Here are the results for, and standings after, round three of our Midsummer Madness tournament. Please note that our club will be closed on August 1, and will return on August 8 for round four!

Results for Round 3. Midsummer Madness: Crown

Bd	#	Res	White	#	Res	Black
1	1	1	Eduardo D. Teodoro IV	4	0	Alex T. Ferreira
2	3	0	David Southam	6	1	Eric Qian
3	10	½	Abhinandan Mohan	8	½	Erik Malmsten
4	14	0	Arkadiy Ugodnikov	9	1	Richard Douglas
5	12	0	Iassen Pelev	16	1	Charlie Grisar
6	19	0	Charis Zhu	5	1	Ethan Moon
7	17	0	Albion Kolndreu	20	1	Ryan Yunhui Zhong
	7	½	Sahir Abbas			BYE
	15	½	John Fines			BYE
	18	½	Nader Hadji Ghanbari			BYE
	21	½	April Yunwei Zhong			BYE

Results for Round 3. Midsummer Madness: U1800

Bd	#	Res	White	#	Res	Black
8	13	0	Leon Noel Merse	25	1	Jonah Mickelson
10	2	½	Maxim Morozov	11	½	Ashley Qian
11	6	1	Nicolas Bolik-Coulon	16	0	Nicolas Bonnard
12	23	½	Robert Wagner	8	½	Umid Allahverdi
13	9	0	Kevin Gaffney	1	1	Adie Todd
14	22	½	Jim Sadden	19	½	Isabelle Zhu
15	26	0	Robert Joy	7	1	Shabnam Abbarin
16	12	½	Dania Surya	27	½	Matteo Pattara
	15	1	Leeor Greenblat			BYE
	4	½	Michael Saltat			BYE
	10	½	Elliot Tseng			BYE
	17	½	Jose Escobar			BYE

Results for Round 3. Midsummer Madness: U1400

Bd	#	Res	White	#	Res	Black
17	15	½	George Flagg	20	½	Atilay Jafarli
18	2	1	Alexander Wagner	24	0	Pieter van Gaalen
19	10	½	Henry Prickett-Morgan	18	½	Adam Comer
20	14	0	Gidon Fihrer	12	1	Justin Ryan
21	1	1	Yazan Abusaleh	22	0	Maxim Bondarev
22	31	0	John Zabbal	11	1	Yeeshuen Li
23	5	½	Anoush Avakian	16	½	Charlie Bain
24	17	1	Abdullah Caglayan	7	0	Eli Gotfryd
25	8	1	Richard Kang	30	0	Evan Nearing
26	13	1	Melanie Directo	4	0	Mathusha Jeyakumar
27	29	0	Jonathan Kravtchenko	3	1	Keith Denning
	9	½	Jordan Burge			BYE
	19	½	Euan Davies			BYE

Standings. Midsummer Madness: Crown

#	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Eduardo D. Teodoro IV	2336	W2	W3	W6	3.0
2	Richard Douglas	2012	L1	W21	W13	2.0
3	Charlie Grisar	1877	W10	L1	W20	2.0
4	Eric Qian	1753	H—	D13	W5	2.0
5	David Southam	2127	D9	W7	L4	1.5
6	Alex T. Ferreira	2047	W19	H—	L1	1.5
7	Nader Hadji Ghanbari	1958	W8	L5	H—	1.5
8	Erik Malmsten	1944	L7	W19	D9	1.5
9	Abhinandan Mohan	1909	D5	D10	D8	1.5
10	Ethan Moon	1824	L3	D9	W21	1.5
11	Ryan Yunhui Zhong	1480	H—	U—	W17	1.5
13	Arkadiy Ugodnikov	1749	H—	D4	L2	1.0
15	April Yunwei Zhong	1452	H—	U—	H—	1.0
17	Albion Kolndreu	1798	H—	U—	L11	0.5
19	John Fines	1769	L6	L8	H—	0.5
20	Iassen Pelev	1731	H—	U—	L3	0.5
21	Charis Zhu	1640	H—	L2	L10	0.5

