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. Final games in the U1800 and U1400 sections finish late – see full results below and on the Chess-Results server.

Round Three – Sept 25

The round starts at 7:30 pm. All are welcome, including new players! Please register on site before 7:00 pm if you would like to play, or email in advance before 6:00 pm. CFC membership is required ($48 per year; $32 for juniors) but you can purchase it from us, and we offer a variety of club membership options including a drop-in membership ($15 per night or $10 for juniors) to play in one round of the tournament.

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Ranking cross-tables after Round 2

ACC Chess on Film Swiss – Masters

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	Pts.
1	Malakhovets Sergey	2248	CAN	8b1	4w½	1.5
2	Zotkin Daniel	2233	CAN	6w1	-½	1.5
3	Humphreys Michael	2337	CAN	-½	7w1	1.5
4	Wang Lidong	2110	CAN	-½	1b½	1
5	Li William	2128	CAN	-½	-½	1
6	Southam David	2214	CAN	2b0	-½	0.5
7	Calvelo Jelvis	2128	CAN	-½	3b0	0.5
8	Noritsyn Sergey	2220	CAN	1w0	0	0

Check full results on the Chess-Results server.

ACC Chess on Film Swiss – U2200

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	Pts.
1	Talsma Shawn	1923	CAN	4b½	6w1	1.5
2	Ali Shafkat	1744	CAN	-½	5b1	1.5
3	McSherry Peter	1877	CAN	-½	-½	1
4	Ugodnikov Arkadiy	1718	CAN	1w½	-½	1
5	Fines John	1926	CAN	6b½	2w0	0.5
6	Liu Harry	1705	CAN	5w½	1b0	0.5

Check full results on the Chess-Results server.

ACC Chess on Film Swiss – U1800

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	Pts.
1	Ab-Barin Hooshang	1675	CAN	17b1	10w1	2
2	Armstrong Robert J.	1546	CAN	16b1	11w1	2
3	Yueh Tony	1410	CAN	9b1	14w1	2
4	Belcadi Salim	1424	CAN	18b1	-½	1.5
5	Chertkow Matthew	1424	CAN	7b1	-½	1.5
6	Liao Run Ming	0	CAN	-½	12w1	1.5
7	Jevtic Dragan	1602	CAN	5w0	17b1	1
8	Schwartz Lorne	1591	CAN	11b0	16w1	1
9	Ogunlana Ayo	1584	CAN	3w0	15b1	1
10	Abbarin Shabnam	1460	CAN	13w1	1b0	1
11	Chen Sihao	1422	CAN	8w1	2b0	1
12	Ramesh Bharath	1632	CAN	-½	6b0	0.5
13	Supol George	1360	CAN	10b0	-½	0.5
14	Patton Mark A.	1303	CAN	-½	3b0	0.5
15	Li Kevin Yunhong	1563	CAN	-½	9w0	0.5
16	Shogilev Sandon	1370	CAN	2w0	8b0	0
17	Kalmanson Evgeny	1439	CAN	1w0	7w0	0
18	Pell Richard	1356	CAN	4w0	0	0

Check full results on the Chess-Results server.

ACC Chess on Film Swiss – U1400

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	Pts.
1	Saltat Michael	1293	CAN	14w1	8b1	2
2	Randle Bill	1183	CAN	15b1	9w+	2
3	Lambert Peter	1171	CAN	17w½	13b1	1.5
4	Pancer Jeff	1014	CAN	-½	17b1	1.5
5	Moiseev Alex	769	CAN	13w½	20b1	1.5
6	Denning Keith	1220	CAN	-½	12w1	1.5
7	Ai Amy	1181	CAN	-½	18w1	1.5
8	Noritsyn Ivan	1053	CAN	10b1	1w0	1
9	Mavroidis George	991	CAN	19w1	2b-	1
10	Ellis Cody	887	CAN	8w0	16w1	1
11	Panayotou Paul	1195	CAN	-½	-½	1
12	Stroganov Victor	1193	CAN	-½	6b0	0.5
13	Kamnitzer Benjamin	1029	CAN	5b½	3w0	0.5
14	Souchko Larissa	988	CAN	1b0	15w½	0.5
15	Teram Eli	966	CAN	2w0	14b½	0.5
16	Tuong Rose	871	CAN	-½	10b0	0.5
17	Boyce Anna	847	CAN	3b½	4w0	0.5
18	Zuo Roger	708	CAN	-½	7b0	0.5
19	Hibbard Linda	595	CAN	9b0	-½	0.5
20	Dong Yiwei	1237	CAN	-½	5w0	0.5

Check full results on the Chess-Results server.