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Chess Academy of Canada - Chess Tournaments for Juniors
Date: Open Every Sunday
except April 24, June 5, August 14, and December 25, 2005.
Place: Thornhill Community Centre, 7755 Bayview Ave., North of Steeles at John Street.
Registration: 1:45 - 2:15 PM.
Entry Fee: $10, second child from same family $9, 3rd and subsequent child $8.
Type:  Round Robin ( or 1 game per day Swiss for advanced/expert players ).
Time Control:  30/SD for Round Robin (90/SD for 1 game per day Swiss).
Prizes:  Trophies, medals, ribbons, chess books ( every child gets a prize ).
Times:  First round begins at 2:30 PM.
Misc:  All games are CFC rated. Between rounds, players work on chess exercises (optional). Players also receive homework (with answers) each week.  Players who win all three games in the under 1000 section will receive a medal.  Players that win all three games in the over 1000 section will receive their choice of a medal or a book.  Each week, a draw will be held to give away for free 5 chess books, DVDs or CDs, to players in the Advanced/Expert sections. 
Contact: Roman Pelts, (905) 709-8611.  Website: http://www.chessacademycanada.com

Previous annual G.T.C.L. sponsored "Toronto Closed Championship"

2004 Toronto "Closed" Chess Championship
Tomas Krnan & Yaaqov Vaingorten Co-champions - Click here to go directly to Official Tournament website!

2003 Toronto "Closed" Chess Championship!
Goran Prpic is surprise winner with dominant 9-2 result (no losses)

2002 Toronto "Closed" Chess Championship!
Isai Berengolts wins with 9.5 points out of 11

2001 - Congratulations to Brett Campbell, F.M.
winner of the 2001 Toronto "Closed" Chess Championship!

Eduardo D. Teodoro IV-  THE NEW MILLENIUM TORONTO CLOSED CHAMPION
2000 Toronto "Closed" Chess Championship!

ALL GAMES IN PGN FORMAT FOR EACH YEAR
The Toronto Closed 2004 pgn files  (This file is now updated and complete)
The Toronto Closed 2003 pgn files
The Toronto Closed 2002 pgn files
The Toronto Closed 2001 pgn files
The Toronto Closed 2000 report

GTCL *LOTTO BONUS* WINNERS 2004 - 2005 *
Name          Amount    Score Section   Tournament  *LOTTO BONUS*

Alfonso Cheng $150 <1600 5/5 2004 March - Tartu
Sasha Starr   $400 <2200 6/6 2004 April - Tartu
Bryan Lamb    $200 <2200 5/5 2004 May - Tartu
Francis Assaripallan Inigo $500 <2000 5/5 2004 May - Tartu
Craig Thorvardson $350 <1800 5/5 2004 May - Tartu
Aquino Inigo  $200 <1600 5/5 2004 May - Tartu
Wojtek Fulmyk $150 <1800 6/6 2004 September - Macedonian
Michal Fulmyk $150 <1600 6/6 2004 September - Macedonian
Poya Oftadeh  $300 <1800 5/5 2004 November - Tartu
Robert Hamilton $1500 - OPEN 5/5 2005 March - Tartu
Joe Leung     $260 <1600 5/5 2005 March - Tartu

Dutton Chess puts a pasting on Polonia Chess Club - on Wed. night at the Polish Recreation Centre in Mississauga. The schedule for the CUP competition is listed after the season one. 
ALL Games to be CFC RATED. Time Control: 90 minutes per player per game 

GTCL 2004-2005 League Season Schedule:

DOWNLOAD GAMES IN PGN HERE


[Event "GTCL League Match Play"]
[Site "Polonia Community Centre"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milicevic, Goran, FM."]
[Black "Krnan, Tomas, FM."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Be6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Qxd5 c6 13. Qc4 Bf6 14. Be3 Ne5  15. Qe2 b5 16. b3 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. f4 Nd7 19. Qf2 Rfe8 20. g4 g6 21. g5 Bg7 22. f5 Ne5 23. f6 Bf8 24. Qg3 d5 25. Bf4 d4 26. h4 c5 27. h5 Bd6 28. hxg6 Nxg6 29. Qh2 Ne5 30. Bh3 Ng6 31. Bf5 Qc6 32. Rd3 Rxe4 33. Bxe4 Qxe4 34. Bxd6 Qg4+ 35. Rg3 1-0

