2017 Toronto Open Chess Championship – September 2-4
Play in Toronto’s Fall Classic – All are welcome to join!
The Toronto Open Chess Championship is Greater Toronto’s marquee Open event of the year, sanctioned by the Greater Toronto Chess League.
The six-round chess tournament takes place over Labour Day weekend, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, with two rounds each day at 10:00am and 4:00pm. Games are played at 90 minutes per side, with a 30-second increment each move. Sets, boards, and clocks are provided.
Players will be sorted by rating into four sections: Crown, U2200, U1800, and U1400. Players within 100 points of the rating cut-off may elect to play in the next higher section.
Please note this is a CFC-rated tournament and CFC membership is required. Top two sections are also FIDE-rated. (CFC membership may be purchased on site at the tournament if necessary.)
Please note: Registrations after Thursday August 31 will not be paired for Round 1.
Tickets: https://guestli.st/472953
Flyer: 2017 Toronto Open Flyer
Featured Players
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IM Nikolay Noritsyn FIDE: 2473 CFC: 2633 |
| Nikolay Noritsyn was born in Kaliningrad, Russia, and moved to Canada when he was 9 years old. He earned his International Master title by winning the 2007 Canadian Closed, and represented Canada in the 2008, 2010, and 2012 Chess Olympiads. A frequent top finisher in Toronto events, he won the 2015 Toronto Blitz Championship and the 2016 Ontario Open. This year, he came second in the 2017 Canadian Closed after a controversial rapid play-off. He is currently the second highest CFC-rated player in the country. | |
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WIM Natalia Khoudgarian FIDE: 2100 CFC: 2248 |
| Natalia Khoudgarian was born in Moscow. She earned her WIM title in 1996 and represented Canada in 2006 and 2012 at the Women’s World Championship and played on the Canadian Women’s Olympiad team in 1996, 2006, 2008, and 2012. She was the top-rated Canadian woman every year 1996 to 2007 and was 2011 Canadian Women’s Champion. | |
2017 Tournament Registration
Save $10 before August 28. Advance Tickets on sale at $90. After Monday August 28, the price is $100. Discounts for Juniors under 18, Seniors 60 and better, and members of Annex Chess Club.
Registration List
Last update: August 12, 2017, 10:00 am
| Title | First Name | Last Name | Rating | Fed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IM | Nikolay | Noritsyn | 2633 | |
| 2 | IM | Artiom | Samsonkin | 2524 | |
| 3 | FM | Mike | Ivanov | 2394 | |
| 4 | Ochuko | Emuakpeje | 2384 | NGR | |
| 5 | FM | Victor | Plotkin | 2375 | |
| 6 | Mark | Plotkin | 2361 | ||
| 7 | FM | Goran | Milicevic | 2333 | |
| 8 | Eugene | Hua | 2317 | ||
| 9 | Jason | Cai | 2297 | ||
| 10 | Viatcheslav | ( Slava ) Rek | 2283 | ||
| 11 | Avinaash | Sundar | 2256 | ||
| 12 | WIM | Natalia | Khoudgarian | 2248 | |
| 13 | Sergey | Noritsyn | 2232 | ||
| 14 | Hairan | Liang | 2231 | ||
| 15 | Liam | Henry | 2227 | ||
| 16 | Zehn | Nasir | 2221 | ||
| 17 | David | Southam | 2201 | ||
| 18 | Jelvis | Calvelo | 2160 | PHI | |
| 19 | Kevin | Yie | 2146 | ||
| 20 | Jeffrey | Xu | 2110 | ||
| 21 | Ranel | Lauron | 2033 | ||
| 22 | Bobby | R. Palacios | 2033 | ||
| 23 | John | Fines | 1985 | ||
| 24 | Jonathan | Hay | 1971 | ||
| 25 | Dorian | Kang | 1951 | ||
| 26 | Richard | Feng | 1941 | ||
