It’s that time of year again!

Club Championship starts February 11

It’s time for another edition of our annual Club Championship! (Check out the club championship tag for past editions!)

The format for the Club Championship is a little different than our regular Swisses: six rounds and just two sections, Championship and Reserve.

The Championship section sees the top players at our club vie for the title of 2019 Club Champion! Sergey Noritsyn is the defending champion. The minimum rating to enter the section is 1700.

The Reserve section sees players rated under 1800 compete for the title of 2019 Reserve Champion. Last year it was Michael Saltat.

All are welcome!

All are welcome to join us for the event, but only full-year members are eligible to win the Club Champion and Reserve Champion titles. Winners’ names will be engraved on permanent trophies at the club.

Rounds are at 7:30 pm on six Monday evenings, starting February 11 and running to March 25 (no round on Family Day, February 18). Registered players may request a bye by email before 6:00 pm. New players are asked to please register on site by 7:00 to make sure that you’re paired for the night’s round.

Round One – February 11

The tournament gets under way with 9 players in the Championship section and 28 in the Reserves. We’re off next week for Family Day, but new players are welcome to join in Round Two.

CLOSED – February 18

We’re closed for Family Day, so it’s an off-week for the tournament, but don’t miss the Hart House Reading Week Open!

Round Two – February 25

After two rounds, Josh Guo leads the Championship with a perfect 2.0/2. Dave Southam, Sergey Malakhovets, Shawn Talsma, and Michael Bitton are just a half point behind with 1.5/2. In the Reserve section, there’s still a big tie with five players tied for the lead at 2.0/2.

Here’s a game from the top section.

Round Three – March 4

After three rounds, there’s a tie for the lead in the Championship section as Josh Guo and Sergey Malkhovets each have 2.5/3. In the Reserves, only two players are still perfect as Lucy Gao and Colton Belanger share the lead at 3.0/3.

Round Four – March 11

After four rounds, Josh Guo is alone again in first with 3.5/4 in the Championship section. With two rounds to go, can anyone catch him? In the Reserves, Colton Belanger is still perfect with 4.0/4. Can he make it a perfect 6.0/6?

Round Five – March 18

Josh Guo now has a commanding lead with 4.5/5 going into the last round. It looks like a new Club Champion will be crowned this year!
In the Reserves, Colton Belanger is held to a draw, but still leads with 4.5/5.

See results below. Or check full details at chess-results.

One more round to go…

Round Six – March 25

The final round!

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Ranking cross-tables after Round 5

ACC Club Championship – Championship section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Guo Josh	2253	CAN	6b1	10w1	2b½	4w1	-1	4.5
2	Southam David	2216	CAN	4w½	11b1	1w½	8b1	6w1	4
3	Malakhovets Sergey	2070	CAN	5b1	-½	7w1	-½	0	3
4	Bitton Michael	1841	CAN	2b½	5w1	-½	1b0	-1	3
5	Fines John	1834	CAN	3w0	4b0	11w1	12b1	-½	2.5
6	Gao Raymond	1985	CAN	1w0	-½	-½	11b1	2b0	2
7	Talsma Shawn	1893	CAN	-½	8b1	3b0	-½	0	2
8	England Max	2044	CAN	9b½	7w0	10b+	2w0	-½	2
9	Humphreys Michael	2338	CAN	8w½	-½	-½	0	0	1.5
10	Saucedo Jorge	1926	MEX	11w1	1b0	8w-	0	0	1
11	Chen Sihao	1700	CAN	10b0	2w0	5b0	6w0	-1	1
12	Ogunlana Ayo	1765	CAN	-½	-½	0	5w0	0	1

ACC Club Championship – Reserve section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Belanger Colton	1499	CAN	27b1	37b1	7w1	6w1	3b½	4.5
2	Furrow Matthew	1659	CAN	-½	32b1	22w½	7b1	9w1	4
3	Belcadi Salim	1583	CAN	14w1	12b1	5w½	15b1	1w½	4
4	Phillips Arthur	1585	CAN	-½	25b1	0	22b1	15w1	3.5
5	Ivanov Venci	1785	CAN	18w½	31b1	3b½	11w1	6b½	3.5
6	Gao Lucy	1543	CAN	20w+	23b1	8w1	1b0	5w½	3.5
7	Lambert Peter	1553	CAN	21b1	17w1	1b0	2w0	26b1	3
8	Gao William (zhimao)	1665	CAN	16b1	29w1	6b0	9b½	14w½	3
9	Saltat Michael	1574	CAN	19w½	18b1	10b1	8w½	2b0	3
10	Wagner Robert	1598	CAN	33b1	-½	9w0	-½	16b1	3
11	Dixon Javier	1330	CAN	37w1	22b½	12w½	5b0	21w1	3
12	Tuchow Ryan	1325	CAN	32b1	3w0	11b½	-½	22w1	3
13	Deol Gagan Deep	1638	CAN	36w1	-½	21w1	-½	0	3
14	Supol George	1424	CAN	3b0	38w+	-½	-1	8b½	3
15	Jevtic Dragan	1597	CAN	31w½	19b1	24b1	3w0	4b0	2.5
16	Guo Richard	1211	CAN	8w0	20b½	34w1	17b1	10w0	2.5
17	Lee Tommy	1000	CAN	30b1	7b0	-½	16w0	29w1	2.5
18	Stefanovich-Thomson Alexis	1229	CAN	5b½	9w0	-½	-½	31b1	2.5
19	D’souza Carina	1051	CAN	9b½	15w0	30b1	-½	-½	2.5
20	Kamnitzer Benjamin	1003	CAN	6b-	16w½	37b1	-½	-½	2.5
21	Zuo Zichen (roger)	1021	CAN	7w0	30w1	13b0	23w1	11b0	2
22	Schwartz Lorne	1593	CAN	38b1	11w½	2b½	4w0	12b0	2
23	Armstrong Robert J.	1527	CAN	-½	6w0	-½	21b0	32b1	2
24	Giffen Glenn	1529	CAN	-½	26b1	15w0	-½	0	2
25	Stroganov Victor	1481	CAN	-½	4w0	-½	31b1	0	2
26	Patton Mark A.	1228	CAN	-½	24w0	-½	35b1	7w0	2
27	Guo Rainyee	945	CAN	1w0	36b½	32w0	37w1	-½	2
28	Lillico Margarita	1244	CAN	-½	-½	33w0	34b-	34b+	2
29	Ugodnikov Arkadiy	1660	CAN	-½	8b0	31w0	32w1	17b0	1.5
30	Kalmanson Evgeny	1313	CAN	17w0	21b0	19w0	-½	37b1	1.5
31	Tuong Rose	1068	CAN	15b½	5w0	29b1	25w0	18w0	1.5
32	Yin Lucas	200	CAN	12w0	2w0	27b1	29b0	23w0	1
33	Moiseev Alex	1153	CAN	10w0	0	28b1	0	0	1
34	Zhao Samuel	1224	CAN	-½	-½	16b0	28w-	28w-	1
35	Stroganov Valery	1425	CAN	-½	-½	0	26w0	0	1
36	Rogers John A	1191	CAN	13b0	27w½	0	0	0	0.5
37	Souchko Larissa	854	CAN	11b0	1w0	20w0	27b0	30w0	0
38	Teram Eli	1059	CAN	22w0	14b-	0	0	0	0