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ACC Summer in the City Swiss

July 20, 2017 king Leave a comment

It’s summer in T.O. Check out 50 things to do in Toronto in the summer, and I hope one of them is to play in this chess tournament on Monday nights in the Annex!

The Summer in the City Swiss is five rounds on Monday nights from July 24 to August 28. It’s in four sections by CFC rating: the new Masters section (for those rated 2100+), Under-2200 (for 1700-2199), Under-1800 (1300-1799), and Under-1400 (0-1399).

Rounds start at 7:30 pm. New players are welcome to join in any round with byes, but must register before 7:00 pm to be paired.

Players who join the tournament will automatically be paired for subsequent rounds. Please email before 6:00 pm on Monday to request a bye if you cannot attend. Up to two ½-point byes are available in rounds 1-4 and zero-point byes after.

Round One – July 24

The tournament starts at 7:30 pm. Please register on site before 7:00 pm if you would like to play, or email in advance. All are welcome, including new players! CFC membership is required ($48 per year; $32 for juniors) but you can purchase it from us, and we offer a variety of club membership options including a drop-in membership ($15 per night or $10 for juniors) to play in one round of the tournament.

Results

2017 Toronto Blitz Chess Championship – June 4

May 23, 2017 king Leave a comment

The 2017 Toronto Blitz Championship is Sunday June 4 – part of Harbourfront Centre Chessfest

Round 3 games on the top boards (photo: John Upper)

Winners

Mark Plotkin and Artiom Samsonkin are 2017 Toronto Blitz Champions (photo: John Upper)

Photos

John Upper was in attendance and has photos posted on the CFC Newsletter page on Facebook.

Results

Rk.	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.
1	2	Samsonkin Artiom	CAN	2559	ON	11.5
	8	Plotkin Mark	CAN	2350	ON	11.5
3	3	Krnan Tomas	CAN	2527	ON	10
	4	Yang Kaiqi	CAN	2503	ON	10
	5	Calugar Arthur	CAN	2422	ON	10
6	1	Noritsyn Nikolay	CAN	2598	ON	9.5
7	11	Rek Viatcheslav (slava)	CAN	2274	ON	9
	13	Vettese Nicholas	CAN	2231	ON	9
9	6	Plotkin Victor	CAN	2387	ON	8.5
	9	Puri Vinny	CAN	2320	ON	8.5
	16	Liang Hairan	CAN	2186	ON	8.5
	21	Lauron Ranel	CAN	2033	ON	8.5
	46	Lozano Carlos	CAN	0		8.5
14	7	Emuakpeje Ochuko	CAN	2384	ON	8
	17	Xu Jeffrey	CAN	2125	ON	8
	18	Ishoo Younan	CAN	2120	FO	8
	19	Zotkin Daniel	CAN	2117	ON	8
	26	Jiang Brian	CAN	1800	ON	8
19	12	Dougherty Michael	CAN	2236	ON	7.5
	20	Upper John	CAN	2102	QC	7.5
	25	Hay Jonathan	CAN	1940	ON	7.5
	42	De La Cerna Jay	CAN	0		7.5
23	15	Calvelo Jelvis	CAN	2187	ON	7
	22	England Max	CAN	2030	ON	7
	29	Dagan Alfred	CAN	1732	ON	7
	41	Andes Aldrin	CAN	0		7
27	10	Barron Michael	CAN	2290	ON	6.5
	14	Filipovich David	CAN	2205	ON	6.5
	23	Chernik Dmitry	CAN	2023	ON	6.5
	35	Zhao Jeffrey R.	CAN	1537	ON	6.5
31	31	Liu Henry	CAN	1592	ON	6
	32	Belcadi Salim	CAN	1589	ON	6
	43	Dhawan Sahil	CAN	0		6
34	24	Gunapalan David	CAN	2010	QC	5.5
	28	Ganea Mihai	CAN	1747	ON	5.5
	34	Pei Eric	CAN	1559	ON	5.5
37	27	Ali Shafkat	CAN	1776	ON	5
	37	Guo Haotong Hazel	CAN	1345	ON	5
	38	Xu William	CAN	1295	ON	5
	40	Ai Amy	CAN	1180	ON	5
41	30	Liu Harry	CAN	1730	ON	4.5
	36	Huang Youhe	CAN	1492	ON	4.5
	39	Guo Roger	CAN	1280	ON	4.5
44	33	Fletcher David	CAN	1559	ON	3.5
45	45	Hoyda Paul	CAN	0		2.5
46	44	Emnace Segurdino	CAN	0		1

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Results

ACC June Bug Swiss

May 20, 2017 king 4 Comments

Our latest chess tournament is named for the big brown beetles that seem to show up out of nowhere in June. Part of the scarab family, June bugs are usually considered a pest. Personally, I’ve always found them humorously clumsy; they always seem to be flying into walls, getting stuck on their back, or moving slowly and awkwardly across the ground, dragging their big belly with scrabbling legs.

Running through June from May 29 to July 10, the ACC June Bug Swiss is a 5-round club tournament in three sections, Masters, U2200, and U1600. Yes, those cut-offs are a little different than normal – partly because it’s nice to mix up the sections to give people some new opponents, but mostly because we’re trying an experiment with this tournament, making the Masters section a little more exclusive in the hopes of attracting some new strong players.

