It’s that time of year again. Despite the hot weather last weekend, the trees are starting to show us that fall is coming.

ACC Changing Leaves 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 September 17 to October 22. (Off October 8 for Thanksgiving.) New players can register on site each round by 7 pm. Email registration or bye requests before 6pm.

Round One – September 17

Round One of a Swiss tournament pits the top half of each section against the bottom half, so it’s favourites versus underdogs. Some of the underdogs who scored victories against the favourites were Lucy Gao, Yiwei Dong, Victor Stroganov, Lorne Schwartz, and Grigoris Bentley.

After a reminder before the round by George Supol, many members pitched in to help clean up tonight. Thanks, everyone!

Round Two – September 24

After two rounds, there are two-way ties for first in each section. Michael Humphreys and Sergey Noritsyn are tied for the lead with 2.0/2 in the Crown. In U1800, it’s Ayo Ogunlana and Lucy Gao in a tie for first with 2.0/2. And in U1400, it’s Alexis Stefanovic-Thomson and Ambarish Chandra tied for the lead, again with 2.0/2.

Round Three – October 1

After a draw on the top board, it’s still a two-way tie for first in the Crown between Michael Humphreys and Sergey Noritsyn. It’s the same story in U1400, with Alexis Stefanovic-Thomson and Ambarish Chandra still tied for the lead at 2.5/3. But in U1800, Lucy Gao takes sole possession of first with a perfect 3.0/3!

Round Four – October 8

In the Crown, Michael Humphreys and Sergey Noritsyn are still tied for the lead, now at 3.5/4. In U1800, Lucy Gao holds onto her lead with a draw and 3.5/4. And in U1400 Ambarish Chandra now shares his lead with Mark Patton, both at 3.0/4.

Round Five – October 22

In the Crown, Dave Southam takes first, with 4.0/5 – after finally scoring a victory over Michael Humphreys.
In U1800, Dragan Jevtic is happy to take another first-place result in the section, but even happier to defeat the young chess phenom, Lucy Gao, who has been shredding her opponents lately.
In U1400, Mark Patton wins his final-round game to take first in the section with 4.0/5.
Congratulations to the winners! See full results below.

Next week, October 29, is our Halloween Rapid. Then on November 5, join us for Round One of a new club tournament. 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 Changing Leaves Swiss – Crown section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Southam David	2083	CAN	9b1	3w0	14b1	12w1	2w1	4
2	Humphreys Michael	2341	CAN	14b1	12w1	3b½	6w1	1b0	3.5
3	Noritsyn Sergey	2300	CAN	6w1	1b1	2w½	11b1	4b0	3.5
4	Munro Allan	2249	CAN	-½	-½	0	8b1	3w1	3
5	Malakhovets Sergey	2108	CAN	-½	-½	0	14w1	6b1	3
6	Bitton Michael	1824	CAN	3b0	14w1	13b+	2b0	5w0	2
7	Yu Jonathan	2225	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	12b1	2
8	Bzikot Robert	2030	CAN	-½	-½	0	4w0	14b1	2
9	Ugodnikov Arkadiy	1734	CAN	1w0	-½	-½	10b0	11w1	2
10	Guo Josh	2233	CAN	-½	-½	0	9w1	0	2
11	Ivanov Venci	1813	CAN	-½	13w½	12b½	3w0	9b0	1.5
12	Ab-Barin Hooshang	1710	CAN	-1	2b0	11w½	1b0	7w0	1.5
13	Sivapathasundaram Manojh	1860	CAN	-½	11b½	6w-	0	0	1
14	Fines John	1872	CAN	2w0	6b0	1w0	5b0	8w0	0

