It’s that time of year again!
Club Championship starts January 29
It’s time for another edition of our annual Club Championship! (Check out the club championship tag for past editions!)
The format for the Club Championship is a little different than our regular Swisses: six rounds and just two sections, Championship and Reserve.
The Championship section sees the top players at our club vie for the title of 2018 Club Champion! Dave Southam is the defending champion, after breaking a five-year streak by Michael Humphreys. The minimum rating to enter the section is 1700.
The Reserve section sees players rated under 1800 compete for the title of 2018 Reserve Champion. Last year it was Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy.
All are welcome!
All are welcome to join us for the event, but only full-year members are eligible to win the Club Champion and Reserve Champion titles. Winners’ names will be engraved on permanent trophies at the club.
Rounds are at 7:30 pm on six Monday evenings, starting January 29 and running to March 12 (no round on Family Day, February 19). Registered players may request a bye by email before 6:00 pm. New players are asked to please register on site by 7:00 to make sure that you’re paired for the night’s round.
Round One – January 29
The first round sees 10 players in the Championship section, and 32 players in the Reserve section. New players are welcome to join next week in Rd 2!
In Round-One David-versus-Goliath match-ups, there are always a few upsets. In the Reserve section, Benjamin Kamnitzer (885) defeats Salim Belcadi (1438) and Valery Stroganov (975) defeats Dragan Jevtic (1511). And in the Championship section, Jonathan Yu (2149) defeats Sergey Malakhovets (2211), while Brett Campbell (2192) holds against Michael Humphreys (2361).
Round Two – February 5
After two rounds of play, it’s Sergey Noritsyn alone in first in the Championship section with 2.0/2. And in the Reserve, it’s down to two players with a perfect score as Hooshang Ab-Barin and Ayo Ogunlana are tied for the lead with 2.0/2. Four rounds remain, and anything can happen…
Round Three – February 12
With a few new additions, 47 players are now competing in the tournament (five took byes this round).
In the Reserve section, the two co-leaders, both with 2.0/2 scores, clash on top board, and only Hooshang Ab-Barin walks away with a perfect 3.0/3 score. He still has three rounds left to defend challenges from a long list of players who trail him by only half a point, including Michael Saltat, who grinds out a full point in a rook-and-pawn ending against last year’s Reserve Champion Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy.
In the Championship section, sole leader Sergey Noritsyn, the only player with a perfect 2.0/2 score, is defeated on board one by Dave Southam, who now shares the lead, at 2.5/3, with Jonathan Yu.
OFF WEEK – February 19
There’s no club this week for Family Day, but don’t miss the Hart House Reading Week Open (Feb 17-19) at U of T.
Round Four – February 26
In the Championship section, Dave Southam is alone in first with 3.5/4. And in the Reserves, Hooshang Ab-Barin is still perfect at 4.0/4. See full results below.
Round Five – March 5
In the penultimate round, Michael Saltat wins on top board to take over the lead in the Reserve Section at 4.5/5. And in the Championship section, Michael Humphreys defeats Dave Southam on top board to tie him at 3.5/5, while Sergey Noritsyn takes over the lead at 4.0/5. See complete results below.
Round Six – March 12
Congratulations to Sergey Noritsyn, 2018 Club Champion with 5.0/6, and to Michael Saltat, the Reserve winner with 5.5/6.

Second place in the Championship section goes to Dave Southam with 4.0/6, and second place in the Reserve section is a four-way tie among Hooshang Ab-Barin, Ulli Diemer, Lorne Schwartz, and Bob Armstrong with 4.5/6. All first and second-place winners received Tim’s gift cards. And winners’ names will be engraved on our Club Trophies for posterity. Congratulations to the winners!
Next week (March 19) is the start of our ACC Spring Thaw Swiss – New players are most welcome to join in Round 1, or later. Please email before 6:00, or register on site before 7:00 pm. You need both CFC and club membership, but both can be purchased from us, and we have a variety of club membership options available.
Final ranking cross-tables after Round 6
ACC Club Championship – Championship section
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | 6.Rd | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Noritsyn Sergey | 2214 | CAN | 5b1 | 9w1 | 2b0 | 8w1 | 6b1 | 4w1 | 5 |
2 | Southam David | 2152 | CAN | 6w1 | 8b½ | 1w1 | 5b1 | 3w0 | 7b½ | 4 |
3 | Humphreys Michael | 2361 | CAN | 4b½ | 12w1 | 8b0 | 9w1 | 2b1 | 0 | 3.5 |
4 | Campbell Brett | 2192 | CAN | 3w½ | 6b½ | 10w1 | -½ | 11b1 | 1b0 | 3.5 |
5 | Wiebe Daniel | 2080 | CAN | 1w0 | -1 | 9b1 | 2w0 | 10b1 | 6w½ | 3.5 |
6 | England Max | 2020 | CAN | 2b0 | 4w½ | -1 | 7b1 | 1w0 | 5b½ | 3 |
7 | Malakhovets Sergey | 2211 | CAN | 8w0 | -½ | 12b1 | 6w0 | 14b1 | 2w½ | 3 |
8 | Yu Jonathan | 2149 | CAN | 7b1 | 2w½ | 3w1 | 1b0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
9 | Li Yun Hong (kevin) | 1774 | CAN | -1 | 1b0 | 5w0 | 3b0 | 12w½ | 10w1 | 2.5 |
10 | Ugodnikov Arkadiy | 1710 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 4b0 | 12w1 | 5w0 | 9b0 | 2 |
11 | Munro Allan | 2189 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 14w1 | 4w0 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Daldal Erdem | 1762 | CAN | -½ | 3b0 | 7w0 | 10b0 | 9b½ | 13w½ | 1.5 |
13 | Boles Fadi | 1940 | EGY | -½ | -½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12b½ | 1.5 |
14 | Mcsherry Peter | 1840 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 11b0 | 7w0 | 0 | 1 |
Updated results are also available on the Chess-Results server.
