Thanks Corinna for inviting Robin and me back to the chess club. I hope everyone had fun because I did!

Posted by Eric Hansen on Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Happy Mother's Day! Thank you for bringing me to such a great chess event!

Happy Mother’s Day!
Mom, thank you for bringing me to such a great chess event!

Today GM Eric Hansen and GM Robin van Kampen hosted two Blindfold Simuls at Seneca Hill Chess Club. 

Today GM Eric Hansen and GM Robin van Kampen hosted two Blindfold Simuls at Seneca Hill Chess Club.

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The gross income of May 3 Sunday tournament will be donated to Unicef Canada. Please participate.

Tournament information and registration

Update May 9, 2015

26 players came to the tournament today. Cullen, Tiffany, Levon and Hovenes could not make it but donate one day tournament fee. We have a total of $300 to donate to UNICEF for the support of Nepal Earthquake Emergency.

Participants of the games today were Parsa, Sina, Griffin, Oliver, Sean, Wing, Angela, Harry L, Ray L, Petru, Ronith, Anuj, Eric N, Chen, Sarah, Charlie, Daniel T, Terra, Ethan, Kyle T, Ray W, William, Brent, Kyle C, Ryan and Shan. Thank you all for your support.

Photo from UNICEF Canada

Photo from UNICEF Canada

Congrats to Joey Zhong (a national master) who came first in the Ontario Chess Challenge, Grade 9. He is going to play in the national tournament, Canadian Chess Challenge in Quebec City on May 17 and 18. Joey was a Seneca Hill Chess students and now a Seneca Hill Chess Club regular supply teacher. We wish Joey all the best in the CCC!

Joey Zhong, Grade 9 Champion of the OCC 2015.

Joey Zhong, Grade 9 Champion of the OCC 2015.

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Saturday Championship
June 20, 2015