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

ACC Changing Leaves Swiss – 1800 section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Jevtic Dragan	1630	CAN	10b0	17w1	6b1	14w1	3b1	4
2	Ogunlana Ayo	1586	CAN	15b1	21w1	3b0	16w½	12b1	3.5
3	Gao Lucy	1479	CAN	9b1	16w1	2w1	5b½	1w0	3.5
4	Bentley Robert	1607	CAN	11b0	22w1	21b1	12w½	5w+	3.5
5	Baguinat Danilo	1657	CAN	12w½	24b1	10w1	3w½	4b-	3
6	Dixon Javier	1430	CAN	-½	-½	1w0	15b1	10w1	3
7	Deol Gagandeep	0	CAN	-½	-½	0	21w1	17b1	3
8	Grisar Charlie	1406	CAN	16b0	9w0	17b½	24w1	21b1	2.5
9	Ramesh Bharath	1619	CAN	3w0	8b1	14w0	-½	16b1	2.5
10	Schwartz Lorne	1496	CAN	1w1	-½	5b0	19w1	6b0	2.5
11	Stroganov Victor	1409	CAN	4w1	-½	13b0	17w0	19b1	2.5
12	Armstrong Robert J.	1519	CAN	5b½	19w1	-½	4b½	2w0	2.5
13	Daldal Erdem	1652	CAN	-½	-½	11w1	-½	0	2.5
14	Saltat Michael	1600	CAN	21b0	15w1	9b1	1b0	0	2
15	Belanger Colton	1291	CAN	2w0	14b0	20b1	6w0	23b1	2
16	Chen Sihao	1606	CAN	8w1	3b0	18w½	2b½	9w0	2
17	Wagner Robert	1590	CAN	24w½	1b0	8w½	11b1	7w0	2
18	Supol George	1390	CAN	-½	-½	16b½	-½	0	2
19	Kalmanson Evgeny	1395	CAN	-½	12b0	24w1	10b0	11w0	1.5
20	Dong Yiwei	1459	CAN	22b1	-½	15w0	0	0	1.5
21	Minhas Usman Afzal	1400	CAN	14w1	2b0	4w0	7b0	8w0	1
22	Tran Dennis	1578	CAN	20w0	4b0	0	-1	0	1
23	Belcadi Salim	1652	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	15w0	1
24	Lambert Peter	1321	CAN	17b½	5w0	19b0	8b0	0	0.5

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

ACC Changing Leaves Swiss – U1400 section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Patton Mark A.	1167	CAN	9b1	3w0	21b1	5w1	6b1	4
2	D’Souza Carina	762	CAN	8w½	6b0	13w1	14b1	3w1	3.5
3	Chandra Ambarish	1135	CAN	7w1	1b1	5b½	6w½	2b0	3
4	Lillico Margarita	0	CAN	-½	-½	0	19w1	8b1	3
5	Stefanovich-Thomson Alexis	1313	CAN	6w1	14b1	3w½	1b0	0	2.5
6	Noritsyn Ivan	1015	CAN	5b0	2w1	19b1	3b½	1w0	2.5
7	Kamnitzer Benjamin	975	CAN	3b0	13w1	22b1	8w0	12b0	2
8	Teram Eli	1027	CAN	2b½	16w0	-½	7b1	4w0	2
9	Wang Sophia	1007	CAN	1w0	-½	15b0	13b½	20w1	2
10	Stroganov Valery	1265	CAN	-½	-½	18w1	0	0	2
11	Lau Joshua	1017	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	14w1	2
12	Supol George	1390	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	7w1	2
13	Souchko Larissa	1024	CAN	14w0	7b0	2b0	9w½	19b1	1.5
14	Bentley Grigoris	721	CAN	13b1	5w0	-½	2w0	11b0	1.5
15	Ohapkin Yuval	1232	CAN	-½	17b0	9w1	0	0	1.5
16	Rogers John A	1216	CAN	-½	8b1	0	0	0	1.5
17	Weng David	1184	CAN	-½	15w1	0	0	0	1.5
18	Denning Keith	1254	CAN	-½	-½	10b0	-½	0	1.5
19	Mak Logan	783	CAN	-½	-½	6w0	4b0	13w0	1
20	Cameron Asa	0	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	9b0	1
21	Tuong Rose	974	CAN	-½	-½	1w0	0	0	1
22	Guan Marie	653	CAN	-½	-½	7w0	0	0	1

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

The feature image is from the Kortright Centre for Conservation, one of the great places to see the changing leaves in and around Toronto.