ACC “Let the Games Begin” Swiss

Image: CIBC Pan Am Park is ready for the 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games!

Let the Games Begin!

The Pan Am Games run July 10 to 26. The Parapan Am Games run August 7 to 15. Tickets are still available for many events.

In honour of the Toronto 2015 Games, Annex Chess Club is launching a “Let the Games Begin” chess tournament, running July 6 to August 10.

The tournament is divided into just two sections (Crown and U1700) as several of our members are away. Of note: Michael Humphreys, our Club Champion, is representing ACC in the Quebec Open and the Canadian Zonal, and Daniel Wiebe is representing Annex in Europe, playing in the Biel Masters and then in Barcelona.

Round 1 – July 6

Round 1 features a couple of upsets as Richard Morrison (1375) defeats Daniel Pirri (1553) and Bruce MacInnis (1146) defeats George Supol (1420).

Round 2 – July 13

Round 2 sees Dave Southam in sole possession of first place with 2.0/2. And there’s a big upset as Michael Sutton, “Mister 960,” takes down the top-rated player in the tournament, Josh Guo.

In the U1700 section, there’s a three-way tie for the lead as Hooshang Abbarin, Qi Zhou, and Tigran Ghazarian all have 2.0/2.

Round 3 – July 20

In the Crown section, Alex Ferreira and Jon Yu, two Hart House players who drew their head-to-head game in Round 2, win their Round 3 games against Sutton and Southam to tie for the lead with 2.5/3. Southam, Malakhovets, Zotkin, and Siddeley are just a half point out at 2.0/3.

In the U1700, Hooshang Abbarin and Qi Zhou are tied for the lead with perfect 3.0/3 records. Ghazarian falls to Abbarin to drop behind by a point, while Mark Patton trails the leaders by just half a point with 2.5/3.

Round 4 – July 27

Atop the Crown section, Alex Ferreira gets a draw against Dave Southam, Jon Yu takes a half-point bye to go camping, and Hugh Siddeley joins the leaders by scoring a win against Sergey Malakhovets after he drops his queen in zeitnot. The three leaders all have 3.0/4, but with three wins Siddeley has the best tie-break, so the tournament could be his for the taking.

In the U1700 section, Qi Zhou is in clear first with 4.0/4 after a win against Hooshang Abbarin. Abbarin, MacInnis, Patton, and Supol are a point behind at 3.0/4.

The last round is in two weeks on August 10, and a new tournament starts August 17.

Round 5 – August 10

Our players return after a week off for Simcoe Day – some after playing in tournaments at the Kitchener Chess Festival. Notably, Max England placed first in the Canadian Amateur Over 1200, while Cindy Qiao placed 12th in the North American Junior Girls Championship.

Back at Annex, in the Crown section Jonathan Yu defeats Hugh Siddeley to take first place with 4.0/5, while Alex Ferreira draws Daniel Zotkin to take second with 3.5/5.

Meanwhile, in U1700, Qi Zhou finishes first with a perfect 5.0/5 record, while Bruce MacInnis also wins his game to finish clear second with 4.0/5.

Congratulations to Jon Yu for winning the tournament and Qi Zhou for winning the U1700 section!

Jon Yu playing at a Pub Chess event — **Jon Yu** playing Hugh Siddeley at a Pub Chess event

See complete results below.

Our next club tournament is the ACC Bobby Fischer Celebration Swiss, starting August 17. New players are welcome. Please arrive before 7:00 pm to register.

