Hart House Summer Open - Report

[Alex Ferreira]

Hi everyone,


This past weekend's Summer Open at Hart House was a great success!
134 players came out to break our previous records, and made every section very competitive. The weather was beautiful in contrast to last year's heat wave. Apart from starting nearly one hour late on Friday night, this seems to have been our most smooth-ran tournament so far.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Bryan Lamb for a terrific job as always, who knows exactly what to do at every situation. Thanks are also in order to my colleagues who help set-up the tournament and assist on-site: Bill Kim, Leon Perelman, Stuart Brammall, Geordie Derraugh, Daniel Abrahams, Tyler Longo, Robert Roller, Kit Ng and Day Milman. A special thanks to our volunteer Claudio Sottile for the on-site assistance, to Omar Shah for donating some books as prizes and finally to John Brown for helping as an extra player to play against those with forced byes.
Lets not forget the Hart House Staff, in particular Dagny and Nigel who had to shift the lighting on a couple of occasions throughout the weekend.
Truly a team effort!

Thank you all for coming out to our tournament, and hope everyone enjoyed it! The next event at Hart House will be in December, most likely to weekend before Christmas. However, there will be plenty of upcoming events around the Greater Toronto Area in the months to come:

- Windsor July Swiss (July 18th)
- London July Open (July 25th)
- Canadian Amateur Championships (Kitchener - July 31 to August 3)
- Hamilton Summer Open (August 22-23)
- Toronto Labour Day at Macedonian Community Hall (September 5, 6, 7)
- Thanksgiving Weekend Macedonian Community Hall (Toronto - October 10, 11, 12)
- KW (Kitchener) Oktoberfest (October 16, 17, 18)
- Chessca in Elora (dates TBA)

Several of the above events can be (or will be in the near future) found in detail at:
http://www.chess.ca/ontario.htm


Alex Ferreira
Hart House Chess Club
Director of Communications


PS. The entire message has too many characters, so I will post Final Standings separately.

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Final Standings: Open, U2200, U2000, U1800

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Open Section

Congratulations to FM Igor Divljan, who came out alone on top with a very impressive 4.5/5 points, conceding only a half point to Artiom Samsonkin with the black pieces in Round 4. IM Samsonkin and IM Nikolay Noritsyn finished joint second and third with 4.0 points each.
Although most of the additional-to-advertised prize money went into the lower section, we added also a prize for the top player rated under 2300 in the top section. This was split by Arthur Calugar and Wajdy Shebetah, who ended with 3.5 each.

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Igor Divljan 109214 2384 W20 W13 W14 D2 W7 4.5
2 IM Artiom Samsonkin 146305 2612 W15 W17 W12 D1 D3 4.0
3 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 132534 2508 W9 W8 D4 W11 D2 4.0
4 Victor Plotkin 142063 2310 W22 W11 D3 D12 D6 3.5
5 Wajdy Shebetah 148432 2226 D25 D15 W19 H--- W12 3.5
6 Arthur Calugar 130889 2224 L11 W25 W26 W14 D4 3.5
7 Roman Sapozhnikov 138609 2358 W21 L14 W20 W17 L1 3.0
8 Andrei Moffat 108272 2252 W23 L3 W21 H--- D10 3.0
9 Aman Hambleton 129797 2206 L3 W22 L11 W19 W17 3.0
10 Michael Kleinman 132631 2096 B--- L12 W13 D15 D8 3.0
11 GM Bator Sambuev 146462 2623 W6 L4 W9 L3 D15 2.5
12 Laszlo Bekefi 112778 2367 W16 W10 L2 D4 L5 2.5
13 Hugues Massé 125461 2256 W24 L1 L10 D21 W20 2.5
14 Erwin Casareno 146639 2244 W19 W7 L1 L6 D16 2.5
15 Egidijus Zeromskis 147050 2210 L2 D5 W25 D10 D11 2.5
16 Mavros Whissell 112769 2176 L12 W23 L17 W26 D14 2.5
17 Eddie Mark 124525 2344 W18 L2 W16 L7 L9 2.0
18 Daniel Abrahams 134333 2032 L17 L20 D23 D25 W22 2.0
19 John W Chidley-hill 108085 1903 L14 W27 L5 L9 W24 2.0
20 Michael Humphreys 131628 2191 L1 W18 L7 D22 L13 1.5
21 Saeid Sadeghi 139655 2170 L7 W24 L8 D13 U--- 1.5
22 Randel Eng USCF 2019 L4 L9 W24 D20 L18 1.5
23 Aaron Wu 141397 1961 L8 L16 D18 L24 W25 1.5
24 Vladimir Drkulec 102868 2019 L13 L21 L22 W23 L19 1.0
25 James Fu 147873 1740 D5 L6 L15 D18 L23 1.0
26 Ken Le 111318 1714 H--- H--- L6 L16 U--- 1.0
27 Michael Perez 139271 1806 U--- L19 U--- U--- U--- 0.0

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U2200 Section

This section saw David Southam and Geordie Derraugh share first with 4.0/5 points, without conceding a loss. Nikita Gusev and Bill Peng shared 3rd place with 3.5 points.

