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Annex Chess Club – Spring Swiss Tournament

Spring is here! Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages… And specially from every shires ende of Toronto, to the Annex they wende – to play in the ACC Spring Swiss!

Round 5 (April 30)

In the top section, leaders Pavel Peev and Rob Bikot both withdrew, allowing Wajdy Shebetah to surge into first with 3.5/5, defeating ACC super-volunteer Adrian Valencia for the win. Congratulations, Wajdy – ACC Spring Swiss champion!

In the U1900 section, leader Olof Bergenstam had to miss the last round, and with Omid Nemati and Adie Todd drawing – and with Bill Thornton scoring a full point with huge upset win over Nick O’Bumsawin – it ended in a big four-way tie at 3.5/5. Omid Nemati emerged with the best tie-break to win the section. Congratulations, Omid!

In the U1500 section, George Supol held his lead with another win, finishing first in fine style with an undefeated record of 4.5/5. Congratulations, George!

There’s a new tournament this coming Monday May 7, the “Patio Weather” Swiss, starting at 7:30 pm. Please contact us if you would like to join the tournament (current CFC membership is required, and can be purchased at the club). Arrive by 7:00 pm to register on site. Let us know, too, if you’ve already registered and can’t make it this Monday. Email info@annexchessclub.com

Final Results

SwissSys Standings. Annex Spring Swiss: Top

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Wajdy Shebetah	148432	2071	H—	W9	D2	H—	W8	3.5
2	Pavel Peev	122223	2082	W12	D7	D1	W3	U—	3.0
3	Edy Dell'Ambrogio		1983	D8	D6	W11	L2	W12	3.0
4	Robert Bzikot	132541	1930	H—	H—	W8	W5	U—	3.0
5	Daniel Wiebe	132137	1909	D6	D8	H—	L4	W13	2.5
6	Melissa Greeff		2067	D5	D3	H—	W13	U—	2.5
7	Alex T. Ferreira	127516	2042	W11	D2	H—	H—	U—	2.5
8	Adrian David Valencia	153521	2075	D3	D5	L4	W11	L1	2.0
9	Sahir Abbas		1870	H—	L1	W14	U—	D11	2.0
10	Andrew Pastor	127521	1931	H—	H—	U—	U—	W14	2.0
11	Carlos Romero Alfonso	153128	1916	L7	W14	L3	L8	D9	1.5
12	Hugh Siddeley	120619	2026	L2	H—	D13	H—	L3	1.5
13	Bruce McKendry	111714	1885	H—	H—	D12	L6	L5	1.5
14	Pepin Manalo	112277	1857	H—	L11	L9	H—	L10	1.0

SwissSys Standings. Annex Spring Swiss: U1900

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Omid Nemati	130676	1762	W5	L2	W10	W8	D4	3.5
2	Olof Bergenstam		unr.	W10	W1	D8	W7	U—	3.5
3	Bill Thornton	131181	1500	W9	H—	L7	W11	W16	3.5
4	Adie Todd	125156	1701	H—	H—	W5	W12	D1	3.5
5	Hayk Oganesyan	152587	1622	L1	W9	L4	W15	W7	3.0
6	Chris Wehrfritz	151679	1596	H—	H—	U—	W10	W9	3.0
7	Ulli Diemer		1668	H—	W17	W3	L2	L5	2.5
8	Michael Sutton	151225	1644	W15	W13	D2	L1	U—	2.5
9	Hooshang Abbarin	152910	1477	L3	L5	W18	W13	L6	2.0
10	Marcus Wilker	102713	1642	L2	W15	L1	L6	W14	2.0
11	Michael D. Sharpe	100280	1602	H—	H—	W13	L3	U—	2.0
12	Yakos Spiliotopoulos	151471	1693	H—	W14	H—	L4	U—	2.0
13	Arkadiy Ugodnikov	146626	1830	H—	L8	L11	L9	W15	1.5
14	Jack Maguire	144604	1528	D17	L12	L15	B—	L10	1.5
15	Josep Sobrepere	152976	1506	L8	L10	W14	L5	L13	1.0
16	Nicholas O'Bumsawin	151261	1799	H—	H—	U—	U—	L3	1.0
17	Mohammad Zaki Uddin	152024	1702	D14	L7	U—	U—	U—	0.5
18	Milan Cvetkovic	150817	1255	U—	U—	L9	U—	U—	0.0

SwissSys Standings. Annex Spring Swiss: U1500

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	George Supol	152286	1327	W6	D4	W10	W2	W5	4.5
2	Shabnam Abbarin	151181	1302	W15	W3	W4	L1	D13	3.5
3	Nicole Birarov	150335	1179	W5	L2	W12	H—	W4	3.5
4	Abdolreza Radpey	149018	1480	W8	D1	L2	W10	L3	2.5
5	James Mourgelas	108540	1445	L3	D11	W6	W7	L1	2.5
6	Larissa Souchko	145490	1054	L1	D14	L5	D11	W10	2.0
7	Christopher Field	108098	1280	L10	W8	W11	L5	U—	2.0
8	Milan Cvetkovic	150817	1247	L4	L7	B—	W15	U—	2.0
9	Ian Prittie		1039	H—	H—	U—	U—	W16	2.0
10	Dennis Li		954	W7	D12	L1	L4	L6	1.5
11	Raymond Lin	150193	918	D12	D5	L7	D6	U—	1.5
12	Stefan Catona	129405	1180	D11	D10	L3	H—	U—	1.5
13	Jacques Katz		unr.	H—	H—	U—	U—	D2	1.5
14	Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy		unr.	H—	D6	H—	U—	U—	1.5
15	Dave Rutt	153519	992	L2	H—	H—	L8	U—	1.0
16	Francis He	153130	925	H—	H—	U—	U—	L9	1.0
17	Anton Zverev	150115	1342	H—	H—	U—	U—	U—	1.0

Round 1 (March 26)

Thirty players (one more than the fabled nyne and twenty) joined the tournament in Round 1. The top of each section played the bottom (as per the Swiss pairing system), and naturally the favourites won most of the games.

However, there were a couple of upset wins by a couple of youngsters in the bottom section: Dennis Li defeated Chris Field, and Nicole Birarov took down Jim Mourgelas. (Actually, it was a good night for the Birarovs – Nicole’s father, Vlad Birarov, also won his game in the Toronto Closed.)

Round 2 (April 2)

Several new players joined the tournament this round. After two rounds of play, our intrepid interim tournament director Alex Ferreira is tied for the lead in the top section, with 1.5/2 – and this, while running two tournaments (the Spring Swiss and the Toronto Closed)!

In the middle section, newcomer Olof Bergenstam is undefeated, and tied for the lead with Michael Sutton – both have perfect 2.0/2 scores.

And in the under-1500 section, Shabnam Abbarin is now in clear first as the only player with a perfect score. George Supol, Abdolreza Radpey, and Dennis Li are half a point behind her with 1.5/2.

Round 3 (April 16)

In the top section, TD Alex Ferreira gave himself a bye, while Wajdy Shebetah and Pavel Peev drew, which allowed two more players, Edy Dell'Ambrogio and Rob Bzikot, to join the leader group. The section now has a five-way tie for the lead, at 2.0/3!

In the middle section, Olof Bergenstam drew Michael Sutton. With Ulli Diemer winning his game, there is now a three-way tie for the lead there, at 2.5/3.

Finally, in the bottom section, Shabnam Abbarin remains in sole possession of the lead, perfect through three rounds with 3.0/3. Only half a point behind her, with two wins and a draw, is George Supol. The two are due to meet in Round 4.

Round 4 (April 23)

In the top section, it’s down to a two-way tie between Pavel Peev and Rob Bzikot. Pavel and Rob will face each other in the last round; there can be only one ACC Spring Swiss champion!

In the U1900 section, Olof Bergenstam defeated Ulli Diemer to take sole first (since Michael Sutton also lost his game to Omid Nemati). This is Olof’s first tournament at ACC (and indeed in Canada, as he’s here from Sweden) so he’s off to a great start at the club! Adie Todd is half a point behind the lead, and has yet to face Olof, so she’s due to be his last-round opponent.

In the U1500 group, George Supol has taken the lead, with a win over Shabnam Abbarin. George is alone in first, going into the last round, but Shabnam remains just half a point behind.

New International Players

We are pleased to welcome to the club a couple of international players, whose travels in sondry londes have brought them to Toronto: Edy Dell’Ambrogio is from Switzerland, and WGM Melissa Greeff is from South Africa.

Cherry Blossoms

One of Toronto’s rites of spring is a pilgrimage to see the beautiful cherry trees in High Park. The trees usually blossom in late April, but came into bloom earlier this year with the warm spring weather. Check cherry blossom walk details, and High Park forum updates.