2023 Hart House Youth Chess Championship

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Thank you for attending! Results are posted here. Those who scored 2.5 or above have qualified to the CYCC. Those who won bursaries have been contacted by email. Good luck to all competing in Calgary this year! See our event report for more.

The Hart House Chess Club is hosting its Hart House Youth Chess Championship on Saturday, April 29th, 2023. The event is a celebration of youth chess, a gathering of Toronto’s future chess stars, and serves as an opportunity for students to visit the University of Toronto. The event also serves as a qualifier for the 2023 Canadian Youth Chess Championship (CYCC) in Calgary, Alberta.

The 2023 CYCC is from Wednesday July 19th to Saturday July 22nd, 2023. The Canadian Open Chess Championship is held afterwards from Saturday July 22nd to Sunday July 30th, 2023. Details here.

Overall first place in each section, plus top-female, will win an entry to the 2023 CYCC (~$250 value).

Official event flyer

FORMAT ANd logistics

Where: Debates, Music, Committees, Bickersteth, and Burwash Rooms, Hart House, University of Toronto. 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3H3
When: Saturday, April 29th, 2023
Rounds: 9:30 am, 10:45 am, 12:00 pm, (lunch), 2:00 pm, 3:15 pm
Award Ceremony: 5:00 pm or ASAP after round 5.
Style: 5 Round Rapid (swiss) in 6 age sections: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, and U18.
Time Control: 25 minutes plus 5 seconds increment per move from move 1, for all sections.
Byes: 0 point byes allowed. Players must play all games to qualify for the CYCC.
Entry Fee: $35 for online registrations before midnight March 31st. $45 for registrations before noon April 28th. No onsite registrations. Capacity is ~160. Free entries for FMs.
Prizes: Trophies for top-3 in each section, 1st overall and top-woman in each section is awarded entry to CYCC ($3000 in bursaries).
Organizer: Hart House Chess Club with Alex Ferreira as arbiter
E-mail: hhtournaments@gmail.com
CFC: CFC Active Rated. Registrants do not need CFC memberships.
Equipment: Chess sets and clocks supplied.

Sections

6 Sections – by Age

 SectionsSections
Under 8   (Born on or after Jan 1st 2015)Open
Under 10 (Born on or after Jan 1st 2013)Open
Under 12 (Born on or after Jan 1st 2011)Open
Under 14 (Born on or after Jan 1st 2009)Open
Under 16 (Born on or after Jan 1st 2007)Open
Under 18 (Born on or after Jan 1st 2005)Open

Registration: REGISTRATION FULL as of April 22
  • All players must have been born on or after year 2005. Tournament is for juniors 18 and under. See sections above.
  • Online registration (FULL) is recommended and available until April 28th at 12 noon. Telephone and in-person registration also available through the Hart House Hub.
  • FEES:
    • $35 by March 31st at 11:59 PM
    • $45 by April 28th at 12 noon
  • Withdrawals: Full refunds minus $10 admin fee until April 28th at 12 noon.
  • Girls: please indicate “Girls” or female in the “Section” question to be eligible for the top-girl prize.
  • Please check your emails in case we require verification of Date of Birth.
Qualifier for the 2023 Canadian Youth Chess Championship (CYCC)

This tournament counts as a qualifier for the 2023 CYCC. Participants must score at least 50% to qualify for the CYCC in Calgary scheduled for July 19th – 22nd, 2023. Only those who meet CFC residency or citizenship are eligible to play in the CYCC.

CYCC top finishers in each age group will be awarded with travel bursary and officially represent Canada at the World Youth & Cadet Chess Championships.

  • World Cadet (U8/U10/U12) Chess Championship – 2023 (Date TBD), Egypt
  • World Youth (U14/U16/U18) Chess Championship – Nov 12-25, 2023, Montesilvano, Italy

Entry fees to the CYCC:

$225 before 10 pm, May 1, 2023
$250 before 10 pm, June 1, 2023

Bursary winners’ entries to the CYCC are covered (no need to register yourself). Details on the 2023 CYCC are here. If the first place winner does not attend the CYCC, the player next in line will be invited to play at the tournament.

PLAY UP RULES

If a player wants to play in an age category older than the one they qualify for, they can do so.

BUT: if they qualify in a certain age category to play at the CYCC, that is the only age category that the player can play in the CYCC.

