British Columbia Chess History

This web page is devoted to the history of chess in British Columbia, Canada. The page is still under development, but at the moment there are links to articles (drawn mainly from contemporary sources) dealing with some important events in B.C. chess history, along with the beginnings of a historical who's who of B.C. chess personalities. For lists of champions, crosstables and game collections visit the B.C.C.F. web page (link below).

Enjoy! Stephen Wright

Articles:

Historical Who's Who of B.C. Chess Personalia:

1865 - Chess in the Gold Rush 1892 - Founding of the Victoria Chess Club 1895 - Cable Matches 1905 - Living Chess in Vancouver 1905 - Gambling at the Vancouver Chess Club 1911 - Founding of the Vancouver Chess Club 1913 - Frank Marshall Simultaneous in Victoria 1916 - First B.C.C.F. Meeting and Championship 1924 - Vancouver-Winnipeg Telegraph Match 1926 - Sir George Thomas in North Vancouver 1945 - V.J.C.C. vs. Soviet Naval Officers 1949 - Max Euwe Simultaneous in Vancouver 1951 - Canadian Championship in Vancouver 1957 - Canadian Championship in Vancouver 1958 - Elod Macskasy wins the Canadian Open 1965 - Canadian Championship in Vancouver 1971 - Fischer - Taimanov Candidates Match 1971 - Canadian Open in Vancouver 1973 - Duncan Suttles wins the Canadian Open 1975 - Vancouver 1975 1978 - Canadian Women's Championship in Victoria 1981 - Vancouver International Chess Congress 1982 - Canadian Open in Vancouver 1999 - Canadian Open in Vancouver 2002 - Canadian Championship in Vancouver

Peter Biyiasas Dave Creemer Cyril F. Davie Walter de Havilland Leo M. Duval Max Enke John M. Ewing Aaron Gonnason Miervaldis Jursevskis Elod Macskasy Charles F. Millar Thomas H. Piper John G. Prentice Alfred Schultz Duncan Suttles Jack Taylor Bertram A. Yates

B.C. - Washington Match

B.C. Open

B.C. Simultaneous Exhibitions

Jack Taylor Memorial

Labour Day Open

Paul Keres Memorial

Links:

• British Columbia Chess Federation
• British Columbia Chess Scene
• Chess Federation of Canada
• Hugh Brodie's Chess Site
• David Cohen's Canadian Chess
• Chesstalk
• Mark Crowther's The Week in Chess
• Tim Harding's Chess Mail
• Klub Karpov