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In partnership with Cambridge Elementary School PAC team, Fraser Valley Chess Academy is excited to bring back the Surrey Junior Rapid series this year. This time, we welcome chess players from KG all the way up to G12 across BC. Various prizes to be won in both sections, including a free entry to BC Inter-School Chess Championship 2025 for the top player of each section.

This is also an official qualifier tournament for the 2025 Canadian Youth Chess Championship. CYCC is a prestigious national event that, after more than a decade, is being held in Surrey once again this July. Participation is only through qualifier tournaments. Players scoring 50% or higher in this tournament can qualify to enter the CYCC.

For more information on CYCC, visit their website: https://juniorstomasters.site123.me/2025-canadian-youth-chess-championship.

Address:
Cambridge Elementary School,
6115 150 St, Surrey, BC V3S 3H7
Main playing area: School gym.

Format: Swiss Rapid with a total of 6 rounds. Time control: 15 min + 10 sec increment.
Event type: CFC Quick Rated/OTB

Schedule: 6 rounds
– Arrival and check-in: From 9:15 am to 9:30 am.
– Orientation session & pairings: 9:45 am to 10 am.
– Round 1: 10am or ASAP.
– Round 2: 11am.
– Round 3: 12pm.
– Lunch break from 12:45pm to 1:25pm.
– Round 4: 1:30pm.
– Round 5: 2:30pm.
– Round 6: 3:30pm.
– Prize ceremony: 4:30 pm or ASAP.

Sections:
OPEN (CFC Rated): Recommended for rated players/ intermediate to advanced players.
U1500 (CFC Rated): Recommended for beginners/ unrated/ first time players.

Tournament Fee: $45 + GST.
Registration deadline: April 11th, 2025 at midnight.
All withdrawal/ refund requests must be submitted by this deadline. No refunds after registration closes/ for no-shows & withdrawals. Note that a $10 processing fee will apply to all refunds. No on-site registration.

  • There will be a concession stand available from 11 am to 3 pm
  • Parents can watch the live games while their children plays in the gym or wait in the school common area.
  • Free parking inside school premises or in the neighborhood.

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

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

Note: Players do not receive a bonus time for the 1st illegal move from their opponent, while it is considered a warning and the 2nd illegal move shall lead to forfeit/ game loss. All other FIDE rules are applicable throughout the tournament.

Please fill out the registration form below to enter the tournament:

1Step 1 (CFC Info)
2Step 2 (Player Info)
3Step 3 (Payment Info)
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** If not, you have to do it yourself using the following link: https://www.chess.ca/en/players/membership-join/

Kindly refresh this page after you complete your payment to view your name in the list of registered players below.

Registered Players:

Player Name
CFC ID
Section
Rating
1
Jiwoong Kim
193629
U1500
2
Zilang Chen
189802
OPEN
3
Sky Cui
174105
OPEN
4
Viraj Singh Dasaur
U1500
5
Prabhjot Singh
194232
U1500
1101
6
KUBER PABBI
194490
U1500
7
Dulina Senath
192842
U1500
8
Lotki Sun
U1500
9
Anapayan Ahilan
U1500
unr.
10
Adrian Nguyen
U1500
unr.
11
David Ren
193671
U1500
1229
12
Sarit Sharma
U1500
unr.
13
Aaradhya Putrevu
U1500
unr.
14
Jordan Varghese
U1500
unr.
15
Jamal Jaleel
194331
OPEN
unr.
16
Gantavya Gaba
190600
U1500
unr.
17
Robert McBain
175500
OPEN
1710
18
Aiden Hellmuth
193448
U1500
1105
19
Eli Swift
U1500
unr.
20
Noah Li
177706
U1500
1478
21
Abdullah Shaikh
U1500
unr.
22
Nishwan Shaikh
U1500
unr.
23
Roy Lau
180764
OPEN
1397
24
Connor Rodford
U1500
unr.
25
Liam Yongjo Yoon
U1500
unr.
26
Wilson Badhwar
187979
U1500
1100
27
Sahej Nagra
194476
U1500
unr.
28
Dmytro Makogonsky
194309
U1500
unr.
29
Jacky Luan
169151
U1500
1475
30
Dhishen Konathala
188214
U1500
1214
31
Ron Novosselsky
U1500
unr.
32
Darsh Fuletra
187701
U1500
1211
33
Nathan Mak
192941
U1500
unr.
34
Oakley Cannon
194187
U1500
unr.
35
Roman Cannon
186947
U1500
unr.
36
Magnus Klassen
186829
OPEN
1560
37
Krishan Prakash
U1500
unr.
38
Armelle Sandhu
U1500
unr.
39
Aadya Telikicherla
190718
U1500
1112
40
Nathan Chua
185639
U1500
1418
41
Adam He
186850
U1500
1268
42
Marcus Lionel Mateo
193690
U1500
unr.
43
Samuel Chang
194089
U1500
unr.
44
anika soni
190633
U1500
1445
45
Shore Feng
179396
U1500
1441
46
Sparsh Gandhi
173920
OPEN
1582
47
YouYan Li
179473
U1500
1432
48
Seungheum Cho
U1500
unr.
49
Neheli Dissanayake
194304
U1500
unr.
50
Sonali Somasiri
U1500
unr.
51
Rivith Uyangoda
192922
U1500
1057
52
Aryan Dhanji
U1500
unr.
53
Laksh Sharma
193062
U1500
1258
54
Gia An LAM
194288
U1500
unr.
55
Julian Chan
181937
U1500
1168
56
Viaan Reddy
U1500
unr.
57
Bishmeet Singh Dhawan
187588
U1500
1117
58
Arjun Bal
188217
U1500
963
59
Samuel Lee
193353
U1500
unr.
60
Linden Henniger
U1500
unr.
61
Beck Wang
188037
U1500
1453
62
Tianyou Wan
U1500
unr.
63
ANAYA CHERIAN
188125
U1500
1020
64
Alp Topcu
174940
OPEN
1953
65
River Clark
188215
U1500
1043
66
Atharv Moorthy
189296
U1500
1117
67
Felix Fang
182373
OPEN
1588
68
Marko Radic
175736
OPEN
1382
69
Aathitja Ahilan
188730
U1500
1358
70
Krrithik Thilak
183401
U1500
1263
71
Matthew Gallvitz
183171
U1500
1141
72
Vipul Danny Rajamani
182623
U1500
unr.
73
Venal Dissanayake
194181
U1500
unr.
74
Nicholas Koh
193244
U1500
unr.
75
Aiden Crothers
185551
U1500
1364
76
Fred Cui
192894
U1500
1133
77
Tianyou Huang
193369
U1500
unr.
78
Mahith Weerasinghe
U1500
unr.
79
Minthaka Weerasinghe
189856
U1500
892
80
Ashita Bhiwani
182760
U1500
1150
81
Aditya Bhiwani
182761
U1500
1319
82
Alex Luczynski
185590
U1500
1121
83
Xuan-Che Lee
193756
U1500
unr.
84
Timofey Malyshev
188035
U1500
1242
85
Atharv Gupta
194074
U1500
unr.
86
Kevin Chiu
182414
OPEN
1377
87
Kabir Mangat
U1500
unr.
88
Jushvanthika Markandasamy
193121
U1500
unr.
89
RYAN JUSTIN PRABU
U1500
unr.
90
Barbaros Sengul
185655
U1500
976
91
Azlaan Saad
189800
U1500
1366
92
Revant Sipani
182713
U1500
1105
93
Winston Lu
182722
U1500
1492
94
Benjamin Cavero
187461
U1500
1284
95
Neil Joshi
OPEN
unr.
96
Matthew Douglas
U1500
unr.
97
Aria Gokul
193941
U1500
unr.
98
Kate Purcka
188195
U1500
986
99
Kriyaansh Banatwala
179308
U1500
1382
100
Robert Galiev
182759
U1500
1373
101
Manthan Patel
188188
U1500
929
102
Guanyi Huang
173559
U1500
1300
103
Marcus Liu
U1500
unr.
104
Yacheng Sui
180355
U1500
1482
105
EDEN CHI
187844
U1500
1343
106
Krivan Mirok
177874
U1500
1022
107
Arhaan Dhanani
182020
OPEN
1538
108
Mahalakshmi Annal
187458
U1500
646
109
Anirudh Annal
187451
U1500
1326
110
Hannah Li
189803
U1500
844
111
Naina Sharma
185683
U1500
982

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