  • if one player who is 12 years old wishes to play in the U16 section of the HHYCC, if they qualify for the CYCC, the only age category that the player can enter at the CYCC is the U16 section.
Tiebreaks

a) Ties other than 1st Place: computer tie breaks in the following order:

  1. direct encounter (only valid if all the tied players have met each other)
  2. individual cumulative score
  3. cumulative score of opponents

b) Tie break for 1st Place (to determine funding for the CYCC and trophy)

  • Playoff between the two players or the top two by computer tiebreak if three or more players tie for first
  • Two game match, time control 5 minutes with a 2 second increment.
  • If still tied after the two game playoff: single game Armageddon at a time control of 5 mins for white and 4 minutes for black. Player with better computer tiebreaks gets choice of black or white.
Parents

Parents are allowed to stay and take photos in the first 5 minutes of each round. No flash, and please turn off sound. Please be quiet and DO NOT talk to any of the players. Parents must leave the tournament hall after the first 5 minutes of each round and doors will be closed. Players will be escorted to the exit of the tournament hall after their game is finished to be pickup by their parent(s). Analysis rooms and skittles rooms will be made available.

If you have questions about the tournament, please send us an email at: hhtournaments@gmail.com or see us at the tournament desk!

Parking information is available here. Landmark Project construction is underway and parking is very limited.

UNRATED PLAYERS

Please create a CFC (Chess Federation of Canada) ID on CFC’s online system and input that CFC ID in our registration form. This process is free and saves a lot of administrative work for you and us. Unrated players can also review our New to Tournament Guide.

Pairings and Standings

All pairings and standings for every section on chess results.

Pre-Registered

CFC Regular Ratings used for pairings. If a player does not have a CFC Regular Rating, then CFC Active Ratings will be used. Pre-registered as of April 28.

Note: if your CFC-ID is listed as NA, please create one and send it to us at hhtournaments@gmail.com

