ACC Backyard Barbecue – Results | Annex Chess Club

Celebrating the warm-weather tradition of having friends over for a barbecue in the backyard, this club tournament started on Monday May 27. It runs for four rounds (Monday nights at 7:30 pm) to June 17. The club will be closed June 24 (because the playing hall is unavailable) and July 1 (for Canada Day).

Players are competing in three sections, based on CFC rating. The top “Crown” section is for players over 1800. The next two sections are “Under-1800” and “Under-1400.”

Round One – May 27

Round One tends to feature some of the biggest rating mismatches a new tournament will see, which allows some lower-rated players to get flame-broiled quickly. There’s always a possibility of a few upsets too, and tonight is no exception: some higher-rated players fell through the grill and got a bit charred.

Round Two – June 3

In second-round action, Bill Evans beats Dan Wiebe to take a clear lead in the Crown section. Ian Prittie, newly graduated to the U1800 section, takes down his second 1600+ opponent (in the person of Josep Sobrepere) and now stands tied for first with Ulli Diemer. And Jean-Marc David is alone in first in the U1400 section. It is Shabnam Abbarin who has the last game of the night (even including the Toronto Closed games) – her marathon battle with Bradley Yee that ended in a draw after 85 moves is this week’s game of the week!

Game of the week

Round Three – June 10

In Round 3, the leaders stay strong. Bill Evans holds off Arkadiy Ugodnikov to maintain his lead in the Crown section, Ulli Diemer defeats rival Ian Prittie to hold first place in the U1800, and Jean-Marc David draws Jeff Pancer to stay a half point ahead in the U1400 section. With the Toronto Closed ending, a number of Championship players joined the top section. Our game of the week will feature a battle between Chris Udrea and Dave Southam, both joining the ACC Backyard BBQ in round 3 (stay tuned!).

Round Four – June 17

With a couple off-days coming up (the club will be closed June 24 and July 1), we’re shortening this tournament to four rounds. In the final round, Bill Evans defeats Hooshang Abbarin to take first in the Crown section with a perfect 4.0/4. Congratulations, Bill! Ulli Diemer wins his game against young Harmony Zhu to take first in the U1800, again with a perfect 4.0/4. And finally, Jean-Marc David, with a last-round win against Eli Teram, takes the U1400 section with 3.5/4. Section winners earn the right to play in a higher section in the upcoming Summer Festival Swiss, starting July 15, even if they don’t qualify by rating.

Don’t miss your chance to play international grandmaster Elshan Moradi, when he comes to the club on July 8! Admission is free for members, and it’s $35 to play in the simultaneous exhibition. Reserve your board today.

Here are the complete final results from the 2013 ACC Backyard Barbecue Swiss:

SwissSys Standings. Backyard BBQ: Crown

#	Name	CFC ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total
1	Bill Evans	103309	2008	W14	W9	W10	W4	4.0
2	David Southam	102535	2179	H—	H—	W12	W8	3.0
3	Miroslav Stefanovic	154500	1949	H—	H—	W14	W5	3.0
4	Hooshang Ab-barin	152910	1772	W15	W13	H—	L1	2.5
5	Pavel Peev	122223	2213	H—	H—	W11	L3	2.0
6	Adrian Chin	155527	1915	L11	H—	H—	W10	2.0
7	David Cohen	100234	1845	H—	H—	U—	W12	2.0
8	Pepin Manalo	112277	1841	H—	H—	W9	L2	2.0
9	Daniel Wiebe	132137	1986	H—	L1	L8	W14	1.5
10	Arkadiy Ugodnikov	146626	1767	W13	H—	L1	L6	1.5
11	Atharva Washimkar	153285	1754	W6	H—	L5	U—	1.5
12	Chris Udrea	155000	1876	H—	H—	L2	L7	1.0
13	Alexandre Michelashvili	149568	1854	L10	L4	B—	U—	1.0
14	Daniel Zotkin	146857	1844	L1	B—	L3	L9	1.0
15	Pi Nasir	148197	1953	L4	H—	U—	U—	0.5

SwissSys Standings. Backyard BBQ: U1800

#	Name	CFC ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total
1	Ulli Diemer	153538	1622	W16	W12	W5	W3	4.0
2	Nicholas Vettese	154199	1362	H—	H—	W7	W6	3.0
3	Harmony Zhu	151635	1631	H—	W8	W14	L1	2.5
4	Josep Sobrepere	152976	1627	W18	L5	D12	W14	2.5
5	Ian Prittie	153588	1320	W7	W4	L1	D8	2.5
6	Jack Maguire	144604	1661	L12	W15	W10	L2	2.0
7	Marcus Wilker	102713	1605	L5	W13	L2	W12	2.0
8	Bill Thornton	131181	1477	H—	L3	W16	D5	2.0
9	Shabnam Abbarin	151181	1439	W13	D14	H—	U—	2.0
10	Milan Cvetkovic	150817	1384	H—	H—	L6	W15	2.0
11	Vlad Nitu	154215	1352	H—	H—	U—	W16	2.0
12	George Supol	152286	1433	W6	L1	D4	L7	1.5
13	James Mourgelas	108540	1314	L9	L7	D17	W18	1.5
14	Bradley Yee	125441	1312	W15	D9	L3	L4	1.5
15	Abdolreza Radpey	149018	1435	L14	L6	W18	L10	1.0
16	Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy	153938	1355	L1	H—	L8	L11	0.5
17	Manuel De Jesus	154790	1299	U—	U—	D13	U—	0.5
18	John A Rogers	101732	1369	L4	U—	L15	L13	0.0

SwissSys Standings. Backyard BBQ: U1400

#	Name	CFC ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total
1	Jean-Marc David	151900	1248	W11	W3	D6	W7	3.5
2	Jeremy Stefan Wichrowski	154587	1142	H—	H—	W12	W9	3.0
3	Richard Morrison	135889	1213	W5	L1	D11	W6	2.5
4	Ben Chan	130822	981	D6	H—	H—	W10	2.5
5	Manuel De Jesus	154790	1299	L3	L11	B—	W14	2.0
6	Jeff Pancer	107543	1215	D4	W14	D1	L3	2.0
7	Eli Teram	107314	1214	H—	H—	W10	L1	2.0
8	Dennis Li	153129	950	D14	D9	U—	W11	2.0
9	Maria Isolina Moran Vasquez	155559	742	D12	D8	W14	L2	2.0
10	Christopher Field	108098	1165	H—	B—	L7	L4	1.5
11	Raymond Lin	150193	1055	L1	W5	D3	L8	1.5
12	Stone Hu	153507	933	D9	U—	L2	W13	1.5
13	Brian Groat	153518	641	H—	H—	U—	L12	1.0
14	Teresa Lee	154501	921	D8	L6	L9	L5	0.5

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ACC Backyard Barbecue – Results