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.)
- Chess in Pubs #4 @Bar One, November 24, Langley
- BC Junior Chess Rapid, November 25, Burnaby
- BC Junior Winter Rapid Championship (Grades 1-3), November 26, Langley
- Tri-cities Blitz-2 (G7-9) and (G10-12), November 29, Port Coquitlam
- BC Junior Winter Rapid Championship (Grades 4-6), December 3, Langley
- BC Junior Winter Rapid Championship (Grades 7-9), December 10, Langley
- Vancouver Chess Festival, December 9-10, Vancouver
- Victoria Chess Club Rapid Chess Fundraiser, Sat., December 16, 2023, Esquimalt
- BC Junior Winter Rapid Championship (Grades 10-12), December 17, Langley
- Rapid Chess Tournament WV, December 17, West Vancouver
- 3rd Annual Blendz Memorial Blitz, December 23, Online
- Christmas Open Rapid, December 24, 2023, Langley
- Goodbye 2023 FIDE U-1800, December 28-30, 2023, Langley
- New Years Open, January 4-6, 2024, Richmond
- Rapid Chess Tournament WV, January 7, 2024,West Vancouver
- Victoria Championship, January 20-21, 2024, Sidney
- Greater Vancouver Chess Tournament 4, January 20-21, 2024, Burnaby
- RCC Elite Chess Championship 2024 #1, February 11, 2024 Richmond
- 17th Annual Grand Pacific Open, March 29-April 1, 2024
- RCC Elite Chess Championship 2024 #2, May 5, 2024, Richmond
- RCC Elite Chess Championship 2024 #3, September 15, 2024, Richmond
- RCC Elite Chess Championship 2024 #4, October 6, 2024, Richmond
- RCC Elite Chess Championship 2024 #5, December 8, 2024, 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
- November 27, 2023: Christmas Open Rapid, Langley
- November 22, 2023: Lansdowne CC, Victoria added
- November 19, 2023: Tri-cities Blitz-2, Goodbye 2023 FIDE U1800
- November 16, 2023: Added Fraser Valley Rapid #9, FVC Calendar
- November 9, 2023: Victoria CC Rapid, Arbiter Seminar
- November 7, 2023: Updates to West Van Rapids
- November 6, 2023: Blenz Memorial added
- November 2, 2023: Various tournaments added
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