Our club

Mission Statement

INTRO

From a humble beginning in September 1994 (see Milestones below) our club activity has grown in quality and reputation. Our students participate successfully at local, provincial, national and international competitions year after year. They represent with pride our club, province and Canada wherever they go.

The activity is structured based on a chess curriculum organized by levels as follows:

Each level consists of a combination of lessons, tests and official tournament games to be completed during a period of a school year.
Attending any level except level 1 "Pawn" requires passing of the appropriate admission test beforehand. Any test can be taken at anytime and will determine with good accuracy what level you best fit into. Please contact us if you wish to setup your own testing!

Milestones

  • December 2009 - June 2010:
    "Golden Knights" and "Burnaby Junior Chess club" were into a 6 months partnership.
  • September 2008:
    "Golden Knights" returned to the original setup of one location only (in Burnaby) with a level 4 (Rook) group. Andrei left for USA.
  •  September 2007 - June 2008:
    "Golden Knights" extended their activity by opening a new location in Surrey in partnership with Ken Jensen (BC Junior Coordinator).
  • September 2007:
    Andrei and his "Silver Knights" became independent partners, moving to a separate location.
  • January 2007:
    Eugen is awarded the title of FIDE Instructor by FIDE (Federation Internationale des Echecs/ World Chess Federation); details CLICK HERE
  • January 2005:
    The club left BC Romanian Community Centre and became independent. It changed its name to "Golden Knights" and ever since it is part of "64 fun solutions" family business. Andrei's group was named "Silver Knights".
  • September 2002:
    Andrei joined the club as an instructor for beginners.
  • June 7, 2001:
    Eugen founded a new club called "The Knights" running at BC Romanian Community Centre. The activity there stretched between 2001-2004.
  • 1995-2001:
    Eugen taught chess privately; some of his best students were Rotyslav Pylsdich, plus Sinziana and Liviu Chis.
  • September 1994:
    Eugen established his first chess club at Harbour View Elementary School in Coquitlam, BC with the help of Peter Stainton (teacher) and a few great parents. That club was active during the school year 1994-1995.