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2018 Toronto Closed

March 26, 2018 king 13 Comments

2018 Toronto Chess Championship

Flyer: 2018 Toronto Closed
Full Pairings and Results: Chess-Results

Schedule

Date	Rd.
Apr 9	Round 1
Apr 16	Round 2
Apr 23	Round 3
Apr 30	Round 4
May 7	Round 5
May 14	Round 6
May 21	Off (Ontario Open)
May 28	Make-up games
Jun 4	Round 7

See previous years’ events: #toronto-closed

Winners

The tournament winner and 2018 Toronto Chess Champion is Michael Barron. The Reserve section winner is Allan Munro. Congratulations to the winners!

Final Ranking Cross-tables after Round 7

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts.
1	Barron Michael	2216	CAN	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	5.5
2	Plotkin Victor	2396	CAN	½	*	½	1	1	1	½	½	5
3	Ivanov Mike	2354	CAN	0	½	*	1	1	1	½	½	4.5
4	Noritsyn Sergey	2229	CAN	½	0	0	*	½	½	1	1	3.5
5	Humphreys Michael	2350	CAN	0	0	0	½	*	1	1	1	3.5
6	Zotkin Daniel	2207	CAN	0	0	0	½	0	*	½	1	2
7	Li William	2227	CAN	0	½	½	0	0	½	*	½	2
8	Southam David	2174	CAN	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	*	2

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts.
1	Munro Allan	2165	CAN	*	½	1	1	1	1	1	5.5
2	Siddeley Hugh	2121	CAN	½	*	½	1	1	1	1	5
3	Malakhovets Sergey	2138	CAN	0	½	*	1	1	1	1	4.5
4	Ning Eric	2076	CAN	0	0	0	*	½	1	1	2.5
5	Cheryachukin Yury	2035	CAN	0	0	0	½	*	½	1	2
6	England Max	2050	CAN	0	0	0	0	½	*	½	1
7	Gao Raymond	1714	CAN	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	0.5

Pairings and Results

Round One – April 9

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Bd.	White			Black
1	William Li	0	1	Sergey Noritsyn
2	Michael Barron	½	½	Victor Plotkin
3	Daniel Zotkin	1	0	Dave Southam
4	Michael Humphreys	0	1	Mike Ivanov

5	BYE	–	–	Eric Ning
6	Yury Cheryachukin	0	1	Hugh Siddeley
7	Max England	0	1	Sergey Malakhovets
8	Allan Munro	1	0	Raymond Gao

Round Two – April 16

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Sergey Noritsyn	0	1	Mike Ivanov
2	Dave Southam	0	1	Michael Humphreys
3	Victor Plotkin	1	0	Daniel Zotkin
4	William Li	0	1	Michael Barron

5	Eric Ning	1	0	Raymond Gao
6	Sergey Malakhovets	0	1	Allan Munro
7	Hugh Siddeley	1	0	Max England
8	BYE	–	–	Yury Cheryachukin

Round Three – April 23

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Michael Barron	½	½	Sergey Noritsyn
2	Daniel Zotkin	½	½	William Li
3	Michael Humphreys	0	1	Victor Plotkin
4	Mike Ivanov	–	–	Dave Southam

5	Yury Cheryachukin	½	½	Eric Ning
6	Max England	–	–	BYE
7	Allan Munro	½	½	Hugh Siddeley
8	Raymond Gao	0	1	Sergey Malakhovets

Round Four – April 30

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Sergey Noritsyn	1	0	Dave Southam
2	Victor Plotkin	½	½	Mike Ivanov
3	William Li	0	1	Michael Humphreys
4	Michael Barron	1	0	Daniel Zotkin

5	Eric Ning	0	1	Sergey Malakhovets
6	Hugh Siddeley	1	0	Raymond Gao
7	BYE	–	–	Allan Munro
8	Yury Cheryachukin	½	½	Max England

Round Five – May 7

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Daniel Zotkin	½	½	Sergey Noritsyn
2	Michael Humphreys	0	1	Michael Barron
3	Mike Ivanov	½	½	William Li
4	Dave Southam	½	½	Victor Plotkin

5	Max England	0	1	Eric Ning
6	Allan Munro	1	0	Yury Cheryachukin
7	Raymond Gao	–	–	BYE
8	Sergey Malakhovets	½	½	Hugh Siddeley

Round Six – May 14

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Sergey Noritsyn	0	1	Victor Plotkin
2	William Li	½	½	Dave Southam
3	Michael Barron	1	0	Mike Ivanov
4	Daniel Zotkin	0	1	Michael Humphreys

5	Eric Ning	0	1	Hugh Siddeley
6	BYE	–	–	Sergey Malakhovets
7	Yury Cheryachukin	1	0	Raymond Gao
8	Max England	0	1	Allan Munro

Round Seven – Final Round – June 4

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Michael Humphreys	½	½	Sergey Noritsyn
2	Mike Ivanov	1	0	Daniel Zotkin
3	Dave Southam	½	½	Michael Barron
4	Victor Plotkin	½	½	William Li

5	Allan Munro	1	0	Eric Ning
6	Raymond Gao	½	½	Max England
7	Sergey Malakhovets	1	0	Yury Cheryachukin
8	Hugh Siddeley	–	–	BYE

Results

2017 Toronto Closed Chess Championship

March 20, 2017 king 2 Comments

It’s time again for the annual City Chess Championship, sanctioned by the Greater Toronto Chess League.

April 10 to June 12, 2017

Final Crosstables

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Toronto Closed Championship 2017

No.	Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts.
1	Humphreys Michael	2364	CAN	*	½	½	1	0	1	1	0	4
2	Agbabishvili Lali	2260	CAN	½	*	1	0	½	0	½	0	2.5
3	Noritsyn Sergey	2248	CAN	½	0	*	0	½	1	½	0	2.5
4	Barron Michael	2290	CAN	0	1	1	*	½	0	0	1	3.5
5	Plotkin Victor	2387	CAN	1	½	½	½	*	1	0	½	4
6	Southam David	2263	CAN	0	1	0	1	0	*	0	½	2.5
7	Rek Viatcheslav (slava)	2274	CAN	0	½	½	1	1	1	*	0	4
8	Ivanov Mike	2369	CAN	1	1	1	0	½	½	1	*	5

See full results of the Toronto Closed Championship on Chess Results

Toronto Closed Reserve 2017

No.	Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts.
1	Chernik Dmitry	2023	CAN	*	0	½	½	0	1	1	1	4
2	Qiao Cindy	1877	CAN	1	*	0	½	0	0	0	½	2
3	Malakhovets Sergey	2092	CAN	½	1	*	½	½	0	1	1	4.5
4	Wiebe Daniel	2072	CAN	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	4.5
5	Zotkin Daniel	2117	CAN	1	1	½	½	*	1	0	1	5
6	Siddeley Hugh	2117	CAN	0	1	1	½	0	*	1	1	4.5
7	Stefanovic Miroslav	2115	CAN	0	1	0	0	1	0	*	0	2
8	Ali Shafkat	1776	CAN	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	*	1.5

See full results or the Toronto Closed Reserve on Chess Results

The event consists of two eight-player Round Robins. Championship and Reserve pairings are according to the Berger table:

Rd 1: 1-8, 2-7, 3-6, 4-5.
Rd 2: 8-5, 6-4, 7-3, 1-2.
Rd 3: 2-8, 3-1, 4-7, 5-6.
Rd 4: 8-6, 7-5, 1-4, 2-3.
Rd 5: 3-8, 4-2, 5-1, 6-7.
Rd 6: 8-7, 1-6, 2-5, 3-4.
Rd 7: 4-8, 5-3, 6-2, 7-1.

