The 2014 GTCL Cup is at Annex Chess Club
Four-on-four team matches at a rapid time control of 15’+5″


- photos by Egis Zeromskis.
2014 Winning Teams
- Annex Chess Club
(Championship)
1. FM Michael Humphreys
2. Pavel Peev
3. Zehn Nasir
4. Bill Evans - Annex Models
(U1800)
1. Hugh Siddeley
2. Miroslav Stefanovic
3. Ben Tomic
4. Daniele Pirri
SwissSys Standings. GTCL Cup 2014
# | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Match Pts | Game Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Annex CC | 2144 | W11 | W6 | L4 | W13 | W2 | 4 | 13 |
2 | Willowdale Chess Club | 2243 | W10 | W5 | W3 | W4 | L1 | 4 | 12 |
3 | Aurora CC | 2169 | W13 | W17 | L2 | W6 | D7 | 3.5 | 14.5 |
4 | Hart House CC | 2314 | W15 | W8 | W1 | L2 | D5 | 3.5 | 13 |
5 | The Olden Gaels | 2055 | W9 | L2 | W7 | W8 | D4 | 3.5 | 11.5 |
6 | Hart House CC B | 1997 | W12 | L1 | W14 | L3 | W13 | 3 | 12.5 |
7 | Dads and Juniors | 2010 | D16 | W15 | L5 | W10 | D3 | 3 | 11 |
8 | Annex Juniors | 1977 | W14 | L4 | W12 | L5 | D11 | 2.5 | 12 |
9 | Annex Models | 1695 | L5 | D10 | D15 | D12 | W16 | 2.5 | 11 |
10 | Pinoy Chess Club | 1794 | L2 | D9 | W16 | L7 | W15 | 2.5 | 10.5 |
11 | Blackmar Diemers | 1726 | L1 | L12 | B— | W14 | D8 | 2.5 | 9 |
12 | Titans II | 1624 | L6 | W11 | L8 | D9 | B— | 2.5 | 9 |
13 | CCC Commandos | 1751 | L3 | W16 | W17 | L1 | L6 | 2 | 7.5 |
14 | Knights of the Square Table | 1404 | L8 | B— | L6 | L11 | W17 | 2 | 5.5 |
15 | F4 | 1872 | L4 | L7 | D9 | W17 | L10 | 1.5 | 8 |
16 | Annex Warriors | 1629 | D7 | L13 | L10 | B— | L9 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
17 | Blank | unr. | B— | L3 | L13 | L15 | L14 | 1 | 4.5 |
Check detailed results.
Championship and U1800 Categories
Championship
In the Championship category, teams represent GTA Chess Clubs of all shapes and sizes.
Championship Winners:
- 2014 Annex Chess Club (Michael Humphreys, Pavel Peev, Zehn Nasir, Bill Evans)
- 2013 Hart House Chess Club (Bindi Cheng, Haizhou Xu, Geordie Derraugh, and Jonathan Yu)
- 2012 Chess Academy
U1800
In the U1800 category, teams can have any four players with an average rating under 1800.
- 2014 Annex Models (Hugh Siddeley, Miroslav Stefanovic, Ben Tomic, Daniele Pirri
Hugh Siddeley Miroslav Stefanovic Ben Tomic - 2013 Titans (Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy, Ammar Khairullah, and Arhant and Atharva Washimkar).
- 2012 CCC Commandos
Preregistered Teams
- Hart House A
(Championship; avg 2306)
1. IM Bindi Cheng (2506)
2. Geordie Derraugh ? (2344)
3. Mike Ivanov (2303)
4. Jonathan Yu (2072) - Willowdale Chess Club
(Championship; avg 2250)
1. IM Alex Rabinovich (2540)
2. FM Michael Barron (2274)
3. Michael Kimelman (2204)
4. (C) Dmitry Chernik (1975) - Dads and Juniors
(avg 2110)
1. (C) Victor Plotkin (2442)
2. Mark Plotkin (2254)
3. Rebecca Giblon (2062)
4. Andrew Giblon (1683) - Queen’s University
(Championship; avg 2055)
1. (C) Dan Abrahams (2205)
2. Tyler Longo (2031)
3. Jonathan Farine (2033)
4. Nicholas Gellner (1949) - Aurora Chess Club (needs one more player)
(Championship; avg ?)
1. (C) Egidijus Zeromskis (2235)
2. David MacLeod (2075)
3. Sergey Noritsyn (2091)
4. free - Annex F4
(Championship; avg 1872)
1. Wajdy Shebetah (2022)
2. Daniel Wiebe (2041)
3. Nick O’Bumsawin (1744)
4. (C) Yakos Spiliotopoulos (1682) - Pinoy Chess Club
(U1800; avg 1791)
1. Zaldy Tabanao – 2011
2. Armand Jess Mendoza – 1854
3. (C) Joey Orozco – 1676
4. Rulix Batistil – 1634
5. Jose Cabioc – 1521 - CCC Commandos
(U1800; avg 1704)
1. Erwin Casareno (2148)
2. (C) Bob Armstrong (1657)
3. Ben Lin (1608)
4. Ken Kurkowski (1401)
The Titans (2013 U 1800 Cup winners) better bone up. The CCC (Cooperative Chess Coalition) Commandos ( 2012 U 1800 winners) will be back again in 2014, and working hard to regain their championship, lost for a very short period last year! Bob Armstrong – CCC Commandos Captain
Titans are known for being overthrown.
Yes. Given the average rating criterion, low-rated players are valuable!