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Our October club chess tournament spans Thanksgiving and Hallowe’en – and, as players of one of the world’s oldest games, we are not too proud to recognize the modest 33rd anniversary of a certain ghost-gobbling maze game released in North America in October 1980.

Divided in three by CFC rating, players are competing in “Crown,” “Under-1900,” and “Under-1500″ sections. All sections are CFC-rated.

Round 1 starts at 7:30 pm on Monday October 7. Then there’s a week off on Thanksgiving Monday – don’t miss the Toronto Thanksgiving Open October 12 to 14 at the Macedonian Community Centre – and the final four rounds are Mondays October 21 through November 11.

Good luck to all competitors!

Round One – October 7

Round One sees 46 players join, with the largest number – 20 players – in the U1500 section. It’s great to see some ex-casual players, like Sean Korzeniewski, and ex-kids’ club players, like Kaizen Liu, playing in the main event! One side effect is a somewhat depleted casual section, which means we need to do more recruiting: let’s get some posters out!

The Crown section has some tough fights, including Hugh Siddeley taking down master Jonathan Yu from the white side of a French Defence Classical Variation. In the U1900 section, wunderkind Harmony Zhu crushes Marcus Wilker from the black side of a Queen’s Gambit Semi-Slav. Theirs are the games of the week (see below). Finally, in the U1500 section, last tournament’s winner, Jean-Marc David, has a topsy-turvy game against Teresa Lee, but comes out on top.

Round One Games of the Week

Round Two – October 21

There are many close battles in Round Two, with more than half the games in the top section ending in draws! Michael Humphreys wins his game and takes an early lead with 2.0/2, but six players are just half a point behind at 1.5/2.

In the middle section, two young female players are tied for the lead: Harmony Zhu and Jiaxin Liu each have 2.0/2. Shown below are Harmony with her parents at the 2012 World Youth Championship, and Jiaxin playing at the 2012 Canadian Closed.

Finally, in the bottom section, three players are tied for the lead: Mark Gelowitz, Bradley Yee, and our friendly club greeter, Richard Morrison, each have 2.0/2.

Round Two Game of the Week

Round Three – October 28

In the Crown section, Michael Humphreys wins again (this time against David Southam) to stay in first with 3.0/3, while Rodrigo Oliveira, beating Pavel Peev, is now the only player half a point behind at 2.5/3.

In the middle section, it’s a showdown between the two girls leading the section. Harmony Zhu, victorious over Jiaxin Liu, is now alone in first with 3.0/3; she is followed by Arkadiy Ugodnikov and Nicholas Vettese, both at 2.5/3.

Finally, in the U1500 section, Bradley Yee (with a win over Richard Morrison) and Mark Gelowitz (with a win over Max England) are tied for the lead with 3.0/3. Jean-Marc David trails by half a point, at 2.5/3.

Round Four – November 4

In the Crown section, Michael Humphreys gets an easy round as a computer error leads to his being mis-paired with Rodrigo (who requested a bye) and arbiter Tyler Longo is unable to re-pair him. Michael now leads with a perfect 4.0/4. Rodrigo, with the bye, is half a point behind at 3.5/4, and Alexandre Michelashvili and Allan Munro, both winners this round, are a full point behind at 3.0/4. Rodrigo has a chance for first, but only if he beats Michael on board one in the final round!

In the U1900 section, Arkadiy Ugodnikov finally puts a stop to young Harmony Zhu’s win streak. Arkadiy is now tied for the lead with Nicholas Vettese at 3.5/4, so he’ll have to take on another youngster in the final round! Harmony trails the two leaders by half a point at 3.0/4.

In the U1500 section, Jean-Marc David takes out Bradley Yee, one of the co-leaders in the section, and he now joins Mark Gelowitz for the lead at 3.5/4 (Mark Gelowitz took a bye). Mark and Jean-Marc are due to face off in the final round!

Round Five – November 11

The final round takes place on the evening of Remembrance Day. In the Crown section, Michael Humphreys beats Rodrigo Oliveira to win the tournament with a perfect 5.0/5. Our 2013 Club Champion is in fine form! Alexandre Michelashvili and Allan Munro, with a draw, tie for second at 3.5/5.

In the U1900 section, Arkadiy Ugodnikov does it again! Taking out another youngster, Nicholas Vettese, in the final round, Arkadiy finishes with 4.5/5. (Chalk one up for us old guys!) All the other games in the section (perhaps inspired by the World Championship!) end in draws – Harmony and Nicholas finish tied for second with 3.5/5.

In the U1500 section, Mark Gelowitz beats Jean-Marc David in the final round to finish first with 4.5/5. Bradley Yee and Richard Morrison both win their final-round games to finish tied for second with 4.0/5.

Complete results are on the standings table below.

A new club tournament starts next week. Round One of the ACC “Scarf Weather” Swiss is Monday November 18 at 7:30 pm. New players are welcome; register on site before 7:00 pm.

