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     Update: February 22nd, 2021 

Upcoming Tournaments      

February 28th 2021 -- 2021 Victoria Chess Challenge (registration https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2021-victoria-chess-challenge-lichess-online-tournament-tickets-142589660513)

About this Event

• Qualifier for Provincial BC Chess Challenge (Organizer: Vancouver Chess School)(due to COVID the provincial tournament format and schedule is TBD)
• Check-in: Room Meeting link will be sent to players one day before the tournament to join the meeting at 8:30am for announcement. Players failed to join the Zoom meeting by 8:50am will be removed from pairing
• Start: 9:00am sharp. Tentative round time (may start early based on the tournament progress --please stay online until the tournament is completed): 9am/10am/11am/Lunch Break/1pm/2pm
• Location: lichess.org online tournament
• Tournament Director: Patrick Huang (CFC National Candidate Master)
• Rounds: 5 round swiss or round robin. Game 25/5 (25 minutes and 5 second increment)
• Top finishers with 2.5 points qualify for Provincial Championship by Grade
• Open to all BC K-12 (Canadian and International) students 
• Sections may combine different grades depending on number of players
• Certificate award for top finishers per section
• Must register and pay online to guarantee first round pairing 

2021 Victoria City Championships (Scheduled TBD)

2021 Victoria Youth Chess Championships (Qualifier for Canadian Youth Chess Championship)(Schedule TBD)

In Order to join above tournaments, please sign up a free lichess account. See http://victoriajuniorchess.pbworks.com/w/page/141321951/Lichess%20Registration for how to create an account and join the Victoria Junior Chess Society on lichess. 

**ATTENTION** Due to the concern of coronavirus, EBC Chess Meet-up is now temporarily suspended until further notice. Please stay healthy.

Regular junior chess meet-up held by EBC Chess Club: every Monday night (6:00 pm -7:30 pm) at Emmanuel Baptist Church (2121 Cedar Hill X Rd, Victoria BC V8P 2R6). Free practice for all level players. Please ask around for "chess club" when you arrive at the church. To receive regular chess meet-up notification please contact Haibo Sun at the event. More details.

     Victoria High School Championship 2019    

Paul Leblanc of the Victoria Chess Club presents the high school championship trophy to Mount Douglas Vice-Principal Paul Ledet. The winning Mount Douglas Secondary School Chess Team in 2019 was led by Victoria Junior Chess member, Mathew Geng, who has graduated and now in Waterloo University. Congratulations to the team!

Completed Tournaments  

• 2019 Victoria City Championships Result
• 2018/19 Island Junior Blitz Open Result
• 2018/19 Island Junior Active Open Open Section U800 Section
• 2018 Victoria City Championships Result
• 2017/18 Island Junior Blitz Open Result 
• 2017/18 Island Junior Active Open Result 
• 2016/17 Island Junior Open Active #2 (Nov 6th) CMA Rating Result CFC Rating Result Advanced Novice
• 2016/17 Island Junior Open Active #3 (Dec 11th) Result coming soon
• 2016/17 Victoria City Championship and Victoria Chess Challenge CMA Rating Result  
• All the other historical tournaments please see here  

** Revised Policy - Please Read Parents and Guardians are responsible for the direct supervision of their child(ren). If you are not able to stay on site during the tournament please make sure you have delegated the authority for direct supervision of your Child(ren) to another adult who will be on site. Please make sure your child(ren) and delegated adult knows your phone number including cell phone if you need to leave the tournament site. The Tournament Director(s) and Organizer(s) are not able to provide direct supervision. Tournaments may end sooner or later than the post finish estimates depending on how fast the rounds are completed in each section.

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