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ACC Autumn Colours Swiss Tournament – starting October 1

October is here, and we’re welcoming in the fall with a new tournament. In three sections – Premier (over 1900), Reserve A (under 1900), and Reserve B (under 1500) – the five-round ACC Autumn Colours Swisss runs to November 5. The top section is FIDE-rated.

Round Five – November 5

When the dust cleared, there was a clear winner in each section. In the top section, FM Michael Humphreys and NM Dave Southam went into the last round tied for first at 3.5/4, having drawn each other in Round 2. Dave faced newly-titled National Candidate Master (NCM) Daniel Wiebe, while Michael was paired against NM Liam Henry. By the end of the night, Liam had handed Michael what might be his first ACC club tournament loss, and Dave beat Daniel to take clear first. Congratulations, Dave!

In the middle section, Michael Sutton, “Mr. Chess960,” went into the last round in clear first at 3.5/4. With his fourth straight win, this time against Kevin Gaffney, he kept his position on top of the leaderboard. Finishing first in this, his debut tournament at ACC, Michael qualifies to play in the top section of the upcoming ACC Roasted Chestnuts Swiss. Congratulations, Michael.

Finally, last but not least, Atharva Washimkar went into the last round of the bottom section with a perfect 4.0/4 record, a full point ahead of his closest competitor. So his final-round draw against Jean-Marc David guaranteed him first place. Congratulations, Atharva!

Next week is our Bughouse tournament, and the next club Swiss starts November 19!

Final Results after Round 5

SwissSys Standings. ACC Autumn Colours Swiss: Premier

#	Name	CFC ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	David Southam	102535	2206	W18	D2	W3	X9	W6	4.5
2	Michael Humphreys	131628	2269	W5	D1	W8	W6	L3	3.5
3	Liam Henry	127769	2253	H—	W4	L1	W7	W2	3.5
4	Pavel Peev	122223	2216	H—	L3	W12	H—	W7	3.0
5	Erik Malmsten	100196	1905	L2	H—	W14	H—	W11	3.0
6	Daniel Wiebe	132137	2028	W13	W9	H—	L2	L1	2.5
7	Pepin Manalo	112277	1844	H—	H—	W15	L3	L4	2.0
8	Geordie Derraugh	132393	2235	W12	H—	L2	H—	U—	2.0
9	Rolando Renteria	152626	2229	B—	L6	W13	F1	U—	2.0
10	Alex T. Ferreira	127516	2065	H—	H—	W11	U—	U—	2.0
11	David Cohen	100234	1844	L16	W12	L10	D13	L5	1.5
12	Hayk Oganesyan	152587	1881	L8	L11	L4	H—	W14	1.5
13	Arkadiy Ugodnikov	146626	1800	L6	B—	L9	D11	U—	1.5
14	Andrew Pastor		1907	L17	D15	L5	H—	L12	1.0
15	Mario San Cristobal		2200	H—	D14	L7	U—	U—	1.0
16	Wajdy Shebetah	148432	2155	W11	U—	U—	U—	U—	1.0
17	Zehn Nasir	148198	1915	W14	U—	U—	U—	U—	1.0
18	Daniel Zotkin	146857	1865	L1	U—	U—	U—	U—	0.0

SwissSys Standings. ACC Autumn Colours Swiss: U1900

#	Name	CFC ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Michael Sutton	151225	1695	D2	W8	W5	W4	W3	4.5
2	Jack Maguire	144604	1551	D1	W13	L3	W5	W4	3.5
3	Kevin Gaffney	102701	1594	W7	L4	W2	W8	L1	3.0
4	Ulli Diemer	153538	1619	W10	W3	H—	L1	L2	2.5
5	Harmony Zhu	151635	1472	H—	W19	L1	L2	W9	2.5
6	Kuhan Jeyapragasan	147906	1533	L14	L10	D7	W15	W8	2.5
7	George Supol	152286	1401	L3	L16	D6	D11	W10	2.0
8	Bill Thornton	131181	1536	W9	L1	W10	L3	L6	2.0
9	Daniel Sirkovich	145096	1663	L8	H—	W17	H—	L5	2.0
10	Abdolreza Radpey	149018	1442	L4	W6	L8	D12	L7	1.5
11	Mathanhe Kaneshalingam	149319	1311	H—	H—	U—	D7	U—	1.5
12	Chris Wehrfritz	151679	1662	H—	H—	U—	D10	U—	1.5
13	Michael Sharpe	9012666	1519	H—	L2	H—	U—	U—	1.0
14	Marcus Wilker	102713	1633	W6	U—	U—	U—	U—	1.0
15	Arhant Washimkar	153286	1146	H—	H—	U—	L6	U—	1.0
16	Arkadiy Ugodnikov	146626	1800	U—	W7	U—	U—	U—	1.0
17	Ian Prittie		unr.	H—	H—	L9	U—	U—	1.0
18	Eli Teram	107314	1254	W19	U—	U—	U—	U—	1.0
19	Edmond Jodhi	150171	1640	L18	L5	U—	U—	U—	0.0

