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List or Participants (Blitz Battles)

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BLITZ BATTLES – LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
(all ratings stated in FIDE unless indicated otherwise)

1. GM Darwin Yang (2488)
2. IM Kaiqi Yang (2448)
3. IM Shiyam Thavandiran (2410)
4. IM Matthew Larson (2408)
5. IM Atulya Shetty (2395)
6. FM Kapil Chandran (2393)
7. IM Safal Bora (2392)
8. FM Mark Heimann (2356)
9. IM Richard Wang (2332)
10. FM Nikita Gusev (2253)
11. FM Varun Krishnan (2253)
12. FM Ethan Li (2248)
13. NM Bryan Hu (2240)
14. FM Qiyu Zhou (2207)
15. NM Aaron Balleisen (2195)
16. NM Geordie Derraugh (2169)
17. NM Isaac Martinez (2127)
18. NM Joseph Bellissimo (2121)
19. NM Haizhou Xu (2116)
20. NM Zehn Nasir (2081)
21. Alex Fabbri (2067)
22. NM James Fu (2061)
23. NM Jonathan Yu (2057)
24. NM Kit-Sun Ng (2046)
25. Ruoying Xu (1963)
26. Kyle Webster (1902)
27. Ram Vishwanathan (1893)
28. Harish Vemuri (1887 USFC)
29. NM Sean Lei (1874)
30. Leslie Tang (1756)
31. Gary Huang (1748 CFC)
32. Kevin Li (1699 CFC)
33. Sumon Reza (1622 CFC)
34. Robert Bentley (1597 CFC)
35. Jurgen Aliaj (1534 CFC)
36. Jimmy Bartha (1533 CFC)
37. Sahan Karunaratne (1471 CFC)
38. Ethan Moon (1026 CFC)
39. Dylan Yakobovits (1005 CFC)
41. Val Lomonossov (unr.)
42. Vikram Nijhawan (unr.)

Tournament Rules (Blitz Battles)

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BLITZ BATTLES – TOURNAMENT RULES

Time Control: 3 minutes + 2 sec/move
Style: 9 rounds, Swiss-system

When: Sunday, November 11th, 2018, 2:30 – 4:30 PM
Where: Hart House Debates Room

Rules: 0-point-byes are in effect. Forced byes will be awarded 1 point. Ratings will be used for seeding/pairing purposes but the tournament itself will not be rated.

1. One illegal move loses
2. King chopping is allowed
3. Touch clock to complete move (not touch move)
4. Promoting a pawn without replacing it with a piece and pressing the clock is an illegal move
5. Using one hand to move and pressing the clock with another is an illegal move
6. It is fine to castle by moving the rook first

Prizes: Trophy to the top player in the final standings. Medals to the second and third top players.

Arbiter:  Mr. Weiwen Leung
Deputy Arbiter: Mr. Panayoti Tsialas

Registration:

To reserve a spot in the tournament, please register by sending an e-mail with your full name and FIDE/CFC rating (if you have one) at hhchess@utoronto.ca by no later than November 10th at 9:00 PM. The limited seats will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline to register will be strictly observed. Walk-ins and on-site registrations will NOT be accepted.

Entry Fee:

The entry fee for Hart House Chess Club members will be $5. Members of the guest Teams in the Ivy League Challenge may enter for free. Everyone else will be asked to pay $20. No CFC membership is required.

All money raised will go towards supporting UofT’s Varsity Chess Team in its road to the 2018 Pan-Am Intercollegiate Chess Championship in San Fransisco, California.

Blitz Battles: Challenge the Masters!

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Join Hart House Chess Club as it welcomes some of America’s and Canada’s strongest student chess players for a fantastic Blitz Tournament on the 11th of November! The “Blitz Battles” is a fundraising chess competition taking place right after the closing ceremony of the much awaited Ivy League Challenge!

The tournament is open to the chess community at large so everyone is welcome to play but seating is limited and registration is required to secure your spot.  To reserve a spot in the tournament, please register by sending an e-mail with your full name and FIDE/CFC rating (if you have one) at hhchess@utoronto.ca as early as possible.

The deadline to register is Saturday, November 10th, at 9:00 PM and it will be strictly observed. Many players need to get to Pearson Airport in time, so we need to make sure that the announced timetable will be followed. For this reason, walk-ins and on-site registrations will NOT be accepted.

We expect a pretty high demand so, if interested in playing, it is advisable to make your move fast. As a courtesy to your fellow students and chess enthusiasts, we would kindly ask that if you register for the tournament and you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your registration to allow for someone to take your spot.

