The Hart House Chess Club is hosting its annual Rapid Championship at the Hart House Music Room on Sunday, November 5th. The rapid tournament is a 6-round FIDE-rated and CFC-rated Rapid Swiss Event with a 15 mins + 10 seconds increment time control. The event will be during this year’s 2023 Reading Week at U of T St. George. Students are encouraged to attend and enjoy a break with chess! We hope to see you here!

TOURNAMENT DETAILS: 

WHEN: Sunday, November 5th, 10 am – 6 pm. Rd #1 starts at 10:00 A.M.
WHAT: 6-round FIDE Rated, CFC-Active Rated Swiss Tournament, using a 15 mins + 10 secs/move increment time control.
WHERE: Hart House (7 Hart House Circle) Music Room and Burwash Room (analysis)
RATINGS: CFC Quick Rated & FIDE Rapid Rated for Premier and U1800. CFC classical ratings will be used for Rd #1 pairings and final prizes. All players must have a valid CFC membership to play. 
ROUND TIMES: 10 am, 11:15 am, (lunch), 1:00 pm, 2:15 pm, 3:30 pm, 5 pm
SECTIONS:  Premier (FIDE and CFC), U1800 (FIDE and CFC), U1200 (CFC)
EQUIPMENT: HHCC will supply all chess equipment
PRIZES: $2000 based on 100 players (paid via cheque 1-3 weeks processing time)

• Premier: $600-$300-$150, top-U2200: $100, top-U2000: $100. ($1250)
• U1800: $250-$150-$75, top-U1500: $50 ($525)
• U1200: $100-$75-$50 ($225)
• Top-Woman (all sections): $50 ($150)

CAPACITY: 110
ORGANIZERS: Hart House Chess Club

ENTRY FEES & REGISTRATION – sold Out

Registration: via the Hart House Registration website by noon Saturday, November 4. Also, via phone and in-person at Hart House Info Hub. 

Entry Fees: $35 by midnight October 4th, $40 by noon Saturday, November 4th. $45 onsite (if space permits).
Discounts: $10 discount for unrated players in their first tournament (see below) and $20 discount for U of T students. Max one discount per player. U of T student discount applied automatically. Unrated players are ineligible for prizes. Free for WIM/IM if emailed by October 20th.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Daylight Savings: Please make note of Daylight Savings on the Sunday morning before the tournament.
Byes: Up to one 1/2 point bye for rounds 1-5 can be requested by emailing us by noon on November 4.
CFC Memberships: Registrants must be current CFC members or bring payment before playing – https://chess.ca/membership-fees ($12 for adults, $6 for juniors for single-tournament).
Section Eligibility: No playing up allowed. Highest of CFC/FIDE regular ratings used. 
Unrated Players: use code Unrated10 to receive a $10 discount. You can also review our New To Tournament Guide for expectations before playing in your first tournament.
Photography: By signing up, you permit HHCC the ability to take and use photos from the tournament on its social media. If you would not like your photo used, please email us at hhchess@studentorg.utoronto.ca.
CFC Active or CFC Regular: this tournament will use the highest of either CFC Regular or CFC Active for section eligibility, however, CFC Regular will be used for pairings. Up to TDs discretion.
Foreign Ratings: all participants must disclose all foreign ratings at time of registration or via email.
Accessibility and Visitor Information: Hart House is a accessible building and conveniently located. For further details, visit Visitor Information and Accessibility.

CONTACT:
Any questions can be sent to: hhchess@studentorg.utoronto.ca 

PAIRINGS & STANDINGS: all viewable on chess results
Premier Section
U1800 Section
U1200 Section

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PRE-REGISTERED (as of Nov. 4)

