The CFC Regular Chess Post – March 28/13 B – Grand Pacific Open, B.C.

[Bob Armstrong]

The CFC Regular Chess Post – March 28/13 B – Grand Pacific Open, B.C.

Starts Tomorrow!

Dates: March 29-April 1( Easter Weekend )
Location: Hotel Grand Pacific, Victoria BC.
Type: 6 round FIDE and CFC rated Swiss
Prizes: $5000 in prizes guaranteed.
Side Events: free if you play in the main event and include an active tournament, Midnight Blitz with $100 in prizes, and a Bughouse tournament to finish off the weekend.
Website: www.grandpacificopen.com

Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator
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[Mark S. Dutton, I.A.]

VICTORIA NEWS COVERAGE

http://www.vicnews.com/neighbourhood...88381481237582

B.C.’s elite vying for Grand Pacific chess crown in Victoria
By Staff Writer - Victoria News
Published: March 28, 2013 10:00 PM

Chess players from 6 to 80 are vying for top spot at this weekend’s seventh annual Grand Pacific Open tournament.

The local contingent will be joined by numerous out-of-town players, taking the total number of competitors over the 100 mark.

Surrey’s Tanraj Sohal, 15, winner of the B.C. Open championship last month, provides an example of where chess can take a young player.

In January he was awarded a full ride scholarship to Webster University in St. Louis.

Other players in the international field expected to challenge for the title include former B.C. champion Jack Yoos and current champ Butch Villavieja, both of Vancouver, and women’s Grandmaster Katerina Rohonyan from Redmond, Wash.

Play begins at 6 p.m. Friday (March 29) and continues during the afternoon and evening on Saturday and Sunday.

The final round happens Monday starting at 10 a.m. Spectators are welcome to attend this free event at the Hotel Grand Pacific, 463 Belleville St.

For more information, visit http://grandpacificopen.pbworks.com/...0and%20Results

editor@vicnews.com

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The CFC Regular Chess Post – March 28/13 B – Grand Pacific Open, B.C.

Starts Tomorrow!

Dates: March 29-April 1( Easter Weekend )
Location: Hotel Grand Pacific, Victoria BC.
Type: 6 round FIDE and CFC rated Swiss
Prizes: $5000 in prizes guaranteed.
Side Events: free if you play in the main event and include an active tournament, Midnight Blitz with $100 in prizes, and a Bughouse tournament to finish off the weekend.
Website: www.grandpacificopen.com

Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator
CFC Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id...id=10564098798

[Mark S. Dutton, I.A.]

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The CFC Regular Chess Post – March 28/13 B – Grand Pacific Open, B.C.

Starts Tomorrow!

Dates: March 29-April 1( Easter Weekend )
Location: Hotel Grand Pacific, Victoria BC.
Type: 6 round FIDE and CFC rated Swiss
Prizes: $5000 in prizes guaranteed.
Side Events: free if you play in the main event and include an active tournament, Midnight Blitz with $100 in prizes, and a Bughouse tournament to finish off the weekend.
Website: www.grandpacificopen.com

Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator
CFC Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id...id=10564098798

[Mark S. Dutton, I.A.]

Thanks to Douglas Bain of Bluegiraffe Photography - Our Official Photographer's Photos: http://bluegiraffephoto.zenfolio.com/grandpacificopen

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I set the album up to allow everyone (even those not on Facebook) to view the PHOTO ALBUM:

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