Annex Chess Club

Toronto weather can whip up quickly. Windy winter snow squalls cause low visibility on the highways and bring big accumulations overnight. But then all that snow can vanish just as quickly!

The ACC Snow Squall Swiss is our first tournament of the new year. A 5-round Swiss in three sections, it starts January 5 and will be all wrapped up on Groundhog Day, February 2.

Round 1 – January 5

Round One sees 34 players in action, battling in three sections, with a number of upsets recorded at the end of the night. In the Crown section, Sergey Malakhovets (1937) beats Alex Ferreira (2044). In U1900, young Tigran Ghazarian (1500) takes down Nicholas Wu (1632) while Daniel Pirri (1525) defeats veteran Bob Armstrong (1641). And in U1500, Howard Halim (1066) pulls off a win against Richard Morrison (1332).

We are also pleased to welcome to our club two new players, Michael Finkelstein and Marc Flores. And both are victorious on their first outing! Welcome and congratulations, Michael and Marc!

Round 2 – January 12

Winners from the last round play winners, and the leading group starts to dwindle. In the Crown section, the few, the proud, include just two players, Michael Humphreys and Sergey Malakhovets, both with 2.0/2.

In U1900, it’s down to Kamran Amirirad and Marc Flores, both with 2.0/2.

And in U1500, the leader group includes the usual suspects, Jean-Marc David, Mark Gelowitz, and Milan Cvetkovic.

Round 3 – January 19

See complete results below.

Round Four is Monday January 26 at 7:30 pm. New players are welcome. Arrive before 7:00 pm to register.

Results after Round Three

SwissSys Standings. Snow Squall Swiss: Crown

#	Name	CFC ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Michael Humphreys	131628	2362	W6	W8	W3	3.0
2	Wajdy Shebetah	148432	1983	H—	W14	W7	2.5
3	Sergey Malakhovets	158413	1937	W14	W10	L1	2.0
4	Jacob Stein	108627	1800	D12	W9	D5	2.0
5	Barry Nash	120160	2059	H—	W15	D4	2.0
6	Ismail Ibrahim	105228	2000	L1	W17	W12	2.0
7	Daniel Wiebe	132137	2035	H—	W16	L2	1.5
8	David Southam	102535	2184	W17	L1	H—	1.5
9	Robert Bzikot	132541	2055	D15	L4	W13	1.5
10	Armand Jess Mendoza	156958	1986	D16	L3	W15	1.5
11	Bill Evans	103309	2077	H—	D12	H—	1.5
12	Miroslav Stefanovic	154500	2002	D4	D11	L6	1.0
13	Ian Mahoney	149124	1808	H—	H—	L9	1.0
14	Alex T. Ferreira	127516	2044	L3	L2	W17	1.0
15	Arkadiy Ugodnikov	146626	1955	D9	L5	L10	0.5
16	Jonathan Yu	126131	2223	D10	L7	U—	0.5
17	Daniel Zotkin	146857	1976	L8	L6	L14	0.0

SwissSys Standings. Snow Squall Swiss: U1900

#	Name	CFC ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Marc Flores		unr.	W7	W5	D2	2.5
2	Kamran Amirirad	158329	1463	W13	W15	D1	2.5
3	Michael Sutton	151225	1808	W8	D4	W9	2.5
4	Tigran Ghazarian	155438	1500	W14	D3	D7	2.0
5	Daniele Pirri	132983	1525	W12	L1	W8	2.0
6	Michael D. Sharpe	100280	1556	H—	H—	W10	2.0
7	Hooshang Ab-barin	152910	1602	L1	W13	D4	1.5
8	Mark A. Patton	104721	1578	L3	W14	L5	1.0
9	Greg Beal	101490	1701	H—	D11	L3	1.0
10	Jack Maguire	144604	1590	H—	D12	L6	1.0
11	Joshua Harmon	158489	unr.	H—	D9	U—	1.0
12	Robert J. Armstrong	100034	1641	L5	D10	H—	1.0
13	Ulli Diemer	153538	1603	L2	L7	B—	1.0
14	Nicholas Wu	154991	1632	L4	L8	W15	1.0
15	Heimo C. Haikala	107606	1788	H—	L2	L14	0.5

SwissSys Standings. Snow Squall Swiss: U1500

#	Name	CFC ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Mark A. Gelowitz	126627	1363	W11	W6	W2	3.0
2	Jean-Marc David	151900	1397	W15	W7	L1	2.0
3	Rahul Gangolli	156023	1053	H—	H—	W10	2.0
4	Raymond Lin	150193	1311	H—	H—	W5	2.0
5	Milan Cvetkovic	150817	1261	W8	W10	L4	2.0
6	Brendan Grady	158392	1222	W12	L1	H—	1.5
7	Howard Halim	153419	1066	W14	L2	H—	1.5
8	Larissa Souchko	145490	1004	L5	W15	D9	1.5
9	Dylan Xiong	152060	1140	H—	H—	D8	1.5
10	Michael Finkelstein		unr.	W13	L5	L3	1.0
11	Derek Chen	156690	1078	L1	W13	F12	1.0
12	Henry XianRui Zhang	156492	785	L6	W14	F11	1.0
13	Alex Geddie	155388	1141	L10	L11	W15	1.0
14	Richard Morrison	135889	1332	L7	L12	H—	0.5
15	Teresa Lee	154501	1091	L2	L8	L13	0.0