2:00 to 6:00

Results

# Place Name Rtng Grade Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot TBrk[H] TBrk[C] TBrk[A] Overall Grade
1 1 Sarah Peng 1457 7 W32 W25 W27 W17 W10 W2 6 100 21 1229.5 1st Trophy
2 2-5 Kyle Truong 1566 7 W28 W16 W5 W8 W7 L1 5 100 20 1286 2nd Trophy
3 Jeffrey Zhao 1256 2 W37 W11 W21 L7 W15 W9 5 100 18 985 3rd Trophy
4 Ben Dong 1119 5 W36 W29 L7 W21 W11 W8 5 100 17 1060 3rd Trophy
5 Sivan Xu 1141 4 W35 W20 L2 W19 W22 W7 5 99 17 1175 1st rrophy
6 6 Blair Xing 793 3 W52 D19 L10 W34 W30 W17 4.5 100 14.5 978 1st trophy
7 7-16 Daniel Tang 1484 6 W30 W15 W4 W3 L2 L5 4 100 18 1207.5
8 Daniel Yuan 1344 4 W26 W18 W23 L2 W16 L4 4 100 17 1130.5 2nd medal
9 Harry Li 744 4 W49 L27 W41 W23 W19 L3 4 100 15 1009.5 3rd medal
10 Zack Dinatolo 1293 2 W39 L21 W6 W25 L1 W18 4 100 14 1013.5 2nd medal
11 Ewan Bishop 828 5 W53 L3 W40 W24 L4 W23 4 100 14 992.5 2nd medal
12 Asil Gilani 583 1 L19 W52 W20 L30 W37 W31 4 100 12 787.5 1st trophy
13 Kousihan Balachandran 1054 2 L40 W36 W33 L22 W26 W25 4 100 12 753.5 3rd medal
14 Terra Tang 1270 8 L38 W44 L19 W35 W29 W22 4 100 11 807
15 Owen Guo 957 3 W41 L7 W32 W38 L3 W24 4 99 14 1031 2nd medal
16 Daniel Chen 1005 5 W42 L2 W35 W29 L8 W28 4 99 14 995 3rd medal
17 17-20 Ethan Truong 1205 6 W33 W22 W38 L1 D18 L6 3.5 100 16 951.5
18 David Ye 947 4 W45 L8 W39 W27 D17 L10 3.5 100 14 1132
19 Jerry Nie 1137 5 W12 D6 W14 L5 L9 W34 3.5 100 13.5 906 3rd medal
20 Andy Chen 800 4 W48 L5 L12 W36 D31 W30 3.5 100 11 722.5
21 21-28 Kevin Hu 914 5 W47 W10 L3 L4 W33 U— 3 100 13 1083
22 Petru Lungu 888 2 W43 L17 W31 W13 L5 L14 3 100 13 1058
23 Matthias Brumund 1016 6 W50 W40 L8 L9 W39 L11 3 100 13 830
24 Brent Lin Zhang 1029 4 W34 L38 W28 L11 W32 L15 3 100 12 780
25 Sourena Tajalli Yazdi 957 5 B— L1 W46 L10 W38 L13 3 100 11 1119.5
26 Dawson Xiong 707 3 L8 L41 W43 W42 L13 W40 3 100 8 796.5 3rd medal
27 Adrian D’Souza 1128 5 W46 W9 L1 L18 L28 W38 3 99 12 910
28 Angus Zhang 729 1 L2 W50 L24 W46 W27 L16 3 99 10 1058.5 2nd medal
29 29-37 Henry Wang 731 3 B— L4 W44 L16 L14 D36 2.5 100 9.5 986.5
30 Ryan Deng 717 2 L7 D34 W47 W12 L6 L20 2.5 100 9.5 839.5
31 Daniel 6 Chen 620 6 L51 W53 L22 W48 D20 L12 2.5 100 9 760
32 William Lin Zhang 712 2 L1 W42 L15 W40 L24 D33 2.5 100 8.5 930
33 Michael Dong 665 2 L17 W43 L13 W41 L21 D32 2.5 100 8.5 879
34 Kenneth Wang 538 1 L24 D30 W37 L6 W47 L19 2.5 100 8.5 868 3rd medal
35 Helen Lin 605 2 L5 W48 L16 L14 D44 W47 2.5 100 7 867.5
36 Sam Xiao 552 2 L4 L13 W53 L20 W45 D29 2.5 100 6.5 823
37 Abigail D’Souza 665 1 L3 D47 L34 W49 L12 W41 2.5 99 6.5 658
38 38-45 Kevin Yang 674 1 W14 W24 L17 L15 L25 L27 2 100 11 1117.5
39 Kailee Zhou 692 6 L10 W45 L18 W44 L23 U— 2 100 8 943.5
40 Konner Yi 544 4 W13 L23 L11 L32 W49 L26 2 100 8 863
41 Bryan Chen 511 3 L15 W26 L9 L33 W46 L37 2 100 7 747.5
42 Martin Liu 530 1 L16 L32 W52 L26 D43 D44 2 100 5.5 666.5
43 Anson Lai 391 1 L22 L33 L26 W52 D42 D46 2 100 4.5 671
44 Patrick Wei 519 2 B— L14 L29 L39 D35 D42 2 99 6.5 824.5
45 Matthew Jiang 413 0 L18 L39 L49 W53 L36 W52 2 99 4 568 1st trophy
46 46-50 Jacky Liang 566 3 L27 W49 L25 L28 L41 D43 1.5 100 5.5 743
47 Ethan Wang 404 1 L21 D37 L30 W50 L34 L35 1.5 100 5.5 687.5
48 Jeffrey Yu 300 1 L20 L35 W50 L31 H— U— 1.5 100 4.5 675
49 Nathan Ye 282 1 L9 L46 W45 L37 L40 D50 1.5 99 4.5 610.5
50 Eric Wen 535 3 L23 L28 L48 L47 W53 D49 1.5 98 2.5 562.5
51 51-53 Tiffany Yan 1165 6 W31 U— U— U— U— U— 1 100 6 620
52 Dylan Hu 284 0 L6 L12 L42 L43 B— L45 1 100 1 579.5 2nd medal
53 Lucas Zhang 365 0 L11 L31 L36 L45 L50 B— 1 100 0 633.5 3rd medal

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GM Eric Hansen and GM Robin van Kampen
are coming to Seneca Hill Chess Club again.

