TIFF is under way, all the stars are in Toronto, and ACC is launching our Chess on Film tournament to celebrate the many times our royal game has graced the silver screen.
Share your favourite chess movie moment in the comments below.
This is a five-round CFC-rated tournament in four sections, Masters, U2200, U1800, and U1400. Time control is 90 min/side with a 30-s increment. The round starts at 7:30 pm every Monday night Sept 11 to Oct 16, except Thanksgiving Mon Oct 9. Register on site by 7 pm. Email registration or bye requests before 6.
Round One – Sept 11
In the Crown, Sergey Malakhovets beats Sergey Noritsyn to take a share of the lead, while Daniel Zotkin eventually converts in a long battle with Dave Southam to join him at 1.0/1. In U2200, with two draws and a bye, the whole section is tied up at 0.5/1. In U1800, all the results are decisive, including some rating upsets as Salim Belcadi, Tony Yueh, and Sihao Chen join the winners. In U1400, there are no upsets, but Anna Boyce and Alex Moiseev manage to hold against higher rated opponents.
Round Two – Sept 18
Sergey Noritsyn is playing in the WYCC in Uruguay – Good luck, Sergey!
Meanwhile, Michael Humphreys makes a cameo appearance in the Masters and ends up tied for the lead at 1.5/2 as Sergey Malakhovets and Lidong Wang draw. In U2200, Shawn Talsma and Shafkat Ali break away from the tie to lead the section with 1.5/2. In U1800, Hooshang Ab-Barin, Bob Armstrong, and Tony Yueh all win to take a three-way tie at 2.0/2. Finally, in U1400, Michael Saltat and Bill Randle both win to share the lead at 2.0/2.
Round Three – Sept 25
In U1400, a couple of relatively new tournament players win their first ever tournament games. Congratulations on your victories tonight, Linda Hibbard and Anna Boyce! Meanwhile, leading the section with a perfect 3.0/3 is Michael Saltat.
Bob Armstrong wins his third straight to take sole first in the U1800 section at 3.0/3. In U2200, it is Shawn Talsma, with a win to lead the section at 2.5/3. And in the Masters, Michael Humphreys takes the starring role with a victory on Board 1 to lead the tournament with 2.5/3.
Round Four – Oct 2
In the Masters, a long battle on Board 1 finally results in a draw, leaving Michael Humphreys still in the lead by half a point at 3.0/4. In U2200, Shawn Talsma wins again to keep a full point lead at 3.5/4. Meanwhile, Bob Armstrong and Michael Saltat stay perfect to lead with 4.0/4 in the U1800 and U1400, respectively.
See full results below and on the Chess-Results server.
Off-week – Oct 9
The club is CLOSED for Thanksgiving. All club activities are cancelled, to resume Oct 16.
Round Five – Oct 16
In the Masters section, a number of byes in the last round leave only Sergey Noritsyn and Dave Southam playing. With the win, Sergey keeps Dave at 2.0/5, allowing Michael Humphreys to win the tournament with 3.0/5. Congratulations, Michael!
In U2200, pairing becomes difficult in the last round and leader Shawn Talsma, up by a full point already is forced to take the TD Bye, to finish with 4.5/5. Congratulations, Shawn!
In U1800, leader Bob Armstrong is upset by Lorne Schwartz, allowing Hooshang Ab-Barin to finish tied for the lead at 4.0/5. Congratulations, Bob and Hooshang!
Finally, in U1400, Michael Saltat finishes a perfect tournament with yet another win, to take the section with 5.0/5. Nicely done, Michael!
Our next club tournament is the ACC “No Snow Please” Swiss, starting October 23.