[Event "GTCL League Match Play"]
[Site "Polonia Community Centre"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dougherty, Michael, FM."]
[Black "Findlay, Ian, FM."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Ng4 12. Qd2 Qh5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Kh2 Ng4+ 15. Kg1 Nf6 16. Kh2 Ng4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GTCL League Match Play"]
[Site "Polonia Community Centre"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Buscar, Michael"]
[Black "Filipovich, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qe2 c6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. f3 Nh5 13. Be3 Nf4 14. Qc2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 b6 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rac8 19. Rad1 Bf6 20. Nc1 Be7 21. R6d2 Rfd8 22. Kf2 f6 23. b3 Kf7 24. Ke2 Rxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Rd8 26. Nd3 Bc8 27. c4 Ke6 28. Kd1 f5 29. Kc2 fxe4 30. fxe4 c5 31. Nf2 Rf8 32. Nd1 Bh4 33. g3 Be7 34. Nc3 Bb7 35. Kd3 Bc6 36. Ke2 Bd6 37. Nd5 Rf7 38. a3 b5 39. Kd3 bxc4+ 40. Kxc4 Rf1 41. Rf2 a6 42. a4 Re1 43. Rf6+ Kd7 44. Rf7+ Ke6 45. Rxh7 Bxd5+ 46.
exd5+ Kf5 47. Kd3 e4+ 48. Kd2 Rb1 49. Rf7+ Kg4 50. Bf4 e3+ 51. Bxe3 Rxb3 52. Rf6 Be5 53. Rxg6+ Kf3 54. Bxc5 Rb2+ 55. Kd3 Rb3+ 56. Kc4 Rc3+ 57. Kb4 a5+ 58. Kb5 Rb3+ 59. Kc6 1-0

[Event "GTCL League Match Play"]
[Site "Polonia Community Centre"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kret, Ted"]
[Black "Urquhart, Eddie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[Annotator "MSD"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 g6 5. h3 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. g4 Nd7 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Bc2 a5 15. O-O-O b6 16. Rdg1 Ba6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 a4 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Nd2 Ra5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Bd3 Rb8 23. h4 Nc8 24. h5 g5 25. f4 Bf6 26. Nc4 Raxb5 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Rf1 Bg7 29. Rf5 f6 30. Rhf1 Rb3 31. Rxf6 Bxf6 32. Rxf6 Nd6 33. Qf1 R8b7 34. Nxe5 Qg7 35. Nf7 Rxd3 36. Rxh6+ Qxh6 37. Nxh6 Rg3 38. Nf5 Rgb3 39. Nxd6 cxd6 40. Qf5+
Kh8 41. Qxg5 Rf7 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qg6+ Kf8 44. Qxd6+ Ke8 45. Qa6 Rfb7 0-1

GTCL Awards

DCC wins GTCL Cup Competition in 2002 -
Click here for pics & 2002 REPORT from Eddie Urquhart

DOWNLOAD GAMES IN PGN HERE

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We have 6 teams entered... Polonia, Brampton, Willowdale, Chess Academy, Dutton Chess, Kitchener.  
Entries To:  Cezary Posylek <cesarposylek@rogers.com> 

The Brampton Club (and Kitchener Club playing area) is at the Heart Lake United Church, on Sandalwood Parkway (Between Kennedy Road and Hurontario (Hwy 10). Take Highway 401 to Highway 410 North. Follow Highway 410 until it ends and becomes Heart Lake Road and continue until Sandalwood Parkway (In a few weeks HWY 410 will be extended and end at Sandalwood Parkway). Turn Left (West) and follow Sandalwood Parkway past 3 lights and you will see the Heart Lake United Church on the South Side.
Team Captain:  Barry Thorvardson Call (905) 846-8467 if you need further instructions.

Dutton Chess is back with a team Entry for 2004-2005 Season.
Basement Level in the small building between the 2 Tall Towers, 
(directly across from Macedonian Community Centre where Labour Day is each year),
East York - Toronto, Ontario.  
Team Captain:  Mark S. Dutton, I. A.  (416) 467-9715 or (416) 219-7933
Club room Available Wednesday evenings - 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. 
TBA (must be reserved in advance).

Polonia Chess Club is open to players of all skill levels and ages.
Place: Polish Cultural Centre, 4300 Cawthra Road, Mississauga in the club room,
at 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm on Wednesdays 
Team Captain: Caesar (Cezary) Posylek (905) 686-7942
Email ckr@rogers.com  or cesarposylek@rogers.com 
Visitors are always welcome.  Our chess club is located at very comfortable location and facilities,
casual and tournament play.  Free parking nearby.

