What’s happening this Monday?

The following Monday May 28, we have:

• Kids’ classes – Week 9 of our Spring session of children’s chess instruction.

• Regular club tournament – Round 3 of our Patio Weather Swiss, starting at 7:30 pm – register by email
• The Toronto Closed, Round 8 starting at 7:30 – see pairings and results.
• Our Kids’ Club, 6:15 to 8:45 – ACC for kids: casual games, blitz tournaments, double chess, and more! Keith Denning, our new kids’ club organizer will be launching a new kids’ tournament.
• Regular casual section , 6:30 to 11:00 pm

Current Events

Toronto Closed – March 26 to June 4

This is the 2012 Toronto Chess Championship tournament, in two Round Robin sections. Registration is now closed. Round 1 is Monday March 26 at 7:30 pm!

• download the original promo flyer
• check 2012 Toronto Closed registered players and tournament details
• check latest results

ACC Patio Weather Swiss – May 7 to June 11

It’s patio season in Toronto! This is our current CFC-rated club tournament, in three sections: Premier (>1900), Reserve A (1500-1900), and Reserve B (U1500).

It starts this Monday, May 7 – one round each Monday night, 7:30 to 10:30 pm.

• It’s never too late to join! (email: info@annexchessclub.com)

Upcoming ACC Events

GM Nigel Short Lecture and Simul – June 18

English super-GM Nigel Short (2705) has had a long career among the world’s elite, but he is especially known for his successes in the 1980s and 1990s when he won the British Championship several times, came first in a number of international tournaments, ranked third in the world by rating, and challenged Gary Kasparov for the World Championship.

June 18, he is giving a chess lecture and playing a 30-player simultaneous exhibition at Annex Chess Club

• lecture and watch simul – $10 (free for ACC full-year members)
• play a game against GM Nigel Short – $60 ($50 for ACC full-year members)

Register online today through Guestlist.

GTCL Cup – Toronto Rapid Team Chess Championships – June 25

Club teams, consisting of the four best players from each club in Toronto, will go head-to-head with “pick-up” teams consisting of any four players from anywhere – with a maximum average rating of 1800. Entry is $5/player. The event will be played in a 5-round Swiss format (team vs. team) and will be CFC Quick-rated (CFC membership is required). GTCL will be awarding trophies to top club team and top “pick-up” team.

ACC Beach Blanket Swiss – July 9 to August 13

From the Island to Kew Beach to Sunnyside, the beaches are open in Toronto! Celebrating beach weather, this is a short CFC-rated club tournament – only 4 rounds – in three sections: Premier (>1900), Reserve A (1500-1900), and Reserve B (U1500). It starts on July 9, four weeks after the conclusion of the Patio Weather Swiss. (June 18 is a rapid team chess event; June 25 is Nigel Short; July 2 is a holiday). The top section is FIDE-rated.

ACC Summer Love Swiss – August 20 to September 24

“Summer lovin’, had me a blast. Summer lovin’, happened so fast!” Before the summer days drift away, we’re launching another CFC-rated club tournament, in three sections: Premier (>1900), Reserve A (1500-1900), and Reserve B (U1500). It starts on August 20, the week after the conclusion of the Beach Blanket Swiss. The top section is FIDE-rated.

Upcoming Toronto Events

Ontario High School Chess Championship – May 25 to 27

Championship, Intermediate, and Beginner sections. Team and Individual prizes. CFC Membership not required.

2012 Toronto International Open – July 15 to 20

7-Round Swiss. All Sections FIDE Rated. $13,500 prize fund, based on 150 players.

• download the flyer for complete information
• register online today – $150 until June 1

Past Events

ACC Club Tournaments

• 2012 ACC Spring Swiss – winner: Wajdy Shebetah
• 2012 ACC Club Championship – winner: Michael Humphreys
• 2011 ACC Holiday Swiss – winner: Alex Ferreira
• 2011 ACC Fall Swiss – winner: Michael Humphreys
• ACC 1st Anniversary Swiss – winner: Pavel Peev
• 2011 ACC Late Summer Swiss – winner: David Filipovich
• 2011 ACC Early Summer Swiss – winner: Rolando Renteria
• 2011 ACC Spring Swiss – winner: Wajdy Shebetah
• 2011 ACC Club Championship – winner: Wajdy Shebetah
• 2010 ACC Holiday Swiss – winner: Erik Malmsten
• 2010 ACC Fall Swiss – winner: Steve Fairbairn

