Zehn Nasir wins ACC Patio Weather Swiss!

Annex Chess Club – Patio Weather Swiss Tournament

Bring on the patio weather! In honour of all the great patios gearing up for patio season, Annex Chess Club is launching our first annual ACC Patio Weather Swiss.

The tournament finished on June 11.

Round 5 (June 11)

After leading the U1500 section the whole way through, Shabnam Abbarin fell in the last round to Milan Cvetkovic, who is becoming a bit of a nemesis for her. In the end, the two finished tied with young Nicole Birarov for the lead at 4.0/5. But on tie-break, Shabnam is still the winner!

In the U1900 section, Hayk Oganesyan powered through with a perfect 5.0/5, finishing a full point and a half ahead of his closest section rivals. Congratulations, Hayk!

And in the top section, after a tight race, one player finished ahead of the rest – undefeated and leading by a full point at 4.0/5. Congratulations, Zehn Nasir, you are the inaugural ACC Patio Weather Swiss champion!

See full standings, below (W = win; L = loss; D = draw; H = half-point bye; U = zero-point bye; X = forfeit win; F = forfeit loss).

We have some exciting events coming up the next couple of weeks. Then our next regular Swiss starts July 9 at 7:30 pm.

Final Results (after all five rounds)

Annex Patio Weather Swiss: Top section

#	Name	ID#	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Zehn Nasir	148198	1838	H—	H—	W7	W9	W4	4.0
2	Geordie Derraugh	132393	2181	D5	W6	D3	L4	W8	3.0
3	Wajdy Shebetah	148432	2093	W13	D9	D2	W5	U—	3.0
4	Pavel Peev	122223	2114	H—	H—	W9	W2	L1	3.0
5	Daniel Wiebe	132137	1920	D2	W11	H—	L3	X7	3.0
6	Pepin Manalo	112277	1815	H—	L2	L13	W10	W9	2.5
7	Adrian David Valencia	153521	2015	H—	H—	L1	W11	F5	2.0
8	Juliaan Posaratnanathan	146059	1937	H—	H—	U—	W13	L2	2.0
9	Hugh Siddeley	120619	1994	W10	D3	L4	L1	L6	1.5
10	Omid Nemati	130676	1796	L9	W13	L11	L6	D12	1.5
11	Alex T. Ferreira	127516	2054	H—	L5	W10	L7	U—	1.5
12	Daniel Zotkin	146857	1770	H—	H—	U—	U—	D10	1.5
13	Carlos Romero Alfonso	153128	1896	L3	L10	W6	L8	U—	1.0
14	Ed Zator	105675	1893	H—	U—	U—	U—	U—	0.5

Annex Patio Weather Swiss: U1900 section

#	Name	ID#	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Hayk Oganesyan	152587	1686	W5	W7	W15	W2	W4	5.0
2	Jiaxin Liu	149747	1544	W17	W11	W8	L1	D6	3.5
3	Marcus Wilker	102713	1630	L8	W9	H—	W12	W7	3.5
4	Chris Wehrfritz	151679	1625	L10	W5	W16	W13	L1	3.0
5	Jack Maguire	144604	1499	L1	L4	W9	W15	X14	3.0
6	Greg Beal	101490	1742	L7	D16	W11	W14	D2	3.0
7	Bill Thornton	131181	1564	W6	L1	D12	W16	L3	2.5
8	Arkadiy Ugodnikov	146626	1757	W3	W15	L2	H—	U—	2.5
9	Josep Sobrepere	152976	1490	L15	L3	L5	W11	W16	2.0
10	Yakos Spiliotopoulos	151471	1686	W4	H—	H—	U—	U—	2.0
11	Peter McNelly	106141	1761	H—	L2	L6	L9	W15	1.5
12	Zhanna Sametova	145911	1676	H—	D13	D7	L3	U—	1.5
13	Nicholas O'Bumsawin	151261	1749	H—	D12	H—	L4	U—	1.5
14	Manuela Renteria	152627	1667	H—	H—	H—	L6	F5	1.5
15	Ulli Diemer		1686	W9	L8	L1	L5	L11	1.0
16	Abdolreza Radpey	149018	1432	H—	D6	L4	L7	L9	1.0
17	Adie Todd	125156	1734	L2	H—	U—	U—	U—	0.5

