The Remembrance Day Swiss is a five-round ACC club tournament running from November 11 to December 9. It’s a CFC-rated tournament, divided in three sections, Crown, U1800, and U1400. Time control is 90 min/side with a 30-s increment. New players can register on site each round by 7 pm. Email registration or bye requests before 6 pm.

Round One – November 11

It’s a snowy Remembrance Day in Toronto and some players are away for the first round.

Round Two – November 18

Through two rounds, it’s Alex Moiseev in the lead with 2.0/2 in U1400. In U1800, it’s Arkadiy Ugodnikov alone in first with 2.0. And in the Crown Dave Southam and Peter McSherry are tied for the lead at 1.5/2.

Round Three – November 25

In U1400, Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson catches up to Alex Moiseev at 2.5/3. In U1800, Charlie Grisar catches up to Arkadiy Ugodnikov at 2.5/3. And in the Crown, Dave Southam has the lead all to himself at 2.5/3.

Round Four – December 2

In the Crown, Dave Southam now leads with 3.5/4.

Round Five – December 9

Last round!

In U1900, it’s Charlie Grisar in clear first with 4.0/5. And his rating goes up over 1700. Way to go, Charlie!

In U1400, it’s Alex Moiseev with a win at 4.0/5. His rating goes up over 1250. Congratulations, Alex!

Finally, in the Crown, Dave Southam takes the tournament with a final score of 4.5/5. Congratulations, Dave!

Unfortunately, despite a clear-first finish, Dave still ends up donating a few points to the club for his efforts. We need to make these tournaments more rewarding for our highest rated players. A few ideas are in the works!

We’ll see many Annex players at Hart House this weekend. Then, on Monday, it’s our Holiday Rapid!

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Final Ranking Cross-tables after Round 5

ACC Remembrance Day Swiss – Crown section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Southam David	2215	CAN	2w½	6b1	8b1	3w1	5w+	4.5
2	McSherry Peter	1744	CAN	1b½	-1	3w½	6w½	7b½	3
3	Ivanov Venci	1745	CAN	-½	8w½	2b½	1b0	6w1	2.5
4	Gao Lucy	1664	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	8b1	2
5	Renteria Manuela	1673	CAN	-½	-½	0	8w1	1b-	2
6	Schwartz Lorne	1756	CAN	-½	1w0	-1	2b½	3b0	2
7	Shabanaj Saimir	2099	ALB	-½	-½	0	0	2w½	1.5
8	Furrow Matthew	1835	CAN	-½	3b½	1w0	5b0	4w0	1

See full Crown results on the Chess-results server.

ACC Remembrance Day Swiss – U1800 section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Grisar Charlie	1550	CAN	5b1	8w½	12b1	3w1	2b½	4
2	Chen Sihao	1635	CAN	8b0	10w1	15b1	5w1	1w½	3.5
3	Ugodnikov Arkadiy	1583	CAN	10b1	6w1	-½	1b0	8w1	3.5
4	D’souza Carina	1478	CAN	-½	15w1	8b½	-½	6w1	3.5
5	Belanger Colton	1698	CAN	1w0	14b1	9w1	2b0	11w1	3
6	Patton Mark A.	1319	CAN	7w1	3b0	-½	12w1	4b0	2.5
7	Supol George	1553	CAN	6b0	11w½	10b½	13w½	14b1	2.5
8	Wilker Marcus	1622	CAN	2w1	1b½	4w½	-½	3b0	2.5
9	Tuchow Ryan	1400	CAN	11b1	12w0	5b0	15w1	0	2
10	Jevtic Dragan	1499	CAN	3w0	2b0	7w½	14b½	15b1	2
11	Armstrong Robert J.	1563	CAN	9w0	7b½	14w1	-½	5b0	2
12	Schyngera Eli	1486	CAN	14w½	9b1	1w0	6b0	0	1.5
13	Sutton Michael	1706	CAN	-½	-½	0	7b½	0	1.5
14	Guo Richard	1241	CAN	12b½	5w0	11b0	10w½	7w0	1
15	Dixon Javier	1603	CAN	-½	4b0	2w0	9b0	10w0	0.5

See full U1800 results on the Chess-results server.

ACC Remembrance Day Swiss – U1400 section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Moiseev Alex	1166	CAN	16w1	10b1	2w½	-½	3w1	4
2	Niestrawski Alex	1231	CAN	4b1	3w½	1b½	9w1	6b½	3.5
3	Stefanovich-Thomson Alexis	1232	CAN	13w1	2b½	11w1	10b+	1b0	3.5
4	Teram Eli	1056	CAN	2w0	12b1	10w0	15b1	9b1	3
5	Denning Keith	1162	CAN	-½	15b1	-½	0	14w1	3
6	Randle Bill	1266	CAN	-½	-½	13b1	-½	2w½	3
7	Lau Joshua	1065	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	13w1	2
8	Teodorosyon Aras	0	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	15w1	2
9	Souchko Larissa	854	CAN	-½	11b0	15w1	2b0	4w0	1.5
10	Narayan Niyant	1261	CAN	-½	1w0	4b1	3w-	0	1.5
11	Paya Kian	692	CAN	-½	9w1	3b0	12w-	0	1.5
12	Yin Lucas	913	CAN	-½	4w0	-1	11b-	0	1.5
13	Lillico Margarita	1118	CAN	3b0	-½	6w0	-½	7b0	1
14	Ainey Declan	0	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	5b0	1
15	Harvey Paul	805	CAN	-½	5w0	9b0	4w0	8b0	0.5
16	Guo Rainyee	896	CAN	1b0	-½	0	0	0	0.5

See full U1400 results on the Chess-results server.

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