2025 Canadian Closed

[David Ottosen]

Please note that the venue was moved to the Don Arts Academy to accommodate more players.

Also, there will be a bonus $1,000 for the sole winner of the event on top of the guaranteed $1,000, thanks to a generous sponsor who whishes to remain anonymous.

For more clarity, the prize fund for the Canadian Closed Championship will be distributed as follows: The winner is guaranteed a $1,000 prize. If multiple players tie for first place, the total prize fund—including prizes for second and third place, if applicable—will be evenly distributed among them.

However, an additional $1,000 bonus is available if there is a sole winner. In the event of a tie for first place, an Armageddon game will determine the ultimate champion, who will receive this bonus on top of their share of the initial prize.

Just to point out that an Armageddon game doesn't work well in a 3 or more way tie. Should probably also clarify if the Olympiad bonus points are shared or impacted by this.

[Victor Plotkin]

You have a good point, David. I will talk to organizers and announce bonus rules in advance, before the start of the tournament. 2 years ago we dealt with different situation. 3 players (Noritsyn, Rodrigue-Lemieux and Sambuev) shared 1-3 place and got equal money each, but the winner (Nikolay) got 20 bonus points and the runner-up (Shawn) got 10 according to tie-breaks.

[Heidi Gay]

Just to point out that an Armageddon game doesn't work well in a 3 or more way tie. Should probably also clarify if the Olympiad bonus points are shared or impacted by this.

Thanks for your comment. The scenario regarding a three way tie on points has been covered in the full tournament regulations for the playoffs. Essentially, the players will be seeded by computer tiebreaks. 2 will play 3, and the winner will play 1.

We will discuss the Olympiad bonus points with Victor in the event of a tie.

[Erik Malmsten]

This site is very, very close to the Main subway station. Cross Main Street through the Stanley G. Grizzle Park and playground and it's the building to the left. It has two floors and used to be the East Toronto Masonic Temple. The Danforth GO train station is also close, a block south of Danforth.

The site has a small parking lot for around 20 cars. I don't know the policy of parking across the street in the two Sobey's parking lots, or Canadian Tire further east.

Next to the subway station is coffee and custard tarts, then on the corner the falafel shop I go to once a week. Further east is Duckworth's Fish n Chips, a Comedy Bar, Looking Glass escape room, Pizza Nova, and Bangla Town.

Next to the tournament hall is Kentucky Fried Chicken. A couple of blocks west are coffee, bars, pizza, and sushi places.

Further south on Main is a brew pub, coffee, roti, and an outdoor chess table in front of the library. The Main bus goes down to the Beach.

My only concern is I don't know if the site will hear the rumble of the subway trains underneath or the firetrucks along the Danforth.

[Heidi Gay]

The hall for the Closed is situated above ground level, and should be well clear of subway trains. It's also used as a theater and production space so sound insulation is also quite good re: firetrucks.

REMINDER: EARLY BIRD ends this Friday, February 28 at 11:59pm EST!

We have 3 GMs and 10 IMs who have confirmed their participation as of this writing. They are:

• GM Razvan Preotu
• GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux
• GM Bator Sambuev
• IM Anthony Atanasov
• IM Michael Barron
• IM Arthur Calugar
• IM Duong Thanh Nha
• IM Mike Ivanov
• IM Aaron Reeve Mendes
• IM Nikolay Noritsyn
• IM Mark Plotkin
• IM Artiom Samsonkin
• IM Rohan Talukdar

We have also secured a group hotel rate at the Town Inn Suites. More information on the tournament page: https://2025canclosed.square.site

[Erik Malmsten]

This site is very, very close to the Main subway station. Cross Main Street through the Stanley G. Grizzle Park and playground and it's the building to the left. It has two floors and used to be the East Toronto Masonic Temple. The Danforth GO train station is also close, a block south of Danforth.

The site has a small parking lot for around 20 cars. I don't know the policy of parking across the street in the two Sobey's parking lots, or Canadian Tire further east.

Next to the subway station is coffee and custard tarts, then on the corner the falafel shop I go to once a week. Further east is Duckworth's Fish n Chips, a Comedy Bar, Looking Glass escape room, Pizza Nova, and Bangla Town.

Next to the tournament hall is Kentucky Fried Chicken. A couple of blocks west are coffee, bars, pizza, and sushi places.

Further south on Main is a brew pub, coffee, roti, and an outdoor chess table in front of the library. The Main bus goes down to the Beach.

My only concern is I don't know if the site will hear the rumble of the subway trains underneath or the firetrucks along the Danforth.

The weekend parking at Sobey's costs $3 to 6pm and $3 after. It was mostly full of cars this past weekend afternoon.

A couple of blocks west,on the south side of Danforth there is the large Budapest Hungarian Restaurant for a filling meal. Great for a group of meat eaters.

Just north of the Danforth Go train station there is a community centre with a pool, exercise room and a ping pong table. Open from 7 am to 5pm, it costs around $5 for adults, $3 for kids.

[Heidi Gay]

A reminder that the our accommodation group rate with Town Inn Suites expires on March 16, for those who are coming from out of town and are thinking of playing.

We currently have 47 players registered in the Closed and 24 in the Women's Closed, and 103 players in total including the festival. We are at 43% capacity, so be sure to register as spots are filling up!

[Heidi Gay]

REMINDER: One week before the regular registration period ends at 11:59pm on March 31st!

We currently have 51 players registered in the Closed and 31 in the Women's Closed and are at 57% capacity. With prices going up on April 1, we are anticipating many spots to be sold over the next 7 days, so be sure to get yours sooner rather than later!