As the city endures a heat wave, downtown Toronto players set fire to the board in the ACC Summer Heat Swiss.
The tournament runs on Monday nights in the summer from July 8 to August 12. (No round on August 5.) New players can register on site each round by 7 pm. Email registration or bye requests before 6 pm.
Round One – July 8
A number of new players – some new to the club, some new to competitive chess – join in on Round One. Welcome, all!
Round Two – July 15
Lucy Gao returns to the club from the CYCC, top under-10 girl in Canada. Congratulations, Lucy!
When our club tournament games wrap up for the night, Lucy Gao making a cameo in the Crown section, wins her game and ends up in a four-way tie for the lead with John Fines, Syed Ibrahim Ahmed, and Michael Bitton, all at 1.5/2.
In U1400 it’s a tie for first in U-1400 between Mark Patton and Richard Guo with 2.0/2.
And in U1800, Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy is the last one to finish, but he comes up with a victory to take sole first in his section with 2.0/2.
Round Three – July 22
When the dust settles in the Crown section, there is a seven-way tie for first place with 2.0/3. In U1800, Vinorth Vigneswaramoorthy takes a bye, and William Gao catches up to him to tie for first with 2.5/3. Finally in U1400, Mark Patton is alone in first with a perfect 3.0/3.
See full results below
Round Four – July 29
One round to go!
Off week – August 5
We’re closed for the August holiday – and it’s Caribana weekend in Toronto!
Round Five – August 12
Final round. When the games end, Shafkat Ali takes the U1800 with 4.0/5, Mark Patton takes the U1400 section with 4.5/5. In the Crown section, Lucy Gao gives Dave Southam a tough challenge on top board, but in the end Dave wins to take the tournament with 4.0/5. Congratulations, Dave, Shafkat, and Mark!
A new club tournament starts next week, August 19. New players are always welcome to join! The round starts at 7:30 pm. Register on site by 7 pm. Email registration or bye requests before 6 pm.
Good luck to Lucy, Raymond, Carina, Roger and all the young Canadian players participating in the upcoming North American Youth Chess Championship in Kingston!
Final Ranking Cross-tables after Round 5
ACC Summer Heat Swiss – Crown section
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southam David | 2169 | CAN | 7w0 | 11b1 | 2w1 | 6b1 | 3w1 | 4 |
| 2 | Ahmed Syed Ibrahim | 2085 | CAN | 14b1 | 7w½ | 1b0 | 9b+ | 6w1 | 3.5 |
| 3 | Gao Lucy | 1637 | CAN | -½ | 14w1 | -½ | 7b1 | 1b0 | 3 |
| 4 | Malakhovets Sergey | 2068 | CAN | -½ | 12w½ | 7b½ | 11w½ | 15b1 | 3 |
| 5 | Furrow Matthew | 1760 | CAN | 11b1 | 8w0 | 12b1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Mcsherry Peter | 1831 | CAN | 12b½ | 13w½ | 14b1 | 1w0 | 2b0 | 2 |
| 7 | Fines John | 1829 | CAN | 1b1 | 2b½ | 4w½ | 3w0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Bitton Michael | 1956 | CAN | -½ | 5b1 | -½ | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Pham Tam | 0 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 13b1 | 2w- | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Munro Allan | 2214 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 0 | 14w1 | 2 |
| 11 | Li Yun Hong (kevin) | 1947 | CAN | 5w0 | 1w0 | -1 | 4b½ | 12b½ | 2 |
| 12 | Ivanov Venci | 1741 | CAN | 6w½ | 4b½ | 5w0 | 14b0 | 11w½ | 1.5 |
| 13 | Bzikot Robert | 2041 | CAN | -½ | 6b½ | 9w0 | -½ | 0 | 1.5 |
| 14 | Ab-Barin Hooshang | 1803 | CAN | 2w0 | 3b0 | 6w0 | 12w1 | 10b0 | 1 |
| 15 | Ugodnikov Arkadiy | 1611 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 0 | 4w0 | 1 |
See full Crown results on Chess-Results.