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 David Southam 102535 2130 D10 W13 W4 W9 D3 4.0
2 Geordie Derraugh 132393 2044 H--- D11 W18 W5 W9 4.0
3 Nikita Gusev 128168 2138 H--- D10 W14 W7 D1 3.5
4 Bill Peng 149175 2022 D15 W8 L1 W17 W11 3.5
5 Kit-sun Ng 101676 2091 L18 W12 W6 L2 W15 3.0
6 Richard Leu 137946 1944 W16 L7 L5 W14 W17 3.0
7 Bernd Hahn 147880 1626 W20 W6 D9 L3 D8 3.0
8 Steve Demmery 109477 2175 H--- L4 W15 D11 D7 2.5
9 Ruperto Frilles 102447 2164 W12 W18 D7 L1 L2 2.5
10 Alexandru Florea 138594 1973 D1 D3 L11 H--- W16 2.5
11 Brent Zhang 137853 1925 D19 D2 W10 D8 L4 2.5
12 Jesse B Wang 139566 2006 L9 L5 D13 B--- D14 2.0
13 Kevin Wu 141912 1926 D17 L1 D12 L15 W18 2.0
14 Simon Gladstone 132497 1857 H--- W17 L3 L6 D12 2.0
15 Ben Olden-cooligan 146103 1749 D4 D16 L8 W13 L5 2.0
16 Vladimir Rubanovski 125766 2101 L6 D15 L17 W18 L10 1.5
17 Hugh Siddeley 120619 2100 D13 L14 W16 L4 L6 1.5
18 Bill Kim 143979 1792 W5 L9 L2 L16 L13 1.0
19 Michael Kleinman 132631 2096 D11 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5
20 Ming Fang 107498 1660 L7 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0

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U2000 Section

Dominating the field was the youngster Kostantin Semianiuk, who went 4/4 and could easily afford a draw in the last round to clinch clear first with 4.5/5
Conceding a point only to the above, a determined Omar Shah took 2nd place with 4 points. Topping the field in a 4-way tie for 3rd with 3.5 points each were Leon Perelman, Mickey Stein, Jonathan Farine and Steven H. Liu

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Konstantin Semianiuk 144290 1921 W18 W13 W2 W6 D3 4.5
2 Omaray M Shah 121329 1921 W25 W15 L1 W4 W10 4.0
3 Leon Perelman 146258 1913 W22 D6 W8 H--- D1 3.5
4 Mickey Stein 105756 1895 D12 W17 W19 L2 W11 3.5
5 Jonathan Farine 148113 1894 D20 H--- W15 D10 W12 3.5
6 Steven H Liu 144080 1768 W7 D3 W11 L1 W13 3.5
7 Sam Haziprodromu 106156 1869 L6 W9 L13 W17 W14 3.0
8 Matthew Nicholson 148663 1843 W9 W16 L3 L11 W18 3.0
9 Randy Moysoski 106342 1915 L8 L7 H--- W15 W20 2.5
10 Joshua Sherman 144224 1895 D19 D12 W18 D5 L2 2.5
11 Devon Thomas 142296 1880 H--- W20 L6 W8 L4 2.5
12 Boris Iriarte 149563 1810 D4 D10 D17 W19 L5 2.5
13 Victor Itkin 142274 1782 B--- L1 W7 H--- L6 2.5
14 Erik Malmsten 100196 1897 L15 L18 B--- W20 L7 2.0
15 Pacifico Cortez 149343 1822 W14 L2 L5 L9 B--- 2.0
16 Ming Fang 107498 1660 B--- L8 H--- H--- U--- 2.0
17 Richard Douglas 131191 1858 H--- L4 D12 L7 D21 1.5
18 David Itkin 140216 1851 L1 W14 L10 H--- L8 1.5
19 Michael Perez 139271 1806 D10 B--- L4 L12 U--- 1.5
20 Kevin Zhou 147545 1802 D5 L11 W22 L14 L9 1.5
21 Stuart Brammall 145597 1764 U--- U--- U--- W24 D17 1.5
22 Bruce Dowling 112688 1826 L3 H--- L20 U--- U--- 0.5
23 Doug Gillis 111022 1726 U--- U--- U--- U--- D24 0.5
24 John R Brown 102882 1673 U--- U--- U--- L21 D23 0.5
25 Ken Le 111318 1714 L2 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0