Accordingly, our three sections are the new Masters section, then U2200, and then U1600. As always, those within 100 points of the cut-off may request to play up in the next higher section. E.g., a 2120 would naturally be in the U2200 section, but could request to play in the Masters. Similarly a 1530 would naturally be placed in U1600, but could request to play in U2200.

Round One – May 29

The tournament starts with 31 players in three sections. The Masters section has a very low turn-out with just one player. We already have some additional entries for Round Two!

In U2200, there are some big rating differences in the first round, and at the end of the night the results on the pairing sheet show a zig-zag pattern indicating a sweep by the rating favourites. In U1600, two unrated players play their first standard CFC-rated tournament game, Benjamin Kamnizer, who loses to Evgeny Kalmanson, and Akshay Seshadri, who wins against Reza Anghaie. Otherwise, the section is also a sweep for the rating favourites. See full results below.

Round Two – June 5

The Masters section doubles in the second round with two players now registered. William Li defeats Dave Southam to stay in first with 2.0/2.

In U2200, four 1900s face off on the top boards. Shawn Talsma and John Fines are victorious and now tied for the lead at 2.0/2.

In U1600, both unrated players are on the board as Benjamin Kamnitzer wins his game. Tied for the lead with 2.0/2 are Shabnam Abbarin, Gregory Szucs, and George Supol.

Round Three – June 12

In the Masters section, Sergey Noritsyn joins and defeats William Li. The two are now tied at 2.0/3. In U2200 action, John Fines defeats Shawn Talsma to take sole first with a perfect score of 3.0/3. And in U1600, Shabnam Abbarin stays perfect at 3.0/3 with a win over George Supol, while Gregory Szucs and Bill Randle are just half a point behind at 2.5/3.

Off-week – June 19

ACC is hosting the GTCL Cup. Free for Annex members. Make a team or we’ll put you on one for this one-night four-on-four rapid teams event. Our regular club tournament takes a break to allow players to participate.

Round Four – June 26

The tournament resumes. In the Masters section, Sergey Malakhovets joins and defeats William Li to join a now 3-way tie for the lead at 2.0/4. …

Off-week – July 3

It’s Canada Day weekend and ACC is closed.

Round Five – July 10

Final round …

Final Ranking cross-tables after Round 5

ACC June Bug Swiss – Masters

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Malakhovets Sergey	2103	CAN	-½	-½	0	2w1	5b½	2.5
2	Li William	2142	CAN	-1	5b1	3w0	1b0	4w0	2
3	Noritsyn Sergey	2248	CAN	-½	-½	2b1	0	0	2
4	Guo Josh	2225	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	2b1	2
5	Southam David	2263	CAN	-½	2w0	-½	6b½	1w½	2
6	Wang Lidong	2128	USA	-½	-½	0	5w½	0	1.5

Check updated results on chess-results.

ACC June Bug Swiss – U2200

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Fines John	1961	CAN	6w1	2b1	4w1	3b½	-1	4.5
2	Malmsten Erik	1922	CAN	11b1	1w0	5b1	9w1	3b1	4
3	Ugodnikov Arkadiy	1722	CAN	-½	10b1	-½	1w½	2w0	2.5
4	Talsma Shawn	1937	CAN	13w1	9b1	1b0	0	0	2
5	Pei Eric	1559	CAN	9w0	11b1	2w0	10w0	6b1	2
6	Hanratty Brian	1674	CAN	1b0	-½	9w½	12b1	5w0	2
7	Ab-Barin Hooshang	1723	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	11b1	2
8	Gao Raymond	1483	CAN	-½	-½	0	11w1	0	2
9	Mcsherry Peter	1953	CAN	5b1	4w0	6b½	2b0	0	1.5
10	Belcadi Salim	1589	CAN	-½	3w0	11w0	5b1	0	1.5
11	Chen Harry (siqi)	1525	CAN	2w0	5w0	10b1	8b0	7w0	1
12	Ning Eric	1922	CAN	-½	-½	0	6w0	0	1
13	Armstrong Robert J.	1527	CAN	4b0	0	0	0	0	0

Check updated results on chess-results.

