National Master Neil Doknjas - 2023 BC Champion!

Photo credit: Victoria Doknjas 

Congratulations to NM Neil Doknjas, 2023 BC Champion! Neil won with an undefeated score of 6 pts./7 games and an est. tournament performance of 2524.

Congratulations to FM John Doknjas and NM Keith MacKinnon, tying for 2nd Place, scoring 4.5 pts./7 games. Both John (2021) and Keith (2022) are former BC Champions.

Thank you to Organizers, TDs, and Volunteers: Luis Eduardo Azmitia, Joe Roback, Maria Valiouk, Stephen Wright, IA.

The 2023 BC Championship was held this Thanksgiving weekend. It's a 8 Players RR where the players qualified by specific tournaments or by rating. The average CFC Regular rating for the 2023 BC Championship was 2246.

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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 NM Neil Doknjas, IM Nicholas Vettese, IM Adrian Musat, IM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux, and WGM Maïli-Jade Ouellet.  

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