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Annex Chess Club will host a chess tournament eligible for players under 2100 CFC alongside the 2025 Canadian Closed from April 18 to April 21.
WHERE:The Don Arts Academy, 15 Chisholm Ave, Toronto, ON M4C 4V1 - EDIT
FORMAT: 7-round Swiss, rated CFC and FIDE.
Time control: 90 minutes with 30 seconds of increment from move 1.
0.5-point byes
SCHEDULE:
- Friday, April 18: Round 1, 10am; Round 2, 4pm
- Saturday, April 19: Round 3, 10am, Round 4, 4pm
- Sunday, April 20: Round 5, 10am
-Monday, April 21: Round 6, 10am, Round 7, 4pm
ENTRY FEES:
- Until March 31: $120 (ACC members $20 off)
- Until April 10: $140 (ACC members $20 off)
- April 10 - April 17: $150 for all
PRIZE FUND: $700 (Prior to Sponsorship if available, based on 100 paid entries across all events) - The Canadian Closed, min rating 2100, has a $2,400 prize fund (see separate post).
Play up will be permitted if within 100 points of the rating floor for $20. The FIDE April list and the CFC April 10 (April 17 if time permits) ratings will be used for section eligibility.
Updated Prize Fund:$1300 based on 200 paid registrations
There is also a typo in the original post. Late registrations end 16 April.
Last edited by Heidi Gay; Tuesday, 25 February, 2025, 06:54 PM.
Reminder - last day for Early bird registration for this event, and less than 30% capacity left. Prices will go up tomorrow.
175 players have registered so far, with 54 in the Canadian Closed, 37 in the Canadian Women's Closed, 44 in the Open, 40 in the two sections under 1800.
Yesterday Canadian Closed Championships, both Open and Women's, were completed! Congratulations to the winners: Nikolay Noritzin and Yunshan Li! Besides the winners I'd like to have a special notice of possible future stars of Canadian chess: Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (Open) and Deepak Laksshana (Women's): watch them out! Cross Tables and games are available on the Internet.
Special mention deserve ALL organizers, arbiters and volunteers:
Organizers
Salim Belcadi
Keith Denning
Heidi Gay
Arbiters
IA Omar Shah
FA Alex Ferreira
FA Heidi Gay
NA Keith Denning
NA Deepanshi Matai
NA Tanner McNamara
Volunteers
Michael Blair
Caitlin Denning
Melanie Directo
Clara Dolderman
Frank Helwig
Iris Lai
Erik Malmsten
Henry Prickett-Morgan
Grace Taylor
Edgar Zapata
Michelle Zhang
Cindy Zheng
Photography
Derek Ma
John Upper
The only regrets are: the playing site was not accessible to people with disabilities, no spectators were allowed and the broadcast had technical difficulties. The closest hotel was a 30 minutes a subway ride, so it was impossible to rest between the morning and the afternoon games. The possible solution is to have 1 game per day or have it played in the hotel. But that is maybe wishful thinking...
Thank you to all the arbiters, volunteers, and players for a fantastic event. Photos will be available shortly.
Here are the list of winners. Special prizes are across all sections:
Over 1800
1st - Anthony Maulucci (6/7)
2nd - Li Hongyi (5.5/7)
3rd - a 10(!)-way tie: Ryan Zhuoyuan Xu (who takes home the award after tiebreaks), Wang Bingfei, Triston Bai Li, Ekrem Tamkan, Rudra Sheth, Henry Daigneault, Austin Lin, Hong Zihan, Riyaan Lakhani, Ilia Bluvshtein (5/7)
Under 1800
1st - Wang Xiangbin, Arkadiy Ugodnikov (5.5/7) *Xiangbin took home the 1st place award after computer tiebreaks, the cash prize is split
3rd - Ethan Feng, Todd Westcott, Scott Ecksel (5/7) *Ethan took home the 3rd place award after computer tiebreaks, the cash prize is split Top ACC, Top Senior: Arkadiy Ugodnikov Top Female: Mishika Banerjee (3.5/7)
Under 1400
1st - Vincent Wei, Hari Amitkumar Patel (5.5/7) *Vincent took home the 1st place award after computer tiebreaks, the cash prize is split
3rd - Arjun Sai Sankar Babu, Aarit Mishra (5/7) *Arjun Sai took home the 3rd place award after computer tiebreaks, the cash prize is split Top Junior: Vincent Wei (U1400)
Last edited by Heidi Gay; Monday, 28 April, 2025, 02:32 PM.
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