{"id":9052,"date":"2026-03-22T16:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/?page_id=9052"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:50:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:50:43","slug":"2026-bc-vs-alberta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2026-bc-vs-alberta\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 BC vs Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Date: <\/strong> May 1-3, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Comfort Inn, 1090 22<sup>nd<\/sup> St NE, Salmon Arm, BC.&nbsp; 6-hour drive from Van or Cal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>$1700 Prize Fund<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>$400\/$250\/$200 each team 1st, 2nd, 3rd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration by Invitation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Team BC: Paul Leblanc&nbsp; (<a href=\"mailto:pc-leblanc@shaw.ca\">pc-leblanc@shaw.ca<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Team Alberta: Alexander Nguyen (<a href=\"mailto:alexanderkhai@gmail.com\">alexanderkhai@gmail.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rounds:&nbsp; <\/strong>Fri 6pm, Sat 10am and 3pm, Sun 9am and 2pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Time Control.&nbsp; <\/strong>Game in 90 minutes with 30 second increment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sections:<\/strong>&nbsp; One section, Swiss pairings, team members will not play each other.&nbsp; Team score is total points earned by team members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rating:<\/strong>&nbsp; FIDE and CFC rated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Entry Fee:<\/strong> $75.&nbsp; Free entry for GM\/IM\/WGM\/WIM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Accommodation: <\/strong>Special rate at Comfort Inn $149\/night +tax if booked by 20 April. Free parking and breakfast. (250) 832-7711.&nbsp; Mention chess tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Misc:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bcopenchess.pbworks.com\/w\/page\/150677025\/OkanaganOpen\">Okanagan Open<\/a> will share the facilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All equipment provided.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sponsors: <\/strong>BC Chess Federation, Alberta Chess Association, Victoria Chess, Salmon Arm Chess Club<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organizer:<\/strong> Victoria Chess (Paul Leblanc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TD:<\/strong> TBA<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Current Alberta Roster &#8211; To register email Alex, 10 top highest rating will represent Alberta. List to be finalized April 1st<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"405\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.albertachess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-2.png?resize=405%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.albertachess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-2.png?w=405&amp;ssl=1 405w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.albertachess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-2.png?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: May 1-3, 2026 Venue: Comfort Inn, 1090 22nd St NE, Salmon Arm, BC.&nbsp; 6-hour drive from Van or Cal $1700 Prize Fund $400\/$250\/$200 each team 1st, 2nd, 3rd Registration by Invitation: Team BC: Paul Leblanc&nbsp; (pc-leblanc@shaw.ca) Team Alberta: Alexander Nguyen (alexanderkhai@gmail.com) Rounds:&nbsp; Fri 6pm, Sat 10am and 3pm, Sun 9am and 2pm Time Control.&nbsp;&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2026-bc-vs-alberta\/#more-9052\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9052","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clear"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9052"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9066,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9052\/revisions\/9066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}