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2025 Toronto Closed Championship
Where Annex Chess Club, 918 Bathurst St., Toronto When March 24 – June 2 2025. No play on April 21 Easter Monday) or May 19 (Victoria Day) Rounds start at 7:30. Format Nine-round round robin in multiple sections. Time Control 90m + 30s increment from move 1. Sections Championship, Reserve, Development, Annex (Ten players in…
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2025 Toronto Rapid
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 Debates Room and Music Rooms (capacity 175, playing halls). Time Control: 10 mins + 5 secs/move increment Capacity: 175 players Rounds: 10:00 am, 10:45 am, 11:30 am, lunch, 1:00 pm,…
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2024 Toronto Seniors Chess Championship
Who: GTA resident players (men and women of 50+ ages); CFC membership required Players are grouped into sections of 10 players by CFC rating (as of Sept 14). Sections: Championship and Reserve (maximum capacity: 20 players). To be placed in a section, the player’s entry fee must be paid and CFC membership expiry date must…
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More Toronto championships
These championship will be held at the Excelsior chess club: 2023 Toronto Rapid Chess Championship – Sunday, May 14th, 2023 2023 Toronto Seniors Championship – starts on Thursday, Oct 19th, 2023 2023 Toronto Juniors Championship – starts on Thursday, Oct 19th.
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Toronto championships
The GTCL executives approved several bids from the Annex Chess Club to conduct these tournaments: 2023 Toronto Closed – April 17 – Jun 26;2023 Toronto Women’s Closed – September 18 – November 13;2023 Toronto Open – September 2–4;2023 Toronto Blitz – August 14;2023 GTCL Cup – November 27; Details will be posted on the…
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2023 GTCL League Team Championship
The tournament will be held at the Hart House Chess Club starting January 10th. Details FORMAT: CFC-rated Round-Robin Tournament of teams Nine rounds split over ten weeks. Capacity for 20 teams, 80 players. If 10 or fewer teams, a round-robin with a max of 9 rounds. If 11 or more teams, teams are divided into…
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2022 GTCL Team Rapid Championship
It will take place at Annex CC on December 5th, 2022. Details about the tournament at http://annexchessclub.com/2022/10/2022-gtcl-team-rapid-championship/
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1959 and older Toronto Closed Championships
1950s The 1950s started to have Swiss weekend tournaments, ratings and chess clocks. Zvonko Vranesic, Belgrade Junior Champion, came to Toronto and won the TC with a perfect 9-0 the first time he entered. The 1959 TC might have been played in Casa Loma. Frank Anderson was the dominant Toronto player, winning four TCs in…
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1960-1969 Toronto Closed Championships
1960s In 1962 Alexander Knox of the Scarborough Chess Club got things rolling organizing a swiss Toronto Closed, Team matches and the Canadian Open (won by Benko). 50 players played in five TCs. ’63 saw a 16 player round-robin played in one month, after that the TC was split into two or more sections, with…
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1970-1979 Toronto Closed Championships
1970s Ninety-nine players played in the TCs of the 70s. The 1970 TC was covered in the first issue of Chess Canada, published in Toronto by Dobrich, who also started a new chess column in the Toronto Star. The Central Y Chess Club was run by working members and was packed for Saturday afternoon speed.…