FIDE Master (2017) Chen of Ancaster, Ontario received his Candidate Master title back in 2014. He scored 7th after tiebreaks(1) with Thai Dai Van Nguyen and Jacob Furfine (each scored 7.5 points after 11 rounds) at the 2017 WYCC U-16 section, later scoring 4.5 points after eleven rounds at the World Junior Championship (2017) championship(2).
Notable tournament results include:
2017: Canadian Junior Championship - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (clear 1st, 7/9); Canadian Youth Chess Championship U-16 - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (tied 1st with Hairan Liang (of Markham) 6/7 (these 2 also tied at the 2017 Ontario Youth Chess Championship earlier(4) to lead their U-16 group), but won on head-to-head tie-break, a point ahead of Joshua Doknjas of Surrey); clear 1st - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (4.5/5), Guelph 2017 Winter ProAm;
2016: Hamilton Summer open - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour..., beating Doug Bailey in the final round to tie with 4/5 each; 2016 NAYCC score - https://ratings.fide.com/view_sourc... (held at Windsor, Ont; scored 5/9); 2016 Guelph Winter ProAm - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (he, Victor Plotkin and Razvan Preotu each finished in the top group tied at 4/5); Kitchener team tournament - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (active, not regular-rated time control, with team pairings used), scored 4/5;
2015: North American (N. A.)(5) Junior - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (4/9); CYCC U-14 group - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (clear 1st at Ottawa, 6.5/7); OYCC U-14 - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (4.5/5 to tie with Jeffrey Xu, ahead of the remaining field);
2014: CYCC U-14 winner - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (6/7); silver, OYCC U-14 - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (tying with Eric Zechen Wang, Harry Zhao, Patrick L Huang and Joey Zhong behind Jeffrey Xu); NAYCC U-14 - http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_... (for which he was awarded his CM title; he, Kevin Wan and Kadhir Pillai each scored 6.5 points after nine rounds behind Nicolas D Checa (2nd) and winner Jason Shi);
2013: OYCC - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (tied with Jason Cai to share 1st with 4.5/5 each);
2012: CYCC - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (score: 5/7, behind Jason Cao and Joseph F Bellissimo, tying with Nicholas Lee and Lukas Cheung); Guelph Summer (U2000 section) ProAm - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (1st at 4.5/5 - a point ahead of the field);
2011: Hamilton Summer open (U2000) - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (5/5); CYCC U-10 - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (5/7 overall); OYCC U-10 - http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (clear 1st)
Chen has played with the Canadian Chess Federation since 2008 at age seven onwards.
References / Sources
(1) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr297... (he tied for share of 6th-8th at the 2017 WYCC U-16 group at Montevideo), (2) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr305... (2017 World Junior championship at Italy), (3) https://www.hamiltonnews.com/commun... (2017 Hamilton news report), (4) http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (2017 OYCC U-16), (5) http://www.chessfest.ca/najunior.html (2015 NA Junior championship at Kitchener).
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