WA-BC International Scholastic Chess Match

Tournament information:

When:

May 1st, 2010

Location:

New Westminster (near Vancouver), British Columbia, Canada.

Recommended Hotel information - $159/night Canadian, but very nice

Check-In:

Check-in at 9:30am sharp or risk forfeiting. Rounds starts at 10am. Second round is estimated to begin at 2pm.

Eligible:

K-12, invitation only, top rated players in the state, based on the ratings report on March 10th. Must be available to play on May 1 in Vancouver, British Columbia. In order to play students MUST have confirmed by emailing tournaments@chess4life.com with confirmation by March 31st. NOTE: if you are in the top 10 or close to it, please respond - you will be placed on an alternate list in case the top players are unable to make it to the match.

List of the Top Ten Eligible Players From Each Grade in WA State - This list is chosen using the following criteria: Must be a resident of WA. NOTE: if you have a USCF rating that is higher and places you in the top 10 list, please email tournaments@chess4life.com, as we will be choosing players based on whichever rating is higher - USCF or NWSRS.

Format:

Top 2 available players from each grade, grades K-12, compete against the top two BC players from same grades.

Grade K - Garrett Casey

Grade K - Aryan Deshpande

Grade K (1st alt) - Eamon Thakur

Grade 1 - Naomi Bashkansky

Grade 1 - Freya Gulamali

Grade 1 (1st alt) - Omkar Shetti

Grade 2 - Howard Hare

Grade 2 - Derek Zhang

Grade 2 (1st alt) - Vikram Ramasamy

Grade 3 - Roland Feng

Grade 3 - Bryce Tiglon

Grade 3 (1st alt) - Joshua Reardon

Grade 4 - Kyle Haining

Grade 4 - Noah Fields

Grade 4 (1st alt) - Nathaniel Yee

Grade 5 - Samuel He

Grade 5 - Daniel He

Grade 5 (1st alt) -

Grade 6 - Quentin Chi

Grade 6 - Jiayi Hu

Grade 6 - (1st alt) -

Grade 7 - Samir Sen

Grade 7 - Casey Xing

Grade 7 (1st alt) -

Grade 8 - Michael Wang

Grade 8 - Alec Ho

Grade 8 (1st alt) - Robert Goodfellow

Grade 9 - Michael Omori

Grade 9 - Daniel Ho

Grade 9 (1st alt) - David Inglis

Grade 10 - Blake Dixon

Grade 10 - Drew Dawson

Grade 10 (1st alt) -

Grade 11 - Dakota Dixon

Grade 11 - Thomas Witecki

Grade 11 (1st alt) - Paul Pisani

Grade 12 - Kerry Xing

Grade 12 - Jacob Roberts

Grade 12 (1st alt) - Zach Oseran

Cost:

FREE - this is an honor to be able to represent the State of Washington against the province of British Columbia.

Rules:

CFC rules, will be explained onsite...similar to USCF rules, with some small differences.

Miscellaneous:

Commemmorative jackets supplied by BC team to all players. We will also be having some fun events at lunch time.

Grades K-12 – top 2 players that can commit to attending the match will be chosen based on the ratings March 10th, 2010. Time control is G/90.