Despite a few flurries, the snow pack in Toronto has melted and the days are getting longer. The birds are coming back home, Toronto residents are coming out of hibernation, and we’d love to see you come out to play on Monday nights at ACC – your friendly neighbourhood chess club!

ACC Spring Thaw Swiss is a five-round CFC-rated tournament in three sections, Crown, U1800, and U1400. Time control is 90 min/side with a 30-s increment. The round starts at 7:30 pm on Monday nights Mar 19 to Apr 23. Register on site each round by 7 pm. Email registration or bye requests before 6pm.

Round One – Mar 19

The tournament gets started with 36 players in three sections. See full results below.

Round One Games

In the Crown, Max England scores an upset win over Dave Southam in a Queen’s Pawn Game. While in U1800, Sihao Chen and Jean-Marc David play to a draw in a Scotch, but it’s a wild game with big evaluation swings, and there are still shots in the final position…

Round Two – Mar 26

Notching up second wins, Allan Munro and Sergey Noritsyn are now tied for the lead in the top section, but its future is uncertain as almost everyone in it is registered for the upcoming Toronto Closed, starting next week on April 9.

In U1800, Arkadiy Ugodnikov and Bharath Ramesh are tied for the lead at 2.0/2. And in U1400, it’s Victor Stroganov and Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson in the lead at 2.0/2. We’re off Monday April 2, and looking forward to seeing everyone on April 9!

Off-week – Apr 2

The club is closed for the holiday.

Round Three – Apr 9

The Crown section has joined the Toronto Closed en masse, leaving just two sections. In the new Top/U1800 section, Arkadiy Ugodnikov scores his third straight victory to hold sole first with 3.0/3. Meanwhile, in U1400, it’s Victor Stroganov, who is still perfect at 3.0/3.

Round Three Games

I hope no one minds if I share my own game. It was highly enjoyable as it’s a kind of fantasy outcome for the white side of a KID (similar to what you want when you’re white against the Dragon, for all you e4-heads).

Round Four – Apr 16

See results below

Round Five – Apr 23

It’s not too late to sign up! New players are still welcome to join us in Round 5 with a couple byes. Please email before 6:00, or register on site before 7:00 pm to sign up. You need both CFC and club membership, but both can be purchased from us, and we have a variety of club membership options available. If you’re already signed up, but you can’t make it, again please email before 6:00 pm to let us know so we don’t put you in the pairings.

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Ranking cross-tables after Round 4

ACC Spring Thaw Swiss – Crown section

(Most of these players are now participating in the Toronto Closed)

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	Pts.
1	Noritsyn Sergey	2232	CAN	10b1	7w1	2
2	Munro Allan	2165	CAN	9w1	5b1	2
3	Humphreys Michael	2350	CAN	6w1	-½	1.5
4	Southam David	2208	CAN	5w0	8b1	1
5	England Max	2050	CAN	4b1	2w0	1
6	Malakhovets Sergey	2138	CAN	3b0	11w+	1
7	Daldal Erdem	1752	CAN	-1	1b0	1
8	Zotkin Daniel	2207	CAN	11b½	4w0	0.5
9	McSherry Peter	1832	CAN	2b0	-½	0.5
10	Wiebe Daniel	2138	CAN	1w0	-½	0.5
11	Boles Fadi	1932	EGY	8w½	6b-	0.5

Updated results are also available on the Chess-Results server.

ACC Spring Thaw Swiss – Top/U1800 section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	Pts.
1	Ugodnikov Arkadiy	1679	CAN	10b1	9w1	14b1	3w½	3.5
2	Daldal Erdem	1752	CAN	24b1	0	18w1	9w1	3
3	Ramesh Bharath	1619	CAN	22b1	8w1	-½	1b½	3
4	Mcsherry Peter	1832	CAN	-½	-½	15b1	7w1	3
5	Wilker Marcus	1597	CAN	-½	21b1	11w1	-½	3
6	Chen Sihao	1631	CAN	17w½	20b1	7b0	13w1	2.5
7	Armstrong Robert J.	1557	CAN	23b1	-½	6w1	4b0	2.5
8	Wagner Robert	1495	CAN	18b1	3b0	21w1	-½	2.5
9	Schwartz Lorne	1527	CAN	13w1	1b0	19w1	2b0	2
10	Dixon Javier	1460	CAN	1w0	23b½	16w½	14b1	2
11	Saltat Michael	1692	CAN	20w1	-½	5b0	-½	2
12	Lambert Peter	1154	CAN	-½	-½	20b1	0	2
13	Supol George	1318	CAN	9b0	24w1	-½	6b0	1.5
14	Ab-Barin Hooshang	1635	CAN	-½	16b1	1w0	10w0	1.5
15	Szucs Gregory	1442	CAN	-½	-½	4w0	21b½	1.5
16	Guo Haotong Hazel	1440	CAN	-½	14w0	10b½	-½	1.5
17	David Jean-Marc	1429	CAN	6b½	-½	-½	0	1.5
18	Finkelstein Michael	1306	CAN	8w0	-1	2b0	-½	1.5
19	Kwan Toy Chack	1593	CAN	-½	-½	9b0	0	1
20	Jevtic Dragan	1473	CAN	11b0	6w0	12w0	-1	1
21	Spahic Matthew	1327	CAN	-½	5w0	8b0	15w½	1
22	Kalmanson Evgeny	1410	CAN	3w0	-½	-½	0	1
23	Dong Yiwei	1378	CAN	7w0	10w½	-½	0	1
24	Ballkaniku Darlen	1400	CAN	2w0	13b0	0	0	0

Updated results are also available on the Chess-Results server.

ACC Spring Thaw Swiss – U1400 section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	Pts.
1	Tran Dennis	1239	CAN	12b½	15w1	8b1	2w1	3.5
2	Stroganov Victor	1276	CAN	19w1	13b1	3w1	1b0	3
3	Stefanovich-Thomson Alexis	1237	CAN	14w1	5b1	2b0	13w1	3
4	Moiseev Alex	1054	CAN	5w0	14b1	13w1	10b1	3
5	Chandra Ambarish	930	CAN	4b1	3w0	17b1	11w1	3
6	Weng David	1178	CAN	-½	12w1	11b1	0	2.5
7	Teram Eli	971	CAN	13w0	19b1	16w1	0	2
8	Chodoriwsky David	1262	CAN	-½	-½	1w0	15b1	2
9	Tuchow Ryan	1094	CAN	-½	-½	0	19b1	2
10	Kamnitzer Benjamin	966	CAN	-½	-½	14b1	4w0	2
11	Randle Bill	1113	CAN	-½	18w1	6w0	5b0	1.5
12	Stroganov Valery	995	CAN	1w½	6b0	19w1	0	1.5
13	Kalniev Stefan	1233	CAN	7b1	2w0	4b0	3b0	1
14	Noritsyn Ivan	981	CAN	3b0	4w0	10w0	16b1	1
15	Lambert Peter	1154	CAN	-½	1b0	-½	8w0	1
16	Zuo Roger	761	CAN	-½	-½	7b0	14w0	1
17	Patton Mark A.	1248	CAN	-½	-½	5w0	0	1
18	Matetski Konstanstin	1203	CAN	-½	11b0	0	0	0.5
19	Souchko Larissa	1049	CAN	2b0	7w0	12b0	9w0	0
20	Cvetkovic Nikola	835	CAN	0	0	0	0	0

Updated results are also available on the Chess-Results server.

For more on the red-winged blackbird, a sure sign of spring in Toronto, and more photos (including this one by Jacques C. Pelletier) see Hinterland Who’s Who.