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2012 Toronto Closed Chess Championship

• Championship section – winner, IM Artiom Samsonkin, is the 2012 Toronto Chess Champion!
• Reserve section – winner, Stephan Tonakanian, qualifies for 2013 Championship
• The defending 2011 Toronto Champion was FM Victor Plotkin. He finished tied for second among the ten players competing for this year’s crown.
• Check tournament details (including player info) on the registration page.

Photos

• Check tournament photos by Egis Zeromskis

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2012 Toronto Closed Championship

round 1 | round 2 | round 3 | round 4 | round 5 | round 6 | round 7 | round 8 | round 9

#	Name	CFC rating	FIDE rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	total
1	IM Artiom Samsonkin	2568	2398	×	+	1	1	1	0	1	0	½	1	5.5
2	FM Roman Sapozhnikov*	2528	2377	-	×	0	0	½	-	0	-	-	-	–
3	FM Victor Plotkin	2399	2243	0	1	×	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	5.0
4	FM Michael Kleinman	2398	2284	0	1	½	×	1	½	1	1	½	½	5.0
5	Michael Humphreys	2345	2187	0	½	½	0	×	1	½	1	0	0	3.0
6	FM Michael Barron	2271	2168	1	+	0	½	0	×	1	1	½	0	4.0
7	Rolando Renteria	2267	2139	0	1	0	0	½	0	×	0	0	1	1.5
8	Vladimir Birarov	2261	2172	1	+	0	0	0	0	1	×	½	1	3.5
9	Michael Song	2217	2082	½	+	½	½	1	½	1	½	×	½	5.0
10	David Southam	2209	2095	0	+	½	½	1	1	0	0	½	×	3.5

* Note: FM Roman Sapozhnikov withdrew from the tournament after the fourth round. His games are CFC- and FIDE-rated, but do not count in the standings.

Round 1 (March 26):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	David Southam	0	Artiom Samsonkin	1
2	Vladimir Birarov	1	Rolando Renteria	0
3	Michael Song	½	Michael Kleinman	½
4	Michael Barron	0	Victor Plotkin	1
5	Roman Sapozhnikov	½	Michael Humphreys	½

Round 1 games:

.pgn game file

Round 2 (April 2):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	Artiom Samsonkin	1	Michael Humphreys	0
2	Victor Plotkin	1	Roman Sapozhnikov	0
3	Michael Kleinman	½	Michael Barron	½
4	Rolando Renteria	0	Michael Song	1
5	David Southam	0	Vladimir Birarov	1

Round 2 games:

.pgn game file

Round 3 (April 16):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	Vladimir Birarov	1	Artiom Samsonkin	0
2	Michael Song	½	David Southam	½
3	Michael Barron	1	Rolando Renteria	0
4	Roman Sapozhnikov	0	Michaael Kleinman	1
5	Michael Humphreys	½	Victor Plotkin	½

Round 3 games:

.pgn game file

Round 4 (April 23):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	Artiom Samsonkin	1	Victor Plotkin	0
2	Michael Kleinman	1	Michael Humphreys	0
3	Rolando Renteria	1	Roman Sapozhnikov	0
4	David Southam	1	Michael Barron	0
5	Vladimir Birarov	½	Michael Song	½

Round 4 games:

.pgn game file

Round 5 (April 30):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	Michael Song	½	Artiom Samsonkin	½
2	Michael Barron	1	Vladimir Birarov	0
3	Michael Humphreys	½	Rolando Renteria	½
4	Victor Plotkin	½	Michael Kleinman	½
-	David Southam	-	BYE	-

Round 5 games:

.pgn game file

Round 6 (May 7):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	Artiom Samsonkin	1	Michael Kleinman	0
2	Rolando Renteria	0	Victor Plotkin	1
3	David Southam	1	Michael Humphreys	0
4	Michael Song	½	Michael Barron	½
-	Vladimir Birarov	-	BYE	-

Round 6 games:

.pgn game file

Round 7 (May 14):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	Michael Barron	1	Artiom Samsonkin	0
2	Michael Humphreys	1	Vladimir Birarov	0
3	Victor Plotkin	½	David Southam	½
4	Michael Kleinman	1	Rolando Renteria	0
-	Michael Song	-	BYE	-

Round 7 games:

.pgn game file

Round 8 (May 28):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	Artiom Samsonkin	1	Rolando Renteria	0
2	David Southam	½	Michael Kleinman	½
3	Vladimir Birarov	0	Victor Plotkin	1	played Sun June 3
4	Michael Song	1	Michael Humphreys	0
-	Michael Barron	-	BYE	-

Round 8 games:

.pgn game file

Round 9 (June 4):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	Michael Humphreys	1	Michael Barron	0
2	Victor Plotkin	½	Michael Song	½
3	Michael Kleinman	1	Vladimir Birarov	0
4	Rolando Renteria	1	David Southam	0
-	Artiom Samsonkin	-	BYE	-

Round 9 games:

.pgn game file

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2012 Toronto Closed – Reserve Section

round 1 | round 2 | round 3 | round 4 | round 5 | round 6 | round 7

#	Name	CFC rating	FIDE rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	total
1	Stephan Tonakanian	2113	0	×	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	5.0
2	Dmitry Chernik	2075	1975	½	×	1	1	0	½	1	½	4.5
3	Mark Plotkin	2000	1887	0	0	×	½	1	1	1	1	4.5
4	Juliaan Posaratnanathan	1944	1839	½	0	½	×	½	½	1	½	3.5
5	Zehn Nasir	1882	1807	0	1	0	½	×	½	1	1	4.0
6	Daniel Zotkin	1747	1785	1	½	0	½	½	×	0	½	3.0
7	Manuela Renteria	1664	1907	0	0	0	0	0	1	×	1	2.0
8	Alejandro Renteria	1383	1699	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	×	1.5

Round 1 (March 26):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	Alejandro Renteria	½	Juliaan Posaratnanathan	½
2	Dmitry Chernik	½	Stephan Tonakanian	½
3	Zehn Nasir	1	Manuela Renteria	0
4	Daniel Zotkin	0	Mark Plotkin	1

Round 2 (April 2):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	Juliaan Posaratnanathan	½	Mark Plotkin	½
2	Manuela Renteria	1	Daniel Zotkin	0
3	Stephan Tonakanian	1	Zehn Nasir	0
4	Alejandro Renteria	½	Dmitry Chernik	½

Round 3 (April 16):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	Dmitry Chernik	1	Juliaan Posaratnanathan	0
2	Zehn Nasir	1	Alejandro Renteria	0
3	Daniel Zotkin	1	Stephan Tonakanian	0
4	Mark Plotkin	1	Manuela Renteria	0

Round 4 (April 23):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	Juliaan Posaratnanathan	1	Manuela Renteria	0
2	Stephan Tonakanian	1	Mark Plotkin	0
3	Alejandro Renteria	½	Daniel Zotkin	½
4	Dmitry Chernik	0	Zehn Nasir	1

Round 5 (April 30):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	Zehn Nasir	½	Juliaan Posaratnanathan	½
2	Daniel Zotkin	½	Dmitry Chernik	½
3	Mark Plotkin	1	Alejandro Renteria	0
4	Manuela Renteria	0	Stephan Tonakanian	1

Round 6 (May 7):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	Juliaan Posaratnanathan	½	Stephan Tonakanian	½
2	Alejandro Renteria	0	Manuela Renteria	1
3	Dmitry Chernik	1	Mark Plotkin	0
4	Zehn Nasir	½	Daniel Zotkin	½

Round 7 (May 14):

#	White	result	Black	result	note
1	Daniel Zotkin	½	Juliaan Posaratnanathan	½
2	Mark Plotkin	1	Zehn Nasir	0
3	Manuela Renteria	0	Dmitry Chernik	1
4	Stephan Tonakanian	1	Alejandro Renteria	0