Pairings and Results

Round One – April 10

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Michael Humphreys	0	1	Mike Ivanov
2	Lali Agbabishvili	½	½	Slava Rek
3	Sergey Noritsyn	1	0	David Southam
4	Michael Barron	½	½	Victor Plotkin

5	Dmitry Chernik	1	0	Shafkat Ali
6	Cindy Qiao	0	1	Miroslav Stefanovic
7	Sergey Malakhovets	0	1	Hugh Siddeley
8	Daniel Wiebe	½	½	Daniel Zotkin

Games from Round One

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed Championship"] [Site "Toronto, ON CAN"] [Date "2017.04.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Agbabishvili, Lali"] [Black "Rek, Slava"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. a3 a5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qc1 Nc5 12. b4 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qb2 Re8 16. Rad1 axb4 17. axb4 Bf5 18. Ra1 Rad8 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Be6 23. Be2 Qd8 24. Bd3 Nd6 25. Nd2 Qb6 26. Qa3 Kf7 27. c4 Qd8 28. Qc3 Qa8 29. c5 Ne8 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed Championship"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Noritsyn, Sergey"] [Black "Southam, David"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2017.04.10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 Bxb5 10. axb5 a5 11. O-O Ne7 12. c4 Nd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ng5 (14. e6 fxe6 15. Ng5 $16) 14... h6 15. e6 hxg5 16. exd7+ Kxd7 (16... Qxd7 $11) 17. h3 Qd6 18. Re1 f6 19. Qg4+ Kc7 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bd2 Rh4 $6 22. Bf4 $1 $18 Rxg4 23. Rxe7+ Kb6 24. Bxd6 Rc4 25. Ra2 a4 26. Rxg7 a3 27. Re7 Rb4 28. Re6 Kxb5 29. Bc7 d4 30. Rxf6 c4 31. Rb6+ Ka4 32. Rxb4+ Kxb4 33. Kf1 d3 34. Bd6+ Kc3 35. cxd3 Rd8 36. Rxa3+ Kb2 37. dxc4 Rxd6 38. Rg3 Rg6 39. h4 g4 40. c5 Kc2 41. c6 Kd2 42. Kg1 Rxc6 43. Rxg4 Ke2 44. Re4+ Kd3 45. Re3+ Kd4 46. Kh2 Rf6 47. Rf3 Rh6 48. Kh3 Ke4 49. Rf8 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Toronto Closed"] [Date "2017.04.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Barron, Michael"] [Black "Plotkin, Victor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [PlyCount "105"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nd4 Ne5 12. Rhe1 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Kb1 Bf6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Qb5 17. Bd2 Qxd3 18. cxd3 e5 19. f5 h5 20. h3 h4 21. Re4 Be7 22. Rf1 Rf7 23. Be1 Raf8 24. Bxh4 Bxh4 25. Rxh4 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27. Rg4 Rf2 28. a4 b6 29. Ka2 Kf7 30. Kb3 Kf6 31. d4 g5 32. g3 exd4 33. Rxd4 Rg2 34. Rd3 Rh2 35. Rf3+ Ke6 36. g4 Re2 37. h4 gxh4 38. Rh3 Kf6 39. Rxh4 Re7 40. a5 Kg5 41. Rh8 bxa5 42. Rg8+ Kf4 43. g5 Kf5 44. g6 Kf6 45. Ra8 Re5 46. Rxa6 Rb5+ 47. Ka4 Rxb2 48. Kxa5 Ke6 49. g7 Rg2 50. Kb5 Rxg7 51. Kc6 Rg4 52. Kxc7 Rc4+ 53. Rc6 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed Reserve"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Chernik, Dmitri"] [Black "Shafkat, Ali"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "63"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5 8. Ne5+ $2 c6 9. d4 Qxg2 10. Bf1 Qxh1 $19 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qxh8 Ne7 14. Bg5 Bg4 $2 15. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 16. Qh4+ Kf7 17. Qxg4 $14 Rd8 18. Qf4+ Ke8 19. O-O-O Bd6 20. Qf6 Qxh2 21. Qe6+ Be7 22. Qxg6+ Kd7 23. Qxe4 Qh6+ 24. Kb1 Rf8 $2 25. d5 $1 c5 26. d6 Bxd6 27. Qxb7+ Kd8 28. Bh3 Qxh3 29. Rxd6+ Ke8 30. Qc6+ Kf7 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed Reserve"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Qiao, Cindy"] [Black "Stefanovic, Miroslav"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "96"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. e5 Ne8 11. f4 f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. Bc5 Nd6 14. O-O Re8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. f5 Bf7 18. Qc2 g5 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Qd1 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rb8 23. Qc2 Bf8 24. Nf3 Qb6 25. Re2 c5 26. Qc1 h6 27. Bb1 d4 28. cxd4 cxd4 29. Qd1 Rd8 30. Rd2 Bc5 31. a3 a5 32. Qe2 Re8 33. Qd1 Rd8 34. Qf1 Qd6 35. Bd3 Kg7 36. Bc4 Bh5 37. Ne1 Bb6 38. Be6 Bc7 39. g3 Be8 40. Nd3 Bc6+ 41. Kg1 Bb7 42. Qh3 $2 Bc6 (42... Qc6 43. Qg2 Qxg2+ 44. Rxg2 Bxg2 45. Kxg2 $19) 43. Nf2 Be8 (43... Qe5) 44. Qf1 Bc6 45. Qh3 Qe5 $1 46. Qf1 $2 d3 $1 47. Ng4 $2 Bb6+ 48. Nf2 Qe4 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed Reserve"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Malakhovets, Sergey"] [Black "Siddeley, Hugh"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "92"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. b4 Bf6 10. b5 Nd4 11. d3 Be6 12. a4 a5 13. Ne4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Be7 15. Qc2 Bd5 16. Be3 f5 17. Bxb6 cxb6 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Qb2 Bf6 20. e4 Bf7 21. Be2 g6 22. Rbc1 Qd4 23. Qxd4 exd4 24. f4 fxe4 25. dxe4 d3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxd3 Rd8 28. Rf3 Rd4 29. Kf2 Rxa4 30. Ke2 Ra2 31. Rf1 Bc3 32. Rd1 Bb3 33. Rc1 $2 ( 33. Ke3 $1 Bxd1 34. Bc4+ Kg7 35. Bxa2 $11) 33... Bxd2 $19 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rc7+ Kf8 36. Rxh7 Bxf4+ 37. Kf3 Bd6 38. Kg4 Be7 39. h4 Rf2 40. Kh3 Be6+ 41. g4 Rf3+ 42. Kg2 Rxd3 43. h5 gxh5 44. e5 Bd5+ 45. Kf2 hxg4 46. e6 Bxe6 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Round Two – April 24

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Mike Ivanov	½	½	Victor Plotkin
2	Dave Southam	1	0	Michael Barron
3	Slava Rek	½	½	Sergey Noritsyn
4	Michael Humphreys	½	½	Lali Agbabishvili

5	Shafkat Ali	0	1	Daniel Zotkin
6	Hugh Siddeley	½	½	Daniel Wiebe
7	Miroslav Stefanovic	0	1	Sergey Malakhovets
8	Dmitry Chernik	0	1	Cindy Qiao