Final Ranking cross-tables after Round 5
ACC Chess on Film Swiss – Masters
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Humphreys Michael | 2337 | CAN | -½ | 8w1 | 3b1 | 2w½ | 0 | 3 |
2 | Li William | 2128 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 4w1 | 1b½ | 0 | 2.5 |
3 | Malakhovets Sergey | 2248 | CAN | 5b1 | 7w½ | 1w0 | 4b½ | 0 | 2 |
4 | Zotkin Daniel | 2233 | CAN | 6w1 | -½ | 2b0 | 3w½ | 0 | 2 |
5 | Noritsyn Sergey | 2220 | CAN | 3w0 | 0 | 0 | 8b+ | 6b1 | 2 |
6 | Southam David | 2214 | CAN | 4b0 | -½ | 8w1 | -½ | 5w0 | 2 |
7 | Wang Lidong | 2110 | CAN | -½ | 3b½ | -½ | -½ | 0 | 2 |
8 | Calvelo Jelvis | 2128 | CAN | -½ | 1b0 | 6b0 | 5w- | 0 | 0.5 |
Check full results on the Chess-Results server.
ACC Chess on Film Swiss – U2200
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Talsma Shawn | 1923 | CAN | 5b½ | 2w1 | 3b1 | 4w1 | -1 | 4.5 |
2 | Liu Harry | 1705 | CAN | 4w½ | 1b0 | 6w½ | -1 | 3b1 | 3 |
3 | Ali Shafkat | 1744 | CAN | -½ | 4b1 | 1w0 | 7b1 | 2w0 | 2.5 |
4 | Fines John | 1926 | CAN | 2b½ | 3w0 | -1 | 1b0 | 5w1 | 2.5 |
5 | Ugodnikov Arkadiy | 1718 | CAN | 1w½ | -½ | -½ | 6b1 | 4b0 | 2.5 |
6 | McSherry Peter | 1877 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 2b½ | 5w0 | 0 | 1.5 |
7 | Ferreira Alex T. | 2096 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 3w0 | 0 | 1 |
Check full results on the Chess-Results server.
ACC Chess on Film Swiss – U1800
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Armstrong Robert J. | 1546 | CAN | 20b1 | 3w1 | 2w1 | 10b1 | 11w0 | 4 |
2 | Ab-Barin Hooshang | 1675 | CAN | 14b1 | 13w1 | 1b0 | 7w1 | 9w+ | 4 |
3 | Chen Sihao | 1422 | CAN | 11w1 | 1b0 | 9b½ | 6w1 | 7b1 | 3.5 |
4 | Diemer Ulli | 1634 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 11b1 | 12w1 | 3 |
5 | Chertkow Matthew | 1424 | CAN | 6b1 | -½ | 11w1 | -½ | 0 | 3 |
6 | Jevtic Dragan | 1602 | CAN | 5w0 | 14b1 | 13w½ | 3b0 | 16w1 | 2.5 |
7 | Yueh Tony | 1410 | CAN | 9b1 | 21w1 | -½ | 2b0 | 3w0 | 2.5 |
8 | Liao Run Ming | 0 | CAN | -½ | 12w1 | 10b0 | 16b1 | 0 | 2.5 |
9 | Ogunlana Ayo | 1584 | CAN | 7w0 | 16b1 | 3w½ | 21w1 | 2b- | 2.5 |
10 | Belcadi Salim | 1424 | CAN | 17b1 | -½ | 8w1 | 1w0 | 0 | 2.5 |
11 | Schwartz Lorne | 1591 | CAN | 3b0 | 20w1 | 5b0 | 4w0 | 1b1 | 2 |
12 | Ramesh Bharath | 1632 | CAN | -½ | 8b0 | -½ | 18w1 | 4b0 | 2 |
13 | Abbarin Shabnam | 1460 | CAN | 19w1 | 2b0 | 6b½ | 0 | 14w½ | 2 |
14 | Kalmanson Evgeny | 1439 | CAN | 2w0 | 6w0 | 20b1 | -½ | 13b½ | 2 |
15 | Gryn Maksym | 1597 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 0 | 18b1 | 2 |
16 | Li Kevin Yunhong | 1563 | CAN | -½ | 9w0 | 21b1 | 8w0 | 6b0 | 1.5 |
17 | Pell Richard | 1356 | CAN | 10w0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20w1 | 1 |
18 | Guo Haotong Hazel | 1378 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 12b0 | 15w0 | 1 |
19 | Supol George | 1360 | CAN | 13b0 | -½ | -½ | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20 | Shogilev Sandon | 1370 | CAN | 1w0 | 11b0 | 14w0 | -½ | 17b0 | 0.5 |
21 | Patton Mark A. | 1303 | CAN | -½ | 7b0 | 16w0 | 9b0 | 0 | 0.5 |
Check full results on the Chess-Results server.
