Starting on May 13, 2019, and having had a mix of spring weather this month, we’ll take it as it comes and carry on come what may.

ACC Come What May Swiss is a five-round CFC-rated tournament in three sections, Crown, U1800, and U1400, running on Monday nights in May and June. Time control is 90 min/side with a 30-s increment. The round starts at 7:30 pm May 13 to June 17. New players can register on site each round by 7 pm. Email registration or bye requests before 6 pm.

Round One – May 13

See results below.

Off-week – May 20

The club is closed for Victoria Day.

Round Two – May 27

In the Crown Section, an odd number of players allows 10-year-old Lucy Gao to play up and take out 2010-rated Michael Bitton. As Andrea La Manna takes a bye, Dave Southam heads into the lead with 2.0/2.

In U1400, Larissa Souchko and Benjamin Kamnitzer are tied for the lead at 2.0/2.

And in U1800, a late game between Michael Da Silva and Dragan Jevtic ends in draw, leaving just a two-way tie for the lead at 2.0/2 between Sihao Chen and Lorne Schwartz.

Don’t miss Chessfest – June 1-2

Celebrate everything chess at Harbourfront Centre!

Round Three – June 3

In the Crown, Robert Bzikot wins to catch up with Dave Southam. The two are now tied for the lead at 2.5/3. In U1800, the co-leaders draw, leaving Lorne Schwartz and Sihao Chen tied for the lead at 2.5/3, and Michael Da Silva wins to catch up with them. And in U1400, there’s another three-way tie at 2.5/3 as Alexis Stefanovic-Thompson and Carina D’Souza both win, to catch up with Benjamin Kamnitzer.

Round Four – June 10

As the Raptors take the NBA finals back to Toronto needing only one more win to take the Championship, attendance suffers a little. But the die-hard chess heads are still out.

In the Crown, there is just one game, which ends in a draw, as Dave Southam pulls into the lead at 3.0/4 with his ½-point bye. In U1800, Lorne Schwartz wins quickly, so he takes the lead at 3.5/4 and still has time to watch the Raptors game. And in U1400, Carina D’Souza wins to take the lead at 3.5/4.

As the last game wraps up, the Raps still trail by 6 in the third. Go Raptors!

Round Five – June 17

It’s the day of the Raptors victory parade, after they lose game 5 in Toronto by a point, but win game 6 in Oakland to take the NBA Championship! Let’s go Raptors!

As the final round begins, one game in the Crown ends quickly.

Then Dave Southam finishes with a less dramatic draw to finish with 3.5/5, good enough for first place as John Fines holds Peter McSherry to a draw.
In U1800, Lorne Schwartz wins his game to take the section with 4.5/5.
In U1400, Carina D’Souza needs just a half point to take first and she does it with a draw on board 1 to take the section with 4.0/5.

Congratulations, Dave, Lorne, and Carina!

Don’t forget to submit a team for the GTCL Cup, coming next week. $20 per team. Free for ACC full-year members. Please email your teams in beforehand if possible. If you don’t have a team, you can submit your name as a free agent.

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Final Ranking Cross-tables after Round 5

ACC Come What May Swiss – Crown section

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1		Southam David	2145	CAN	6b1	2w1	-½	-½	4b½	3.5
2		Mcsherry Peter	1797	CAN	7w1	1b0	11w1	6b½	5w½	3
3	FM	La Manna Andrea	2313	ITA	12w1	-½	-½	0	8b1	3
4		Bzikot Robert	2015	CAN	-½	8w1	5b1	0	1w½	3
5		Fines John	1813	CAN	13b½	10w1	4w0	0	2b½	2
6		Furrow Matthew	1730	CAN	1w0	7b0	-½	2w½	11b1	2
7		Malakhovets Sergey	2092	CAN	2b0	6w1	-½	-½	0	2
8		Talsma Shawn	1904	CAN	-½	4b0	12w1	0	3w0	1.5
9		Gao Lucy	1680	CAN	-½	12b1	0	0	0	1.5
10		Gao Raymond	1877	CAN	-½	5b0	-½	0	0	1
11		Phillips Arthur	1713	CAN	-½	-½	2b0	0	6w0	1
12		Bitton Michael	2010	CAN	3b0	9w0	8b0	-½	0	0.5
13		Dohani Tales	2000	BRA	5w½	0	0	0	0	0.5

See full Crown results on Chess-Results.

