The Hart House Chess Club (HHCC) hosts the Hart House October Open Tournament from Sat. October 21st – Sun. October 22nd, 2023. The event is the perfect opportunity for students and community members wanting to play a classical-rated tournament over only two days. The tournament will be a 5-round Swiss, with 60 mins plus a 30-second increment added per move. We hope to see new and old faces again!

TOURNAMENT DETAILS: 

When: Sat. October 21st to Sun. October 22nd. Rd #1 starts at 10:00 A.M.
Format: 5-round CFC-Rated, Swiss Tournament
Location: Hart House Debates Room, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3H3. Analysis/Skittles: Committees Room
Time Control: 60 mins + 30 secs/move increment
Capacity: 100
Rounds:  Saturday: 10 am, 2 pm, 6 pm, Sunday: 10 am, 2 pm
Sections: Crown, U1800, U1200 (all CFC rated)
Equipment: HHCC will supply all chess equipment
Prizes: $3000 based on 100 players
Organizers: Hart House Chess Club

ENTRY FEES & REGISTRATION – entries sold-out
Entry Fees: 
$50 by September 20th, $60 by October 20th (see discounts below)

Registration: via the Club website by noon Fri. Oct. 20. No onsite registration. Registration is also available in person or via telephone at the Hart House Hub. SOLD OUT

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Byes: Up to two 1/2 point byes for rounds 1-4 can be requested by emailing us by noon October 20th. Please email for bye requests.
Check-In: no checking in required, players are paid based on latest CFC ratings update for week of Oct 18
CFC Memberships: Registrants must be current CFC members or bring payment before playing – https://www.chess.ca/en/players/membership-fees/.
Section Eligibility: No playing up allowed. CFC regular ratings used for pairings. 
Discounts: $30 discount for unrated players in their first tournament and U of T students. Max one discount per player. Unrated players are ineligible for prizes. Free entry for IM/WIM by October 1st (email us for all details). 
Notation: Chess notation is required for all moves starting from move 1.
Email: hhchess@studentorg.utoronto.ca.

Pairings and Standings

https://chess-results.com/tnr835862.aspx?lan=1

Prizes: prizes are paid via cheque, please note that it takes 1-3 weeks for cheques to be paid.

Pre-Registered (October 6)

