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.

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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.
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.