Special event – October 29
In lieu of our regular slow-chess tournament, the annual Hallowe’en Rapid is a one-night six-round tournament – in one big section, at a time control of 9 min each with a 3-sec increment.
Cost: FREE for ACC members, $15 for non-members ($10 for juniors). Add $12 for CFC ($6 for juniors) if you’re not a CFC member.
Round One starts at 7:30 pm. Please register on site by 7:00 or by email before 6:00 pm. The last round should finish by 10:30 pm, with a brief awards ceremony at the end. Costumes are encouraged!
Prizes for winners and for best costumes!
43 players joined us for the event, including Samuel Gilmore, visiting from London, England!
The tournament winner was Michael Humphreys, with 5.5/6. U1800 prize went to Ayo Ogulna with 4.5/6, and U1400 prize to Colton Belanger with 3.5/6. Best costumes went to Rymn Wadhwa as Wendy from Wendy’s and Charlie Grisar as Tintin. Here is the final ranking cross-table:
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | 6.Rd | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Humphreys Michael | 2329 | CAN | 22b1 | 14w1 | 6b1 | 20w1 | 3b1 | 4w½ | 5.5 |
| 2 | Munro Allan | 2268 | CAN | 16b1 | 7w1 | 17b0 | 15w1 | 25b1 | 6w1 | 5 |
| 3 | Li William | 2223 | CAN | 28w1 | 8b1 | 35w1 | 17b1 | 1w0 | 9b1 | 5 |
| 4 | Malakhovets Sergey | 2120 | CAN | 17b0 | 24w1 | 19w1 | 11b1 | 7w1 | 1b½ | 4.5 |
| 5 | Ogunlana Ayo | 1615 | CAN | 21b1 | 20w0 | 26b½ | 13w1 | 33b1 | 10w1 | 4.5 |
| 6 | Bitton Michael | 1855 | CAN | 23w1 | 9b1 | 1w0 | 28b1 | 17w1 | 2b0 | 4 |
| 7 | Baguinat Danilo | 1652 | CAN | 41b1 | 2b0 | 23w1 | 22w1 | 4b0 | 15w1 | 4 |
| 8 | Belcadi Salim | 1623 | CAN | 43b1 | 3w0 | 16b0 | 24w1 | 26b1 | 20w1 | 4 |
| 9 | Ramesh Bharath | 1608 | CAN | 39b1 | 6w0 | 42b1 | 16w1 | 20b1 | 3w0 | 4 |
| 10 | Bentley Robert | 1597 | CAN | 27w0 | 40b1 | 30w1 | 35b1 | 18w1 | 5b0 | 4 |
| 11 | Tran Dennis | 1542 | CAN | 19b1 | 33w1 | 20b0 | 4w0 | 31b1 | 21w1 | 4 |
| 12 | Deol Gagan Deep | 1891 | CAN | 36b1 | 25w½ | 15b0 | 29b½ | 28w1 | 22w1 | 4 |
| 13 | Ali Shafkat | 1678 | CAN | 40w1 | 27b½ | 18w0 | 5b0 | 23w1 | 29b1 | 3.5 |
| 14 | Daldal Erdem | 1656 | CAN | 37w1 | 1b0 | 29w0 | 39b1 | 30w½ | 34b1 | 3.5 |
| 15 | Gao Lucy | 1608 | CAN | 38w1 | 18b½ | 12w1 | 2b0 | 29w1 | 7b0 | 3.5 |
