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BC - WA Intermat : Saturday April 20, 2024

Results [1991-2023]

2023 Intermat

Photos - Courtesy of Peter Yang & Butian Xu

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Games - Courtesy of Kai Pisan & Stephen Wright

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Qualification:

• WA Player - by qualification tournament - nwchess.com/OnlineRegistration.
• BC Player - by rating marked on Saturday February 24, 2024, please see rules at the bottom of this page.

Eligibility:

• WA Player - The two highest finishers in each grade from the Intermat Candidates Tournament 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.
• BC Player - will be contacted by the BCCF Intermat Committee via email.

Flyer - https://nwchess.com/calendar/2024%20WA%20vs%20BC%20Intermat.pdf

Questions:

• WA Players - Josh Sinanan | WCF President | 206.769.3757 | washingtonchessfederation@gmail.com
• BC Players -  Penny Pham | BCCF Intermat Committee | Pennypham1090@gmail.com

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BC Players' ratings marked on Feburary 24, 2024

*BC may use CFC Regular, CFC Quick, CMA & other ratings

Round 1 - WA Plays White, BC Plays Black

Round 2 - WA Players staying on the same board as round one and plays Black, BC players swap opponent and plays White

2024 Intermat Final Result:    WA 23 - BC 29   

	Round 1 Board #	Team WA (White)	NWSRS	Results 12 - 14	Team BC (Black)	CFC (*Other)
K	1	Skyler Qin	923	1 - 0	Ron He	629
	2	Vivaan Sankrithi	859	1 - 0	Alvin Zhang	500
1	3	Harvey Wang	1165	1 - 0	Jimmy Rao	911
	4	Hengsheen Wang	996	0 - 1	Karson Lu	841
2	5	Terrick Evin	1545	0.5 - 0.5	Evan Geng	1066
	6	Daniel D Yun	1300	0 - 1	Aiden Zhu	1044
3	7	Andy Chen	1552	0.5 - 0.5	Moses Li	1353
	8	Samarth Bharadwaj	1444	1 - 0	Sky Cui	1010
4	9	Dann Merriman	1656	0 - 1	Andrew Yin	1515
	10	Yuchen Zhou	1558	1 - 0	Aiden Yin	1513
5	11	Odbyar Yondon	1785	1 - 0	Bowen Wu	1558
	12	Aarav B. Mohan	1612	0.5 - 0.5	Larry, Yang	1363
6	13	Nikhil Ramkumar	1805	0 - 1	Zachary Liu	2214
	14	Selina Cheng	1629	0.5 - 0.5	Nathan Yang	1569
7	15	Darsh Verma	1821	0 - 1	Erwin Mok	1935
	16	Shuyi Han	1689	0.5 - 0.5	Justin Gao	1861
8	17	Owen Scollon	1779	0 - 1	Justin Xu	1824
	18	Abhinav Mishra	1724	0 - 1	Minjun Koo	1735
9	19	Ryan Min	2163	1 - 0	Joey Xu	1829
	20	Haituka Anandkumar	1579	0.5 - 0.5	Ryan Yu	1699
10	21	Zane Wirkkala	1657	0 - 1	Aiden Leong	2103
	22	Sid Siddem	1575	0 - 1	Maximilian Mueller	2027
11	23	Atharva Joshi	1799	0 - 1	Kaiqi Qin	2147
	24	Sam Maurer	1766	0 - 1	Kate Jiang	2096
12	25	Jason Yu	2245	1 - 0	Reece Harms	1970
	26	Eddie Chang	2048	1 - 0	Joshua Imoo	1698

 

