ACC Club Championship 2018

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