British Columbia Chess Federation

AGM Notice

This year's AGM will be held at 2:30 pm on Sunday, May 19, at the site of the Keres Memorial Chess Tournament at the Westfield Country Club at 7778 152 St, Surrey (Map).
If you have items you'd like added to the agenda, please send to Paul Leblanc at [email protected].

Welcome to the home of the BCCF on the web. Use the links above and to the far left to find a chess club to visit or a chess tournament to play in. If you'd like to know about events that have concluded, check out the BCCF Bulletin.

The British Columbia Chess Federation is a society whose purposes are:
* to extend and foster interest in chess throughout the Province.
* to assist and co-ordinate the affairs and activities of chess clubs in the Province.
* to assist in the settlement of chess disputes within the Province.
* to promote and support provincial championships.

If you have content you would like posted here, detect any problems with the site, or need to contact the webmaster for some other reason, please e-mail [email protected]

For non website related matters, please consult the list of BCCF executives on the menu above.

Upcoming Chess Events

See coming events page for full details (links to websites etc.)

48th Annual Keres Memorial Chess Tournament, May 18-20, 2024, Surrey
Rapid Chess Tournament WV, May 26, 2024 West Vancouver
PCC OPEN 3 - CYCC 2024 Qualifier, May 26, 2024, Vancouver
Lulu Island Chess Summer Rapid + Blitz, June 8, 2024, Vancouver
Kelowna Open 2024, June 15, Kelowna
EMA CHESS CLASSICAL 1, June 15-16, Vancouver
BC Senior Championship, June 21-23, 2024, Surrey
BC vs Washington Match, June 29-30, 2024, Richmond
BC Day Open, August 1-5, 2024, New Westminster
EMA CHESS CLASSICAL 2, August 10-11, Vancouver
RCC Elite Chess Championship 2024 #3, September 15, 2024, Richmond
Vancouver Chess Festival #8, September 28-29, 2024, Vancouver
RCC Elite Chess Championship 2024 #4, October 6, 2024, Richmond
Vancouver Chess Festival #9, November 23-24, 2024, Vancouver
RCC Elite Chess Championship 2024 #5, December 8, 2024, Richmond

Recurring events are listed on the coming events page. There are also possibly events that dates have been set for but are still in the planning process, also on the coming events page.

What's New

May 15, 2024: Various tournaments, Bulletin 451 added
May 7, 2024: Vancouver Chess Festival tournaments added.
May 4, 2024: Updates to Qualicum Beach clubs
April 28, 2024: Chilliwack club updated
April 20, 2024: Bulletins 449 and 450 added
April 19, 2024: Grandmaster Lecture and Surrey Festival added
April 18, 2024: Registration link for Kelown Open added

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