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Inch by Inch

eugen — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 04:02:24 +0000

Inch by Inch

Last updated: 2019-10-15

Inch By Inch speech
Coach Tony D'Amato (Al Pacino)
Any Given Sunday

"I don't know what to say really.
Three minutes
to the biggest battle of our professional lives
all comes down to today.

Either
we heal
as a team
or we are going to crumble.
Inch by inch
play by play
till we're finished.
We are in hell right now, gentlemen
believe me
and
we can stay here
and get the shit kicked out of us
or
we can fight our way
back into the light.
We can climb out of hell.
One inch, at a time.

Now I can't do it for you.
I'm too old.
look around and I see these young faces
and I think
I mean
I made every wrong choice a middle age man could make.

I uh...
I pissed away all my money
believe it or not.
I chased off anyone who has ever loved me.
And lately,
I can't even stand the face I see in the mirror.

You know when you get old in life
things get taken from you.
That's, that's part of life.
But,
you only learn that when you start losing stuff.

You find out that life is just a game of inches.
So is football.
Because in either game
life or football
the margin for error is so small.

I mean
one half step too late or to early
you don't quite make it.
One half second too slow or too fast
and you don't quite catch it.
The inches we need are everywhere around us.
hey are in ever break of the game
every minute, every second.

On this team, we fight for that inch.
On this team, we tear ourselves, and everyone around us
to pieces for that inch
We CLAW with our finger nails for that inch.
Cause we know
when we add up all those inches
that's going to make the fucking difference
between WINNING and LOSING
between LIVING and DYING.

I'll tell you this
in any fight
it is the guy who is willing to die
who is going to win that inch.
And I know
if I am going to have any life any more
t is because, I am still willing to fight, and die for that inch
because that is what LIVING is.
The six inches in front of your face.

Now I can't make you do it.
You gotta look at the guy next to you.
Look into his eyes.
Now I think you are going to see a guy who will go that inch with you.
You are going to see a guy
who will sacrifice himself for this team
because he knows when it comes down to it,
you are gonna do the same thing for him.
That's a team, gentlemen
and either we heal now, as a team,
or we will die as individuals.
That's football guys.
That's all it is.
Now, whattaya gonna do?"

eugen Tue, 10/15/2019 - 21:02

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Level 4, 2019-20

eugen — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 03:58:21 +0000

Level 4, 2019-20

Last updated: 2020-03-08

NOTE: click on the semester link below to access the tournaments played!
SEMESTER 1
SEMESTER 2

SEMESTER 2

GROUP C23 Jan 30, 2020 to CURRENT
01	Matthew Kofmansky	3.0
02	Joey Xu	2.5
03	Zhengyu Chen	1.0
04	Steven Yuhao Zhang	0.5
05	Justin Tian	0.0
06	Eric Shan	0.0

GROUP C24 Jan 30, 2020 to CURRENT
01	Glyn Zhu	4.0
02	Lucas Li	3.0
03	Walter Zhang	3.0
04	Justin Ye	2.0
05	Zachary Liu	2.0
06	Henry Chen	0.0

SEMESTER 1

GROUP C21 Sep 19 to Dec 18, 2019
01	Eric Shan	4.0
02	Aiden Leong	3.5
03	Zhengyu Chen	3.0
04	Matthew Kofmansky	2.5
05	Joey Xu	1.5
06	Walter Zhang	0.5

GROUP C22 Sep 19 to Dec 18, 2019
01	Justin Tian	5.0
02	Glyn Zhu	4.0
03	Justin Ye	4.0
04	Harry Do	3.5
05	Zachary Liu	3.0
06	Lucas Li	1.5
07	Henry Chen	0.0

eugen Wed, 09/25/2019 - 20:58

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Susan Polgar Foundation Girls Invitational 2019

eugen — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 22:15:29 +0000

Susan Polgar Foundation Girls Invitational 2019

Last updated: 15-May-2019

The 16^th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls’ Invitational 2019 - BC Championship qualifier

The Annual SPF Girls’ Invitational, now in its 16th year, is the most prestigious All-Girls event in the United States. It is also the first All-Girls event approved and sanctioned by the USCF back in 2003. It is an invitational event, and will once again be held at Webster University (St. Louis, Missouri) between June 22-27, 2019. Each US state, as well as each country in the American Continent (South, Central, and North America), is allowed to nominate one representative.
Each Canadian province is allowed one representative to be nominated. The official announcement together with the rules, conditions, event format and prizes is posted HERE