Standings. Midsummer Madness: U1800

#	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Jose Escobar	1414	W16	W10	H—	2.5
2	Jonah Mickelson	1118	H—	W17	W12	2.5
3	Nicolas Bolik-Coulon	1488	D13	D11	W19	2.0
4	Jim Sadden	1409	D12	W18	D21	2.0
5	Adie Todd	1637	H—	L12	W24	1.5
6	Maxim Morozov	1601	W19	L8	D11	1.5
7	Robert Wagner	1507	H—	H—	D10	1.5
8	Elliot Tseng	1495	L14	W6	H—	1.5
9	Shabnam Abbarin	1469	H—	U—	W26	1.5
10	Umid Allahverdi	1443	W27	L1	D7	1.5
11	Ashley Qian	1413	H—	D3	D6	1.5
12	Leon Noel Merse	1294	D4	W5	L2	1.5
13	Zichuan Chen	1189	D3	W24	U—	1.5
14	Jerry Li	1604	W8	U—	U—	1.0
16	Michael Saltat	1543	L1	H—	H—	1.0
17	Dania Surya	1410	H—	L2	D27	1.0
18	Leeor Greenblat	1339	U—	L4	B—	1.0
19	Nicolas Bonnard	1284	L6	W27	L3	1.0
21	Isabelle Zhu	1179	H—	U—	D4	1.0
24	Kevin Gaffney	1442	H—	L13	L5	0.5
26	Robert Joy	unr.	H—	U—	L9	0.5
27	Matteo Pattara	unr.	L10	L19	D17	0.5

Standings. Midsummer Madness: U1400

#	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Alexander Wagner	1143	W19	H—	W6	2.5
2	Justin Ryan	1000	W31	H—	W13	2.5
3	George Flagg	776	W22	W5	D4	2.5
4	Atilay Jafarli	unr.	W24	W17	D3	2.5
5	Yazan Abusaleh	1300	W15	L3	W16	2.0
6	Pieter van Gaalen	1019	W7	W11	L1	2.0
7	Yeeshuen Li	954	L6	W24	W19	2.0
8	Henry Prickett-Morgan	867	H—	W31	D9	2.0
9	Adam Comer	unr.	H—	W12	D8	2.0
10	Keith Denning	1141	H—	U—	W31	1.5
11	Jordan Burge	1003	W27	L6	H—	1.5
12	Richard Kang	969	H—	L9	W25	1.5
13	Gidon Fihrer	752	H—	W27	L2	1.5
14	Abdullah Caglayan	unr.	H—	U—	W22	1.5
15	Anoush Avakian	989	L5	D22	D18	1.0
16	Maxim Bondarev	668	W17	L19	L5	1.0
17	Melanie Directo	583	L16	L4	W27	1.0
18	Charlie Bain	unr.	H—	U—	D15	1.0
19	John Zabbal	unr.	L1	W16	L7	1.0
22	Eli Gotfryd	961	L3	D15	L14	0.5
24	Euan Davies	unr.	L4	L7	H—	0.5
25	Evan Nearing	unr.	H—	U—	L12	0.5
27	Mathusha Jeyakumar	1047	L11	L13	L17	0.0
31	Jonathan Kravtchenko	unr.	L2	L8	L10	0.0

Here are the results of round two of our current tournament.

Round three will take place on Monday July 25, and the club will be closed on Monday August 1 for the Ontario Civic Holiday/Simcoe Day.

Players are very welcome to join any tournament in any round!

Pairings for Round 2: Crown

Bd	#	Res	White	#	Res	Black
1	16	0	Charlie Grisar	1	1	Eduardo D. Teodoro IV
2	3	1	David Southam	18	0	Nader Hadji Ghanbari
3	6	½	Eric Qian	14	½	Arkadiy Ugodnikov
6	5	½	Ethan Moon	10	½	Abhinandan Mohan
7	8	1	Erik Malmsten	15	0	John Fines
8	9	1	Richard Douglas	19	0	Charis Zhu
	2	½	Koosha Jaferian			BYE
	4	½	Alex T. Ferreira			BYE
	7	½	Sahir Abbas			BYE

