Sam Selmani | Annex Chess Club

2011 Toronto Labour Day Open – final results

130 players participated in the Labour Day Open! In the Open section, IM Nikolay Noritsyn, IM Tomas Krnan, and FM Igor Divljan split the top prize. In the U2000 section, brothers Zehn Nasir and Pi Nasir tied for first. And in the U1600, Sam Selmani took clear first.

Check some of the day-one games. We’ll be posting some more games eventually.

Meanwhile, here are the Open, U2000, and U1600 final standings.

For full tournament details, check the main Toronto Labour Day Open registration page.

Open Section Standings

#	Name	CFC#	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total	Prize
1	Nikolay Noritsyn	132534	2631	W29	W9	D5	W4	W12	D2	5.0	=1st
2	Tomas Krnan	132215	2503	W30	W21	D12	W6	W7	D1	5.0	=1st
3	Igor Divljan	109214	2349	W26	W23	D7	D8	W22	W11	5.0	=1st
4	Jonathan Tayar	133658	2460	D24	W28	W18	L1	W17	W13	4.5
5	Roman Sapozhnikov	138609	2409	W25	W27	D1	L7	W18	W14	4.5
6	Arthur Calugar	130889	2352	W36	D10	W45	L2	W19	W12	4.5
7	Leonid Gerzhoy	142916	2611	W34	W15	D3	W5	L2	D8	4.0
8	Michael Kleinman	132631	2373	W20	D22	D24	D3	W29	D7	4.0
9	Paul Gelis	140487	2239	W32	L1	W31	L23	W24	W22	4.0
10	David Filipovich	103521	2173	W45	D6	D11	W24	D14	D15	4.0	U2200
11	Bator Sambuev	146462	2700	L22	W36	D10	W20	W23	L3	3.5
12	Artiom Samsonkin	146305	2569	W19	W16	D2	W13	L1	L6	3.5
13	Robert Hamilton	102629	2386	W31	D45	W17	L12	W33	L4	3.5
14	Rolando Renteria	152626	2311	H—	W42	D22	W25	D10	L5	3.5
15	Michael Humphreys	131628	2308	W40	L7	L23	W31	W25	D10	3.5
16	Nikita Gusev	128168	2241	W44	L12	L25	D43	W39	W23	3.5
17	Mate Marinkovic	141393	2188	D42	W35	L13	W32	L4	W29	3.5
18	Dale McTavish	104887	2180	D38	W33	L4	W26	L5	W30	3.5
19	Jackie Peng	142388	2112	L12	D40	W38	W21	L6	W27	3.5
20	Simon Gladstone	132497	2046	L8	W43	D21	L11	W40	W28	3.5
21	Ilia Bluvshtein	125934	2228	W37	L2	D20	L19	W41	D26	3.0
22	Mike Ivanov	140557	2146	W11	D8	D14	W39	L3	L9	3.0	*
23	Aquino Inigo	136995	2126	W43	L3	W15	W9	L11	L16	3.0
24	Michael Song	144236	2107	D4	W38	D8	L10	L9	W33	3.0
25	David Southam	102535	2077	L5	W44	W16	L14	L15	W39	3.0
26	Dmitry Chernik	149932	2011	L3	W34	D27	L18	W43	D21	3.0
27	David Itkin	140216	2200	W41	L5	D26	L29	W38	L19	2.5
28	Daniel Aparicio	149967	2174	D33	L4	L39	W42	W37	L20	2.5
29	Derick Joshua Twesigye	150779	2101	L1	D32	W37	W27	L8	L17	2.5
30	Matthew Nicholson	148663	2087	L2	D37	D42	D41	W32	L18	2.5
31	Razvan Preotu	146124	2058	L13	W41	L9	L15	D36	W42	2.5
32	Yuanchen Zhang	148449	1988	L9	D29	W40	L17	L30	W41	2.5
33	Stephen Ye	149965	1838	D28	L18	W35	W45	L13	L24	2.5
34	Alex T Ferreira	127516	2104	L7	L26	D44	L37	D42	B—	2.0
35	Iulia Lacau-rodean	144348	2049	H—	L17	L33	L38	D44	W43	2.0
36	Daniel Wiebe	132137	2023	L6	L11	L41	B—	D31	D38	2.0
37	Guannan Terry Song	146052	1948	L21	D30	L29	W34	L28	D40	2.0
38	Ian Finlay	101866	1918	D18	L24	L19	W35	L27	D36	2.0
39	Pepin Manalo	112277	1835	H—	H—	W28	L22	L16	L25	2.0
40	Chang Yun	149639	1825	L15	D19	L32	W44	L20	D37	2.0
41	Robert Bzikot	132541	1931	L27	L31	W36	D30	L21	L32	1.5
42	Mark Plotkin	141086	1924	D17	L14	D30	L28	D34	L31	1.5
43	Bryant Yang	141088	1665	L23	L20	B—	D16	L26	L35	1.5	*
44	Agastya Kalra	137927	2003	L16	L25	D34	L40	D35	U—	1.0
45	Mavros Whissell	112769	2185	L10	D13	L6	L33	U—	U—	0.5

