2024 Toronto Rapid Championship

Published on by harthousechess

For the first time in the 21st Century, the Hart House Chess Club hosted the Toronto Rapid Championship in the Hart House Great Hall on Saturday, April 20th. The rapid tournament was a 6-round FIDE-rated and CFC-rated Rapid Swiss Event with a 10 mins + 5 seconds increment time control. Students were encouraged to attend and enjoy a break from exams!

IM Nicholas Vettese won the Toronto Rapid Crown section with a score of 5.5/6. Closely followed by FM Mike Ivanov and FM Aaron Reeve Mendes. In the U1800 section, Sudip Poudel, Korbin Schantz, and Jayden Lau tied for 1st. Finally, in the U1400 section, Ariel Emengga was first, followed by a tie between Jacob Fischer, Titan Wang, Calvin Devries, Mohammad Alsaiah, German Ierzhakov, and Alex Li for 2nd – 7th.

Chief TD was Alex Ferreira, assisted by Victor Zheng, Tanner McNamara, Bowen Zhang, Ahmed Khalf, and Michael Corrie.

Thank you all for coming and congratulations to all the winners! We hope to see you at future Hart House events soon.

For the original tournament post, see below.

Tournament Details

WHEN: Saturday, April 20th, 10 am – 2:30 pm. Rd #1 starts at 10:00 A.M.
WHAT: 6-round FIDE Rated, CFC-Active Rated Swiss Tournament, 10 mins + 5 secs/move increment time control.
WHERE: Hart House (7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, ON) Great Hall (playing hall) and East Common Room (analysis)
RATINGS: CFC Quick Rated & FIDE Rapid Rated for Crown 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:  10:00 am, 10:45 am, 11:30 am, 12:15 pm, 1:00 pm, 1:45 pm
SECTIONS:  Crown (FIDE and CFC), U1800 (FIDE and CFC), U1400 (CFC)
EQUIPMENT: HHCC will supply all chess equipment
PRIZES: $5000 based on 180 players (1-3 weeks processing time paid via cheque or direct deposit). Prize winners: check your emails for confirmation and next steps after the event.
Chief Arbiter: FA Alex Ferreira
CAPACITY: 200
ORGANIZERS: Hart House Chess Club

Entry fees and Registration

Registration: Online via the Hart House Registration website by Thursday, April 18th at 11:59 pm. Onsite registration accepted until 9 AM for $50.

Entry Fees: $40 by April 1st at 11:59 pm, $45 afterwards until Thursday April 18th 11:59pm.
Discounts: $20 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/GM/WGM.

Hart House Great Hall

Additional Information

Byes: Up to one 1/2 point bye for rounds 1-5 can be requested by emailing us by April 18th at 11:59pm.
Endorsement: Tournament is endorsed by the Greater Toronto Chess League (GTCL)
CFC Memberships: Registrants must be current CFC members. All memberships should be paid and renewed online at https://chess.ca/membership-fees. Full year $48 for adults, $32 for juniors ($12 for adults, $6 for juniors for single-tournament). Foreign players $8.
Section Eligibility: No playing up allowed. Highest of CFC Regular/CFC Active/FIDE Rapid Ratings used. 
Unrated Players: 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 hhtournaments@gmail.com.
CFC Active or CFC Regular: this tournament will use the highest of either CFC Regular/CFC Active/FIDE Rapid 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.
Directions to/from Candidates Venue: 1 hr walk, 16 minute bus, 45 min transit
Food and Restaurants: Hart House is located in Downtown Toronto, just minutes from most major restaurants and eateries, including Tim-Hortons, McDonald’s, and Starbucks. In addition, sit-down restaurants are located throughout the area on Bloor, College, Spadina, Bay and Yonge Streets. All are within 15 minutes of walking distance.

Venue

Hart House, University of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto ON, M5S 3H3

The tournament will be hosted at the historic, neo-gothic building, Hart House, at the University of Toronto. Hart House is regarded as one of the world’s most beautiful student centers and is a visual icon of the University of Toronto. The grand interior of Hart House is designed with high arched ceilings that vary from room to room.

Since 2008, the venue has hosted two of the largest annual Toronto chess events, the Hart House Holidays and Hart House Reading Week Open Chess Tournaments, regularly attracting over 200 players.

Contact

Any questions can be sent to: hhtournaments@gmail.com

Pairings and Standings

Chess Results – Crown
Chess Results – U1800
Chess Results – U1400

Photos

All photos were taken by Alexandra Wasti and viewable here.

Live Games

Games are available here for the top-6 boards.

Pre-Registration

Last updated April 19

Starting RankPlayer NameCFC IDCFC RatingCFC QuickCFC MembershipFIDE IDSection
1IM Mark Plotkin14108624882547Valid2611651Crown
2IM Nicholas Vettese15419924772473Valid2620090Crown
3IM Artiom Samsonkin14630524762597Valid13503111Crown
4FM Mike Ivanov14055724202405Valid2613158Crown
5FM Aaron Reeve Mended16708424042373Valid25954938Crown
6CM Max Chen15523823672231Valid2622440Crown
7IM Stefan LöfflerN/A2320Valid4603257Crown
8Fengxi Mao16603323272281Valid2632586Crown
9IM Michael Barron13484022362214Valid2605120Crown
10Jonathan Yu1261312233ValidCrown
11Noah Kim17279422292104Valid2642298Crown
12Brian Jiang16163922292194Valid2627922Crown
13Daniel Abrahams13433322272205Valid2606879Crown
14Raymond Gao15648022202132Valid2629429Crown
15Max England15513521942221Valid2622602Crown
16Neil Moses17094921461732Expired2640627Crown
17Ashwin Chunchu17309621321865Valid2651637Crown
18Tony Bao14935120962176Valid2613042Crown
19Jabrayil Asadov16731420762034Expired13410237Crown
20Ashley Qian16805020521495Valid2636280Crown
21Eric Qian16797520011726Valid2637774Crown
22Fred Gandolfi10899919852065Valid2648059Crown
23Dmitry Chernik14993219681884Valid2613530Crown
24Wenyang Ming15056519631866Valid0Crown
25Lucy Gao16120619611723Valid2629640Crown
26Bingfei Wang17244419571912Valid8618585Crown
27Gordon Gooding10883219222054Valid2615410Crown
28Denys Melnychuk17813319181830Valid14182807Crown
29Benjamin Fradkin15885819091809Valid2625334Crown
30Marc Nassar18526619070Valid0Crown
31Sarthak Deshpande17100218131819Valid25963694Crown
32Larry Zhou Chen17205418111568Valid2648814Crown
33Aarush Ajith16778118071589Valid30943329Crown
34Daniel Zhang16331217881930Valid2637820Crown
35Austin Lin17389517591508Valid2640783U1800
36Frank Wu16267717381564Valid2660814U1800
37Sean Liu17497217031877Valid2643170Crown
38Kabeer Sethi15673416771968Expired2646978Crown
39Shafkat Ali14914216151500Valid2613441U1800
40William Bi16938216111475Valid2640600U1800
41Ivan Biletskyi18383416051635Valid2656760U1800
42Boris Iriarte14956316051770Expired8800111U1800
43Raymond Tang18683715990Valid2660806U1800
44Sudip Poudel18628515940Valid12336629U1800
45Slava Lukinykh17457815861748Valid2648130U1800
46Zihan Hong16621715851405Valid2644843U1800
47Korbin Schantz17360615831731Valid2651904U1800
48Emilio Ramirez18693215540Valid2660822U1800
49Justin Yuan17616615431416NA0U1800
50Keshav Jindal16469215431224Expired0U1800
51Joshua Wright16702115391344Valid2653842U1800
52Joey Lin16663815381492Valid2637227U1800
53Oscar Cheung17122915341383Valid2653079U1800
54Mannan Attlee17874115270Valid0U1800
55Emerich Bartha15614215231573Expired0U1800
56Diganth Anish17442715151471Valid2648105U1800
57Usman Afzal Minhas16790014681506Valid2634180U1800
58Shrikant Bhardwaj18770314630Valid2662345U1800
59Timothy Vo18373314191179Valid0U1800
60Cody Napior17801814111573Valid2648636U1800
61Boomba Nishikawa17815114061248Valid2655772U1800
62Adil Abdulla14645713961210Valid0U1400
63Adithya Sekaran17450913761263Valid48728420U1800
64Quentin Ma17746313711476Valid2655756U1800
65Jacob Fischer17450813671154Valid2660717U1400
66Kevin Gaffney10270113051530Valid0U1800
67Matthew Vo1837341305769Valid0U1400
68Siddharth Surendran17450212511336Valid2649071U1400
69Vihaan Vyas17305212251253Valid2640546U1400
70Raul Zurita17533412191251Valid0U1400
71Nicholas Barnsdale16168712071032Valid2649993U1400
72Lyam Katz17930212051141Valid0U1400
73Aaron Zhu18758712000Valid0U1400
74Andy Rui Wang16730211661431Valid2655802U1800
75Riley Chen18607011511041Valid0U1400
76James Daunt18770911400Valid0U1400
77Yago Gaspar17570511391466Valid2649470U1800
78Calvin DeVries16725711361166Valid0U1400
79Ariel Emengga17813811261627Valid2650746U1400
80Karni Battouk1716761061896Valid0U1400
81Su Bo Ruei (Marcus)18433810531143Valid6005535U1400
82Niam Moses17194710111271Valid0U1400
83Brent Goff1826401006986Valid2655977U1400
84Ethan Xie172051972972Expired0U1400
85Edward Chan184701971971Valid0U1400
86Rucha Deshpande1720129601227Valid2640686U1400
87Benjamin Ha176757955963Valid2653672U1400
88Aiden Wan Chun Lau1875859450Valid0U1400
89Artham Bhoutika1781929411341Valid0U1400
90Elizabeth Ko1869289180Expired0U1400
91Shiven Priebe1839328921394NA2662256U1400
92Neill Chen1801418731194Valid2652714U1400
93JORDAN COBB-DONAHUE1763848381035Valid2646870U1400
94Boyuan Dreuw167227807707Expired0U1400
95Lior Korok1797867340Expired0U1400
96Pranav Arun Prasad1787426741088Valid0U1400
97Alessio Capone1833945810Valid2662043U1400
98Maria Polyanska178767572750Valid0U1400
99Jayson Whiteford18322101450NA2652471U1800
100Thaddeus Cheng1877380896Valid0U1400
101Martin Chocina1773350858Valid0U1400
102Griffin Helmka1883030U1400
103Alex Li1883120U1400
104Stuart Blunt1874230U1400
105Nathan Bell1871580U1400
106Joshua Lagatta1842360U1400
107Hlib Khalapsus18488601957Expired54124360Crown
108Todd T Charlton1877280U1400
109Michael Cassidy1877300U1800
110Jorge Campos1876800U1400
111Susan Fountain1878890U1400
112Alex Chu1873420U1400
113Andrew Jamieson1854610946Valid2658682U1400
114Dieter von Fintel18527901382Valid2658720U1400
115Ryan Jamieson18180601226Valid2658690U1400
116Simon von Fintel1852800853Valid2658739U1400
117Lucas Ciraco1879300U1400
118David Delia18372901000Valid0U1400
119Max Sun1873230U1400
120Zack Quinn1880640U1800
121Ilya Vorobyev1881120U1800
122Nayal Raza1842430U1800
123German Ierzhakov1881940U1400
124Eldaniz AsadovN/A0U1400
125Juan Luis Garcia Hernandez1882320U1800
126Mohammed Rida18698901556Expired1527029U1800
127Leonardo SpallinoN/A0U1400
128France Martin Madrid Simbol1880160U1400
129Mohammad Alsaiah18145901110Valid0U1400
130Eddy Guo1811170U1400
131Joshua Francis1882410U1400
132Mohammad Nabeel Jafri1883300U1400
133Ranmal Bandara1611970U1800
134Kevin McgregorN/A0U1400
135Titan Wang18524901212Valid0U1400
2024 Canadian Zonals in the Great Hall of Hart House