2024 Forcing Moves First SPRING 1 Open - March 30 & 31

2024 Forcing Moves First SPRING 1 Open

Clarkson Community Centre and Library - Marland Room
2475 Truscott Dr, Mississauga, ON L5J 2B5 - Direction

Schedules - Two (2) Day Event
Saturday March 30: 10:00 AM; 2:00 PM; 6:00 PM
Sunday March 31: 10:00 AM; 2:00 PM

5 Round Swiss - 2 SECTIONS

Over 1600 & Under 1600 (Both FIDE & CFC Rated)

Time Control: 90 minutes + 15 seconds DELAY
Forfeit Time: 30 minutes

Early Bird Fee: $80 (March 17 Sunday Deadline)
Regular Entry Fee: $90 (March 24 Sunday Deadline)
Late Entry Fee: $100 (March 29 Friday Deadline)
Onsite: $120 (until 9:30 AM March 30 Saturday)
Family/Women/Seniors (YOB before 1960) Discount = $10 each
Play Up: $20 (100 Points Below Rating Floor, Minimum = 1500)

Prizes:
Over 1600: $600-$360-$240 plus 1st-2nd-3rd Place Trophies
Under 1600: $400-$240-$160 plus 1st-2nd-3rd Place Trophies
(Total Prize Fund of $2000 - guaranteed with 80 players)
Prize Money will be shared among players of similar points
Trophies (based on Tiebreaks) 1. Point 2. Win Count 3. Performance

Tournament Information

RANKING NAME CFC FIDE FED CITY
1 ARANDIA Henry 2120 1837 CAN On (Mississauga)
2 AIM CASARENO Erwin 2027 1879 NED On (Toronto)
3 TROFIMOV-MALYSHKIN Valent 1994 1840 UKR On (Hamilton)
4 BRAJKOVIC Nikola 1941 1822 CAN On (Mississauga)
5 TENKOV Arkady 1853 1747 CAN On (Toronto)
6 NGUYEN Thuan 1584 1565 CAN On (Scarborough)
7 ANISH Diganth 1485 1549 CAN On (Whitby)
8 BUSCAR Bernard 1378 1542 CAN On (Oakville)
9 VERDE Pino 1350 1596 CAN On (Etobicoke)
10 GRENIER Melissa Anne 1259 0 CAN On (Brampton)
11 RAGHAVA Rao Bondada 1253 1527 IND On (Mississauga)
12 BARNSDALE Nicholas 1218 1561 CAN On (North York)
13 LAIDLAW Kennedy 1191 0 CAN On (Hagersville)
14 WANG Eric Jiachen 1167 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
15 FENG Ethan 1147 0 CAN On (Windsor)
16 SYED Farhaan 1138 0 USA On (Guelph)
17 SHI Sean 1136 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
18 WOLFE Dylan 1122 0 CAN On (Hamilton)
19 HANDE Yogesh 1101 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
20 NIKETIC Vukan 1080 0 CAN On (Stoney Creek)
21 GRENIER Mathew 1057 0 CAN On (Brampton)
22 DELGASHEV Victor 945 0 CAN On (Toronto)
23 MOGALLOS Jason 920 0 CAN On (Burlington)
24 NATARAJAN Bhargav 838 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
25 VASQUEZ Melissa 819 0 CAN On (Guelph)
26 BAREGAR Samanvitha 816 0 CAN On (Oakville)
27 DELGASHEV Daniel 500 0 CAN On (Toronto)
28 FAJUTAGANA Frank Immanuel 0 0 CAN On (Brampton)

Players with provisional rating (less than 26 CFC Standard-Rated Games) can play-up to the Over 1600 section if they wish.

$10 Discount for each Family Member, Women and Seniors (65+)

Highest of FIDE, CFC, USCF and FQE will be used for pairings, sections and to play-up.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Ferdinand Supsup

Players with provisional rating (less than 26 CFC Standard-Rated Games) can play-up to the Over 1600 section if they wish.

$10 Discount for each Family Member, Women and Seniors (65+)

Highest of FIDE, CFC, USCF and FQE will be used for pairings, sections and to play-up.