ACC June Bug Swiss – U1600

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Szucs Gregory	1415	CAN	11w1	6b1	-½	2w1	4b½	4
2	Abbarin Shabnam	1442	CAN	10w1	4b1	7w1	1b0	5w1	4
3	Patton Mark A.	1285	CAN	23w1	13b½	5w0	19b1	8b1	3.5
4	Dixon Javier	1314	CAN	29b1	2w0	10b1	6w1	1w½	3.5
5	Gelowitz Mark A.	1412	CAN	19b1	24w0	3b1	9w1	2b0	3
6	Kalmanson Evgeny	1211	CAN	20b1	1w0	16b1	4b0	19w1	3
7	Supol George	1368	CAN	21w1	12b1	2b0	8w1	0	3
8	Randle Bill	1233	CAN	-½	28b1	-1	7b0	3w0	2.5
9	Mcmillan Alan	1227	CAN	25w1	0	20b1	5b0	0	2
10	Dong Yiwei	1064	CAN	2b0	29w1	4w0	27b1	0	2
11	Pancer Jeff	1002	CAN	1b0	22w1	0	0	25b1	2
12	Seshadri Akshay	0	CAN	22b1	7w0	28w1	0	0	2
13	Jevtic Dragan	1425	CAN	15b1	3w½	0	-½	0	2
14	Ai Amy	1180	CAN	-½	19w0	-½	22b1	0	2
15	Teram Eli	1011	CAN	13w0	-½	-½	0	23b1	2
16	Matetski Konstantin	0	CAN	-½	-½	6w0	21b1	0	2
17	Ma Yue Ran	1395	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	22w1	2
18	Hibbard Linda	0	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	21w1	2
19	Souchko Larissa	983	CAN	5w0	14b1	-½	3w0	6b0	1.5
20	Kamnitzer Benjamin	0	CAN	6w0	21b1	9w0	-½	0	1.5
21	Bahry Timothy	943	CAN	7b0	20w0	23b1	16w0	18b0	1
22	Anghaie Reza	891	CAN	12w0	11b0	29b1	14w0	17b0	1
23	Ellis Cody	900	CAN	3b0	0	21w0	26b1	15w0	1
24	Wilker Marcus	1601	CAN	0	5b1	0	0	0	1
25	Noftle Madisin	776	CAN	9b0	0	-1	0	11w0	1
26	Qiu James	1168	CAN	-½	-½	0	23w0	0	1
27	Gao Lucy	1074	CAN	-½	-½	0	10w0	0	1
28	David Jean-Marc	1440	CAN	-½	8w0	12b0	0	0	0.5
29	Noritsyn Ivan	933	CAN	4w0	10b0	22w0	0	0	0

Check updated results on chess-results.

For more on June bugs, also known as June beetles, May bugs, etc., see the Encyclopedia Brittanica article.

Results

ACC April Flurries Swiss

April 7, 2017 king 2 Comments

April showers bring May flowers, but living in Toronto it’s not unusual to have snow flurries in April.

The ACC April Flurries Swiss runs from April 10 to May 29. This CFC-rated five-round tournament is broken into three sections, Crown, U1800, and U1400, and runs concurrently with the annual city championship, the 2017 Toronto Closed.

Round One – April 10

The tournament starts with 25 players in three sections. As in Round 1 of almost any Swiss, there are a number of David-versus-Goliath matchups and a few surprise upsets. In the Crown, Matthew Bergeron (1749) scores an upset win over the young giant, Max England (2056). In U1800, Dragan Jevtic (1388) upsets Kevin Li (1624) and Gregory Szucs (1302) defeats Brett Kingsbury (1504). Finally in U1400, Ivan Noritsyn (885) upsets Cody Ellis (1191).

Round Two – April 24

Twelve new players join the tournament in Round 2.

In the Crown section, Matthew Bergeron wins again, this time over Peter McSherry. He is now tied for the lead with Ochuko Emuakpeje, who defeats William Li. Bergeron and Emuakpeje both have 2.0/2.

In the middle section, which gains 7 new players and is now up to 16, Dragan Jevtic beats Joey Qiao and Gregory Szuchs beats Bob Armstrong, so it’s a couple of 1300s who are tied for the lead in the U1800 section, at 2.0/2.

And in the U1400 section, which now has 14 players, it’s David Chodoriwsky alone in first at 2.0/2 with a win over Ivan Noritsyn.

Round Three – May 1

In the Crown section, Alex Ferreira makes a cameo appearance and beats Shawn Talsma, while Peter McSherry and John Fines – both oh-for thus far – play to a draw. Leaders Ochuko Emuakpeje and Matthew Bergeron both take byes and still lead the section with 2.5/3.

In U1800, Gregory Szuchs wins the playoff in the top point group to hold sole possession of the lead with a perfect 3.0/3. Trailing by half a point are Brian Hanratty, reaching 2.5 with a win over Shabnam Abbarin, and Harry Chen, with an upset over Ulli Diemer.

Finally in the closely fought U1400, David Chodoriwsky still holds the lead as Evgeny Kalmanson draws him to rise to 2.0/3 along with four other players half a point behind Chodoriwsky’s 2.5.

Round Four – May 8

Jeremy D’Souza visits Annex with free cookies to promote the Etobicoke Chess Club at the Second Cup at 265 Wincott Drive on Thursday nights.

In the delayed showdown between Bergeron and Emuakpeje, Ochuko Emuakpeje wins again to take sole possession of first place going into the last round with 3.5/4. In U1800, Brian Hanratty and Harry Chen move up from tied for second at 3.5 to tied for first at 4.5 as Hanratty beats first place Gregory Szuchs. Finally in U1400, Alan McMillan beats leader David Chodoriwsky to rise to first along with Evgeny Kalmanson and Javier Dixon at 3.0/4.

Round Five – May 15

See final results below

Please note – We’re closed May 22

But there’s a new tournament starting up with Round One on May 29.
Each Monday the round starts at 7:30 pm. Please register on site before 7:00 if you would like to play, or email in advance. All are welcome, including new players! CFC membership is required ($48 per year; $32 for juniors) but you can purchase it from us, and we offer a variety of club membership options including a drop-in membership ($15 per night or $10 for juniors) to play in one round of the tournament.

