As October ends and November approaches, we know it’s coming, but we’re not ready for winter yet. No snow, please! (Thanks to Bob Armstrong for the name.)

This is a five-round CFC-rated tournament orginally in four sections, Masters, U2200, U1800, and U1400, but later changed to three sections with the top two sections merged. Time control is 90 min/side with a 30-s increment. The round starts at 7:30 pm every Monday night Oct 23 to Nov 27, except Mon Oct 30, when we’re having a special rapid event. Register on site each round by 7 pm. Email registration or bye requests before 6pm.

Round One – Oct 23

In the Masters, William Li wins his Round-One game to take an early lead, as Humphreys and Sergey Noritsyn draw, while Southam takes a bye. In U2200, Arkadiy Ugodnikov starts off strong with a win over last tournament’s section winner Shawn Talsma, while John Fines scores a full point against newcomer Sergey Alakov. In U1800, the favourites dominate, except for Michael Saltat, who continues his streak from last tournament with an upset win over Dragan Jevtic, and Evgeny Kalmanson, who holds against Maksym Gryn. In U1400, the results sheet is unusually one-sided as the white side wins almost every game, including upset wins by Rose Tuong and Valery Stroganov; only youngster Victor Stroganov and top seed Mark Patton score with black.

Off-week – Oct 30

We’re taking a week off from our regular club tournament to run a special rapid tournament.

Round Two – Nov 6

As the games go late in the Masters, …
In U2200, Peter McSherry re-joins the section and his game with Sergey Alakov ends in a draw, so Arkadiy Ugodnikov holds the lead with a bye at 1.5/2. In U1800, Michael Saltat and Bob Armstrong are now tied for the lead at 2.0/2. And in U1400, Mark Patton and Konstantin Matetski are tied for the lead at 2.0/2.

With only 3 players remaining in the U2200 section, we will be forced to end the “Masters Section experiment” and go back to a combined Crown section for Rounds 3-5. While the Masters section failed to attract new players, which was the hope of the venture in the first place, it’s interesting that it was the dwindling U2200 section that finally finished it. New players are welcome to join the combined Crown section with ½-point byes in Rounds 1 and 2.

Round Three – Nov 13

In the Crown section, Dave Southam scores a win over William Li to lead the section at 2.5/3. In U1800, Bob Armstrong puts an end to Michael Saltat’s streak with his third win of the tournament to take sole first at 3.0/3. And in U1400, it’s Konstantin Matetski with his third win for a perfect 3.0/3.

Round Four – Nov 20

In U1400, Rose Tuong knocks off leader Konstantin Matetski to take first place in the section with 3.5/4. In U1800, leader Bob Armstrong takes a bye, allowing Bhargava Guntoori to catch him at 3.5/4 with a win over Ulli Diemer. And in the Crown section, and the last game to finish, Michael Humphreys eventually defeated Dave Southam with an extra pawn in a rook and pawn endgame to take the lead at 3.0/4 (see game below).

Round Four Games

Round Five – Nov 27

In the Crown section, Michael Humphreys defeats Sergey Malakhovets on the top board to take the tournament with 4.0/5.
In U1800, Bob Armstrong defeats Bhargava Guntooni to take the section with 4.5/5, an especially good result considering the ½-point was a bye!
In U1400, Konstantin Matetski and Stefan Kalniev both win their last round games to tie for the lead at 4.0/5.

Congratulations, Michael, Bob, Konstantin, and Stefan!

See full results on the cross-tables below, and don’t miss our next club tournament, the ACC Get Your Skates On Swiss, starting next week, Dec 4.

Round Five Games

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Final Ranking cross-tables after Round 5

ACC No Snow Please Swiss – Crown

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Humphreys Michael	2343	CAN	4w½	-½	7b1	5w1	6b1	4
2	Alakov Sergey	2000	CAN	11b0	12w½	4w1	6b½	7w1	3
3	England Max	2040	CAN	-½	-½	0	12w1	5b1	3
4	Noritsyn Sergey	2207	CAN	1b½	5w0	2b0	13w1	12b1	2.5
5	Southam David	2203	CAN	-½	4b1	10w1	1b0	3w0	2.5
6	Malakhovets Sergey	2246	CAN	-½	10w½	12b1	2w½	1w0	2.5
7	Ugodnikov Arkadiy	1742	CAN	14b1	-½	1w0	-½	2b0	2
8	Ferreira Alex T.	2074	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	13b1	2
9	Zotkin Daniel	2232	CAN	10b0	-1	-½	-½	0	2
10	Li William	2205	CAN	9w1	6b½	5b0	0	0	1.5
11	Fines John	1883	CAN	2w1	0	0	0	0	1
12	Mcsherry Peter	1846	CAN	-½	2b½	6w0	3b0	4w0	1
13	Ali Shafkat	1769	CAN	-½	-½	0	4b0	8w0	1
14	Talsma Shawn	1965	CAN	7w0	0	0	0	0	0

Check full results on the Chess-Results server.