ACC Chess on Film Swiss – U1400
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Saltat Michael | 1293 | CAN | 6w1 | 11b1 | 5b1 | 2w1 | 4b1 | 5 |
2 | Lambert Peter | 1171 | CAN | 13w½ | 16b1 | 15w1 | 1b0 | 7w1 | 3.5 |
3 | Moiseev Alex | 769 | CAN | 16w½ | 7b1 | 9w0 | 18b1 | 5w½ | 3 |
4 | Panayotou Paul | 1195 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 11w1 | 9b1 | 1w0 | 3 |
5 | Randle Bill | 1183 | CAN | 22b1 | 20w+ | 1w0 | -½ | 3b½ | 3 |
6 | Souchko Larissa | 988 | CAN | 1b0 | 22w½ | 18b0 | 19w1 | 17b1 | 2.5 |
7 | Dong Yiwei | 1237 | CAN | -½ | 3w0 | 12b1 | 17w1 | 2b0 | 2.5 |
8 | Stroganov Victor | 1193 | CAN | -½ | 15b0 | 21w1 | 0 | 11w1 | 2.5 |
9 | Ai Amy | 1181 | CAN | -½ | 17w1 | 3b1 | 4w0 | 0 | 2.5 |
10 | Pancer Jeff | 1014 | CAN | -½ | 13b1 | 0 | 0 | 16w1 | 2.5 |
11 | Noritsyn Ivan | 1053 | CAN | 19b1 | 1w0 | 4b0 | 20w+ | 8b0 | 2 |
12 | Tuong Rose | 871 | CAN | -½ | 19b0 | 7w0 | -½ | 21b1 | 2 |
13 | Boyce Anna | 847 | CAN | 2b½ | 10w0 | 22b1 | -½ | 0 | 2 |
14 | Matetski Konstanstin | 1246 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 21b1 | 0 | 2 |
15 | Denning Keith | 1220 | CAN | -½ | 8w1 | 2b0 | -½ | 0 | 2 |
16 | Kamnitzer Benjamin | 1029 | CAN | 3b½ | 2w0 | 17b0 | 22w1 | 10b0 | 1.5 |
17 | Zuo Roger | 708 | CAN | -½ | 9b0 | 16w1 | 7b0 | 6w0 | 1.5 |
18 | Hibbard Linda | 595 | CAN | 20b0 | -½ | 6w1 | 3w0 | 0 | 1.5 |
19 | Ellis Cody | 887 | CAN | 11w0 | 12w1 | 0 | 6b0 | 0 | 1 |
20 | Mavroidis George | 991 | CAN | 18w1 | 5b- | 0 | 11b- | 0 | 1 |
21 | Lau Joshua | 743 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 8b0 | 14w0 | 12w0 | 1 |
22 | Teram Eli | 966 | CAN | 5w0 | 6b½ | 13w0 | 16b0 | 0 | 0.5 |
Check full results on the Chess-Results server.
My five cents. The Soviet film “Grandmaster” was shot in 1972. After watching the movie I went to study in a chess school. Later the movie was banned by Soviet censors. Why? The role of the coach of the fictional grandmaster was played by Viktor Korchnoi who later emigrated from the Soviet Union. Perhaps under the influence of the film, Korchnoi remains my model player up to now.