“Golden Knights” has proudly organized on May 12th the 4th edition of the BC Championship, qualifier for the 16th annual SPFGI 2019. We are happy to announce our winner Kate Jiang. She will represent BC in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

SPFGI 2019 - BC CHAMPIONSHIP, FINAL RESULT
#	PLAYER	POINTS	SCHOOL	GRADE
01	Kate Jiang	4.5	Blundell Elementary	6
02	Yu Han (Veronica) Guo	3.5	York House School	6
03	Colette Eisenberg	3.0	Pacific Spirit School	3
04	Joyce Zhang	3.0	Erma Stephenson School	5
05	Gillian Mok	3.0	Crofton House School	5
06	Abigail Wang	3.0	Pacific Academy	5
07	Mengbai Li (Golden Knights)	2.0	Marlborough Elementary School	6
08	Lyvia Shan (Golden Knights)	1.5	Little Flower Academy	8
09	Gwendolyn Tang	1.5	Vancouver Christian School	8
10	Melinda Wei	0	Queen Mary Elementary	4

Below information is prior to 12-May-2019

REQUIREMENTS for participants:

Under 19 years old on January 1st, 2019 (please provide date of birth)
Must reside in BC

TIME: May 12th, 2019
PLACE: Charles Rummel Centre, 3630 Lozells Ave, Burnaby, BC V5A 2Y8
8 minutes walking from Lake City Way Station (skytrain). It is located in Charles Rummel Park, Burnaby with playing fields, playground and a water park. Food and beverages available at the skytrain station. Snacks and water will be provided on-site by us.

ORGANIZER and TD: Valer Eugen Demian, cell (text): 604-505-2473, Email: valeredemian @ gmail dot com

PLEASE COME ON SITE BY 8:15am. The first round starts earlier this year.

ROUNDS: 5 rounds
REFLECTION TIME: 30 minutes per player, G60 = game in 60 minutes for each round. Clocks are provided.
Tournament will be rated with Chess Federation of Canada (CFC) as active rated. FIDE rules of rapidplay apply!

Round 1: 8:30 – 9:30
Round 2: 9:45 – 10:45
Round 3: 11:00 – 12:00 followed by lunch break
Round 4: 13:00 – 14:00
Round 5: 14:15 – 15:15
Tie break 1st place (if needed): 15:30 – 15:45

Tie break for 1st place only will consist of a written chess puzzles test (Polgar method) within a given time frame.

PRIZES:

1st Place	Clear of after tie breaks will represent BC, Canada @ SPFGI 2019 The online registration announcement can be accessed HERE
Top 3 places	Trophy (software tie breaks apply)
Other prizes	Participation medal

REGISTRATION INFORMATION by email (no registration on site):

Name:	Birthday:
Address:	Apt/ #:
City:	Postal code:
Phone:	Email:
School:	Grade:
Rating (organization):

PARTICIPATION FEE:

$50

General participation

PAYMENT METHODS:

Cheque payable to:	Valer Eugen Demian, 1805 View Street, Port Moody, BC V3H 3Y3
Paypal or e-Transfer	vdemian @ shaw dot ca

eugen Sun, 04/14/2019 - 15:15

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Level 3, 2018-19

eugen — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 01:55:28 +0000

Level 3, 2018-19

Last updated: 2019-08-25

NOTE: click on the semester link below to access the tournaments played!
SEMESTER 3
SEMESTER 2-3
SEMESTER 1

SEMESTER 3

GROUP D12 Apr 11 to CURRENT
01	Justin Tian, ROOKIE CHAMPION	2.0
02	Zhengyu Chen, ROOKIE CHAMPION	2.0
03	Justin Ye	1.0
04	Walter Zhang	0.0

SEMESTER 2-3

GROUP D10 Jan 31 to CURRENT
01	Aiden Leong, CHAMPION	6.0
02	Joey Xu	5.5
03	Eric Shan	5.0
04	Matthew Kofmansky	4.5
05	Lyvia Shan	2.5
06	Justin Ye	2.0
07	Mengbai Li	1.5
08	Walter Zhang	1.0

GROUP D11 Jan 31 to CURRENT
01	Zhengyu Chen	6.5
02	Justin Tian	5.0
03	Blake Young	4.0
04	Glyn Zhu	4.0
05	Brian Xu	4.0
06	Coby Ruan	3.0
07	Ellie Tian	0.5
08	Lucas Li	0.0

