Gilbert (Bong) Perez:
The tournament spanned November 11 to 13, 2022 at the Banff Centre (Alberta). 130 chess players from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec, USA, and a Manitoba contingent of Theo Wolchock, Marcos Valentino, Luis Exconde, Joshua Gerona, and Bong Perez participated. Jojo Nones, now residing in BC, was number 3 seed in the Open section.
This is the 7th edition of the Banff Open; GM Nick di Firmian of California emerged as the champion after a playoff. 2nd Sherzod Khodjimatov, 3rd Rafael Arrubarrena, 4th Leo Lin. All had 5 points from 6 rounds. 5th and 6th were Jojo Nones (former Manitoban) and Theo Wolchock with 4.5 points, they drew each other in Round 6.
The U2000 category is won by Eric Jin with 5 points, tied for 2nd was Joshua Gerona from Winnipeg with 4.5 points. Gilbert Perez was a half-point back at 4 points.The U1600 category was won by Ricky McCoshen; top unrated was won by Manitoban Luis Exconde.
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