A significant group of Albertans travelled to Victoria, BC, to play in the Grand Pacific Open last week, including several of our top players. Huge congrats to NM Omid Malek on winning the event over fellow Albertan FM Tymur Keleberda, and IM Quang Long Le, all with scores of 5/6.
Malek and Keleberda drew in the last round, and Malek beat both Le and IM Raymond Kaufman along the way, which was good for a performance rating of 2510 in the six-round event.
Meanwhile, NM Butch Villavieja tied for fifth place with a 4/6 score. Well done to him and also to Dustin Koperski, who was the top finisher from Alberta in the U2000 section at 4/6.