Greater Toronto Chess League   

is pleased to announce Grand Prix 2007 series! 

 

GTCL Grand Prix 2007 - click here for standings
Greater Toronto Chess League is pleased to announce Grand Prix 2007 series! 
 GTCL invites all chess clubs and organizers submit their bids for the Grand Prix 2007 Thanksgiving & Holidays tournaments!

GTCL Grand Prix 2007 series will include the following 5 tournaments: 

1)  March Open – March 16-18, 5 rounds

2)  Toronto Open – April 6-8, 6 rounds

3)  Canada Day Open – June 30-July 1 & 2 - 5 rounds

4)  Thanksgiving Open – October 6-8, 6 rounds - NEW ORGANIZER REQUIRED

5)  Holidays Open – December 26-30, 6 rounds - TBA

 Grand Prix prizes will be awarded to players who get the most points accumulated for all 5 tournaments in the following 5 categories:

1)   Open,

2)   Under 2200,

3)   Under 2000,

4)   Under 1800,

5)   Under 1600.

 

5% from each tournament’s prize fund will be set aside for Grand Prix fund.

CFC Membership is required.

 

GTCL invites all chess clubs and organizers submit their bids for the Grand Prix 2007 tournaments!

 

2007 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS 

The tournament scores in all seven events will be added up, 1 tournament point = 1 Grand Prix point (except for requested byes= 0).
Players must be CFC members.  Five percent of the entry fees goes to these prizes.  Standings as of July 31, 2007

GTCL Grand Prix 2007

# Name

Rating

 March April July Oct Dec
Total
1 Schleifer, Michael 2347 4.0 5.5 5.0    
14.5
2 Noritsyn, Nikolay 2468 4.0 4.5 5.5    
14.0
3 Ferreira, Alex T. 2093 3.0 3.0 2.5    
8.5
  Chidley-Hill, John W 1992 2.5 3.0 3.0    
8.5
  Tseluiko, Oleg 1953   4.5 4.0    
8.5
6 Zhou, Haonan 1948 3.5 4.0      
7.5
7 Southam, David 2201 3.0 4.0      
7.0
  Ramenaden, Matthew 1847 2.0 2.5 2.5    
7.0
9 Nozari, Nosrat 1880 2.5 4.0      
6.5
  Laporte, Richard 1631 2.0 2.0 2.5    
6.5
11 Ivko, Jelovac 2082 3.0 3.0      
6.0
  Salomaa, Markku 1717 2.5 3.5      
6.0
  Moran-Venegas, Mario 1764 2.0 3.0 1.0    
6.0
14 Rogers, John A 1376 2.0 2.5 1.0    
5.5
15 Florea, Alexandru 1739 2.5 2.5      
5.0
  Inigo, Aquino 1926 2.0 3.0      
5.0
  Armstrong, Robert J. 1815 2.0   3.0    
5.0
  Dowling, Bruce 1798 1.0 2.5 1.5    
5.0
  Kaufman, Harris 1939   2.0 3.0    
5.0
  Samsonkin, Artem 2486     5.0    
5.0
21 Posaratnanathan, Roy unr 0.5 2.0 2.0    
4.5
  Guo, Josh 2207   4.5      
4.5
  Yu, Melvin 1948     4.5    
4.5
24 Sivasankar, Balakumar 2140 4.0        
4.0
  Kurbatov, Misha unr 1.5   2.5    
4.0
  Posaratnanathan, Juliaan unr 1.0 2.0 1.0    
4.0
  Ali, Hayder 0   4.0      
4.0
  Divljan, Igor 2374     4.0    
4.0
  Pechenkin, Vladimir 2301     4.0    
4.0
  Rapoport, Alex 2002     4.0    
4.0
  Yuan, Yuanling 1998     4.0    
4.0
32 Longo, Tyler 1914 3.5        
3.5
  Livshits, Ron 2405 3.5        
3.5
  Kaufman, Elliot 1335   1.5 2.0    
3.5
  Miletic, Dusan 2115     3.5    
3.5
  Yu, Marco 2023     3.5    
3.5
  Zhang, Brent 1825     3.5    
3.5
38 Plotkin, Victor 2305 3.0        
3.0
  Rakov, Pavel 1901 3.0        
3.0
  Wang, Jesse B.J. 1875 3.0        
3.0
  Malmsten, Erik 1871 3.0        
3.0
  Orlova, Yelizaveta 1850 3.0        
3.0
  Liu, Robert 1450 3.0        
3.0
  Douglas, Steven 1628   3.0      
3.0
  Dizon, Lyndon 1965     3.0    
3.0
  Villalobos, Oscar 1643     3.0    
3.0
  Hutchinson, Joel 1553     3.0    
3.0
  Maguire, Jack 1387     3.0    
3.0
49 Sapozhnikov, Roman 2213 2.5        
2.5
  Trifan, Victor 1983 2.5        
2.5
  Gladstone, Simon 1839 2.5        
2.5
  MacLeod, Steven 2058   2.5      
2.5
  Villaluz, Ernesto unr   1.5 1.0    
2.5
  Kleinman, Michael 1976     2.5    
2.5
  Ghandi, Houshyar 1739     2.5    
2.5
  Arfin, Sam 1410     2.5    
2.5
57 Buzila, Gheorgh 1766 2.0        
2.0
  Irimia, Andrey 1600 2.0        
2.0
  Lung, Patrick 1563 2.0        
2.0
  Peristy, Luke 1344 2.0        
2.0
  Pancer, Jeff 1233 0.5 1.5      
2.0
  Gerzhoy, Leonid 2461   2.0      
2.0
  Wing, Richard 1781   2.0      
2.0
  France, Kyle 965   2.0 0.0    
2.0
  Benson, Chris 1953     2.0    
2.0
  Jackiw, Mark 1657     2.0    
2.0
67 Lung, Stephen 1614 1.5        
1.5
  Swilley, Bryan 1568 0.0 1.5      
1.5
69 Wang, Jerry Z. S. 1590 1.0        
1.0
  Barkman, Daniel 1547 1.0        
1.0
  Souchko, Larissa 1279 1.0        
1.0
  Kasperovich, Michael unr     1.0    
1.0
73 Smyk, Ed unr   0.5      
0.5
74 Ademi, Sami 2204   0.0      
0.0

