From Sunnyside to the Island to Kew Beach, Torontonians are celebrating the summer sun. In honour of Toronto’s beaches, Annex Chess Club is launching our first annual ACC Beach Blanket Swiss.
Annex Chess Club – Beach Blanket Swiss Tournament
The tournament wrapped up on Monday August 13. Check complete results on the cross-table, below. Round-by-round reports follow.
Final Results – through all four rounds
Annex Beach Blanket Swiss: Top section
# | Name | ID# | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wajdy Shebetah | 148432 | 2104 | W17 | D3 | W8 | D4 | 3.0 |
2 | Erik Malmsten | 100196 | 1864 | W6 | H— | H— | W3 | 3.0 |
3 | David Southam | 102535 | 2220 | W18 | D1 | W12 | L2 | 2.5 |
4 | Pavel Peev | 122223 | 2118 | W11 | H— | D5 | D1 | 2.5 |
5 | Alex T. Ferreira | 127516 | 2021 | W13 | W7 | D4 | U— | 2.5 |
6 | Hayk Oganesyan | 152587 | 1829 | L2 | W11 | L7 | W17 | 2.0 |
7 | Brett Campbell | 101324 | 2251 | H— | L5 | W6 | D8 | 2.0 |
8 | Daniel Zotkin | 146857 | 1771 | H— | X18 | L1 | D7 | 2.0 |
9 | Daniel Wiebe | 132137 | 1989 | L10 | H— | H— | W12 | 2.0 |
10 | Geordie Derraugh | 132393 | 2158 | W9 | H— | H— | U— | 2.0 |
11 | Zehn Nasir | 148198 | 1925 | L4 | L6 | D17 | W14 | 1.5 |
12 | Pepin Manalo | 112277 | 1837 | H— | W15 | L3 | L9 | 1.5 |
13 | Carlos Romero Alfonso | 153128 | 1864 | L5 | W17 | H— | U— | 1.5 |
14 | Andrew Pastor | 127521 | 1944 | H— | H— | U— | L11 | 1.0 |
15 | Hugh Siddeley | 120619 | 1949 | H— | L12 | H— | U— | 1.0 |
16 | Juliaan Posaratnanathan | 146059 | 1930 | H— | H— | U— | U— | 1.0 |
17 | David Cohen | 100234 | 1904 | L1 | L13 | D11 | L6 | 0.5 |
18 | Adrian David Valencia | 153521 | 2007 | L3 | F8 | U— | U— | 0.0 |
Annex Beach Blanket Swiss: U1900 section
# | Name | ID# | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Greg Beal | 101490 | 1733 | H— | W16 | W15 | W3 | 3.5 |
2 | Edmond Jodhi | 150171 | 1675 | L3 | W13 | W17 | W11 | 3.0 |
3 | Hooshang Ab-barin | 152910 | 1479 | W2 | W9 | D4 | L1 | 2.5 |
4 | Adie Todd | 125156 | 1713 | W6 | W11 | D3 | U— | 2.5 |
5 | Nicholas O'Bumsawin | 151261 | 1724 | W7 | W12 | H— | U— | 2.5 |
6 | Arkadiy Ugodnikov | 146626 | 1643 | L4 | W8 | W14 | U— | 2.0 |
7 | Bill Thornton | 131181 | 1643 | L5 | L15 | W11 | W14 | 2.0 |
8 | Marcus Wilker | 102713 | 1667 | L11 | L6 | W13 | W16 | 2.0 |
9 | Chris Wehrfritz | 151679 | 1660 | W13 | L3 | W12 | U— | 2.0 |
10 | Manuela Renteria | 152627 | 1654 | H— | H— | U— | W12 | 2.0 |
11 | Abdolreza Radpey | 149018 | 1415 | W8 | L4 | L7 | L2 | 1.0 |
12 | Jack Maguire | 144604 | 1517 | W15 | L5 | L9 | L10 | 1.0 |
13 | Shabnam Abbarin | 151181 | 1344 | L9 | L2 | L8 | B— | 1.0 |
14 | Mohammad Zaki Uddin | 152024 | 1678 | D16 | D17 | L6 | L7 | 1.0 |
15 | Peter McNelly | 106141 | 1703 | L12 | W7 | L1 | U— | 1.0 |
16 | Josep Sobrepere | 152976 | 1494 | D14 | L1 | H— | L8 | 1.0 |
17 | Ulli Diemer | 153538 | 1589 | H— | D14 | L2 | U— | 1.0 |
Annex Beach Blanket Swiss: U1500 section
# | Name | ID# | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christopher Field | 108098 | 1192 | H— | W5 | W4 | W2 | 3.5 |
2 | George Supol | 152286 | 1400 | W13 | W16 | W12 | L1 | 3.0 |