Games from Round Two

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Southam, David"] [Black "Barron, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C85"] [PlyCount "105"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 c5 8. d3 Nd7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. a4 Re8 12. Nbd2 Nf8 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Nd2 Nf4 16. Kh1 Re6 17. g3 Rh6 18. f3 Nh5 19. Qf2 Qg5 20. Rg1 Bh3 21. Nc4 Qe7 22. Nb6 Rf8 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. g4 Nf4 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. g5 Rh5 27. Qd2 f6 28. gxf6 Rxf6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Rad1 Be6 31. d4 cxd4 32. Qf2 Rc5 33. Qxd4 Qxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxc2 35. Rxd6 Bxb3 36. Rd7 g6 37. Rxb7 Bxa4 38. Ra7 Bb5 39. Rd1 Rc8 40. Kg2 h5 41. Rd6 Be8 42. h4 a5 43. e5 a4 44. e6 a3 45. Rxa3 Kg7 46. Ra7+ Kf6 47. e7+ Kf7 48. Rd4 Rc2+ 49. Kh3 g5 50. hxg5 Bb5 51. Rxf4+ Kg6 52. Re4 Kxg5 53. Ra5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Rek, Slava"] [Black "Noritsyn, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B01"] [PlyCount "43"] [SourceDate "2017.04.25"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. b3 e4 12. Nd4 f5 13. Bg5 e3 14. Bxe3 Qe7 15. Be2 f4 16. Bxf4 Naxc4 17. bxc4 Nxc4 18. d6 cxd6 19. Qd3 Nb2 20. Qd2 Nc4 21. Qd3 Nb2 22. Qd2 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2017 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Humphreys, MIchael"] [Black "Agbabishvili, Lali"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A43"] [PlyCount "214"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 e6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Ne2 a6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nbc3 exd5 8. exd5 Bg4 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Ng3 O-O 11. f4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Qxb5 Nb6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Qc2 c4 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 g6 18. Ne3 Re8 19. O-O Bf8 20. a4 Qc7 21. a5 Nbd7 22. Qa4 Qa7 23. Nb5 Qc5 24. Nc3 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Qc5 27. Qc6 Rc8 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. a6 Rc8 30. a7 Nb6 31. Ra5 Nfd7 32. Rfa1 Na8 33. Rb5 Bg7 34. Rb7 Ndb6 35. Ra6 Bd4 36. Rb8 Rf8 37. g3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Nd7 39. Rxf8 Kxf8 40. Rxd6 Ke7 41. Rc6 Ndb6 42. Kf3 f5 43. h3 Kd7 44. g4 fxg4+ 45. hxg4 Nc8 46. Nb5 Bxb2 47. Rxc4 Ncb6 48. Rc6 Nc8 49. f5 gxf5 50. gxf5 Bg7 51. f6 Bf8 52. Kg4 Ncb6 53. Kf5 Nxd5 54. Re6 Ndb6 55. f7 Nc8 56. Re8 Bc5 57. f8=Q Bxf8 58. Rxf8 Ncb6 59. Nd4 Nc8 60. Rf7+ Kd6 61. Rxh7 Ne7+ 62. Ke4 Nc8 63. Rb7 Ncb6 64. Rb8 Kc7 65. Nb5+ Kc6 66. Nc3 Nc7 67. Kd3 Nca8 68. Na4 Nxa4 69. Rxa8 Kb7 70. Rb8+ Kxa7 71. Rb5 Ka6 72. Rb8 Ka7 73. Rb5 Nb6 74. Kd4 Ka6 75. Kc5 Nc8 76. Rb1 Na7 77. Rb6+ Ka5 78. Rb1 Ka6 79. Rb6+ Ka5 80. Rh6 Nb5 81. Rh1 Ka4 82. Ra1+ Na3 83. Rh1 Kb3 84. Rh3+ Kb2 85. Rg3 Nc2 86. Kc4 Na3+ 87. Kd3 Kb3 88. Rg8 Nb5 89. Rg4 Nc3 90. Rg5 Kb4 91. Kc2 Nb5 92. Kd3 Nc3 93. Rg4+ Kb3 94. Rc4 Nb5 95. Re4 Nc3 96. Re5 Kb4 97. Kd4 Nb5+ 98. Kd5 Nc3+ 99. Kc6 Kc4 100. Re1 Kd4 101. Rh1 Ne4 102. Rh3 Ke5 103. Rd3 Ke6 104. Rd8 Ke5 105. Rd7 Ke6 106. Rd4 Ke5 107. Rd8 Nf6 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Toronto Closed Reserve"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Siddeley, Hugh"] [Black "Wiebe, Daniel"] [ECO "B90"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf5 Bxf5 8. exf5 d5 9. Bg5 d4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qc6 12. Qf3 Nd7 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Bc4 O-O-O 15. f6 gxf6 16. O-O Kb8 17. Qxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxf6 Rd6 19. Nh5 f5 20. Ng3 Rf6 21. Rfe1 Bd6 22. Rad1 Na4 23. Bb3 Nc5 24. Ba2 Rhf8 25. f4 exf4 26. Nh5 Rg6 27. Bd5 Rg5 28. Bf3 Ne4 29. Kf1 Be5 30. h4 Rxh5 31. Bxh5 Bf6 32. Bf3 Bxh4 33. Rxe4 fxe4 34. Bxe4 Bf6 35. Bxh7 Re8 36. Re1 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Toronto Closed Reserve"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Stefanovic, MIroslav"] [Black "Malakhovets, Sergey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [PlyCount "95"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Nhf6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nf6 14. e3 Bf5 15. Bd3 g6 16. O-O Bg7 17. Qc2 Qc8 18. b4 Ng4 19. Nxg4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxg4 21. f4 Qf5 22. Qe2 O-O 23. a4 Qd7 24. g4 g5 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Qf3 Bf6 27. Qf5 Qxf5 28. Rxf5 Kg7 29. Raf1 Rh8 30. Kg2 Rh6 31. Ne2 Rah8 32. Rh1 e6 33. Rf3 Be7 34. h3 Rf6 35. Rxf6 Bxf6 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Ra8 38. Rb1 Bd8 39. b6 Bf6 40. Rb4 Ra2 41. Kf3 Ra3 42. Rb2 Kg6 43. Nc1 $2 Bxd4 $19 44. Rb3 Bxc5 45. Rxa3 Bxa3 46. Nb3 Bb4 47. e4 c5 48. Ke3 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Toronto Closed Reserve"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Chernik, Dmitry"] [Black "Qiao, Cindy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [PlyCount "72"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d5 8. exd5 a6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. d4 c4 11. Qe2 b5 12. Re1 Bb7 13. b3 Nxd5 14. Ba3 b4 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxb4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bxd4+ 18. Kg2 Bxa1 19. Bxe7 Qd7 20. Bb4+ Kd8 21. Ba5+ Kc8 22. Qxc4+ Kb7 23. Rd1 (23. Qb4+ $1 Kc8 24. Re4 $18) 23... Qe7 24. Qd5+ Kb8 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Re4 Bc3 27. Bc7+ $2 Kxc7 $19 28. Rc4+ Kb8 29. Qc5 Ra7 30. Rxc3 Qxf4 31. Rc4 Qf6 32. Qd5 Rd8 33. Rb4+ Kc8 34. Qc4+ Rc7 35. Qe2 Qg5+ 36. Kf1 Qc1+ 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Round Three – May 1

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Lali Agbabishvili	0	1	Mike Ivanov
2	Sergey Noritsyn	½	½	Michael Humphreys
3	Michael Barron	0	1	Slava Rek
4	Victor Plotkin	1	0	Dave Southam

5	Cindy Qiao	½	½	Shafkat Ali
6	Sergey Malakhovets	½	½	Dmitry Chernik
7	Daniel Wiebe	1	0	Miroslav Stefanovic
8	Daniel Zotkin	1	0	Hugh Siddeley

Round Four – May 8

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Mike Ivanov	½	½	Dave Southam
2	Slava Rek	1	0	Victor Plotkin
3	Michael Humphreys	1	0	Michael Barron
4	Lali Agbabishvili	1	0	Sergey Noritsyn

5	Shafkat Ali	0	1	Hugh Siddeley
6	Miroslav Stefanovic	1	0	Daniel Zotkin
7	Dmitry Chernik	½	½	Daniel Wiebe
8	Cindy Qiao	0	1	Sergey Malakhovets