This time they are presenting **BLINDFOLD**SIMULS**!

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And players work in teams!
The winners get prizes!
Everyone gets a souvenir!
Cookies and drinks are provided. Read the rest of this entry »

Complete results: Read the rest of this entry »

How to win the Grand Prix cash?

There are 4 tournaments in the Seneca Hill Grand Prix series, and a player can play in any number of them.

A player’s total score will be the sum of their 3 best scores. Players who play in fewer than three tournaments will still have the sum of their scores counted towards the consideration of the prizes, so for example, a player who scores 4 in 2 tournaments (4+4=8) will still finish ahead of a player that scores 2 in 3 tournaments (2+2+2=6). For players who change age groups, their score will be computed separately for each age group, and then the highest of the 2 will be their total score. Read the rest of this entry »

Complete results: Read the rest of this entry »

U8 Name Rtng Cls Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[H] TBrk[D] Rank Class CYCC Bursary
1 Anthony Atanasov 1048 J W16 W7 W10 W5 W4 5 100 987.5 1st Q $10
2 Henry XianRui Zhang 935 W19 W9 D4 W6 W5 4.5 100 964 2nd Q $10
3 Petru Lungu 749 W13 L4 W21 W15 W7 4 100 880.5 3rd Q $10
4 Eric Ning 1064 J W11 W3 D2 W8 L1 3.5 100 939 2nd Junior Q $10
5 Zack Dinatolo 1133 W23 W12 W8 L1 L2 3 100 962 Q $5
6 Hovanes Ettibaryan 921 J L15 W19 W11 L2 W16 3 100 814 3rd Junior Q $5
7 Kousihan Balachandran 825 W21 L1 W13 W16 L3 3 100 813.5 Q $5
8 Jeffrey Zhao 1025 W24 W15 L5 L4 W9 3 99 954.5 Q $5
9 Richard Wang 738 J W20 L2 W14 W10 L8 3 99 941.5 Q $5
10 Dennis Fedotov unr. J W17 W14 L1 L9 W23 3 99 878 Q $5
11 Atharva Srinivas 729 L4 W22 L6 W17 D14 2.5 100 927.5 Q $5
12 Kevin Yang 841 J W22 L5 L15 W21 D13 2.5 100 800.5 Q $5
13 Ryan Deng unr. L3 W24 L7 W23 D12 2.5 100 787 Q $5
14 Angus Zhang 878 J W18 L10 L9 W22 D11 2.5 100 736 Q $5
15 Jason Yew unr. W6 L8 W12 L3 U— 2 100 929
16 Asil Gilani 708 J L1 W20 W17 L7 L6 2 100 910.5
17 Jodie Liao 848 F L10 W18 L16 L11 W24 2 99 741.5 1st girl
18 Martin Jiale Liu unr. J L14 L17 L23 W20 W22 2 99 719.5
19 Charlotte Yu 558 F L2 L6 D20 L24 B— 1.5 100 818.5 2nd girl
20 Aryan Puri unr. J L9 L16 D19 L18 W21 1.5 100 638
21 Kenneth Wang unr. J L7 W23 L3 L12 L20 1 100 787
22 Andi Song unr. J L12 L11 W24 L14 L18 1 100 762
23 Andrew Lin 733 L5 L21 W18 L13 L10 1 99 840
24 Aayan Baweja 600 J L8 L13 L22 W19 L17 1 99 795
U10 Name Rtng Cls Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[H] TBrk[D] Rank Class CYCC Bursary
1 Hao Chen 970 W16 W9 W11 W4 W3 5 100 842.5 1st Q $10
