2025 Toronto Rapid Chess Championship

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The 2025 Toronto Rapid Chess Championship was held at Hart House on April 27th with 118 participants. The winners were IM Mark Plotkin in the Crown section, Justin Yuan in U1800, and Fred Chun in U1400. Photos by Jay Bhadreshwara.

Photos from the Canadian Chess Federation Newsletter (John Upper) are available here.
Photos from the Club’s photographer Jay Bhadreshwara are available here.

The Hart House Chess Club is proud to host the 2025 Toronto Rapid Championship at Hart House on Sunday, April 27th, 2025. The tournament is a 7-round Swiss Tournament with a time-control of 10 minutes plus 5 seconds per move increment.

The Hart House Chess Club successfully hosted the 2024 Toronto Rapid on April 20th, 2024 with 140 participants. We are looking forward to hosting the tournament again and welcoming back the community to Hart House. 

Tournament Details

  • When: Sunday, April 27th, 2025, 10 am – 4 pm
  • Format: 7-round CFC-rated, FIDE-rated, Swiss Tournament
  • Location: 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3H3 Music Room, Burwash Room, Debates Room (analysis/parents)
  • Time Control: 10 mins + 5  secs/move increment
  • Capacity: 125 players
  • Rounds:  10:00 am, 10:45 am, 11:30 am, lunch, 1:00 pm, 1:45 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:15 pm 
  • Sections:  Crown, U1800, U1400 (rated CFC Quick in all sections, FIDE rated top-two sections) 
  • Equipment: HHCC will supply all chess equipment
  • Prizes: $3200 based on 120 fully paid entries. Trophies to winning player in each section.
  • Entry Fees: $40 by April 1st at 11:59 pm, $45 afterwards, free entry for IM/WIM by April 1st at 11:59 pm. $20 discount for HHCC members
  • Registration: online registration or in-person at the Hart House Information Hub by Friday, April 25th at 11:59 pm. No onsite registration.
  • Arbiters: FA Victor Zheng, NA Deepanshi Matai
  • Organizers: Hart House Chess Club – Victor Zheng, Deepanshi Matai, Cindy Qiao, Bingfei Wang

Announcements

April 16: Please note the following road closures in the morning of the event for the 2025 BumRun race happening on the University of Toronto campus.

Detailed Schedule

Round 1: 10 am (no check-in required)

Round 2: 10:45 am

Round 3: 11:30 am

Lunch: no food provided, options available here

Round 4: 1 pm

Round 5: 1:45 pm

Round 6: 2:30 pm

Round 7: 3:15 pm

Trophy Ceremony: 4 pm

Additional Information

Byes: Up to one 1/2 point bye for rounds 1-6 can be requested by emailing us by Fri. April 25th 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.
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 hhchess@studentorg.utoronto.ca.
CFC Active or CFC Regular: this tournament will use CFC Active/FIDE Rapid for section eligibility. 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.
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.

Contact

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

Pre-Registered, Standings, Pairings

Chess Results updated April 26

Pre-Registered list below updated April 26

Starting RankPlayer’s NameCFC IDCFC RatingCFC MembershipFIDE IDSectionByesNotes
1Mark Plotkin1410862520Valid2611651Crown
2Max England1551352407Valid2622602Crown
3Nicholas Vettese1541992360Valid2620090Crown
4Christopher Knox1365032358Expired2607549Crown
5Max Chen1552382273Valid2622440Crown
6Michael Dougherty1002942230Valid2601559Crown
7Michael Barron1348402191Valid2605120Crown
8Younan Ishow1621602153Expired7601727Crown
9Brendan Tan1579222064Valid2650401Crown
10Kola Venkat Karthikeya Reddy1762202055Valid2643278Crown
11Shon Lazarev1676272014Valid2636999Crown
12Nihad Mammadov1897702008Valid13456210Crown
13Wajdy Shebetah1484322003Expired11500131Crown
14Julian Pan1719461976Valid2654555Crown
15Heye Gao1660661975Valid2638223Crown
16Brendan Cater1614541974Valid2632535Crown
17Riyaan Lakhani1779891955Valid2648270Crown
18Shabd Dembla1757041937Valid33403899Crown
19Yurii HustiN/A1900Required14180880CrownFIDE Rapid used
20Levi Lim1680791884Valid2634325Crown
21John Upper1019251875Valid2606437CrownRound 4
22Quentin Ma1774631858Valid2655756Crown
23Sarvesh Saravanan1850271857Valid88105040Crown
24Mervyn Sit Yee1037441854Valid2658577Crown
25Haneul Park1837541846Valid4907485Crown
26Slava Lukinykh1745781840Valid2648130Crown
27Austin LIn1738951825Valid2640783Crown
28Dhruv Murali1661621778Valid329218174Crown
29Usman Minhas1679001768Valid2634180U1800
30Kola Venkata Saket Reddy1762211764Valid2643260U1800
31Elon Wang1667911751Expired2635020Crown
32Khai Le1807651735Valid2664950U1800
33Diganth Anish1744271731Valid2648105U1800
34Joseph Nguyen1432141730Valid2648458U1800
35Justin Yuan1761661726Valid2645947U1800
36Shafkat Ali1491421724Valid2613441U1800
37Viktor Zivojinovic1869391718Valid2661390U1800
38Oscar Cheung1712291706Valid2653079U1800
39Yifu Cai1889861700Valid8633959U1800
40Sasha Ioffine1775931698Valid2653141U1800
41Omkar Baraskar1844081673Valid33446660U1800
42Jeffrey Ye1890741663Valid0U1800
43Lawrence Ju1513701662Valid0U1800
44Bhavik Chhatralia1727371659Valid2640317U1800
45Aaryan Kovuru1777871658Valid2650762U1800
46Artham Bhoutika1781921631Valid2667991U1800
47Hanna Wehbeh1945531629Valid1667564U1800FIDE Rapid used
48Andrew Yang1737951626Valid2640953U1800
49Jaime Xiang1787881623Expired2648407U1800
50Warren Feng1885361621Expired0U1800
51Tom Leschinski1820351605Valid2653150U1800
52Gabriel Saimovici1754681591Valid2649055U1800
53Pranav Emani1788271587Valid2653664U1800
54Koby Savage1752931580Valid0U1800
55Heidi Gay1753811579Valid2656825U1800
56Joseph Dawood1780701578Expired2656671U1800
57Dylan Shanmugadhasan1690451571Valid2635127U1800
58Nayal Raza1842431567Valid2662850U1800
59Jacob Jones1379401563Valid2652447U1800
60James Mourgelas1085401559Valid2613816U1800
61Jayden Lee1889071558Valid2672529U1800
62Shannon Zhao1799281557Valid2659654U1800
63Ken Kurkowski1045371555Valid2613719U1800
64Shashwath Raaghav Krishnamurthi1745341546Valid2668084U1800
65Christopher Charles1254961546Valid2668009U1800
66Su Bo Ruei (Marcus)1843381540Valid6005535U1800
67Adhrit Chattopadhyay1871961529Valid2670097U1800
68Zhibo Zhang1775081525Valid0U1800
69Frankie Huang1873981518Valid2671778U1800
70Nathan Wang1801401505Valid2663635U1800
71Nilaanujan Gowrishankar1799311499Valid0U1800
72Jesus Molina1917701491Valid0U1800
73Frank Helwig1057881486Valid2642344U1800
74KAPILAASH KAMALAKANNAN1944811474Valid25955217U1800FIDE Rapid used
75Luke Ma1794641471Valid2655748U1800
76John, Nguyen1806741456Valid2665026U1800
77Max Ling1849521444Valid2658216U1800
78Todd Westcott1604731438Valid0U1800
79Hassan Sattar1851781438Valid0U1800
80Youssef ishow1761451437Expired2646927U1800
81Maisen Li1839631425Valid2662426U1800
82David Love1550141416Valid2661977U1800
83Joshua Lagatta1842361413Valid2663848U1800
84Calvin DeVries1672571408Valid2662744U1800
85Alex Velazquez1569341407Expired0U1800
86Alyna Paul1854251405Valid2673150U1800
87Bosen Li1839621403Valid2662418U1800
88Griffin Helmka1883031391Expired0U1400
89Vikram Rawal1696901380Valid0U1400
90Jordan Cobb-Donahue1763841375Valid2646870U1400
91Etienne Ma1794651372Valid2655730U1400
92Andre Kuzin1679551371Valid2655721U1400
93Bhuvnesh Sharma1767941354Valid2658364U1400
94Prasanna Shankar Prabhu1902721354Valid2671492U1400
95JINGCHEN WU1753421340Valid2654253U1400
96David D’Elia1837291287Valid0U1400
97Leo Huang1879101280NA2671786U1400
98Savyan Aggarwal1927181273Expired0U1400
99Fred Chun1624971262Valid0U1400
100Lev Gawrielman1899631230Valid0U1400
101Saptangshu Mukherjee1906281096NA0U1400
102Nicholas Barnsdale1616871064Valid2649993U1400
103Stephen Kuzin1676241063Valid0U1400
104Khang Le1933451031NA0U1400
105Hussein Bani Khaled1934760ValidU1800
106Yusuf LamN/A0RequiredU1400
107Utkarsh Mali1778510RequiredU1400
108Vasilii Pustovoit1939300RequiredU1400
109Dimitrios TzouropoulosN/A0RequiredU1400
110Daniel Murray1940880ValidU1400
111Richard FungN/A0RequiredU1400
112Marco Yepez1942380ValidU1400
113Zach Yu1881310ValidU1400
114Luka Stevanovic1866630Valid2662140U1400
115Osama Haleemah1945920NewU1400
116Michael Gabriel SmithN/A0RequiredU1400
117Barrett Buhler1935780Valid0U1800
118Alexandr (Sasha) IankovskiN/A0RequiredU1800
119Owen Chow1947100ValidU1400
120Shokhruz Alamkulov193119ValidU1400
A blitz and rapid event at Hart House in 2023.

For more details of the 2024 Toronto Rapid Chess Championship event, see here.