Round Five – May 15

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Sergey Noritsyn	0	1	Mike Ivanov
2	Michael Barron	1	0	Lali Agbabishvili
3	Victor Plotkin	1	0	Michael Humphreys
4	Dave Southam	0	1	Slava Rek

5	Sergey Malakhovets	1	0	Shafkat Ali
6	Daniel Wiebe	½	½	Cindy Qiao
7	Daniel Zotkin	1	0	Dmitry Chernik
8	Hugh Siddeley	1	0	Miroslav Stefanovic

Round Six – May 29

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Mike Ivanov	1	0	Slava Rek
2	Michael Humphreys	1	0	Dave Southam
3	Lali Agbabishvili	½	½	Victor Plotkin
4	Sergey Noritsyn	0	1	Michael Barron

5	Shafkat Ali	1	0	Miroslav Stefanovic
6	Dmitry Chernik	1	0	Hugh Siddeley
7	Cindy Qiao	0	1	Daniel Zotkin
8	Sergey Malakhovets	½	½	Daniel Wiebe

Make-up Week – June 5

For any remaining unplayed games. Players without a make-up game to play are welcome to join the regular club tournament for one round – featuring a new “Masters Section” for players 2100+.

Final Round – June 12

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Bd.	White			Black
1	Michael Barron	1	0	Mike Ivanov
2	Victor Plotkin	½	½	Sergey Noritsyn
3	Dave Southam	1	0	Lali Agbabishvili
4	Slava Rek	0	1	Michael Humphreys

5	Daniel Wiebe	1	0	Shafkat Ali
6	Daniel Zotkin	½	½	Sergey Malakhovets
7	Hugh Siddeley	1	0	Cindy Qiao
8	Miroslav Stefanovic	0	1	Dmitry Chernik

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Previous Winners

2016 Mike Ivanov
2015 Geordie Derraugh
2014 Victor Plotkin
2013 Michael Song
2012 Artiom Samsonkin
2011 Victor Plotkin
2010 Victor Plotkin
2009 Michael Barron
2008 Nikolay Noritsyn
2007 Michael Barron
2006 Leonid Gerzhoy
2005 Sami Ademi
2004 Tomas Krnan, Yaaqov Vaingorten
2003 Goran Prpic
2002 Isai Berengolts
2001 Brett Campbell

This city championship is older than Canada, with known winners dating back to 1854.

Results

2016 Toronto Closed Chess Championship

March 8, 2016 king 6 Comments

It’s the annual City Chess Championship, sanctioned by the Greater Toronto Chess League.

Eight top GTA players are invited to play in a Championship Round Robin (top 8 players who register) to determine the 2016 City Champion.

April 4 to May 30, 2016

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Winner

The 2016 Toronto Champion is Mike Ivanov, taking the title with 5.5/7 and a better tie-break (greater number of wins).

Victor Plotkin takes second, undefeated at 5.5/7, and Mark Plotkin, 5.0/7, takes third. Fourth still depends on the outcome of one remaining game …

Congratulations, Mike. And big thanks to all players for participating in the Championship!

Final Cross-table

NO.	NAME	RTG	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	PTS.	RK.
1	Southam David	2226	CAN	*	0	1	0	½	–	0	1	2.5	6
2	Barron Michael	2342	CAN	1	*	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
3	Malakhovets Sergey	2097	CAN	0	0	*	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
4	Humphreys Michael	2361	CAN	1	1	1	*	0	0	0	0	3	5
5	Plotkin Victor	2430	CAN	½	1	1	1	*	½	½	1	5.5	2
6	Bellissimo Joseph	2249	CAN	–	0	1	1	½	*	0	0	3.5	4
7	Ivanov Mike	2333	CAN	1	1	1	1	½	1	*	0	5.5	1
8	Plotkin Mark	2276	CAN	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	*	5	3

Round One – April 4

It’s fighting chess right from the beginning! Round One sees no draws and three wins from the black side.

Top seed Victor Plotkin is off to a great start. He faces second seed Michael Humphreys and comes away with a full point. Meanwhile eighth seed Sergey Malakhovets is the underdog in every game, but the pressure is on his opponents to beat him; Joseph Bellissimo manages to do so in Round One. On the other boards, Dave Southam and Mike Ivanov score slight rating upsets.

Bo.	No.	Rtg	Name	Result	Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	2226	Southam David	1 – 0	Plotkin Mark	2276	8
2	2	2342	Barron Michael	0 – 1	Ivanov Mike	2333	7
3	3	2097	Malakhovets Sergey	0 – 1	Bellissimo Joseph	2249	6
4	4	2361	Humphreys Michael	0 – 1	Plotkin Victor	2430	5

Games from Round One

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club, Toronto"] [Date "2016.04.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Malakhovets, Sergey"] [Black "Bellissimo, Joseph"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E00"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.e3 e5 7.d5 Nb8 8.Ne2 Bxd2+ 9.Nxd2 d6 10.Qc2 O-O 11.h3 a5 12.Nc3 Na6 13.O-O Bd7 14.a3 c6 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Rad1 Nc7 17.Na4 Ra7 18.Rde1 d5 19.e4 d4 20.c5 Ne6 21.Kh2 Nh5 22.Rc1 Bc8 23.Qd1 g6 24.Bf3 Nhg7 25.b4 Qf6 26.Nb6 Ba6 27.Nbc4 axb4 28.axb4 Rb8 29.Qa4 Ng5 30.Bg2 Rbb7 31.Qb3 N5e6 32.Qf3 Qxf3 33.Nxf3 f6 34.Na5 Bxf1 35.Bxf1 Rc7 36.Nd2 Kf7 37.Ndc4 Ke7 38.Ra1 Nd8 39.f4 exf4 40.gxf4 Nge6 41.Kg3 Rcb7 42.Nb6 Rb8 43.Bc4 Nc7 44.Rd1 Na8 45.Rxd4 Nxb6 46.cxb6 Rxb6 47.Bg8 Ne6 48.Rc4 c5 49.bxc5 Rba6 50.Nb3 Ra3 51.Rb4 Nxc5 52.Bd5 Rd7 53.Kg4 Rxd5 54.exd5 Rxb3 55.Rxb3 Nxb3 56.f5 g5 57.Kh5 Nd4 58.h4 gxh4 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club, Toronto"] [Date "2016.04.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Humphreys, Michael"] [Black "Plotkin, Victor"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A16"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Nc6 5.d5 Ne7 6.e4 g6 7.c5 Bg7 8.cxd6 cxd6 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.O-O O-O 12.a4 h6 13.a5 Rfc8 14.Qa4 Qg4 15.h3 Qh5 16.Qb4 Ne8 17.Qxb7 Kf8 18.Re1 g5 19.Qd7 Rc7 20.Qg4 Qg6 21.Nd2 Kg8 22.Qe2 f5 23.Ra4 Nf6 24.Rc4 Rd7 25.exf5 Qxf5 26.Nde4 Nfxd5 27.Nxd5 Nxd5 28.Qd1 Qf7 29.Rc6 Rad8 30.Bxg5 Nb4 31.Bxd8 Nxc6 32.Bh4 Nxa5 33.Qg4 Kh8 34.Nf6 Rc7 35.Qf5 Bf8 36.Re3 Nc6 37.Rf3 Nd4 38.Qe4 Nxf3+ 39.gxf3 Rc4 40.Qa8 Rxh4 41.Ng4 h5 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club, Toronto"] [Date "2016.04.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Barron, Michael"] [Black "Ivanov, Mike"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "C63"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Nxc6 Qg5 8.Nd4+ c6 9.Bf1 Qe5 10.c3 Bc5 11.Nb3 Bd6 12.d4 exd3+ 13.Be3 Nf6 14.Qxd3 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.Qd4 Qe7 17.g4 Bg6 18.Bg2 Rd8 19.O-O-O O-O 20.Rhe1 Be5 21.Qxa7 Ra8 22.Qb6 Rxa2 23.Nd4 Ra1+ 24.Kd2 Ne4+ 25.Bxe4 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 Bxe4 27.Bd2 Bxd4 28.Qxd4 Bf3+ 29.Kc2 Qf7 30.Re5 Qg6+ 31.Qd3 Bd1+ 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club, Toronto"] [Date "2016.04.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Southam, David"] [Black "Plotkin, Mark"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A40"] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 b6 5.O-O Bb7 6.Nbd2 d6 7.b3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Qe2 a6 11.c4 Re8 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.e4 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Ne5 15.Bb1 Nfd7 16.Rc1 Bc6 17.Bb2 Qb7 18.Nd4 Rac8 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.f4 Ng6 21.g3 Nc5 22.Nf3 e5 23.f5 Nf8 24.g4 Qb7 25.Bd3 Nfd7 26.g5 Bd8 27.Rc2 Nb8 28.b4 Na4 29.Ba1 f6 30.h4 Re7 31.Rec1 Rec7 32.a3 Qc6 33.Qg2 Qe8 34.Nh2 Nc6 35.g6 h6 36.Ng4 Be7 37.Ne3 Bd8 38.Nd5 Ra7 39.Qf2 Ne7 40.Ne3 Rac7 41.Qe2 Rb7 42.c5 dxc5 43.Bxa6 Qc6 44.Bxb7 Qxb7 45.Qc4+ Kh8 46.b5 Qa8 47.Rd1 Ng8 48.Rcd2 Be7 49.Rd7 Bf8 50.Nd5 Qa5 51.Nc7 h5 52.Ne6 Nh6 53.Nxf8 Rxf8 54.Rd8 Rg8 55.Rxg8+ Nxg8 56.Qxg8+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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Round Two – April 11