 

2006 GRAND PRIX PRIZES
 

Estimated GTCL Grand Prix 2006 fund in amount of $1250 should be allocated as:
 
First $400
Second $300
Third   $200
Fourth $100
Fifth $50
Sixth $50
Seventh $50
Eighth $50
Ninth $50
 
with limit 2 prize winners per rating class:
1) Open (2200 and above),
2) Under 2200 (from 2000 to 2199),
3) Under 2000 (from 1800 to 1999),
4) Under 1800 (from 1600 to 1799),
5) Under 1600.
 

Final standings of the GTCL Grand Prix 2006 competition:
1) Noritsyn, Nikolay      2431     29.5   -  $400
2) Chidley-Hill, John     1751     26.0   -  $300
3) Martchenko, Alexander  1978     21.0   -  $200
4) Southam, David         2101     20.5   -  $100
5) Laporte, Richard        unr     20.0   -  $ 50
6) Ramenaden, Matthew     1784     19.5   -  $ 50
7) Henry, Liam            2123     19.0   -  $ 50
8) Chan, Alex             1463     18.0   -  $ 50
9) Sapozhnikov, Roman     1738     17.0   -  $ 25
9) Ferreira, Alex         1912     17.0   -  $ 25

Congratulations to all prize winners!

GTCL invites all chess players to play in the coming Toronto Closed and 2007 Grand Prix tournaments!

Happy New Year!

2006 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS 

The tournament scores in all seven events will be added up, 1 tournament point = 1 Grand Prix point (except for requested byes= 0).
Players must be CFC members.  Five percent of the entry fees goes to these prizes.  Standings as of November 15, 2006