U2000 Section Standings

#	Name	CFC#	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total	Prize
1	Zehn Nasir	148198	1772	W41	W5	W34	D3	D2	W10	5.0	=1st
2	Pi Nasir	148197	1680	W31	W8	W7	D4	D1	W6	5.0	=1st
3	Ralph Deline	103023	1835	W35	W12	W16	D1	D10	D4	4.5	=3rd
4	Lin (xin) Song	146772	1816	W23	W9	D13	D2	W7	D3	4.5	=3rd
5	Greg Stavropoulos	108628	1861	W40	L1	D28	W25	W16	D11	4.0
6	Alex Lambruschini	127519	1829	W24	H—	W26	H—	W13	L2	4.0
7	John W Chidley-hill	108085	1807	W11	W22	L2	W17	L4	W25	4.0
8	Nicholas O’Bumsawin	151261	1795	W33	L2	W29	D11	W28	D12	4.0	=U1800
9	Manuela Renteria	152627	1753	W30	L4	W36	D20	W19	D13	4.0	=U1800
10	Patrick Yu	143209	1721	W37	D39	W19	W27	D3	L1	4.0	=U1800
11	Zachary Dukic	149507	1647	L7	W43	W14	D8	W21	D5	4.0	=U1800
12	Edward Chan	145594	1603	W14	L3	D21	W26	W27	D8	4.0	=U1800
13	Yinshi Li	145175	1573	W21	W46	D4	W34	L6	D9	4.0	=U1800
14	Brian Macleod	120061	1814	L12	W24	L11	D36	W30	W28	3.5
15	Victor Itkin	142274	1787	H—	D20	H—	L28	W40	W26	3.5
16	Mario Moran-venegas	143315	1775	W36	W28	L3	W23	L5	D20	3.5
17	Richard Chen	148271	1734	W44	L34	W30	L7	D20	W27	3.5
18	Robert J Armstrong	100034	1725	D25	L26	W42	L19	W36	W29	3.5
19	John Zhang	150339	1640	W43	H—	L10	W18	L9	W32	3.5
20	Benjamin Blium	133080	1423	D26	D15	W45	D9	D17	D16	3.5	*
21	Mark Jubenville	106764	1726	L13	W41	D12	W31	L11	D24	3.0
22	Hanyuan Ye	144844	1695	W38	L7	L23	L29	W42	W35	3.0
23	Zhanna Sametova	145911	1603	L4	W32	W22	L16	L25	W37	3.0
24	Ken Kurkowski	104537	1579	L6	L14	W38	W35	D29	D21	3.0
25	Rebecca Giblon	141076	1564	D18	D45	W35	L5	W23	L7	3.0
26	Richard Wing	103265	1681	D20	W18	L6	L12	W41	L15	2.5
27	Martin Maister	101824	1673	W45	H—	W39	L10	L12	L17	2.5
28	Daniel Zotkin	146857	1666	W32	L16	D5	W15	L8	L14	2.5
29	Derick Aghamalian	146782	1605	L34	W38	L8	W22	D24	L18	2.5
30	Melissa Giblon	142624	1474	L9	W40	L17	W45	L14	D36	2.5
31	Mark Bercovici	148103	1393	L2	H—	W33	L21	L32	W41	2.5
32	Richard Garel	105218	1891	L28	L23	D43	D42	W31	L19	2.0
33	Pierre Maheux	105147	1848	L8	D42	L31	D43	L37	W44	2.0
34	Omid Nemati	130676	1832	W29	W17	L1	L13	U—	U—	2.0
35	Mario Piccinin	149970	1697	L3	W37	L25	L24	W43	L22	2.0
36	Richard Laporte	144203	1604	L16	W44	L9	D14	L18	D30	2.0
37	Jose Cabioc	146261	1527	L10	L35	L40	W38	W33	L23	2.0
38	Jake Van Rooy	152635	1424	L22	L29	L24	L37	W44	B—	2.0
39	Steve Nickoloff	108201	1786	W42	D10	L27	U—	U—	U—	1.5
40	Richard Marks	109180	1677	L5	L30	W37	D41	L15	U—	1.5
41	Yue Tong (davy) Zhao	148512	1578	L1	L21	W44	D40	L26	L31	1.5
42	Ali Syed	106730	1564	L39	D33	L18	D32	L22	D43	1.5
43	Jiaxin Liu	149747	1502	L19	L11	D32	D33	L35	D42	1.5
44	Giuseppe Del Duca	147289	1355	L17	L36	L41	B—	L38	L33	1.0
45	Leslie Lakos	102631	1923	L27	D25	L20	L30	U—	U—	0.5
46	Pepin Manalo	112277	1835	U—	L13	U—	U—	U—	U—	0.0