SEMESTER 1

GROUP D8 Sep 6 to Jan 24, 2019
01	Eric Shan	7.5
02	Lyvia Shan	5.0
03	Matthew Kofmansky	5.0
04	Aiden Leong	4.5
05	Joey Xu	4.0
06	Mengbai Li	3.5
07	Walter Zhang	3.5
08	Coby Ruan	1.5
09	Zhengyu Chen	1.5

GROUP D9 Sep 6 to Jan 24, 2019
01	Justin Ye	6.5
02	Justin Tian	5.5
03	Blake Young	4.0
04	Lucas Li	4.0
05	Glyn Zhu	3.0
06	Zhengyu Chen	2.0
07	Brian Xu	2.0
08	Ellie Tian	1.0

eugen Wed, 09/12/2018 - 18:55

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Susan Polgar Foundation Girls Invitational 2018

eugen — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 06:02:43 +0000

Susan Polgar Foundation Girls Invitational 2018

Last updated: 04-Jun-2018

The 15^th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls’ Invitational 2018 - BC Championship qualifier

The Annual SPF Girls’ Invitational, now in its 15th year, is the most prestigious All-Girls event in the United States. It is also the first All-Girls event approved and sanctioned by the USCF back in 2003. It is an invitational event, and will once again be held at Webster University (St. Louis, Missouri) between July 21-26, 2018. Each US state, as well as each country in the American Continent (South, Central, and North America), is allowed to nominate one representative. Each Canadian province is allowed one representative to be nominated. The official announcement together with the rules, conditions, event format and prizes is posted HERE

“Golden Knights” has proudly organized on March 24th the 3rd edition of the BC Championship, qualifier for the 15th annual SPFGI 2018. We are happy to announce our winner Shi Yuan (Sherry) Tian. She wins the tournament for the second time and will represent us in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Lyvia won 3rd place after solving more puzzles in the "Polgar test" than Coco.
IMPORTANT UPDATE 4-Jun-2018: Sherry and Jessica had to decline their participation. Our representative in St Louis is going to be Lyvia Shan (Golden Knights).

SPFGI 2018 - BC CHAMPIONSHIP, FINAL RESULT
#	PLAYER	POINTS	SCHOOL	GRADE
01	Shi Yuan (Sherry) Tian	4.5	James Whiteside Elementary, Richmond BC	7
02	Jessica Qian	4.0	Alfred B Dixon Elementary, Richmond BC	6
03	Lyvia Shan (Golden Knights)	2.5	Our Lady of Fatima, Coquitlam BC	7
04	Coco Ruan (Golden Knights)	2.5	Port Moody Secondary, Port Moody BC	9
05	Kate Jiang	2.0	Blair Archibald Elementary, Richmond BC	5
06	Gillian Mok	1.5	Crofton House School, Vancouver BC	4
07	ZiJia (Jacey) Chen (Golden Knights)	0.5	Maillard Middle School, Coquitlam BC	6

Below information is prior to 24-Mar-2018

REQUIREMENTS for participants:

Under 19 years old on January 1st, 2018 (please provide date of birth)
Must reside in BC

TIME: March 24th, 2018
PLACE: Charles Rummel Centre, 3630 Lozells Ave, Burnaby, BC V5A 2Y8
8 minutes walking from Lake City Way Station (skytrain). It is located in Charles Rummel Park, Burnaby with playing fields, playground and a water park. Food and beverages available at the skytrain station. Snacks and water will be provided on-site by us.ORGANIZER and TD: Valer Eugen Demian, cell (text): 604-505-2473, Email: valeredemian @ gmail dot com

PLEASE COME ON SITE BY 9:00am

Round 1: 9:30 – 10:30
Round 2: 10:45 – 11:45 followed by lunch break
Round 3: 13:00 – 14:00
Round 4: 14:15 – 15:15
Round 5: 15:30 – 16:30
Tie break 1st place (if needed): 16:45 – 17:00

Tie break for 1st place only will consist of a written chess puzzles test (Polgar method) within a given time frame.

