Hart House Reading Week Open 2009

[Alex Ferreira]

Hello all,


The Hart House Chess Club, at University of Toronto, is organizing its first open tournament this year. We had a terrific turn-out at the last Canada Day Open (115), and a good turn-out at the Holidays Open (86) during a snow storm, and are looking forward to another great tournament.

When: February 20th, 21st, 22nd (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Where: East Common Room, Main Floor, Hart House, University of Toronto
7 Hart House Circle, Toronto

Style: 5 Rounds Swiss in 3 Sections.
Sections: Open (w/U2200 prizes), U2000 (w/U1800 prizes) and U1600 (w/U1400 & UNR prizes)
Rounds: Friday 6pm, Saturday 10am & 4pm, Sunday 10am & 4pm
Time Control: 30/90, SD/60

Entry Fee: $60 in advance either by e-mail or cheque. $70 on-site.
$10 extra to play up a section.
$20 discount for juniors, seniors, women, UT students.
One discount per player.
Free for IMs if registered by February 13th, $40 afterwards, $50 on-site.
Participants must be members of the Chess Federation of Canada (www.chess.ca)
Registrations by e-mail to: alex.ferreira@utoronto.ca
E-mail registrants please arrive by 5:30pm Fri. Feb 20th to avoid late fee.
Cheques in advance by mail to: Hart House Chess Club – 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3H3

Tournament Director: Bryan Lamb
Organizer: Hart House Chess Club

Please bring sets and clocks.
No smoking. No computers. No cellphones (on).

For all the detailed information, including:
- Printable flyer with all the above information
- Access/Maps & parking info
- Prize fund projection
- Pre-Registered list of players

Visit our website at:
http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/hhopen


Hope to see you all there,


Alex Ferreira
Hart House Chess Club

[Alex Ferreira]

Hello all,


This past weekend's event attracted 91 players, including some from Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo, and at least one from each Windsor, Niagara, Ottawa and Edmonton. Most people seem to have enjoyed the event, and we're hoping to repeat it in the first weekend of July.


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Open:

IM Leonid Gerzhoy dominated the event, while escaping a very dangerous attack in Round 4 against FM Bindi Cheng, and being forced to earn his last round draw with white against a keen IM Nikolay Noritsyn, a game that lasted nearly the entire 5 hours. University of Toronto's Bindi Cheng & David Peng, along with up and coming junior master Alexander Martchenko, split 2nd & 3rd place between the 3 of them. Gerzhoy finished with 4.5/5, while Peng, Cheng & Martchenko had 4.0/5 each.
The U2200 prizes were taken by Hugh Siddeley & Aman Hambleton (1st & 2nd tied), with Alvah Mayo taking 3rd place.

Standings:

Name rtng rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 rd 5 TOT

1 Gerzhoy, Leonid.............2514 W 15 W 4 W 6 W 3 D 5 4.5
2 Peng, David.................2372 D 17 W 28 W 21 H--- W 10 4.0
3 Cheng, Bindi................2348 W 18 W 11 W 13 L 1 W 12 4.0
4 Martchenko, Alexander.......2240 W 23 L 1 W 15 W 13 W 14 4.0
5 Noritsyn, Nikolay...........2503 W 16 H--- D 7 W 9 D 1 3.5
6 Henry, Liam.................2242 W 32 W 12 L 1 D 8 W 16 3.5
7 Filipovich, David...........2214 H--- W 20 D 5 D 14 W 17 3.5
8 Hambleton, Aman.............2139 W 35 L 13 W 24 D 6 W 22 3.5
9 Siddeley, Hugh..............2118 W 36 W 14 H--- L 5 W 20 3.5
10 Morrison, Kyle..............2248 D 20 W 17 W 34 H--- L 2 3.0
11 Guo, Josh...................2230 W 33 L 3 D 22 D 21 W 28 3.0
12 Mayo, Alvah.................2179 W 27 L 6 W 35 W 29 L 3 3.0
13 Shebetah, Wajdy.............2251 W 19 W 8 L 3 L 4 D 21 2.5
14 Yuanling, Yuan..............2246 W 31 L 9 W 30 D 7 L 4 2.5
15 Austria, Federico...........2113 L 1 W 37 L 4 H--- W 31 2.5
16 Moffat, Andrei..............2112 L 5 W 33 H--- W 34 L 6 2.5
17 Rakov, Pavel................2067 D 2 L 10 W 32 W 36 L 7 2.5
18 Derraugh, Geordie...........2063 L 3 W 27 D 25 L 22 W 29 2.5
19 Kleinman, Michael...........2046 L 13 D 32 W 23 D 28 D 24 2.5
20 Lacau-Rodean, Iulia.........2035 D 10 L 7 W 26 W 25 L 9 2.5
21 Inigo, Aquino...............1994 H--- W 29 L 2 D 11 D 13 2.5
22 Ang, Alan...................1985 D 29 D 30 D 11 W 18 L 8 2.5
23 Kagramanov, Dalia...........1928 L 4 D 31 L 19 B--- W 34 2.5
24 Bzikot, Robert..............1877 H--- D 25 L 8 W 35 D 19 2.5
25 Southam, David..............2205 D 34 D 24 D 18 L 20 D 27 2.0
26 Drkulec, Vladimir...........2100 H--- L 34 L 20 D 32 W 36 2.0
27 Roller, Robert..............1849 L 12 L 18 W 37 D 30 D 25 2.0
28 Sharpe, Michael.............1721 B--- L 2 H--- D 19 L 11 2.0
29 Zeromskis, Egidijus.........2242 D 22 L 21 W 31 L 12 L 18 1.5
30 Fiedler, Brian..............2136 D 37 D 22 L 14 D 27 U--- 1.5
31 Wang, Jesse B.J.............2029 L 14 D 23 L 29 W 33 L 15 1.5
32 Wu, Aaron...................1995 L 6 D 19 L 17 D 26 D 35 1.5
33 Wu, Kevin...................1894 L 11 L 16 H--- L 31 W 37 1.5
34 Chidley-Hill, John..........1882 D 25 W 26 L 10 L 16 L 23 1.5
35 Armstrong, Robert...........1845 L 8 W 38 L 12 L 24 D 32 1.5
36 Gladstone, Simon............1840 L 9 B--- H--- L 17 L 26 1.5
37 Stein, Jacob................1636 D 30 L 15 L 27 H--- L 33 1.0
38 Lin, Tony...................1400 U--- L 35 U--- U--- U--- 0.0


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U2000:

A very competitive section and a race too close to call until the very last round. Tied for 1st without conceding a loss came Omar Shah, Sam Haziprodromu, Erik Malmsten & UT's Sina Makaremi, all rated above 1800.
Bruce Dowling & Ben Olden-Cooligan split the U1800 prizes.

Standings:

Name rtng rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 rd 5 TOT

1 Shah, Omar..................1939 W 22 W 13 D 14 W 15 D 4 4.0
2 Malmsten, Erik..............1886 W 33 D 15 D 6 W 21 W 14 4.0
3 Makaremi, Sina..............1841 H--- W 27 H--- W 26 W 8 4.0
4 Haziprodromu, Sam...........1811 W 31 W 9 D 8 W 10 D 1 4.0
5 Perelman, Leon..............1901 W 23 W 26 H--- H--- D 6 3.5
6 Dowling, Bruce..............1722 W 17 H--- D 2 W 9 D 5 3.5
7 Olden-Cooligan, Ben.........1654 L 10 H--- W 27 W 24 W 15 3.5
8 Tseluiko, Oleg..............1968 W 21 W 12 D 4 D 14 L 3 3.0
9 Roddick, Steele.............1924 W 29 L 4 W 20 L 6 W 16 3.0
10 Kenani, Dariush.............1908 W 7 L 14 W 13 L 4 W 21 3.0
11 Moysoski, Randy.............1860 L 14 W 22 L 21 W 29 W 23 3.0
12 Farine, Jonathan............1818 W 24 L 8 W 31 W 25 U--- 3.0
13 Young, Alex.................1728 W 32 L 1 L 10 W 31 W 25 3.0
14 Li, Travis..................1580 W 11 W 10 D 1 D 8 L 2 3.0
15 Stein, Mickey...............1985 W 20 D 2 W 18 L 1 L 7 2.5
16 Song, Michael...............1568 W 19 L 5 H--- W 18 L 9 2.5
17 Chichkina, Olya.............1978 L 6 L 21 L 24 W 33 W 29 2.0
18 Wilker, Marcus..............1870 D 27 W 25 L 15 L 16 D 24 2.0
19 Bellomo, Joe................1844 L 16 W 29 L 25 L 23 W 31 2.0
20 Wing, Richard...............1723 L 15 W 33 L 9 W 32 L 26 2.0
21 Brammall, Stuart............1678 L 8 W 17 W 11 L 2 L 10 2.0
22 Gillis, Doug................1677 L 1 L 11 L 23 W 27 W 32 2.0
23 Chen, Kevin.................1634 L 5 L 28 W 22 W 19 L 11 2.0
24 Song, Terry.................1540 L 12 H--- W 17 L 7 D 18 2.0
25 Lee, Mei Chen...............1520 W 28 L 18 W 19 L 12 L 13 2.0
26 Gunapalan, David............unr. L 30 L 5 W 28 L 3 W 20 2.0
27 Zhou, Kevin.................1600 D 18 L 3 L 7 L 22 W 33 1.5
28 Takov, Chris................1815 L 25 W 23 L 26 U--- U--- 1.0
29 Essery, Richard.............1664 L 9 L 19 W 33 L 11 L 17 1.0
30 Kim, Bill...................1600 W 26 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
31 Lin, Tony...................1407 L 4 B--- L 12 L 13 L 19 1.0
32 Pancer, Jeff................1252 L 13 H--- H--- L 20 L 22 1.0
33 Posaratnanathan, Roy........1602 L 2 L 20 L 29 L 17 L 27 0.0


