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IM Bindi Cheng tops BC Chess Open Premier section

by doubleattack
Penny Chess Club

The BC Chess Open Tournament 2024 was held on 17-19th February at the Grand Villa Ballroom, Delta Hotel in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The tournament format was 6-round Swiss across four sections โ€“ Premier, U1800, U1400 and U1000.

The main Premier section had 41 participants. IM Bindi Cheng emerged clear winner with 5,5/6 points, leaving the Ukrainian FM Dmitriy Danilenko half a point behind. Cheng was awarded $1,200 for the effort.

The U1800 section had 53 participants. Jason Chen and Bhell Ortiz shared the first place with 5,5/6 points each. The U1400 section had 79 participants. Malcolm Mckean was the sole winner with 5,5/6 points. The U1000 section gathered 99 participants. Mara Lu, Xavier Zhang and John Carpenter finished a top with 5,5/6 point each. Final rankings of all sections can be seen below

The event was organized by Greater Vancouver Chess Society and Penny Chess Club and the tournament director was Quang-Long Le. The Major of Burnaby Mr. Mike Hurley opened the tournament. Official website.

Final rankings:

Final Rankings – BC Chess Open Premier 2024
Rk. NamesexFEDRtgPts. 
1IMBindi Cheng CAN24705.5
2FMDmitriy Danilenko UKR24015
3NMKeith Mackinnon CAN23254.5
4 Maximilian Mueller GER19644.5
5CMArpak Worya Mohammed Qanee CAN20484
6 Henry Yang CAN19904
7 Brandon Zhu CAN21404
8 Dongkai (Harry) Wang CHN19194
9 Kate JiangwCAN20934
10 Nathan Ping-Ying Wu CAN20394
11 Matthew He CAN20783.5
12 Joyce ZhangwCAN18493.5
13 Alex Zou CAN18323.5
14 Brian Ziyi Yang CAN20093.5
15 Reece Harms CAN19523.5
16 Justin Xu CAN16313.5
17 Euan Reid CAN19433
18IMRaymond Kaufman CAN23023
19 Erwin Mok CAN19663
20 Joey Xu CAN17753
21 Jason Williamson CAN19623
22 Jose Kagaoan CAN19082.5
23 Justin Gao CAN18912.5
24 Nicholas Pei-Chang Wu CAN16782.5
25 Peter Mingrone CAN17922.5
26 Luis Eduardo Azmitia Pardo FID16512.5
27 Timur Zaruev CAN18652.5
28 Edward Tang CAN18522.5
29 Ryan Leong CAN18832.5
30 Owen Murphy CAN17582.5
31 William Jiang CAN17312.5
32 Mark Linnick CAN19742
33 Peter Cheng CAN16872
34 Daniel Salcedo CAN18791.5
35 Johan Aljo CAN21021.5
36 Sujan Saravanan USA17811.5
37 Aiden Hao-Ting Lu CAN16361.5
38 Min Jun Koo CAN18181
39 Salvatore La Barbera CAN17801
40 Dejan Radic CAN17210.5
41 Tristan Taylor CAN21740.5
Final rankings – BC Chess Open 2024 -U1800 section
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. 
1Jason (Yidong) ChenCAN17725.5
2Bhell OrtizCAN17155.5
3Sutong WangCAN15694.5
4Oliver DaltonCAN13754.5
5Huy Minh VuCAN15944.5
6Garth AndersonCAN16454.5
7Nathan Yi-Hsin YangCAN15474