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U1800 Section

Steele Roddick came out on top without losing a game and having played the remaining of the top of the table, finishing 4.0/5
In a 4-way tie for 2nd and 3rd were Silvano Mesiti, Dean Ward, Mike Ivanov and Tony Lin, who finished with 3.5 points.
The book prize on performance tie-break went to Roy Posaratnanathan, who ended with 3.0 points.

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Steele Roddick 149118 1778 W4 W8 W3 D2 D6 4.0
2 Silvano Mesiti 107489 1778 W7 D16 W10 D1 D3 3.5
3 Dean Ward 102060 1750 W9 W5 L1 W6 D2 3.5
4 Mike Ivanov 140557 1676 L1 W17 W12 W8 D7 3.5
5 Tony [juntao] Lin 148229 1432 B--- L3 D11 W12 W10 3.5
6 Arkadiy Ugodnikov 146626 1748 W14 D10 W16 L3 D1 3.0
7 Jonathan Lai 136062 1686 L2 H--- W15 W16 D4 3.0
8 Roy Posaratnanathan 146058 1621 W12 L1 W13 L4 W11 3.0
9 Michael Song 144236 1607 L3 D14 H--- D13 W16 2.5
10 Joseph Bellissimo 147544 1487 W17 D6 L2 W14 L5 2.5
11 Gheorghe Buzila 145489 1760 D13 L12 D5 W15 L8 2.0
12 Richard Wing 103265 1758 L8 W11 L4 L5 W17 2.0
13 Jacob Stein 108627 1650 D11 D15 L8 D9 D14 2.0
14 Juliaan Posaratnanathan 146059 1528 L6 D9 W17 L10 D13 2.0
15 Doug Gillis 111022 1726 L16 D13 L7 L11 B--- 1.5
16 Mark Bercovici 148103 1513 W15 D2 L6 L7 L9 1.5
17 Nadia Szucs 127500 1693 L10 L4 L14 W18 L12 1.0
18 Phillip Zhu 147738 1089 U--- U--- U--- L17 U--- 0.0

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[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Final Standings: U1600 & Team

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U1600 Section (including U1400 and UNR prizes)

This section was by far the biggest with 51 players, including everyone U1400. Given the massive turn-out, we increased the prize fund in the U1400 category.

Three players stood above the field. Ferdinand Cale won the U1600 section, Frank Wang took top spot in U1400 and Jose Jimwil Avila was the best unrated player. All finished with 4.5/5

Splitting 2nd and 3rd place in the U1600 category were juniors Mark Plotkin and Jackie Peng. In the U1400 category Shafkat Ali and Samir Hossain split 2nd and 3rd. The above four players all finished with 4.0/5.
The book prize was won by Steve Karpik, who finished alone with 3.5/5