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RANKING NAME CFC FIDE FED CITY
1 ARANDIA Henry 2120 1837 CAN On (Mississauga)
2 AIM CASARENO Erwin 2027 1879 NED On (Toronto)
3 TROFIMOV-MALYSHKIN Valentin 1994 1840 UKR On (Hamilton)
4 BRAJKOVIC Nikola 1941 1822 CAN On (Mississauga)
5 ZHANG Daniel 1738 1747 CAN On (Richmond Hill)
6 NGUYEN Ngoc Phuong Nghi 1651 1663 VIE On (Mississauga)
7 CHOLAKIS Max 1642 1659 CAN On (North York)
8 NGUYEN Thuan 1584 1565 CAN On (Scarborough)
9 CHEN Qianyu 1404 1571 CAN On (Oakville)
10 BUSCAR Bernard 1378 1542 CAN On (Oakville)
11 VERDE Pino 1350 1596 CAN On (Etobicoke)
12 GRENIER Melissa Anne 1259 0 CAN On (Brampton)
13 RAGHAVA Rao Bondada 1253 1527 IND On (Mississauga)
14 BARNSDALE Nicholas 1218 1561 CAN On (North York)
15 LAIDLAW Kennedy 1191 0 CAN On (Hagersville)
16 WANG Eric Jiachen 1167 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
17 PEREZ Ethan 1154 0 CAN On (Brampton)
18 FENG Ethan 1147 0 CAN On (Windsor)
19 SYED Farhaan 1138 0 USA On (Guelph)
20 SHI Sean 1136 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
21 WOLFE Dylan 1122 0 CAN On (Hamilton)
22 GROSMAN Ari 1113 0 CAN On (Markham)
23 HANDE Yogesh 1101 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
24 NIKETIC Vukan 1080 0 CAN On (Stoney Creek)
25 CHEN Mulin 1064 0 CAN On (Oakville)
26 GRENIER Mathew 1057 0 CAN On (Brampton)
27 DELGASHEV Victor 945 0 CAN On (Toronto)
28 MOGALLOS Jason 920 0 CAN On (Burlington)
29 GROSMAN Noah 843 0 CAN On (Markham)
30 NATARAJAN Bhargav 838 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
31 VASQUEZ Melissa 819 0 CAN On (Guelph)
32 SAMANVITHA Vijayeendra Baregar 816 0 IND On (Oakville)
33 LI Maisen 785 0 CAN On (Oakville)
34 LI Bosen 707 0 CAN On (Oakville)
35 DELGASHEV Daniel 500 0 CAN On (Toronto)
36 AL-DAHLEH Nabil 0 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
37 FAJUTAGANA Frank Immanuel 0 0 CAN On (Brampton)

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Ferdinand Supsup

Players with provisional rating (less than 26 CFC Standard-Rated Games) can play-up to the Over 1600 section if they wish.

[SIZE=5]$10 Discount for each Family Member, Women and Seniors (65+)

Highest of FIDE, CFC, USCF and FQE will be used for pairings, sections and to play-up.

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RANKING NAME CFC FIDE FED CITY
1 ARANDIA Henry 2120 1837 CAN On (Mississauga)
2 AIM CASARENO Erwin 2027 1879 NED On (Toronto)
3 Trofimov-Malyshkin Valent 1994 1840 UKR On (Hamilton)
4 BRAJKOVIC Nikola 1941 1822 CAN On (Mississauga)
5 Tenkov Arkady 1853 1747 CAN On (Toronto)
6 ZHANG Daniel 1738 1747 CAN On (Richmond Hill)
7 NGUYEN Ngoc Phuong Nghi 1651 1663 VIE
8 CHOLAKIS Max 1642 1659 CAN On (North York)
9 NGUYEN Thuan 1584 1565 CAN On (Scarborough)
10 CHEN Qianyu 1404 1571 CAN On (Oakville)
11 BUSCAR Bernard 1378 1542 CAN On (Oakville)
12 VERDE Pino 1350 1596 CAN On (Etobicoke)
13 GRENIER Melissa Anne 1259 0 CAN On (Brampton)
14 Raghava Rao Bondada 1253 1527 IND On (Mississauga)
15 BARNSDALE Nicholas 1218 1561 CAN On (North York)
16 LAIDLAW Kennedy 1191 0 CAN On (Hagersville)
17 WANG Eric Jiachen 1167 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
18 FENG Ethan 1147 0 CAN On (Windsor)
19 SYED Farhaan 1138 0 USA On (Guelph)
20 SHI Sean 1136 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
21 WOLFE Dylan 1122 0 CAN On (Hamilton)
22 GROSMAN Ari 1113 0 CAN On (Markham)
23 HANDE Yogesh 1101 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
24 NIKETIC Vukan 1080 0 CAN On (Stoney Creek)
25 CHEN Mulin 1064 0 CAN On (Oakville)
26 GRENIER Mathew 1057 0 CAN On (Brampton)
27 DELGASHEV Victor 945 0 CAN On (Toronto)
28 MOGALLOS Jason 920 0 CAN On (Burlington)
29 GROSMAN Noah 843 0 CAN On (Markham)
30 NATARAJAN Bhargav 838 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
31 VASQUEZ Melissa 819 0 CAN On (Guelph)
32 Samanvitha Vijayeendra Baregar 816 0 IND On (Oakville)
33 DELGASHEV Daniel 500 0 CAN On (Toronto)
34 AL-DAHLEH Nabil 0 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
35 FAJUTAGANA Frank Immanuel 0 0 CAN On (Brampton)