Pairings for Round 2: U1800

Bd	#	Res	White	#	Res	Black
9	9	1	Elliot Tseng	2	0	Maxim Morozov
10	7	0	Umid Allahverdi	16	1	Jose Escobar
11	1	0	Adie Todd	12	1	Leon Noel Merse
13	10	½	Ashley Qian	6	½	Nicolas Bolik-Coulon
14	17	1	Zichuan Chen	8	0	Kevin Gaffney
16	24	1	Jonah Mickelson	11	0	Dania Surya
17	21	1	Jim Sadden	14	0	Leeor Greenblat
18	15	1	Nicolas Bonnard	25	0	Matteo Pattara
	4	½	Michael Saltat			BYE
	22	½	Robert Wagner			BYE

Pairings for Round 2: U1400

Bd	#	Res	White	#	Res	Black
19	1	0	Yazan Abusaleh	14	1	George Flagg
20	8	0	Jordan Burge	21	1	Pieter van Gaalen
21	17	1	Atilay Jafarli	12	0	Melanie Directo
22	15	1	Adam Comer	7	0	Richard Kang
23	3	0	Mathusha Jeyakumar	13	1	Gidon Fihrer
25	6	½	Eli Gotfryd	4	½	Anoush Avakian
26	10	1	Yeeshuen Li	16	0	Euan Davies
28	26	0	Jonathan Kravtchenko	9	1	Henry Prickett-Morgan
30	19	0	Maxim Bondarev	27	1	John Zabbal
	2	½	Alexander Wagner			BYE
	11	½	Justin Ryan			BYE

Our latest five-round tournament started yesterday, with a number of our players absent for the Canadian Youth Chess Championship and the Canadian Open Championship taking place in Hamilton, Ontario.

The Midsummer Madness tournament runs until mid-August, and will be followed by ACC’s Toronto Blitz Championship on August 22. Here are the results from Round 1, which saw one of the longest games played in recent memory at ACC, a 108-move draw between Leon Merse and Jim Sadden.

Round 1. Midsummer Madness: Crown

Bd	#	Res	White	#	Res	Black
1	1	1	Eduardo D. Teodoro IV	9	0	Richard Douglas
2	10	½	Abhinandan Mohan	3	½	David Southam
3	4	1	Alex T. Ferreira	15	0	John Fines
4	16	1	Charlie Grisar	5	0	Ethan Moon
5	7	1	Sahir Abbas			BYE
6	18	1	Nader Hadji Ghanbari	8	0	Erik Malmsten
	2	½	Koosha Jaferian			BYE
	6	½	Eric Qian			BYE
	11	½	Carina D’Souza			BYE
	13	½	Bhavatharshan Jeyakumar			BYE
	14	½	Arkadiy Ugodnikov			BYE
	19	½	Amin Sayadi			BYE

Round 1. Midsummer Madness: U1800

Bd	#	Res	White	#	Res	Black
7	1	1	Maxim Morozov	14	0	Nicolas Bonnard
8	15	1	Jose Escobar	3	0	Michael Saltat
9	5	½	Nicolas Bolik-Coulon	16	½	Zichuan Chen
10	23	0	Matteo Pattara	7	1	Umid Allahverdi
11	9	0	Elliot Tseng	19	1	Jerry Li
12	11	½	Leon Noel Merse	20	½	Jim Sadden
	17	1	Robert Wagner			BYE
	2	½	Shafkat Ali			BYE
	4	½	Frank Helwig			BYE
	6	½	Charis Zhu			BYE
	10	½	Ashley Qian			BYE
	21	½	Isabelle Zhu			BYE

Round 1. Midsummer Madness: U1400

Bd	#	Res	White	#	Res	Black
13	5	0	Anoush Avakian	1	1	Yazan Abusaleh
14	3	0	Mathusha Jeyakumar	9	1	Jordan Burge
16	7	0	Eli Gotfryd	15	1	George Flagg
19	16	0	Euan Davies	17	1	Atilay Jafarli
23	21	1	Pieter van Gaalen	11	0	Yeeshuen Li
25	27	0	John Zabbal	2	1	Alexander Wagner
26	19	1	Maxim Bondarev	13	0	Melanie Directo
	26	1	Jonathan Kravtchenko			BYE
	12	½	Justin Ryan			BYE
	4	½	Jonah Mickelson			BYE
	8	½	Richard Kang			BYE
	14	½	Gidon Fihrer			BYE
	20	½	Volha (Olga) Mushtaler			BYE
	24	½	Justin Lim			BYE

Our Summer Daze tournament was completed on July 4.

