Toronto Open at Hart House

[Alex Ferreira]

Hello all,


The Hart House Chess Club, at University of Toronto, is organizing this year's Toronto Open. It will not be the high class event of 2009 at the King Suites, but we hope to break previous Hart House records.

When: April 2nd, 3rd, 4th (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Where: Music & East Common/Debates Room, 2nd Floor, Hart House, University of Toronto
7 Hart House Circle, Toronto

Style: 6 round Swiss in 5 sections: Open (FIDE Rated), U2200, U2000, U1800 & U1600
Rounds: 10am & 4pm Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Time Control: 30/90, SD/60 for U2200, U2000, U1800 & U1600 --- 120 minutes with 30 second increment for Open Section.

Entry Fees: $70 in advance, $80 cash only on site. Extra $10 to play up each section.
Registration: 9am – 9:30am on Friday, April 2nd
Registrants after 9:30am are not guaranteed to be paired by 10am
In advance (arrival by April 1st) by mail to:
Hart House Chess Club – 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3H3
Make cheque payable to Hart House Chess Club. No postdated cheques please.
Email registration to alex.ferreira@utoronto.ca (by April 1st) Email registrants must arrive onsite by 9:30am to pay or will be charged onsite fee.

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]

Hi all,

There as of now 72 entries, with still some 12 days to go. We're on track to getting ~150 !
At the top, Sambuev, Samsonkin & Noritsyn! Wide range of strengths all across.
See you there,

Alex Ferreira

[Alex Ferreira]

Hi all


We've passed 100 players with currently 109 on the list. Although we may or not reach 150 players, it'll be close and we should definitely break our previous record of 134.

http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/hhopen


If you are playing in either the Canadian Open (Toronto Harbour Castle July 10-18), or the Canadian Junior (Hart House April 30 - May 4), keep in mind that you need to complete your registration in advance.

Brian Fiedler will be taking cheque and cash registrations for the Canadian Open, at some point this weekend at Hart House.

The Hart House Chess Club will be doing the same regarding the Canadian Junior. -- http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/cj


On other news, the Toronto Open will be played in the Great Hall
I was able to move us there instead of the previous arrangements to play in the Music & Debates / East Common Rooms. This means we'll all be playing in the same room, a much nicer one at that. It's where we held the Canadian Post-Secondary Chess Championship in January with great success.


See you all in a few days,


Alex Ferreira
Hart House Chess Club

[Alex Ferreira]

Hi,


E-mail I got from Bryan, tentative pairings for Round 3.

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Pairings for Round 3. Toronto Open 2010: OPEN
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 5 Roman Sapozhnikov 2 Bator Sambuev
2 3 Nikolay Noritsyn 6 David Cummings
3 1 Artiom Samsonkin 11 Aman Hambleton
4 12 Vinny Puri 4 Shiyam Thavandiran
5 7 Bindi Cheng 8 Victor Plotkin
6 13 Zi Yi [joey] Qin 14 Liam Henry
7 18 David Filipovich 25 Vladimir Drkulec
8 20 Michael Humphreys 26 Pavel Peev
9 28 Ismail Ibrahim 22 Yuriy Kryvoshlyk
10 31 David Itkin 24 Gordon Olheiser
11 23 Brian Fiedler 15 Nikita Gusev
12 21 Mikhail Egorov 17 Ilia Bluvshtein
13 16 Wajdy Shebetah 29 Kevin Wu
14 27 Daniel Abrahams 19 Paul Gelis
9 ½ Alexander Martchenko BYE
10 ½ Michael Dougherty BYE


Pairings for Round 3. Toronto Open 2010: U2200
Bd # Res White # Res Black
15 1 Michael Kleinman 4 Stephan Tonakanian
16 2 Jesse B Wang 8 Zhiyuan Zhang
17 6 Simon Gladstone 5 Dalia Kagramanov
18 9 Bernd Hahn 10 Stuart Brammall
19 11 Ian Mahoney 7 Kevin Zhou


Pairings for Round 3. Toronto Open 2010: U2000
Bd # Res White # Res Black
20 5 Victor Itkin 7 Michael Song
21 1 Omaray M Shah 4 Bill Kim
22 10 Mark Plotkin 2 Haizhou Xu
23 6 Oleg Tseluiko 13 Mike Ivanov
24 17 Robert J Armstrong 11 Guannan Terry Song
25 20 Roy Posaratnanathan 16 Yuanchen Zhang
26 9 Jonathan Farine 19 Tony [juntao] Lin
27 12 Alex Rapoport 15 Joseph Bellissimo
28 14 Nicholas Gellner 21 Juliaan Posaratnanathan
22 1 Genadi Medvedev BYE
8 ½ Dmitry Chernik BYE
3 ½ Uwe Hahnewald BYE


Pairings for Round 3. Toronto Open 2010: U1800
Bd # Res White # Res Black
30 9 Magas Yusuf 4 Richard Wing
31 5 Mario Moran-venegas 13 Ferdinand Cale
32 2 Chris Takov 15 Kevin Wan
33 14 Doug Gillis 1 Travis Li
34 6 Jackie Peng 12 Zehn Nasir
35 11 Shafkat Ali 7 John R Brown
36 8 Nathan Farrant-diaz 18 Patrick Yu
37 20 Mark Bercovici 19 Bryant Yang
38 10 Richard Marks 16 Jayson Huang
17 1 Jack Maguire BYE
21 ½ Jeff Pancer BYE
22 ½ Kevork Garabedian BYE
3 ½ Bruce Dowling BYE