Starting RankName of ParticipantCFC IDCFC Regular RatingCFC Quick RatingSection
1Isaak Huh17988221622119U12
2Aayush Ajith16778021391882U16
3Tony Lu16674219821989U14
4Eric Qian16797518771646U14
5Hanxi(Hancy) Jiang16664818701565U14, Girls
6Saarthak Malakar17320418361759U16
7Nolan Wu16070918271752U14
8Zhao Jifan17382318251571U12
9Triston Li16694418041384U12
10Heye Gao16606617851831U12
11Ashley Qian16805017611447U10, Girls
12Bradley Tseng16436917121706U14
13Irene Xie17564417031293U14, Girls
14Aarush Ajith16778116671693U12
15Nadir Guliyev16653815591460U14
16Ingrid Wu16093414721449U18 Girls
17Austin Lu1697381461787U14
18Noah Velasquez16814514241837U14
19Aiden Li16762014021785U12
20Lucas Haoxuan Sun1716601391792U14
21Slava Lukinykh17457813731446U14
22Roger Guo15295313691176U18
23Isabelle Guan1660811340947U12, Girls
24Onur Naiboglu17077813340U12
25William Kaiyuan Wang16733613341266U12
26Karthi Kola17622013131510U8
27Matthew Chen16460012981038U16
28Karma Pillai16399512941115U14
29William Bi16938212751370U10
30Andrew Song18006512571587U16
31Henry Pollitt17096912331258U14
32Bhargav Ram Gummadi17425312311243U14
33Alexa Ksenych16350212201170U16, Girls
34Mahanth Sivakumar16964311941179U12
35Diganth Anish17442711691328U10
36Jacob Fischer1745081155882U14
37Quentin Ma17746311341249U10
38Drew Ksenych16350311051055U14
39Gabriel Bai1781821104903U10
40Caleb Langridge17291810981302U10
41Oscar Cheung17122910771188U12
42Edward Wang17380010651274U12
43Luba Shtepa17937110641032U8, Girls
44Jasper Jia17637310601011U8
45Bek Khamidov16106810591137U18
46Andrew Yang17379510511064U8
47Alex Dzevin1738371025949U14
48Saket Kola17622110091307U10
49Alyssa (Zhuojing) Li1791919901006U10, Girls
50Yihang Wu1734949891008U10
51Devindu Dassanayake1670199861102U14
52Tanishq Kumar Dhingra1754349831081U12
53Ali Yunuslu1707799781118U12
54Patrick Wang167464960980U12
55Lloyd Kim1802509581217U14
56Bryan Liang177485958200U8
57Tommy (Zhuoxuan) Li179190953945U12
58Ethan Guo178177935942U14
59Matthew Voytyuk1756239331014U10
60Mayukh Susarla174222926708U12
61Neill Chen180141906750U8
62Siddharth Surendran1745028861167U10
63Joe Gao174100861817U8
64Connor Cao181297860584U8
65Arya Pillai1754928330U10, Girls
66Arvin Mehrabi Nejad176086832990U12
67Cedric Gao175697818918U8
68Etienne Ma1794657980U10
69Shannon Zhao179928795945U10, Girls
70Alexander Hayrapetyan1807067920U12
71Jingchen Wu175342779695U8
72Li Ping Yao1702387721066U12
73Yiguo Gao169414768879U14
74Neel Madhav Valluru173011765982U14
75Ethan Zheng180567763867U12
76Omar Yunuslu170780749689U12
77Benjamin Yulo1740247481046U10
78Devansh Nikumbh179638746629U12
79Luke Ma1794647340U12
80Amogh Ingole177418701622U12
81Angela Wang1754596991158U12 Girls
82Haram Sim1797406950U14
83William Liu1776966941042U10
84Hantao Ozols168066652908U14
85Shulai Liu-Xue166852637876U14
86Yury Osipyan174498630769U12
87Hansen Jiang176036611639U8
88Justin Wang1807085710U8
89Jasper Li174101564955U8
90Eunkyo SiM1797415500U14
91Ze Zhang (Eric)1745444681061U10
92Christian Ksenych170529354254U12
93Xiyu Lu169391343725U12
94Vishwa Ramanathan176992337696U8
95Nikita Kamath166424324625U12, Girls
96Purvi Gadde1761580834U8, Girls
97Julian Chan1819370U12
98Darren Chen1762090U8
99Archer Feng1799220901U8
100Karkeesan Mohankumar1754200763U8
101Avery Zhang1819150U8, Girls
102Paranavamithran Bharathi Sankar Ratna Maala1788860621U8
103Sam Assadi1815270U10
104Serena Wilson17696501121U12, Girls
105Charles Urquhart1808990867U12
106Olivia Kus1815440U12
107Natalia Kus1815450U10
108Lucas Kendalo1778220732U8
109Aarudh Ram Boopathy1805550774U8
110Noureddin Mohamed1764950811U14
111Adelina Nicu1739580991U14
112Nicholas Jirsch1735020981U16
113Hana TepavcevicNA0U14
114John Syrmopoulos18161100U14
115Jayden Kwok1805770838U10
116Luke Zhang18082200U16
117Alikhan Mammadli1804530898U10
118Maria Polyanska1787670506U14, Girls
119Connor Nash18163500U10
120Kousuke Nguyen-Kawamura17951601072U16
121Ivan SokolNA0U18
122Korbin Schantz17360601295U12
123Sam Wilson1816600U8
124Calvin Li1819430U14
125Liam Bryson1815610U14
126Kevin GulaNA0U14
127Arno Vainshtein1811130U14
128Varushka GuptaNA0U10, Girls
129Jeong Hwang1758680U18
130Ira Kudale1760180911U10, Girls
131Samuel Chen1819300U10
132Hassan Rizwan1814010U14
133Aran Nithiyakumar1814050U12
134Desmond Hoo Sue1815230U14
135Liam Shvekher1815210U14
136Zak AlameddineNA0U14
137Roan Swift1814490434U8
138Ayad Aboul-Hosn1776020838U16
139Valerie Kit Lin Ho1815480810U8-Girls
140Nicholas Ossine17309001687U14
141Sam Mohtashami1815990U14
142Borna Mehrabian18095601067U12
143Pio Nicdao1805850750U18
144Samien Bell1816170U18
145Bosco Sham1811640U14
146Aiden Ndreu1811140631U14
147Nathan Wang1801400662U8
148Benjamin Lamarche1817920U14
149Noah Chandler Merlo1814530849U12
150Piotr Magdziarz1819390U16
151Dmitrii Zelenyi1819330U14
152Adam Zhu1817120U14
153Owen Grady1819070U14
154Niall Burke-HarrisNA0U18