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Collaboration between the Washington Chess Federation and the BC Chess Federation

BC - WA Intermat : Saturday May 15, 2021

Results [1991-2020]

2020 Intermat

Games - Courtesy of Stephen Wright

Qualification:

• WA Player - by qualification tournament - https://nwchess.com/calendar/2021%20Intermat%20Candidates.pdf
• BC Player - by rating marked on Saturday March 20, 2021, please see rules at the bottom of this page.

Eligibility:

• WA Player - The two highest finishers in each grade from the Intermat Candidates Tournament on March 20 will be selected as the two honored players who will make up Team Washington. If a qualified player is unavailable, invitation will pass to the next highest finisher in the quad for that grade level, followed by the highest rated available WA player in that grade.
• BC Player - please see "Eligibility rules for Team BC player selection" section at the bottom of this page.

Registration:

• WA Player - online at nwchess.com/OnlineRegistration. The deadline to accept the invitation is Wednesday, March 31.
• BC Player - will be contacted by the BCCF Intermat Committee via email.

Procedure & Fair Play Policy:

Pairings will be released prior to the start of each round. Games will be started automatically by the TD in the Live Chess area. All players and parents are required to sign the Intermat Fair Play Agreement prior to the start of round 1. Zoom monitoring with webcam on is required during all games. The Intermat Fair Play Committee may review any suspicious games on a case-by-case basis. Fair play standards will be strictly enforced.

Questions:

• WA Player - Josh Sinanan | WCF President | 206.769.3757 | washingtonchessfederation@gmail.com
• BC Player - Michael Lo | BCCF Intermat Committee | intermat2021@chess2inspire.org

Flyer for WA Players: https://nwchess.com/calendar/2021%20WA%20vs%20BC%20Intermat.pdf

Players' ratings marked on March 20, 2021

Round 1 - BC White, WA Black

Round 2 - WA White, BC Black

Result:    BC 24 - WA 28   

Thanks to the Organizing Teams & Volunteers

Organizing Teams:

• BCCF Junior Committee (BCCF President Stephen Wright, Eric Gu, Michael Lo)
• Washington Chess Federation (WCF President Josh Sinanan, Chouchan Airapetian, Jacob Mayer, Rekha Sagar)

B.C. Team Captain(s): Eric Gu, Michael Lo
WA Team Captain(s): NM Josh Sinanan, WFM Chouchan Airapetian
Tournament Director(s): Jacob Mayer - Senior TD, Stephen Wright - FIDE International Arbiter

Date & Time: Saturday May 15th, 2021, 9:30am - 6:30pm
Location: Online at Chess.com, play from your home
Format: Top two available BC players from each grade, grades K-12, compete against the top two WA players from the same grades
Time Control & Rating: G90+30 seconds increment, Two Games, FIDE Rules, Unrated
Recording: Not required (games will be automatically recorded on Chess.com)
Awards: Rotating Team Trophy engraved with the winning state/province for the year
Entry Fee: FREE, by invitation - it is an honor to represent your province or state in this international match

Tentative Schedule:

9:30am Check-in online. Opening Speech and Tournament Rules Announcement
10:00am Round 1
1:30pm Lunch
2:30pm Round 2 (players finished late in round 1 may start round 2 a bit late with TD approval)
6:30pm or ASAP

Qualification:

• Washington Team qualification tournament - https://nwchess.com/calendar/2021%20Intermat%20Candidates.pdf
• BC Team qualified by rating, see rules below

Eligibility rules for Team BC player selection

The BCCF Junior Committee ("Committee") has the authority on the selection and forming of the Intermat BC Team, in general the Committee will follow the guidelines below.

1. Team BC will be composed of two players per grade from kindergarten to grade twelve.
2. In each grade both players will be invited based on the last CFC ratings list published at least eight weeks preceding the Intermat. CMA or other ratings may be used as a reference if a player either does not have a CFC rating or their CFC rating is judged inaccurate (e.g. based on too few games).
3. If it is not possible to fill both spots after the top five players per grade have been invited, the Committee reserves the right to invite players from lower grades to fill the remaining place(s), based on rating and merit.
4. Residency Rule - all Team BC players in the Intermat must reside in B.C. and: a) have resided in B.C. for a total of at least six months in the twelve months prior to the start of the Intermat or b) have resided in B.C. for the three months prior to the start of the Intermat.