Pairings for Round 3. Toronto Open 2010: U1600
Bd # Res White # Res Black
40 3 Hanyuan Ye 14 Wayne Siu
41 16 Jesus Vera 4 Michael Rogers
42 17 George Cook 6 Rebecca Giblon
43 8 Qiang Li 43 Derick Twesigye
44 35 Jack Ding 9 Stephen Ye
45 32 Anton Zverev 42 Lali Agbabishvili
46 10 Michael Pu 1 James Mourgelas
47 24 Eric Song 2 Mario Umana
48 5 Andre Siegel 27 Sergey Noritsyn
49 12 Colin B Archibald 25 Stephen Yu
50 26 Jiaxin Liu 13 Lin [xin] Song
51 28 Kevin Yi-xiao Yie 15 Andrew Giblon
52 31 Alexandre Michelasvili 18 Eli Teram
53 20 Claudio Sottile 40 Kevork Garabedian
54 34 Anthony Maulucci 21 Muhammad H Muhammad Nizam
55 44 Griffen Emmaque 23 Jason Xi
56 7 Daniel Zotkin 11 M Hassan Pishdad
57 19 Bob Du 22 Derek Green
58 38 Dave Xie 29 Melissa Giblon
59 30 Daniel Molev 37 Janet Peng
60 41 Milan Cvetkovic 33 Ernesto Villaluz
61 36 Gleb Gariaev 39 Aterya Gupta


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Alex Ferreira

[Alex Ferreira]

Hi,


Tentative Pairings from Bryan, Round 5 (U1800 likely to change).


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Pairings for Round 5. Toronto Open 2010: OPEN
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 1 Artiom Samsonkin 5 Roman Sapozhnikov
2 2 Bator Sambuev 6 David Cummings
3 7 Bindi Cheng 3 Nikolay Noritsyn
4 13 Zi Yi [joey] Qin 4 Shiyam Thavandiran
5 20 Michael Humphreys 12 Vinny Puri
6 8 Victor Plotkin 17 Ilia Bluvshtein
7 31 David Itkin 9 Alexander Martchenko
8 22 Yuriy Kryvoshlyk 14 Liam Henry
9 18 David Filipovich 28 Ismail Ibrahim
10 10 Michael Dougherty 19 Paul Gelis
11 26 Pavel Peev 11 Aman Hambleton
12 15 Nikita Gusev 25 Vladimir Drkulec
13 16 Wajdy Shebetah 27 Daniel Abrahams
14 29 Kevin Wu 24 Gordon Olheiser
23 ½ Brian Fiedler BYE
30 ½ Stuart Brammall BYE


Pairings for Round 5. Toronto Open 2010: U2200
Bd # Res White # Res Black
15 1 Michael Kleinman 6 Simon Gladstone
16 2 Jesse B Wang 5 Dalia Kagramanov
17 10 Stuart Brammall 4 Stephan Tonakanian
18 9 Bernd Hahn 11 Ian Mahoney
19 7 Kevin Zhou 8 Zhiyuan Zhang


Pairings for Round 5. Toronto Open 2010: U2000
Bd # Res White # Res Black
20 1 Omaray M Shah 2 Haizhou Xu
21 6 Oleg Tseluiko 4 Bill Kim
22 5 Victor Itkin 13 Mike Ivanov
23 10 Mark Plotkin 7 Michael Song
24 11 Guannan Terry Song 8 Dmitry Chernik
25 16 Yuanchen Zhang 14 Nicholas Gellner
26 20 Roy Posaratnanathan 12 Alex Rapoport
27 17 Robert J Armstrong 21 Juliaan Posaratnanathan
28 19 Tony [juntao] Lin 22 Genadi Medvedev
29 9 Jonathan Farine 3 Uwe Hahnewald
15 ½ Joseph Bellissimo BYE



(a last minute withdrawal last night by Travis Li is likely to affect the below pairings)

Pairings for Round 5. Toronto Open 2010: U1800
Bd # Res White # Res Black
30 14 Ferdinand Cale 9 Magas Yusuf
31 16 Kevin Wan 3 Bruce Dowling
32 4 Richard Wing 19 Patrick Yu
33 7 John R Brown 8 Nathan Farrant-diaz
34 6 Jackie Peng 1 Travis Li
35 5 Mario Moran-venegas 15 Doug Gillis
36 12 Shafkat Ali 20 Bryant Yang
37 21 Mark Bercovici 13 Zehn Nasir
38 18 Jack Maguire 11 Richard Marks
39 17 Jayson Huang 22 Jeff Pancer
10 ½ Genadi Medvedev BYE

Pairings for Round 5. Toronto Open 2010: U1600
Bd # Res White # Res Black
40 3 Hanyuan Ye 35 Jack Ding
41 4 Michael Rogers 43 Derick Twesigye
42 8 Qiang Li 31 Alexandre Michelasvili
43 9 Stephen Ye 32 Anton Zverev
44 42 Lali Agbabishvili 14 Wayne Siu
45 44 Griffen Emmaque 17 George Cook
46 7 Daniel Zotkin 2 Mario Umana
47 10 Michael Pu 6 Rebecca Giblon
48 12 Colin B Archibald 20 Claudio Sottile
49 24 Eric Song 13 Lin [xin] Song
50 26 Jiaxin Liu 15 Andrew Giblon
51 16 Jesus Vera 25 Stephen Yu
52 19 Bob Du 37 Janet Peng
53 28 Kevin Yi-xiao Yie 21 Muhammad H Muhammad Nizam
54 29 Melissa Giblon 23 Jason Xi
55 22 Derek Green 27 Sergey Noritsyn
56 30 Daniel Molev 1 James Mourgelas
57 18 Eli Teram 36 Gleb Gariaev
58 40 Kevork Garabedian 11 M Hassan Pishdad
59 39 Aterya Gupta 38 Dave Xie
33 ½ Ernesto Villaluz BYE
41 ½ Milan Cvetkovic BYE

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Alex Ferreira