| 27 | Chakkoli | Shiva | 1886 | ||
| 28 | WFM | Cindy | Qiao | 1877 | |
| 29 | Kevin | Zheng | 1874 | ||
| 30 | Omar | Shah | 1868 | ||
| 31 | Mario | Moran-Venegas | 1864 | ||
| 32 | Emma | He | 1856 | ||
| 33 | Penelope | González Diaz | 1855 | CUB | |
| 34 | Brian | Jiang | 1839 | ||
| 35 | Jeffrey | Renfei Zhao | 1838 | ||
| 36 | ALEXANDER | R.Z. CHANG | 1805 | ||
| 37 | Shafkat | Ali | 1775 | ||
| 38 | Mihai | Ganea | 1747 | ||
| 39 | Ferdinand | Supsup | 1739 | ||
| 40 | Marco | Greco | 1711 | ||
| 41 | Joseph | Liao | 1678 | ||
| 42 | Patrick | Xie | 1659 | ||
| 43 | Jeffrey | R. Zhao | 1639 | ||
| 44 | YOUHE | HUANG | 1638 | ||
| 45 | Richard | Wing | 1627 | ||
| 46 | Henry | Liu | 1603 | ||
| 47 | Undriadi | Benggawan | 1588 | ||
| 48 | Austin | Xie | 1505 | ||
| 49 | Jeremy | Sztuka | 1455 | ||
| 50 | Joey | Qiao | 1446 | ||
| 51 | raymond | gao | 1436 | ||
| 52 | Yue | Ran Ma | 1436 | ||
| 53 | Wing | Li | 1399 | ||
| 54 | Michelle | Hua | 1383 | ||
| 55 | Doug | Gillis | 1379 | ||
| 56 | Colin | B. Archibald | 1352 | ||
| 57 | Lucas | (YunKun) Lu | 1351 | ||
| 58 | Isabelle | Wang | 1337 | ||
| 59 | Andrew | Ma | 1324 | ||
| 60 | SAVIO | JOSEPH BENHER | 1322 | ||
| 61 | Evgeny | Kalmanson | 1322 | ||
| 62 | Derek | Chen | 1314 | ||
| 63 | william | gao | 1313 | ||
| 64 | Noah | Nathaniel Yuen | 1312 | ||
| 65 | Henry | Xianrui Zhang | 1310 | ||
| 66 | William | Xu | 1286 | ||
| 67 | Henry | Vu | 1274 | ||
| 68 | Lucy | gao | 1225 | ||
| 69 | Neal | Li | 1200 | ||
| 70 | Amy | Ai | 1190 | ||
| 71 | Dennis | Li | 1174 | ||
| 72 | Jerry | Li | 1158 | ||
| 73 | James | Qiu | 1150 | ||
| 74 | Andrew | Wang | 1145 | ||
| 75 | Alex | Zhao | 1126 | ||
| 76 | Chakkoli | Anirud | 1122 | ||
| 77 | Ethan | Zhang | 1110 | ||
| 78 | Julia | Plotkin | 1090 | ||
| 79 | Larissa | Souchko | 1026 | ||
| 80 | Michael | (Han Yang) Yu | 1025 | ||
| 81 | Alex | Xu | 975 | ||
| 82 | Justin | Greco | 957 | ||
| 83 | Xinge | Xu | 955 | ||
| 84 | Richard | Wang | 933 | ||
| 85 | Vaamanan | Mugunthan | 913 | ||
| 86 | Edison | Qu | 910 | ||
| 87 | Sophia | Wang | 882 | ||
| 88 | Jodie | Liao | 879 | ||
| 89 | Shukun | He | 871 | ||
| 90 | Arnav | Mane | 870 | ||
| 91 | Helena | Jin | 810 | ||
| 92 | Sven | COAT | 806 | ||
| 93 | An | Cheng Wang | 751 | ||
| 94 | Dailiang | chen | 740 | ||
| 95 | Sarah | Chi | 740 | ||
| 96 | Alina | Chen | 692 | ||
| 97 | Adit | Joshi | UNR | ||
| 98 | Anna | Boyce | UNR | ||
| 99 | Yugpal | Singh | UNR | ||
| 100 | Zi | Liu | UNR |
A Little History
The Labour Day Open chess tournament in Toronto has been the one not-to-miss event of the year for quite some time. Many will remember Bryan Lamb’s tournaments at the Macedonian Chess Club of St. Clement of Ohrid. Here are Bryan Lamb and Randy Moysoski from 2013.
This year, Annex Chess Club is starting a new chapter in this tradition. We’re very pleased to announce the 2017 Toronto Open on Labour Day weekend, September 2-4. This also revives the Toronto Open, which has not run since 2014, and before that not since the PWC Toronto Open of 2009.
Thank you
We appreciate GTCL support making this the region’s marquee Open event of the year, and we have a great team with Alex Ferreira working with Annex Chess Club organizers to make it happen. We also appreciate the help of Omar Shah promoting the event. Finally, we would like to thank all the players and chess moms and dads who are helping us out by registering early for the tournament!