U1600 Section Standings

#	Name	CFC#	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total	Prize
1	Sam Selmani	148383	1208	W14	W15	W13	H—	W8	W6	5.5	1st
2	Eric Wang	149398	1320	W16	W5	W24	D8	D9	W10	5.0	2nd
3	Leonid Aghamalian	121022	1496	D10	W22	L11	W38	W24	W9	4.5	3rd
4	Claudio Sottile	148499	1542	L8	W25	W21	W7	L6	W23	4.0
5	Hooshang Abbarin	152910	1492	W23	L2	W31	L10	W21	W24	4.0
6	Gordon Cui	143700	1377	W39	W12	L8	W11	W4	L1	4.0	=U1400
7	Paul Radelicki	142392	1353	W35	W11	D9	L4	W19	D8	4.0	=U1400
8	Lakes Liang	149333	1277	W4	W18	W6	D2	L1	D7	4.0	=U1400
9	Dinny Wang	149379	1275	W26	W20	D7	W27	D2	L3	4.0	=U1400
10	Dennis Shamroni	149741	1270	D3	D31	W17	W5	W15	L2	4.0	=U1400
11	Adrian Botescu	145425	1598	W36	L7	W3	L6	W26	D15	3.5
12	Drake Lalonde	146414	1590	W28	L6	L15	W22	W20	D14	3.5
13	Alexandre Johnson	109239	1530	D22	W29	L1	L19	W34	W28	3.5
14	Andrew Giblon	148421	1480	L1	W37	W23	L24	W33	D12	3.5
15	Jeffrey Xu	148513	1412	W37	L1	W12	W33	L10	D11	3.5
16	Tetyana Tismenko	152743	1597	L2	D38	W36	D26	D17	D19	3.0
17	Chris Wehrfritz	151679	1480	L29	W34	L10	W25	D16	D22	3.0
18	Dennis Tismenko	148985	1475	W25	L8	L33	L23	W39	W32	3.0
19	Alejandro Renteria	152628	1469	W32	L24	D38	W13	L7	D16	3.0
20	Christopher Field	108098	1389	W34	L9	L26	W32	L12	W31	3.0
21	Brian Zhang	143701	1368	L30	W35	L4	W31	L5	W33	3.0
22	Immanuel Huang	152690	1286	D13	L3	W28	L12	W38	D17	3.0
23	Daniel Sirkovich	145096	1261	L5	W40	L14	W18	W27	L4	3.0
24	Constance Wang	149748	1248	W27	W19	L2	W14	L3	L5	3.0
25	Alexander Grynszpan	152220	1164	L18	L4	W35	L17	W36	W34	3.0
26	Mathanhe Kaneshalingam	149319	897	L9	B—	W20	D16	L11	D27	3.0	*
27	George Supol	152286	1486	L24	W32	W29	L9	L23	D26	2.5
28	Billy Carroll	150390	1323	L12	D39	L22	W37	W29	L13	2.5
29	Milan Cvetkovic	150817	1174	W17	L13	L27	H—	L28	W38	2.5
30	Yin Pak Lam	126891	1571	W21	W33	U—	U—	U—	U—	2.0
31	Ernesto Villaluz	146331	1176	H—	D10	L5	L21	W35	L20	2.0
32	Kimia Moayyed	146784	1151	L19	L27	W39	L20	W37	L18	2.0
33	Frank* Wang	150777	1118	W40	L30	W18	L15	L14	L21	2.0
34	Dorsa Moayyed	147311	994	L20	L17	W40	W36	L13	L25	2.0
35	Linda Fu	150904	960	L7	L21	L25	B—	L31	W39	2.0
36	Daniel Muntaner	151140	1323	L11	H—	L16	L34	L25	W40	1.5
37	Richard Guo	148117	1140	L15	L14	H—	L28	L32	B—	1.5
38	Evnato Frias	152975	931	H—	D16	D19	L3	L22	L29	1.5	*
39	Varshini Paraparan	150463	931	L6	D28	L32	W40	L18	L35	1.5
40	Daniel Garber	NEW	unr.	L33	L23	L34	L39	B—	L36	1.0	UNR

Prize Fund

Section	Prize	Value
Open	1st	$2000
	2nd	$800
	3rd	$400
	top U2200	$300
U2000	1st	$1000
	2nd	$450
	3rd	$250
	top U1800	$200
U1600	1st	$1000
	2nd	$450
	3rd	$250
	top UNR	$200
	top U1400	$100
Total		$7400

*Game Prizes – thanks to our generous sponsors!

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Rd 4 – Open Section (576-point differential)
2nd place: Evnato Frias, who drew Tetyana Tismenko
Rd 2 – U1600 Section (666-point differential)
1st place: WCM Mathanhe Kaneshalingam, who drew Tetyana Tismenko
Rd 4 – U1600 Section (700-pt differential)

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Rd 3 – U2000 Section (500-point differential)
1st place: Mike Ivanov, who beat GM Bator Sambuev
Rd 1 – Open Section (554-point differential)