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2018 Toronto Blitz Chess Championship – June 10

May 14, 2018 king Leave a comment

The 2018 Toronto Blitz Championship is Sunday June 10, 1:00 to 5:00 pm – part of Harbourfront Centre Chessfest

Round 6 games on the top boards (photo: John Upper)

This Year’s Winner

Artiom Samsonkin is 2018 Toronto Blitz Champion (photo: John Upper)

Photos

See the tournament album by John Upper.

Flyer

A promotional flyer (PDF) is available to download here.

Details

Style: 7 double-round Swiss, FIDE and CFC-rated
Time Control: 3 minutes each, plus 2 seconds per move
Registration: https://guestli.st/563637 – late entry tickets are still available, or register on site.
Entry Fees: $50 before June 4 / $60 after or on site
Junior/Senior: Less $10 for 18 & under or 60+ (as of June 1)
Membership: Up-to-date CFC membership required
Chief Arbiter: Alex Ferreira

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.
1	3	Samsonkin Artiom	CAN	2553	ON	12
2	2	Noritsyn Nikolay	CAN	2604	ON	10.5
	5	Vavrak Peter	SVK	2484	FO	10.5
	7	Tayar Jonathan	CAN	2462	ON	10.5
5	14	Plotkin Mark	CAN	2327	ON	10
6	6	Yang Kaiqi	CAN	2467	ON	10
7	1	Preotu Razvan	CAN	2623	ON	10
8	18	Dougherty Michael	CAN	2238	ON	10
9	9	Plotkin Victor	CAN	2393	ON	9.5
10	8	Cummings David	CAN	2406	ON	9
	11	Rek Viatcheslav (slava)	CAN	2344	ON	9
12	4	Krnan Tomas	CAN	2503	ON	8.5
	13	Vettese Nicholas	CAN	2330	ON	8.5
	26	Asadov Jabrayll	AZE	1994		8.5
15	28	Rivera Pimentel Francisco	MEX	1981		8.5
16	16	Barron Michael	CAN	2318	ON	8
	22	Munro Allan	TTO	2169		8
	23	Tonakanian Stephan	CAN	2090	ON	8
	25	England Max	CAN	2061	ON	8
	30	Huang Youhe	CAN	1942	ON	8
	34	Calvelo Jelvis	PHI	1927	ON	8
	50	Nguyen John	CAN	1388	ON	8
23	17	Dukic Zachary	CAN	2258	ON	8
24	27	Atanasov Anthony	CAN	1982	ON	8
25	12	Milicevic Goran	CAN	2340	ON	7.5
	20	Upper John	CAN	2206	ON	7.5
	21	Birarov Vladimir	CAN	2182	ON	7.5
	32	Nazareno Merlin	CAN	1938	ON	7.5
29	15	Puri Vinny	CAN	2320	ON	7
	39	Li Yun Hong (kevin)	CAN	1741	ON	7
31	36	Nitu Vlad	CAN	1778	ON	7
32	33	Khachaturov Vadim	CAN	1932	ON	6.5
	38	Gao Raymond	CAN	1762	ON	6.5
34	42	Liu Harry	CAN	1651	ON	6.5
35	35	Zhao Jeffrey R.	CAN	1833	ON	6
	37	Manchester Justin	CAN	1771	ON	6
	40	Ali Shafkat	CAN	1667	ON	6
	43	Odorcic Zelko	CAN	1603	ON	6
	46	Mao Fengxi	CAN	1523	ON	6
	54	Verma Bhavuk	IND	1206		6
41	10	Sapozhnikov Roman	CAN	2366	ON	6
42	41	Belcadi Salim	CAN	1653	ON	5.5
	45	Sarker Koushik	CAN	1535	ON	5.5
	59	Fatemi Amir	CAN	0		5.5
45	24	Fiedler Brian	CAN	2078	ON	5.5
46	29	Streegan Michael	CAN	1968	ON	5
	31	Malmsten Erik	CAN	1938	ON	5
	44	Schwartz Lorne	CAN	1542	ON	5
	55	Hu Alex	CAN	1423	ON	5
50	49	Cater Brendan	CAN	1469	ON	5
51	53	Dong Yiwei	CAN	1345	ON	4.5
	56	Jeyakumar Bhavatharshan	CAN	1509		4.5
53	61	Puri Dylan	CAN	0	ON	4.5
54	47	Terra Arthur Schneider	BRA	1518		4.5
55	60	Liang Thomas Mingen	CAN	0	ON	4
56	51	Lim Carl	CAN	1387	ON	4
57	52	Terra Enzo Schneider	BRA	1350		2.5
58	48	Ai Amy	CAN	1477	ON	2

See full results on Chess-Results.

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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

See complete details on the Chess Results server

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The tournament is rated by CFC.

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2016 Toronto Blitz Championship – June 26

May 13, 2016 king 10 Comments

The 2016 Toronto Blitz Championship is Sunday June 26 – part of the Harbourfront Centre Chessfest

Co-champions Nikolay Noritsyn and Artiom Samsonkin
(photo: John Upper)

Results

See full player list and results on the Chess-Results server.

Photos

See CFC Newsletter photos on Facebook.

Online registration

http://guestli.st/418845 – advance registration by June 24

Flyer:

Advance Registration

Nikolay Noritsyn 2614
Artiom Samsonkin 2557
Peter Vavrak 2491
Shiyam Thavandiran 2474
Michael Song 2470
Mikhail Ivanov 2389
Geordie Derraugh 2336
Mark Plotkin 2321
Michael Barron 2309
Eddie Mark 2275
Joseph Bellissimo 2251
John Upper 2201
Egidijus Zeromskis 2151
Daniel Zotkin 2125
Dmitry Chernik 2096
Jelvis Calvelo 2080
Benito Suriya 2001
Max England 1938
Alfred Lorenz 1807
Jonathan Hay 1747
Shafkat Ali 1641
Bharath Ramesh 1313
Hazel Guo 1276
Jeffrey Zhao 1168
Eric Pei 1137
Andrey Furukin
Michael McGovern
Viatcheslav Rek
Keith Sheppard

News

Nikolay Noritsyn is 2015 Toronto Blitz Chess Champion

June 9, 2015 king Leave a comment

Winner

The 2015 Toronto Blitz Chess Champion is Nikolay Noritsyn.

See complete results at chess-results.com

Flyer

Part of the second annual Chessfest at Harbourfront Centre
Grab a pdf copy of the flyer

News

Chessfest a success!

June 16, 2014 king Leave a comment

Photo by Egidijus Zeromskis.

Chess for everyone!

The first annual Harbourfront Centre Chessfest presented by Scotiabank took place on Sunday June 15, 2014.

Beautiful weather, a strong blitz tournament, a great team of volunteers, and all kinds of players, old and young, made for a great event. Thanks to all who attended.

Kids and families loved getting into the game at Chessfest, at the same time as our top national players clashed in one of the strongest blitz tournaments this city has ever seen. It was truly inspiring to see chess so enjoyed at all levels of the game.

Hal Bond, Canada’s FIDE representative, loved the way Chessfest celebrated “chess as a family activity.” He praised the event for “helping chess advance a little deeper into the consciousness of the general public.”

Hans Jung, the blindfold master, described the event as “a terrific time” and “the best combined birthday and Father’s Day present” he’s ever had.

Chessfest at Harbourfront Centre is returning this year on Saturday-Sunday June 20-21, 2015. See the Chessfest page for details.

Pictures

Photos by Egidijus Zeromskis