Annex Spring Fling

Spring is here in the Annex. The bicycles are back on the street (not that cycling season ever ends for some), the flowers are blooming, the Hot Docs festival is under way, and Annex Chess Club is launching our 2013 Spring Fling chess tournament starting April 15.

New sections

With many of our top players playing in the Toronto Closed, we’re lowering the section rating cut-offs by 100 points to even out the sections. The top section is now designated as over-1800 CFC (with players over 1700 admitted by request), the middle section is 1400 to 1799 (with players over 1300 allowed to join), and the bottom section is under-1400. Previously, section cut-offs had been 1900 and 1500, with a similar 100-point grey zone.

Round One – April 15

We’re off to a great start. Even with the Toronto Closed running and borrowing several of our top players, we still have 38 players in the club Swiss.

Round Two – April 22

After two rounds of play, Bill Evans is leading the Crown section, with 2.0/2. In the U1800 section, there’s a three-way tie for first among Josep Sobrepere, Jack Maguire, and Adrian Chin, all with 2.0/2. There’s a three-tie in the U1400 section, too, with Ian Prittie, Bradley Yee, and Richard Morrisson sharing first place, all with 2.0/2.

Adrian and Richard are new to the club, and evidently off to a good start. Welcome to all our new members!

Round Three – April 29

With another win, this time over Daniel Sirkovich, Bill Evans is still leading the Crown section, with 3.0/3. In the U1800 section, it’s down to a two-way tie for first between Jack Maguire and Adrian Chin, both with 3.0/3. Finally, Bradley Yee is now in clear first in the U1400 section, with 3.0/3.

Round Four – May 6

Every section now has a clear leader. In the Crown section, Tyler Longo has taken over the top spot with a win over Bill Evans. Tyler now has 3.5/4. In the U1800 section, Adrian Chin has taken sole possession of first place with a win over Jack Maguire. Adrian is still perfect with 4.0/4. And in the U1400 section, Bradley Yee continues to dominate, now standing at 4.0/4.

Round Five – May 13

While the Leafs lost a heartbreaker in Boston, we held the final round of our Spring Fling. In the Crown section, Tyler Longo took a zero-point bye, but still had sufficient points to take first with 3.5/5 after Hayk Ogenesyan beat Bill Evans to finish with 3.0/5 each. In the U1800 section, Adrian Chin drew his rival Hooshang Abbarin to take first with 4.5/5. Hooshang finishes half a point behind with 4.0/5. Finally, in the U1400 section, Bradley Yee drew Jean-Marc David to finish a point ahead with 4.5/5. Congratulations to all the winners!

Full standings are below.

Next Monday is a holiday, and Round 1 of the new ACC Backyard Barbecue Swiss starts on May 27 at 7:30. Please arrive to sign up by 7:00 or email us to register or (if you’ve already signed up) to request a bye.

Final Results after Round 5

SwissSys Standings. ACC Spring Fling: Crown section

#	Name	CFC ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Tyler Longo	135360	1981	W9	H—	W7	W3	U—	3.5
2	Hayk Oganesyan	152587	2025	L7	W8	L6	W9	W3	3.0
3	Bill Evans	103309	2022	W6	W7	W4	L1	L2	3.0
4	Daniel Sirkovich	145096	1782	H—	W5	L3	U—	W7	2.5
5	Alexandre Michelashvili	149568	1828	H—	L4	H—	U—	B—	2.0
6	Arkadiy Ugodnikov	146626	1728	L3	B—	W2	U—	U—	2.0
7	Daniel Zotkin	146857	1896	W2	L3	L1	D8	L4	1.5
8	Atharva Washimkar	153285	1573	H—	L2	H—	D7	U—	1.5
9	Zhanna Sametova	145911	1707	L1	H—	D10	L2	U—	1.0
10	Alex T. Ferreira	127516	2208	U—	U—	D9	U—	U—	0.5

