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Langley Open 2025

You are invited to the 18th edition of the Langley Open 2025 Chess Tournament with a prize fund of $4,000 across various sections based on 150 entries. Happy surprise if we exceed 200 entries. Please refer to our rewards section for full details.

Langley Chess Club has been running strong since 1970s and they have been hosting this prestigious event since 2006. Fraser Valley Chess Academy is excited to collaborate with Langley Chess Club for the second year in a row to host this prestigious event — this time at our favourite venue, Christian Life Assembly Church, Langley, BC.

Location: Christian Life Assembly,
21277 56 Ave, Langley City, BC, V2Y 1M3
Free on-site parking

Main playing area:
U1000 Section – Theatre (This will also be the skittles room when all the U1000 games are finished in each round.)
U1700 & OPEN Section – East Hall

Schedule and round timings:
Sat, Aug 30th, 2025: Round 1: 10am start; Round 2: 3pm start
Sun, Aug 31st, 2025: Round 3: 10am start; Round 4: 3pm start
Mon, Sep 1st, 2025: Round 5: 9am start; Round 6: 2pm start

Forfeit time = 1 hour from scheduled start time. No draw offers until 30 moves.

Prize ceremony: 6pm to 6:15pm
– Langley Open Winner name to be engraved on the trophy
– Top BC Player will qualify for BC Closed 2025

Time Control: 90 mins + 30 secs increment (6 rounds)

Sections:
OPEN (FIDE & CFC rated)
U1700 (CFC rated)*
U1000 (CFC rated)
Section ranges are subject to change based on the average strength of entries when registration closes.

Tiebreaks:
– Buchholz
– Avg. opponent

Tournament Fee:
– Free entry: Players with over 2300 CFC/FIDE rating until July 14th, 2025 – midnight.
– Early bird $100 + GST: Until July 14th, 2025 – midnight.
– Regular $115 + GST: Until Aug 28th, 2025 – midnight.
– Play-up fee: $30 if the player is within the 200 points range.
*Unrated players may play in the U1700 section without an extra fee upon request.
Family Discount: $20 per player from 2nd family member onwards.
All withdrawal/ refund requests must be submitted by the registration deadline. Note that a $20 processing fee will apply to all refunds.

Prizes:

OPEN Section
Best Player: $800 + Trophy
2nd place: $600 + Medal
3rd place: $450 + Medal

U1700 Section
Best U1700 Player: $600 + Medal
2nd place: $400 + Medal
3rd place: $250 + Medal

U1000 Section
Best U1000 Player: $400 + Medal
2nd place: $200 + Medal
3rd place: $150 + Medal

Best Unrated Player: $100
Biggest Upset: $50

Hotel & Accommodation:
-Best Western Plus Langley Inn: 5978 Glover Rd, Langley, BC V3A 4H9
-Travelodge by Wyndham Langley: 21653 Fraser Hwy, Langley, BC V3A 4H1
Within 5 minute driving/ 25 minute walking distance of the venue.

No onsite registration. No refunds after registration closes/ for no-shows or withdrawals.

This tournament follows all FIDE rules of Chess as per the applicable formats. Also refer the FIDE handbook

Please read and ensure that you adhere to our Tournament Policies & Guidelines.

For additional queries/ to volunteer, email us at [email protected].

Register here:

Step 1 of 3
The CFC (Canadian Chess Federation) represents Canada to the world as a member of FIDE, the international chess body. As a CFC member, you have access to all CFC rated events across Canada, and will obtain national CFC chess ratings. There are two types of CFC ratings: Regular, and Quick. Long story short, all tournaments with long games (60+ min per player) use your CFC regular rating. Tournaments with shorter games (< 60 min per player) use your CFC quick rating. They are different ratings and do NOT overlap. This tournament uses CFC Quick ratings**

Registered players:

Sr. No.
Player Name
Section
CFC ID
Rating
1
Hector Falcon
U1700 (CFC Rated)
192565
2
Noah Gordon
U1000 (CFC Rated)
196200
3
Kai Zhang
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
173562
4
Aadil Alromeshi
U1700 (CFC Rated)
184355
5
Swayam Ghanghas
U1700 (CFC Rated)
184394
6
Allain Era
U1700 (CFC Rated)
196855
7
Beck Wang
U1700 (CFC Rated)
188037
8
Minjun Koo
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
179665
9
James Kerry
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
123041
1648
10
Yejun Park
U1000 (CFC Rated)
196934
11
Sion Park
U1700 (CFC Rated)
183177
1551
12
Justin Gao
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
166536
13
Jiarui li
U1700 (CFC Rated)
184816
14
Aaron Li
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
169149
15
Dasha Doroshenko
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
181196
16
Sophia Doroshenko
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
181200
17
Zhou Fang
U1000 (CFC Rated)
195868
18
Echo Fang
U1000 (CFC Rated)
195869
19
Kyle Van Dijk
U1700 (CFC Rated)
177185
20
Lucas Yao
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
175246
21
Miguel Vivas
U1000 (CFC Rated)
170680
22
Jamie Francheska Nones
U1000 (CFC Rated)
188065
23
Saad Alam
U1700 (CFC Rated)
189800
24
Derek Tan
U1700 (CFC Rated)
185267
25
Karson Lu
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
180931
26
Evelyn Lou
U1700 (CFC Rated)
187183
27
Sining Lou
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
179431
28
Abdullah Shaikh
U1000 (CFC Rated)
194467
29
Nishwan Shaikh
U1000 (CFC Rated)
194534
30
Casey Fan
U1700 (CFC Rated)
191321
31
Brian McLaren
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
100088
2049
32
nader haririparsa
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
33
Samuel Lu
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
177625
34
Nicholas Pei-Chang Wu
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
163251
35
Nathan Ping-Ying Wu
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
161420
36
Ekagr Arjun
U1700 (CFC Rated)
182054
37
Hector Abad
U1700 (CFC Rated)
184817
1378
38
Raghav Nohria
U1700 (CFC Rated)
181945
39
Oliver Dalton
U1700 (CFC Rated)
162473
40
Nick Beqo
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
2056
41
Rio Vilches
U1700 (CFC Rated)
176716
1525
42
Siyona Singh
U1700 (CFC Rated)
173341
43
Moses Li
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
177860
44
Aaron Gu
U1700 (CFC Rated)
178318
45
Robert McBain
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
175500
46
Chris Mackay
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
188875
47
Kanish Raj Sathish Raj
U1700 (CFC Rated)
184167
48
Timson Chen
U1700 (CFC Rated)
189802
49
Ryan Li
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
174767
50
Shivam Devgun
U1000 (CFC Rated)
51
Edric Gong
U1700 (CFC Rated)
176064
52
Andrew Yin
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
177701
53
Aiden Yin
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
176770
54
Lucas Zhou
U1000 (CFC Rated)
192839
55
Trevor Ho
U1700 (CFC Rated)
189949
56
Paul Leblanc
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
104186
57
adam he
U1700 (CFC Rated)
186850
58
Brian Sullivan
U1700 (CFC Rated)
103750
59
Zirui Ren
U1700 (CFC Rated)
184646
60
Zhiheng Luo
U1700 (CFC Rated)
61
Zachary Sleypen
U1000 (CFC Rated)
190494
62
Mani Nayebi
U1700 (CFC Rated)
174660
63
Dejan Radic
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
109957
64
Marko Radic
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
175736
65
James Fu
U1700 (CFC Rated)
196216
66
Jason Lohner
U1700 (CFC Rated)
144557
67
Harleen Jaspal
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
158713
68
Prag Bansal
U1700 (CFC Rated)
0
69
Mathew Ashley
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
175103
70
Henry Fan
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
171593
71
NM Zachary Liu
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
169307
72
Jofrel Landingin
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
141991
1742
73
Arnav Shetty
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
173840
1745
74
Norman Verdon
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
149903
75
sakhila sooriarachchi
U1000 (CFC Rated)
191944
76
nethaji sooriarachchi
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
184804
77
Sofia Vigurs
U1700 (CFC Rated)
177076
78
Elijah Mecham
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
79
FM Grigorii Morozov
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
160782
2400
80
Zach Chruszcz
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
182104
81
Don Hack
U1700 (CFC Rated)
160945
82
Henry Yang
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
160071
83
Nolan Carrier
U1700 (CFC Rated)
194683
84
Zhengyu Chen
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
166532
85
Danny Dai
U1700 (CFC Rated)
190869
86
Ron Novosselsky
U1700 (CFC Rated)
194465
87
Muhammad Saqib
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
194880
88
Tyler Hun
U1700 (CFC Rated)
182014
89
Zichen Huang
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
195928
90
Mehrdad Yousefzadeh
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
91
KAI JOHANNES KWABI
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
177555
92
Yidong Chen
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
186069
93
Curtis Sleypen
U1700 (CFC Rated)
155474
94
Youjia Ye
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
175136
95
Peixin (Gary) Dong
U1000 (CFC Rated)
187647
96
Larry YANG
U1700 (CFC Rated)
175860
97
Manuel Fernando
U1700 (CFC Rated)
104770
98
robert hamm
U1700 (CFC Rated)
108361
99
Avery Leung
U1700 (CFC Rated)
182397
100
Norman Batisse
U1700 (CFC Rated)
124072
101
Eugene Chou
U1700 (CFC Rated)
189148
102
Marionito Jose
U1700 (CFC Rated)
120077
103
Severo (Juni) Caluza
U1700 (CFC Rated)
104730
104
Evan Geng
U1700 (CFC Rated)
176927
105
Arin Aloke
U1000 (CFC Rated)
191909
106
Aryav Aloke
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
182775
107
Che Rao
U1700 (CFC Rated)
184600
108
Devon Streich
U1700 (CFC Rated)
191645
109
Xuan-Che Lee
U1700 (CFC Rated)
193447
110
Alex (Guoxi) Yu
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
162279
111
Mingyang Zheng
U1700 (CFC Rated)
188142
112
Roy Lau
U1700 (CFC Rated)
180764
113
Victor Zhou
U1000 (CFC Rated)
196279
114
Amish Devarajan
U1700 (CFC Rated)
173703
115
Fred Cui
U1700 (CFC Rated)
192894
116
IM Raymond Kaufman
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
131760
2329
117
FM John Doknjas
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
141225
2419
118
CM Neil Doknjas
Open (FIDE & CFC Rated)
151942
2394
119
Peter Gibson
U1700 (CFC Rated)
186706
120
siyang chen
U1000 (CFC Rated)
194813
121
pengyu chen
U1000 (CFC Rated)
193776
122
Sergei Issaev
U1000 (CFC Rated)
156642
984
123
Ryan Zhou
U1700 (CFC Rated)
179770
1223
124
Martina Szeto
U1700 (CFC Rated)
185221
1272
125
Jordan Szeto
U1700 (CFC Rated)
183567
1502
126
Kriyaansh Banatwala
U1700 (CFC Rated)
179308
1365

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