ACC No Snow Please Swiss – U1800

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Armstrong Robert J.	1657	CAN	5w1	15w1	6b1	-½	4b1	4.5
2	Ramesh Bharath	1608	CAN	22b1	-½	12w½	5b1	6w1	4
3	Gryn Maksym	1604	CAN	21w½	-½	13b1	-½	9w1	3.5
4	Guntoori Bhargava	1480	CAN	-½	21b1	-1	10w1	1w0	3.5
5	Li Kevin Yunhong	1521	CAN	1b0	16w1	15b1	2w0	10b1	3
6	Saltat Michael	1374	CAN	20w1	10b1	1w0	12b1	2b0	3
7	Sutton Michael	1692	CAN	-½	9w1	0	8b1	0	2.5
8	Chen Sihao	1555	CAN	15b0	22w1	17b½	7w0	16b1	2.5
9	Guo Haotong Hazel	1365	CAN	18w1	7b0	-½	20w1	3b0	2.5
10	Diemer Ulli	1664	CAN	16b1	6w0	18b1	4b0	5w0	2
11	Ogunlana Ayo	1564	CAN	-½	12b0	21w1	15w½	0	2
12	Dixon Javier	1450	CAN	-½	11w1	2b½	6w0	0	2
13	Mansilla Guillermo	1420	CAN	-½	-½	3w0	0	19b1	2
14	Pell Richard	1363	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	20b1	2
15	Ab-Barin Hooshang	1678	CAN	8w1	1b0	5w0	11b½	0	1.5
16	Schwartz Lorne	1553	CAN	10w0	5b0	20w½	21b1	8w0	1.5
17	Babaoglu Doruk	1702	CAN	-½	-½	8w½	0	0	1.5
18	Supol George	1348	CAN	9b0	20b1	10w0	0	0	1
19	Belcadi Salim	1456	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	13w0	1
20	Jevtic Dragan	1573	CAN	6b0	18w0	16b½	9b0	14w0	0.5
21	Kalmanson Evgeny	1431	CAN	3b½	4w0	11b0	16w0	0	0.5
22	Yueh Tony	1439	CAN	2w0	8b0	0	0	0	0

Check full results on the Chess-Results server.

ACC No Snow Please Swiss – U1400

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Matetski Konstanstin	1237	CAN	9w1	15b1	13w1	3b0	7w1	4
2	Kalniev Stefan	0	CAN	8b0	23w1	10b1	18w1	3w1	4
3	Tuong Rose	862	CAN	20w1	-½	5b1	1w1	2b0	3.5
4	Dong Yiwei	1179	CAN	12w0	9b0	23w1	13b1	8b1	3
5	Lambert Peter	1227	CAN	15b0	-1	3w0	19b1	11w1	3
6	Randle Bill	1154	CAN	-½	19w0	-½	21b1	14b+	3
7	Patton Mark A.	1240	CAN	23b1	18w1	0	-½	1b0	2.5
8	Pancer Jeff	1035	CAN	2w1	0	19b½	9b1	4w0	2.5
9	Moiseev Alex	869	CAN	1b0	4w1	18b½	8w0	19w1	2.5
10	Teram Eli	919	CAN	-½	-½	2w0	-½	18b1	2.5
11	Chandra Ambarish	0	CAN	-½	-½	0	22b1	5b0	2
12	Stroganov Victor	1057	CAN	4b1	-½	-½	0	0	2
13	Zuo Roger	694	CAN	-½	-½	1b0	4w0	22w1	2
14	Libman Nathaniel	0	CAN	-½	-½	0	23b1	6w-	2
15	Stroganov Valery	830	CAN	5w1	1w0	-1	0	0	2
16	Ellis Cody	881	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	21w1	2
17	Supol George	1348	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	23w1	2
18	Noritsyn Ivan	1071	CAN	19w1	7b0	9w½	2b0	10w0	1.5
19	Kamnitzer Benjamin	852	CAN	18b0	6b1	8w½	5w0	9b0	1.5
20	Shogilev Sandon	1195	CAN	3b0	-½	-½	0	0	1
21	Hibbard Linda	643	CAN	-½	-½	0	6w0	16b0	1
22	Cvetkovic Nikola	0	CAN	-½	-½	0	11w0	13b0	1
23	Souchko Larissa	970	CAN	7w0	2b0	4b0	14w0	17b0	0

Check full results on the Chess-Results server.