Third Annual Collingwood Chess Festival May 3-5

Almost 50 players now registered for Collingwood.

Details of the tournament can be found here: https://collingwoodchessfestival.com

Please note that early pricing for accommodation at the Days Inn expires today.

Crown Section

1 IM Brian Hartman 2334
2 Sasha Starr 2115
3 Iassen Pelev 2043
4 Isai Berengolts 2016
5 Andrew Colvin 1993
6 Nicolae Oancea 1952
7 Hongyi Li 1948
8 Andrew Plunkett 1938
9 Gordon Gooding 1922
10 Hanxi [hancy] Jiang 1874
11 Michael Blair 1829

Under 1900

1 Riley Khan 1746
2 Omaray M Shah 1744
3 William Bi 1642
4 Andrew Leliveld 1634
5 Ferenc Ramocsan 1625
6 Ferdinand Supsup 1563
7 Hanzel Pinto 1560
8 Richard Garel 1544
9 Max Manga 1518
10 Oscar Kerrebyn 1508
11 Ralf Meyer 1508
12 Evan Andersen 1505
13 Aiden Li 1489
14 Shabd Dembla 1487
15 Robert J Armstrong 1349


Under 1500

1 Michael Van Harten 1471
2 Robert Gillanders 1467
3 Oscar Cheung 1429
4 Anthony McCarthy 1400
5 Alex Dodd 1380
6 Jeffrey Gibbens 1368
7 Evan O'Connor-Fernando 1302
8 Mary Vaudry 1280
9 Gergo Ramocsan 1172
10 Jacob Hood 1151
11 Farhaan Syed 1137
12 Devin Arnold 1132
13 Brendan Munro 1128
14 Caleb Hart 1078
15 Serena Wilson 1045
16 Leo Hocaluk 1004
17 Michael Ivkin 937
18 Milan Somborac 878
19 Arka Singh 835
20 Kristine Tkachenko 827
21 Calvin Van Harten unr.
22 Scott Bradley McManus unr.

The Guaranteed Prize Fund for Collingwood now stands at $4,000. Over 50 players currently registered.

The 3rd Annual Collingwood Somborac Chess Festival has increased its guaranteed prize fund to $4,000. 60 players have now registered for this May 3-5, 5 round swiss:

Crown Section

1 IM Brian Hartman 2334
2 Sasha Starr 2115
3 Iassen Pelev 2043
4 Ralph Ghnatios 2019
5 Isai Berengolts 2016
6 Andrew Colvin 1993
7 Nicolae Oancea 1953
8 Hongyi Li 1948
9 Andrew Plunkett 1938
10 Gordon Gooding 1922
11 Michael Blair 1829
12 Hanxi [Hancy] Jiang 1814

Under 2000

1 Dhruv Murali 1808
2 Rob Gashgarian 1768
3 Riley Khan 1746
4 Omaray M Shah 1744
5 Dale W Proctor 1711
6 Andrew Leliveld 1634
7 Ferenc Ramocsan 1625
8 Alison Koop 1615
9 William Bi 1611
10 Mario Moran-Venegas 1565
11 Hanzel Pinto 1560
12 Richard Garel 1544
13 Zihan Hong 1523
14 Max Manga 1518
15 Ralf Meyer 1508
16 Oscar Kerrebyn 1508
17 Evan Andersen 1505
18 Aiden Li 1489
19 Shabd Dembla 1481
20 Robert J Armstrong 1353

Under 1500

1 Robert Gillanders 1478
2 Michael Van Harten 1471
3 Oscar Cheung 1434
4 Anthony McCarthy 1400
5 Alex Dodd 1380
6 Jeffrey Gibbens 1368
7 Evan O'Connor-Fernando 1302
8 Mary Vaudry 1280
9 Greg Wilson 1200
10 Gergo Ramocsan 1172
11 Jaxon Ceretti 1168
12 Jacob Hood 1151
13 Michael Ivkin 1139
14 Devin Arnold 1132
15 Brendan Munro 1128
16 Farhaan Syed 1121
17 Caleb Hart 1078
18 Richard Temple 1062
19 Serena Wilson 1045
20 Leo Hocaluk 1004
21 Milan Somborac 878
22 Kevin Germann 845
23 Arka Singh 835
24 Kristine Tkachenko 827
25 Calvin Van Harten unr.
26 Solomiia Rybak unr.
27 Jaydon Mathias unr.
28 Scott McManus unr.