ACC Summer Heat Swiss – U1800 section
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali Shafkat | 1648 | CAN | -½ | 11b1 | -½ | 9w1 | 3w1 | 4 |
| 2 | Liu Ricky | 1300 | CAN | 5b½ | 6w0 | 13b1 | 4b1 | 9w1 | 3.5 |
| 3 | Vigneswaramoorthy Vinorth | 1674 | CAN | 19w1 | 9b1 | -½ | 10w1 | 1b0 | 3.5 |
| 4 | Ugodnikov Arkadiy | 1611 | CAN | 9b0 | 5w1 | 14b1 | 2w0 | -1 | 3 |
| 5 | Belanger Colton | 1546 | CAN | 2w½ | 4b0 | -½ | 14w1 | 10b1 | 3 |
| 6 | Gao William (zhimao) | 1529 | CAN | -½ | 2b1 | 12w1 | -½ | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Saltat Michael | 1608 | CAN | 8w1 | 10b½ | -½ | -½ | 0 | 2.5 |
| 8 | Chandra Ambarish | 1397 | CAN | 7b0 | -½ | 9w- | -1 | 17w1 | 2.5 |
| 9 | Dixon Javier | 1428 | CAN | 4w1 | 3w0 | 8b+ | 1b0 | 2b0 | 2 |
| 10 | Tuchow Ryan | 1354 | CAN | 13w1 | 7w½ | 16b½ | 3b0 | 5w0 | 2 |
| 11 | Armstrong Robert J. | 1517 | CAN | -½ | 1w0 | -½ | 17b1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Supol George | 1381 | CAN | -½ | 13w1 | 6b0 | -½ | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Jevtic Dragan | 1557 | CAN | 10b0 | 12b0 | 2w0 | -½ | 18w1 | 1.5 |
| 14 | D’souza Carina | 1247 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 4w0 | 5b0 | 15w½ | 1.5 |
| 15 | Ogunlana Ayo | 1744 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 0 | 14b½ | 1.5 |
| 16 | Gao Lucy | 1637 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 10w½ | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 17 | Stroganov Victor | 1431 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 11w0 | 8b0 | 1 |
| 18 | Ben-Avraham Marc | 1538 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 0 | 13b0 | 1 |
| 19 | Grisar Charlie | 1496 | CAN | 3b0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
See full U1800 results on Chess-Results.
ACC Summer Heat Swiss – U1400 section
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patton Mark A. | 1310 | CAN | 6w1 | 2b1 | 4w1 | 5b½ | 9w1 | 4.5 |
| 2 | Moiseev Alex | 1146 | CAN | 15w1 | 1w0 | 7b1 | 4b1 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | Niestrawski Alex | 0 | CAN | 13w1 | 4w0 | 12b1 | 0 | 6b1 | 3 |
| 4 | Guo Richard | 1170 | CAN | 7w1 | 3b1 | 1b0 | 2w0 | -1 | 3 |
| 5 | Kalmanson Evgeny | 1229 | CAN | 12b1 | -½ | -1 | 1w½ | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Guo Rainyee | 909 | CAN | 1b0 | 7w0 | 13w1 | 12b1 | 3w0 | 2 |
| 7 | Alexandroff Shemaya | 0 | CAN | 4b0 | 6b1 | 2w0 | 13b½ | 8w½ | 2 |
| 8 | Lee Tommy | 1291 | CAN | -½ | 9w0 | 0 | 15b1 | 7b½ | 2 |
| 9 | Zuo Zichen (roger) | 1235 | CAN | -½ | 8b1 | -½ | 10w0 | 1b0 | 2 |
| 10 | Chandra Ambarish | 1397 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 9b1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Kar Anindya | 963 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 0 | 13w1 | 2 |
| 12 | Ahmed Syed Mustafa | 653 | CAN | 5w0 | 13b½ | 3w0 | 6w0 | 14b1 | 1.5 |
| 13 | Souchko Larissa | 941 | CAN | 3b0 | 12w½ | 6b0 | 7w½ | 11b0 | 1 |
| 14 | Chan Mitchell | 0 | CAN | -½ | -½ | 0 | 0 | 12w0 | 1 |
| 15 | Teram Eli | 1024 | CAN | 2b0 | 0 | 0 | 8w0 | 0 | 0 |
See full U1400 results on Chess-Results.
Feature Photo “Summer Nights Toronto” by Eugene Aikimov on Unsplash