Ranking cross-tables after Round 4

ACC April Flurries Swiss – Crown

Rk.	Name	ELO	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	Pts.
1	Emuakpeje Ochuko	2414	CAN	9b1	6w1	-½	2b1	3.5
2	Bergeron Matthew	1749	CAN	10b1	9w1	-½	1w0	2.5
3	Ferreira Alex T.	2086	CAN	-½	-½	4b1	0	2
4	Talsma Shawn	1894	CAN	6w0	5b1	3w0	9b1	2
5	Fines John	1960	CAN	7b0	4w0	9b½	8w1	1.5
6	Li William	2176	CAN	4b1	1b0	0	0	1
7	Barron Michael	2288	CAN	5w1	0	0	0	1
8	Akophyan Nika	1885	CAN	-½	-½	0	5b0	1
9	McSherry Peter	2005	CAN	1w0	2b0	5w½	4w0	0.5
10	England Max	2056	CAN	2w0	-½	0	0	0.5

Check updated results on chess-results.

ACC April Flurries Swiss – U1800

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	Pts.
1	Hanratty Brian	1675	CAN	-½	11b1	10w1	7b1	3.5
2	Chen Harry (siqi)	1419	CAN	-½	17w1	6b1	5w1	3.5
3	Li Kevin Yunhong	1624	CAN	7w0	16b1	14w1	8b1	3
4	Qiao Joey	1449	CAN	18w1	7b0	12w1	10b1	3
5	Szucs Gregory	1302	CAN	13w1	12b1	7w1	2b0	3
6	Diemer Ulli	1672	CAN	17b1	-½	2w0	11b1	2.5
7	Jevtic Dragan	1388	CAN	3b1	4w1	5b0	1w0	2
8	Ugodnikov Arkadiy	1740	CAN	-½	-½	9b1	3w0	2
9	Supol George	1332	CAN	-½	13b1	8w0	-½	2
10	Abbarin Shabnam	1455	CAN	-½	15b1	1b0	4w0	1.5
11	Gelowitz Mark A.	1434	CAN	-½	1w0	15b1	6w0	1.5
12	Armstrong Robert J.	1599	CAN	-1	5w0	4b0	-½	1.5
13	Kingsbury Brett	1504	CAN	5b0	9w0	17b+	-½	1.5
14	Goldfarb Adam	1387	CAN	-½	-½	3b0	-½	1.5
15	Zhang Henry Xianrui	1337	CAN	-½	10w0	11w0	-½	1
16	Mcmillan Alan	1123	CAN	-½	3w0	0	0	0.5
17	Chapin Sasha	1418	CAN	6w0	2b0	13w-	0	0
18	Abdi Liban	0	CAN	4b0	0	0	0	0

Check updated results on chess-results.

ACC April Flurries Swiss – U1400

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	Pts.
1	Kalmanson Evgeny	1188	CAN	14w1	7b½	4b½	6w1	3
2	Dixon Javier	1308	CAN	-½	6w½	8b1	7w1	3
3	Mcmillan Alan	1123	CAN	7w0	-1	13b1	4w1	3
4	Chodoriwsky David	1266	CAN	13w1	5b1	1w½	3b0	2.5
5	Noritsyn Ivan	885	CAN	15w1	4w0	10b0	13b1	2
6	Patton Mark A.	1295	CAN	-½	2b½	9w1	1b0	2
7	Randle Bill	1288	CAN	3b1	1w½	-½	2b0	2
8	Ai Amy	1003	CAN	-½	12b1	2w0	10w½	2
9	Dong Yiwei	1000	CAN	-½	-½	6b0	12w1	2
10	Teram Eli	999	CAN	-½	11w0	5w1	8b½	2
11	Goldfarb Adam	1387	CAN	-½	10b1	0	0	1.5
12	Noftle Madisin	866	CAN	-½	8w0	-1	9b0	1.5
13	Souchko Larissa	992	CAN	4b0	15b1	3w0	5w0	1
14	Anghaie Reza	863	CAN	1b0	0	0	15w1	1
15	Ellis Cody	1191	CAN	5b0	13w0	0	14b0	0

Check updated results on chess-results.

Results

2017 Toronto Closed Chess Championship

March 20, 2017 king 2 Comments

It’s time again for the annual City Chess Championship, sanctioned by the Greater Toronto Chess League.