Through two rounds, there is yet to be a single draw. Top seed, Victor Plotkin, scores a full point against Mark Plotkin to stay perfect at 2.0/2, while Joseph Bellissimo and Mike Ivanov keep pace.

Bo.	No.	Rtg	Name	Result	Name	Rtg	No.
1	8	2276	Plotkin Mark	0 – 1	Plotkin Victor	2430	5
2	6	2249	Bellissimo Joseph	1 – 0	Humphreys Michael	2361	4
3	7	2333	Ivanov Mike	1 – 0	Malakhovets Sergey	2097	3
4	1	2226	Southam David	0 – 1	Barron Michael	2342	2

Games from Round Two

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club, Toronto"] [Date "2016.04.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Bellissimo, Joseph"] [Black "Humphreys, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "C05"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.Ne2 Be7 9.h4 O-O 10.a3 a6 11.Rh3 cxd4 12.cxd4 f6 13.Qd3 Qb5 14.Nc3 Qxd3 15.Bxd3 f5 16.Bd2 Nb6 17.b3 Bd7 18.Ke2 Rfc8 19.Nd1 a5 20.Ne3 a4 21.b4 Na7 22.g4 fxg4 23.Nxg4 Bb5 24.Ng5 Rc6 25.Rg1 Bxd3+ 26.Kxd3 Nb5 27.Rhg3 Bxg5 28.hxg5 Rac8 29.Nf6+ Kh8 30.g6 Rc3+ 31.Bxc3 Rxc3+ 32.Kd2 Nc4+ 33.Ke1 Rc1+ 34.Kf2 Rc2+ 35.Kf3 Rc3+ 36.Kg4 Rxg3+ 37.Rxg3 gxf6 38.exf6 hxg6 39.Rh3+ Kg8 40.Kg5 Nbd6 41.Kxg6 Nf7 42.Rh7 Ncd6 43.Rg7+ Kf8 44.Kh7 Ke8 45.Rg8+ Kd7 46.Kg7 Nd8 47.Rxd8+ Kxd8 48.f7 Nxf7 49.Kxf7 Kd7 50.Kf6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club, Toronto"] [Date "2016.04.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Ivanov, Mike"] [Black "Malakhovets, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B40"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 d4 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.O-O Nge7 7.Re1 Ng6 8.g3 Qc7 9.Qe2 Bd7 10.Na3 a6 11.Nc2 Rd8 12.h4 Bc8 13.h5 Nge7 14.cxd4 cxd4 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nh7 Rd5 17.f4 Nf5 18.Nxf8 Rxf8 19.Bxf5 exf5 20.d3 Be6 21.b3 Rg8 22.Kf2 Kd7 23.Ba3 Rc8 24.Rec1 Qa5 25.Bb2 b5 26.Ne1 Qb6 27.Nf3 Qb7 28.Rc2 a5 29.Rac1 Kd8 30.Rc5 Rxc5 31.Rxc5 Nb4 32.Bxd4 Rxc5 33.Bxc5 Bd5 34.Bxb4 axb4 35.Nd4 Qa7 36.Ke3 Kd7 37.Qh2 Qc5 38.Qc2 Qa7 39.Qd2 Qc5 40.Qd1 Ke7 41.Qc2 Qb6 42.Qc8 Bb7 43.Qb8 g6 44.hxg6 fxg6 45.Qh8 Bd5 46.Qxh6 Qc5 47.Qg7+ Kd8 48.Qf6+ Kc8 49.Qa6+ Kd8 50.Qd6+ Qxd6 51.exd6 Kd7 52.Nxb5 Bc6 53.Nd4 Bd5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club, Toronto"] [Date "2016.04.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Plotkin, Mark"] [Black "Plotkin, Victor"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A45"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4 d5 3.g5 Ne4 4.Be3 Bf5 5.f3 Nd6 6.Nd2 Nc6 7.c3 e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Qa4+ Qd7 10.Qxd7+ Bxd7 11.Bd4 Nc6 12.Bc5 O-O-O 13.f4 Nf5 14.Bxf8 Rhxf8 15.Ngf3 Ne3 16.Kf2 Rde8 17.h4 f6 18.Bh3 Bxh3 19.Rxh3 fxg5 20.hxg5 Rxf4 21.Rxh7 Rf7 22.Rah1 Rfe7 23.Nb3 Nc4 24.Nbd4 Nxd4 25.Nxd4 c5 26.b3 Nd6 27.Nf3 Rxe2+ 28.Kg3 Ne4+ 29.Kf4 Rf8+ 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club, Toronto"] [Date "2016.04.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Southam, David"] [Black "Barron, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A81"] 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nh3 d6 5.d5 c6 6.Nf4 cxd5 7.Nxd5 Bg7 8.Nbc3 Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.e4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Bxe4 Bh3 13.Bg2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 e6 15.Nf4 Qd7 16.c3 d5 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Qg4 Rfe8 19.Rad1 Qf7 20.Bc5 b6 21.Be3 e5 22.Nh3 d4 23.Bg5 Rc8 24.cxd4 Nxd4 25.Qe4 Qxa2 26.Ra1 Qf7 27.Rac1 Qd7 28.Be3 Nb3 29.Rcd1 Qc6 30.Qxc6 Rxc6 31.Rd7 a5 32.Rb7 Nd4 33.Ng5 Rec8 34.Rd1 h6 35.Nf7 R8c7 36.Rxc7 Rxc7 37.Nxh6+ Bxh6 38.Bxh6 Rc2 39.Be3 Rxb2 40.Bxd4 exd4 41.Rxd4 b5 42.Rd8+ Kg7 43.g4 a4 44.Ra8 Rb3 45.g5 a3 46.Ra7+ Kg8 47.h4 b4 48.h5 gxh5 49.f4 Rb2+ 50.Kg3 a2 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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Round Three – April 18

Mike Ivanov scores his third win in a row to take the lead with 3.0/3, while Joseph Bellissimo draws his game against Victor Plotkin, so both fall half a point back at 2.5/3. It’ll be a big match-up next round when leader Mike Ivanov faces top seed Victor Plotkin head to head!