	Round 2 Board #	Team WA (Black)	NWSRS	Results 11 - 15	Team BC (White)	CFC (*Other)
K	1	Skyler Qin	923	0 - 1	Alvin Zhang	500
	2	Vivaan Sankrithi	859	0 - 1	Ron He	629
1	3	Harvey Wang	1165	0 - 1	Karson Lu	841
	4	Hengsheen Wang	996	0 - 1	Jimmy Rao	911
2	5	Terrick Evin	1545	1 - 0	Aiden Zhu	1044
	6	Daniel D Yun	1300	1 - 0	Evan Geng	1066
3	7	Andy Chen	1552	0 - 1	Sky Cui	1010
	8	Samarth Bharadwaj	1444	1 - 0	Moses Li	1353
4	9	Dann Merriman	1656	0.5 - 0.5	Aiden Yin	1513
	10	Yuchen Zhou	1558	0.5 - 0.5	Andrew Yin	1515
5	11	Odbyar Yondon	1785	0.5 - 0.5	Larry, Yang	1363
	12	Aarav B. Mohan	1612	0.5 - 0.5	Bowen Wu	1558
6	13	Nikhil Ramkumar	1805	1 - 0	Nathan Yang	1569
	14	Selina Cheng	1629	0 - 1	Zachary Liu	2214
7	15	Darsh Verma	1821	0 - 1	Justin Gao	1861
	16	Shuyi Han	1689	0.5 - 0.5	Erwin Mok	1935
8	17	Owen Scollon	1779	1 - 0	Minjun Koo	1735
	18	Abhinav Mishra	1724	0 - 1	Justin Xu	1824
9	19	Ryan Min	2163	1 - 0	Ryan Yu	1699
	20	Haituka Anandkumar	1579	0.5 - 0.5	Joey Xu	1829
10	21	Zane Wirkkala	1657	0 - 1	Maximilian Mueller	2027
	22	Sid Siddem	1575	0 - 1	Aiden Leong	2103
11	23	Atharva Joshi	1799	0 - 1	Kate Jiang	2096
	24	Sam Maurer	1766	0 - 1	Kaiqi Qin	2147
12	25	Jason Yu	2245	1 - 0	Joshua Imoo	1698
	26	Eddie Chang	2048	1 - 0	Reece Harms	1970

 

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Thanks to the Organizing Teams & Volunteers

Organizing Teams:

• Washington Chess Federation (WCF President Josh Sinanan, Chouchan Airapetian, Rekha Sagar, Valentin Razmov)
• BC Organizing Committee (BCCF President Paul Leblanc, BCCF Junior Coordinator Penny Pham, Stephen Wright, Michael Lo)

B.C. Team Captain(s): Penny Pham, Long Le
WA Team Captain(s): Josh Sinanan, Chouchanik Airapetian
Tournament Director(s): Jacob Mayer (FIDE Arbiter), Long Le (FIDE National Arbiter)

Date & Time: Saturday April 20th, 2024, 9:30am - 6:30pm
Location: Microsoft Building 99 (Room 1919, 14820 NE 36th St., Redmond, WA 98052)
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 apply, Unrated
Recording: Required
Equipment: Boards/sets, clocks, score sheets, and writing utensils will be provided
Awards: Rotating Team Trophy engraved with the winning state/province for the year
Entry Fee: FREE, by invitation or by qualifying tournament - it is an honor to represent your province or state in this international match
Food & Drinks: Pizza and snacks are provided on the site. Other food options available in driving close by the playing site.
Team t-shirt: Commemorative team wear will be supplied by Team WA to all the players
Tentative Schedule:

9:30am Check-in, Pickup team wear, Team Photos, Opening Speech and Tournament Rules Announcement
10:00am Round 1
1:30pm Lunch
2:30pm Round 2 (players finished late in round 1 may postpone the start of round 2 with TD approval)
6:30pm or ASAP Closing Ceremony

Qualification:

• Washington Team qualification tournament - nwchess.com/OnlineRegistration
• BC Team qualified by rating, rules at the bottom of the page

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Venue - Microsoft Building 99 (Room 1919, 14820 NE 36th St., Redmond, WA 98052)

Parking: Free parking

EV Charging Map - https://experienceredmond.com/visit/ev-charging-map/#/find/nearest?fuel=ELEC&location=Redmond,%20WA

Driving Direction (Vancouver to Microsoft Building 99, Redmond, WA):

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Accommodation (for reference only)

Redmond Attractions & Activities:

• Activities - https://experienceredmond.com/activities/
• Visitors Guide - https://experienceredmond.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Experience-Redmond-Visitors-Guide_2023_v3.pdf

For your reference, hotels search from Hotels.com:

• Near Microsoft Building 99

The above are only for reference, use your favorite hotel booking site to research and use your BCAA or other club discount to get a better rate.

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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 regular ratings list published at least eight weeks preceding the Intermat. CFC Quick, CMA or other ratings may be used as a reference if a player either does not have a CFC regular rating or their CFC rating is judged inaccurate due to being 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.

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