April 10 to June 12, 2017

Final Crosstables

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Toronto Closed Championship 2017

No.	Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts.
1	Humphreys Michael	2364	CAN	*	½	½	1	0	1	1	0	4
2	Agbabishvili Lali	2260	CAN	½	*	1	0	½	0	½	0	2.5
3	Noritsyn Sergey	2248	CAN	½	0	*	0	½	1	½	0	2.5
4	Barron Michael	2290	CAN	0	1	1	*	½	0	0	1	3.5
5	Plotkin Victor	2387	CAN	1	½	½	½	*	1	0	½	4
6	Southam David	2263	CAN	0	1	0	1	0	*	0	½	2.5
7	Rek Viatcheslav (slava)	2274	CAN	0	½	½	1	1	1	*	0	4
8	Ivanov Mike	2369	CAN	1	1	1	0	½	½	1	*	5

See full results of the Toronto Closed Championship on Chess Results

Toronto Closed Reserve 2017

No.	Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts.
1	Chernik Dmitry	2023	CAN	*	0	½	½	0	1	1	1	4
2	Qiao Cindy	1877	CAN	1	*	0	½	0	0	0	½	2
3	Malakhovets Sergey	2092	CAN	½	1	*	½	½	0	1	1	4.5
4	Wiebe Daniel	2072	CAN	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	4.5
5	Zotkin Daniel	2117	CAN	1	1	½	½	*	1	0	1	5
6	Siddeley Hugh	2117	CAN	0	1	1	½	0	*	1	1	4.5
7	Stefanovic Miroslav	2115	CAN	0	1	0	0	1	0	*	0	2
8	Ali Shafkat	1776	CAN	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	*	1.5

See full results or the Toronto Closed Reserve on Chess Results

The event consists of two eight-player Round Robins. Championship and Reserve pairings are according to the Berger table:

Rd 1: 1-8, 2-7, 3-6, 4-5.
Rd 2: 8-5, 6-4, 7-3, 1-2.
Rd 3: 2-8, 3-1, 4-7, 5-6.
Rd 4: 8-6, 7-5, 1-4, 2-3.
Rd 5: 3-8, 4-2, 5-1, 6-7.
Rd 6: 8-7, 1-6, 2-5, 3-4.
Rd 7: 4-8, 5-3, 6-2, 7-1.

Pairings and Results

Round One – April 10

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Michael Humphreys	0	1	Mike Ivanov
2	Lali Agbabishvili	½	½	Slava Rek
3	Sergey Noritsyn	1	0	David Southam
4	Michael Barron	½	½	Victor Plotkin

5	Dmitry Chernik	1	0	Shafkat Ali
6	Cindy Qiao	0	1	Miroslav Stefanovic
7	Sergey Malakhovets	0	1	Hugh Siddeley
8	Daniel Wiebe	½	½	Daniel Zotkin