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Ferdinand Cale 136339 1522 W35 W20 W19 W6 D2 4.5
2 Frank Wang 143998 1046 W28 W31 W14 W16 D1 4.5
3 Jose Jimwil Avila unr. W22 D29 W11 W18 W9 4.5
4 Mark Plotkin 141086 1536 L23 W38 W22 W29 W17 4.0
5 Jackie Peng 142388 1502 L36 W44 W33 W19 W21 4.0
6 Shafkat Ali 149142 1308 W25 W15 W13 L1 W12 4.0
7 Samir Hossain 149019 1248 H--- W26 D29 W13 W16 4.0
8 Steve Karpik 109746 1509 D46 W43 L18 W42 W23 3.5
9 Drake Lalonde 146414 1567 W10 W21 L16 W15 L3 3.0
10 Abdolreza Radpey 149018 1478 L9 W37 W34 L21 W33 3.0
11 Alex De Cal 149506 1469 W42 D23 L3 W30 D24 3.0
12 Michael Rogers 147329 1464 D43 W46 D23 W36 L6 3.0
13 Zehn Nasir 148198 1458 W47 W33 L6 L7 W34 3.0
14 James Denis Dylan Martin 147280 1453 W48 W41 L2 L23 W36 3.0
15 Tian Lan 146105 1440 W44 L6 W35 L9 W39 3.0
16 Babujie Arulsubramaniam 132243 1417 W37 W36 W9 L2 L7 3.0
17 Gabriel Azmitia 141018 1412 D38 D24 W41 W25 L4 3.0
18 Fred Lai 142380 1398 W39 H--- W8 L3 D20 3.0
19 Peter Odziemkowski 132974 1394 B--- W40 L1 L5 W31 3.0
20 Andrew Giblon 148421 1392 W50 L1 D24 W27 D18 3.0
21 Jack Maguire 144604 1390 W51 L9 W40 W10 L5 3.0
22 Magas Yusuf 148962 1380 L3 W49 L4 W47 W32 3.0
23 Daniel Zotkin 146857 1300 W4 D11 D12 W14 L8 3.0
24 Jesse Woolford 149020 1234 D27 D17 D20 W26 D11 3.0
25 Rebecca Giblon 141076 1556 L6 W47 W30 L17 D29 2.5
26 Kyle France 146307 1506 H--- L7 W43 L24 W35 2.5
27 Jesus Vera 107979 1468 D24 L30 W48 L20 W41 2.5
28 Eli Teram 107314 1438 L2 W39 L36 D41 W42 2.5
29 Yutong Luo 147163 1398 W49 D3 D7 L4 D25 2.5
30 Derek Green 135011 1154 H--- W27 L25 L11 W46 2.5
31 Lee Merrick 143033 1512 H--- L2 D46 W49 L19 2.0
32 Steven Leu 139357 1497 L41 D48 D38 W46 L22 2.0
33 M Hassan Pishdad 146931 1382 W45 L13 L5 W50 L10 2.0
34 Anthony Maulucci 145845 1324 L40 W50 L10 W38 L13 2.0
35 Ernesto Villaluz 146331 1296 L1 W45 L15 W40 L26 2.0
36 Sasha Chuchin 147910 1281 W5 L16 W28 L12 L14 2.0
37 Shaumik Baki 149505 1028 L16 L10 H--- D48 W51 2.0
38 Hanz Vora 147083 1018 D17 L4 D32 L34 W47 2.0
39 Sean Tao 147864 905 L18 L28 B--- W43 L15 2.0
40 Henry Peng unr. W34 L19 L21 L35 W48 2.0
41 Rachael Eng USCF 1250 W32 L14 L17 D28 L27 1.5
42 Jeff Pancer 107543 1237 L11 W51 H--- L8 L28 1.5
43 Kai Gauer 137273 1208 D12 L8 L26 L39 W49 1.5
44 Phillip Zhu 147738 1089 L15 L5 L50 B--- D45 1.5
45 Ed Smyk unr. L33 L35 L49 W51 D44 1.5
46 Yuanchen Zhang 148449 1287 D8 L12 D31 L32 L30 1.0
47 Yue Tong [davy] Zhao 148512 1118 L13 L25 W51 L22 L38 1.0
48 Jason Xi 148653 1114 L14 D32 L27 D37 L40 1.0
49 Larry House 134121 978 L29 L22 W45 L31 L43 1.0
50 Matthew Perez unr. L20 L34 W44 L33 U--- 1.0
51 Jacob Stocking unr. L21 L42 L47 L45 L37 0.0

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Last but not least, the Hart Attack took the team prize in a field of 11 teams. Team members were Dave Southam (4.0 in U2200 section), Geordie Derraugh (4.0 in U2200 section), Leon Perelman (3.5 in U2000 section) and Samir Hossain (4.0 in U1600 section). They finished with a combined score of 15.5 out of a possible 20 points.

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Alex Ferreira
Hart House Chess Club

[Eric Van Dusen]

Re: Hart House Summer Open - Report

Congratulations on another terrific Hart House tournament, Alex and Bryan!

Unfortunately, I could not make it this year.

Cheers, Eric Van Dusen.

[Mavros Whissell]

Re: Hart House Summer Open - Report

Hi Alex,

I did not draw withe Casereno in the last round - he won that game.

Excellent tournament, lovely venue, well ran! Congrats to Brian, Alex and crew for a memorable event.

Mavros

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Hart House Summer Open - Report

and hope everyone enjoyed it!

Yes

I almost spoiled my whole tournament with the shortest ever loss in the first round against IM A.Samsonkin. Nevertheless, managed to get into the form after several dozen blitz games. The last round gave fortune to play with the GM in a very ding-dong game.

Players/chess-moms/chess-dads were entertained by wedding ceremonials in the inner garden.