Rules & Details

Date and time: May 9th, 2026 (Saturday), 9:30am to 6:30pm
Venue: Hotel 116, A Coastal Hotel
625 116th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004, United States

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: 90+30 seconds increment, Two Games, FIDE rules apply.
Game Notation: Required

Qualification:

• WA Player – by qualification tournament – nwchess.com/OnlineRegistration.
• BC Player – by rating marked on Saturday Mar 27, 2026

Eligibility:

• WA Players – 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 Players – please see “Eligibility rules for Team BC player selection” section at the bottom of this page.

Registration:

• BC Players – You will be contacted by the BCCF Intermat Committee via email following qualification at the BCYCC. View rules and timeline below.
• WA Players – Register online at nwchess.com/OnlineRegistration.

Eligibility for BC players

Eligibility and selection guidelines for Intermat Team BC players

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. This year’s committee is as follows:

FA Umang Banatwala, BC Youth Coordinator
NM Ryan Leong, Team Captain
NA Eric Zhou
Gillian Mok, BCJCA President

1. Team BC will be composed of two players per grade from kindergarten to grade twelve.
2. CFC Regular rating values used during the player invitation and selection process will be recorded after the 2025 BCYCC is rated.
3. Players must have played a minimum of 10 CFC regular rated games in the 12 months prior to and including the 2025 BCYCC.
4. Player must be available to attend the Intermat on June 8th, 2025.
5. The top 4 players by CFC Regular rating in each grade will be invited to apply to join the Intermat BC Team. Players must have played in the 2024 BCJCC or the 2025 BCYCC to be eligible for this invitation.
6. From the application pool above, the top 2 registered players by CFC Regular rating in each grade will be selected to represent BC to play in the Intermat.
7. If spots cannot be filled by the top 4 players in a grade, players will be invited according to their CFC regular rating. Players played in the the 2024 BCJCC or the 2025 BCYCC have priority to be selected.
8. The Committee reserves the right to invite players from lower grades to fill any remaining places, based on rating and merit.
9. Residency Rule – all Team BC players in the Intermat must reside in BC and: a) have resided in BC 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.
10. The Intermat Committee reserves the right to select/deselect players based on the best interests of the BC Team.

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 who finish late in round 1 may postpone the start of round 2 with TD approval)
6:30pm or ASAP Closing Ceremony

Awards:

Rotating Team Trophy engraved with the winning state/province for the year

Invitation Timeline