Games from Round One

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed Championship"] [Site "Toronto, ON CAN"] [Date "2017.04.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Agbabishvili, Lali"] [Black "Rek, Slava"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. a3 a5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qc1 Nc5 12. b4 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qb2 Re8 16. Rad1 axb4 17. axb4 Bf5 18. Ra1 Rad8 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Be6 23. Be2 Qd8 24. Bd3 Nd6 25. Nd2 Qb6 26. Qa3 Kf7 27. c4 Qd8 28. Qc3 Qa8 29. c5 Ne8 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed Championship"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Noritsyn, Sergey"] [Black "Southam, David"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2017.04.10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 Bxb5 10. axb5 a5 11. O-O Ne7 12. c4 Nd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ng5 (14. e6 fxe6 15. Ng5 $16) 14... h6 15. e6 hxg5 16. exd7+ Kxd7 (16... Qxd7 $11) 17. h3 Qd6 18. Re1 f6 19. Qg4+ Kc7 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bd2 Rh4 $6 22. Bf4 $1 $18 Rxg4 23. Rxe7+ Kb6 24. Bxd6 Rc4 25. Ra2 a4 26. Rxg7 a3 27. Re7 Rb4 28. Re6 Kxb5 29. Bc7 d4 30. Rxf6 c4 31. Rb6+ Ka4 32. Rxb4+ Kxb4 33. Kf1 d3 34. Bd6+ Kc3 35. cxd3 Rd8 36. Rxa3+ Kb2 37. dxc4 Rxd6 38. Rg3 Rg6 39. h4 g4 40. c5 Kc2 41. c6 Kd2 42. Kg1 Rxc6 43. Rxg4 Ke2 44. Re4+ Kd3 45. Re3+ Kd4 46. Kh2 Rf6 47. Rf3 Rh6 48. Kh3 Ke4 49. Rf8 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Toronto Closed"] [Date "2017.04.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Barron, Michael"] [Black "Plotkin, Victor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [PlyCount "105"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nd4 Ne5 12. Rhe1 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Kb1 Bf6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Qb5 17. Bd2 Qxd3 18. cxd3 e5 19. f5 h5 20. h3 h4 21. Re4 Be7 22. Rf1 Rf7 23. Be1 Raf8 24. Bxh4 Bxh4 25. Rxh4 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27. Rg4 Rf2 28. a4 b6 29. Ka2 Kf7 30. Kb3 Kf6 31. d4 g5 32. g3 exd4 33. Rxd4 Rg2 34. Rd3 Rh2 35. Rf3+ Ke6 36. g4 Re2 37. h4 gxh4 38. Rh3 Kf6 39. Rxh4 Re7 40. a5 Kg5 41. Rh8 bxa5 42. Rg8+ Kf4 43. g5 Kf5 44. g6 Kf6 45. Ra8 Re5 46. Rxa6 Rb5+ 47. Ka4 Rxb2 48. Kxa5 Ke6 49. g7 Rg2 50. Kb5 Rxg7 51. Kc6 Rg4 52. Kxc7 Rc4+ 53. Rc6 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed Reserve"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Chernik, Dmitri"] [Black "Shafkat, Ali"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "63"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5 8. Ne5+ $2 c6 9. d4 Qxg2 10. Bf1 Qxh1 $19 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qxh8 Ne7 14. Bg5 Bg4 $2 15. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 16. Qh4+ Kf7 17. Qxg4 $14 Rd8 18. Qf4+ Ke8 19. O-O-O Bd6 20. Qf6 Qxh2 21. Qe6+ Be7 22. Qxg6+ Kd7 23. Qxe4 Qh6+ 24. Kb1 Rf8 $2 25. d5 $1 c5 26. d6 Bxd6 27. Qxb7+ Kd8 28. Bh3 Qxh3 29. Rxd6+ Ke8 30. Qc6+ Kf7 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed Reserve"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Qiao, Cindy"] [Black "Stefanovic, Miroslav"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "96"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. e5 Ne8 11. f4 f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. Bc5 Nd6 14. O-O Re8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. f5 Bf7 18. Qc2 g5 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Qd1 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rb8 23. Qc2 Bf8 24. Nf3 Qb6 25. Re2 c5 26. Qc1 h6 27. Bb1 d4 28. cxd4 cxd4 29. Qd1 Rd8 30. Rd2 Bc5 31. a3 a5 32. Qe2 Re8 33. Qd1 Rd8 34. Qf1 Qd6 35. Bd3 Kg7 36. Bc4 Bh5 37. Ne1 Bb6 38. Be6 Bc7 39. g3 Be8 40. Nd3 Bc6+ 41. Kg1 Bb7 42. Qh3 $2 Bc6 (42... Qc6 43. Qg2 Qxg2+ 44. Rxg2 Bxg2 45. Kxg2 $19) 43. Nf2 Be8 (43... Qe5) 44. Qf1 Bc6 45. Qh3 Qe5 $1 46. Qf1 $2 d3 $1 47. Ng4 $2 Bb6+ 48. Nf2 Qe4 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed Reserve"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Malakhovets, Sergey"] [Black "Siddeley, Hugh"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "92"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. b4 Bf6 10. b5 Nd4 11. d3 Be6 12. a4 a5 13. Ne4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Be7 15. Qc2 Bd5 16. Be3 f5 17. Bxb6 cxb6 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Qb2 Bf6 20. e4 Bf7 21. Be2 g6 22. Rbc1 Qd4 23. Qxd4 exd4 24. f4 fxe4 25. dxe4 d3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxd3 Rd8 28. Rf3 Rd4 29. Kf2 Rxa4 30. Ke2 Ra2 31. Rf1 Bc3 32. Rd1 Bb3 33. Rc1 $2 ( 33. Ke3 $1 Bxd1 34. Bc4+ Kg7 35. Bxa2 $11) 33... Bxd2 $19 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rc7+ Kf8 36. Rxh7 Bxf4+ 37. Kf3 Bd6 38. Kg4 Be7 39. h4 Rf2 40. Kh3 Be6+ 41. g4 Rf3+ 42. Kg2 Rxd3 43. h5 gxh5 44. e5 Bd5+ 45. Kf2 hxg4 46. e6 Bxe6 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Round Two – April 24

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Mike Ivanov	½	½	Victor Plotkin
2	Dave Southam	1	0	Michael Barron
3	Slava Rek	½	½	Sergey Noritsyn
4	Michael Humphreys	½	½	Lali Agbabishvili

5	Shafkat Ali	0	1	Daniel Zotkin
6	Hugh Siddeley	½	½	Daniel Wiebe
7	Miroslav Stefanovic	0	1	Sergey Malakhovets
8	Dmitry Chernik	0	1	Cindy Qiao

