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 is still in the 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.

One more round to go…

Round Six – March 25

The final round! When the dust settles, it’s Matthew Furrow taking clear first in the Reserve section with 5.0/6. Congratulations, Matthew!

And our new club champion is Josh Guo, with 5.5/6. Congratulations, Josh!

Check full details at chess-results.

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Final Ranking Cross-tables after Round 6

ACC Club Championship – Championship section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	6.Rd	Pts.
1	Guo Josh	2253	CAN	6b1	10w1	2b½	3w1	-1	4b1	5.5
2	Southam David	2216	CAN	3w½	11b1	1w½	8b1	6w1	5b1	5
3	Bitton Michael	1841	CAN	2b½	5w1	-½	1b0	-1	11w1	4
4	Malakhovets Sergey	2070	CAN	5b1	-½	7w1	-½	0	1w0	3
5	Fines John	1834	CAN	4w0	3b0	11w1	12b1	-½	2w0	2.5
6	Gao Raymond	1985	CAN	1w0	-½	-½	11b1	2b0	0	2
7	Talsma Shawn	1893	CAN	-½	8b1	4b0	-½	0	0	2
8	England Max	2044	CAN	9b½	7w0	10b+	2w0	-½	0	2
9	Humphreys Michael	2338	CAN	8w½	-½	-½	0	0	0	1.5
10	Saucedo Jorge	1926	MEX	11w1	1b0	8w-	0	0	0	1
11	Chen Sihao	1700	CAN	10b0	2w0	5b0	6w0	-1	3b0	1
12	Ogunlana Ayo	1765	CAN	-½	-½	0	5w0	0	0	1

ACC Club Championship – Reserve section

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