8David ArmstrongCAN15744
9Joydeep LahaCAN15274
10Paul LeblancCAN16744
11Ilan KeshetCAN15124
12Bowen WuCAN13994
13Oliver MelgroveCAN12393.5
14Daniel SutherlandCAN17473.5
15Jeffrey LiuCAN16683.5
16Kai ZhangCAN14793.5
17Aiden YinCAN14503.5
18Justin TianCAN12523.5
19Andrew YinCAN15523.5
20Bicheng ZhangCAN12903.5
21Richard IngramCAN15433.5
22Marionito JoseCAN14223
23Tyler CruzCAN16223
24Eli GrantCAN16513
25Zhengyu ChenCAN16573
26Daryan Arpak WoryaCAN15543
27Oliver BontkesCAN14693
28Paula BrewsterCAN14753
29Andre DossaCAN15753
30Enayat GanjianCAN15773
 Jofrel LandinginCAN14753
32Dennis WangCAN13773
33Larry YangCAN12753
34Geraldo Barbosa LandreCAN17542.5
35Shaunavon MuCAN14812.5
 Dasha DoroshenkoCAN12992.5
37Samuel LuCAN13212.5
38Moses LiCAN12812.5
39Sophia DoroshenkoCAN11952.5
40Chase RoskosCAN02.5
41Abigail WangCAN14312
42Werner HarmseCAN14412
43Liam TuCAN13882
 Rex YuCAN12952
45Orven OrtizCAN17822
46Ryan GolchinCAN13142
47Lucas YaoCAN14952
48Joanne WangluoCAN12052
49Frank JuttenCAN15101.5
50Jasper ZhangCAN13131.5
51Don HackCAN12891.5
52Iain IrelandCAN13061
53Brian SullivanCAN14420
Final Rankings – BC Chess Open 2024 – U1400 section
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. 
1Malcolm MckeanCAN13875.5
2Raghav NohriaCAN05
3Nico Xiao HuangCAN12915
4Christian GrecuCAN13365
5Harry (Qiming) YuCAN05
6Billy(Minhao) WuCAN11645
7Vladan PetrovicCAN04.5
8Jordan ZhuCAN13074.5
9Pierre MaheuxCAN13784.5
10Pengsen FangCAN13314.5
11Vicente CostaCAN13184
12Glyn ZhuCAN12454
13Catalin BonciCAN04
14Nuo YiCAN10064
15Xuzhao (Kevin) ChenCAN10674
16Henry FanCAN10554
17Steve HarmsCAN12464
18Leo ZhouCAN12994
19Jaydon YuanCAN10784
20May WangluoCAN9364
21Edward GengCAN11473.5
22Mau-Seng LeeCAN12673.5
 Aaron LiCAN11623.5
24Ryder HsuCAN11833.5
25David SongCAN9423.5
26Alexandru BonciCAN03.5
27Ethan LowCAN13263.5
28Serhiy OpushnyevCAN03.5
29Arnav ShettyCAN10623.5
30Sky CuiCAN9223.5
 Brandon YuCAN9053.5
32Sofia VigursCAN10373.5
33Jack BullenCAN10313.5
34Denis MikhailovCAN9953
35Morgan LiCAN11883
36Khai LeCAN9223
37Brady LiCAN10243
38Eric LiuCAN10403
39Kyle Van DijkCAN10493
40Evan GengCAN10943
41Barath Subramanian SureshCAN11843
42Edric GongCAN9773
43Austin BeechCAN13073
44Zoe FrancisCAN12813
45Gilles BruneauCAN13673
46Markus LiCAN10852.5
47Zhejin ChenCAN11242.5
48Aiden ZhuCAN9752.5
49Aleksandr SkorniakovCAN9382.5
 Sherlynn FungCAN9342.5
51Rio VilchesCAN12092.5
52Sion ParkCAN02.5
53Jordan WangCAN9512.5
54Micah ChowCAN11352.5
55Tessa HollowayCAN02.5
56Lucas LiCAN12532.5
57Max LiaoCAN8342.5
58Chelsea TangCAN02
59James HongCAN10302
60Julian TangCAN10152
61Caitlin WangCAN11492
62Varun GodboleCAN02
63Emmanuel PangilinanCAN13932
64Ansun ZhouCAN11192
65Neelesh JainCAN8352