Games from Round Two

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Southam, David"] [Black "Barron, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C85"] [PlyCount "105"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 c5 8. d3 Nd7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. a4 Re8 12. Nbd2 Nf8 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Nd2 Nf4 16. Kh1 Re6 17. g3 Rh6 18. f3 Nh5 19. Qf2 Qg5 20. Rg1 Bh3 21. Nc4 Qe7 22. Nb6 Rf8 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. g4 Nf4 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. g5 Rh5 27. Qd2 f6 28. gxf6 Rxf6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Rad1 Be6 31. d4 cxd4 32. Qf2 Rc5 33. Qxd4 Qxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxc2 35. Rxd6 Bxb3 36. Rd7 g6 37. Rxb7 Bxa4 38. Ra7 Bb5 39. Rd1 Rc8 40. Kg2 h5 41. Rd6 Be8 42. h4 a5 43. e5 a4 44. e6 a3 45. Rxa3 Kg7 46. Ra7+ Kf6 47. e7+ Kf7 48. Rd4 Rc2+ 49. Kh3 g5 50. hxg5 Bb5 51. Rxf4+ Kg6 52. Re4 Kxg5 53. Ra5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Rek, Slava"] [Black "Noritsyn, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B01"] [PlyCount "43"] [SourceDate "2017.04.25"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. b3 e4 12. Nd4 f5 13. Bg5 e3 14. Bxe3 Qe7 15. Be2 f4 16. Bxf4 Naxc4 17. bxc4 Nxc4 18. d6 cxd6 19. Qd3 Nb2 20. Qd2 Nc4 21. Qd3 Nb2 22. Qd2 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Humphreys, MIchael"] [Black "Agbabishvili, Lali"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A43"] [PlyCount "214"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 e6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Ne2 a6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nbc3 exd5 8. exd5 Bg4 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Ng3 O-O 11. f4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Qxb5 Nb6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Qc2 c4 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 g6 18. Ne3 Re8 19. O-O Bf8 20. a4 Qc7 21. a5 Nbd7 22. Qa4 Qa7 23. Nb5 Qc5 24. Nc3 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Qc5 27. Qc6 Rc8 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. a6 Rc8 30. a7 Nb6 31. Ra5 Nfd7 32. Rfa1 Na8 33. Rb5 Bg7 34. Rb7 Ndb6 35. Ra6 Bd4 36. Rb8 Rf8 37. g3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Nd7 39. Rxf8 Kxf8 40. Rxd6 Ke7 41. Rc6 Ndb6 42. Kf3 f5 43. h3 Kd7 44. g4 fxg4+ 45. hxg4 Nc8 46. Nb5 Bxb2 47. Rxc4 Ncb6 48. Rc6 Nc8 49. f5 gxf5 50. gxf5 Bg7 51. f6 Bf8 52. Kg4 Ncb6 53. Kf5 Nxd5 54. Re6 Ndb6 55. f7 Nc8 56. Re8 Bc5 57. f8=Q Bxf8 58. Rxf8 Ncb6 59. Nd4 Nc8 60. Rf7+ Kd6 61. Rxh7 Ne7+ 62. Ke4 Nc8 63. Rb7 Ncb6 64. Rb8 Kc7 65. Nb5+ Kc6 66. Nc3 Nc7 67. Kd3 Nca8 68. Na4 Nxa4 69. Rxa8 Kb7 70. Rb8+ Kxa7 71. Rb5 Ka6 72. Rb8 Ka7 73. Rb5 Nb6 74. Kd4 Ka6 75. Kc5 Nc8 76. Rb1 Na7 77. Rb6+ Ka5 78. Rb1 Ka6 79. Rb6+ Ka5 80. Rh6 Nb5 81. Rh1 Ka4 82. Ra1+ Na3 83. Rh1 Kb3 84. Rh3+ Kb2 85. Rg3 Nc2 86. Kc4 Na3+ 87. Kd3 Kb3 88. Rg8 Nb5 89. Rg4 Nc3 90. Rg5 Kb4 91. Kc2 Nb5 92. Kd3 Nc3 93. Rg4+ Kb3 94. Rc4 Nb5 95. Re4 Nc3 96. Re5 Kb4 97. Kd4 Nb5+ 98. Kd5 Nc3+ 99. Kc6 Kc4 100. Re1 Kd4 101. Rh1 Ne4 102. Rh3 Ke5 103. Rd3 Ke6 104. Rd8 Ke5 105. Rd7 Ke6 106. Rd4 Ke5 107. Rd8 Nf6 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Toronto Closed Reserve"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Siddeley, Hugh"] [Black "Wiebe, Daniel"] [ECO "B90"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf5 Bxf5 8. exf5 d5 9. Bg5 d4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qc6 12. Qf3 Nd7 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Bc4 O-O-O 15. f6 gxf6 16. O-O Kb8 17. Qxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxf6 Rd6 19. Nh5 f5 20. Ng3 Rf6 21. Rfe1 Bd6 22. Rad1 Na4 23. Bb3 Nc5 24. Ba2 Rhf8 25. f4 exf4 26. Nh5 Rg6 27. Bd5 Rg5 28. Bf3 Ne4 29. Kf1 Be5 30. h4 Rxh5 31. Bxh5 Bf6 32. Bf3 Bxh4 33. Rxe4 fxe4 34. Bxe4 Bf6 35. Bxh7 Re8 36. Re1 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Toronto Closed Reserve"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Stefanovic, MIroslav"] [Black "Malakhovets, Sergey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [PlyCount "95"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Nhf6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nf6 14. e3 Bf5 15. Bd3 g6 16. O-O Bg7 17. Qc2 Qc8 18. b4 Ng4 19. Nxg4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxg4 21. f4 Qf5 22. Qe2 O-O 23. a4 Qd7 24. g4 g5 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Qf3 Bf6 27. Qf5 Qxf5 28. Rxf5 Kg7 29. Raf1 Rh8 30. Kg2 Rh6 31. Ne2 Rah8 32. Rh1 e6 33. Rf3 Be7 34. h3 Rf6 35. Rxf6 Bxf6 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Ra8 38. Rb1 Bd8 39. b6 Bf6 40. Rb4 Ra2 41. Kf3 Ra3 42. Rb2 Kg6 43. Nc1 $2 Bxd4 $19 44. Rb3 Bxc5 45. Rxa3 Bxa3 46. Nb3 Bb4 47. e4 c5 48. Ke3 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Toronto Closed Reserve"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Chernik, Dmitry"] [Black "Qiao, Cindy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [PlyCount "72"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d5 8. exd5 a6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. d4 c4 11. Qe2 b5 12. Re1 Bb7 13. b3 Nxd5 14. Ba3 b4 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxb4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bxd4+ 18. Kg2 Bxa1 19. Bxe7 Qd7 20. Bb4+ Kd8 21. Ba5+ Kc8 22. Qxc4+ Kb7 23. Rd1 (23. Qb4+ $1 Kc8 24. Re4 $18) 23... Qe7 24. Qd5+ Kb8 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Re4 Bc3 27. Bc7+ $2 Kxc7 $19 28. Rc4+ Kb8 29. Qc5 Ra7 30. Rxc3 Qxf4 31. Rc4 Qf6 32. Qd5 Rd8 33. Rb4+ Kc8 34. Qc4+ Rc7 35. Qe2 Qg5+ 36. Kf1 Qc1+ 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Round Three – May 1

