2010 Langley Chess Club Labour Day Open Results

Congratulations to our new 2010 champion, Ian Mackay, who won clear first with 5.5/6 games and $500. This is the first year for the Langley Chess Club Labour Day Tournament to be a qualifier for the BC Closed Championship. The organizer for the BC Closed, Stephen Wright, was on hand to congratulate and invite Ian to the 2010 BC Closed Championship, which will be held on the Thanksgiving Day Long weekend in Victoria, BC.

Congratulations also to Mayo Fuetebella, Louis Cheng, Jofrel Landingin, and Loren Laceste, who all tied for 2nd place with 4.5/6 games and each winning $275.

Jason Cao (3.5/6 games) won the U1500 section prize ($150) and Joshua Doknjas won the Biggest Upset prize ($50) beating a player rated 522 points higher.

Among the forty-four chess players who came out to this year’s event were some of BC’s top junior players, including four players, Joshua Doknjas, John Doknjas, Jason Cao, and Tanraj Sohal, who will be representing Canada and competing in the 2010 World Youth Chess Championship being held in Greece this October.

The majority of players came from the Lower Mainland; but, we were pleased to welcome players coming from a variety of areas including Victoria, Seattle, and the Philippines.

Thank you to the Langley Chess Club members and volunteers for making this event possible each year:
Tournament Director: Brian Davidson (not an easy task to TD and play at the same time!)
Organizer: Hugh Long
Pairings/Standings/Game Recorder: Lara Lo
Webmaster/Tournament Promoter: Savvas Kyriakides
Set up/Clean up Crew: Michael Lo, Brian Davidson, Victoria
Jung-Doknjas, Brian Sullivan, and Peter Yee.

2010 Langley Chess Club Open Winner Ian Mackay (left)

with Langley Chess Club President Hugh Long

2010 Langley Chess Club Open four way tie for 2nd place

(from left)

Loren Laceste, Louis Cheng, Jofrel Landingin, Mayo Fuentebella with Langley Chess Club President Hugh Long

2010 Langley Chess Club Labor Day Weekend Open

Registration for the 2010 Langley Chess Club Labor Day Weekend Open (September 4 to September 6 2010) is gathering steam and we already have thirty entries. Our early registration discount ends 11:59pm Tuesday August 17th. You can register and pay online. Get full details on the tournament and register online.
Early Registration Entry Fee is $60, and additional family members are just $15.

Rated Tournament Starting January 11, 2010

The next tournament will be a 5 round RATED swiss tournament, 90 minutes + 30 second increment each, starting on Monday January 11, 2010. Details at http://www.langleychess.com/upcoming_events.htm

The Club will stay open during the Holiday period, with the exception of Monday 28th December.

2010 LANGLEY CHESS CLUB LABOR DAY WEEKEND OPEN

The 2010 LANGLEY CHESS CLUB OPEN (LABOR DAY WEEKEND) tournament will be a qualifier for the 2010 BC Closed Championships. The winner of the Langley Open will qualify, and in the event of a tie, there will be no playoff. Instead, the winner will be deemed to be the person with the highest cumulative score.

Provisional details available on the website.

Langley Chess Club Championships

After 3 rounds, Savvas Kyriakides and John Dokjnas are tying for first place with 2.5 points. With 4 others at 2 points, it should be a close finish with just 2 rounds to go. You can get the standings from the website.

2009 Langley Chess Club Championships

The 2009 Langley Chess Club Championships commences this coming Monday (21st September). Click here for full details.

The AGM was held last night, and the bylaws were passed as well as the Executive Committee being voted in. Here are the members of the Executive Committee

The bylaws that were passed (with some minor amendments) will soon be published on the website.

Langley Chess Club AGM Notice

The Langley Chess Club AGM will be held at 7pm, Monday 14th September 2009. A vote will take place to pass the by-laws as published in this blog, so attendance by all members is encouraged.