66Jordan EvansCAN02
67David ChenCAN10021.5
68Jeffrey DengCAN10611.5
69Peter GordonCAN11441.5
70Jeff LeeCAN10921
71Alexander MullanCAN9681
72Marko RadicCAN10331
73Kevin Taikai LiuCAN8481
74Tristan CampbellCAN01
75Kendrick RojasCAN11360.5
76Swayam GhanghasCAN10230.5
77Max OpushnyevCAN00
78Patrick SteelCAN11340
79Vincent MuCAN11500
Final Rankings – BC Chess Open 2024 – U1000 section
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. 
1Mara LuCAN05.5
2Xavier ZhangCAN7905.5
3John CarpenterCAN9645.5
4Timothy ZhangCAN05
5Stephan SchwarzCAN04.5
6Goran SaraginoskiCAN04.5
7Rastko SalvaricaCAN8764.5
8Alejandro Mercado TejerinaCAN9514.5
9Lahan Thathmira WickramasingheCAN9614.5
10Tamas BurikCAN7374.5
11Jake CaoCAN7264.5
12Aryav AlokeCAN6974.5
13Raphael Morris NgCAN8934.5
14Dimias SutherlandCAN6634.5
 Sining LouCAN6254.5
16Jiayin GuoCAN8204.5
17Haobo ZhangCAN04.5
18Khanh Lam ChuCAN04
19Jordan SzetoCAN7944
20Tom DaiCAN7604
21Burt JiangCAN7674
22Yunhao TanCAN7404
23Lucas WongCAN8034
24Vladimir BelousovCAN8973.5
25Ethan ShaoCAN9813.5
26Alex WangCAN6893.5
27Tom AloniCAN6763.5
28Aarush SharmaCAN7583.5
29Joanne XuCAN7793.5
30Adam DaiCAN7883.5
 Gia Minh NguyenCAN7573.5
32Aiden LuCAN7993.5
 Vicky YinCAN7823.5
 Ian CarterCAN03.5
35Siyona SinghCAN7433.5
36Yang XuCAN03.5
37Ayansh TandonCAN7503.5
38Sparsh GandhiCAN7483.5
39Jensen LeeCAN6083.5
40Simon ChanCAN8763.5
41Anny PengCAN7623.5
42Eli GoodmanCAN6873.5
43Aram MohammedCAN7693
44Eric JinCAN7173
45Jeremy LiuCAN8943
 Alren BuhayCAN8133
47Bhawandeep SinghCAN03
48Evan DengCAN7013
 Anirudh SrikanthCAN6833
50Aiden LiCAN4833
51Hoang Duy TranCAN5343
52Karson LuCAN7433
53Vladimir PelekhCAN6603
54Benjamin Wenbin YuanCAN7873
55Brian ZhongCAN6033
56Adam CoadyCAN7183
57Anthony WangCAN7833
58Ekagr ArjunCAN5333
59Gabriel WangCAN7503
60Samuel WangCAN6533
61Ryan HuangCAN5003
62Ryan ZhouCAN7922.5
63George NingCAN8962.5
64Jasaira KaurCAN4842.5
65Ava ChenCAN6382.5
66Zitian ChenCAN6492.5
67Alvin WangCAN6002.5
68Jaden ZengCAN4042.5
69Michael NguyenCAN02.5
70Albert WangCAN02.5
71Megan WrightCAN5002
72Benedict HanCAN5002
73Hannah LiCAN5002
 Adam HeCAN02
75Jonathan ZhangCAN4532
76Linden CamleyCAN02
77Ziyang GuCAN4082
78Oscar HuangCAN4902
79Zoya SinghCAN02
80Vincent TianCAN5612
81Martina SzetoCAN5292
82Soren FarjamCAN9222
 Hanjin YangCAN02
84Crowley(Kehan) XingCAN5002
85Abraham ChanCAN02
86Ron HeCAN6291.5
87Bowen WangCAN01.5
88Oliver ChenCAN5421.5
89Genevieve TangCAN4521.5
90Kara Ching-Yee  ChanCAN5001.5
91Eden HoCAN01.5
92Matthew ZhaoCAN5041
93Albert TianCAN5971
94Jeffrey ChenCAN01
95Edith SubrotoCAN5001
96Duncan ChenCAN01
97Teo GaoCAN01
98Wei-Hsiang ChiuCAN8110
99Taisen HuangCAN00

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