Willowdale Chess Club - home location of BOTH Willowdale & Chess Academy of Canada,
Place: Earl Bales Park & Community Centre, North York, Ontario
(on Bathurst Street, one traffic light South of Sheppard Avenue)
Chess Academy of Canada Team Captain:    Michael Barron  E-mail: barron045@yahoo.com
The Willowdale Chess Club Team Captain:   Yevgeni Nahutin E-mail:   YevgeniSolodar@yahoo.com
Time: Each Tuesday @ 18:45 h. Information: WCC has been active continuously for more than 35 years. 
We have currently about 30 members and meet for friendly games every Tuesday.   
Annual membership is only $10.  
The Willowdale Chess Club (and Chess Academy playing area) is located at 4169 Bathurst St.  (Earl Bales Community Centre at the Earl Bales Park near Bathurst and Sheppard intersection).  Take Highway 401, exit to Avenue Road, turn South (Right, if were going East on Highway 401) on Avenue Road, immediately turn West (Right) on Wilson Avenue, on the second traffic lights turn North (Right) on Bathurst Street, on the forth traffic lights turn East (Right) into Earl Bales Park. In the Park take left road that is going to the Earl Bales Community Centre with the free parking lot nearby.
(Call Fred Kormendi, Willowdale Chess Club President at 416-223-0126 if you need further instructions)

TEAM ROSTERS: 

Brampton Chess Club Team:
#  Name              Rating CFC Id

1.   Isai Berengolts      2223, CFC 125667

2.  Barry Thorvardson 1994, CFC 101072
3.  Denton Cockburn *

4.   Nedjeljko (Steve) Mikloska  1891, CFC 134394
5.   Raj Verma *
6.  Alice Laimer            1528, CFC 102419

7.  Jim Ferrier (spare)*      * The * players above are getting/renewing memberships this week.

Chess Academy of Canada Team:
#   Name              Rating CFC Id
1.   FM Roman  Pelts   2433 108387
2.   Yaaqov Vaingorten   2389 125532
3.   Nikolay Noritsyn       2333 132534
4.  Michael Kimelman     2286 137889
5.  Michael Barron          2263 134840
6.   Predrag Putic            2219 110253
7.  Jonathan Tayar          2115 133658
8.  Arthur Calugar            1989 130889

Dutton Chess Team:
# Name              Rating CFC Id
1.  FM Goran Milicevic, 2370   CFC 105291
2.  FM Ian Findlay, 2383 CFC 101737
3.  FM Christian Stevens, 2344, CFC 120171
4.  Ian McGarrett, 2324, CFC 106644
5.  Eddie Urquhart, 2232, CFC 104815
6. Michael Buscar, 2193 , CFC 110977
7.  Ross Richardson, 1941, CFC 111115
8. Omaray M. Shah, 1895, CFC 121329
9.  Warren Dutton, 1783, CFC 106571

Kitchener Chess Team:
#   Name              Rating CFC Id
1.  FM John MacPhail       2333

2.  FM Andrew Peredun  2328
3.  Marius Zubac         2235
4.  Raja Panjwani             2240
5.  Gord Morrell                2227
6.  Hans Jung             2203
7.  Martin Roetteler        2202
8.  Andre Zybura          2002

Polonia Chess Club Team:
# Name              Rating CFC Id
  1.   GM Alex Wojtkiewicz  2585
 2.   IM Elect Tomas Krnan 2416
 3.   Piotr Olszewski      2347
 4.   FM Michael Dougherty 2299
 5.   David Filipovich            2280
 6.   Stefan Turna                  2275 FIDE
7.   Ted Kret                         2217
  8.   Jack MARDAROWICZ    2215 FIDE
 9.   Zbigniew  OKOLOTOWICZ       2212 
10.  Adam Warzywoda         2096
11.  Ian BLEDZINSKI       2091
12.  Pawel Fulmyk                2010
13.  Peter Jasionowski         1993
14.  Marek   KLIMASZEWSKI  1991
15.  Caesar Posylek             1867

Willowdale Chess Club:
#    Name                       Rating CFC Id
1.   Slava Rek                 2281 137004
2.   Maxim Krupnov        2232 139344
3.   Victor Plotkin             2200 New CFC
4.   Yevhen Molchanov   2165 137053
5.   Vladimir Rubanovski 2100 125766
6.   Andrei  Gulko             2093 127505
7.   Yevgeni Nahutin       2051 123265
8.   Evgeni Kutuzov        2000 New CFC
9.   Vladimir Strelchik     1979 103651
10.  Viatcheslav Golod   1945 121179
11.  Fred Kormendi        1579 109412
12.  Evgeni Tobolovsky 1560 128107
 
Chess Academy & Willowdale will play their home matches on the road. 