Final Results after Round Five

SwissSys Standings. Let the Games Begin Swiss: Crown

#	Name	CFC ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Jonathan Yu	126131	2220	W13	D2	W3	H—	W5	4.0
2	Alex T. Ferreira	127516	2088	W8	D1	W12	D3	D4	3.5
3	David Southam	102535	2234	W5	W10	L1	D2	H—	3.0
4	Daniel Zotkin	146857	2041	H—	W11	D6	H—	D2	3.0
5	Hugh Siddeley	120619	2072	L3	W9	W13	W6	L1	3.0
6	Sergey Malakhovets	158413	2114	H—	W7	D4	L5	W10	3.0
7	Pepin Manalo	112277	1760	H—	L6	H—	W14	B—	3.0
8	Arkadiy Ugodnikov	146626	1830	L2	H—	W10	W12	U—	2.5
9	Cindy Qiao	155864	1647	H—	L5	D11	H—	W14	2.5
10	Kamran Amirirad	158329	1675	B—	L3	L8	W11	L6	2.0
11	Marcus Wilker	102713	1659	H—	L4	D9	L10	B—	2.0
12	Michael Sutton	151225	1780	H—	W15	L2	L8	U—	1.5
13	Armand Jess Mendoza	156958	1964	L1	B—	L5	U—	U—	1.0
14	Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy	153938	1662	H—	H—	U—	L7	L9	1.0
15	Josh Guo	105318	2272	H—	L12	H—	U—	U—	1.0

SwissSys Standings. Let the Games Begin Swiss: U1700

#	Name	CFC ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Qi Zhou	158050	1522	W23	W5	W3	W6	W4	5.0
2	Bruce MacInnis	149569	1146	W4	L9	W13	W19	W7	4.0
3	Max England	155135	1583	H—	W11	L1	W20	W10	3.5
4	George Supol	152286	1420	L2	W18	W19	W8	L1	3.0
5	Richard Morrison	135889	1375	W13	L1	L10	W18	W19	3.0
6	Hooshang Ab-barin	152910	1657	W10	W17	W9	L1	U—	3.0
7	Mark A. Patton	104721	1490	H—	W24	W20	H—	L2	3.0
8	James Mourgelas	108540	1437	H—	W26	H—	L4	W14	3.0
9	Tigran Ghazarian	155438	1511	W12	W2	L6	H—	U—	2.5
10	Mark A. Gelowitz	126627	1382	L6	W27	W5	H—	L3	2.5
11	Vicknan Harichandrabose	158191	1139	H—	L3	L18	W27	W20	2.5
12	Adam Goldfarb	153496	1325	L9	H—	X25	U—	W15	2.5
13	Daniele Pirri	132983	1553	L5	W25	L2	U—	W22	2.0
14	Nick Jafari		unr.	H—	L20	W27	H—	L8	2.0
15	Antonio Marquez		unr.	H—	H—	U—	W22	L12	2.0
16	Eli Teram	107314	1154	H—	H—	U—	U—	W27	2.0
17	Bill Thornton	131181	1498	W18	L6	H—	H—	U—	2.0
18	Christopher Field	108098	1249	L17	L4	W11	L5	W23	2.0
19	Joshua Allen	105802	1507	H—	W22	L4	L2	L5	1.5
20	Cuinn Chowdhury	154703	1250	H—	W14	L7	L3	L11	1.5
21	Brendan Grady	158392	1403	W27	H—	U—	U—	U—	1.5
22	Howard Halim	153419	1102	H—	L19	W23	L15	L13	1.5
23	Michael Saltat	158633	1339	L1	H—	L22	H—	L18	1.0
24	Michael Finkelstein	158620	1013	H—	L7	H—	U—	U—	1.0
25	Alex Moisseev	160217	416	H—	L13	F12	U—	U—	0.5
26	Rahul Gangolli	156023	903	H—	L8	U—	U—	U—	0.5
27	Larissa Souchko	145490	995	L21	L10	L14	L11	L16	0.0

Legend

W = win (e.g., W9 means a win against player 9 – worth 1 point)
L = loss (0 pt)
D = draw (½ pt)
H = ½-pt bye (requested in advance or assigned on registration, max 2 per player, not in final round)
B = 1-pt bye (“forced bye” – e.g., odd number of players)
U = 0-pt bye (e.g., when max ½-pt byes previously awarded, or in final round)
F = forfeit loss (0 pt)
X = forfeit win (1 pt)

“United We Play!”

~ PACHI, 2015