Starting Rank	Player Name	CFC ID	CFC Regular Rating	CFC Quick Rating	CFC Membership Validity	Section	Byes
1	Nikolay Noritsyn	132534	2575	2508	Valid	Crown
2	Mark Plotkin	141086	2515	2551	Valid	Crown	Round 2
3	Advait Patel	171703	2442	2459	Valid	Crown
4	Nicholas Vettese	154199	2418	2488	Valid	Crown
5	Yunshan Li	175249	2411	2352	Valid	Crown
6	William Li	154677	2276	2274	Valid	Crown
7	Mahip Singh	157732	2260	2142	Valid	Crown
8	Isaak Huh	179882	2232	2211	Valid	Crown
9	Ethan Moon	150154	2208	2019	Valid	Crown
10	Aayush Ajith	167780	2154	1993	Valid	Crown
11	Ian Loadman	101686	2151	2105	Valid	Crown	Round 3
12	Ruining Wu	150768	2135	2180	Expired	Crown
13	Noah Nathaniel Yuen	158470	2100	1752	Valid	Crown
14	Cindy Qiao	155864	2070	2040	Expired	Crown
15	Saarthak Malakar	173204	2067	2020	Valid	Crown
16	Tony Lu	166742	2030	1944	Valid	Crown
17	Santo D’Agostino	101435	2008	2051	Valid	Crown
18	Richard Douglas	131191	2007	2087	Valid	Crown
19	Siddarth Narasimhan	161746	1972	1624	Valid	Crown
20	Bingfei Wang	172444	1865	1842	Valid	Crown
21	Irene Xie	175644	1849	1321	Valid	Crown
22	Dhruv Murali	166162	1786	1616	Valid	Crown*
23	Triston bai Li	166944	1739	1400	Valid	U1800
24	Haneul Park	183754	1705	1794	Valid	U1800
25	Aarush Ajith	167781	1679	1609	Valid	U1800
26	Trifelino Miaco	121781	1628	1647	Valid	U1800
27	Sean Liu	174972	1624	1892	Valid	U1800
28	Daniel Truong	175162	1616	1264	Valid	U1200
29	Adrien Cheng	158231	1608	1891	Valid	U1800
30	Ferdinand Supsup	142366	1599	1478	Valid	U1800
31	Zihan Hong	166217	1564	1359	Valid	U1800
32	Henry Pollitt	170969	1557	1322	Valid	U1800
33	Zeen Liu	173498	1556	1458	Valid	U1800
34	Slava Luckinykh	174578	1534	1520	Valid	U1800
35	Lucas Haoxuan Sun	171660	1533	1052	Valid	U1800
36	Jayden Zihan Zhan	172099	1491	1389	Valid	U1800
37	Tanish Patil	175770	1485	1524	Valid	U1800
38	Kailey Liu	168091	1479	1294	Valid	U1800
39	Nicholas Jirsch	173502	1478	1147	Valid	U1800
40	Daniel Wang	178191	1478	0	Valid	U1800
41	William Bi	169382	1476	1337	Valid	U1800
42	Mohan Dixit	169181	1445	1735	Valid	U1800
43	Matthew Lam	176826	1432	1465	Valid	U1800	Round 3
44	Austin Lu	169738	1427	874	Valid	U1800
45	Oscar Cheung	171229	1424	1346	Valid	U1200
46	Kevin Gaffneh	102701	1417	1530	Valid	U1800
47	Jordy Sehn	154488	1417	1317	Expired	U1800
48	Shabd Dembla	175704	1365	1564	Valid	U1800
49	Richard Kang	175618	1360	0	Valid	U1800
50	Isabelle GUAN	166081	1357	1055	Valid	U1800
51	Jasper Yunjie Jia	176373	1345	1040	Valid	U1800
52	Quentin Ma	177463	1340	1575	Valid	U1800
53	James Caille	176032	1337	0	Valid	U1800
54	Eric Huang	174612	1301	1287	Valid	U1800
55	Jerry Gerber	160103	1266	970	Valid	U1800
56	James Mourgelas	108540	1266	1549	Valid	U1800
57	Bhargav Ram Gummadi	174253	1231	1191	Expired	U1200
58	Liam McNally	178152	1198	1109	Valid	U1200	Round 5
59	Gabriel Saimoyici	175468	1175	1270	Valid	U1200
60	Stephen Kuzin	167624	1172	991	Valid	U1200
61	Boomba Nishikawa	178151	1167	1223	Valid	U1200
62	Jacob Fischer	174508	1148	1081	Valid	U1200
63	Edward, Shoukai Wang	173800	1136	1259	Valid	U1200
64	Yahya Elgabra	179520	1097	0	Valid	U1200
65	Yago Gaspar	175705	1081	1466	Expired	U1200
66	Tina Hui	176179	1064	1288	Valid	U1200
67	Darren Chen	176209	1045	1072	Valid	U1200
68	Matt Grenier	163058	1029	936	Valid	U1200
69	Patrick Yu Wang	167464	1016	968	Expired	U1200
70	Yiguo Gao	169414	1006	1059	Valid	U1200
71	Joshua Knott	176630	1005	0	Valid	U1200
72	Yuntian (Denis) Shen	172778	975	1163	Valid	U1200	Round 1
73	Alex Liao	183095	967	1264	Valid	U1200
74	Shannon Zhao	179928	936	1139	Valid	U1200
75	Bradley Northcote	178833	935	0	Valid	U1200	Round 1
76	Jayden Henry Tan	179333	933	1147	Valid	U1200
77	Su, Bo Ruei (Marcus)	184338	881	0	Valid	U1200
78	Benjamin Thomas	183903	842	757	Valid	U1200
79	Ian Gao	177611	836	1146	Valid	U1200
80	Yantao Yang	178114	822	598	Valid	U1200
81	Evan Gao	177612	776	817	Valid	U1200
82	Victor Delgashev	181511	759	851	Valid	U1200
83	Caleb Mann	178781	743	0	Valid	U1200
84	Joseph D’Agostino	183472	693	0	Valid	U1200
85	Harold Zhang	180565	685	897	Valid	U1200
86	Arham Bhura	182671	594	855	Valid	U1200
87	Daniel Delgashev	181513	400	596	Valid	U1200
88	Riley McCarron	184331	0			U1200
89	Robert Simone	184476	0			U1200
90	Andrew Paulley	174900	0			U1200	Round 1
91	Timothy Vo	183733	0	1179	Valid	U1200
92	Maria Polyanska	178767	0	632	Valid	U1200
93	Matthew Vo	183734	0	769	Valid	U1200
94	Joey Lu	184319	0			U1200
95	Toma Yuen	179235	0	1358	Valid	U1800
96	Logan Guitard	177400	0			U1200
97	Peter Angiolella	184710	0			U1200
98	Ahmed Khalf	NA	0			U1200
99	Eric Mitz	184757	0			U1800
100	Melody Chance	184711	0			U1200
101	Nuo Xu	NA	0			U1200
102	Richard Reischig	NA	0			U1200
103	Ivan Biletskyi	183834	0	1565	Valid	U1800
104	Magesh Sethupathy	184515	0			U1200
105	Jason Grant	184880	0			U1800

* players section will be updated if rating does not change by tournament