The registration fee for Hart House Chess Club members will be $5. Members of the guest Teams in the Ivy League Challenge may enter for free. Everyone else will be asked to pay $20. All money raised will go towards supporting UofT’s Varsity Chess Team in its road to the 2018 Pan-Am Intercollegiate Chess Championship in San Fransisco, California.

This is sure to be a wonderful event and we hope that you will join us.

Read the Tournament Rules

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Round 5 (Ivy League Challenge)

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IVY LEAGUE CHALLENGE
ROUND 5 – LIVE RESULTS
Nov. 11th – 9:30 AM

I. Toronto A vs Princeton (1 – 3)

1. NM Joseph Bellissimo (2121) – FM Kapil Chandran (2393) 0 – 1
2. NM James Fu (2061) – FM Ethan Li (2248) 1/2 – 1/2
3. NM Sean Lei (1876) – NM Aaron Balleisen (2195) 1/2 – 1/2
4. Gary Huang (1748 CFC) – NM Isaac Martinez (2127) 0 – 1

II. Toronto B vs Michigan (1 – 3)

1. FM Nikita Gusev (2253) – IM Atulya Shetty (2395) 0 – 1
2. FM Qiyu Zhou (2207) – IM Safal Bora (2392) 1/2 – 1/2
3. NM Haizhou Xu (2116) – FM Mark Heimann (2368) 0 – 1
4. NM Zehn Nasir (2081) – Kyle Webster (1902) 1/2 – 1/2

III. Yale vs Harvard (1.5 – 2.5)

1. IM Matthew Larson (2408) – GM Darwin Yang (2488) 1/2 – 1/2
2. Alex Fabbri (2067) – IM Richard Wang (2332) 0 – 1
3. Ram Vishwanathan (1893) – FM Varun Krishnan (2253) 1/2 – 1/2
4. Harish Vemuri (1887 USFC) – NM Bryan Hu (2240) 1/2 – 1/2

Round 4 (Ivy League Challenge)

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IVY LEAGUE CHALLENGE
ROUND 4 – LIVE RESULTS
Nov. 10th – 4:30 PM

I. Princeton vs Yale (3.5 – 0.5)

FM Kapil Chandran (2393) – IM Matthew Larson (2408) 1 – 0
FM Ethan Li (2248) – Alex Fabbri (2067) 1 – 0
NM Aaron Balleisen (2195) – Ram Vishwanathan (1893) 1/2 – 1/2
NM Isaac Martinez (2127) – Harish Vemuri (1887 USFC) 1 – 0

II. Michigan vs Toronto A (3.5 – 0.5)

IM Atulya Shetty (2395) – NM Joseph Bellissimo (2121) 1 – 0
IM Safal Bora (2392) – NM James Fu (2061) 1/2 – 1/2
FM Mark Heimann (2356) – Sean Lei (1876) 1 – 0
Kyle Webster (1902) – Gary Huang (1748 CFC) 1 – 0

III. Harvard vs Toronto B (3 – 1)

GM Darwin Yang (2488) – FM Nikita Gusev (2253) 1/2 – 1/2
IM Richard Wang (2332) – FM Qiyu Zhou (2207) 1/2 – 1/2
FM Varun Krishnan (2253) – NM Zehn Nasir (2081) 1 – 0
NM Bryan Hu (2240) – NM Jonathan Yu (2057) 1 – 0

Round 3 (Ivy League Challenge)

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IVY LEAGUE CHALLENGE
ROUND 3 – LIVE RESULTS
Nov. 10th – 10:00 AM

I. Toronto B vs Princeton (0.5 – 3.5)

1. FM Nikita Gusev (2253) – FM Kapil Chandran (2393) 0 – 1
2. FM Qiyu Zhou (2207) – FM Ethan Li (2248) 1/2 – 1/2
3. NM Haizhou Xu (2116) – NM Aaron Balleisen (2195) 0 – 1
4. NM Zehn Nasir (2081) – NM Isaac Martinez (2127) 0 – 1

II. Harvard vs Michigan (2.5 – 1.5)

1. GM Darwin Yang (2488) – IM Atulya Shetty (2395) 1/2 – 1/2
2. IM Richard Wang (2332) – IM Safal Bora (2392) 0 – 1
3. FM Varun Krishnan (2253) – FM Mark Heimann (2356) 1 – 0
4. NM Bryan Hu (2240) – Kyle Webster (1902) 1 – 0

