BC Open 2013

Open Section Victoriachessclub BCOpen 2013Sohal took clear first with a perfect 5/5.

'The 2013 BC Open took place at the Executive Plaza Hotel in Richmond on the new BC Day holiday weekend 9 to 11 February. The event drew 79 players from four countries which is close to a 30 year record; surpassed only by a 1984 event and 2 events during the Fischer boom years.(more)-see website

Roger Patterson presenting the first play cheque to Sohal

Photo-Mrs Sohal (from tournament website)

#	Name	Rtng	Total
1	Tanraj S Sohal	2205	5.0
2	Alfred Pechisker	2242	4.5
3	Jack [kun] Cheng	2222	4.0
4	James Chan	2160	4.0
5	Butch Villavieja	2304	3.5
6	Alisher Sanetullaev	2169	3.5
7	John Doknjas	2094	3.5
8	Roger Patterson	2084	3.5
9	HECTOR VELAZQUEZ	2021	3.5
10	Matthew Herdin	1976	3.5
11	Jason Kenney	2250	3.0
12	Jason Cao	2223	3.0
13	Yifei Han	2129	3.0
14	Ruining [ray] Wu	2042	3.0
15	Darko Dimitrijevic	2027	3.0
16	Yiming Han	1926	3.0
17	Max Gedajlovic	1789	3.0
18	Richard Ingram	2009	2.5
19	Joe Soliven	2001	2.5
20	Robert North	1910	2.5
21	Joe Roback	1885	2.5
22	George Kosinski	1865	2.5
23	Paul Leblanc	1828	2.5
24	Joanne Foote	1699	2.5

Under 1800
Hector Rathburn took clear first with 4.5/5.

#	Name	Rtng	Tot
1	Hector Rathburn	1650	4.5
2	Mau-seng Lee	1758	4.0
3	Constantin Rotariu	1749	4.0
4	Andrew Hoyer	1586	4.0
5	Duncan Haines	1532	4.0
6	Peter Thompson	1795	3.5
7	Karl [lizhe] Cui	1729	3.5
8	Dilip Panjwani	1660	3.5
9	Subinoy Biswas	1776	3.0
10	Kent Cronin	1769	3.0
11	Ashley Tapp	1485	3.0
12	Doug Sly	1468	3.0
13	Nicholas Peters	1367	3.0
14	Yekta Saremi	1320	3.0

Here is a game from the winner of the Open section.

Sohal,Tanraj (2205) - Cheng,Jack (2222)

King’s Indian[E99]

BC op Richmond (4.1), 11.02.2013

Position 1
Black has just attack the queen with 24...Rb7. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

24...Rb7