Starting Rank	Player Name	CFC ID	CFC Regular Rating	CFC Quick	CFC Expiry	FIDE ID	Section	Byes
1	Nikolay Noritsyn	132534	2577	2508	Valid	2604922	Premier
2	Mark Plotkin	141086	2511	2551	Valid	2611651	Premier	Round 1
3	Advait Patel	171703	2459	2459	Valid	2075105	Premier
4	Nicholas Vettese	154199	2418	2488	Valid	2620090	Premier
5	Sergey Noritsyn	146893	2393	2268	Expired	2616408	Premier
6	Maia Lomineishvili	N/A	0	2347	Valid	13600656	Premier
7	Koosha Jaferian	174318	2340	2362		12507440	Premier
8	Mahip Singh	157732	2255	2142	Valid	25015044	Premier
9	Ethan Moon	150154	2208	2239	Valid	2637022	Premier
10	Tony Bao	149351	2195	2215	Expired	2613042	Premier
11	Sergey Malakhovets	158413	2181	2031	Valid	2622769	Premier
12	Ray Wu	150768	2161	2180		2615592	Premier
13	Cindy Qiao	155864	2062	2040		2620243	Premier
14	Jifan Zhao	173823	2025	2195	Valid	2640406	Premier
15	Nikola Brajkovic	112136	2001	1633	Expired	2616564	Premier
16	Fred Gandolfi	108999	1991	2194	Valid	2648059	Premier
17	Anni Guo	163250	1960	1821	Valid	2631350	Premier
18	Hongyi Li	139599	1929	1780	Valid	2617447	Premier
19	Mervyn Sit Yee	103744	1887	1887	Valid	0	Premier
20	Bingfei Wang	172444	1887	1842	Valid	8618585	Premier
21	Denys Melnychuk	178133	1866	1681	Valid	14182807	Premier
22	Charis Zhu	168132	1855	1766	Valid	2638320	Premier
23	Javad Ghatta	144556	1800	1822	Valid	0	Premier
24	Vaishnav Muralidharan	184558	1790	1485	Valid	0	U1800
25	Triston Li	166944	1747	1400	Valid	2638282	U1800
26	Daniel Zhang	163312	1724	1975	Valid	2637820	Premier
27	Ferdinand Cale	136339	1723	1724	Expired	2613514	U1800
28	Haneul Park	183754	1696	1794	Valid	4907485	U1800
29	Michael Blair	139351	1686	1588	Valid	2652056	U1800
30	JOVAN MOMIC	123043	1683	1777	Valid	2635666	U1800
31	Korbin Schantz	173606	1682	1657	Valid	2651904	U1800
32	Shafkat Ali	149142	1655	1465	Expired	2613441	U1800
33	Sean Liu	174972	1653	1892	Valid	2643170	Premier
34	Austin Lin	173895	1651	1417	Valid	2640783	U1800
35	Christopher Yu	167321	1642	1516	Expired	0	U1800
36	Trifelino Miaco	121781	1634	1647	Valid	2044765	U1800
37	Ferdinand Supsup	142366	1607	1478	Valid		U1800
38	Ivan Biletskyi	183834	1590	1565	Valid	2656760	U1800
39	Slava LUKINYKH	174578	1585	1520	Valid	2648130	U1800
40	Jonathan Rahman	179044	1510	0	Valid	0	U1800
41	Quanhao Li	178214	1501	1486	Valid	8643512	U1800
42	Vincent Chen	163183	1494	1615	Valid	2637553	U1800
43	Oscar Cheung	171229	1487	1283	Valid	2653079	U1800
44	Aiden Li	167620	1478	1749	Valid	2642557	U1800
45	William Bi	169382	1447	1337	Valid	2640600	U1800
46	Ademar Gonzalez	179276	1414	1567	Valid	3.29E+08	U1800
47	Toma Yuen	179235	1406	1358	Valid	2648806	U1800
48	Larry Zhou Chen	172054	1401	1496	Expired	2648814	U1800
49	Bowen Zhang	152586	1394	1310	Valid	0	U1800
50	Sadegh Balal Niaki	173751	1375	1597	Valid	173751	U1800
51	Jayson Whiteford	183221	1366	2652471			U1800