SwissSys Standings. ACC Spring Fling: U1800 Section

#	Name	CFC ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Adrian Chin		unr.	W9	W8	W4	W5	D2	4.5
2	Hooshang Ab-barin	152910	1634	H—	W16	W12	W6	D1	4.0
3	Kuhan Jeyapragasan	147906	1653	H—	W18	L5	W16	W10	3.5
4	Josep Sobrepere	152976	1630	W17	W11	L1	W7	D5	3.5
5	Jack Maguire	144604	1497	W—	W6	W3	L1	D4	3.5
6	Ulli Diemer	153538	1641	W19	L5	W15	L2	W14	3.0
7	Kevin Gaffney	102701	1601	L15	W10	W19	L4	W12	3.0
8	Marcus Wilker	102713	1614	W14	L1	H—	H—	D11	2.5
9	Harmony Zhu	151635	1600	L1	W17	W11	H—	U—	2.5
10	Shabnam Abbarin	151181	1372	D16	L7	W18	W19	L3	2.5
11	Milan Cvetkovic	150817	1348	B—	L4	L9	W15	D8	2.5
12	Greg Beal	101490	1719	D18	W15	L2	H—	L7	2.0
13	Abdolreza Radpey	149018	1465	H—	H—	U—	U—	W20	2.0
14	Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy	153938	1366	L8	L19	B—	W20	L6	2.0
15	John A Rogers	101732	1358	W7	L12	L6	L11	B—	2.0
16	Justin Quinn D'Souza	153890	1625	D10	L2	W20	L3	U—	1.5
17	Arhant Washimkar	153286	1455	L4	L9	H—	B—	U—	1.5
18	Bill Thornton	131181	1496	D12	L3	L10	H—	U—	1.0
19	George Supol	152286	1459	L6	W14	L7	L10	U—	1.0
20	Manuel De Jesus	154790	1310	H—	H—	L16	L14	L13	1.0

SwissSys Standings. ACC Spring Fling: U1400 Section

#	Name	CFC ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Bradley Yee	125441	1278	W12	W21	W4	W6	D2	4.5
2	Jean-Marc David	151900	1235	L14	W12	W16	W13	D1	3.5
3	Jeremy Stefan Wichrowski	154587	1060	H—	W19	L9	W16	W8	3.5
4	Ian Prittie	153588	1282	W8	W16	L1	W5	U—	3.0
5	Enrique Rodriguez	154428	1161	W20	H—	D6	L4	W14	3.0
6	Richard Morrison	135889	1260	W17	W14	D5	L1	L10	2.5
7	Jeff Pancer	107543	1210	D15	L9	L13	W17	W16	2.5
8	Raymond Lin	150193	1054	L4	D17	W12	W14	L3	2.5
9	Maksym Gryn	126835	unr.	H—	W7	W3	U—	U—	2.5
10	John A Rogers	101732	1358	H—	H—	U—	U—	W6	2.0
11	Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy	153938	1337	H—	H—	W18	U—	U—	2.0
12	Ben Chan	130822	998	L1	L2	L8	B—	W17	2.0
13	Trevor Koverko		unr.	H—	H—	W7	L2	U—	2.0
14	Stone Hu	153507	923	W2	L6	D17	L8	L5	1.5
15	Alireza Mehdizadeh		unr.	D7	H—	H—	U—	U—	1.5
16	Christopher Field	108098	1230	W21	L4	L2	L3	L7	1.0
17	Dennis Li	153129	976	L6	D8	D14	L7	L12	1.0
18	Tyler Koverko	154455	723	H—	H—	L11	U—	U—	1.0
19	Isolina Moran Vasquez		unr.	H—	L3	U—	U—	U—	0.5
20	Miles J. Hershberg	134614	1331	L5	U—	U—	U—	U—	0.0
21	Alex Geddie	155388	626	L16	L1	U—	U—	U—	0.0