2024 Hart House October Open

The Hart House Chess Club (HHCC) is pleased to host the Hart House October Open Tournament from Sat. October 26th – Sun. October 27th, 2024. The event is perfect 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 26th to Sun. October 27th. Rd #1 starts at 10:00 A.M.
Format: 5-round CFC-Rated, Swiss Tournament
Location: Hart House Debates Room, Committees Room, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3H3
Time Control: 60 mins + 30 secs/move increment
Capacity: 110
Rounds: Saturday: 10 am, 2 pm, 6:00 pm, Sunday: 11 am, 3 pm
Sections: Crown, U1800, U1200 (all CFC rated)
Equipment: HHCC will supply all chess equipment
Prizes: Projected $3600 based on 100 fully paid players
Organizers: Hart House Chess Club

Entry Fees and Registration

Entry Fees: $50 by September 25th, $60 by October 25th (see discounts below)

Registration: SOLD OUT
Online registration by noon Friday, October 25th. No onsite registration. Registration is also available in person or via telephone at the Hart House Hub.

Additional Information

Byes: Up to one 1/2 point bye can be requested by emailing us by noon on October 25.

CFC Memberships: Registrants must be current CFC members – https://chess.ca/membership-fees.

Section Eligibility: No playing up allowed. CFC regular ratings are used for pairings.

Discounts: $30 discount for unrated players in their first tournament and student members of the Club. Max one discount per player. Unrated players are ineligible for prizes. Free entry for IM/WIM by October 1st (email us for details).

Prize Payments: Any prize less than or equal to $100 will be paid via Gift Cards. Direct deposit is required for prizes above $100. All prizes will be payable via direct deposit on request. Please expect 1 week – 3 weeks for payments to be processed.

Contact

Email: hhchess@studentorg.utoronto.ca

Pre-registered

Starting rank, standings, and pairings: https://chess-results.com/tnr1045528.aspx?lan=1

last updated: October 25

Starting Rank	Player’s Name	CFC ID	CFC Regular	CFC Membership	Section	Byes
1	Razvan Preotu	146124	2531	Valid	Crown
2	Fengxi Mao	166033	2369	Valid	Crown	Round 1, 2 bye
3	Ethan Moon	150154	2214	Expired	Crown
4	Ian Loadman	101686	2088	Valid	Crown
5	Heye Gao	166066	2059	Valid	Crown
6	David Filipovich	103521	2043	Valid	Crown
7	Andy Zixin Wang	168247	2037	Valid	Crown
8	Karthi Kola	176220	2035	Valid	Crown
9	Adam Siegel	162159	2002	Valid	Crown
10	Nolan Wu	160709	2001	Valid	Crown
11	Andrew Leung	190714	2000	Required	Crown
12	Fred Gandolfi	108999	1957	Expired	Crown
13	Gordon Gooding	108832	1930	Valid	Crown
14	Uttam Dhungel	184829	1928	Valid	Crown	Round 4 bye
15	Noah Velasquez	168145	1925	Expired	Crown
16	Bradley Tseng	164369	1907	Expired	Crown
17	Nathan Zian Wang	161735	1905	Valid	Crown
18	Henry Pollitt	170969	1899	Valid	Crown
19	Siddarth Narasimhan	161746	1898	Expired	Crown
20	Haneul Park	183754	1870	Valid	Crown
21	Adrien Cheng	158231	1870	Valid	Crown
22	Brian Hanratty	153647	1821	Valid	Crown
23	Nihad Mammadov	189770	1816	Valid	Crown
24	Slava Lukinykh	174578	1802	Valid	Crown
25	Zeming Yin	179583	1788	Expired	Crown
26	Isaac Duanmu	163584	1736	Valid	U1800
27	Omid Nemati	130676	1729	Expired	U1800
28	Eric Huang	174612	1717	Valid	U1800
29	Larry Zhou Chen	172054	1715	Valid	U1800
30	Luc Chamberland	107346	1668	Valid	U1800
31	Ray Chen	187033	1658	Valid	U1800
32	Nicholas Ossine	173090	1627	Valid	U1800
33	Noah Chung	177781	1614	Valid	U1800
34	Nathaniel Yong	155451	1608	Expired	U1800
35	Tanishq Kumar Dhingra	175434	1601	Valid	U1800
36	Quentin Ma	177463	1583	Valid	U1800
37	Korbin Schantz	173606	1582	Valid	U1800
38	Matthew Lee	189894	1580	Valid	U1800
39	Harold Hunter	154396	1579	Expired	U1800
40	Jayden Tan	179333	1559	Valid	U1800
41	Alexa Roque	172868	1558	Valid	U1800
42	Henry Vu	159501	1557	Valid	U1800
43	Justin Yuan	176166	1543	Valid	U1800
44	Shafkat Ali	149142	1534	Valid	U1800	Round 1 Bye
45	Lyam Katz	179302	1533	Valid	U1800
46	Julian Pan	171946	1521	Valid	U1800
47	Saket Kola	176221	1521	Valid	U1800
48	Alex Brandimarte	172950	1520	Valid	U1800	Round 3 Bye
49	Jinglai He	166992	1519	Valid	U1800
50	Richard Kang	175618	1488	Valid	U1800
51	Allen Li	175534	1486	Valid	U1800
52	Noah Witmer	175301	1467	Valid	U1800
53	Samuel Ling	187570	1463	Valid	U1800
54	Joel Robertson	156452	1431	Expired	U1800
55	Albert Lozano	125617	1419	Valid	U1800
56	Jim Chen	187032	1372	Valid	U1800
57	Amuthab Ajanthan	186577	1371	Valid	U1800
58	Suhao Hu	166576	1306	Valid	U1800
59	Alex Liao	183095	1305	Valid	U1800
60	Yiguo Gao	169414	1292	Valid	U1800
61	Scott McManus	186686	1255	Valid	U1800
62	Bernard Chiu	184777	1254	Valid	U1800
63	Agnay Murali Elangattu	174984	1163	Valid	U1200
64	Anhad Sangha	189976	1153	Valid	U1200
65	Clara Dolderman	182502	1152	Valid	U1200
66	Dhruv Gupta	188542	1151	Valid	U1200
67	Andy Rui Wang	167302	1145	Valid	U1200
68	Gabriel Saimovici	175468	1106	Valid	U1200
69	Max Huang	166461	1082	Valid	U1200
70	Jason Garillo Mogallos	185133	1079	Expired	U1200
71	Jasper Jia	176373	1044	Valid	U1200	Bye Round 2
72	Mulin Chen	179290	1042	Valid	U1200
73	Lucy Saunders	185900	1032	Valid	U1200
74	Balazs Csaszar	189965	1026	Valid	U1200
75	Nikolaos Xirogiannis	189772	1021	Valid	U1200
76	Shi Duanmu	171680	1012	Valid	U1200
77	Marissa Yeung	182534	1008	Valid	U1200	Round 4 Bye
78	Brent Goff	182640	1006	Valid	U1200
79	Benjamin Leyan Wang	182385	1004	Valid	U1200
80	Jishnu Nair	190429	987	Valid	U1200
81	Justin D Wang	180708	980	Valid	U1200
82	Christopher Chung	185315	975	Valid	U1200
83	Atilay Jafarli	173910	965	Valid	U1200
84	Aarit Mishra	184181	965	Valid	U1200
85	Ian Gao	177611	956	Valid	U1200
86	Ivan (Yirong ) Wu	189171	945	Valid	U1200
87	Edward Chan	184701	932	Valid	U1200
88	Ethan Xie	172051	892	Valid	U1200
89	Eli Teram	107314	890	Valid	U1200
90	Chetas Mule	188235	880	Valid	U1200
91	Pranav Arun prasad	178742	877	Valid	U1200
92	Vrisag Paliwal	186776	874	Valid	U1200
93	John Nguyen	180674	862	Valid	U1200
94	Jian Lin	189631	852	Valid	U1200	Round 1 bye
95	Edmund Smyk	146332	845	Valid	U1200
96	Evan Gao	177612	843	Valid	U1200
97	Veeksha Reddy Poola	174758	783	Valid	U1200
98	Caleb Mann	178781	743	Valid	U1200
99	Abby Marsden	190452	452	Valid	U1200	Round 2 bye
100	Jared Bouffard	190591	0	Valid	U1200
101	Alix Bouffard	190143	0	Valid	U1200
102	Wolfgang van Gulik	N/A	0	Required	U1200
103	Anya Seenuvasan	190750	0	Required	U1200
104	Norm Cappell	190155	0	Required	U1200
105	Aykan Orscelik	185788	0	Valid	U1800
106	Fenn Hafey	190449	0	Valid	U1200	Round 3 Bye
107	Kevin Lin	190982	0	Valid	U1200
108	Ismail Iraz	185081	0	Valid	U1200
109	Aaria Chakrabarti	191113	0	Valid	U1200
110	Hari Chandana Gollapinni	181433	0	Required	U1200
111	Xin Yu Maddox He	191163	0	Required	U1200