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Rating: A 3-4 digit number signifying the relative skill levels of players. In each rated tournament all players will win or lose pointsⁱ based on a predetermined system infuenced by several factors. The most important factors are the final result and the strength of the oppositionⁱ.
There are a few official ratings in the World today such as:
a) FIDE ratingⁱ (or ELO ratingⁱ) for international over the board chessⁱ. The highest ever FIDE ratingⁱ was 2851, which Garry Kasparov had on the July 1999 and January 2000 lists.
b) ICCF ratingⁱ for international correspondence chessⁱ.
c) National ratings for over the board chessⁱ and for correspondence chessⁱ.
All other ratings (including most of the ones offered by internet clubs) have just recreational value.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights level 5 tournament (B18)

Last updated: August 8th, 2010

Ou club champion for 2009-2010 has been decided. Congratulations Andy Yee! He managed to successfuly defend his title, only the second player in club history to achieve this.

FINAL STANDINGS
1.   Andy Y 12.0
2.   Rick 10.0
3.   Karl 9.5 (SB 56.25)
4.   Marko 9.5 (SB 44.50)
5.   Edwin 8.0 (SB 42.50)
6.   Jeffrey 8.0 (SB 39.50)
7.   Amir 5.5 (SB 24.50)
8.   Alex 5.5 (SB 24.25)
9.   Owen 5.0 (SB 29.75)
10. Nathaniel 5.0 (SB 29.25)
11. Wilson 5.0 (SB 27.00)
12. Jerry 5.0 (SB 24.00)
13. Humphrey 2.0 (SB 13.00)
14. James 2.0 (SB 10.00)
15. Frank 2.0 (SB 7.00)
16. Andy Q 2.0 (SB 4.00)

Golden Knights level 5 tournament (B17)

Our fall tournament started way back in September 2009 in a round robin format is over! I was happy to see you all play longer, more serious games. Congratulations to the top players!

Last updated: March 12th, 2010

FINAL STANDINGS (B17)

1. Karl 10.0
2. Humphrey 9.5
3-4. Owen and Andy Q 6.5
5. Jeffrey 6.0
6-7. Katerina and Algerd 5.5
8. Alex 5.0
9. Rick 4.0
10. Nathaniel 3.5
11-12. James and Jerry 3.0
13. Wilson 2.0

BC Youth Chess Championships

Sprott Shaw Community College
New Westminster, BC
Apr 24-25, 2010

Last updated: May 17, 2010

Only 45 players showed up for the most important provincial tournament of the year. TDs were Stephen Wright and Ben Daswani. Here is a list with all results achieved by Golden Knights students:

Under 10 Boys (10 players)
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Jeffrey Dawson and Jingzhi [Edwin] Xu (tied for 3rd - 3.5 points)
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Under 12 Boys (11 players)
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Karl [Lizhe] Cui (8th - 2.0 points)
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Under 14 Girls (2 players)
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Joanne Foote (2nd - 2.5 points)

Under 16 Girls (1 player)
Karen Lam (1st - 2.0 points) - BC Champion

Under 18 (7 players)
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Anderson Yee (2nd - 3.5 points)
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Thank you all for your hard work!
Eugen

K-12 BC Provincial Chess Challenge

Delta hotel, Richmond
Apr 11, 2010
Chief TD: Valer Eugen Demian

Here is a list with all results achieved by Golden Knights students:

Grade 3 (21 players)
1. Edwin Xu 4.5 - Champion, qualified for team BC
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10. Frank Hou 3.0
11. Alex Ge 2.5
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Grade 4 (20 players)
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4. Humphrey Shao 3.5
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6. Jeffrey Dawson 3.0
7. Nathaniel Knox 3.0
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Grade 5 (20 players)
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4. Owen Napieralski 3.5
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Grade 6 (19 players)
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7. Karl [Lizhe] Cui 3.0
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Grade 7 (15 players)
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3. Rick Yang 3.5 - trophy
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Grade 8 (16 players)
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6. Joanne Foote 3.0
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Grade 11 (6 players)
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3. Andy Yee 3.0 - trophy
4. Marko Mitrovic 2.0
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Last updated: April 18th, 2010