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+.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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
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
Latest results are posted!
Here are the last fifteen years’ winners:
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
For full details on the 2015 Toronto Closed, check the tournament flyer (.pdf file): 2015 Toronto Closed Flyer
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