Special event – December Rapid
Toronto has snow for the holidays, and we have a special rapid tournament at ACC to end the year.
After six rounds of rapid play, at 9’+3″, Sergey Noritsyn is first with a perfect 6.0/6. Top U1900 is Nika Akophyan with 4.0/6, and top U1500 is Kevin Li with 3.0/6.
ACC Founder and current Chair of the Board Ted Winick is a real-life Santa, just back from carrying on the Honest Ed turkey tradition with he and Heidi’s math school Spirit of Math Central Toronto and his friend Dan Freeman’s Freeman Real Estate.
Final Ranking Cross-table
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | 6.Rd | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noritsyn Sergey | 2158 | CAN | 12w1 | 13b1 | 10w1 | 6b1 | 9w1 | 4b1 | 6 |
| 2 | Calvelo Jelvis | 2206 | CAN | 15w0 | 19b1 | 12w1 | 14b1 | 6w1 | 7b1 | 5 |
| 3 | Humphreys Michael | 2331 | CAN | 14w1 | 6b0 | 8w1 | 20b1 | 4w0 | 18b1 | 4 |
| 4 | Li William | 2173 | CAN | 16b1 | 20w1 | 7b0 | 15w1 | 3b1 | 1w0 | 4 |
| 5 | England Max | 2056 | CAN | 24w1 | 15b1 | 6w0 | 18b1 | 8w0 | 19b1 | 4 |
| 6 | Malmsten Erik | 1923 | CAN | 27b1 | 3w1 | 5b1 | 1w0 | 2b0 | 20w1 | 4 |
| 7 | Akophyan Nika | 1799 | CAN | 25w1 | 23b1 | 4w1 | 9b0 | 10w1 | 2w0 | 4 |
| 8 | Bellissimo Joseph | 2252 | CAN | 21b1 | 9w½ | 3b0 | 11w½ | 5b1 | 16w1 | 4 |
| 9 | Washimkar Arhant | 1983 | CAN | 18w1 | 8b½ | 23w1 | 7w1 | 1b0 | 10b½ | 4 |
| 10 | Malakhovets Sergey | 2054 | CAN | 17b1 | 26w1 | 1b0 | 16w1 | 7b0 | 9w½ | 3.5 |
| 11 | Qiao Cindy | 1882 | CAN | 19w0 | 24b1 | 18w0 | 8b½ | 26b1 | 21w1 | 3.5 |
| 12 | Giffen Glenn | 1552 | CAN | 1b0 | 29w1 | 2b0 | 27w1 | 21b½ | 22w1 | 3.5 |
| 13 | Ab-Barin Hooshang | 1716 | CAN | 28b1 | 1w0 | 16b0 | 19w0 | 29w1 | 26b1 | 3 |
| 14 | Belcadi Salim | 1666 | CAN | 3b0 | 17w1 | 26b1 | 2w0 | 19b0 | 24w1 | 3 |
| 15 | Vigneswaramoorthy Vinorth | 1611 | CAN | 2b1 | 5w0 | 28w1 | 4b0 | 18w0 | 23b1 | 3 |
| 16 | Diemer Ulli | 1600 | CAN | 4w0 | 27b1 | 13w1 | 10b0 | 23w1 | 8b0 | 3 |
| 17 | Li Yun Hong (kevin) | 1375 | CAN | 10w0 | 14b0 | 24w1 | 23b0 | 28w1 | 29b1 | 3 |
| 18 | Jevtic Dragan | 1333 | CAN | 9b0 | 21w1 | 11b1 | 5w0 | 15b1 | 3w0 | 3 |
| 19 | Pei Eric | 1271 | CAN | 11b1 | 2w0 | 20b0 | 13b1 | 14w1 | 5w0 | 3 |
| 20 | Ugodnikov Arkadiy | 1814 | CAN | 29b1 | 4b0 | 19w1 | 3w0 | 22b½ | 6b0 | 2.5 |
| 21 | Armstrong Robert J. | 1619 | CAN | 8w0 | 18b0 | 25w1 | 29b1 | 12w½ | 11b0 | 2.5 |
| 22 | Zhang Henry Xianrui | 1453 | CAN | 23w0 | 25b0 | 27w1 | 28b1 | 20w½ | 12b0 | 2.5 |
| 23 | Mcsherry Peter | 2081 | CAN | 22b1 | 7w0 | 9b0 | 17w1 | 16b0 | 15w0 | 2 |
| 24 | Goldfarb Adam | 1384 | CAN | 5b0 | 11w0 | 17b0 | -1 | 25w1 | 14b0 | 2 |
| 25 | Noritsyn Ivan | 943 | CAN | 7b0 | 22w1 | 21b0 | 26w0 | 24b0 | -1 | 2 |
| 26 | David Jean-Marc | 1442 | CAN | -1 | 10b0 | 14w0 | 25b1 | 11w0 | 13w0 | 2 |
| 27 | Szucs Gregory | 1302 | CAN | 6w0 | 16w0 | 22b0 | 12b0 | -1 | 28w1 | 2 |
| 28 | Razmgir Rahim | 0 | CAN | 13w0 | -1 | 15b0 | 22w0 | 17b0 | 27b0 | 1 |
| 29 | Geddie Alex | 1143 | CAN | 20w0 | 12b0 | -1 | 21w0 | 13b0 | 17w0 | 1 |
More tournament analysis is available on the Chess-Results server
Prizes
There are Tim’s gift cards for
1st: Sergey Noritsyn 6.0/6 $20
2nd: Jelvis Calvelo 5.0/6 $10
3rd (tied): Michael Humphreys, William Li, Max England, Erik Malmsten, Joseph Bellissimo, Arhant Washimkar 4.0/6 $5
Top U1900 (and also tied for 3rd): Nika Akophyan 4.0/6 $10
Top U1500: Kevin Li 3.0/6 $10
Closed for the Holidays
Have a wonderful holiday, everyone! Annex Chess Club re-opens in the new year on January 9 with Rd. 2 of the ACC New Year Swiss.
After-chess Chess
It’s a weekly tradition to meet at Pauper’s Pub after we close the club for food and drink, chess analysis and tandem games.
Hi! I dont mean to rush you guys… but do you know when the cfc active rating is going to update for this tournament? Its just that there is an active tourney coming up soon and I want to know if I would need to pay up to play in the open or after the update my rating is high enough. Thanks!
Arhant
Hi Arhant,
It was submitted Dec 19. Not sure what’s happened. I’ll follow up.
Best,
Marcus
It was updated yesterday I think. Should be up now on chess.ca
Thanks for the quick reply and info!
Yes it is. I didn’t know they used the same formula for active ratings as regular.