June is the Strawberry Moon – Dewmin-Giizis (or Ode’min-Giizis) in the local Nishnaabe language. It’s strawberry season in Ontario, and farms outside the city will soon have pick-your-own available. Meanwhile, downtown Toronto chess players are playing in the ACC Strawberry Season Swiss.
ACC Strawberry Season 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 June 11 to July 23. (Off June 18 for the GTCL Cup and July 2 for Canada Day.) Register on site each round by 7 pm. Email registration or bye requests before 6pm.
Round One – June 11
We’re off and running. Dave Southam gives up a Rd-1 draw to fall to third behind the top two seeds, Sergey Noritsyn and Sergey Malakhovets. See full results on the cross-table.
Off-week – June 18
Don’t miss the GTCL Cup, Toronto’s Rapid Team Chess Championship. $20 per team, or $5 per player – free for ACC players. Put your team together and email it in, or we’ll put teams together between 6 pm and 7 pm on site.
Round Two – June 25
Sergey Malakhovets wins with black on top board to take a lead in the Crown section with 2.0/2 as Southam and Liao are tied for second at 1.5/2.
In U1800, it’s Robert Wagner and Hooshang Ab-Barin who are tied for the lead at 2.0/2.
And finally, in U1400, as one game runs late, nobody is perfect, but there’s a big tie for the lead at 1.5/2.
Off-week – July 2
It’s a Canada Day long weekend! The club will be closed.
Round Three – July 9
We’re back up and running on July 9. It’s a bit of a strange night as many of our regulars are away for one reason or another, while quite a few new players drop in, especially in the casual section. If you’re in Toronto for whatever reason this summer, come check us out on a Monday night!
In the Crown, Dave Southam scores a win on Board 1 to take a share of the lead at 2.5/3 with Sergey Malakhovets.
In U1800, Toy Chack Kwan scores a win to take a share of the lead at 2.5/3 with Hooshang Ab-Barrin.
And in U1400, there’s a three-way tie for the lead with Ivan Noritsyn, Charlie Grisar, and Peter Lambert all sharing first with 2.5/3.
Round Four – July 16
In U1400, Charlie Grisar takes sole possession of first place, rising to 3.5/4 with a win over Peter Lambert.
In U1800 play, Bharath Ramesh is proud of his miniature against the higher-rated Arkadiy Ugodnikov, while Hooshang Abbarin with a win over Toy Chack Kwan who takes sole first with 3.5/4.
And in the Crown, it’s Sergey Noritsyn in first with 3.0/4 with a win over Dave Southam.
Round Five – July 23
With a win on top board, Sergey Noritsyn takes the tournament with a score of 4.0/5.
In U1800, Hooshang Ab-Barin wins his last-round game to take the section with 4.5/5.
And in U1400, Charlie Grisar scores a final win to take the section with 4.5/5.
Congratulation to the winners! See full results below.
Join us for a new club tournament starting July 30 – next week! New players are always welcome. 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.
Final Ranking cross-tables after Round 5
ACC Strawberry Season Swiss – Crown section
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | Pts. |
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1 | Noritsyn Sergey | 2284 | CAN | 8b1 | 2w0 | 10b1 | 4b1 | 5w1 | 4 |
2 | Malakhovets Sergey | 2122 | CAN | 3b1 | 1b1 | -½ | 5w0 | 4w1 | 3.5 |
3 | Bitton Michael | 1726 | CAN | 2w0 | 8w1 | 5b0 | 9b1 | 10w1 | 3 |
4 | Southam David | 2176 | CAN | 9w½ | 5b1 | 6b1 | 1w0 | 2b0 | 2.5 |
5 | Subramanian Arun | 1959 | CAN | -½ | 4w0 | 3w1 | 2b1 | 1b0 | 2.5 |
6 | Liao Run Ming | 1761 | CAN | -½ | 9b1 | 4w0 | -½ | 0 | 2 |
7 | Guo Josh | 2232 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 0 | 8b1 | 2 |
8 | Fines John | 1907 | CAN | 1w0 | 3b0 | 9w1 | 10b½ | 7w0 | 1.5 |
9 | Tavana Joseph | 1739 | CAN | 4b½ | 6w0 | 8b0 | 3w0 | -1 | 1.5 |
10 | Gao Raymond | 1762 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 1w0 | 8w½ | 3b0 | 1.5 |
Updated results are also available on the Chess-Results server.
