Greater Toronto Chess League

1980-1989 Toronto Closed Championships

1987

Toronto Closed 1987 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
1 Gordon Taylor 2288 X 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8.5
2 Harry Kaminker 2227 0 X ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8.5
3 Deen Hergott 2448 1 ½ X 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8.0
4 John Pajak 2343 0 0 1 X 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.0
5 Todd Southam 2302 ½ ½ ½ 0 X ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ + 1 7.0
6 Paul Ross 2302 0 0 ½ 1 ½ X 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5.5
7 Ian Findlay 2428 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 X 0 0 1 ½ 1 5.0
8 Vinny Puri 2352 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 X 0 0 1 1 5.0
9 Jozef Polacek 2261 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 1 ½ ½ 4.5
10 Imitiaz Husain (won 86 R) 2205 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 X ½ ½ 3.0
11 Ruperto Frilles 2227 0 0 0 0 – ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ X ½ 2.5
12 Martin Veltman 2234 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ X 1.5
R was the previous year’s Reserves 2301c  

1986

Toronto Closed 1986 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
1 Ian Findlay 2365 X ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9.0
2 Raymond Stone 2332 ½ X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 7.5
3 Lawrence Day 2419 ½ ½ X ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7.0
4 Vinny Puri 2317 0 ½ ½ X 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 7.0
5 Kevin Pacey 2222 0 ½ 0 1 X 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 6.5
6 John Pajak 2349 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 X ½ 1 1 0 1 1 6.0
7 Stephen Boyd 2305 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ X 0 1 ½ 1 1 5.5
8 Todd Southam 2218 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 X 1 ½ 0 1 5.0
9 Michael Dougherty 2202 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X ½ 1 1 3.5
10 Zbigniew Okolotowicz 2161 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ X 0 0 3.0
11 Ruperto Frilles 2180 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 0 3.0
12 David Lavin 2206 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 3.0
  2273c  

1985

Toronto Closed 1985 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
1 Todd Southam 2195 X ½ 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 8.5
2 Stephen Boyd 2252 ½ X 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.5
3 Robert Morrison 2334 0 1 X 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 7.5
4 Harry Kaminker 2253 0 ½ 0 X 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 7.0
5 Bryon Nickoloff 2402 0 ½ ½ 0 X 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7.0
6 Kevin Pacey 2196 1 0 ½ 0 0 X 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6.5
7 Vinny Puri 2237 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 X 1 0 1 1 1 6.5
8 Josef Polacek 2304 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 X ½ ½ ½ ½ 4.5
9 David Southam 2053 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ X 1 ½ 1 4.0
10 Ruperto Frilles 1991 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 X 1 1 3.5
11 Mark Dutton 1909 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 X 1 3.0
12 Gerald Aspler 2051 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 X 0.0
  2181c  

1984

Toronto Closed 1984 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
1 Lawrence Day 2435 X ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7.5
2 Josef Polacek 2300 ½ X 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 7.5
3 Robert Morrison 2380 0 0 X ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5
4 Bryon Nickoloff 2420 ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 – 7.0
5 Raymond Stone 2270 0 1 1 ½ X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 6.0
6 David Lavin 2265 1 1 0 ½ ½ X 0 ½ 0 1 + ½ 6.0
7 Kevin Pacey 2105c 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 X 1 1 ½ 0 1 5.0
8 Stephen Boyd 2240 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 X 1 1 ½ 1 5.0
9 John Pajak 2161c ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 X 1 1 1 5.0
10 Lorne Yee 2105c ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 X ½ 1 4.0
11 Paul Ross 2191c 0 0 0 0 1 – 1 ½ 0 ½ X 1 4.0
12 Jacques Van Leusden 2077c 0 0 0 + 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 X 1.5
  2234c  

1983

Toronto Closed 1983 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
1 Lawrence Day 2408 X 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 10.5
2 Ian Findlay 2347 0 X 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.5
3 Robert Morrison 2351 0 0 X ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7.0
4 Brian Hartman 2322 0 ½ ½ X ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 6.5
5 Michael Schleifer 2104 0 ½ ½ ½ X 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6.5
6 Ian Kilgour 2233 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 X ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6.0
7 Martin Buchholz 2354 0 0 0 0 1 ½ X ½ 1 1 1 1 6.0
8 Alex Kuznecov (won 82 Reserves) 2109 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ X 1 0 – ½ 5.0
9 Roman Vaichaitis 2046 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 X 1 0 1 4.0
10 Fima Rakhinshteyn 2110 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 X ½ 0 2.0
11 Brian Fiedler 2134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 ½ X ½ 2.0
12 Joachim Hentschel 2065 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ X 2.0
  2234c  