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Final Results

SwissSys Standings. Ghosts and Gobbling: Crown

#	Name	CFC ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Michael Humphreys	131628	2289	W10	W19	W4	B—	W6	5.0
2	Allan Munro	140841	2096	W20	H—	H—	W17	D3	3.5
3	Alexandre Michelashvili	149568	1861	H—	D5	W18	W11	D2	3.5
4	David Southam	102535	2215	D5	W16	L1	W19	D8	3.0
5	Daniel Zotkin	146857	1950	D4	D3	D11	D10	W15	3.0
6	Rodrigo Oliveira	152923	1908	W15	D7	W8	H—	L1	3.0
7	Wajdy Shebetah	148432	2172	W17	D6	H—	H—	U—	2.5
8	Pavel Peev	122223	2166	W12	D11	L6	H—	D4	2.5
9	Alex T. Ferreira	127516	2057	H—	H—	U—	W12	U—	2.0
10	Miroslav Stefanovic	154500	1953	L1	D12	D16	D5	D13	2.0
11	Hugh Siddeley	120619	1941	W14	D8	D5	L3	U—	2.0
12	Chris Udrea	155000	1917	L8	D10	D14	L9	W17	2.0
13	Daniel S Smith	155529	2271	H—	H—	U—	U—	D10	1.5
14	Jonathan Yu	126131	2214	L11	H—	D12	H—	U—	1.5
15	Bill Evans	103309	2097	L6	L17	H—	B—	L5	1.5
16	Omaray M. Shah	121329	1949	H—	L4	D10	H—	U—	1.5
17	Daniel Wiebe	132137	1922	L7	W15	H—	L2	L12	1.5
18	Morgon Mills	127517	2224	H—	H—	L3	U—	U—	1.0
19	Tyler Longo	135360	2054	H—	L1	H—	L4	U—	1.0
20	Kuhan Jeyapragasan	147906	1824	L2	H—	U—	U—	U—	0.5

SwissSys Standings. Ghosts and Gobbling: U1900

#	Name	CFC ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Arkadiy Ugodnikov	146626	1761	H—	W6	W9	W2	W3	4.5
2	Harmony Zhu	151635	1722	W12	W10	W4	L1	D5	3.5
3	Nicholas Vettese	154199	1619	D14	W11	W7	W10	L1	3.5
4	Jiaxin Liu	149747	1590	W13	W15	L2	D5	D6	3.0
5	Jack Maguire	144604	1587	L7	W14	W12	D4	D2	3.0
6	David Fletcher	105301	1434	D11	L1	W15	W9	D4	3.0
7	Daniel Sirkovich	145096	1750	W5	H—	L3	W11	U—	2.5
8	Nicolas Vasiljevic		1537	H—	H—	L10	D12	X15	2.5
9	Mark A. Patton	104721	1705	H—	W13	L1	L6	D12	2.0
10	Ulli Diemer	153538	1679	W16	L2	W8	L3	U—	2.0
11	Manuela Renteria	152627	1602	D6	L3	W14	L7	D13	2.0
12	Marcus Wilker	102713	1577	L2	W16	L5	D8	D9	2.0
13	Abdolreza Radpey	149018	1403	L4	L9	D16	W15	D11	2.0
14	Bill Thornton	131181	1452	D3	L5	L11	W16	U—	1.5
15	Adrian Chin	155527	1871	H—	L4	L6	L13	F8	0.5
16	Ian Prittie	153588	1522	L10	L12	D13	L14	U—	0.5

SwissSys Standings. Ghosts and Gobbling: U1500

#	Name	CFC ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Mark A. Gelowitz	126627	1180	W21	W17	W20	H—	W5	4.5
2	Bradley Yee	125441	1326	W13	W9	W3	L5	W6	4.0
3	Richard Morrison	135889	1274	W23	W4	L2	W11	W14	4.0
4	Milan Cvetkovic	150817	1397	W19	L3	D14	W15	W9	3.5
5	Jean-Marc David	151900	1299	W22	H—	W16	W2	L1	3.5
6	Daniele Pirri	132983	1098	H—	H—	W12	W17	L2	3.0
7	George Supol	152286	1418	L12	D11	L15	W24	W19	2.5
8	Jeff Pancer	107543	1197	H—	L24	W21	D13	D12	2.5
9	Eli Teram	107314	1186	W24	L2	H—	W20	L4	2.5
10	John Heisey	156203	1182	H—	H—	U—	D19	W20	2.5
11	Kaizen Liu	152053	1062	D18	D7	W24	L3	D13	2.5
12	Ben Chan	130822	1047	W7	L16	L6	W23	D8	2.5
13	Dennis Li	153129	971	L2	D21	W18	D8	D11	2.5
14	Stone Hu	153507	931	H—	H—	D4	W16	L3	2.5
15	Alex Geddie	155388	816	L17	H—	W7	L4	W24	2.5
16	Raymond Lin	150193	1295	D20	W12	L5	L14	D18	2.0
17	Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy	153938	1287	W15	L1	W19	L6	U—	2.0
18	Nick Mourtos		unr.	D11	L20	L13	W21	D16	2.0
19	Larissa Souchko	145490	1028	L4	W23	L17	D10	L7	1.5
20	Max England	155135	876	D16	W18	L1	L9	L10	1.5
21	Sean Korzeniewski	156385	unr.	L1	D13	L8	L18	W23	1.5
22	Teresa Lee	154501	889	L5	H—	H—	U—	U—	1.0
23	Arno Lowi	155277	724	L3	L19	B—	L12	L21	1.0
24	Howard Halim	153419	687	L9	W8	L11	L7	L15	1.0