National titles (and near misses) achieved by B.C. players
Year Location B.C. Representative(s) Score Place Closed 1957 Vancouver Miervaldis Jursevskis 6.5/9 =3rd 1963 Winnipeg Elod Macskasy 10.0/15 3rd 1965 Vancouver Duncan Suttles 8.0/11 3rd 1969 Pointe Claire Duncan Suttles 13.0/17 =1st, won the playoff 1972 Toronto Peter Biyiasas 12.0/17 1st 1975 Calgary Peter Biyiasas 12.0/15 1st 1978 Toronto Peter Biyiasas 9.5/15 =3rd 1989 Windsor Leon Piasetski 10.0/15 =2nd 1996 Toronto Yan Teplitsky 11.0/15 2nd Open 1958 Winnipeg Elod Macskasy 9.0/10 1st 1971 Vancouver Duncan Suttles 8.5/11 =3rd 1973 Ottawa Duncan Suttles 9.0/11 1st 1974 Montreal Duncan Suttles 9.5/11 2nd 1982 Vancouver Gordon Taylor 8.5/10 1st Jonathan Berry 8.0/10 =2nd 1985 Edmonton Lionel Joyner 7.5/10 =3rd 1989 Edmonton Alex Kuznecov 8.0/10 =2nd 2006 Kitchener Alexandra Botez 7.5/9 1st (U1600 Section) Junior 1957 Quebec City Frank May 5.0/9 3rd 1970 Toronto Jonathan Berry 5.5/9 3rd 1972 London Jonathan Berry 6.0/9 =3rd Bruce Harper 6.0/9 =3rd 1974 Toronto Nigel Fullbrook 6.5/9 =1st, won on tiebreaks 1974 Vancouver Robert Chow 5.5/9 =2nd 1981 Vancouver James Woodley 7.5/11 3rd 1982/83 Toronto Tom O'Donnell 6.5/11 =3rd James Woodley 6.5/11 =3rd 1987/88 Toronto Gary Basanta 8.5/11 =1st, lost the playoff 1994/95 Prince George Andrew Ho 8.0/11 2nd 1996/97 Edmonton Andrew Ho 9.0/11 =1st, won the playoff 1998 Vancouver Alfred Pechisker 7.0/11 3rd 2004 Calgary Fanhao Meng 8.0/9 2nd 2006 Kitchener Bindi Cheng 6.5/7 1st High School Championships 1975 Edmonton Jeff Reeve 4.0/6 =2nd 1978 Hamilton Kent Monro 5.0/7 =2nd Cadet 1981 West Vancouver Tom O'Donnell 7.0/9 1st 1982 West Vancouver Tyler Johnson 8.0/9 1st 1983 Calgary Tyler Johnson 6.0/9 3rd 1984 North York David Gardner 6.0/9 =3rd 1985 Victoria Tombert Chen 6.0/9 =2nd 1991 Victoria Howard Wu 6.5/9 2nd Tristram McPherson 5.5/9 =3rd 1993 Nanaimo Ian Martinovsky 8.0/9 2nd 1994 Toronto Andrew Ho 6.5/9 =2nd 1997 Victoria Andrew Ho 8.5/9 1st Youth 1999 Richmond James Peterson (U10) 4.5/5 1st Valentina Goutor (U10) 4.0/5 2nd Sinziana Chis (U10) 3.5/5 =3rd Noam Davies (U10) 3.5/5 =3rd Gavin Atkinson (U14) 4.0/5 =2nd Steven Sadoway (U16) 3.5/5 =2nd John Wilson (U16) 3.5/5 =2nd 2000 Edmonton Tiffany Tang (G10) 2nd Mary Chen (G10) 3rd Valentina Goutor (G12) 3rd Yamei Wang (G14) 1st Roman Jiganchine (B18) 2nd 2001 Sackville Noam Davies (B10) 5.5/7 1st Valentina Goutor (G12) 7.0/7 1st Lesley Cheng (G12) 4.0/7 =3rd Monika Prokopowicz (G12) 4.0/7 =3rd Tiffany Tang (G12) 4.0/7 =3rd Lucas Davies (B14) 5.0/7 3rd 2002 Montreal Tiffany Tang (G12) 6.5/8 1st Valentina Goutor (G14) 4.5/8 2nd Fanhao Meng (B14) 5.5/8 3rd Yamei Wang (G16) 5.0/8 3rd 2003 Kapuskasing Evan Raymer (B12) 5.0/7 =2nd Valentina Goutor (G14) 5.5/7 2nd Lara Heppenstall (G14) 5.5/7 3rd Fanhao Meng (B16) 5.0/7 2nd Yamei Wang (G18) 3.0/4 2nd 2004 Kapuskasing Alexandra Botez (G10) 6.5/7 1st Tiffany Tang (G14) 4.5/5 1st Stefan Trandafir (B14) 4.0/7 =3rd 2005 Victoria Alexandra Botez (G10) 5.5/7 2nd Erika Ruiter (G10) 5.0/7 3rd Arik Milner (B10) 6.0/7 2nd Louie Jiang (B12) 5.0/7 =2nd Chelsea Ruiter (G14) 4.0/6 3rd Noam Davies (B14) 6.0/7 1st Vlad Gaciu (B14) 5.0/7 =3rd Tiffany Tang (G16) 5.0/5 1st Fanhao Meng (B18) 5.0/7 2nd Lucas Davies (B18) 4.5 3rd 2006 Kitchener Janak Awatramani (B8) 4.0/7 =2nd Jacob Jensen (B8) 4.0/7 =2nd Alexandra Botez (G12) 3.0/5 =3rd Lucas Davies (B18) 4.5/7 =3rd 2007 Ottawa Janak Awatramani (B8) 6.5/7 1st John Doknjas (B8) 5.0/7 3rd Joanne Foote (G10) 5.0/6 2nd Jingzhou Lai (B10) 5.0/7 =3rd Donovan Zhao (B10) 5.0/7 =3rd Alexandra Botez (G12) 6.5/7 2nd Erika Ruiter (G12) 4.0/7 3rd Louie Jiang (B14) 5.5/7 3rd Chelsea Ruiter (G16) 1.0/6 3rd Bindi Cheng (B18) 5.0/7 2nd 2008 Quebec Jonah Lee (B8) 5.0/7 =2nd Chang He Li (B12) 6.0/7 2nd Tanraj Sohal (B12) 5.0/7 =3rd Tse Ning Cheung (G14) 3.5/7 3rd Jack Cheng (B14) 5.0/7 3rd 2009 Victoria Maggie Rose MacInnis (G8) 3.5/5 2nd Dezheng Kong (B10) 6.0/7 1st Janak Awatramani (B10) 5.0/7 =3rd Jack Qian (B12) 4.5/7 3rd Joanne Foote (G12) 4.0/7 =3rd Alexandra Botez (G14) 6.5/7 1st Karen Lam (G16) 2.0/7 3rd Speed 1957 Vancouver Frank May 9.5/10 1st (10 seconds/move) 1961 Brockville Elod Macskasy ?/10 1st 1973 Ottawa Jonathan Berry 2nd