Over 70 players registered now for Collingwood. The middle section is actually U1900, so 1800 players may pay an extra 420 to play up. On line registration closes at midnight on Thursday. On site registration is possible, but a swiss pairing is not guaranteed in the first round.

Crown Section

1 IM Brian Hartman 2328
2 Hugh Siddeley 2184
3 Sasha Starr 2115
4 Valerie Ruchinskaya 2075
5 Ralph Ghnatios 2019
6 Isai Berengolts 2016
7 Iassen Pelev 2005
8 Henry Hughes-Dupuy 2002
9 Andrew Colvin 1993
10 Nicolae Oancea 1953
11 Hongyi Li 1948
12 Andrew Plunkett 1938
13 Gordon Gooding 1922
14 Alex Szatmary 1921
15 Michael Blair 1829
16 Hanxi [Hancy] Jiang 1814

Under 1900

1 Dhruv Murali 1808
2 Rob Gashgarian 1768
3 Riley Khan 1746
4 Omaray M Shah 1744
5 Dale W Proctor 1711
6 Andrew Leliveld 1634
7 Ferenc Ramocsan 1625
8 Alison Koop 1615
9 Zihan Hong 1585
10 Mario Moran-Venegas 1565
11 Hanzel Pinto 1560
12 Richard Garel 1544
13 Oscar Cheung 1534
14 Dharsan Satish Alwar 1532
15 Max Manga 1518
16 Ralf Meyer 1508
17 Oscar Kerrebyn 1508
18 Evan Andersen 1505
19 Aiden Li 1489
20 Shabd Dembla 1481
21 Robert J Armstrong 1353

Under 1500


1 Michael Van Harten 1471
2 Robert Gillanders 1462
3 Anthony McCarthy 1400
4 Alex Dodd 1380
5 Jeffrey Gibbens 1368
6 Evan O'Connor-Fernando 1302
7 Justin Sheppard 1284
8 Mary Vaudry 1280
9 Angela Wang 1262
10 Sachen Gombu 1246
11 Greg Wilson 1200
12 Gergo Ramocsan 1172
13 Jaxon Ceretti 1168
14 Jacob Hood 1151
15 Michael Ivkin 1139
16 Devin Arnold 1132
17 Brendan Munro 1128
18 Farhaan Syed 1121
19 Doug Caplan 1107
20 Caleb Hart 1078
21 Richard Temple 1062
22 Serena Wilson 1045
23 Leo Hocaluk 1004
24 Milan Somborac 878
25 Kevin Germann 845
26 Arka Singh 835
27 Kristine Tkachenko 827
28 William Martinez unr.
29 Aleksie Cunnington unr.
30 Kevin Theiss unr.
31 Scott McManus unr.
32 Nathan Leliveld unr.
33 Brooks Liu unr.
34 Jaydon Mathias unr.
35 Solomiia Rybak unr.
36 Calvin Van Harten unr.

We have reached capacity for Collingwood this weekend. In order to ensure all bye requests have been entered, PRELIMINARY pairings will be posted around 1pm on Chess-Results. Kindly contact the organizers if a problem is spotted.**Final pairings will be posted at 5pm.

The Third Annual Collingwood Somborac Chess Festival attracted a record 90 players and featured a guaranteed $4,000 prize fund. Next year we will need a bigger venue!

The drama at the board was simply delightful once again this year. The fact that Tony Li (1948) quietly posted a 2400+ performance to finish clear first (congratulations Tony! Simply awesome) was practically eclipsed by the thrilling story of the Starrs.

Nava and Sasha Starr have been shining in Collingwood from the very beginning in 2022.

After falling to Tony in the first round, WIM Nava Starr posted 4 straight wins, finishing alone in second, half a point off the pace. Nava recently turned 75, and yet played with the endurance of a teenager.

Sasha was also in good form, racking up 3.5 points in the first 4 rounds. He was on first board in the final round with the ultimate champion Tony Li.

Two of our young women joined Sasha in the 3.5 point group – congratulations to Valerie Ruchinskaya and Hancy Jiang.

The U1900 featured a 3 way tie for first place at 4/5. Congratulations to Mario Moran Venegas, Andrew Leliveld and Zihan Hong.

Slobodan Markovic topped the U1500 division with 4.5, followed by 5 players at 4.0. They are Mila Aung Thwin, Robert Gillanders, Caleb Hart, Evan O’Connor Fernando and Alex Dodd. The top unrated prize went to Calvin Van Harten.

Next year, the first weekend of May, see you at the 4th Annual Collingwood Somborac Chess Festival!