| 16 | Grisar Charlie | 1440 | CAN | 2w0 | 37b1 | 8w1 | 9b0 | 19w½ | 30b1 | 3.5 |
| 17 | Belanger Colton | 1351 | CAN | 4w1 | 34b1 | 2w1 | 3w0 | 6b0 | 18b½ | 3.5 |
| 18 | Ivanov Venci | 1785 | CAN | 26b1 | 15w½ | 13b1 | 25w½ | 10b0 | 17w½ | 3.5 |
| 19 | Gilmore Samuel | 1575 | ENG | 11w0 | -1 | 4b0 | 41w1 | 16b½ | 25w1 | 3.5 |
| 20 | Malmsten Erik | 1944 | CAN | 29w1 | 5b1 | 11w1 | 1b0 | 9w0 | 8b0 | 3 |
| 21 | Mcsherry Peter | 1832 | CAN | 5w0 | 30b0 | 32w1 | 37b1 | 27w1 | 11b0 | 3 |
| 22 | Schwartz Lorne | 1501 | CAN | 1w0 | 31b1 | 34w1 | 7b0 | 35w1 | 12b0 | 3 |
| 23 | Lillico Margarita | 1275 | CAN | 6b0 | 39w1 | 7b0 | 42w1 | 13b0 | 38w1 | 3 |
| 24 | Chandra Ambarish | 1137 | CAN | 34w0 | 4b0 | 38w1 | 8b0 | 32w1 | 35b1 | 3 |
| 25 | Chen Sihao | 1630 | CAN | 32w1 | 12b½ | 27w1 | 18b½ | 2w0 | 19b0 | 3 |
| 26 | Randle Bill | 1222 | CAN | 18w0 | 38b1 | 5w½ | 27b½ | 8w0 | 39b1 | 3 |
| 27 | Chataway David | 0 | CAN | 10b1 | 13w½ | 25b0 | 26w½ | 21b0 | 33w1 | 3 |
| 28 | Stroganov Victor | 1374 | CAN | 3b0 | 41w1 | 33b1 | 6w0 | 12b0 | 31w½ | 2.5 |
| 29 | Stroganov Valery | 1315 | CAN | 20b0 | 43w1 | 14b1 | 12w½ | 15b0 | 13w0 | 2.5 |
| 30 | Tuchow Ryan | 1193 | CAN | 33b0 | 21w1 | 10b0 | 36w1 | 14b½ | 16w0 | 2.5 |
| 31 | Kamnitzer Benjamin | 969 | CAN | 35w0 | 22w0 | 43b1 | 34b1 | 11w0 | 28b½ | 2.5 |
| 32 | D’souza Carina | 846 | CAN | 25b0 | 36w1 | 21b0 | 33w0 | 24b0 | 40b1 | 2 |
| 33 | Ugodnikov Arkadiy | 1747 | CAN | 30w1 | 11b0 | 28w0 | 32b1 | 5w0 | 27b0 | 2 |
| 34 | Ab-Barin Hooshang | 1708 | CAN | 24b1 | 17w0 | 22b0 | 31w0 | 42b1 | 14w0 | 2 |
| 35 | Jevtic Dragan | 1674 | CAN | 31b1 | 42w1 | 3b0 | 10w0 | 22b0 | 24w0 | 2 |
| 36 | Stefanovich-Thomson Alexis | 1289 | CAN | 12w0 | 32b0 | 37w0 | 30b0 | 40w1 | 41b1 | 2 |
| 37 | Wadhwa Rymn | 913 | CAN | 14b0 | 16w0 | 36b1 | 21w0 | 38b0 | 42w1 | 2 |
| 38 | Adulfo Vincent Angel | 0 | CAN | 15b0 | 26w0 | 24b0 | -1 | 37w1 | 23b0 | 2 |
| 39 | Chandrasiri Dilum | 0 | CAN | 9w0 | 23b0 | -1 | 14w0 | 41b1 | 26w0 | 2 |
| 40 | Lau Joshua | 1017 | CAN | 13b0 | 10w0 | 41b0 | 43w1 | 36b0 | 32w0 | 1 |
| 41 | Souchko Larissa | 911 | CAN | 7w0 | 28b0 | 40w1 | 19b0 | 39w0 | 36w0 | 1 |
| 42 | Stroganov Arnold | 459 | CAN | -1 | 35b0 | 9w0 | 23b0 | 34w0 | 37b0 | 1 |
| 43 | Bentley Grigoris | 767 | CAN | 8w0 | 29b0 | 31w0 | 40b0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