Annex Patio Weather Swiss: U1500 section

#	Name	ID#	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Shabnam Abbarin	151181	1334	W9	W12	W5	W6	L3	4.0
2	Nicole Birarov	150335	1248	W8	L6	W12	W19	W5	4.0
3	Milan Cvetkovic	150817	1236	W18	W16	H—	D4	W1	4.0
4	George Supol	152286	1394	W11	L5	W9	D3	W19	3.5
5	Jean-Marc David	151900	1150	W13	W4	L1	W11	L2	3.0
6	Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy		1054	W7	W2	W16	L1	U—	3.0
7	James Mourgelas	108540	1394	L6	H—	H—	W15	W12	3.0
8	Francis He	153130	877	L2	B—	F13	W18	W11	3.0
9	Larissa Souchko	145490	1053	L1	W18	L4	D10	W16	2.5
10	Dennis Li		988	L16	L11	W19	D9	X15	2.5
11	Ian Prittie		1111	L4	W10	W17	L5	L8	2.0
12	Raymond Lin	150193	946	B—	L1	L2	W16	L7	2.0
13	Stefan Catona	129405	1146	L5	W19	X8	U—	U—	2.0
14	Rowan James		1063	H—	H—	U—	U—	W18	2.0
15	Alejandro Renteria	152628	1422	H—	H—	H—	L7	F10	1.5
16	Jacques Katz		1302	W10	L3	L6	L12	L9	1.0
17	Nick Harding		unr.	H—	H—	L11	U—	U—	1.0
18	Brian Groat		unr.	L3	L9	H—	L8	L14	0.5
19	Christopher Field	108098	1261	H—	L13	L10	L2	L4	0.5

Round 1 (May 7)

First-round mismatches saw numerous instances of the higher-rated player crushing the underdog, but also a couple of upsets. Young Jiaxin Liu defeated Adie Todd after Adie blundered into a classic knight fork; and Bill Thornton managed to take down Greg Beal.

Round 2 (May 14)

After two rounds, the pack of leaders is shrinking in each section. In the top section, nobody is perfect, but there’s a four-way tie at one and a half points. Omid Nemati, who won the U1900 section last tournament (but got crushed last week in the top section) is now proving he deserves the promotion: he won his Round-2 game against Carlos Romero.

In the middle section, there’s a three-way tie at two points. Among the leaders is ten-year-old Jiaxin Liu, who answered her upset win in Round 1 with another win in Round 2 – this time over Peter McNelly, who was playing his first rated game after a seven-year hiatus.

Finally, in the bottom section, there’s a four-way tie at two points. Notably, the lead pack includes Jean-Marc David. He took a break from club tournaments for a while, but is evidently back with a vengeance in this one.

Round 3 (May 28)

After a week off for the Victoria Day long weekend, the ACC Patio Swiss is back in action!

While pairs of leaders are breaking out of the pack in the bottom two sections, there’s tough competition in the top group – and in fact the leader pack is growing: Wajdy Shebetah and Geordie Derraugh drew, Dan Wiebe took a bye, and two new tournament entries (Pavel Peev and Zehn Nasir) powered up to the leader group with a win apiece – all five players have 2.0/3.

In the middle (U1900) section, two youngsters are tied for the lead. Dora (Jiaxin) Liu and Hayk Oganesyan both still have perfect scores, at 3.0/3. They are due to face each other next round.

In the bottom (U1500) section, there’s a tie between Shabnam Abbarin (and she’s doing great work off the board as well, volunteering at the front desk) and newcomer, Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy – both have perfect 3.0/3 scores. They too should face off next round.

Round 4 (June 4)

The log jam at the top of the Premier section is settling a little, and just three players remain tied for the lead. Wajdy Shebetah, Pavel Peev, and Zehn Nasir won this round, and share the lead at 3.0/4.

In the middle (U1900) section, Hayk Oganesyan defeated Dora Liu, and he goes into the last round with a perfect score of 4.0/4.

Finally, Shabnam Abbarin is not only taking care of the front desk, but she’s taking care of all comers in the U1500 section, still unstoppable with a perfect 4.0/4 record going into the last round.

Patios in the Annex

From roof tops to street fronts to back alleys, there are lots of great patios in the Annex and around Toronto. Search Toronto patios or Annex patios for lots of great options, and enjoy the spring and early summer weather in the city!