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.

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Ranking cross-tables after Round 3

ACC Get on Board Swiss Crown

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	Pts.
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.