Greater Toronto Chess League 2019

[William Li]

Hi everyone,

As a NON-PROFIT and VOLUNTEER-BASED organization,

WILLOWDALE CHESS CLUB PRESENTS:
GREATER TORONTO CHESS LEAGUE 2019

Date: First Round starts on January 15, 2019

Venue: 4169 Bathurst Street (Earl Bales Community Centre), near Sheppard and Bathurst intersection

Format: Teams from different clubs or organizations will compete against each other in a Round Robin.
Each team shall consist of 4 players; however, there is no limit on the number of substitute players.

Rounds: Rounds are played on consecutive Tuesdays at 7:00 pm sharp.

Time Control: 60 minutes for the game and a 10-second increment each move from move one (G/60'+10")

Deadline: The deadline for team entries will be December 31, 2018, 11:59 pm.

Entry Fee: FREE

Rated: This event will be CFC rated. CFC membership in good standing is required. CFC Membership
payable to William Li (onsite): $32 for Juniors, $48 for Adults. May also be paid online at:
http://chess.ca/products/membership-fees

Prizes: Trophy for all players and the title of Greater Toronto Chess League Champion will be awarded to the winning team (Current champion: Hart House Chess Club).

Main Criteria: Match Points (accumulated team matches, 2 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss);
1st Tiebreak: Game Points (accumulated individual games);
2nd Tiebreak: Results between the teams in the same point group according to Match Points.

Registration: Entries are emailed to Tournament Coordinator William Li: william.li.2247@outlook.com

Chess sets and boards are provided by the Willowdale Chess Club. No clocks are provided. Each team
must bring a minimum of 2 chess clocks.
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Each field below (apart from 'Substitutes') is required. Players must be listed in rating order.
TEAM NAME:
CAPTAIN:
PLAYERS(list below):
Board 1:
Board 2:
Board 3:
Board 4:
Substitutes (please list in order, from top to bottom):
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Anyone wishing to make changes to their team after the deadline (Dec. 31st) or during the tournament MUST notify the Tournament Coordinator (myself) at least 48 hours before the upcoming round.
The order of players is final once registration is submitted; however, new players may be recruited during the tournament, and must be slotted appropriately.
Please refer to torontochess.org for GTCL 2019 Handbook and regulations.

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The standings of the most recent Greater Toronto Chess League (2018) can be found here: http://chess-results.com/tnr324177.a...&art=46&wi=821
The upcoming one is Greater Toronto Chess League 2019, taking place starting January 15th as mentioned above in this post.

PRE-REGISTERED LIST (as of December 30, 2018; 2:00 AM):

1) Covfefe (Rating average - 2353):
Team Captain: Victor Plotkin
1st Board: FM Victor Plotkin (2391)
2nd Board: FM Mark Plotkin (2404)
3rd Board: FM Mike Ivanov (2382)
4th Board: NM Zehn Nasir (2236)
1st Substitute: Max Rusonik (2046)
2nd Substitute: Greg Rusonik (1870)

2) Chess Stars (Rating average - 2280):
Captain: Michael Barron
1st Board: WGM Anna Burtasova (2257 FIDE)
2nd Board: NM Viatcheslav [Slava] Rek (2327)
3rd Board: IM Michael Barron (2292)
4th Board: NM Michael Kimelman (2244)
1st Substitute: NM Ilia Bluvshtein (2227)
2nd Substitute: Sasha Starr (2144)
3rd Substitute: WIM Nava Starr (2112)

3) Aurora Chess Club (Rating average - 2263):
Captain: Egidijus Zeromskis
1st Board: IM David Cummings (2395)
2nd Board: FM Michael Dougherty (2238)
3rd Board: CM Dorian Kang (2202)
4th Board: NM Egidijus Zeromskis (2217)
1st Substitute: David Macleod (2030)
2nd Substitute: Michael Jacobs (1825)
3rd Substitute: Rob Bradshaw (1729)

4) Hart House Chess Club (Rating average - 2257):
Captain: Leon Perelman
1st Board: NM Lali Agbabishvili (2296)
2nd Board: NM Haizhou Xu (2282)
3rd Board: Leon Perelman (2230)
4th Board: NM Jonathan Yu (2219)
1st Substitute: Kit-Sun Ng (2206)
2nd Substitute: Wenlu Yu (2121)
3rd Substitute: Alex T. Ferreira (2080)
4th Substitute: NM Andrei Moffat (2074)
5th Substitute: Robert Roller (2031)
6th Substitute: Ben Hahn (1777)

5) Pinoy Chess Club: (Rating average - 2233):
Captain: Jelvis Calvelo
1st Board: FM Eduardo D. Teodoro IV (2334)
2nd Board: Ryan Franco (2272)
3rd Board: Merlin Nazareno (2233)
4th Board: Ranel Lauron (2094)
1st Substitute: Andrew Picana (2044)
2nd Substitute: Jelvis Calvelo (1924)
3rd Substitute: Armand Jess Mendoza (1898)
4th Substitute: Joey Orozco (1834)
5th Substitute: Trifelino Miaco (1819)