2 Mateo Adrian Bivol 805 D8 W12 W7 W11 W6 4.5 100 842 2nd Q $10
3 Kyle Hu 854 W5 W6 D4 W8 L1 3.5 100 893 3rd Q $10
4 Isamel Shen 1038 F W10 W7 D3 L1 W8 3.5 100 864.5 1st Girl Q $10
5 David Ye 472 L3 W16 D9 W14 W11 3.5 99 764.5 Q $10
6 Mark Surov unr. W12 L3 W10 W13 L2 3 100 727 Q $5
7 Ronith Milhoutra 834 W15 L4 L2 W9 W13 3 100 711.5 Q $5
8 Sourena Tajalli Yazdi unr. D2 W10 W14 L3 L4 2.5 100 855.5 Q $5
9 Dawson Xiong 283 B— L1 D5 L7 W12 2.5 100 823 Q $5
10 Nicholas Henein 583 L4 L8 L6 W15 B— 2 100 867
11 Levon Ettibaryan 970 W17 W14 L1 L2 L5 2 100 755
12 Ray Wang 666 L6 L2 W17 W16 L9 2 100 649.5
13 Cullen Ye unr. L14 W17 W15 L6 L7 2 99 710.5
14 Owen Liu 725 W13 L11 L8 L5 W16 2 99 706
15 Tisya Pramanik 460 F L7 B— L13 L10 W17 2 98 653.5 2nd Girl
16 Leo Jia 509 L1 L5 B— L12 L14 1 100 787
17 Blair Xing 521 L11 L13 L12 B— L15 1 100 726.5
U12 Name Rtng Cls Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[H] TBrk[D] Rank Class CYCC Bursary
1 Daniel Hao Tang 994 U— W12 W14 W7 W2 4 100 1014 1st Q $10
2 Nathaniel Yong 1139 W9 W6 W3 W11 L1 4 99 981 2nd Q $10
3 Ettihad Hoq 1068 W10 W14 L2 D4 W6 3.5 100 956 3rd Q $10
4 Kai Wen Yang 876 W17 D5 D8 D3 W11 3.5 100 926 Q $10
5 Ryan Yu 988 W18 D4 D11 D10 W13 3.5 100 905.5 Q $10
6 Denis Ceastov 932 W16 L2 W15 W8 L3 3 100 872 Q $5
7 Yathushan Jeyakumar 819 L13 W19 W16 L1 W14 3 100 871 Q $5
8 Joseph Liao 718 D12 W9 D4 L6 W17 3 99 917 Q $5
9 Vicken Pogosyan 835 L2 L8 B— W15 W10 3 99 866 Q $5
10 Myron Krishantha 742 L3 B— W13 D5 L9 2.5 100 1044 Q $5
11 David Atanasov 930 W19 W13 D5 L2 L4 2.5 100 1020 Q $5
12 Sasha Chertkow 1025 F D8 L1 L17 W16 W18 2.5 100 726.5 Q $5
13 Max Allard 1075 W7 L11 L10 W17 L5 2 100 869.5
14 Ethan Truong 878 W15 L3 L1 W18 L7 2 100 861
15 Andrei Botescu unr. L14 W18 L6 L9 W19 2 99 772
16 Aahaan Rawal unr. L6 D17 L7 L12 B— 1.5 100 925
17 Jerry Nie unr. L4 D16 W12 L13 L8 1.5 100 923.5
18 Alexey Popov unr. L5 L15 W19 L14 L12 1 100 863.5
19 Marwa Khafagy unr. F L11 L7 L18 B— L15 1 99 771
U18
# Name Rtng Cls Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[H] TBrk[D] Rank Class CYCC Bursary
1 Sean Lei 1530 14 W6 W8 D2 W3 W5 4.5 100 1118 1st Q $10
2 William Li 1179 14 W9 W10 D1 D5 D4 3.5 100 1260 2nd Q $10
3 Matthew Chertkow 1003 14 D5 W6 W10 L1 D7 3 100 1221 3rd Q $5
4 Jonathan Hay 1180 16 L8 D5 W7 W10 D2 3 100 1116 Q $5
5 Daniel Muntaner 1263 18 D3 D4 W8 D2 L1 2.5 100 1223 Q $5
6 Kyle Truong 1026 14 L1 L3 D9 D7 W8 2 100 1110
7 Andrew Leber unr. 16 L10 W9 L4 D6 D3 2 100 1069
8 Patrick Xie 956 14 W4 L1 L5 W9 L6 2 99 1250
9 Sarah Peng 880 14F L2 L7 D6 L8 W10 1.5 100 1057 1st girl
10 Milos Todorovic 1065 16 W7 L2 L3 L4 L9 1 100 1078
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