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All summer long. Saturdays at Willows beach near the tearoom. From 10-12 noon map
| Date | VJCS Representative | Comments |
| July 5 | TianTian Geng | Casual play |
| July 12 | Kobias So | Casual Play |
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July 19 |
Elliot Raymer | Twoonie Tournament |
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Olympic Team Fundraiser Active
Aug. 16, 2008
Details on the Victoria Chess Club Website: www.victoriachessclub.pbwiki.com
Summer Chess Camps
Greg Churchill will be offering a number of summer camps this year. Details Camps, Chess Clubs and Coaches
Visit all the Chess camps across Canada this summer. Montreal to Victoria. Details at http://chess-math.org/camps/
6th Annual Victoria Junior Chess Beach Party and Awards
Saturday June 28th 2008. A good turnout this year and great weather on a cloud free day. 22 players in the blitz tournament. Josh Renaud was 1st place. Malcolm Bowles 2nd. Photos and more results to be posted soon.
This year the Sportmanship trophy was awarded to TianTian Geng.
Events included a Blitz tournament. Awards for Outstanding player, Most improved, Etc. Pizza Lunch. All chess players all ages and family invited. Out of town guests welcome. RSVP victoriajuniorchess@gmail.com with the number of guests.
10:30 -12:00 Bughouse and casual chess
12:00 noon lunch Pizza will be provided. Please bring other snacks and drinks.
12:30 pm Awards
12:30 - 12:45 Registration for Blitz
12:45 Blitz on the Beach There may be sections depending on turnout
Sponsored by Victoria Junior Chess - Free Entry
All chess players, all ages are invited.
Once again, this coming Easter, we will be holding the Victoria Chess Festival. There are three events: The Grand Pacific Scholastic Chess Tournament; A 5 round Active Swiss in 3 sections for Juniors. Mar 21 The Grand Pacific Open; The main event. A 6 round FIDE & CFC rated Swiss with a $2000 guaranteed prize fund. Open Bughouse Tournament; aka Siamese chess. Something a little more light hearted. Mar 24 And once again, a special rate has been arranged for accommodation at the Grand Pacific Hotel. And yes, you can play in more than one event.2008 Victoria Chess Festival Mar 21 - 24
Regional Chess Championship Sunday February 24, 2008 - regional qualifier for BC Chess Challenge
Attendance was up this year for the lower Vancouver Island Regional Qualifier for the Provincial Grade Championship to be held Satruday March 8th at BCIT. You are qualified to play if you scored 50% or greater in your grade or if you placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in your grade. You are also qualified if your brother or sister qualified. In order to play in the provincial you must be qualified and pre registered. Pre registration information is posted at http://www.bjdy.com/juniorchess/index.html Results will be posted soon on this site.
March 16th Book Launch, The Ultimate GM Duncan Suttles Games Collection, Vols.1-3 (details)
At 1:00 pm, Grandmasters Duncan Suttles and Yasser Seirawan will give a tandem (alternating move) simultaneous against juniors rated under 1800.
At 3:30 pm, Grandmasters Duncan Suttles and Yasser Seirawan will give a tandem (alternating move) simultaneous against adults, selected juniors and juniors who won or drew in the first simultaneous.
A hot dog and pop/juice lunch will be provided for juniors.
At 7:00 pm, a social gathering (business attire) will convene, for both chess players and non-chess players. Food will be provided. Chess players may continue to play in the front area of the Bridge Centre. The event ticket $10. Pre-ordered books will be available for pickup and signing. Pe-order the book here.
The Results are in from the Victoria City Chess Championship.
Grade K-3 1st Matthias So 2nd CJ Rainsberry 3rd Ethan Li
Grade 4-7 1st Farley Cannon 2nd Erika Ruiter 3rd Tom Goodall-Halliwell
Grade 8-12 1st Joshua Renaud 2nd Elliot Raymer 3rd Kristijan Gjorgjevik
Complete Results Results from recent Tournaments
Mark your calendars for the Victoria Chess Festival - Easter Weekend 2008 (March 21 - 24). The Victoria Chess Festival will be held at the Hotel Grand Pacific and will include the Grand Pacific Open, the Grand Pacific Scholastic Open (March 21) and the Grand Pacific Bughouse (Mar 24). Information FrontPage. Schedules will allow junior competitors to participate in all three events.
Write up on IJO#3 by Jay Zhao (Donovan Zhao's father). It was great to have Donovan play in our event in Victoria. Donovan ended up tied for 3rd. Pretty good considering he had to leave after 4 rounds to catch the ferry. http://www.bjdy.com/juniorchess/news.html
Bindi Cheng is the BC Junior Champion
Results on the BC junior chess website http://www.bjdy.com/juniorchess/index.html
Oct 8, 2007
The movie Arctic Tale will be showing this weekend at the Cinecenta Theatre at UVIC. Arctic Tale was co-directed by Sarah Robertson and Adam Ravetch (parents of Cooper Ravetch - a Victoria junior chess player). It looks like a great family movie. www.Arcticbearproductions.com
September 1st 2007
Malcolm Bowles has been awarded a $250 scholarship from the Victoria Junior Chess Society. Malcolm has been playing chess competitively since 1998 and was a consistent top player at Junior Chess events over that time period. Malcolm is starting his undergraduate studies at UVIC this September. Congratulations Malcolm!
August 26, 2007
September 1st will be the last day (until next year) for outdoor chess at Willows Beach Upcoming Events
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