As summer comes to Toronto, we have fond memories of summer street chess from the past. The spot in the 1970s and 80s used to be beside Sam the Record Man on Yonge, and one of the celebrities from those days was Josef Smolij. His favourite opening was the “Smash-Crash Gambit.” So our current club tournament is named Smash Crash in his honour.

ACC Smash Crash Swiss is a five-round CFC-rated tournament in two sections, Top and U1400. (We usually have three sections, but many of our top players are currently participating in the concurrent Toronto Closed Chess Championship.) Time control is 90 min/side with a 30-s increment. The round starts at 7:30 pm on Monday nights April 30 to Jun 4. Register on site each round by 7 pm. Email registration or bye requests before 6pm.

Round One – April 30

Round One players include a four-player contingent from Ryerson Chess Club, and Ryerson’s Tony Yueh (1390) scores an upset victory over Bharath Ramesh (1638) to join the U1800 lead group at 1.0/1.

In U1400 action, father-son team Valery Stroganov and Victor Stroganov are both victorious, joining the 5-way tie for first with 1.0/1.

Round Two – May 7

The leader group in the Top section is down to four players as Arkadiy Ugodnikov, Dragan Jevtic, Salim Belcadi, and Erdem Daldal all win their games.

In U1400, only two players are still perfect. Dennis Tran and Valery Stroganov have 2.0/2.

Round Three – May 14

In the Top section, just two players are perfect through 3 rounds, Salim Belcadi and Dragan Jevtic.

In U1400, Dennis Tran wins the playoff on Board 1 to take sole possession of the lead at 3.0/3. Six players trail him at 2.0/3.

Off week – May 21

The tournament is taking a break for the Victoria Day long weekend – but don’t miss the 2018 Ontario Open.

Round Four – May 28

As the U1400 leader takes the night off, Alex Moiseev climbs to a share of first place with 3.0/4.

Meanwhile, in the Top section show-down, it’s the “young up-and-coming player,” Dragan Jevtic over Salim Belcadi to take sole first at 4.0/4.

Round Five – June 4

In the final round, Dragan Jevtic loses his game, but he still finishes with 4.0/5, and with the best tie-break, to take the tournament. Congratulations, Dragan! In U1400, it’s Alex Moiseev with the win, to take clear first with 4.0/5. Congratulations, Alex!

See full results below.

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Ranking cross-tables after Round 5

ACC Smash Crash Swiss – Top section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Jevtic Dragan	1442	CAN	13b1	14w1	4b1	3w1	2b0	4
2	Ugodnikov Arkadiy	1720	CAN	27b1	11w1	3b0	17w1	1w1	4
3	Belcadi Salim	1388	CAN	15b1	20w1	2w1	1b0	9w1	4
4	Daldal Erdem	1764	CAN	-1	10b1	1w0	5b+	8b1	4
5	Liao Run Ming	1671	CAN	-½	-1	21b1	4w-	10w1	3.5
6	Ramesh Bharath	1638	CAN	25b0	7w1	8b0	11w1	14b1	3
7	Kalmanson Evgeny	1368	CAN	21w0	6b0	24w1	22b1	13b1	3
8	Belanger Colton	1113	CAN	10w0	24b1	6w1	21b1	4w0	3
9	Bitton Michael	0	CAN	-½	-½	14b1	13w1	3b0	3
10	Kwan Toy Chack	1556	CAN	8b1	4w0	11b½	20w1	5b0	2.5
11	Wagner Robert	1544	CAN	24w1	2b0	10w½	6b0	23w1	2.5
12	Stefanovich-Thomson Alexis	1285	CAN	14b0	15w½	-½	23b½	21w1	2.5
13	Saltat Michael	1656	CAN	1w0	27b1	23w1	9b0	7w0	2
14	Schwartz Lorne	1564	CAN	12w1	1b0	9w0	15b1	6w0	2
15	Armstrong Robert J.	1605	CAN	3w0	12b½	-½	14w0	20b1	2
16	McSherry Peter	1831	CAN	-½	22b1	-½	0	0	2
17	Hanratty Brian	1683	CAN	-½	-½	27w1	2b0	0	2
18	Li Yun Hong (kevin)	1730	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	24w1	2
19	Vigneswaramoorthy Vinorth	1670	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	26w1	2
20	Ab-Barin Hooshang	1598	CAN	-½	3b0	22w1	10b0	15w0	1.5
21	Guo Haotong Hazel	1569	CAN	7b1	-½	5w0	8w0	12b0	1.5
22	Stroganov Victor	1319	CAN	-½	16w0	20b0	7w0	27b1	1.5
23	Supol George	1343	CAN	-½	-½	13b0	12w½	11b0	1.5
24	Chen Sihao	1597	CAN	11b0	8w0	7b0	27w1	18b0	1
25	Yueh Tony	1390	CAN	6w1	0	0	0	0	1
26	Lambert Peter	1160	CAN	-½	-½	0	0	19b0	1
27	Dixon Javier	1517	CAN	2w0	13w0	17b0	24b0	22w0	0

Updated results are also available on the Chess-Results server.

ACC Smash Crash Swiss – U1400 section

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.
1	Moiseev Alex	1119	CAN	5b½	12w1	7b½	3w1	9b1	4
2	Tran Dennis	1265	CAN	14b1	10w1	6b1	0	0	3
3	Tuchow Ryan	1168	CAN	7w0	14b1	5w1	1b0	13w1	3
4	Lambert Peter	1160	CAN	-½	-½	13b1	0	-1	3
5	Souchko Larissa	954	CAN	1w½	6b0	3b0	8w1	7w1	2.5
6	Stroganov Valery	1064	CAN	8b1	5w1	2w0	-½	0	2.5
7	Noritsyn Ivan	955	CAN	3b1	-½	1w½	-½	5b0	2.5
8	Kalniev Stefan	1166	CAN	6w0	9b0	14w1	5b0	15b1	2
9	Kamnitzer Benjamin	965	CAN	11b0	8w1	10b0	14w1	1w0	2
10	Bar-Natan Itai	1285	CAN	15w1	2b0	9w1	0	0	2
11	Stroganov Victor	1319	CAN	9w1	0	0	0	0	1
12	Spahic Matthew	1296	CAN	-½	1b0	-½	0	0	1
13	Patton Mark A.	1228	CAN	-½	-½	4w0	0	3b0	1
14	Wadhwa Rymn	1040	CAN	2w0	3w0	8b0	9b0	0	0
15	Pancer Jeff	1062	CAN	10b0	0	0	0	8w0	0

Updated results are also available on the Chess-Results server.

The feature image is from a photograph of Joe “Kill as you Go!” Smolij by Norman A Bolduc. Click the link to see the original and more of his work.