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Lali Agbabishvili	0	1	Mike Ivanov
2	Sergey Noritsyn	½	½	Michael Humphreys
3	Michael Barron	0	1	Slava Rek
4	Victor Plotkin	1	0	Dave Southam

5	Cindy Qiao	½	½	Shafkat Ali
6	Sergey Malakhovets	½	½	Dmitry Chernik
7	Daniel Wiebe	1	0	Miroslav Stefanovic
8	Daniel Zotkin	1	0	Hugh Siddeley

Round Four – May 8

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Mike Ivanov	½	½	Dave Southam
2	Slava Rek	1	0	Victor Plotkin
3	Michael Humphreys	1	0	Michael Barron
4	Lali Agbabishvili	1	0	Sergey Noritsyn

5	Shafkat Ali	0	1	Hugh Siddeley
6	Miroslav Stefanovic	1	0	Daniel Zotkin
7	Dmitry Chernik	½	½	Daniel Wiebe
8	Cindy Qiao	0	1	Sergey Malakhovets

Round Five – May 15

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Sergey Noritsyn	0	1	Mike Ivanov
2	Michael Barron	1	0	Lali Agbabishvili
3	Victor Plotkin	1	0	Michael Humphreys
4	Dave Southam	0	1	Slava Rek

5	Sergey Malakhovets	1	0	Shafkat Ali
6	Daniel Wiebe	½	½	Cindy Qiao
7	Daniel Zotkin	1	0	Dmitry Chernik
8	Hugh Siddeley	1	0	Miroslav Stefanovic

Round Six – May 29

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Mike Ivanov	1	0	Slava Rek
2	Michael Humphreys	1	0	Dave Southam
3	Lali Agbabishvili	½	½	Victor Plotkin
4	Sergey Noritsyn	0	1	Michael Barron

5	Shafkat Ali	1	0	Miroslav Stefanovic
6	Dmitry Chernik	1	0	Hugh Siddeley
7	Cindy Qiao	0	1	Daniel Zotkin
8	Sergey Malakhovets	½	½	Daniel Wiebe

Make-up Week – June 5

For any remaining unplayed games. Players without a make-up game to play are welcome to join the regular club tournament for one round – featuring a new “Masters Section” for players 2100+.

Final Round – June 12

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Michael Barron	1	0	Mike Ivanov
2	Victor Plotkin	½	½	Sergey Noritsyn
3	Dave Southam	1	0	Lali Agbabishvili
4	Slava Rek	0	1	Michael Humphreys

5	Daniel Wiebe	1	0	Shafkat Ali
6	Daniel Zotkin	½	½	Sergey Malakhovets
7	Hugh Siddeley	1	0	Cindy Qiao
8	Miroslav Stefanovic	0	1	Dmitry Chernik

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2016 Mike Ivanov
2015 Geordie Derraugh
2014 Victor Plotkin
2013 Michael Song
2012 Artiom Samsonkin
2011 Victor Plotkin
2010 Victor Plotkin
2009 Michael Barron
2008 Nikolay Noritsyn
2007 Michael Barron
2006 Leonid Gerzhoy
2005 Sami Ademi
2004 Tomas Krnan, Yaaqov Vaingorten
2003 Goran Prpic
2002 Isai Berengolts
2001 Brett Campbell

This city championship is older than Canada, with known winners dating back to 1854.

Round One – July 24

Winners

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Results

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Round One – May 29

Round Two – June 5

Round Three – June 12

Off-week – June 19

Round Four – June 26

Off-week – July 3

Round Five – July 10

Final Ranking cross-tables after Round 5

ACC June Bug Swiss – Masters

ACC June Bug Swiss – U2200

ACC June Bug Swiss – U1600

Round One – April 10

Round Two – April 24

Round Three – May 1

Round Four – May 8

Round Five – May 15

Please note – We’re closed May 22

Ranking cross-tables after Round 4

ACC April Flurries Swiss – Crown

ACC April Flurries Swiss – U1800

ACC April Flurries Swiss – U1400

Final Crosstables

Toronto Closed Championship 2017

Toronto Closed Reserve 2017

Pairings and Results

Round One – April 10

Games from Round One

Round Two – April 24

Games from Round Two

Round Three – May 1

Round Four – May 8

Round Five – May 15

Round Six – May 29

Make-up Week – June 5

Final Round – June 12

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