BC Juniors Rapid Chess Team - Vancouver Rapid Chess League 2013-2014 & 2014-2015 1st place

Chess2Inspire is the proud sponsor of the BC Juniors Rapid Chess Team. The team competes in the Vancouver Rapid Chess Team Championship with teams around the Greater Vancouver region.

According to the FIDE Handbook:

"A.1 A ‘Rapidplay’ game is one where either all the moves must be completed in a fixed time of more than 10 minutes but less than 60 minutes for each player; or the time allotted plus 60 times any increment is of more than 10 minutes but less than 60 minutes for each player."

Official Stie: www.vancouverrapid.ca

Year 2015-2016

10 Teams - BC Juniors, SFU, Chigorin CC, Port Coquitlam CC, 5 Masters, VCS-1, VCS-2, Caïssa+3, Kingchops, Meetup Mavericks

BC Juniors Team

BC Juniors Result: check back in May 2016

Team Captain: Jeremy Hui

Assistant Team Captain: Joanne Foote

BC Juniors Team Members:

• Jeremy Hui
• Davaa-Ochir Nyamdorj
• Joanne Foote

Year 2014-2015

10 Teams - BC Juniors, UBC, SFU, VCS-1, VCS-2, Coquitlam Chess Club, Chigorin Chess Club, BCS, TTT, Kingchops

BC Juniors Team

BC Juniors Result: 1^st Place

Team Captain: Ryan Lo

Assistant  Team Captain: Jeremy Hui

BC Juniors Team Members:

• Tanraj S. Sohal
• Jeremy Hui
• Ryan Lo
• Davaa-Ochir Nyamdorj
• Uranchimeg Nyamdorj
• Luke Pulfer

Team Captain to Team Mambers:

"I just wanted to congratulate you all for playing an amazing season, and reaching first place! It's been really fun being captain, and with such a strong record, I think we successfully made a name for the Junior Rapid Team in years to come.

Once again, thanks and congratulations to all of you for playing so well. The road was hard, but we made it through as champions!"

- Ryan Lo, Team Captain

Year 2013-2014

BC Juniors Result: 1^st Place

8 Teams - BC Juniors, UBC, Wildcard, Coquitlam Chess Club, VCS-teachers, VCS-students, Chigorin Chess Club-1, Chigorin Chess Club-2

BC Juniors Team

Team Captain: Michael Lo

Assistant Team Captain: Ryan Lo

Acting Captain in Semi-final & Final: Anita Chan

BC Juniors Team Members:

• Tanraj S. Sohal
• Andrew Quinton Lee
• Jack (Kun) Cheng
• Jeremy Hui
• Ryan Lo
• Davaa-Ochir Nyamdorj
• Matthew Herdin

Report on Final & Semi- Final:

It was another fun and exciting year for the Vancouver Rapid Chess Team Championship.  8 teams (BC Juniors, VCS Teachers, Wildcard, UBC, Chigorin Chess Club 1 & 2, VCS Students, and PoCo Chess Club) competed in a round-robin match format for a chance to qualify for the 4 team playoffs.  There was one match (3 vs 3, 3 rounds) a month with a time control of 25 min +5 sec increment. After an 8 month regular season, the top 4 teams, BC Juniors, VCS Teachers, Wildcard, and UBC emerged as the contenders for the championship.

The semi-final and the final were held on Sunday, April 13.  It was a day full of anticipation; the BC Juniors were looking to claim their first championship with last year’s first place seemingly slipping from their fingers, while the reigning champions VCS Teachers weren’t going to go without a hard fight.  Wildcard and UBC were two other strong solid teams looking to cement their reputation as powerhouses. 

The semi-final saw the BC Juniors playing UBC and VCS Teachers playing Wildcard.  After a hard fought semi-final with both matches playing until the third round, BC Juniors and VCS Teachers overtook UBC and Wildcard respectively.  All players were rewarded after the match with a special pizza delivery courtesy of Konstantin, the organizer.  After a team captain’s meeting discussing the next season, the rematch final BC Juniors and VCS Teachers began.  Halfway through the first round, things were not looking so good for the BC Juniors.  All three games were looking grim for the BC Juniors.  Davaa found himself in a losing endgame against Laurent while Tanraj’s game against Butch and Jack’s game against Max were both unclear.  As Jack drew against Max, somehow Davaa salvaged a draw from his position and Tanraj managed to win in time trouble against Butch.  After this almost-crisis for the BC Juniors, who wanted nothing more than a first, they managed to win the second round as well. During the final, there was also a blitz tournament which was won by Alisher from UBC, and a ceremonial cake was brought for celebration after the tournament was over.  The day concluded with prizes ceremony and bughouse for the BC Juniors.  Thanks again to Konstantin for organizing this event.  -  Jeremy Hui

Year 2012-2013

BC Juniors Result: 2^nd Place

6 Teams – BC Juniors, UBC, SFU, Port Coquitlam Chess Club, Chigorin Chess Club & VCS

BC Juniors Team

Team Captain: Michael Lo

Assistant Team Captain: Ryan Lo

BC Juniors Team Members:

• Tanraj S. Sohal
• Janak Awatramani
• Andrew Quinton Lee
• Jack (Kun) Cheng
• Jeremy Hui
• Ryan Lo
• Alex Sabaratnam
• YiMing Han
• YiFei Han