
Thanksgiving Open 2025
BC Closed & BC Women’s Championship 2025
Hosted at Fraser Valley Chess Academy, Langley
Event dates: October 10th – 13th, 2025
Fraser Valley Chess Academy is excited to host the 2025 BC Closed and BC Women’s Championship at our home base here in Langley, over the Thanksgiving long weekend! Alongside these prestigious tournaments, we will be organizing Thanksgiving Open, a 6 rounds 90 + 30 classical tournament open to everyone.
Player cannot participate in more than one tournament, as all tournament are scheduled to happen at the same time.
2025 BC Closed Championship is an 8 player invitation only tournament, where the top 8 chess players from BC would compete for the title of the BC Champion in 2025. IA Steven Wright shall shortlist the candidate and invite them. The list of players will be updated on this page once we receive their confirmation. The final qualifier of the year is Langley Open 2025, whose winner can reserve a seat at the BC Closed, if they’re not already qualified. It features 7 rounds of round-robin, 1 round on Friday, followed by 2 rounds per day to follow. There is no entry fee, with $2000 in prize money. You can watch the competition on Lichess with a 15 minute delay: https://lichess.org/broadcast/bc-closed-2025/5nDyH40r
2025 BC Women’s Championship is a FIDE + CFC-rated tournament, where women players in BC compete for the title of BC Women’s Champion. It features 6 rounds of 90 + 30 Swiss classical. To begin on Saturday, October 11th, 2 rounds per day. All female players above a CFC rating of 1800 qualifies for a free entry, and players under 1800 can register with an entry fee. The prize pool for this tournament is $1000 based on 20 entries.
Thanksgiving Open 2025 is a FIDE + CFC-rated Swiss classical tournament, featuring 6 rounds of 90 + 30 classical played over 3 days, beginning Saturday, October 11th, 2 rounds per day. Early bird entry fee is $90 + GST until August 15th, 2025. There are some changes that players should be aware of. We have adjusted the sections based on overall rating composition. As such, the sections for the Thanksgiving OPEN are now OPEN and U1600. The OPEN Section is FIDE + CFC rated, while the U1600 section is just CFC rated.
We accept refund requests until October 8th, midnight. A $20 processing fee applies to all refunds.
Please see the full detail of each tournament at the bottom of the page.
Location: Fraser Valley Chess Academy
Unit 108 20486 64th Ave. Langley, BC
Orange room: BC Closed Championship
Yellow Room: BC Women’s Championship
Blue Room: Thanksgiving Open
FREE Onsite parking, walking distance to Costco, sushi place and multiple cafes.
Thanksgiving OPEN and BC Women’s Championship Schedule:
Round1: Saturday 10am
Round 2: Saturday 4pm
Round 3: Sunday 10am
Round 4: Sunday 4pm
Round 5: Monday 9am
Round 6: Monday 3pm
BC Closed Schedule:
Round 1: Friday 6pm
Round 2: Saturday 10am
Round 3: Saturday 4pm
Round 4: Sunday 10am
Round 5: Sunday 4pm
Round 6: Monday 9am
Round 7: Monday 3pm
BC Closed full details
Time Control: 7-round round-robin, FIDE and CFC-Rated Classical, 90 + 30
Sections: OPEN
Here is the list of the top 8 players who have qualified for BC Closed 2025 and have accepted the invitation to participate:
John Doknjas (2407)
Grigorii Morozov (2392)
Neil Doknjas (2373)
Raymond Kaufman (2310)
Yidong Chen (2299)
Keith MacKinnon (2283)
Tristan Taylor (2219)
Lia Rathburn (2064)
Prize fund: $2000 guaranteed
Prizes:
1st Place: $800 + Name engraved on trophy
2nd Place: $700
3rd Place: $500
Tie breaks:
To allow Co-Champions for the purpose of trophy and medals.
To assign travel grant:
– Direct Encounter
– Sonneborn-Berger
– Total Blacks
Tournament Fee: free
2025 BC Women’s Championship full details
Time Control: FIDE and CFC-Rated Classical, 90 + 30
Sections: OPEN
Tie breaks:
– Average Rating of Opponents (ARO)
– Buchholz (BH)
Tournament Fee:
Early bird entry fee: $75 + GST until Aug 15th, 2025
Regular entry fee: $90 + GST until Oct 10th, 2025
Free for all female players with a CFC rating above 1800.
Prize fund: $1000 based on 20 event entries.
1st: $350 2nd: $250 3rd: $175 Best U1300: $100
Thanksgiving Open 2025 full details
Format: 6 rounds FIDE & CFC-Rated Classical, 90 + 30
Sections:
OPEN (FIDE + CFC rated)
U1600 (CFC rated)
We may add an additional section/ or adjust the sections based on the number of entries.