SwissSys Standings. ACC Autumn Colours Swiss: U1500

#	Name	CFC ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Atharva Washimkar	153285	1356	W11	W9	W7	W3	D2	4.5
2	Jean-Marc David	151900	1260	W10	W17	L4	W12	D1	3.5
3	Christopher Field	108098	1221	L17	W15	W13	L1	W12	3.0
4	Arhant Washimkar	153286	1146	W14	W6	W2	U—	U—	3.0
5	Yanfeng Zhao	154318	1404	W8	H—	H—	W11	U—	3.0
6	Milan Cvetkovic	150817	1257	D7	L4	W19	W8	L14	2.5
7	Raymond Lin	150193	958	D6	W19	L1	D17	D9	2.5
8	Ian Prittie	153588	1203	L5	H—	W20	L6	W17	2.5
9	Eli Teram	107314	1254	B—	L1	D12	H—	D7	2.5
10	Marc Antonio Nunes	154427	1144	L2	L11	B—	H—	W18	2.5
11	Enrique Rodriguez	154428	1171	L1	W10	W17	L5	U—	2.0
12	Dennis Li	153129	952	H—	W18	D9	L2	L3	2.0
13	Jeremy Wichrowski		unr.	H—	H—	L3	L16	W19	2.0
14	Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy	153938	1328	L4	H—	H—	U—	W6	2.0
15	Brian Groat	153518	666	H—	L3	L18	H—	B—	2.0
16	Josep Sobrepere	152976	1538	H—	H—	U—	W13	U—	2.0
17	Teresa Lee		unr.	W3	L2	L11	D7	L8	1.5
18	Stone Hu		unr.	H—	L12	W15	U—	L10	1.5
19	Roland Csik		unr.	H—	L7	L6	H—	L13	1.0
20	Jeffrey Zhu	154492	928	H—	H—	L8	U—	U—	1.0
21	Rolando Renteria	152626	2229	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	0.0

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Fall Colours

Our fall CFC-rated club tournament celebrates the beautiful oranges, reds, and yellows in and around the city, and is named in their honour. Indeed, views of Ontario’s fall foliage are so famous that the colour changes are tracked by Ontario Tourism.

Round One – October 1

It’s a new month, a new tournament, and we’ve got some new players. In the U1500 section, Teresa Lee, a long-time casual player at the club, made her CFC-rated tournament debut – in fine style, with a win over Chris Field (Chris, by the way, is now famous as the only player at the club to have beaten young superstar Harmony Zhu). The brothers Washimkar, Atharva Washimkar and Arhant Washimkar, debuted at the club as well, and both won.

In the U1900 section, George Supol made the move up from the 1500 section, but he lost his first-round game. Harmony Zhu has also newly joined the U1900 section, but she took a bye. So it was left to Eli Teram to lead the newcomers with a first-round win (Eli joined the U1900 section just for one round after a pairing re-shuffle to deal with no-shows).

In the Premier section, 2012 club champion FM Michael Humphreys has returned! And he won his first game quite handily against Erik Malmsten in the Fantasy variation of the Caro Kann – it wasn’t pretty. The other newcomer in the section was Arkadiy Ugodnikov, who moved up from the U1900 section, but lost his first-round game to expert, Daniel Wiebe.

Round Two – October 15

Ulli Diemer, with 2.0/2, is alone in first in the middle section; and Daniel Wiebe, with 2.0/2, is leading the top section; but there’s a three-way tie for first in the U1500 section: Jean-Marc is tied with the Washimkar Bros. at 2.0/2.

Round Three – October 22

In the top section, leader Dan Wiebe took a bye, while Michael Humphreys and David Southam both defeated their opponents to join him in first place at 2.5/3. In the middle section, leader Ulli Diemer took a bye, while Michael Sutton got a full point to join him in first with 2.5/3. The bottom section, the Washimkars left Jean-Marc behind, and now are joint leaders at 3.0/3.

Round Four – October 29

With the remnants of Hurricane Sandy blowing outside, our Monday-night chess numbers were down a little, but we still had a decent turnout.

In the top section, Michael Humphreys beat co-leader Daniel Wiebe, but remains tied for first with Dave Southam (who got a forfeit win). In the middle section, Michael Sutton beat Ulli Diemer, and is alone in first. (Michael’s training method is no secret – playing Chess960 might be the chess equivalent of training at high altitudes.) Finally, in the bottom section, the Washimkar brothers finally separated, as Atharva Washimkar beat Chris Field to take sole possession of first with a perfect 4.0/4 – while his brother Arhant, who’ll be away next round at the 2012 WYCC in Slovenia, guest-starred in the middle section.

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Autumn Foliage

Here’s another “Autumn Foliage” by Tom Thomson, showing the province’s fall colours: