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.
WGM Melissa Greeff (RSA)
Edy Dell'Ambrogio (SUI)
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.
On January 30, we started our second annual club championship (Wajdy Shebetah was the defending 2011 Club Champion).
Round 6 (March 19)
In the last round, Michael Humphreys defeated Hugh Siddeley to take the Championship section with a final score 5.5/6. Congratulations, Michael!
In the reserve section, Omid Nemati and Ulli Diemer each won the last round. So they ended up tied for first place with 5.0/6. Omid Nemati, with the better “Modifided Median-Buchholz” score (17.5 to 17), is the official 2012 winner of the Reserve section.
Check complete final results on the cross-table, below.
Complete final results:
Championship (>1800)
#
Name
ID
Rating
Rd 1
Rd 2
Rd 3
Rd 4
Rd 5
Rd 6
Total
1
Michael Humphreys
131628
2317
W18
W4
W2
W5
D7
W3
5.5
2
David Southam
102535
2211
D13
W3
L1
W9
W12
W6
4.5
3
Hugh Siddeley
120619
1953
W6
L2
W11
W4
W5
L1
4.0
4
Adrian David Valencia
153521
2023
W10
L1
W20
L3
W15
W12
4.0
5
Wajdy Shebetah
148432
2062
D21
W15
W9
L1
L3
W10
3.5
6
Alex T. Ferreira
127516
2055
L3
H—
W21
W17
W13
L2
3.5
7
Rolando Renteria
152626
2263
W11
H—
H—
W10
D1
U—
3.5
8
Daniel Wiebe
132137
1844
H—
H—
L10
W19
D9
B—
3.5
9
Pavel Peev
122223
2109
H—
W21
L5
L2
D8
W19
3.0
10
Zehn Nasir
148198
1870
L4
W18
W8
L7
H—
L5
2.5
11
Carlos Romero Alfonso
153128
1948
L7
W19
L3
L12
H—
W18
2.5
12
Pepin Manalo
112277
1879
H—
H—
H—
W11
L2
L4
2.5
13
Juliaan Posaratnanathan
146059
1917
D2
H—
W16
H—
L6
U—
2.5
14
Andrew Pastor
127521
1922
H—
H—
H—
U—
W20
U—
2.5
15
Erik Malmsten
100196
1866
H—
L5
H—
W18
L4
U—
2.0
16
Arkadiy Ugodnikov
146626
1809
H—
D20
L13
H—
D17
U—
2.0
17
Bruce McKendry
111714
1898
H—
H—
H—
L6
D16
U—
2.0
18
Nicholas O'Bumsawin
151261
1799
L1
L10
W19
L15
H—
L11
1.5
19
Daniel Zotkin
146857
1747
H—
L11
L18
L8
W21
L9
1.5
20
Joseph Bellissimo
147544
1903
H—
D16
L4
H—
L14
U—
1.5
21
Sahir Abbas
1896
D5
L9
L6
H—
L19
U—
1.0
Reserve (U1800)
#
Name
ID
Rating
Rd 1
Rd 2
Rd 3
Rd 4
Rd 5
Rd 6
Total
1
Omid Nemati
130676
1761
H—
W19
W6
W3
D9
W4
5.0
2
Ulli Diemer
unr.
L4
W23
W15
W21
W8
W3
5.0
3
Yakos Spiliotopoulos
151471
1698
W13
W8
W5
L1
W29
L2
4.0
4
Bill Thornton
131181
1417
W2
L6
W24
W11
W26
L1
4.0
5
Adie Todd
125156
1692
W20
W11
L3
D9
W12
D7
4.0
6
Hayk Oganesyan
152587
1585
W14
W4
L1
U—
W19
W9
4.0
7
Mohammad Zaki Uddin
152024
1723
H—
L22
W16
W10
W13
D5
4.0
8
Josep Sobrepere
152976
1495
W29
L3
W20
W26
L2
W15
4.0
9
Michael Sutton
151225
1688
D10
W16
W23
D5
D1
L6
3.5
10
Hooshang Abbarin
152910
1515
D9
W27
L11
L7
W22
W17
3.5
11
Jack Maguire
144604
1531
W23
L5
W10
L4
H—
W21
3.5
12
Manuela Renteria
152627
1672
H—
H—
H—
W18
L5
W13
3.5
13
George Supol
152286
1307
L3
W28
W14
W20
L7
L12
3.0
14
Jean-Marc David
151900
1124
L6
W26
L13
L15
W27
W19
3.0
15
Christopher Field
108098
1275
H—
H—
L2
W14
W21
L8
3.0
16
Milan Cvetkovic
150817
1255
H—
L9
L7
W23
H—
D26
2.5
17
Marcus Wilker
102713
1666
H—
H—
H—
W25
U—
L10
2.5
18
Anton Zverev
150115
1335
H—
H—
H—
L12
U—
W24
2.5
19
Shabnam Abbarin
151181
1335
H—
L1
D27
W24
L6
L14
2.0
20
Stefan Catona
129405
1190
L5
W29
L8
L13
B—
U—
2.0
21
Alejandro Renteria
152628
1422
W26
H—
H—
L2
L15
L11
2.0
22
Bazil Whitehead
153156
1260
H—
W7
H—
U—
L10
U—
2.0
23
Larissa Souchko
145490
1126
L11
L2
L9
L16
H—
W29
1.5
24
Dave Rutt
153519
1015
H—
H—
L4
L19
H—
L18
1.5
25
John Warner
152782
1087
H—
H—
H—
L17
U—
U—
1.5
26
Dennis Li
153129
919
L21
L14
D29
L8
L4
D16
1.0
27
Ian Prittie
unr.
H—
L10
D19
U—
L14
U—
1.0
28
Jennifer Ugodnikov
151196
1149
H—
L13
H—
U—
U—
U—
1.0
29
Raymond Lin
150193
935
L8
L20
D26
U—
L3
L23
0.5
Round 5 (March 12)
Through five rounds, Michael Humphreys is still leading the Championship section with 4.5/5. This round saw Rolando Renteria hold him to a draw.
In the Reserve section, Yakos Spiliotopoulos is back in the lead after defeating Raymond Lin. But he’s now sharing his lead with Omid Nemati, Ulli Diemer, and Bill Thornton.
Games from Round 5
Round 4 (March 5)
After four rounds, Michael Humphreys is leading the Championship section with a perfect 4.0/4. This round saw him defend his lead agains last year’s winner, Wajdy Shebetah.
In the Reserve section, the third-round leader, Yakos Spiliotopoulos, played the opening in his unorthodox style, and even went on a trademark Yak-attack, but was defeated by top-rated Omid Nemati, who now leads the section with 3.5/4.
Round 4 also saw Alex Ferreira take over TD duties from outgoing TD, Hugh Siddeley. Thank you, Hugh, for all your work over the past year and a half! Alex had a few wrinkles to iron out, taking over the tournament part-way through, but the round ran smoothly under his direction. Welcome, Alex!