Bo.	No.	Rtg	Name	Result	Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	2342	Barron Michael	0 – 1	Plotkin Mark	2276	8
2	3	2097	Malakhovets Sergey	0 – 1	Southam David	2226	1
3	4	2361	Humphreys Michael	0 – 1	Ivanov Mike	2333	7
4	5	2430	Plotkin Victor	½ – ½	Bellissimo Joseph	2249	6

Games from Round Three

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club, Toronto"] [Date "2016.04.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Malakhovets, Sergey"] [Black "Southam, David"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A40"] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.h3 b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.Bd3 Ne4 8.c3 c5 9.Qc2 d5 10.Bxb8 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Rxb8 12.Bb5+ Kf8 13.Ne5 Kg8 14.O-O Bf6 15.f4 a6 16.Be2 g6 17.a4 Qe7 18.a5 b5 19.Nd3 c4 20.Nc5 Kf7 21.g4 Qc7 22.b3 cxb3 23.Rfb1 Be7 24.Nd3 Bd6 25.Rxb3 Rbc8 26.Kg2 Ke7 27.Qe1 Kd7 28.Ne5+ Bxe5 29.fxe5 Qd8 30.Qg3 Qe7 31.Bd3 h5 32.Be2 hxg4 33.hxg4 Rh7 34.Rh1 Rxh1 35.Kxh1 Rc4 36.gxf5 gxf5 37.Kg2 Qh7 38.Kf2 Rc8 39.Ke1 Rg8 40.Qf3 Qh2 41.Kd2 Rg2 42.Rb1 Rf2 43.Rh1 Rxe2+ 44.Kd1 Rd2+ 45.Ke1 Qg2 46.Rh7+ Kc6 47.Qxg2 Rxg2 48.Re7 Bc8 49.Re8 Kc7 50.Rh8 Rc2 51.Rh7+ Bd7 52.Rh8 Rxc3 53.Ra8 Bc8 54.Kd2 Kb7 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club, Toronto"] [Date "2016.04.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Humphreys, Michael"] [Black "Ivanov, Mike"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A30"] 1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 h5 6.Nf3 Nd4 7.b4 d6 8.e3 Nf5 9.Rb1 h4 10.Ng5 e5 11.Nge4 cxb4 12.Qa4+ Bd7 13.Qxb4 Bc6 14.Nb5 Bf8 15.Qb2 Bg7 16.O-O a6 17.Nbc3 Nge7 18.Nd5 O-O 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Qa2 Kh8 21.a4 h3 22.Bh1 d5 23.cxd5 Nxd5 24.Ba3 Re8 25.Nd6 Nxd6 26.Nxd5 b5 27.d3 a5 28.Bxd6 Qxd6 29.axb5 Bxb5 30.Nc3 Bxd3 31.Rxb8 Rxb8 32.Rd1 f5 33.e4 Qd4 34.Qxa5 Rb2 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club, Toronto"] [Date "2016.04.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Barron, Michael"] [Black "Plotkin, Mark"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B00"] 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Bb5 f6 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.Nf1 a6 9.Be2 e5 10.dxe5 Ndxe5 11.Qxd5 Be6 12.Qe4 O-O-O 13.Ne3 Bb4+ 14.c3 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Bxc3+ 16.bxc3 Qxc3+ 17.Kf1 Rhe8 18.Rb1 Bxa2 19.Bb2 Qb3 20.Qxh7 Rd2 21.Qf5+ Kb8 22.Re1 Rxb2 23.Bxc6 Qc4+ 24.Kg1 Qxc6 25.h4 Qd6 26.Rf1 Rf8 27.Qg5 Qd2 28.Qg3 a5 29.h5 Be6 30.Rh4 Qc3 31.Rf4 Rxf4 32.Qxf4 Rb4 33.Qf8+ Ka7 34.Qe7 Rb6 35.Rd1 a4 36.Qe8 a3 37.Rd8 Rb1+ 38.Kh2 Qe5+ 39.g3 Qe4 40.Ng2 a2 41.Ra8+ Kb6 42.Rxa2 Qg4 43.Ra6+ Kxa6 44.Nf4 Bd7 45.Qe4 Qf5 46.Qc4+ Bb5 47.Qa2+ Kb6 48.Nd5+ Kc5 49.Nf4 Bc6 50.Qa5+ Kd6 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club, Toronto"] [Date "2016.04.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Plotkin, Victor"] [Black "Bellissimo, Joseph"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A46"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nbd2 Qb6 8.e3 Be7 9.Qe2 d6 10.e4 O-O 11.e5 dxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.Re1 a6 14.h4 Bd8 15.Nf1 Bc7 16.Bf4 Rae8 17.Rad1 Re7 18.Bh3 Ncxe5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Ne3 f6 22.f4 Bd6 23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.Nf5 exf5 25.Qxe7 Qxe7 26.Rxe7 Be4 27.Rd7 Re8 28.Kf2 Re6 29.Bf1 Bc6 30.Rd8+ Kf7 31.a4 c4 32.Be2 Re8 33.Rxe8 Kxe8 34.Ke3 Ke7 35.Kd4 Kd6 36.Bd1 Be4 37.Bh5 g6 38.Bd1 Bd5 39.Be2 Bc6 40.a5 h5 41.Bd1 Bd5 42.Bc2 Be6 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Games are posted on Chess5.

Round Four – April 25

Mike Ivanov stays in clear first at 3.5/4 with a draw against Victor Plotkin, who trails by just half a point (and is also undefeated) at 3.0/4. Joseph Bellissimo, who loses to Mark Plotkin, still stays in third with 2.5/4. And Michael Humphreys, who hasn’t had a good start in the event, finally gets on the scoreboard with a win over David Southam

Bo.	No.	Rtg	Name	Result	Name	Rtg	No.
1	8	2276	Plotkin Mark	1 – 0	Bellissimo Joseph	2249	6
2	7	2333	Ivanov Mike	½ – ½	Plotkin Victor	2430	5
3	1	2226	Southam David	0 – 1	Humphreys Michael	2361	4
4	2	2342	Barron Michael	1 – 0	Malakhovets Sergey	2097	3