ACC Club Championship – Reserve section
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | 6.Rd | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Saltat Michael | 1458 | CAN | 36b1 | 5w½ | 29b1 | 8w1 | 2b1 | 6b1 | 5.5 |
2 | Ab-Barin Hooshang | 1630 | CAN | 12w1 | 24b1 | 7w1 | 3b1 | 1w0 | 5b½ | 4.5 |
3 | Diemer Ulli | 1616 | CAN | 27b½ | 22w1 | 17b1 | 2w0 | 14b1 | 10w1 | 4.5 |
4 | Schwartz Lorne | 1534 | CAN | 31w½ | 32b1 | 23w1 | 9b1 | 6w0 | 12b1 | 4.5 |
5 | Armstrong Robert J. | 1644 | CAN | 10w1 | 1b½ | -½ | 30w1 | 18b1 | 2w½ | 4.5 |
6 | Chen Sihao | 1651 | CAN | 19w1 | 9b½ | 14b½ | 16w1 | 4b1 | 1w0 | 4 |
7 | Ogunlana Ayo | 1612 | CAN | 25b1 | 11w1 | 2b0 | 18w0 | -½ | 19b1 | 3.5 |
8 | Jevtic Dragan | 1511 | CAN | 24w0 | 19b1 | 15w1 | 1b0 | 22w½ | 21b1 | 3.5 |
9 | Dixon Javier | 1466 | CAN | 26b1 | 6w½ | 13b1 | 4w0 | 10b0 | 23w1 | 3.5 |
10 | David Jean-Marc | 1400 | CAN | 5b0 | 26w1 | 25b1 | 14w½ | 9w1 | 3b0 | 3.5 |
11 | Guo Haotong Hazel | 1469 | CAN | 37w1 | 7b0 | 24w1 | -½ | 13b1 | 0 | 3.5 |
12 | Finkelstein Michael | 1229 | CAN | 2b0 | -½ | 31w1 | 20w1 | 16b1 | 4w0 | 3.5 |
13 | Spahic Matt | 0 | CAN | -½ | 15b1 | 9w0 | 23b1 | 11w0 | 35w1 | 3.5 |
14 | Mansilla Guillermo | 1439 | CAN | 33b1 | -½ | 6w½ | 10b½ | 3w0 | 17b1 | 3.5 |
15 | Stroganov Victor | 1106 | CAN | 34w0 | 13w0 | 8b0 | 36b1 | 26w1 | 31b1 | 3 |
16 | Supol George | 1337 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 32w1 | 6b0 | 12w0 | 28b1 | 3 |
17 | Stefanovich-Thomson Alexis | 1165 | CAN | -½ | 31b1 | 3w0 | 21b½ | 28w1 | 14w0 | 3 |
18 | Lambert Peter | 1076 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 36w1 | 7b1 | 5w0 | 0 | 3 |
19 | Kalniev Stefan | 1237 | CAN | 6b0 | 8w0 | 26b1 | 32w½ | 30b1 | 7w0 | 2.5 |
20 | Belcadi Salim | 1438 | CAN | 32w0 | 36b1 | 28w1 | 12b0 | -½ | 0 | 2.5 |
21 | Kalmanson Evgeny | 1332 | CAN | 29w0 | 33b½ | -½ | 17w½ | 32b1 | 8w0 | 2.5 |
22 | Shogilev Sandon | 1090 | CAN | -½ | 3b0 | 33w1 | -½ | 8b½ | 0 | 2.5 |
23 | Cvetkovic Nikola | 605 | CAN | -1 | -½ | 4b0 | 13w0 | 31w1 | 9b0 | 2.5 |
24 | Stroganov Valery | 975 | CAN | 8b1 | 2w0 | 11b0 | 27w0 | 25b0 | 33w1 | 2 |
25 | Dong Yiwei | 1244 | CAN | 7w0 | 37b1 | 10w0 | 28b0 | 24w1 | 0 | 2 |
26 | Souchko Larissa | 975 | CAN | 9w0 | 10b0 | 19w0 | 33b1 | 15b0 | 36w+ | 2 |
27 | Patton Mark A. | 1255 | CAN | 3w½ | -½ | 30b0 | 24b1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
28 | Teram Eli | 950 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 20b0 | 25w1 | 17b0 | 16w0 | 2 |
29 | Vigneswaramoorthy Vinorth | 1689 | CAN | 21b1 | -½ | 1w0 | -½ | 0 | 0 | 2 |
30 | Pancer Jeff | 1047 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 27w1 | 5b0 | 19w0 | 0 | 2 |
31 | Noritsyn Ivan | 1001 | CAN | 4b½ | 17w0 | 12b0 | 37w1 | 23b0 | 15w0 | 1.5 |
32 | Kamnitzer Benjamin | 885 | CAN | 20b1 | 4w0 | 16b0 | 19b½ | 21w0 | 0 | 1.5 |
33 | England Derek | 820 | CAN | 14w0 | 21w½ | 22b0 | 26w0 | 37b1 | 24b0 | 1.5 |
34 | Li Yun Hong (kevin) | 1774 | CAN | 15b1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
35 | Tran Dennis | 1215 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13b0 | 1 |
36 | Moiseev Alex | 1082 | CAN | 1w0 | 20w0 | 18b0 | 15w0 | -1 | 26b- | 1 |
37 | Zuo Roger | 761 | CAN | 11b0 | 25w0 | -½ | 31b0 | 33w0 | 0 | 0.5 |
Updated results are also available on the Chess-Results server.
Congrats to Sergey!