# Name

Old

High

  March  Apr  May  Jun  Sep  Oct  Dec  Total
1 Noritsyn, Nikolay 2431 2435 3.5 5.5 3.0 4.5 3.0 5.5   25.0
2 Chidley-Hill, John 1751 1899 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 3.5 4.5   23.0
3 Chan, Alex 1463 1489 1.5 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.5 3.0   18.0
4 Ramenaden, Matthew 1784 1840 3.0 2.5 5.0 3.0 3.0 1.0   17.5
5 Martchenko, Alexander 1978 1991 3.0   2.5 3.5 3.5 4.5   17.0
  Laporte, Richard unr 6   3.0 4.0 2.0 4.0 4.0   17.0
7 Southam, David 2101 2347 2.5 4.0 4.0 3.5   2.5   16.5
8 Henry, Liam 2123 2172 3.0 4.0 2.5   2.5 2.5   14.5
9 Sapozhnikov, Roman 1738 1824 3.0   2.5   5.0 3.0   13.5
  Ferreira, Alex 1912 1912 2.5 3.0 4.0   4.0     13.5
  Wang, Jesse B.J. 1618 1626 1.5   2.0 4.0 3.0 3.0   13.5
12 Florea, Alexandru 1407 1495 2.5 3.0 4.5   1.5 1.5   13.0
  Bodyakin, Ilya 1367 1415     4.0 4.0   5.0   13.0
  Rakov, Pavel 1663 1683     4.0   4.0 5.0   13.0
  Tseluiko, Oleg unr 5       3.5 4.5 5.0   13.0
16 McTavish, Dale 2195 2230 3.5 4.0       5.0   12.5
  Kagramanov, Dalia 1540 1588     4.0 1.5 3.5 3.5   12.5
  Ochkoos, Jura 2274 2437     4.0   5.5 3.0   12.5
19 Fan, Brendan 1875 1923 4.0 3.0   2.5 2.5     12.0
  Calugar, Arthur 1963 2040 4.0     3.0 1.5 3.5   12.0
  Longo, Tyler 1779 1845 3.0 2.5 2.5   4.0     12.0
  Lung, Stephen 1163 1175 1.0 0.5 2.5 2.5 3.0 2.5   12.0
  Gusev, Nikita 1748 1872     3.5 1.5 3.0 4.0   12.0
  Ang, Alan 1866 1924     1.5 3.5 4.0 3.0   12.0
25 Orlov, Sergiy 1894 1944       2.5 4.5 4.5   11.5
26 Gerzhoy, Leonid 2412 2399 3.0 4.0 4.0         11.0
27 Laughlin, Steve 2036 2114   3.5 4.0 2.0   1.0   10.5
  Divljan, Igor 2351 2351     3.5 3.5 3.5     10.5
  Medvedev, Genadi unr 5       3.0 3.5 4.0   10.5
30 Tam, Timothy 1871 1871 2.0 1.5 1.0 3.0 2.0 0.5   10.0
  Salomaa, Markku 1795 1872   2.5   2.5 2.0 3.0   10.0
32 Panjwani, Raja 2231 2251     4.0 2.5 3.5     10.0
                       
33 Kulic, Sasa 2209 2232 4.0   3.5 2.0       9.5
34 Chow, Kevin 1378 1396 2.0       3.5 3.5   9.0
  Supsup, Ferdinand 1880 16     4.0 2.5 2.5     9.0
36 Zhang, Brent 1675 1742 2.0     1.0 3.0 2.5   8.5
  Semianiuk, Konstantin unr 6     5.5     3.0   8.5
  Venkataraman, Ravi unr 6     4.5 4.0       8.5
  Itkin, David 1284 1294     3.0   3.0 2.5   8.5
  Lai, Jonathan 1309 1339       3.5 3.0 2.0   8.5
  Lai, Matthew 1745 1824       3.5 2.0 3.0   8.5
42 Ho, Conrad 1917 1953 3.0 3.5   1.5       8.0
  Irimia, Andrey 1427 1465 1.5   3.5 1.5   1.5   8.0
  Wing, Richard 1728 1978 1.5       4.0 2.5   8.0
  Arandia, Henry 1999 2035     5.0 3.0       8.0
  Thavandiran, Shiyam 2259 2277       3.0 5.0     8.0
55 Zhou, Haonan 1837 1837 3.0   1.5 1.5   1.5   7.5
  Marks, Richard 1793 2000 1.5 3.0 2.0 1.0       7.5
  Farrant-Diaz, Nathan 1193 1197 1.0   1.5 3.0 1.0 1.0   7.5
  Kaufman, Harris 1768 1812   3.0 2.5   2.0     7.5
  Archibald, Colin 1695 1726   2.5 2.0   1.5 1.5   7.5
  Kenani, Daruish unr 6     4.0 3.5       7.5
  Panjwani, Dilip 1601 1867     2.5   5.0     7.5
  Bellomo, Joe 1719 1934     1.0 3.0 3.5     7.5
  Brown, John R. 1445 1970         4.5 3.0   7.5
  Hambleton, Aman 1948 2000         2.5 5.0   7.5
65 Xu, Kelvin 1237 17 2.0 2.0     3.0     7.0
  Gladstone, Simon 1411 1439 1.5   3.0 2.5       7.0
  Dizon, Lyndon unr 6   4.0       3.0   7.0
  Zhou, Abraham 1469 11     5.0 2.0       7.0
  Guzar, Stas 1315 1371     4.0 3.0       7.0
  Pimentel, Sheldon 1967 2021     1.0   3.0 3.0   7.0
  Mai, Lloyd 2028 2091         3.0 4.0   7.0
72 Austria, Federico 2135 2190   0.0 3.5 3.0       6.5
  Ugge, Robin 1833 1856     4.0 2.5       6.5
  Dragan, Cristian 1465 1484     3.0 3.5       6.5
  Gillis, Doug 1589 1849     2.5 1.0 3.0     6.5
  Shah, Omaray 1864 2045     2.5   2.0 2.0   6.5
  Ang, Raymond 1178 1196