Games from Round Four

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club"] [Date "2016.04.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Ivanov, Mike"] [Black "Plotkin, Victor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "C31"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 Nxd5 6.O-O c5 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bb5 Qd6 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Qe2 Be7 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.d3 g5 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Rae1 Bf6 16.Bc3 Rfe8 17.Qh5 Bg7 18.h4 h6 19.Ng4 Qg6 20.Qxg6 fxg6 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.Bxf6 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 g4 25.c4 Bf7 26.Bg5 f3 27.gxf3 gxf3 28.Kf2 Re8 29.Re7 Rxe7 30.Bxe7 Be6 31.Bxc5 a6 32.Kxf3 Bf5 33.Ke3 Kf7 34.Kd4 Ke6 35.Ba7 g5 36.a4 Kd7 37.Bb8 g4 38.Bg3 Kc8 39.Ke3 Kd7 40.d4 Bc2 41.a5 Bd1 42.Kd2 Bf3 43.Kc3 Be2 44.Kb4 Kc8 45.Kc5 Kd7 46.b3 Bd1 47.Kb6 Bxb3 48.Kxa6 Bxc4+ 49.Kb6 Bd5 50.Kc5 Kc8 51.a6 Bf3 52.Kb6 Bg2 53.a7 c5 54.dxc5 Kd7 55.Bf4 Bf3 56.Bh2 Be4 57.Bg3 Bf3 58.Kb5 Bc6+ 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club"] [Date "2016.04.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Barron, Michael"] [Black "Malakhovets, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B42"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.c4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.f4 e5 10.f5 Bc5+ 11.Kh1 h5 12.Nc3 Ng4 13.Qf3 Qd8 14.Nd1 Qh4 15.h3 O-O 16.Bd2 Rd8 17.b4 Bd4 18.Rb1 b5 19.Be1 Qg5 20.hxg4 hxg4 21.Qg3 Rd6 22.Bf2 Bb7 23.c5 Rh6+ 24.Kg1 Rd8 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Nf2 Rh4 27.Rfd1 Kh7 28.Be2 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club"] [Date "2016.04.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Plotkin, Mark"] [Black "Bellissimo, Joseph"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "C11"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 Qb6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bxc5 Nxc5 12.b4 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Ng5 e3 15.Qd6 Bb7 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qxe6+ Kf8 18.O-O-O Rd8 19.Be2 Qc7 20.Qf5+ Qf7 21.Rxd8+ Nxd8 22.Qd3 Ne6 23.Qd6+ Qe7 24.Qb8+ Nd8 25.e6 g6 26.Rd1 Ke8 27.Qe5 Rf8 28.Rd7 Qf6 29.e7 Kxd7 30.e8=Q+ Rxe8 31.Qxf6 Ne6 32.Bg4 Bd5 33.Qe5 Kc6 34.Qxe3 Nc7 35.Qc5+ Kb7 36.Bf3 Bxf3 37.gxf3 Re2 38.h4 Ne6 39.Qe7+ Kc6 40.Qxh7 Nxf4 41.Qh6 Ne6 42.Qxg6 Kd5 43.Qd3+ Nd4 44.c3 Re1+ 45.Kd2 Re2+ 46.Kd1 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2016 Toronto Closed"] [Site "Annex Chess Club"] [Date "2016.04.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Southam, David"] [Black "Humphreys, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A45"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nd2 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bf5 7.a3 Rc8 8.Ngf3 e6 9.Be2 Be7 10.h3 h6 11.O-O O-O 12.b4 Qb6 13.Ne1 Rfd8 14.Kh1 Bg6 15.Bh2 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Qb1 Bf6 18.Qb2 Nxd4 19.exd4 Bxd4 20.Qa2 Bxa1 21.Qxa1 Rd2 22.Bd1 Rxf2 23.Rxf2 Qxf2 24.Ba4 Qd2 25.Bc2 e3 26.Bxg6 Rc1 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Games are posted on Chess5.

Round Five – May 2

Bo.	No.	Rtg	Name	Result	Name	Rtg	No.
1	3	2097	Malakhovets Sergey	0 – 1	Plotkin Mark	2276	8
2	4	2361	Humphreys Michael	1 – 0	Barron Michael	2342	2
3	5	2430	Plotkin Victor	½ – ½	Southam David	2226	1
4	6	2249	Bellissimo Joseph	0 – 1	Ivanov Mike	2333	7

Round Six – May 9

Bo.	No.	Rtg	Name	Result	Name	Rtg	No.
1	8	2276	Plotkin Mark	1 – 0	Ivanov Mike	2333	7
2	1	2226	Southam David		Bellissimo Joseph	2249	6
3	2	2342	Barron Michael	0 – 1	Plotkin Victor	2430	5
4	3	2097	Malakhovets Sergey	0 – 1	Humphreys Michael	2361	4

Round Seven – May 16

Bo.	No.	Rtg	Name	Result	Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2361	Humphreys Michael	0 – 1	Plotkin Mark	2276	8
2	5	2430	Plotkin Victor	1 – 0	Malakhovets Sergey	2097	3
3	6	2249	Bellissimo Joseph	1 – 0	Barron Michael	2342	2
4	7	2333	Ivanov Mike	1 – 0	Southam David	2226	1

Pairings and complete Toronto Closed results are available on chess-results.

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Results

2015 Toronto Closed Chess Championship

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The 2015 Toronto Chess Championship is in the books!

Results are posted on chess-results.com

The Toronto Closed is an annual city (now regional) chess championship, sanctioned by the GTCL. The history of the tournament can be traced back to 1854.

The new 2015 Toronto Champion is Geordie Derraugh!

Geordie Derraugh, 2015 Toronto Champion — **Geordie Derraugh**
2015 Toronto Champion

And the winner of the 2015 Toronto Closed Reserve Section is Dave Southam – with a dominant score of 6.5/7!

**David Southam**
2015 Toronto Closed Reserve Winner

This year’s event included the following 16 players:

Victor Plotkin (2446)
Michael Humphreys (2347)
Mike Ivanov (2343)
Geordie Derraugh (2291)
Nicholas Vettese (2275)
Michael Barron (2267)
Mark Plotkin (2246)
Andrei Moffat (2196)
– see pairings and results

David Southam (2166)
Brian Fiedler (2134)
Sergey Malakhovets (2102)
Daniel Zotkin (2071)
Miroslav Stefanovic (2043)
Dmitry Chernik (2041)
Daniel Wiebe (2024)
Omar Shah (1921)
– see pairings and results

2014 Toronto Closed

February 27, 2014 king 1 Comment

FM Victor Plotkin is 2014 Toronto Chess Champion!

Annex Chess Club hosted the 2014 Toronto Closed Chess Championship March 17 to May 12.

An 8-player Round Robin Championship that goes back to the early days of chess in this city, the Toronto Closed sees the top 8 Greater Toronto Area players play 7 rounds of all-play-all to determine the Champion. The event is sanctioned by the Greater Toronto Chess League.

Last year’s winner was Michael Song. This year, Victor Plotkin won with an impressive 6.0/7 (+5 –0 =2), finishing one-and-a-half points ahead of Song, who placed second with 4.5/7.

The next 8 players (as ranked by CFC rating) play in a Reserve Section, with the Reserve winner earning a berth in the following year’s Championship. This year’s Reserve winner, on tie-break over Dave Southam, is Andrei Moffat. Both scored 5.0/7, but Moffat won the head-to-head game. Tie-breaks, if necessary to determine a winner, are (1) direct encounter, (2) greater number of wins, (3) Sonneborn-Berger. Prize money is determined solely by points.

The two sections are FIDE-rated. Arbiters were Francis Rodrigues and Tyler Longo. Rounds were played on consecutive Monday nights at 7:30 pm, except April 21 (Easter Monday). May 5 was a make-up week for postponed games, and the last round was May 12. Grab a 2014 Toronto Closed Flyer for full details.

Cross table – Toronto Closed Championship

#	Player	CFC	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	total
1	Geordie Derraugh	2368	×	0	0	1	1	0	0	½	2.5
2	Mark Plotkin	2247	1	×	0	0	½	0	0	1	2.5
3	Michael Song	2416	1	1	×	1	0	½	0	1	4.5
4	Michael Barron	2275	0	1	0	×	½	0	½	0	2.0
5	FM Michael Humphreys	2308	0	½	1	½	×	0	1	0	3.0
6	FM Victor Plotkin	2406	1	1	½	1	1	×	1	½	6.0
7	Digeng Du	2286	1	1	1	½	0	0	×	0	3.5
8	Yuanchen Zhang	2305	½	0	0	1	1	½	1	×	4.0

Cross table – Toronto Closed Reserve

#	Player	CFC	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	total
1	Alexandre Michelashvili	1988	×	½	1	½	0	0	0	½	2.5
2	Daniel Wiebe	2096	½	×	1	0	0	½	½	½	3.0
3	Bill Evans	2039	0	0	×	1	0	1	1	½	3.5
4	Andrei Moffat	2180	½	1	0	×	1	1	1	½	5.0
5	David Southam	2221	1	1	1	0	×	1	0	1	5.0
6	Dmitry Chernik	1954	1	½	0	0	0	×	1	1	3.5
7	Pavel Peev	2221	1	½	0	0	1	0	×	1	3.5
8	Miroslav Stefanovic	2044	½	½	½	½	0	0	0	×	2.0