ACC Come What May Swiss – U1800 section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Schwartz Lorne	1577	CAN	20w1	6b1	2w½	4w1	10b1	4.5
2	Chen Sihao	1632	CAN	5b1	11w1	1b½	-½	8w1	4
3	Saltat Michael	1609	CAN	11b0	-½	6w½	14b1	5w1	3
4	Da Silva Michael	1600	CAN	15w1	13b½	17w1	1b0	0	2.5
5	Belanger Colton	1556	CAN	2w0	16b1	19w1	-½	3b0	2.5
6	Patton Mark A.	1278	CAN	9w1	1w0	3b½	7b0	18w1	2.5
7	Armstrong Robert J.	1569	CAN	10b0	22w1	-½	6w1	0	2.5
8	Ugodnikov Arkadiy	1573	CAN	21b1	10w½	-½	-½	2b0	2.5
9	Wang Eric	1566	CAN	6b0	-½	16w1	-1	12b0	2.5
10	Vigneswaramoorthy Vinorth	1699	CAN	7w1	8b½	13w½	-½	1w0	2.5
11	Lambert Peter	1490	CAN	3w1	2b0	-1	-½	0	2.5
12	Grisar Charlie	1487	CAN	-½	19b½	22w½	0	9w1	2.5
13	Jevtic Dragan	1534	CAN	22b1	4w½	10b½	0	0	2
14	Faqir Yassine	1662	CAN	-½	-½	0	3w0	16b1	2
15	Stroganov Victor	1434	CAN	4b0	-½	-½	0	22w1	2
16	Dixon Javier	1484	CAN	-½	5w0	9b0	22b1	14w0	1.5
17	Gao Lucy	1589	CAN	-½	-½	4b0	-½	0	1.5
18	Shepherd Zach	1500	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	6b0	1
19	Liu Tony	1400	CAN	-½	12w½	5b0	0	0	1
20	Supol George	1389	CAN	1b0	-½	-½	0	0	1
21	Stroganov Valery	1381	CAN	8w0	-½	-½	0	0	1
22	Tuchow Ryan	1431	CAN	13w0	7b0	12b½	16w0	15b0	0.5

See full U1800 results on Chess-Results.

ACC Come What May Swiss – U1400 section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	D’Souza Carina	1193	CAN	10b1	-½	8w1	5b1	4w½	4
2	Guo Richard	1180	CAN	7w0	15b1	11b1	-½	5w1	3.5
3	Moiseev Alex	1150	CAN	9b1	5w0	12b1	-½	6w1	3.5
4	Stefanovich-Thomson Alexis	1285	CAN	-½	16b1	6w1	-½	1b½	3.5
5	Kamnitzer Benjamin	1037	CAN	15b1	3b1	-½	1w0	2b0	2.5
6	Souchko Larissa	881	CAN	14b1	12w1	4b0	8w½	3b0	2.5
7	Lau Joshua	994	CAN	2b1	0	0	-½	8b1	2.5
8	Kar Anindya	0	CAN	-½	11w1	1b0	6b½	7w0	2
9	Guo Rainyee	928	CAN	3w0	10w0	-½	-½	-1	2
10	Teram Eli	1021	CAN	1w0	9b1	0	-½	0	1.5
11	Lillico Margarita	1189	CAN	-½	8b0	2w0	-½	0	1
12	Chandrasiri Dilum	865	CAN	-½	6b0	3w0	-½	0	1
13	Kalmanson Evgeny	1264	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	0	1
14	Tuong Rose	1149	CAN	6w0	-½	-½	0	0	1
15	Yin Lucas	965	CAN	5w0	2w0	-½	0	0	0.5
16	Dolan Patrick	0	CAN	-½	4w0	0	0	0	0.5

See full U1400 results on Chess-Results.