August is a great time to relax and unwind. Chess can be a stressful game, but the opportunity to completely focus on the flow (and stress) of the game, while setting everything else aside, can also be very relaxing.

ACC Relax and Unwind 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 July 30 to September 10. (Off August 6 for Simcoe Day and September 3 for Labour Day.) New players can register on site each round by 7 pm. Email registration or bye requests before 6pm.

Round One – July 30

In Round One U1400 action, Carina d’Souza gets her first draw since joining the club, sacking a rook to get a perpetual. Way to go, Carina! In U1800, unrated Josh Scott scores his first victory in an official game. And in the Crown, the last game of the night is a tough match between David Cohen and Josh Guo.

See full results below!

Off-week – August 6

We’re off for Simcoe Day. Get away from the city to “relax and unwind” for the long weekend. Or alternatively, stay and take part in Toronto’s annual Caribana festival – where di gyal dem whine up! A million tourists can’t be wrong. The Grand Parade is on Saturday August 4.

Round Two – August 13

Big thanks to Keith Denning for filling in behind the desk, and Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy for helping out! Results may not be available till next week.

Round Three – August 20

Join us for Round Three! 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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Ranking cross-tables after Round 1

ACC Relax and Unwind Swiss – Crown section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	Pts.
1	Guo Josh	2234	CAN	12b1	1
2	Southam David	2108	CAN	13b1	1
3	Ab-Barin Hooshang	1692	CAN	11b1	1
4	Noritsyn Sergey	2282	CAN	8w1	1
5	Malakhovets Sergey	2158	CAN	9w1	1
6	Malmsten Erik	1938	CAN	10w1	1
7	Subramanian Arun	1981	CAN	-½	0.5
8	Bitton Michael	1882	CAN	4b0	0
9	Ugodnikov Arkadiy	1727	CAN	5b0	0
10	Daldal Erdem	1684	CAN	6b0	0
11	Fines John	1885	CAN	3w0	0
12	Cohen David	1872	CAN	1w0	0
13	Tavana Joseph	1721	CAN	2w0	0

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

ACC Relax and Unwind Swiss – U1800 section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	Pts.
1	Belcadi Salim	1653	CAN	9w1	1
2	Ramesh Bharath	1624	CAN	7w1	1
3	Wagner Robert	1608	CAN	10w1	1
4	Scott Josh	1500	CAN	8w1	1
5	Saltat Michael	1602	CAN	-1	1
6	Grisar Charlie	1337	CAN	-½	0.5
7	Bentley Robert	1643	CAN	2b0	0
8	Bathaie Sina	1618	CAN	4b0	0
9	Gao Lucy	1509	CAN	1b0	0
10	Stroganov Victor	1445	CAN	3b0	0

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

ACC Relax and Unwind Swiss – U1400 section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	Pts.
1	Belanger Colton	1298	CAN	9b1	1
2	Lambert Peter	1173	CAN	10b1	1
3	Davies Philip	1267	CAN	7w1	1
4	Chandra Ambarish	1120	CAN	8w1	1
5	Stroganov Valery	1117	CAN	6b½	0.5
6	D’Souza Carina	655	CAN	5w½	0.5
7	Teram Eli	999	CAN	3b0	0
8	Bentley Grigoris	0	CAN	4b0	0
9	Noritsyn Ivan	1045	CAN	1w0	0
10	Souchko Larissa	966	CAN	2w0	0
11	Brent-Hurst Liam	785	CAN	0	0

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