III. Yale vs Toronto A (3.5 – 0.5)

1. IM Matthew Larson (2408) – NM Joseph Bellissimo (2121) 1 – 0
2. Alex Fabbri (2067) – NM James Fu (2061) 1 – 0
3. Ram Vishwanathan (1893) – NM Sean Lei (1876) 1/2 – 1/2
4. Harish Vemuri (1887 USFC) – Gary Huang (1748 CFC) 1 – 0

Round 2 (Ivy League Challenge)

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IVY LEAGUE CHALLENGE
ROUND 2 – LIVE RESULTS
Nov. 9th – 5:00 PM

I. Princeton vs Harvard (2.5 – 1.5)

1. FM Kapil Chandran (2393) – GM Darwin Yang (2488) 1/2 – 1/2
2. FM Ethan Li (2248) – IM Richard Wang (2332) 0 – 1
3. NM Aaron Balleisen (2195) – FM Varun Krishnan (2253) 1 – 0
4. NM Isaac Martinez (2127) – NM Bryan Hu (2240) 1 – 0

II. Michigan vs Yale (2.5 – 1.5)

1. IM Atulya Shetty (2395) – IM Matthew Larson (2408) 1/2 – 1/2
2. IM Safal Bora (2392) – Alex Fabbri (2067) 1 – 0
3. FM Mark Heimann (2356) – Ram Vishwanathan (1893) 1 – 0
4. Kyle Webster (1902) – Harish Vemuri (1887 USFC) 0 – 1

III. Toronto A vs Toronto B (1.5 – 2.5)

1. NM Joseph Bellissimo (2121) – FM Nikita Gusev (2253) 1 – 0
2. NM James Fu (2061) – FM Qiyu Zhou (2207) 0 – 1
3. NM Sean Lei (1876) – NM Zehn Nasir (2081) 1/2 – 1/2
4. Gary Huang (1748 CFC) – NM Jonathan Yu (2057) 0 – 1

Round 1 (Ivy League Challenge)

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IVY LEAGUE CHALLENGE
ROUND 1 – LIVE RESULTS
Nov. 9th – 10:30 AM

I. Princeton vs Michigan (1.5 – 2.5)

1. FM Kapil Chandran (2393) – IM Atulya Shetty (2395) 1/2 – 1/2
2. FM Ethan Li (2248) – IM Safal Bora (2392) 0 – 1
3. NM Aaron Balleisen (2195) – FM Mark Heimann (2368) 0 – 1
4. NM Isaac Martinez (2127) – Kyle Webster (1902) 1 – 0

II. Harvard vs Toronto A (3.5 – 0.5)

1. GM Darwin Yang (2488) – NM Joseph Bellissimo (2121) 1 – 0
2. IM Richard Wang (2332) – NM James Fu (2061) 1 – 0
3. FM Varun Krishnan (2253) – NM Sean Lei (1876) 1/2 – 1/2
4. NM Bryan Hu (2240) – Gary Huang (1748 CFC) 1 – 0

III. Toronto B vs Yale (1.5 – 2.5)

1. FM Nikita Gusev (2253) –  IM Matthew Larson (2408) 1/2 – 1/2
2. FM Qiyu Zhou (2207) – Alex Fabbri (2067) 1 – 0
3. NM Haizhou Xu (2116) – Ram Vishwanathan (1893) 0 – 1
4. NM Zehn Nasir (2081) – Harish Vemuri (1887 USFC) 0 – 1

Team Pairings (Ivy League Challenge)

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IVY LEAGUE CHALLENGE – TEAM PAIRINGS/RESULTS

Round 1
1. Princeton vs Michigan (1.5 – 2.5)
2. Harvard vs Toronto A (3.5 – 0.5)
3. Toronto B vs Yale (1.5 – 2.5)

Round 2
1. Princeton vs Harvard (2.5 – 1.5)
2. Michigan vs Yale (2.5 – 1.5)
3. Toronto A vs Toronto B (1.5 – 2.5)

Round 3
1. Toronto B vs Princeton (0.5 – 3.5)
2. Harvard vs Michigan (2.5 – 1.5)
3. Yale vs Toronto A (3.5 – 0.5)

Round 4
1. Princeton vs Yale (3.5 – 0.5)
2. Michigan vs Toronto A (3.5 – 0.5)
3. Harvard vs Toronto B (3 – 1)

Round 5
1. Toronto A vs Princeton (1 – 3)
2. Toronto B vs Michigan (1 – 3)
3. Yale vs Harvard (1.5 – 2.5)