IM Nikolay Noritsyn wins Ontario Open 2022

The Ontario Open Chess Tournament took place from May 21 through May 23, at the beautiful West Toronto Masonic Temple.

The event featured 4 tournaments: U2200, U1800, U1400 and the main tournament Ontario Crown Open 2022. The events gathered more than 170 players who fought for the total prize fund of 8.500$. All information about the events can be found here

After six played rounds IM Nikolay Noritsyn triumphed in the Crown section scoring 5/6 points. Noritsyn emerged as the sole Winner of the event having half-point more than the runner-ups: IM Mark Plotkin, IM Ameet Ghasi and CM Koosha Jaferian who tied for second place with score of 4.5 points. (final rankings of all sections can be seen below)

Final rankings – Ontario Chess Open 2022 – Crown section:

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts
1	3	IM	Noritsyn Nikolay	CAN	2566	5
2	4	IM	Plotkin Mark	CAN	2528	4.5
	5	IM	Ghasi Ameet K	ENG	2515	4.5
	12	CM	Jaferian Koosha	IRI	2333	4.5
5	7	IM	Thavandiran Shiyam	CAN	2474	4
	8	IM	Chiku-Ratte Olivier Kenta	CAN	2468	4
	9	FM	Talukdar Rohan	CAN	2454	4
	15	WGM	Ouellet Maili-Jade	CAN	2300	4
9	1	GM	Preotu Razvan	CAN	2629	3.5
	10	FM	Plotkin Victor	CAN	2392	3.5
	11	FM	Teodoro IV Eduardo D.	CAN	2334	3.5
	14	NM	Derraugh Geordie	CAN	2330	3.5
	19	WIM	Li Yunshan	CHN	2262	3.5
14	2	GM	Sambuev Bator	CAN	2568	3
	6	IM	Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn	CAN	2512	3
	16	CM	Li William	CAN	2275	3
	17	WGM	Burtasova Anna	CAN	2274	3
	20	WIM	Demchenko Svitlana	CAN	2244	3
	21	IM	Barron Michael	CAN	2234	3
	25		Huang Youhe	CAN	2184	3
	31		Gao Raymond	CAN	2058	3
22	24		Malakhovets Sergey	CAN	2198	2.5
	29		Pramanik Projjwal	IND	2071	2.5
	30		Gavrilin Roman	RUS	2066	2.5
	32		Siegel Adam	CAN	1858	2.5
26	22	NM	Han Johnathan	CAN	2234	2
	26		Lin Leo	CAN	2160	2
	27	NM	Filipovich David	CAN	2150	2
29	13	FM	Humphreys Michael	CAN	2331	1.5
	23	NM	Abrahams Daniel	CAN	2226	1.5
31	28	WIM	Kasturi M	IND	2106	1
32	18	NM	Malek Omid	CAN	2266	0.5

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Matthew Shih and Victor Zheng tied for the top of U2200 category with 5/6 points, each.
Final rankings – Ontario Chess Open – U2200 section:

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts
1	12		Shih Matthew	USA	1985	5
	20		Zheng Victor	CAN	1918	5
3	15		Mendes Aaron Reeve	CAN	1959	4.5
	16		Ganea Mihai	CAN	1954	4.5
5	1		Adriaanse Adam	CAN	2194	4
	2		Dai Wenzhi	CHN	2177	4
	4		Bui Alan	CAN	2117	4
	6		Xu Eddie	CAN	2091	4
	26		Kim Noah	CAN	1884	4
10	3		Ishow Younan	SYR	2146	3.5
	13	WFM	He Emma	CAN	1981	3.5
	14		Malmsten Erik	CAN	1975	3.5
	17		Yuen Noah Nathaniel	CAN	1948	3.5
	27		Oancea Nicolae	ROU	1830	3.5
	31		Mahtani Nitin	BAR	1773	3.5
	32		Lu Tony	CAN	1765	3.5
17	7	NM	Southam David	CAN	2087	3
	18		Faraji Jafar	CAN	1941	3
	22		Chen Richard	CAN	1910	3
	33		Lefort Victor	CAN	1755	3
	36		Lu Eddie	CAN	1646	3
22	5		Loadman Ian	CAN	2091	2.5
	8		Nazareno Merlin	CAN	2083	2.5
	19		Lim Levi	CAN	1934	2.5
	28		Wu Benjamin	CAN	1828	2.5
	34		Orlovskii Konstantin	RUS	1734	2.5
27	9		Douglas Richard	CAN	2054	2
	10		Pimentel Sheldon	CAN	2026	2
	21		Cater Brendan	CAN	1916	2
	23		Laughlin Braden	CAN	1908	2
	24		Flores Marc	CAN	1894	2
	35		Li Ande	CHN	1675	2
33	11		Mohan Abhinandan	CAN	1985	1.5
34	25		Courson Wade	CAN	1886	1
	30		Rajsic Branislav	CAN	1784	1
	37		Sneeggen Espen	NOR	1646	1
37	29		Jeyakumar Bhavatharshan	CAN	1827	0.5

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Steven Guo, Leonardo Correa Braga Camara de Almeida, and Devid Nicholson shared the top of the U1800 section, each scoring 5/6 points.
Final rankings – Ontario Chess Open – U1800 section:

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts
1	6		Guo Steven	CAN	1626	5
	14		Correa Braga Camara de Almeida N Leonardo	CAN	1494	5
	19		Nicholson Devin	CAN	1376	5
4	15		Gaisinsky Jacob	CAN	1458	4.5
	23		Katrib Jordan	CAN	1196	4.5
6	5		Yao Henry	CAN	1662	4
	13		Mccutcheon Julian	CAN	1502	4
	20		Tseng Elliot	CAN	1376	4
9	3		Moon Ethan	CAN	1739	3.5
	8		Saltat Michael	CAN	1620	3.5
	17		Gutierrez Matias	CAN	1406	3.5
	22		Rozin Mark	CAN	1224	3.5
	29		Caughey Matt	CAN	0	3.5
14	9		Belcadi Salim	CAN	1592	3
	11		Xie Irene	CAN	1555	3
	24		Basi Karandeep	CAN	1177	3
	25		Shetty Akash	CAN	1164	3
	32		Granger Alec	CAN	0	3
19	2		Bolik-Coulon Nicolas	CAN	1755	2.5
	7		Helwig Frank	CAN	1626	2.5
	10		Chepelev Ivan	CAN	1561	2.5
	12		Perkins Simon	CAN	1552	2.5
	16		Greenblat Leeor	CAN	1416	2.5
	28		Bui Minh	CAN	0	2.5
	33		Little Brian	CAN	0	2.5
26	4	AIM	Adulfo Vincent Angel	CAN	1717	2
	30		Dennahower Michael	CAN	0	2
28	18		Morin Sato	CAN	1402	1.5
29	21		Mourgelas James	CAN	1293	1
	26		Tkachenko Kristine	CAN	565	1
	34		Patel Aadi	CAN	0	1
	35		Supol George	CAN	1525	1
33	1		Milinkovic Mate	CAN	1794	0.5
34	27		Avakian Anoush	CAN	0	0
	31		Gara Emil	CAN	0	0

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Nathan Hilker clinched the event for players rated U1400, with the perfect score of 6/6 points.
Final rankings – Ontario Chess Open – U1400 section:

Rk.	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	TB1
1	13	Hilker Nathan	CAN	1143	6
2	7	Charles Christopher	CAN	1260	5
	14	Tsenter Ester	CAN	1143	5
4	3	Allahverdi Umid	AZE	1340	4.5
	5	Su Jayden Chenxuan	CAN	1289	4.5
	16	Cawse James	CAN	1088	4.5
	20	Mickelson Jonah	CAN	1022	4.5
	31	Kuzin Stephen	CAN	837	4.5
	56	Liu Sean	CAN	0	4.5
	65	Varol Cansin	CAN	0	4.5
11	18	Pan Nicholas	CAN	1072	4
	19	Gerber Jerry	CAN	1070	4
	22	Wang Mengxuan	CAN	966	4
	26	Lukinykh Slava	CAN	915	4
	40	Al Qadi Sad	CAN	0	4
	45	Chen Aaron	CAN	0	4
	66	Voleti Sreekar	CAN	0	4
18	4	Bulatovic Marko	CAN	1332	3.5
	9	Huang Eric	CAN	1199	3.5
	10	Yang Lucy	CAN	1176	3.5
	11	Shepherd Zachary	CAN	1161	3.5
	12	Lesperance Charles	CAN	1145	3.5
	15	Lim Justin	CAN	1141	3.5
	37	Semianiuk Catherine	CAN	726	3.5
	41	Al Rashdi Loay	CAN	0	3.5
	55	Liu Oscar	CAN	0	3.5
	63	Shah Mustafa	CAN	0	3.5
28	1	Kang Richard	CAN	1364	3
	6	Wen Justin	CAN	1278	3
	24	Zhan Jayden Zihan	CAN	923	3
	28	Li Yuming (Jerry)	CAN	914	3
	30	Trudeau Charlie	CAN	882	3
	34	Shen Yining	CAN	770	3
	46	Chen Timmy	CAN	0	3
	47	Fakoorziba Payam	CAN	0	3
	51	Gomes Gaspar Yago	CAN	0	3
	61	Ragalie Michael	CAN	0	3
38	17	Hambardzumyan Narek	CAN	1074	2.5
	21	Gay Heidi	CAN	1018	2.5
	25	Takeuchi Nobuko	CAN	920	2.5
	36	Fiorucci Mario	CAN	756	2.5
	38	Fiorucci Marcus	CAN	694	2.5
	50	Goel Dev	CAN	0	2.5
	52	Green Mike	CAN	0	2.5
	57	Mcgowan Joseph	CAN	0	2.5
	60	Prickett-Morgan Henry	CAN	0	2.5
	67	Gara Emil	CAN	0	2.5
48	8	Bala Mehar	CAN	1213	2
	23	Guo Laura	CAN	947	2
	27	Wang William Kaiyuan	CAN	915	2
	29	Hu Ethan	CAN	913	2
	32	Sekaran Adithya	CAN	805	2
	33	Banerjee Evan	CAN	790	2
	35	Li Sophia Jiawei	CAN	764	2
	39	Lesperance Milan	CAN	609	2
	48	Fihrer Gidon	CAN	0	2
57	54	Le Nguyen Jennifer	CAN	0	1.5
58	42	Al Thubian Andre	CAN	0	1
	43	Azbel Adam	CAN	0	1
	49	Fortner Emily	CAN	0	1
	53	Ishow Youssef	CAN	0	1
	58	Mclean Robert	CAN	0	1
	64	Tian Raymond	CAN	0	1
64	2	Parakin Don	CAN	1344	0
	44	Bruce Ian	CAN	0	0
	59	Penthor Stacey	CAN	0	0
	62	Rasul Samaira	CAN	0	0