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All this season matches will be held in Annex Chess Club during its regular club hours - Monday from 6:30 PM. Club information is here: http://annexchessclub.com/club/
It means teams don't have to worry about place to play and equipment, all will be provided. Many thanks to Annex Club for this.
We plan to start the League in January 2012, after both Toronto Junior and Toronto Women championships will be completed. Exact date to be announced later on.
Team application can be sent till the end of this year to:
Vladimir Birarov, GTCL Tournament Coordinator, vlady0101@yahoo.com
and/or
Michael Barron, GTCL President, barron045@yahoo.com
As per now, we have 4 clubs/teams who expressed their interest to play in GTCL League. These teams are:
Willowdale Club
Chess Academy of Canada
Annex Club
Knights of Chess
Line-ups are not confirmed yet. As a captain of the "Knights of Chess", I can give here our players (we still may add another player though):
Victor Plotkin
Vladimir Birarov
Mike Ivanov
Mark Plotkin
We have confirmed lineups from two other teams by now.
Willowdale Chess Club (Avg. rating 2094)
Michael Barron, 2266
Michael Kimelman, 2220
Dmitry Chernik, 2011 *
Alexander Strugach, 1964
Evgeni Tobolovsky, 1808
Leonid Strugach, 2293
Annex Chess Club (Avg. rating 2158)
Michael Humphreys, 2298
Rolando Renteria, 2289
David Southam, 2146
Pavel Peev, 2146
Wajdy Shebetah, 2086
Hugh Siddeley, 1982 *
Lineup of "Knights of Chess" hasn't changed. Knights of Chess (Avg. rating 2195)
Victor Plotkin, 2378
Vladimir Birarov, 2259 *
Mike Ivanov, 2156
Mark Plotkin, 1985
* - captain
Registration of teams is open till the end of the year.
First round is on Monday, Jan 9 at Annex Club, with consecutive rounds planned on every first Monday of the next months.
As per now, we have 4 clubs/teams who expressed their interest to play in GTCL League. These teams are:
Willowdale Club
Chess Academy of Canada
Annex Club
Knights of Chess
Couple of additions to the teams (new players marked with red):
Willowdale Chess Club (Avg. rating 2139) Michael Kleinman, 2408
Michael Barron, 2266
Michael Kimelman, 2220
Dmitry Chernik, 2011 *
Alexander Strugach, 1964
Evgeni Tobolovsky, 1808
Leonid Strugach, 2293
Annex Chess Club (Avg. rating 2158)
Michael Humphreys, 2298
Rolando Renteria, 2289
David Southam, 2146
Pavel Peev, 2146
Wajdy Shebetah, 2086
Hugh Siddeley, 1982 *
Knights of Chess (Avg. rating 2205)
Victor Plotkin, 2378
Vladimir Birarov, 2259 * Egidijus Zeromskis, 2248
Mike Ivanov, 2156
Mark Plotkin, 1985
and ... the lineup of Chess Academy of Canada (Avg. rating 2194)
Nikolay Noritsyn, 2639 *
Nikita Gusev, 2270
Konstantin Semianiuk, 2207
David Itkin, 2141
Sergey Noritsyn, 1714
* - captain
Registration of teams is open till the end of the year. First round is on Monday, Jan 9 at Annex Club.
Chess Academy of Canada (Avg. rating 2245)
Nikolay Noritsyn, 2639 *
Roman Sapozhnikov, 2501
Nikita Gusev, 2270
Konstantin Semianiuk, 2207
David Itkin, 2141
Sergey Noritsyn, 1714
Knights of Chess (Avg. rating 2201)
Victor Plotkin, 2374
Vladimir Birarov, 2250 *
Egidijus Zeromskis, 2248
Mike Ivanov, 2130
Mark Plotkin, 2002
Annex Chess Club (Avg. rating 2162)
Michael Humphreys, 2334
Rolando Renteria, 2273
David Southam, 2205
Pavel Peev, 2134
Wajdy Shebetah, 2073
Hugh Siddeley, 1955 *
Willowdale Chess Club (Avg. rating 2139)
Michael Kleinman, 2408
Michael Barron, 2266
Michael Kimelman, 2220
Dmitry Chernik, 2011 *
Alexander Strugach, 1964
Evgeni Tobolovsky, 1808
Leonid Strugach, 2293
* - captain
First round is on Monday, Jan 9 at Annex Club. Will play:
Chess Academy - Willowdale
Knights of Chess - Annex
Chess Academy - Willowdale 2:2
Roman Sapozhnikov - Michael Barron 1:0
Konstantin Semianiuk - Michael Kimelman 0:1
Michael Song - Dmitry Chernik 1/2
David Itkin - Alexander Strugach 1/2
Knights of Chess - Annex 3:1
Victor Plotkin - Michael Humphreys 1:0
Vladimir Birarov - Rolando Renteria 1/2
Mike Ivanov - David Southam 1/2
Mark Plotkin - Pavel Peev 1:0
Second round is on Monday, Jan 16 at Annex Club. Will play:
Chess Academy - Annex
Knights of Chess - Willowdale
Chess Academy - Willowdale 2:2
Roman Sapozhnikov - Michael Barron 1:0
Konstantin Semianiuk - Michael Kimelman 0:1
Michael Song - Dmitry Chernik 1/2
David Itkin - Alexander Strugach 1/2
Knights of Chess - Annex 3:1
Victor Plotkin - Michael Humphreys 1:0
Vladimir Birarov - Rolando Renteria 1/2
Mike Ivanov - David Southam 1/2
Mark Plotkin - Pavel Peev 1:0
Second round is on Monday, Jan 16 at Annex Club. Will play:
Chess Academy - Annex
Knights of Chess - Willowdale
It was great seeing these masters playing last night. 3/4 of the Knights of Ches/ACC match games were close games that went on to a second scoresheet and past 11:30pm.
Couple of updates on teams' lineups. According to the League rules, new players can be added to a team during the season, and it should be done a minimum of 48 hours prior to the player's participation in a match.
Chess Academy of Canada (Avg. rating 2237)
Nikolay Noritsyn, 2639 *
Roman Sapozhnikov, 2501
Nikita Gusev, 2270
Konstantin Semianiuk, 2207 Michael Song, 2184 **
David Itkin, 2141
Sergey Noritsyn, 1714
Knights of Chess (Avg. rating 2234) David Cummings, 2440
Victor Plotkin, 2374
Vladimir Birarov, 2250 *
Egidijus Zeromskis, 2248 Razvan Preotu, 2194
Mike Ivanov, 2130
Mark Plotkin, 2002
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