Vancouver Elementary School Team Championship

The tournament has now been rated by The Canadian Chess federation (CFC). Complete individuals results for Division "A" can be seen at http://www.chess.ca/xtable.asp?TNum=200802010

A crowd well behaved of 80 kids showed up for the Vancouver Elementary Chess Team Championship at St-John' s School located in Kitsilano. The competition was really closed in Division "A" between St-George's and Chartwell till the last game decided by the margin of only 1 point in favor of St-George's. Many thanks to all the helpers which make that day a succesful one such as Sukhbir Bolina teacher at St-John's School, Toni Deline chess expert and chess instructor, Janet England teacher at York House School.
Results of Division "A"
1. St-George`s 14.5 pts 2. Chartwell 13.5 pts 3. Vancouver Christian 12 pts 4. Pauline Johnson 10 pts 5. St-John`s 9.5 pts 6. Westcot 7.5 pts 7. Ridgeview 7 pts 8. Seaforth 6 pts
Division "B"
1. St-George`s 18 pts 2. Osler 13.5 pts 3. Chartwell 11 pts 4-5. Chartwell C and St-John`s 10.5 pts 6. L`École Bilingue 10 pts 7. Vancouver Christian 7 pts 8. Westcot 6 pts 9. Seaforth 3 pts
Best Individuals results on Board #1 in A
1. Jack Cheng (St-John's) 5 points 2-3 Donavan Zhao (St-George's) and Jeremy Hui (Seaforth) 4 points 4. Caleb Cheng (Vancouver Christian) 3 points 5. Justin Wong (Chartwell) 2 points
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Best Individuals results on Board # 1 in B
1-2. Max Allman (Osler) and Hector Rathburn-Mackay (L'École Bilingue) 5 points 3. Christopher Li (St-George's) 3 points 4. Nick Lin (St-John's) 2.5 points


Pictures (top right) the tournament did attract some eskimos from North BC. (bottom left), the St-George's Chess team with a new figure, a young grade 3 boy, Iain Ang.