Pairings and Results

Results for Round 1. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – March 17

Bd	White	Result		Black
1	Geordie Derraugh (2368)	½	½	Yuanchen Zhang (2283)
2	Mark Plotkin (2247)	0	1	Digeng Du (2286)
3	Michael Song (2416)	½	½	FM Victor Plotkin (2406)
4	Michael Barron (2275)	½	½	FM Michael Humphreys (2308)

Results for Round 1. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – March 17

Bd	White	Result		Black
5	Alexandre Michelashvili (1988)	½	½	Miroslav Stefanovic (2044)
6	Daniel Wiebe (2096)	½	½	Pavel Peev (2221)
7	Bill Evans (2039)	1	0	Dmitry Chernik (1954)
8	Andrei Moffat (2180)	1	0	David Southam (2221)

Results for Round 2. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – March 24

Bd	White	Result		Black
1	Yuanchen Zhang (2283)	1	0	Michael Barron (2275)
2	FM Michael Humphreys (2308)	1	0	Michael Song (2416)
3	FM Victor Plotkin (2406)	1	0	Mark Plotkin (2247)
4	Digeng Du (2286)	1	0	Geordie Derraugh (2368)

Results for Round 2. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – March 24

Bd	White	Result		Black
5	Miroslav Stefanovic (2044)	½	½	Andrei Moffat (2180)
6	David Southam (2221)	1	0	Bill Evans (2039)
7	Dmitry Chernik (1954)	½	½	Daniel Wiebe (2096)
8	Pavel Peev (2221)	1	0	Alexandre Michelashvili (1988)

Results for Round 3. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – March 31

Bd	White	Result		Black
1	Digeng Du (2286)	0	1	Yuanchen Zhang (2283)
2	Geordie Derraugh (2368)	0	1	FM Victor Plotkin (2406)
3	Mark Plotkin (2247)	½	½	FM Michael Humphreys (2308)
4	Michael Song (2416)	1	0	Michael Barron (2275)

Results for Round 3. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – March 31

Bd	White	Result		Black
5	Pavel Peev (2221)	1	0	Miroslav Stefanovic (2044)
6	Alexandre Michelashvili (1988)	0	1	Dmitry Chernik (1954)
7	Daniel Wiebe (2096)	0	1	David Southam (2221)
8	Bill Evans (2039)	1	0	Andrei Moffat (2180)

Results for Round 4. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – April 7

Bd	White	Result		Black
1	Yuanchen Zhang (2283)	0	1	Michael Song (2416)
2	Michael Barron (2275)	1	0	Mark Plotkin (2247)
3	FM Michael Humphreys (2308)	0	1	Geordie Derraugh (2368)
4	FM Victor Plotkin (2406)	1	0	Digeng Du (2286)

Results for Round 4. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – April 7

Bd	White	Result		Black
5	Miroslav Stefanovic (2044)	½	½	Bill Evans (2039)
6	Andrei Moffat (2180)	1	0	Daniel Wiebe (2096)
7	David Southam (2221)	1	0	Alexandre Michelashvili (1988)
8	Dmitry Chernik (1954)	1	0	Pavel Peev (2221)

Results for Round 5. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – April 14

Bd	White	Result		Black
1	FM Victor Plotkin (2406)	½	½	Yuanchen Zhang (2283)
2	Digeng Du (2286)	0	1	FM Michael Humphreys (2308)
3	Geordie Derraugh (2368)	1	0	Michael Barron (2275)
4	Mark Plotkin (2247)	0	1	Michael Song (2416)

Results for Round 5. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – April 14

Bd	White	Result		Black
5	Dmitry Chernik (1954)	1	0	Miroslav Stefanovic (2044)
6	Pavel Peev (2221)	1	0	David Southam (2221)
7	Alexandre Michelashvili (1988)	½	½	Andrei Moffat (2180)
8	Daniel Wiebe (2096)	1	0	Bill Evans (2039)

Results for Round 6. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – April 28

Bd	White	Result		Black
1	Yuanchen Zhang (2283)	0	1	Mark Plotkin (2247)
2	Michael Song (2416)	1	0	Geordie Derraugh (2368)
3	Michael Barron (2275)	½	½	Digeng Du (2286)
4	FM Michael Humphreys (2308)	0	1	FM Victor Plotkin (2406)

Results for Round 6. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – April 28

Bd	White	Result		Black
5	Miroslav Stefanovic (2044)	½	½	Daniel Wiebe (2096)
6	Bill Evans (2039)	0	1	Alexandre Michelashvili (1988)
7	Andrei Moffat (2180)	1	0	Pavel Peev (2221)
8	David Southam (2221)	1	0	Dmitry Chernik (1954)

Make-up Games. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – May 5

V. Plotkin – Zhang (Rd 5) ½-½ played Friday May 9
M. Plotkin – Song (Rd 5) 0-1

Make-up Games. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – May 5

Moffat – Wiebe (Rd 4) 1-0 played previous Friday May 2
Moffat – Peev (Rd 6) 1-0

Results for Round 7. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – May 12

Bd	White	Result		Black
1	FM Michael Humphreys (2308)	0	1	Yuanchen Zhang (2283)
2	FM Victor Plotkin (2406)	1	0	Michael Barron (2275)
3	Digeng Du (2286)	1	0	Michael Song (2416)
4	Geordie Derraugh (2368)	0	1	Mark Plotkin (2247)

Results for Round 7. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – May 12

Bd	White	Result		Black
5	David Southam (2221)	1	0	Miroslav Stefanovic (2044)
6	Dmitry Chernik (1954)	0	1	Andrei Moffat (2180)
7	Pavel Peev (2221)	0	1	Bill Evans (2039)
8	Alexandre Michelashvili (1988)	½	½	Daniel Wiebe (2096)

Previous winners:
2013 Michael Song
2012 Artiom Samsonkin
2011 Victor Plotkin
2010 Victor Plotkin
2009 Michael Barron

2018 Toronto Chess Championship

Schedule

Winners

Final Ranking Cross-tables after Round 7

Pairings and Results

Round One – April 9

Round Two – April 16

Round Three – April 23

Round Four – April 30

Round Five – May 7

Round Six – May 14

Round Seven – Final Round – June 4

Final Crosstables

Toronto Closed Championship 2017

Toronto Closed Reserve 2017

Pairings and Results

Round One – April 10

Games from Round One

Round Two – April 24

Games from Round Two

Round Three – May 1

Round Four – May 8

Round Five – May 15

Round Six – May 29

Make-up Week – June 5

Final Round – June 12

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Round One – April 4

Games from Round One

Round Two – April 11

Games from Round Two

Round Three – April 18

Games from Round Three

Round Four – April 25

Games from Round Four

Round Five – May 2

Round Six – May 9

Round Seven – May 16

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The 2015 Toronto Chess Championship is in the books!

FM Victor Plotkin is 2014 Toronto Chess Champion!

Cross table – Toronto Closed Championship

Cross table – Toronto Closed Reserve

Pairings and Results

Results for Round 1. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – March 17

Results for Round 1. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – March 17

Results for Round 2. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – March 24

Results for Round 2. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – March 24

Results for Round 3. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – March 31

Results for Round 3. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – March 31

Results for Round 4. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – April 7

Results for Round 4. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – April 7

Results for Round 5. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – April 14

Results for Round 5. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – April 14

Results for Round 6. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – April 28

Results for Round 6. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – April 28

Make-up Games. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – May 5

Make-up Games. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – May 5

Results for Round 7. 2014 Toronto Closed: Championship – May 12

Results for Round 7. 2014 Toronto Closed: Reserve – May 12

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