PRIZES:

1st Place	Clear of after tie breaks will represent BC, Canada @ SPFGI 2018 The online registration announcement can be accessed HERE
Top 3 places	Trophy (software tie breaks apply)
Other prizes	Participation medal

REGISTRATION INFORMATION (no registration after March 22nd or on site):

Name:	Birthday:
Address:	Apt/ #:
City:	Postal code:
Phone:	Email:
School:	Grade:
Rating (organization):

PARTICIPATION FEE:

$40

March 4th to March 22nd, 2018 included

PAYMENT METHODS:

Cheque payable to:	Valer Eugen Demian, 1805 View Street, Port Moody, BC V3H 3Y3
Paypal or e-Transfer	vdemian @ shaw dot ca

eugen Sun, 03/04/2018 - 22:02

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Level 2, 2017-18

eugen — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 00:16:17 +0000

Level 2, 2017-18

Last updated: 2018-06-25

NOTE: click on the semester link below to access the tournaments played!
SEMESTER 3
SEMESTER 1-2

SEMESTER 3

GROUP E4 club Championship March 29 to Jun 28
1	Aiden Leong, CHAMPION	7.5
2	Joey Xu	7.0
3	Lyvia Shan	6.5
4	Eric Shan	6.5
5	Matthew Kofmansky	6.0
6	Yankai (Steven) Wei	3.5
7	Walter Zhang	2.5
8	Coby Ruan	2.0
9	Mengbai Li	2.0
10	ZiJia (Jacey) Chen	1.5

GROUP E5 club Championship March 29 to Jun 28
1	Zhengyu Chen, ROOKIE CHAMPION	9.0
2	Glyn Zhu	6.0
3	Lucas Li	6.0
4	Itamar Titievsky	5.5
5	Justin Tian	5.5
6	Blake Young	5.0
7	Brian Xu	3.0
8	Ellie Tian	2.5
9	Darius Mircioiu	2.0
10	Chris Yang	0.5

SEMESTER 1-2

GROUP E3 club tournament September 14 to March 21
1	Eric Shan	16.5
2	Joey Xu	15.0
3	Matthew Kofmansky	15.0
4	Aiden Leong	13.5
5	Lyvia Shan	13.5
6	Mengbai Li	13.0
7	Walter Zhang	11.5
8	Yankai (Steven) Wei	11.5
9	Coby Ruan	11.5
10	ZiJia (Jacey) Chen	10.5
11	Blake Young	10.0
12	Zhengyu Chen	9.0
13	Brian Xu	7.0
14	Itamar Titievsky	6.5
15	Glyn Zhu	6.5
16	Justin Tian	6.0
17	Ellie Tian	6.0
18	Lucas Li	5.0
19	Chris Yang	1.5
20	Darius Mircioiu	1.0

eugen Fri, 10/20/2017 - 17:16

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Susan Polgar Foundation Girls Invitational 2017

eugen — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 22:59:54 +0000

Susan Polgar Foundation Girls Invitational 2017

Last updated: 10-May-2017

The 14^th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls’ Invitational 2017 - BC Championship qualifier

The Annual SPF Girls’ Invitational, now in its 14th year, is the most prestigious All-Girls event in the United States. It is also the first All-Girls event approved and sanctioned by the USCF back in 2003. It is an invitational event, and will once again be held at Webster University (St. Louis, Missouri) between July 22-27, 2017. Each state, as well as each country in the American Continent (South, Central, and North America), is allowed to nominate one representative. Each Canadian province is allowed one representative to be nominated. This year the prize fund is over $200K in scholarships + $7,500 cash prizes.
The official announcement is posted HERE
The announcement on Webster University website is posted HERE
“Golden Knights” has proudly organized on April 23rd the 2nd edition of the BC Championship, qualifier for the 14th annual SPFGI 2017. Congratulations to our Champion Sophia Yu and good luck in St. Louis!

SPFGI 2017 - BC CHAMPIONSHIP, FINAL STANDINGS (24-Apr-2017)
#	Player	01	02	03	04	05	TOTAL
01	Sophia Yu	X	1	1	1	1	4.0
02	Agata Seyfi	0	X	=	1	1	2.5
03	Anna Van	0	=	X	1	1	2.5
04	Coco Ruan	0	0	0	X	=	0.5
05	Lyvia Shan	0	0	0	=	X	0.5

PRIOR INFORMATION BEFORE APRIL 23rd, 2017

REQUIREMENTS for participants:

Under 19 years old before July 22nd, 2017 (please provide date of birth)
Must reside in BC

TIME: April 23rd, 2017
PLACE: Charles Rummel Centre, 3630 Lozells Ave, Burnaby, BC V5A 2Y8
8 minutes walking from Lake City Way Station (skytrain). It is located in Charles Rummel Park, Burnaby with playing fields, playground and a water park. Food and beverages available at the skytrain station. Snacks and water will be provided on-site by us.

