Chess Institute of Canada presents the Ontario Chess Association's
Open Section
Under 2000 Section
Under 1600 Section
If you don't get the correct cross-table, then visit their web site; click on 'Products & Services'; click on cross-tables; choose Ontario, 2010/01-2010/06, Regular; click on 'Submit'; and look down the list, which is sorted by date, for the tournament on 5/24.
The Open Section is also rated by the World Chess Federation (FIDE): 64th Ontario Open Championship 2010.
Games between players in Grades K-12 was also rated by Chess'n Math Association (CMA):
Open Section
Under 2000 Section
Under 1600 Section
Chess eXpress Ratings, Inc. ("CXR") also rated the tournament:
2010 Ontario Open Championship - all 3 sections
Photos: Chess Institute of Canada President Ted Winick presenting the prizes.
Open Section
1st - 5 points - Bator Sambuev
2nd-4th - 4.5 points - David Cummings, Nikolay Noritsyn, Bryan Smith
5th - 4 points - Liam Henry, Raymond Kaufman
Under 2200 1st - 4 points - Laurentiu Grigorescu
Under 2200 2nd - 3.5 points - Paul Gelis
Under 2000 Section
1st - 5.5 points - Derick Twesigye
2nd - 5 points - Jim Zhao
3rd-4th - 4.5 points - Robert Bzikot, Guannan Terry Song
Under 1800 1st - 4.5 points - Lali Agbabishvili
Under 1800 2nd - 4 points - Ferdinand Cale
Under 1600 Section
1st - 5.5 points - Qiang Li
2nd-4th - 5 points - Pahila Ezekiel, Branislav Rajsic, Stanley Su
Under 1400 (1st-2nd) - 4 points - Derrick Aghamalian, Benjamin Blium, Lin (Xin) Song
All sections
Team Prize - 15.5 points - David Cummings, Matthew Nicholson, Roman Sapozhnikov, Drake Lalonde
Father-Son prize - 8 points - Qiang Li, Yinshi Li
Here are the games from the Under 2000 Section and the Under 1600 Section which were submitted.
Some positions from the tournament to enjoy:
Michael Kleinman - Keith Wight
64th Ontario Open Championship, Toronto, Ontario, 2010.5.22, Round 1
I'll just keep an eye on that promotion square while I go wander off making threats elsewhere. Got it covered ... got it covered ... oops!
32. a5 Be4 33. a6 Rc8 34. a7 Rxc3 35. d5 1-0
Liam Henry - Ian Mahoney
64th Ontario Open Championship, Toronto, Ontario, 2010.5.22, Round 2
Sacrifice of queen for minor piece - always a thrill!
20. Qxb5+ axb5 21. Bxb5+ Ke7 22. Bb4+ Ke6 23. Bc4+ Kd7 24. O-O-O+ Kc7 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Rd1+ Kc7 27. Bc3 Bc5 28. f3 Rhg8 29. g3 Rgd8 30. Bd5 Rab8 31. a3 Rd7 32. b4 Be3+ 33. Kc2 Kb6 34. Kb3 Rc8 35. b5 Rdc7 36. Bc6 Rxc6 37. bxc6 Kxc6 38. Bb4 Bd4 39. Rc1+ 1-0
Nikolay Noritsyn - Victor Plotkin
64th Ontario Open Championship, Toronto, Ontario, 2010.5.23, Round 4
Double attack wins back the piece - or not.
39... Re1 40. Rxe1 Nb1 41. Kc2 a1=Q 42. Rxb1 Qe5 43. Rb3 Qe2+ 44. Kc1 Qxh2 0-1
David Southam - Yuri Aronov
64th Ontario Open Championship, Toronto, Ontario, 2010.5.23, Round 4
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qa5 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 e6 11. Bh6 b5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h4 b4
Simultaneous attacks on the kings!
14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qf4 Nxc4 17. h5 Na3+ 18. bxa3 bxc3 19. h6+ Kg8 20. Qxf6
Can Black stop mate in 1?!
20... Qb5+ 21. Kc2 Qb2+ 22. Kd3 c2 23. Qxb2 cxd1=Q+ 24. Ke3 f6 25. Qb6 Qd5 0-1
Stephan Tonakanian - Leslie Tang
64th Ontario Open Championship, Toronto, Ontario, 2010.5.24, Round 6
A queen sacrifice to continue the attack.
27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Bxf5 Nf6 29. Be6+ Kh7 30. Nf7 Be7 31. Be5 Qb7 32. d6 Qf3 33. Re1 Bxd6 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Bf5# 1-0
Congratulations to GM Bator Sambuev, Ontario Open Champion two years in a row!
Board 1: Victor Plotkin - GM Bator Sambuev
Board 2: IM Bryan Smith - Paul Gelis
Board 4: Laurentiu Grigorescu - IM Nikolay Noritsyn
Board 10: David Filipovich - Yelizaveta Orlova
Board 13: Dalia Kagramanov - Leslie Tang
Analysis room, book table, food table moved upstairs.
2010 Canadian Open Championship planning meeting. Clockwise from the photographer's chair: Ted Winick, Michael Barron, Brian Fiedler, Erik Malmsten, Maurice Smith, Michael Sutton.
Board 1: GM Bator Sambuev (RUS) - Yuri Aronov (RSA)
Board 2: IM Raymond Kaufman (USA) - IM Bryan Smith (USA)
118 players!
Outside: Welcome, Playing site
Upstairs: Playing hall, Demo board
Downstairs: Analysis room, Book table
For sale from Ted's support group: Baked food for thought, Chocolate chess pieces
Photo: Copyright 2010 by Francis Rodrigues.
Photo: 2008 Hart House, Toronto. Copyright 2008 by the photographer David Cohen.
Photo credits: Noritsyn - copyright 2008 by Nikolay Noritsyn; Orlova - copyright 2008 by the photographer David Cohen; Kagramanov - copyright 2008 by Dalia Kagramanov; Cummings - copyright 2009 by the photographer David Cohen; Campbell - copyright 2006 by the photographer David Cohen.