.
If you have content you would like posted here, detect any problems with the site, or need to contact the webmaster
for some other reason, please e-mail scott@scottmorgan.ca
For non website related matters, please consult the list of BCCF executives on the menu above.
Upcoming Chess Events
See coming events page for full details (links to websites etc.)
- Fraser Valley Spring 2023 Rapid (CFC rated Rapid), Thursday, March 16
- 2023 BC Youth Chess Championship (BCYCC), 18-19 March 2023, Burnaby
- Fraser Valley Spring 2023 CLASSICAL, Tue, Thur, March 21 and 23
- Victoria Chess Club Rapid, Saturday, March 25
- UBC Annual Rapid, Sunday, March 26
- 16th Annual Grand Pacific Open, April 7-10, 2023 (Easter), Victoria
- Fraser Valley WOMEN & SENIOR Rapid 2023 (CFC rated Rapid), April 15 ** UPDATED **
- Chilliwack Chess Club 8th Annual Stan Rogers Memorial (CFC Active Rated), April 22
- BC Active Championship, April 22 - 23, 2023, Richmond
- Fraser Valley Rapid 4 (CFC rated Rapid), Saturday, April 29 ** UPDATED **
- 2023 Okanagan Open, May 5-7, 2023, Salmon Arm
- 2023 BC vs Alberta Match, May 5-7, 2023, Salmon Arm
- 47th Annual Keres Memorial, May 20-22, 2023, Richmond
- BC Provincial Inter School (K1-12) Classical (CFC Rated), May 27-28
- Penny’s Chess Club Regular CFC rated classical, June 3-4, Burnaby
- 2023 BC Senior Championship, June 9-11, Langley
- Fraser Valley Rapid 5 (CFC rated Rapid), Saturday, Jun 10
- Canada Day Open, Jul 1-3, 2023, Richmond
- BC vs Washington Match, Jul 1-3, 2023, Richmond
Recurring events are listed on the coming events page.
There are also possibly events that dates have been set for but are still in the planning process, also on the coming events page.
What's New
- March 26, 2023: Tournament date updates
- March 11, 2023: BC Active added.
- March 7, 2023: Bulletin 434 added.
- March 5, 2023: Tournaments updated, Game database updated.
- February 3, 2023: Bulletin 432 added
- February 2, 2023: Upcoming tournaments added
- January 3, 2023: Bulletins 430 and 431.
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