52	Julian Pan	171946	1330	1009	Valid	2654555	U1800
53	Adithya Sekaran	174509	1325	1110	Expired	48728420	U1800
54	Dharsan Satish Alwar	181299	1283			2657473	U1800
55	Jasper Yunjie Jia	176373	1277	1040	Valid	2643855	U1800
56	Austin Sinclair	179994	1261	0	Valid	0	U1800	Round 6
57	Hamed Khezri	182048	1241	1489	Valid	2651742	U1800
58	Michael Wodzinski	178002	1220	0	Valid	2649705	U1800
59	Boomba Nishikawa	178151	1171	1223	Valid	2655772	U1800
60	Agnay Murali Elangattu	174984	1163	1055	Valid	2657953	U1200
61	Andy Rui Wang	167302	1159	1303	Valid	2655802	U1800	Round 3
62	Peter Lomov	176819	1115	1684	Valid	2648733	U1800
63	Alex Liao	183095	1113	1264	Valid	2652323	U1800
64	Gabriel Saimovici	175468	1109	1270	Valid	2649055	U1800
65	Angela Wang	175459	1106	1369	Valid	2654717	U1800	Round 6
66	Liam McNally	178152	1100	1109	Valid	2655764	U1200
67	Nuo Xu	184943	1086	0	Valid	0	U1200
68	Chandrasekhar Emani	178826	1066	947	Valid	0	U1200
69	Yuntian (Denis) Shen	172778	1043	1262	Valid	0	U1800
70	Tina Hui	176179	1041	1288	Valid	2652420	U1800
71	Riley McCarron	184331	1028	0	Valid	0	U1200
72	Nick Mills	179445	1007	1487	Valid	0	U1800
73	Ryan Zhuang	173828	987	1519	Valid	2650428	U1800
74	Su, Bo Ruei (Marcus)	184338	964	0	Valid	6005535	U1200
75	Kingsley Zheng	176020	961	1066	Valid	0	U1200
76	Mark Khan	184278	919	720	Valid	0	U1200
77	Benjamin Thomas	183903	910	834	Valid	2657562	U1200
78	Lyam Katz	179302	903	0	Valid	0	U1200
79	Max Ling	184952	887	0	Valid	0	U1200
80	Austin Dong	182540	885	674	Required	0	U1200
81	Lucas Jia	180138	869	850	Required	0	U1200
82	Etienne Ma	179465	868	1151	Valid	2655730	U1200
83	Oscar Yasunaga	184445	849				U1200	Round 6
84	Chloe Huang	173785	844	737	Valid	2640791	U1200
85	Oscar Lai	180721	809	865	Valid	0	U1200
86	Edmund Smyk	146332	806	1076	Expired	2646986	U1200
87	BENJAMIN HA	176757	779	953	Valid	2653672	U1200	Round 3
88	Pranav Emani	178827	738	1115	Valid	2653664	U1200
89	Lucas Lao	183047	726	923	Valid	183047	U1200
90	Luke Ma	179464	719	1174	Valid	2655748	U1200
91	Brent Goff	182640	652	1029	Valid	2655977	U1200
92	Maria Polyanska	178767	650	632	Valid	0	U1200
93	Hillary Kwan	176554	478	728	Expired	0	U1200
94	Ambrose Li	180243	355	696	N/A	0	U1200
95	Bernard Chiu	184777	0		Required		U1200
96	Marshall Cheng	183421	0	1336	Valid	2655969	U1800
97	Dan Faya	N/A	0		Required		U1200
98	Edward Chan	184701	0	819	Valid	0	U1200
99	Rahul Vishwanath	183860	0	1282	Valid	2657007	U1800
100	Hlib Khalapsus	184886	0	1858	Valid	54124360	Premier
101	Aarudh Ram Boopathy	180555	0	736	Valid	0	U1200
102	Arya Vazifeh	180831	0	1419	Valid	2653710	U1800
103	Yukuan Zou	178153	0	1739	Valid	0	U1800
104	Najmeh Kazemi	N/A	0		Required		U1200
105	Christopher Chung	N/A	0		Required		U1200
106	Madan Ratantej	N/A	0		Required		U1200
107	Raul Zavaleta	N/A			Required		U1200
108	Nader Abdelaziz	185306					U1200