3 | Nick Harding | 154309 | 621 | H— | W10 | H— | W8 | 3.0 |
4 | Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy | 153938 | 1441 | W10 | D12 | L1 | W13 | 2.5 |
5 | Harmony Zhu | 151635 | 913 | H— | L1 | W11 | W14 | 2.5 |
6 | Lawrence Garcia | 106367 | 1433 | H— | H— | W7 | D15 | 2.5 |
7 | Ian Prittie | 153588 | 1021 | L14 | W21 | L6 | W17 | 2.0 |
8 | Jean-Marc David | 151900 | 1218 | W21 | H— | H— | L3 | 2.0 |
9 | Marc Antonio Nunes | unr. | H— | H— | U— | W21 | 2.0 | |
10 | Larissa Souchko | 145490 | 1062 | L4 | L3 | W19 | D11 | 1.5 |
11 | Raymond Lin | 150193 | 976 | L12 | W19 | L5 | D10 | 1.5 |
12 | Milan Cvetkovic | 150817 | 1290 | W11 | D4 | L2 | U— | 1.5 |
13 | Dennis Li | 153129 | 984 | L2 | H— | W21 | L4 | 1.5 |
14 | Alejandro Renteria | 152628 | 1404 | W7 | H— | U— | L5 | 1.5 |
15 | Enrique Rodriguez | unr. | H— | H— | U— | D6 | 1.5 | |
16 | Muralie Vignarajah | unr. | H— | L2 | H— | U— | 1.0 | |
17 | Jeffrey Zhu | 150847 | 1204 | H— | H— | U— | L7 | 1.0 |
18 | Francis He | 153130 | 959 | H— | H— | U— | U— | 1.0 |
19 | Stone Hu | 153507 | 720 | H— | L11 | L10 | U— | 0.5 |
20 | Shabnam Abbarin | 151181 | 1344 | H— | U— | U— | U— | 0.5 |
21 | Brian Groat | 153518 | 632 | L8 | L7 | L13 | L9 | 0.0 |
Round 1 (July 9)
It was a busy night as forty players joined the new Swiss. And we even got started more or less on time!
First round of a new Swiss is always the most mismatched by rating. While the favourites beat the underdogs from top to bottom in the top and the bottom sections, the topsy-turvy middle section featured a string of underdogs upsets: Jack Maguire(1517) beat Peter McNelly(1703), Hooshang Abbarin(1479) beat Edmond Jodhi(1675), Abdolreza Radpey(1415) beat Marcus Wilker(1667), and Josep Sobrepere(1494) drew Zaki Uddin(1678).
A Game from Round 1
Here’s the game from board 4 of the top section. David’s still kicking himself for missing a nice tactic – he exchanged queens on move 35 after Wajdy used a back-rank mate threat to boldly nab a pawn, but can you find a better reply for White to this bully move? (Click on 34…Qxf5 to see the position.)
Thanks to all who posted comments, below.
Round 2 (July 23)
This was a somewhat quiet Monday night at the club, as many ACC members had been playing hard all week in the Toronto International, and several took the night off. On the other hand, we were pleased to have a couple new players join us for the first time: Muralie Vignarajah and Harmony Zhu, welcome to the club!
With this short tournament (only 4 rounds!) half-way done, there is a clear leader in the top and bottom sections. In the top section, Alex Ferreira has handed chief arbiter responsibilities to Geordie Derraugh and is busy taking care of the tournament by winning it :) or at least leading the section so far: he is alone on top with 2.0/2. And in the bottom section, George Supol is alone in first with 2.0/2. In the middle section, however, there’s a three-way tie for the lead, with Hooshang Abbarin(1479) pulling off another upset win – this time over Chris Wehrfritz(1660) to join Adie Todd and Nick O’Bumsawin at 2.0/2.
