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2026 Pan American Junior Chess Championship

The 2026 Pan American Junior Chess Championship was held in El Slavador last weekend. Canada had 28 representatives, about one-third from BC.
Medal Winners:
U7 Female. Echo Fan 9/9, 1st, Yaswitha Suresh 7/9 tied 2nd
U15 Female. Joanne Wangluo 6.5/9, 3rd
U7 Pengyu Chen 6.5/9, 3rd
U13. Barath Subramanian Suresh 7/9, tied 1st
U15. NM Zachary Liu 5.5/9, tied 2nd



[Posted: May 22, 2026]

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Canadian Chess Challenge

The annual Canadian Chess Challenge (grades 1-12) took place in Winnipeg last weekend. Team BC tied for second with Quebec, two match points behind perennial winner Ontario who won every match. BC lost to Ontario and Nova Scotia and defeated all the other provinces including Quebec in match play.
Special congratulations to BC players with top scores for their grades:
Grade 1 – Oscar Yulana Shi 9/9 1st place
Grade 3 – Karson Lu 8/9 2nd place
Grade 6 – NM Lucas Yao 8/9 2nd place
Grade 8 – Nicholas Pei-Chang Wu 6/9 2nd place
Grade 11 – Arya AAdit 7.5/9 1st place

[Posted: May 21, 2026]

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New National Master

Congratulations to Lucas Yao whose NM title was certified by the CFC yesterday.

[Posted: May 20, 2026]

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2026 Paul Keres Memorial Results

Thank you to Umang Banatwala and the rest of the Fraser Valley Chess team for a really great Keres on Victoria Day weekend. There were 197 players in the Open and 39 in the Blitz.

Winners of the sections were:

Premier: GM Vladimir Belous and FM/WIM Megen Lee, both of Seattle tied for first with 5 points out of 6. FM Grigorii Morozov as the top BC player (on tie-break) qualified for an invitation to the BC Closed.
U2000: Gyuwan Lee 5.5 points
U1500: Tianyou Huang 5.5 points
U1000: Weihan Chen and Lucas Zhou 5 points
Blitz: GM Vladimir Bilous and NM Yidong Chen 6 points out of 7

[Posted: May 20, 2026]

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Bulletin #482 Posted

BC Bulletin #482 has been posted!

[Posted: May 20, 2026]

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Bulletin #481 Posted

BC Bulletin #481 has been posted!

[Posted: May 20, 2026]

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BC vs Alberta Match - UPDATE

Final score: Alberta 31 BC 29. Congratulations to NM Bohan (Henry) Yang for defeating IM Tymur Keleberda in round 3.

[Posted May 4, 2026]

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BC vs Alberta Match - UPDATE

BC and Alberta are currently battling it out for bragging rights in a match at Salmon Arm. After three rounds, Alberta leads 19.5 - 16.5. Go, BC!



[Posted May 3, 2026, 11:30 am]

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Bulletin #480 Posted

BC Bulletin #480 has been posted!

[Posted: April 17, 2026]

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2026 Annual General Meeting

The BC Chess Federation will be holding the Annual General Meeting on Sunday, May 17th, 2026. Location: Richmond Curling Club. 5540 Hollybridge Way, Richmond BC, V7C 4N3

• Meeting will be in the upstairs skittles room of the venue.

Time: 3pm or immediately following Round 3 of the Keres Memorial Tournament.

Agenda: Send any discussion items to be added to the agenda to BCCF President Paul Leblanc at:

pc-leblanc@shaw.ca

Voting: All eligible (please see below for eligibility requirements) BCCF members are welcome and encouraged to participate in voting on agenda discussions.

Eligibility

• Must be at least 14 years of age.
• Must be current BCCF member (one event played, organized or directed within the past year), OR current CFC member, OR lifetime BCCF member.
• Must sign in prior to the AGM to confirm above requirements.
  
  

New sign in requirement for all members who wish to vote on agenda discussions. Sign in sheets and coordinators will be present at the entrances to the meeting.

[Posted: April 15, 2026]

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Announcing Team BC

BC vs Alberta Match Salmon Arm 1-3 May

NM Teodulfo Jojo Nones
NM Zachary Liu
NM Jason Yidong Chen
NM Bohan Henry Yang
Barath Subramanian Suresh
Zachary Chruzcz
Wade Courson
Zhiheng Henrik Luo
Adrien Howard
Aiden Zhu
Panshul Mishra Jaiman

[Posted: April 15, 2026]

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