Over this past weekend, on Saturday July 4, 2020, Juniors to Masters Inc. organized yet another online team match, this time with the Vancouver Island Team, as well as running along side the team match the Juniors to Masters Summer Open with two sections, Open and U1000, for a total of 72 Players over chess.com.
With the recent CFC Covid-19 Rating Incentive announcement, Juniors to Masters wants to provide opportunities for Chess Players both young and not-as-young to enjoy some fun, competitive online chess and especially to have the chance to earn their CFC Regular rating 200 bonus!
Juniors to Masters online tournaments and team matches schedule.
Here are some of the key behind the scenes people who made this weekend a success:
Organizers: Juniors to Masters Chess Academy Inc. (Victoria Jung-Doknjas)
Chief Arbiter: Brendan Woodroff
Deputy Arbiter: Victoria Jung-Doknjas
Arbiters: NCM Neil Doknjas and FM Joshua Doknjas
JtM Fair Play Team: FM Joshua Doknjas, NCM Neil Doknjas, GM Gergely Szabo, Brendan Woodroff.
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Juniors to Masters vs. Vancouver Island Team Match
Saturday, July 4, 2020
Juniors to Masters Team wins with a Final Team Score: 26.5 - 23.5
FINAL STANDINGS: {will update soon}
Big thank yous and congratulations to Paul Leblanc, who took on Team Captain duties and organized his Vancouver Island Team to square off with the Juniors to Masters Team which was Team Captained by Victoria Doknjas who also shared team match organizer duties.
Thank you also to WIM Svitlana Demchenko, who is part of the Juniors to Masters Leadership Development Team, and who volunteered to help prep the Juniors to Masters Team prior to the big team match.
Individual Players’ Results:
1. Harrison (Hangchen) Liu wins 1st Place with undefeated score of 4.5pts/5 games.
2. Joshua Imoo, Josiah Field, and Li Geng won a 3 way tie for 2nd Place, all with 4pt./5 games - Special mention that Li Geng increased his CFC Active rating to 200+ pts over his CFC Regular rating, but needs to play 5 more CFC Active rated to be able to apply to increase his CFC Regular rating from 1437 to 1637 due to Covid-19 Rating Incentive!
3. Drake Chen will be awarded 200 CFC Regular rating incentive points for his outstanding performance over two recent tournaments, Juniors to Masters Charity Chess Tournament – Helping the Fight Against Covid-19 and the Juniors to Masters vs. Vancouver Island Team Match.
Victoria Doknjas’ Juniors to Master Team, Team Average CFC Active Rating = 1310
- Team Members: Harrison Liu (1664), Jonathan Wu (1657), Aarush Aijith (1576), Carina D'Souza (1496), Joshua Imoo (1465), Josiah Field (1420), Andrii Demchenko (1090), Drake Chen (923), Winston Huang (923), and Henry Liu (881).
Paul Leblanc's Vancouver Island Team, Team Average CFC Active Rating = 1352
- Team Members: Paul Leblanc (1933), Pablo Diemecke (1681), Kent Cronin (1666), Elroy Deimert (1645), Tyler Cruz (1494), Li Geng (1438), Cosmin Filipescu (1121), Emilian Holmgren (1042), Selim Zaman (932), and Coen Holmgren (564).
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Juniors to Master Summer Open
Saturday, July 4, 2020
FINAL STANDINGS: {will update soon}
1. Anni Guo wins 1st Place in Juniors to Masters Summer Open with 4.5pts/5 games and will be awarded 200 CFC Regular rating incentive points - She can now apply to the CFC Office to increase her CFC Regular rating from 1575 to 1775 due to the Covid-19 Rating Incentive.
2. Tiam Koukpari wins 2nd Place with 4pts/5 games.
3. 3-way tie for 3rd Place: Andrew Martin, Edward Tang, and Jose Kagaoan.
4. Kaitlyn Tao will be awarded 200 CFC Regular rating incentive points for her outstanding performance over two recent tournaments, Juniors to Masters Charity Chess Tournament – Helping the Fight Against Covid-19 and the Juniors to Masters Summer Open.
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Juniors to Master Summer U1000
Saturday, July 4, 2020
FINAL STANDINGS: {will update soon}
1. Ethan Shen and Jackie Hao tied for 1st Place in Juniors to Masters Summer U1000 with 4.5pts/5 games.
2. Ties for 3rd place with 3.5pts./5games:
- Nathan Yang, Wah Singh (Joseph) Leung, Tan Le, Ping Yao Li, Yuhan (John) Li, and Cyrus Bhiladvala.
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Juniors to Masters Chess Academy Inc. is the provider of the National Training Program for Canadian Youths, as sanctioned by the Chess Federation of Canada. Juniors to Masters Chess Academy Inc. was founded by GM Gergely Szabo and Victoria Doknjas. GM Gergely Szabo has been Team Canada’s Head Coach at WYCC, WCCC, World U16 Youth Olympiad, and the Women’s Olympiad. Victoria has been Team Canada’s Head of Delegation at multiple WYCCs and NAYCCs.
Additionally, JtM In-House Masters include published chess book authors (Everyman Chess), FM Joshua Doknjas and FM John Doknjas, as well as FM Eugene Hua and NCM Neil Doknjas.
For more info on Juniors to Masters online group training and special events:
https://juniorstomasters.site123.me/registration
https://juniorstomasters.site123.me/registration/online-tournament-schedule