Today and tomorrow will be the last two days to register online for the chess tournament.

This tournament will be dubbed as the "CLASH of the former Mississauga Chess Club "MCC" Champions" featuring 2023 MCC Champion Nikola Brajkovic, 2012 MCC & 2008 Scarborough Chess Club Champion NM and AIM Erwin Casareno, 2009 MCC Champion Henry Arandia and one of the few players who had beaten the legendary Canadian GM Kevin Spraggett.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Ferdinand Supsup

RANKING NAME CFC FIDE FED CITY
1 ARANDIA Henry 2120 1837 CAN On (Mississauga)
2 AIM CASARENO Erwin 2027 1879 NED On (Toronto)
3 TROFIMOV-MALYSHKIN Valent 1994 1840 UKR On (Hamilton)
4 BRAJKOVIC Nikola 1941 1822 CAN On (Mississauga)
5 ZHANG Daniel 1738 1747 CAN On (Richmond Hill)
6 NGUYEN Ngoc Phuong Nghi 1651 1663 VIE On (Mississauga)
7 CHOLAKIS Max 1642 1659 CAN On (North York)
8 NGUYEN Thuan 1584 1565 CAN On (Scarborough)
9 CHEN Qianyu 1404 1571 CAN On (Oakville)
10 BUSCAR Bernard 1378 1542 CAN On (Oakville)
11 VERDE Pino 1350 1596 CAN On (Etobicoke)
12 BUCCI Andrew 1342 0 CAN On (Woodbridge)
13 GRENIER Melissa Anne 1259 0 CAN On (Brampton)
14 LOMOV Peter 1256 1480 CAN On (Richmond Hill)
15 RAGHAVA Rao Bondada 1253 1527 IND On (Mississauga)
16 SHAIK Muhammad Aman 1244 0 CAN On (Milton)
17 BARNSDALE Nicholas 1218 1561 CAN On (North York)
18 LAIDLAW Kennedy 1191 0 CAN On (Hagersville)
19 WANG Eric Jiachen 1167 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
20 PEREZ Ethan 1154 0 CAN On (Brampton)
21 FENG Ethan 1147 0 CAN On (Windsor)
22 SYED Farhaan 1138 0 USA On (Guelph)
23 SHI Sean 1136 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
24 WOLFE Dylan 1122 0 CAN On (Hamilton)
25 GROSMAN Ari 1113 0 CAN On (Markham)
26 HANDE Yogesh 1101 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
27 NIKETIC Vukan 1080 0 CAN On (Stoney Creek)
28 CHEN Mulin 1064 0 CAN On (Oakville)
29 GRENIER Mathew 1057 0 CAN On (Brampton)
30 DELGASHEV Victor 945 0 CAN On (Toronto)
31 MOGALLOS Jason 920 0 CAN On (Burlington)
32 GROSMAN Noah 843 0 CAN On (Markham)
33 NATARAJAN Bhargav 838 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
34 VASQUEZ Melissa 819 0 CAN On (Guelph)
35 SAMANVITHA Vijayeendra Baregar 816 0 IND On (Oakville)
36 LI Maisen 785 0 CAN On (Oakville)
37 LI Bosen 707 0 CAN On (Oakville)
38 DELGASHEV Daniel 500 0 CAN On (Toronto)
39 AL-DAHLEH Nabil 0 0 CAN On (Mississauga)
40 FAJUTAGANA Frank Immanuel 0 0 CAN On (Brampton)

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Updated List as of March 29