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Mission Statement

MOTTO: "We raise champions!"

"The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others."
Solomon Ibn Gabriol

"Knowledge Learnt in Isolation is Rapidly Forgotten"
S Jogelkar

Our activity promotes the study and knowledge of the game of chessⁱ, for its own sake as an art and enjoyment, but also as a means for the improvement of our multicultural society. We promote chessⁱ through various activities including, but not limited to:

Chessⁱ club;
Casual and tournament play;
Teaching, testing and lectures;
Simultaneous exhibitions;
Trips to chessⁱ competitions;
Internet presence, virtual competitions, testing and lessons.

Our aim is to make chessⁱ an important tool in educating and developing life long logical thinking, social and organizational skills of the young generation.

A more detailed explanation of our activity is given under FAQ. If you still have any further questions, please do not hesitate to use the Contact Us form here on the website.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights level 5 tournament (B18)

Last updated: August 8th, 2010

Ou club champion for 2009-2010 has been decided. Congratulations Andy Yee! He managed to successfuly defend his title, only the second player in club history to achieve this.

FINAL STANDINGS
1.   Andy Y 12.0
2.   Rick 10.0
3.   Karl 9.5 (SB 56.25)
4.   Marko 9.5 (SB 44.50)
5.   Edwin 8.0 (SB 42.50)
6.   Jeffrey 8.0 (SB 39.50)
7.   Amir 5.5 (SB 24.50)
8.   Alex 5.5 (SB 24.25)
9.   Owen 5.0 (SB 29.75)
10. Nathaniel 5.0 (SB 29.25)
11. Wilson 5.0 (SB 27.00)
12. Jerry 5.0 (SB 24.00)
13. Humphrey 2.0 (SB 13.00)
14. James 2.0 (SB 10.00)
15. Frank 2.0 (SB 7.00)
16. Andy Q 2.0 (SB 4.00)

Golden Knights level 5 tournament (B17)

Our fall tournament started way back in September 2009 in a round robin format is over! I was happy to see you all play longer, more serious games. Congratulations to the top players!

Last updated: March 12th, 2010

FINAL STANDINGS (B17)

1. Karl 10.0
2. Humphrey 9.5
3-4. Owen and Andy Q 6.5
5. Jeffrey 6.0
6-7. Katerina and Algerd 5.5
8. Alex 5.0
9. Rick 4.0
10. Nathaniel 3.5
11-12. James and Jerry 3.0
13. Wilson 2.0

BC Youth Chess Championships

Sprott Shaw Community College
New Westminster, BC
Apr 24-25, 2010

Last updated: May 17, 2010

Only 45 players showed up for the most important provincial tournament of the year. TDs were Stephen Wright and Ben Daswani. Here is a list with all results achieved by Golden Knights students:

Under 10 Boys (10 players)
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Jeffrey Dawson and Jingzhi [Edwin] Xu (tied for 3rd - 3.5 points)
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Under 12 Boys (11 players)
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Karl [Lizhe] Cui (8th - 2.0 points)
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Under 14 Girls (2 players)
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Joanne Foote (2nd - 2.5 points)

Under 16 Girls (1 player)
Karen Lam (1st - 2.0 points) - BC Champion

Under 18 (7 players)
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Anderson Yee (2nd - 3.5 points)
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Thank you all for your hard work!
Eugen

K-12 BC Provincial Chess Challenge

Delta hotel, Richmond
Apr 11, 2010
Chief TD: Valer Eugen Demian

Here is a list with all results achieved by Golden Knights students:

Grade 3 (21 players)
1. Edwin Xu 4.5 - Champion, qualified for team BC
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10. Frank Hou 3.0
11. Alex Ge 2.5
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Grade 4 (20 players)
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4. Humphrey Shao 3.5
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6. Jeffrey Dawson 3.0
7. Nathaniel Knox 3.0
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Grade 5 (20 players)
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4. Owen Napieralski 3.5
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Grade 6 (19 players)
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7. Karl [Lizhe] Cui 3.0
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Grade 7 (15 players)
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3. Rick Yang 3.5 - trophy
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Grade 8 (16 players)
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6. Joanne Foote 3.0
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Grade 11 (6 players)
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3. Andy Yee 3.0 - trophy
4. Marko Mitrovic 2.0
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Last updated: April 18th, 2010