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FOR CHESS CLUBS IN GREATER TORONTO

2004 Canadian Closed Championship
List of 69ADVANCE Registered Players Live Games
   

The 3rd Annual Guelph Pro-Am International - July 28-August 2, 2004

2004 Canadian Open  Championship & CYCC:

2004 Canadian Open  - FINAL RESULTS

2004 Canadian Youth Chess Championship
FINAL RESULTS

  $11,000 in Guaranteed Prizes !

Viktor Korchnoi is at Quebec Open this year !

Other Recent Events:  Reports and Results FOR CHESS CLUBS IN GREATER TORONTO 2004 Canadian Closed Championship List of 69ADVANCE Registered Players Live Games     Toronto Senior Active   Date- Sunday, September 26, 2004 Place- Bradgate Arms, 54 Foxbar Rd. (SE of Avenue Rd and St. Clair) Eligibility-Born before 54-09-27 Type-5 round Active, 30 minutes/game, Round 1- 10:15am, Round 5- 4pm EF-$15 to M. Jaeger at #1201-755 York Mills Rd., Tor. M3B 1X5 or at site till 10 am Prizes- Aggregate EFs less 4/player Misc.-Entry limited to 30 players. Bring boards,sets and clocks Info- TD Jaeger at 416 445-9293  BGC - Upcoming Chess Tournaments Contact: Vlad Dobrich @ 416-722-9709    bayviewgamesclub.com Click here for all other coming events. Shining Starrs at the Toronto Senior Chess Championship 2004 Date: March 27-28 Place: BRADGATE ARMS, 54 Foxbar Rd.,Toronto (southwest of Avenue Rd. & St. Clair) Rds: 5  Type: Regular Swiss, one section Times: 9:45,1:45,5:45 / 10:30, 2:30 TC: Rds 1-3 G/90; Rds 4-5 G/105 EF: $25; DOB before Mar. 28/54 Prizes: 80%(cash, trophy) Reg:  To 9:50 am at site; or cheque to M. Jaeger (payable to) #1201-755 York Mills Rd.,TOR, ON M3B 1X5 by Mar 22 Org: Martin Jaeger (416) 445-9293; weferner@pathcom.com                                                              2004 Senior Champion Nava Starr 2004 Canadian Women's Zonal Championship     Tartu College, Toronto, Ontario Easter weekend, April 9-11, 2004 A special thanks to our sponsors:   -  Belzberg Technologies for $2,500 for travel     expenses to the 2004 World Championship -  The Ontario Chess Association for $1,000 -  The Greater Toronto Chess League for $500      and free tournament space. ************************************** ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL CHESS ASSOCIATION May 14, 15, 16, 2004 ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP - 37th Annual Tournament ************************************************* 2004 Guelph Pro-Am International, July 28-August 2   ************************************** Belzberg Technologies Invitational Canadian Closed & Zonal Chess Championships 20-29 August 2004 --- Toronto, Ontario         Guaranteed $21,000 Prize Fund    ********************************************* WCN - The World Chess Network World Chess Network™, Banter Chess™, Predict-A-Move™ The World Chess Network is designed for players from novice to Grandmaster! Click HERE for FREE trial. *********************************************** 2004 Toronto "Closed" Chess Championship click here to go directly to Official Tournament website! 2003 Toronto "Closed" Chess Championship! Goran Prpic is surprise winner with dominant 9-2 result (no losses) 2002 Toronto "Closed" Chess Championship! Isai Berengolts wins with 9.5 points out of 11 2001 - Congratulations to Brett Campbell, F.M. winner of the 2001 Toronto "Closed" Chess Championship! Eduardo D. Teodoro IV-  IS THE NEW MILLENIUM TORONTO CLOSED CHAMPION 2000 Toronto "Closed" Chess Championship! ALL GAMES IN PGN FORMAT FOR EACH YEAR The Toronto Closed 2004 pgn files  (This file will be updated on a regular basis) The Toronto Closed 2003 pgn files The Toronto Closed 2002 pgn files The Toronto Closed 2001 pgn files The Toronto Closed 2000 report Greater Toronto Chess League GTCL  - new website click here *********************************************** ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL CHESS ASSOCIATION May 14, 15, 16, 2004 ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP - 37th Annual Tournament Canadian Open Final Crosstable For Minutes of the GTCL Meeting May 28th, 2003 Held at residence of GTCL President Barry Thorvardson Click Here   Minutes of the GTCL Meeting:  Monday, July 21st, 2003 Held at the residence  of GTCL President Barry Thorvardson Barry Thorvardson, President of the G.T.C.L. presented the members of the Cup and League winning team for the 2002-2003 Season - The Dutton Chess Club - at the Macedonian Labour Day Event on Sunday afternoon. CLICK HERE FOR THE PICTURES FROM THIS PRESENTATION.