Get on Board!
We love our 64 squares, and we’re also looking for members who would be willing to serve as directors on our board for the coming year! (We have an upcoming AGM, including election of the board of directors at 6:30 pm on Monday, May 30.)
So we’ve named our current club tournament the ACC Get on Board Swiss, running on five Monday nights, May 9 to June 20, in Crown and U1700 sections.
Note: there will be no round May 23 (instead, play in the Ontario Open!) or June 6 (get a team of 4, or let us put you on one, and play in the GTCL Cup!).
Rounds in the club tournament start at 7:30 pm each Monday. New players are welcome to join in any round, or even to drop in for just one round, but please register by 7:00 pm to make sure you’re paired.
Round One – May 9
In the Crown section, Jonathan Yu, Daniel Zotkin, and Max England score Round-One victories (as favourites) to share first place going into Round Two, while third-seed William Li draws Kamran Amirirad to fall into a five-way tie for second place. Ulli Diemer, the U1700 winner of the last club tournament, graduates to the Crown section and draws Arkadiy Ugodnikov in Round One, while Glenn Giffen, also graduating to the top section with a new 1725 rating, suffers his first loss since joining the club.
In the U1700 section – a competitive section with more than half the players within a 100-point rating range from 1350 to 1450 – a couple of rating favourites suffer Round-One defeats as Mark Gelowitz (1409) defeats Harry Chen (1479) and Brian Hanratty (1415) defeats the sections’s top-seed, Bob Armstrong (1550). Gelowitz and Hanratty enter Round Two in a five-player leader group with Richard Morrison, Mark Patton, and Shabnam Abbarin.
See complete results on the cross-tables below.
Round Two – May 16

In Round 2 Crown action, Daniel Zotkin takes sole possession of first with a win over Max England. Kamran Amirirad and Jon Yu are just a half point behind at 1.5/2.
In U1700, there’s a three-way tie for first among Mark Gelowitz, Mark Patton, and Brian Hanratty.
Off-week – May 23
Regular club activities are taking a week off May 23 and we’re hosting the 2016 Ontario Open over the Victoria Day weekend!
Round Three – May 30
During the AGM before the round, club activities for the past year are discussed and a new slate of Directors are elected to the Board. Congratulations to Salim Belcadi, who is elected to the Board for the first time.
At the end of the night, Daniel Zotkin holds sole first at 3.0/3, while Wajdy Shebetah and Kamran Amirirad are a point behind at 2.0/3.
In U1700, Brian Hanratty defeats Mark Gelowitz to take sole first at 3.0/3, while Salim Belcadi and Richard Pell trail by just half a point at 2.5/3.
Off-week – June 6
The regular club tournament is taking a week off June 6 and we’re hosting the 2016 GTCL Cup. This is a great event that everyone can take part in. Come get on a team of four players and battle through 5 rounds of four-on-four team chess at a rapid time control!
Round Four – June 13
Round 4 games start at 7:30 on Monday, June 13. New players are welcome to join in any round; please register before 7:00 pm to make sure you’re paired for the round.
Ranking cross-tables after Round 3
ACC Get on Board Swiss Crown
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | Pts. |
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1 | Zotkin Daniel | 2114 | CAN | 8w1 | 9b1 | 5b+ | 3 |
2 | Shebetah Wajdy | 2038 | CAN | -½ | 6b½ | 9w1 | 2 |
3 | Amirirad Kamran | 1755 | CAN | 6w½ | 4b1 | -½ | 2 |
4 | Ugodnikov Arkadiy | 1900 | CAN | 11b½ | 3w0 | 8w1 | 1.5 |
5 | Yu Jonathan | 2226 | CAN | 10b1 | -½ | 1w- | 1.5 |
6 | Li William | 2073 | CAN | 3b½ | 2w½ | 7b½ | 1.5 |
7 | Giffen Glenn | 1725 | CAN | 9b0 | -1 | 6w½ | 1.5 |
8 | Ghazarian Tigran | 1783 | CAN | 1b0 | 10w1 | 4b0 | 1 |
9 | England Max | 1938 | CAN | 7w1 | 1w0 | 2b0 | 1 |
10 | Zhao Zhong | 1794 | CAN | 5w0 | 8b0 | -1 | 1 |
11 | Diemer Ulli | 1647 | CAN | 4w½ | -½ | 0 | 1 |
More results analysis (and possibly a more recent update) are available throughout the tournament on the chess-results server.
ACC Get on Board Swiss U1700
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hanratty Brian | 1415 | CAN | 11w1 | 13b1 | 4w1 | 3 |
2 | Pell Richard | 1564 | CAN | -½ | 22b1 | 5w1 | 2.5 |
3 | Belcadi Salim | 1190 | CAN | -½ | 12w+ | 8w1 | 2.5 |
4 | Gelowitz Mark A. | 1409 | CAN | 9b1 | 10w1 | 1b0 | 2 |
5 | Patton Mark A. | 1436 | CAN | 20b1 | 6w1 | 2b0 | 2 |
6 | Abbarin Shabnam | 1445 | CAN | 19w1 | 5b0 | 15w1 | 2 |
7 | Guo Roger | 999 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 13w1 | 2 |
8 | Brister Mark | 0 | CAN | 10b½ | 21w1 | 3b0 | 1.5 |
9 | Chen Harry (siqi) | 1479 | CAN | 4w0 | 19b½ | 22w1 | 1.5 |
10 | Jevtic Dragan | 1427 | CAN | 8w½ | 4b0 | 19w1 | 1.5 |
11 | Armstrong Robert J. | 1550 | CAN | 1b0 | 14w1 | -½ | 1.5 |
12 | Allen Joshua | 1385 | CAN | -½ | 3b- | 21b1 | 1.5 |
13 | Morrison Richard | 1468 | CAN | 14b1 | 1w0 | 7b0 | 1 |
14 | Szucs Gregory | 1295 | CAN | 13w0 | 11b0 | 20w1 | 1 |
15 | Guo Haotong Hazel | 969 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 6b0 | 1 |
16 | Goldfarb Adam | 1375 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 1 |
17 | Tobin Jacob | 900 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 1 |
18 | Tobin Larry | 735 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 1 |
19 | Souchko Larissa | 1155 | CAN | 6b0 | 9w½ | 10b0 | 0.5 |
20 | Teram Eli | 1088 | CAN | 5w0 | -½ | 14b0 | 0.5 |
21 | David Jean-Marc | 1384 | CAN | -½ | 8b0 | 12w0 | 0.5 |
22 | Zhang Henry Xianrui | 1285 | CAN | -½ | 2w0 | 9b0 | 0.5 |
More results analysis (and possibly a more recent update) are available throughout the tournament on the chess-results server.
The chess train pictured in our feature image is an innovative chess tournament that actually takes place on board a train, so players are treated to a tour of some of the most beautiful cities in Europe in the course of the tournament. The “driving force” behind the chess train is Czech chess enthusiast, IM Pavel Matocha.
I didn’t draw Arkadiy, as said in your commentary. Please change it if possible, thanks.
Thanks, William. Fixed.
Hi, I have a complaint about the Ontario Open. Why is it that there is a 1719 rated person in the U2200 section? He is way more than 100 points below the rating floor, therefore, he shall not be in the section even if he pays the play up fee.
Hi, William.
It’s a little more complicated than that. He’s 1719 FIDE, but unrated CFC.
Tyler and Alex were both in agreement that he could play in the section.
Can you please update all the ratings of the list? Thanks.
Check here for up-to-date tournament details: http://www.chess-results.com/fed.aspx?lan=1&fed=CAN