Congratulations to the winners of our three sections:

The Crown section was won by David Southam, with an impressive 4.5/5, followed by Richard Douglas and Charlie Grisar.

In the U1800 section both Eric Qian and Charis Zhu scored 4.0/5, followed by Shafkat Ali, Frank Helwig, Elliot Tseng and Jerry Li.

And finally, in the U1400 section, four players scored 4.0/5, including Umid Allahverdi, Richard Kang, Zichuan Chen and Ian Greig.

Congratulations to all!

Here are the final standings.

Final Standings. Summer Daze: Crown

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	1	David Southam	2042	W14	W12	W4	W9	D2	4.5
2	2-3	Richard Douglas	1972	D6	W9	D5	W8	D1	3.5
3		Charlie Grisar	1737	L9	W18	D7	W11	W8	3.5
4	4-5	Koosha Jaferian	2347	W10	W8	L1	L5	W12	3.0
5		Sergey Malakhovets	2182	H—	W6	D2	W4	U—	3.0
6	6	John Fines	1737	D2	L5	L10	W18	W14	2.5
7	7-12	Alex T. Ferreira	2059	H—	H—	D3	H—	U—	2.0
8		Erik Malmsten	1981	B—	L4	W11	L2	L3	2.0
9		Abhinandan Mohan	1922	W3	L2	W12	L1	U—	2.0
10		Carina D’Souza	1833	L4	D14	W6	H—	U—	2.0
11		Arkadiy Ugodnikov	1771	H—	H—	L8	L3	W17	2.0
12		Albion Kolndreu	1701	W18	L1	L9	W15	L4	2.0
13	13-14	Nader Hadji Ghanbari	1952	H—	U—	U—	U—	W15	1.5
14		Bhavatharshan Jeyakumar	1778	L1	D10	U—	W16	L6	1.5
15	15-17	Sahir Abbas	1998	H—	U—	U—	L12	L13	0.5
16		Ethan Moon	1850	H—	U—	U—	L14	U—	0.5
17		Amin Sayadi	unr.	H—	U—	U—	U—	L11	0.5
18	18	Iassen Pelev	1832	L12	L3	U—	L6	U—	0.0

Final Standings. Summer Daze: U1800

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	1-2	Eric Qian	1646	W16	H—	W6	D2	W3	4.0
2		Charis Zhu	1488	W3	W19	W7	D1	D4	4.0
3	3-6	Shafkat Ali	1616	L2	W18	W5	W10	L1	3.0
4		Frank Helwig	1574	L15	W24	W12	H—	D2	3.0
5		Elliot Tseng	1434	D7	H—	L3	W19	W19	3.0
6		Jerry Li	unr.	W24	D12	L1	H—	W7	3.0
7	7-9	Maxim Morozov	1720	D5	W8	L2	W15	L6	2.5
8		Jose Escobar	1184	D18	L7	W24	W12	U—	2.5
9		Jim Sadden	unr.	H—	U—	U—	W18	W16	2.5
10	10-12	Nicolas Bolik-Coulon	1555	L19	W17	W17	L3	U—	2.0
11		George Supol	1527	W17	B—	U—	U—	U—	2.0
12		Kevin Gaffney	1443	H—	D6	L4	L8	W20	2.0
13	13-17	Toy Chack Kwan	1561	B—	H—	U—	U—	U—	1.5
14		Arthur Phillips	1543	H—	U—	U—	U—	W22	1.5
15		Leeor Greenblat	1372	W4	L16	H—	L7	U—	1.5
16		Nicolas Bonnard	1267	L1	W15	U—	H—	L9	1.5
17		Isabelle Zhu	1154	L11	L10	L10	H—	W24	1.5
18	18-19	Michael Saltat	1588	D8	L3	H—	L9	U—	1.0
19		Nikolas Diamantopoulos	unr.	W10	L2	U—	L5	L5	1.0
20	20-22	Robert Wagner	1527	H—	U—	U—	U—	L12	0.5
21		Justin Lim	1147	H—	U—	U—	U—	U—	0.5
22		Alexander Wagner	unr.	H—	U—	U—	U—	L14	0.5
23	23-24	Sahir Abbas	1998	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	0.0
24		Glen Towner	1420	L6	L4	L8	U—	L17	0.0

