Hart House Reading Week Open - Report

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    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
    Last edited by Alex Ferreira; Monday, 23rd February, 2009, 06:53 PM.

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    Re: Hart House Reading Week Open - Report

    I'd say a big thanks to YOU Alex, for putting so many hours of hard work into this pleasant event! You stayed on top of things and solved every issue that arouse in a timely manner (setting up the additional lighting etc...a note on that: it was my biggest fear not to trip because of the wires but unlike others I got lucky! :D)

    I guess it must've been hard just sitting in the stands rather than playing...

    Best of luck in organising many other events at Hart House and hope to see many familiar faces at the Toronto Open!

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    • #3
      Re: Hart House Reading Week Open - Report

      For those who missed or who would like to remember some photos:
      http://www.kris-egis.com/egisphoto/t...s.php?album=17



      Some people asked not to publish their photos. If you feel uncomfortable please let me know as well. I tried/do my best.

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      • #4
        Re: Hart House Reading Week Open - Report

        Originally posted by Alex Ferreira View Post
        Hart House Chess Club
        During the tournament Erik M. brought me a big bag old chess publications. They are mostly from 197x. Today I've started a detail reading. The one small interesting article:
        "Ex-world champion Mikhail Botvinnik played 20 board simultaneous at Hart House on Aug.11...."
        His only loss was published as well. I could not find in any database that game (Erik warned me that most games have not yet found their way to databases). Thus for your records:

        [Event "simul at Toronto Hart House"]
        [Site "?"]
        [Date "1977.08.11"]
        [Round "?"]
        [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
        [Black "Demanuelle, Fred"]
        [Result "0-1"]
        [ECO "E66"]
        [PlyCount "86"]

        1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 d6 8. d5 Nb8 9. e4 Nbd7 10. h3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Bd2 h6 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. Qc2 Ne8 16. Rad1 Nc7 17. Bf1 Ne5 18. Nh2 f5 19. f4 Nf7 20. Bd3 e6 21. dxe6 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe6 23. Bxg6+ Kh8 24. Rxe6 Nxe6 25. Ng4 Nd4 26. Qd3 Qd7 27. Kg2 Rbe8 28. Ne3 Re6 29. Be4 Rf6 30. Bd5 Ne5 31. Qe4 Nef3 32. Ng4 Rf5 33. Bc1 Re8 34. Qd3 Ne1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1 36. Be3 h5 37. Nh2 Rf8 38. Ne4 Re2+ 39. Bf2 Qf5 40. Nf3 Rxb2 41. Nh4 Qh7 42. Qd1 Nf5 43. Nf3 Ne3+ 0-1

        May somebody correct the black last name, as the same page two different spellings: Fred Demanuelle and Dr. Demanuele.

        The game reminded mine against Alvah Mayo, but I've handled a position much more worse
        Last edited by Egidijus Zeromskis; Thursday, 26th February, 2009, 10:47 PM.

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        • #5
          Re: Hart House Reading Week Open - Report

          http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=27279 spells it with an undoubled L, but they are also looking for updates in misformed spellings, etc too.

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          • #6
            Re: Hart House Reading Week Open - Report

            I remember watching that simul! I believe Botvinnik was in town in connection with the World Microcomputer Chess Championships (he was an expert in the field). I recall he looked really old compared to the pictures I had seen of him - he was in his seventies by then.

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