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U1600:

This section was taken by two players rated in the 1300s!
Joseph Bellissimo & Michael Rogers both finished with 4.0/5, 8-year-old Joseph without conceding a loss.
Joseph & Michael split the 1st places U1600 & U1400 prizes. James Denis Dylan Martin took the 2nd U1600 prize, Jackie Peng the 2nd U1400 prize & Alex Safir the 3rd U1600 prize.

Standings:

Name rtng rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 rd 5 TOT

1 Bellissimo, Joseph..........1380 W 19 D 5 W 18 D 4 W 10 4.0
2 Rogers, Michael.............1330 L 4 W 16 W 14 W 6 W 5 4.0
3 Martin, James Denis Dylan...1340 H--- W 22 L 4 W 18 W 12 3.5
4 Siegel, Andre...............1530 W 2 D 10 W 3 D 1 U--- 3.0
5 Safir, Alex.................1514 W 13 D 1 H--- W 12 L 2 3.0
6 Peng, Jackie................1394 W 16 L 8 W 15 L 2 W 14 3.0
7 Nguyen, Jason...............1596 W 11 W 14 D 8 U--- U--- 2.5
8 Stone, Stephen..............1522 W 21 W 6 D 7 U--- U--- 2.5
9 Posaratnanathan, Juliaan....1496 D 18 D 12 L 11 D 13 W 20 2.5
10 Kurbatov, Misha.............1468 W 17 D 4 L 12 W 11 L 1 2.5
11 Odziemkowski, Peter.........1388 L 7 W 13 W 9 L 10 D 15 2.5
12 Yin, Zining.................1376 W 20 D 9 W 10 L 5 L 3 2.5
13 Luo, Yutong.................1304 L 5 L 11 W 16 D 9 W 18 2.5
14 Vera, Jesus.................1481 W 15 L 7 L 2 W 22 L 6 2.0
15 Du, Bob.....................1238 L 14 W 21 L 6 D 20 D 11 2.0
16 Molev, Daniel...............1102 L 6 L 2 L 13 W 19 W 21 2.0
17 Hossain, Samir..............1134 L 10 H--- W 20 U--- U--- 1.5
18 Zhang, Yuanchen............. 990 D 9 W 19 L 1 L 3 L 13 1.5
19 Risi, Chris.................1583 L 1 L 18 L 21 L 16 B--- 1.0
20 Farrant-Diaz, Nathan........1553 L 12 H--- L 17 D 15 L 9 1.0
21 Villaluz, Ernesto...........1322 L 8 L 15 W 19 U--- L 16 1.0
22 Cozens, Dave................1261 H--- L 3 H--- L 14 U--- 1.0


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Unclaimed Prizes:
Hugh Siddeley: an additional $25
Ben Olden-Cooligan: $175
James Denis Dylan Martin: $150
Alex Safir: $100

Please contact me by e-mail: alex.ferreira@utoronto.ca


I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Bryan Lamb, who now has TD'ed / organized the last 5 tournaments in Toronto, attracting record numbers of participants each time. If not for Bryan giving himself to chess, the Toronto chess scene would be quite dry.
Behind the scenes, this tournament was a team effort by the Hart House personnel and its Chess Club. Stuart Brammall, Leon Perelman, Bill Kim, Travis Li, Geordie Derraugh, Rob Roller and Day Milman all contributed to this event. Thanks also to Omar Shah, Liam Henry, Kit Ng and Andrew McMillan for on-site assistance.

We thank you all for coming, and hope you enjoyed it!

See you all soon,


Alex Ferreira
Hart House Chess Club