ORGANIZER and TD: Valer Eugen Demian, cell (text): 604-505-2473, Email: valeredemian @ gmail dot com

SPFGI 2017 - BC CHAMPIONSHIP, REGISTRATION LIST
#	PLAYER	RATING (active)	SCHOOL	GRADE
01	Agata Seyfi	1275 CFC	SelfDesign LC	8
02	Anna Van	1226 CFC	St Joseph the Worker, Richmond BC	6
03	Coco Ruan (Golden Knights)	1126 CFC	Scott Creek Middle, Coquitlam BC	8
04	Sophia Yu	967 CFC	John T. Errington Elementary, Richmond BC	3
05	Lyvia Shan (Golden Knights)	917 CFC	Our Lady of Fatima, Coquitlam BC	6

PLEASE COME ON SITE BY 9:00am

ROUNDS: 4 rounds 30 minutes per player (G30), 60 minutes for each round with clocks (provided):

Round 1: 9:30 – 10:30
Round 2: 11:00 – 12:00 followed by lunch break
Round 3: 13:00 – 14:00
Round 4: 14:30 – 15:30

Tie breaks for 1st and top 3 places if required. It will consist of a written chess puzzles test (Polgar method) within a given time frame. Tournament will be rated NW and CFC (active rating). FIDE rules of rapidplay apply!

PRIZES:

1st place:	Clear of after tie breaks will represent BC, Canada @ SPFGI 2017 The online registration for the final in St Louis is posted HERE
Top 3 places	Clear of after tie breaks
Other prizes	To be announced. Watch our website for latest announcements.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION (no registration after April 21st or on site):

Name:	Birthday:
Address:	Apt/ #:
City:	Postal code:
Phone:	Email:
School:	Grade:
Rating (organization):

PARTICIPATION FEE:

$30	Early bird (until April 3rd, 2017 included)
$40	April 4th to April 21st, 2017 included

PAYMENT METHODS:

Cheque payable to:	Valer Eugen Demian, 1805 View Street, Port Moody, BC V3H 3Y3
Paypal or e-Transfer	vdemian @ shaw dot ca

eugen Mon, 03/13/2017 - 15:59

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Level 5, 2016-17

eugen — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 19:14:29 +0000

Level 5, 2016-17

Last updated: 2017-06-26

NOTE: click on the semester link below to access the tournaments played!
SEMESTER 3
SEMESTER 2
SEMESTER 1

SEMESTER 3

GROUP B37 club Championship Jun 1st to Jun 23rd, 2017
1	Cody Ruan, CHAMPION	3.0
2	Jalen Huang	1.5
3	Enoch Liang	1.0
4	Eugene Liang	0.5

GROUP B38 club Championship Jun 1st to Jun 23rd, 2017
1	Bradley Louie, ROOKIE CHAMPION	3.0
2	Benjamin Zhu	2.0
3	Deryk Fong	0.5
4	Lyvia Shan	0.5

SEMESTER 2

GROUP B35 club tournament January 12 to March 30, 2017
1	Eugene Liang	5.5
2	Jalen Huang	5.0
3	Cody Ruan	4.0
4	Coco Ruan	3.5
5	Enoch Liang	3.0
6	Nethru Dheera	3.0
7	Bradley Louie	3.0
8	Benjamin Zhu	1.0

GROUP B36 club tournament January 12 to March 30, 2017
1	Eric Shan	5.5
2	Lyvia Shan	5.5
3	Deryk Fong	4.5
4	Sandiv Paulu	4.5
5	Yakov Reznikov	3.0
6	Uros Jeremic	3.0
7	Shya Bains	1.5
8	Adrian Kan	0.5

SEMESTER 1

GROUP B33 club tournament September 15 to December 22, 2016
1	Cody Ruan	6.0
2	Coco Ruan	5.5
3	Jalen Huang	5.0
4	Benjamin Zhu	3.0
5	Bradley Louie	3.0
6	Nethru Dheera	2.5
7	Deryk Fong	2.0
8	Yakov Reznikov	1.0

GROUP B34 club tournament September 15 to December 22, 2016
1	Eugene Liang	5.5
2	Enoch Liang	5.5
3	Lyvia Shan	4.0
4	Sandiv Paulu	2.0
5	Uros Jeremic	2.0
6	Adrian Kan	1.0
7	Shya Bains	1.0

eugen Mon, 12/05/2016 - 11:14

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Correspondence Chess News

eugen — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:52:28 +0000

Correspondence Chess News

Last updated: 2016-12-22

The original content of this very popular online magazine, including the download files of all 100 issues, will be made available here. Please bear with us until we set it up properly!

Season's Greetings!
Eugen

eugen Sat, 09/17/2016 - 10:52

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