Club Speed Tournaments

• October speed: Halloween Ritz – winner: Wajdy Shebetah
• August speed: Late Summer Ritz – winner: Samuel Lipnowski
• July speed: Summer Ritz – winner: Geordie Derraugh
• May speed: ACC Rapid Championship – winner: Rolando Renteria
• December chess-960: ACC Chess-960 Tournament – winner: Pepin Manalo
• November active: ACC Fall Active – winner: Steve Fairbairn

Toronto Weekend Tournaments at ACC

• 2011 Toronto Thanksgiving Open – winner: IM Nikolay Noritsyn
• 2011 Toronto Labour Day Open – winners: Noritsyn, Krnan, Divljan

Championship Tournaments at ACC

• 2011 Toronto Junior Championship – winner: Michael Song
• 2011 Toronto Women’s Championship – winner: WCM Liza Orlova
• 2011 Canadian Women’s Championship – winner: WIM Natalia Khoudgarian

Chess Lectures

Come to a chess talk each Monday at 6:50 pm

Come to the club at 6:50 pm, before the tournament starts, to hear a half-hour chess talk. One of our players will discuss an interesting aspect of chess, or a piece of chess history.

2012 Lectures

Email info@annexchessclub.com if you’d like to give a lecture in the upcoming weeks.
upcoming

• April 23, 2012 – still available
• April 30, 2012 – still available

past

• February 27, 2012 – GM Alexei Shirov: “Three Recent Games”
• February 13, 2012 – Rhys Goldstein: “Capablanca’s Advice”

2011 Lectures

• December 5, 2011 – Michael Humphreys: “Plans in the KID Orthodox”
• November 28 – Erik Malmsten: “Q-KN3 What!!” (or zipped with .pgn file)
• November 14 – Mohammad Zaki Uddin: “Saving a Lost Game”
• November 7 – Rhys Goldstein: “Long Journeys on Horseback”
• October 31 – AGM
• October 24 – Brian Fiedler: “Reviving old main lines”
• September 26 – David Cohen: “The first time I beat a 1700″
• August 22 – FI Rolando Renteria: “The True Power of the Pieces”
• August 15 – Nick O’Bumsawin: “A game from the Canadian Open”
• August 8 – Liam Henry: “How to Improve in Chess: from 1300 to 2200″
• July 25 – Brian Fiedler: “King’s Indian Attack – Battle Plans”
• July 18 – GM Dejan Bojkov: “A game against GM Bator Sambuev”
• July 4 – Wajdy Shebetah: “Spot Your Opponent’s Mistakes”
• June 27 – Daniel Wiebe: “Practical Sacrifices (continued)”
• June 13 – David Cohen: “History of the Canadian Open Championship (with a game from its past)”
• June 6 – Liza Orlova: “Two of My Games”
• May 30 – Daniel Wiebe: “Practical Sacrifices”
• May 16 – Daniel Zotkin: “Losing the Advantage: A game against Yakos Spiliotopoulos”
• May 2 – David Cohen: “Povilas Vaitonis”
• April 18 – David Cohen: “Yanofsky-Botvinnik, Groningen, 1946″
• April 11 – Brian Fiedler: “A game against IM Deen Hergott”
• March 21 – David Cohen: “The Most Famous Game in Canadian Chess History”
• March 14 – Erik Malmsten: “King and Queen versus King and Rook Endgame”
• March 7 – Wajdy Shebetah: “Mind Reading in Chess”
• February 14 – Dan Wiebe: “Wilhelm Steinitz”
• February 7 – Yakos Spiliotopoulos: “The Unglamorous Majority: insights into rank-and-file chess”
• January 24 – Brett Campbell: “Bobby Fischer vs. Boris Spassky, 1972, Game 6″
• January 17 – Dan Wiebe: “Bobby Fischer’s Game of the Century”
• January 10 – Liza Orlova: “When Knights are Better than Bishops”

2010 Lectures

• December 20, 2010 – Hugh Siddeley: “Amazing Chess Puzzles”
• December 13 – Erik Malmsten: “Classic Bishop Sacrifice”
• December 6 – Michael Sutton: “Chess 960 – Part Two”
• November 29 – Michael Sutton: “Introduction to Chess 960″