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
See full results below…
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
Join us in Round Two! 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.
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.
Round Four – July 16
Round Four.
Round Five – July 23
Final round.
Ranking cross-tables after Round 1
ACC Strawberry Season Swiss – Crown section
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noritsyn Sergey | 2284 | CAN | 5b1 | 1 |
| 2 | Malakhovets Sergey | 2122 | CAN | 6b1 | 1 |
| 3 | Tavana Joseph | 1739 | CAN | 4b½ | 0.5 |
| 4 | Southam David | 2176 | CAN | 3w½ | 0.5 |
| 5 | Fines John | 1907 | CAN | 1w0 | 0 |
| 6 | Bitton Michael | 1726 | CAN | 2w0 | 0 |
Updated results are also available on the Chess-Results server.
ACC Strawberry Season Swiss – U1800 section
Late update: Michael vs. Toy Chack 0-1
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Li Yun Hong (kevin) | 1741 | CAN | 18b1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ramesh Bharath | 1591 | CAN | 16b1 | 1 |
| 3 | Wagner Robert | 1568 | CAN | 19b1 | 1 |
| 4 | Ab-Barin Hooshang | 1545 | CAN | 17b1 | 1 |
| 5 | Armstrong Robert J. | 1529 | CAN | 13b1 | 1 |
| 6 | Schwartz Lorne | 1542 | CAN | 11w1 | 1 |
| 7 | Terra Arthur Schneider | 1518 | BRA | 12w1 | 1 |
| 8 | Kalmanson Evgeny | 1447 | CAN | 9b½ | 0.5 |
| 9 | Gao Lucy | 1576 | CAN | 8w½ | 0.5 |
| 10 | Guo Haotong Hazel | 1462 | CAN | -½ | 0.5 |
| 11 | Daldal Erdem | 1705 | CAN | 6b0 | 0 |
| 12 | Jevtic Dragan | 1630 | CAN | 7b0 | 0 |
| 13 | Ugodnikov Arkadiy | 1689 | CAN | 5w0 | 0 |
| 14 | Saltat Michael | 1626 | CAN | 15w | 0 |
| 15 | Kwan Toy Chack | 1505 | CAN | 14b | 0 |
| 16 | Dixon Javier | 1483 | CAN | 2w0 | 0 |
| 17 | Supol George | 1331 | CAN | 4w0 | 0 |
| 18 | Stefanovich-Thomson Alexis | 1329 | CAN | 1w0 | 0 |
| 19 | Belanger Colton | 1281 | CAN | 3w0 | 0 |
Updated results are also available on the Chess-Results server.
ACC Strawberry Season Swiss – U1400 section
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davies Philip | 1298 | CAN | 12b1 | 1 |
| 2 | Stroganov Victor | 1297 | CAN | 10w1 | 1 |
| 3 | Lambert Peter | 1185 | CAN | 11w1 | 1 |
| 4 | Souchko Larissa | 963 | CAN | 9w1 | 1 |
| 5 | Noritsyn Ivan | 969 | CAN | 7b½ | 0.5 |
| 6 | Wadhwa Rymn | 902 | CAN | 8b½ | 0.5 |
| 7 | Grisar Charlie | 1232 | CAN | 5w½ | 0.5 |
| 8 | Teram Eli | 989 | CAN | 6w½ | 0.5 |
| 9 | Patton Mark A. | 1192 | CAN | 4b0 | 0 |
| 10 | Kamnitzer Benjamin | 1003 | CAN | 2b0 | 0 |
| 11 | Brent-Hurst Liam | 0 | CAN | 3b0 | 0 |
| 12 | Moiseev Alex | 1182 | CAN | 1w0 | 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!