Early-bird entry fee: $90 + GST, until Aug 15th, 2025
Entry fee: $100 + GST, until Oct 10th, 2025
Prize fund: $1500
OPEN
1st: $350/ 2nd: $275/ 3rd: $225
Best U1700: $100
Best U1900: $100
U1600:
1st: $200/ 2nd: $150/ 3rd: $100
Register here:
Registered players:
Sr. No. | Player Name | Tournament | FIDE ID | CFC ID | City | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lucas Yao | Thanksgiving Open | 2643243 | 175246 | Pitt Meadows | CFC: 2128. FIDE: 1913 |
2 | Atharv Moorthy | Thanksgiving Open | 2672049 | 189296 | Surrey | |
3 | Ashton Taylor | Thanksgiving Open | 2637120 | 147575 | Vancouver | |
4 | T G M Peiris | Thanksgiving Open | 9901310 | 176948 | Surrey | |
5 | Yonglong Chen | Thanksgiving Open | 2658844 | 176151 | Burnaby | |
6 | Ryan Golchin | Thanksgiving Open | 2657724 | 166537 | North Vancouver | |
7 | Daniel Zhu | Thanksgiving Open | 2654296 | 175185 | Burnaby | |
8 | Karen Chen | 2025 BC Women’s Championship | 2654300 | 176067 | Burnaby | |
9 | Lucas Chen | Thanksgiving Open | 2655179 | 176053 | Burnaby | |
10 | Danny Dai | Thanksgiving Open | 190869 | Vancourver | ||
11 | Azlaan Saad | Thanksgiving Open | 2672065 | 189800 | Langley | |
12 | Saad Alam | Thanksgiving Open | 2672057 | 189986 | Langley | |
13 | Kanish Raj Sathish Raj | Thanksgiving Open | 2672073 | 184167 | Langley | |
14 | Dahlia Quinn | 2025 BC Women’s Championship | 39952045 | 197556 | Vancouver | |
15 | Nader haririparsa | Thanksgiving Open | 197017 | North Vancouver | ||
16 | Tianyou Huang | Thanksgiving Open | 193369 | Surrey | ||
17 | Mehrdad Yousefzadeh | Thanksgiving Open | 130361 | 130361 | North Vancouver | |
18 | Amaira Soni | 2025 BC Women’s Championship | 190634 | Burnaby | ||
19 | Anika Soni | 2025 BC Women’s Championship | 558028870 | 190633 | Burnaby | |
20 | Alex Zou | Thanksgiving Open | 2655454 | 166019 | Coquitlam | |
21 | Siyona Singh | 2025 BC Women’s Championship | 2677970 | 173341 | Burnaby | |
22 | Rishab Ganesh | Thanksgiving Open | 174592 | Langley | ||
23 | Marko Radic | Thanksgiving Open | 2654563 | 175736 | Maple Ridge | |
24 | Dejan Radic | Thanksgiving Open | 2612631 | 109957 | Maple Ridge | |
25 | Clement Cheng | Thanksgiving Open | 121485 | Richmond | ||
26 | Anh C N Nguyen | 2025 BC Women’s Championship | 12454940 | 195317 | Vancouver | |
27 | Sparsh Gandhi | Thanksgiving Open | 2668955 | 173920 | Burnaby | |
28 | Dulansa Omindi Hewa Liyanage | 2025 BC Women’s Championship | 195413 | Surrey | ||
29 | Aiden Zhu | Thanksgiving Open | 2654288 | 178350 | Vancouver | |
30 | Hector Abad | Thanksgiving Open | 184817 | Surrey | ||
31 | David Armstrong | Thanksgiving Open | 2663694 | 186526 | Victoria | |
32 | Robin Hayer | Thanksgiving Open | 2676168 | 182776 | Abbotsford | |
33 | Aathitja Ahilan | Thanksgiving Open | 2671930 | 188730 | Langley | |
34 | Austin Beech | Thanksgiving Open | 2670291 | 186105 | Saanichton | |
35 | Fred Cui | Thanksgiving Open | 192894 | Langley Township | ||
36 | Ryan Li | Thanksgiving Open | 2671999 | 174767 | surrey | |
37 | Henry Fan | Thanksgiving Open | 2659832 | 171593 | Vancouver | |
38 | Peter Mingrone | Thanksgiving Open | 2647079 | 172324 | Victoria | |
39 | Kaiser Nguyen | Thanksgiving Open | 2659697 | 177635 | CALGARY | |
40 | Anny Peng | 2025 BC Women’s Championship | 2654350 | West Vancouver | ||
41 | zitian chen | Thanksgiving Open | 2676141 | 181327 | Vancouver | |
42 | Elliot McCallum | Thanksgiving Open | 2645718 | 175710 | Vancouver | |
43 | Ron Novosselsky | Thanksgiving Open | 194465 | Pitt Meadows | ||
44 | Arnav Shetty | Thanksgiving Open | 2672081 | 173840 | Surrey | |
45 | Martina Szeto | Thanksgiving Open | 2665328 | 185221 | Richmond | |
46 | Joanne Wangluo | 2025 BC Women’s Championship | 2654725 | 178342 | Vancouver | 1842 |
47 | Sofia Vigurs | 2025 BC Women’s Championship | 2654369 | 177076 | Langley | 1463 |
48 | Panshul Mishra Jaiman | Thanksgiving Open | 2640945 | 171596 | Vancouver | |
49 | MINGYANG ZHENG | Thanksgiving Open | 188142 | Richmond | ||
50 | Marko Radic | Thanksgiving Open | 2654563 | 175736 | Maple Ridge | |
51 | Dejan Radic | Thanksgiving Open | 2612631 | 109957 | Maple Ridge | |
52 | Xuan-Che Lee | Thanksgiving Open | 193447 | Maple Ridge | ||
53 | Yaswitha suresh | 2025 BC Women’s Championship | 190751 | Coquitlam | ||
54 | Barath Subramanian Suresh | Thanksgiving Open | 2670488 | 176909 | Coquitlam | |
55 | Jordan Szeto | Thanksgiving Open | 2666812 | 183567 | RICHMOND | |
56 | Zhengyu Chen | Thanksgiving Open | 2641070 | 166532 | Coquitlam |