Category Archives: Toronto CC Ch 2013

Toronto CC Ch 2013 Pre-Registered

From Chesstalk posted by Marcus Wilker
With a few new registrants, it’s shaping up to be a great event. Here’s what we’re looking at:

2013 Toronto Closed Championship
Titile Name ………………….Rating FIDE CFC ID
1 FM Roman Sapozhnikov 2411 2535 138609
2 FM Victor Plotkin 2390 2214 142063
3 FM Michael Humphreys 2286 2150 131628
4 FM Michael Barron 2265 2179 134840
5 Lorne Yee 2259 2191 100255
6 Vladimir Birarov 2242 2166 145968
7 Geordie Derraugh 2236 2118 132393
* Stephan Tonakanian 2136 1939 150629

2013 Toronto Closed Reserve
Titile Name …………….Rating FIDE CFC ID
9 Mark Plotkin 2193 1928 141086
10 Zehn Nasir 2188 1889 148198
11 David Southam 2179 2101 102535
12 Tyler Longo 1981 1975 135360
13 Chris Udrea 1952 0 155000
14 Miroslav Stefanovic 1949 0 154500
15 Jeffrey Xu 1949 1896 148513
16 Dmitry Chernik 1889 1938 149932

Check the 2013 Toronto Closed post on the ACC site for details and updates.

Posted in Toronto CC Ch 2013

2013 Toronto Chess Ch – starts April 15(Notice)

Mar 7

Posted by myip2z2

2013 Toronto Chess Championship – starting April 15
More info see Annexchessclub Toronto-closed-2013

‘Annex Chess Club is proud to host the 2013 Toronto Chess Championship (Toronto Closed). This year’s event is held on Monday nights at 918 Bathurst, starting April 15. The Toronto Closed is an annual event, sanctioned by the GTCL. The history of the tournament can be traced back to 1854.’-Annex CC

The defending 2012 Toronto Champion is Artiom Samsonkin.

Artiom Samsonkin

Photo Annexchessclub TO Closed 2013

More on IM Artiom Samsonkin

‘In 2007, a Belarusian invaded Canada and decided to take over the chess tournaments that take place in the GTA. His name is Artiom Samsonkin. Artiom has a disturbingly large difference between his CFC and FIDE ratings. Artiom’s CFC rating is currently 2600, while his FIDE rating is under 2400.

The difference between the ratings can be partially explained by his lack of exposure to international competitions, and the large inflation that has occurred to CFC ratings lately.

To compensate for the lack of international events, Artiom plays A LOT of local tournaments. In 2009, I counted 18 (!) tournaments that he played in. International experience will be highly beneficial for him.

This is exactly what will he will get at the Olympiad, a chance to show himself on the world stage… Artiom is a tactical player who can play with anybody in sharp positions(more)’ GM MarkBluvshtein Blog

Previous Champions
2011 Victor Plotkin
2010 Victor Plotkin
2009 Michael Barron
2008 Nikolay Noritsyn
2007 Michael Barron
2006 Leonid Gerzhoy
2005 Sami Ademi
2004 Tomas Krnan, Yaaqov Vaingorten
2003 Goran Prpic
2002 Isai Berengolts
2001 Brett Campbell
2000 Eduardo Teodoro IV

Preview GameHere is a game from last year’s Closed featuring the defending champion and another promising young player, Michael Kleinman. Kleinman played very well but ran into some tough defence.