6) Scarborough Chess Club A (Rating average - 2209):
Captain: William Li
1st Board: NM William Li (2269)
2nd Board: NM Jeffrey Xu (2244)
3rd Board: NM Sean Lei (2166)
4th Board: NM Harry Zhao (2158)
1st Substitute: Brian Jiang (2099)
2nd Substitute: Benjamin Lin (2079)
3rd Substitute: Wing Li (1616)
4th Substitute: Henry Xianrui Zhang (1517)

7) Willowdale Chess Club (Rating average - 2161):
Captain: Dmitry Chernik
1st Board: WFM Oksana Golubeva (2201)
2nd Board: NM Vladimir Birarov (2182)
3rd Board: Alexander Strugach (2145)
4th Board: Dmitry Chernik (1997)
1st Substitute: Denis Ryadnov (2114)
2nd Substitute: Isai Berengolts (2099)
3rd Substitute: Benjamin Fradkin (2045)
4th Substitute: Stephan Tonakanian (2054)
5th Substitute: Vadim Khachaturov (1956)

8) Scarborough Chess Club B (Rating average - 2092):
1st Board: Max Chen (2224)
2nd Board: Raymond Gao (2059)
3rd Board: Eric Ning (2056)
4th Board: Jeffrey R. Zhao (2027)
1st Substitute: Youhe Huang (1960)
2nd Substitute: William [Zhimao] Gao (1654)
3rd Substitute: Toy Chack Kwan (1604)
4th Substitute: Kevin Han (1405)

9) North York Beavers (Rating average - 1780):
Team Captain: Oswald Barmasch
1st Board: Yury Cheryachukin (2006)
2nd Board: Chris Udrea (1871)
3rd Board: Hooshang Ab-barin (1762)
4th Board: Pavel Chabourov (1482)
1st Substitute: Oswald Barmasch (1373)
2nd Substitute: M. Hassan Pishdad (1032)

10) Manila Chess Club (Rating average - 1746):
Team Captain: Erwin Casareno
1st Board: NM Erwin Casareno (2073)
2nd Board: NM Ruperto Frilles (2041)
3rd Board: Glenda Baylon (1871)
4th Board: Boris Iriarrtv (UNR)
1st Substitute: Ernesto Sarabia (UNR)
2nd Substitute: Ferdinand Tecson (UNR)
3rd Substitute: James Casareno (UNR)


Total - 10 teams

[William Li]

One more month till registration deadline.

[William Li]

Reminder that the deadline to submit teams is December 31, 2018 11:59pm.

This championship has always comprised many strong teams.

Last year's results can be found here: http://chess-results.com/tnr324177.aspx?lan=1

[William Li]

Several teams have already registered. For anyone else who is interested in competing but hasn't registered their team yet, keep in mind that the registration deadline is December 31st which is less than 2 weeks away. Everyone is welcome to join.

[William Li]

ONE more week until registration deadline.

5 teams, all who comprise very strong players from the GTA, have registered so far. 3 more clubs have expressed their interest in participating and will submit their registration soon. I myself will be playing as part of a team.

This tournament is absolutely free of charge.

Everyone is welcome.

The more teams participating, the merrier.

The winning team will be presented and recognized with the title of Greater Toronto Chess League 2019 Champion.

Happy holidays!

[Gary Hua]

Hi William,

Can we know who are 5 teams so far and the 3 interested teams ?

Players may like to know who they can play against before they form a team.

[Gary Hua]

Hi William,

Can we know who are 5 teams so far and the 3 interested teams ?

Players may like to know who they can play against before they form a team.

[William Li]

Gary,

Thanks for your suggestion. I was actually planning to post the pre-registered list on chess-results either today or tomorrow but there is a latency which will soon be resolved.

The list will be added under the initial post of this thread shortly.

[William Li]

Bump - the pre-registered list has been updated. I will continue to update this thread as registrations flow in.

Starting January 6th, everything will be moved to chess-results.com, including the standings and scheduled pairings for this round robin event.

[William Li]

Back-to-back Defending Champion (2017-2018) Hart House CC has just officially registered.

Greater Toronto Chess League 2019 is at 9 teams at the moment! The most amount of participating teams we ever had were 9 teams.

3 more days to register if you haven't!

Captains: Please check the first post of this thread to make sure your roster is inputted correctly.

[William Li]

With one day to go before registration closes, Aurora Chess Club has registered their team.

While the detailed tournament information will remain on the original post of this thread, the standings are now posted on chess-results.com

The scheduled pairings for all rounds will be posted on chess-results no later than January 7th.

The results after each round will be updated on chess-results.

Any further updates on the tournament will be made on chess-results under "Greater Toronto Chess League Championship 2019".

[William Li]

11 teams will be participating in the Greater Toronto Chess League 2019.

Pairings for all rounds are posted on: http://chess-results.com/tnr404270.aspx?lan=1&art=2

Tournament will commence on Tuesday January 15th, 2019, 7 p.m.