Final Standings. Summer Daze: U1400

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	1-4	Umid Allahverdi	1384	D7	W30	W5	D6	W4	4.0
2		Richard Kang	1005	W28	L3	B—	W17	W8	4.0
3		Zichuan Chen	unr.	W29	W2	W15	L4	W7	4.0
4		Ian Greig	unr.	W37	W12	W17	W3	L1	4.0
5	5	Jonah Mickelson	1064	W8	H—	L1	W9	W17	3.5
6	6-10	Ashley Qian	1476	W9	H—	W22	D1	U—	3.0
7		David Friedland	1044	D1	W11	W29	H—	L3	3.0
8		Yeeshuen Li	644	L5	W31	W19	W20	L2	3.0
9		Nicholas Baschiera	unr.	L6	W10	W20	L5	W38	3.0
10		Pieter Van Gaalen	unr.	U—	L9	W34	W19	W16	3.0
11	11-14	Mathusha Jeyakumar	1115	L17	L7	W32	H—	W24	2.5
12		Jordan Burge	980	W19	L4	D25	W35	U—	2.5
13		Henry Prickett-Morgan	874	L30	D34	W24	W25	U—	2.5
14		Leon Noel Merse	unr.	H—	U—	U—	W33	W22	2.5
15	15-20	Benjamin Kamnitzer	1115	W36	W24	L3	U—	U—	2.0
16		Anoush Avakian	1063	W32	L17	L18	W30	L10	2.0
17		Justin Ryan	602	W11	W16	L4	L2	L5	2.0
18		Marko Bulatovic	unr.	H—	H—	W16	U—	U—	2.0
19		George Flagg	unr.	L12	W32	L8	L10	W29	2.0
20		Maxim Bondare	unr.	H—	H—	L9	L8	W34	2.0
21	21-26	Justin Lim	1147	H—	U—	U—	U—	W32	1.5
22		Eli Gotfryd	1044	H—	W38	L6	U—	L14	1.5
23		Max Mickelson	1011	H—	U—	U—	U—	W35	1.5
24		Ash Ludgate	799	W34	L15	L13	H—	L11	1.5
25		Fihrer Gidon	unr.	H—	H—	D12	L13	U—	1.5
26		Maxim Georges	unr.	H—	W33	U—	U—	U—	1.5
27	27-30	Ljubomir Bulatovic	unr.	H—	H—	U—	U—	U—	1.0
28		David Ferreira	unr.	L2	W37	U—	U—	U—	1.0
29		Jason Kirsh	unr.	L3	U—	L7	W34	L19	1.0
30		James Lindob	unr.	W13	L1	U—	L16	U—	1.0
31	31-35	Keith Denning	1167	H—	L8	U—	U—	U—	0.5
32		Alex Del Duca	855	L16	L19	L11	H—	L21	0.5
33		Volha [olga] Mushtaler	unr.	H—	L26	U—	L14	U—	0.5
34		Robert Zuccarello	unr.	L24	D13	L10	L29	L20	0.5
35		Reeves Schraner	unr.	H—	U—	U—	L12	L23	0.5
36	36-38	Marie Guan	964	L15	U—	U—	U—	U—	0.0
37		Michael Ostroff	964	L4	L28	U—	U—	U—	0.0
38		Melanie Directo	unr.	U—	L22	U—	U—	L9	0.0

Our next tournament starts on July 11 at 7:30 p.m.