ACC Strawberry Season Swiss – U1800 section
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ab-Barin Hooshang | 1545 | CAN | 5b1 | 13b1 | -½ | 10w1 | 3w1 | 4.5 |
2 | Wagner Robert | 1568 | CAN | 15b1 | 18w1 | 10b0 | -½ | 8w1 | 3.5 |
3 | Daldal Erdem | 1705 | CAN | 18b0 | 9w1 | 19b1 | 11w1 | 1b0 | 3 |
4 | Ugodnikov Arkadiy | 1689 | CAN | 19w0 | 14b1 | 15w1 | 6b0 | 10b1 | 3 |
5 | Supol George | 1331 | CAN | 1w0 | 11b0 | 14w1 | 13b1 | 16w1 | 3 |
6 | Ramesh Bharath | 1591 | CAN | 21b1 | -½ | -½ | 4w1 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Gao William (zhimao) | 1465 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 18w1 | 11b1 | 3 |
8 | Saltat Michael | 1626 | CAN | 10w0 | 22b1 | -½ | 9w1 | 2b0 | 2.5 |
9 | Gao Lucy | 1576 | CAN | 14w½ | 3b0 | 21w1 | 8b0 | 15w1 | 2.5 |
10 | Kwan Toy Chack | 1505 | CAN | 8b1 | -½ | 2w1 | 1b0 | 4w0 | 2.5 |
11 | Jevtic Dragan | 1630 | CAN | 20b0 | 5w1 | 16b1 | 3b0 | 7w0 | 2 |
12 | Moiseev Alex | 1182 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 18b1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
13 | Li Yun Hong (kevin) | 1741 | CAN | 22b1 | 1w0 | 0 | 5w0 | 21b½ | 1.5 |
14 | Kalmanson Evgeny | 1447 | CAN | 9b½ | 4w0 | 5b0 | 22w1 | 0 | 1.5 |
15 | Belanger Colton | 1281 | CAN | 2w0 | 21w1 | 4b0 | -½ | 9b0 | 1.5 |
16 | Stroganov Victor | 1297 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 11w0 | -½ | 5b0 | 1.5 |
17 | Randle Bill | 1094 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 21b½ | 0 | 1.5 |
18 | Schwartz Lorne | 1542 | CAN | 3w1 | 2b0 | 12w0 | 7b0 | 0 | 1 |
19 | Armstrong Robert J. | 1529 | CAN | 4b1 | 0 | 3w0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20 | Terra Arthur Schneider | 1518 | BRA | 11w1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
21 | Dixon Javier | 1483 | CAN | 6w0 | 15b0 | 9b0 | 17w½ | 13w½ | 1 |
22 | Stefanovich-Thomson Alexis | 1329 | CAN | 13w0 | 8w0 | -½ | 14b0 | 0 | 0.5 |
Updated results are also available on the Chess-Results server.
ACC Strawberry Season Swiss – U1400 section
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Grisar Charlie | 1232 | CAN | 2w½ | 13b+ | 3b1 | 6w1 | 5b1 | 4.5 |
2 | Noritsyn Ivan | 969 | CAN | 1b½ | 4w1 | 7b1 | 5w0 | 6b½ | 3 |
3 | Davies Philip | 1298 | CAN | 12b1 | 6w½ | 1w0 | 4b½ | 10w1 | 3 |
4 | Teram Eli | 989 | CAN | 11w½ | 2b0 | 10w1 | 3w½ | 7b1 | 3 |
5 | Shogilev Sandon | 1125 | CAN | -½ | 7w1 | -½ | 2b1 | 1w0 | 3 |
6 | Lambert Peter | 1185 | CAN | 9w1 | 3b½ | -1 | 1b0 | 2w½ | 3 |
7 | Souchko Larissa | 963 | CAN | 13w1 | 5b0 | 2w0 | 10b1 | 4w0 | 2 |
8 | Stroganov Victor | 1297 | CAN | 14w1 | -½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
9 | Brent-Hurst Liam | 0 | CAN | 6b0 | 12w- | -½ | -1 | 0 | 1.5 |
10 | D’Souza Carina | 0 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 4b0 | 7w0 | 3b0 | 1 |
11 | Wadhwa Rymn | 902 | CAN | 4b½ | -½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Moiseev Alex | 1182 | CAN | 3w0 | 9b- | -½ | -½ | 0 | 1 |
13 | Patton Mark A. | 1192 | CAN | 7b0 | 1w- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Kamnitzer Benjamin | 1003 | CAN | 8b0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Updated results are also available on the Chess-Results server.
Dear Sirs :
I did not enjoy my pairing in the Strawberry Season
Tournament. I did play that person three times. Also,
the tournament director did not silence the other players surrounding me. There should be silence in the playing hall. All tournaments in my experience were silent. This is an affront to me as a player. Furthermore, it must be more of a club future
that analysing or discussing a game must retire to the casual table. Analysing or discussing a game must needs be done at the casual table. This is to prevent the distraction of tournament players even if the casual players don’t like it(I notice those at the causal table try and prevent tournament players from this ).In closing let me say we as members should be informed of our rights and those I have previously stated. This could easily be done at start of a tournament by the tournament director. Yours Sincerely, Mark A. Patton
Thanks for your feedback, Mark. We do try to keep casual players quiet, but you’re certainly welcome to come speak to us during the game if anything in the environment is a distraction, whether it’s your opponent, other players, or anything else.
It does happen at a club that you play the same people more frequently. Our current sections range from 6 to 20 players, so that’s a smaller pool than at larger weekend events, for example. It can also be interesting sometimes to have a running series against the same opponent.
In any case, thanks for sharing your experience, and we’ll certainly do what we can to minimize distractions.
Round 5 of the current Strawberry Season Swiss should read July 23rd (above), not July 25th. Now if only I can be as observant during my chess games!
:) Fixed now. Thanks.
Munro-Ning result still not posted on chess-results?! Congrats Allan!