May Tournament Results

5th McGill Open
April 29-May 1, 2016

125 players competed in the 5th McGill Open in Montreal. It was won by FM Zong Yang Yu, who took a first round bye then won all four of his games (for a performance rating of 2994, according to Chess-Results). Along the way he beat IM Than Nha Duong, FM Michael Kleinman and FM Valerian Hirschberg, who led with 4/4 going into the last round. Top seed IM Aman Hambleton was held to a draw in rounds 1 and 3, but won his other games to tie for 2nd-4th with FM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte and FM Hirschberg.

U2000
Maxim Parko won with 4.5/5, ahead of 46 players. 

U1500
Xi Ming Yu won with 4.5/5, ahead of five players with 4. 

photo: FM Kleinman plays FM Chiku-Ratte at the start of rd.3

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11th Edmonton International: Qualifier
April 30 - May 1, 2016

24 players with ratings ranging from 2282 to 1386 competed in the 11th Edmonton International Qualifier. It was won by the top-seed FM Ian Findlay with 4.5/5, 1/2 a point ahead of Nicolas Haynes and Omid Malek.

Ian qualifies to play in the 10-player RR featuring: GMs Alexei Shirov (LAT), S.P.Sethuraman (IND), Sam Shankland (USA), Surya Ganguly (IND), Bator Sambuev (CAN), and IM Richard Wang (CAN), Bitan Banerjee (IND), Belsar Valencia (PHIL), FM Dale Haessel (CAN).

The Edmonton International takes place at the Edmonton Chess Club, June 17-26, 2016.

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35th Arnprior Open
April 30 - May 1, 2016 

The 35th edition of "longest running small town tournament in Canada" took place in Arnprior on the April-May weekend. Three long rounds on Saturday was too much chess for some players, who took a strategic bye to come back fresh on Sunday. Former Canadian Senior champion Bill Doublday did this and then conceded only one draw en route to 4/5, 1/2 point ahead of Stijn De Kerpel, Ben Kellar, and current CYCC U12g Champion Svitlana Demchenko. 

Next year's Arnprior open will move one week, and so not overlap with the McGill Open.

Mississauga Standard
May 7, 2016

The Mississauga Standard series had a record 89 players for their May 7 one-day four-round event. The unusual Time Control of G/50 + 10s increment means that although it is possible to squeeze in four rounds in a day, the games are rated as Standard. There were five sections: Premier, U2000, U1600, U1200 and Recreational. The Recreational section is played at G/25 +10 and does not require a CFC membership and is not CFC rated.  

Premier
1st IM Razvan Preotu 4/4,
2nd Chike (Jude) Aniunoh, 3
3rd-5th: NM Richard Chen, NM Adam Cormier, NM Eugene Hua.

U2000
Constance Wang 4/4. 

U1600
1st - 3rd: Allan Cameron, Zack Donatello, Albert Ranolla (3.5/4)

Toronto Closed
April 4- May 30, 2016 

The Annex Chess Club continues to host the 2016 Toronto Closed. It's an 8-player RR with seven players over 2220. With one round to go, Mike Ivanov's lead is gone: he lost to Mark Plotkin in round 6 and Mark's father, FM Victor Plotkin, defeated FM Michael Barron to tie for the lead with 4.5/6. The final round is May 30, after the 2016 Ontario Open, which is also being hosted by the Annex Chess Club.

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