A Game from Round 2
Here’s Jack Maguire’s game vs. Nick O’Bumsawin from the U1900 section. Jack missed a win in the endgame, so he figures Nick was “a tad lucky” to take the point. Can you find the winning move for Black on move 40? (Click on 40.Kc5 to see the position.)
Leave your comment, below, or check others’ comments.
Round 3 (July 30)
In the top section, Pavel Peev, armed with his new master rating of 2214, held leader Alex Ferreira to a draw, allowing Wajdy Shebetah (victorious over young Danny Zotkin) and Dave Southam (defeating Pepin Manalo) to catch Alex at 2.5/3.
In the U1900 section, Nick O’Bumsawin took a bye, so Hooshang Abbarin got to play Adie Todd. He boldly played the Slav against her (apparently having learned a thing or two since she beat his Slav last time they played) and held her to a draw. Meanwhile, Greg Beal beat Peter McNelly to join the three leaders at 2.5/3.
In the bottom section, George Supol held onto his lead by defeating Milan Cvetkovic, who blundered in a king and pawn vs. king ending. So George remains alone in first place, and he is the only player in the tournament still perfect at 3.0/3.
Round 4 (August 13)
In the top section, Alex Ferreira withdrew and David Southam lost, allowing Wajdy Shebetah to finish in first place, undefeated at 3.0/4 (+2 =2 -0) after his final-round draw with Pavel Peev. Erik Malmsten also finished with 3.0/4, after beating David Southam in the last round; however, with two byes earlier in the tournament, Erik had the worse tie-break. Congratulations, Wajdy, on this your fourth ACC tournament victory!
In the middle section, Nick O’Bumsawin and Adie Todd took the night off, allowing Greg Beal to take clear first with a win over Hooshang Abbarin. Greg had three straight wins after a first-round bye to finish with 3.5/4. Congratulations Greg!
In the bottom section, Chris Field defeated the hitherto-perfect George Supol to take the U1500 prize with 3.5/4. Chris, too, had three wins after a first-round bye. Congratulations, Chris!
A Game from Round 4
Here’s Wajdy Shebetah’s game vs. Pavel Peev from the Premier section.
Toronto’s Beaches
Our city’s beaches are popular summer destinations when the weather gets hot. Contrary to popular belief, the water is even safe to swim in. Most beaches have earned the Blue Flag award for water quality and other eco criteria. Bacterial levels are checked daily and posted on the City of Toronto Beaches Water Quality page.
Every beach has its own cultural flavour – from scenic to athletic, adventurous to serene. Check Toronto’s Top Five Beaches for a nice summary. And go have fun in the sun!

Cohen vs. Shebetah 35.Qxf5? how about 35.Qd1!
35. Qd1 Qd7 36. Rxf7 Qxf7 37. Qf1 Rf8…looks like Q vs R&B…looks a little drawish, not sure either side can push for a win….but Black can also just play 35. Qd1 Bf2!?
After 35.Qd1, if 35…Bf2, White has 36.g4! (with tempo) followed by 37.Kg2, picking up the pinned B/f2.
What is the tactic rather than 35. Qxf5? I don’t see anything else.
Oops, Queen to d1! Then bishop takes f7 and picking up the rook!
Lol, Nick was a tad ‘lucky’ in his win against me last night. He needed me to make a 2,000 Pawn blunder on my 40th move and I unwittingly accommodated him to the hilt. Had I played 40. …h4, I was up Houdint’s 1,000 Pawns since the same ‘h’ Pawn can not be stopped from promotion 5 moves later (after the wont sack of the ‘g’ and ‘f’ Pawns) with a trivial mate to follow against Nick’s lone King (dancing back and forth between b5 & c5) and 3 nugatory Paens. Conversely, my patzer 40. …g4 left me down a 1,000 Pawns since now it’s Nick who garners the Queen promotion and concomitant mate.
Sadly, I can’t even claim zeitnot was a factor since I had 45+ minutes remaining on my clock when I played the 2,000 Pawn clunker.
h4 should win the game for black he will get extra tempo which give him the full point
I am planning on studying the h4 move. Jack defintely has a good command of the English language. zeitnot and concomitant? in a Chess blog. Time to go to dictionairy.com