1982

1982 TC was at The Hart House Chess Club from February to April. The crosstable from Chess Canada Echecs 1982 5-6 (#54).

Toronto Closed 1982 Old New Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1. Morrison, Robert 2341 2367 8.5 X 0 = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 +
2. Buchholz, Martin 2306 2348 8.5 1 X = 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 +
3. Day, Lawrence 2439 2425 8 = = X = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1
4. Kourkounakis, Ilias 2246 2381 7.5 0 1 = X 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 +
5. Kleinplatz, Sam 2219 2253 6.5 0 1 = 1 X 1 = 0 = 0 1 +
6. Lavin, David 2191 2205 5.5 = 0 0 0 0 X 0 1 1 1 1 +
7. Nickoloff, Bryon 2343 2330 5 = 0 = 0 = 1 X 0 1 = 0 1
8. Kilgour, Ian 2240 2233 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 X 0 0 1 1
9. Hergott, Deen 2216 2203 5 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 X 1 1 +
10. Findlay, Ian 2250 2206 4.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 1 0 X 1 +
11. van Leusden, Jacques 2066 2022 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X +
12. Dzera, Victor 2258 2220 0 – – 0 – – – 0 0 – – – X

As the TD Stephan Boyd wrote in the report “Until a hoped-for tie-breaking match between them in the summer, Rob and Martin will share the title”. Was a such match held? Two games were commented by R.Morrison.

[Event "Toronto closed"][Site "Toronto CAN"][Date "1982.02.??"][Round "?"][White "Morrison, Robert"][Black "Day, Lawrence"][Result "1/2-1/2"][ECO "A75"][WhiteElo "2341"][BlackElo "2439"][PlyCount "79"][EventDate "1982.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nh5 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Ra3 Rb8 16. Rb3 Bd4 17. Nd1 Qf6 18. g3 Qe5 19. f4 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Qd4 21. Nf3 Qxa4 22. Nc3 Qa5 23. e5 Qb6 24. f5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Rxe5 dxe5 28. Qxe5 Rd8 29. g4 Ng7 30. Ne4 f5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33. Nh5 Nxh5 34. Qxf5+ Nf6 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Kf7 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qh6+ Kf7 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto closed";][Site "Toronto CAN"][Date "1982.02.??"][Round "?"][White "Morrison, Robert"][Black "Findlay, Ian"][Result "1-0"][ECO "A68"][WhiteElo "2341"][BlackElo "2250"][PlyCount "63"][EventDate "1982.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 Re8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 a6 14. g4 h6 15. h4 c4 16. g5 Nh7 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Bg4 Qe7 19. h5 Nhf8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. e5 hxg5 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. e6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nf6 25. f5 Nxd5 26. Qg2 Rc5 27. Bxg5 Qh7 28. Rae1 Nc7 29. Bf6 Qh5 30. Rf3 Rxf5 31. Rh3 Qxh3 32. Qxg6+ 1-0

 

1981

The crosstable was presented in Ontario Chess News 1981 May (#1). Ratings are different and they are in (…).

Toronto Closed 1981 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
1 Robert Morrison 2304 X 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1   7.5
2 John MacPhail 2309 (2313) 1 X ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6.5
3 Peter Murray 2225 (2298) ½ ½ X 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1   6.0
4 Victor Dzera 2251 (2217) 0 1 1 X 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6.0
5 Deen Hergott 2128 (2145) 0 0 0 1 X 1 1 1 0 1 1   6.0
6 Ilias Kourkounakis 2191 (2319) ½ 1 0 1 0 X 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5.5
7 Raymond Stone 2352 (2359) ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 X 1 ½ ½ 1   5.5
8 Peter Nurmi 2298 (2305) 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 X 1 ½ ½   3.5
9 David Lavin 2304 (2198) 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 X 0 0 1 3.0
10 Drew Stoll 2156 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 X ½ + 3.0
11 Alex Kuznecov 2047 (2099) 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ X 1 2.5
12 Geza Fuster 2187 (2218)   0   0   0     0 – 0 X 0.0
  2244  

1980

The crosstable was presented in Ontario Chess News 1981 May (#1).

Toronto Closed 1980 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
1 Lawrence Day, IM 2404 X ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 8.0
2 Stephen Boyd 2042 ½ X 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1   7.0
3 Peter Nurmi 2210 ½ 0 X ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1   6.5
4 Zvonko Vranesic, IM 2279 0 ½ ½ X 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 6.0
5 John Pajak 2083 0 ½ 0 0 X ½ 1 1 1 1 ½   5.5
6 Peter Murray 2225 1 0 1 0 ½ X 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5.0
7 Drew Stoll 2074 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 X ½ ½ ½ 1 0 4.0
8 Paul Janicki 2073 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ X ½ 0 0 + 3.5
9 David Filipovich 2055 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ X ½ 1 1 3.5
10 David MacLeod 2090 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ X 1   3.5
11 Brian Fiedler 2026 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 X   2.5
12 Mike Rohland 2163 1     0   0 1 – 0     X 2.0
  2142  

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