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IM Nikolay Noritsyn repeats success at Reading Week Chess Open

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The 2024 Reading Week Open took place during the Family Day long weekend, from 17-19th February at the Great Hall of Hart House, University of Toronto, Canada. It was 6-round Swiss tournament split into 7 rating sections โ€“ Crown (2200+), Under 2200, Under 1900, Under 1600, Under 1300 Sections, U1200-Juniors.

The main Crown section had 19 players. IM Nikolay Noritsyn defended the last year’s trophy and ended clear first with 5,0/6 points, half a point clear from IM Mark Plotkin. Final rankings can be found below

IM Nikolay Norytsin wins Reading Week Chess Open 2024; Photo by Chessentials

The U2200 section had 45 participants. Tony Bohan Bao and Syed Ibrahim Ahmed shared the first place with 5/6 points each. The U1900 section also had 45 players. Jayden Zihan Zhan emerged clear winner with 5,5/6 points.
The U1600 section was crowded with 57 participants. Nathaniel Yong crushed the opposition to conclude the event with perfect 6/6 score.
The U1300 section also had 57 participants. Andrew Bucci conceded only half a point and took a clear first place with 5,5 points.
The U1200 Junior group gathered 28 players. Edward Chan and Mulin Chen shared the first place with 5/6 points each.

The event was organized by Hart House Chess Club and the total prize fund was $8000. Official website / Chess-results

Final rankings (Crown & 2200 Sections):

Final Rankings – Reading Week Open 2024 Crown
Rk. NameFEDRtgPts. 
1IMNoritsyn, NikolayCAN24485
2IMPlotkin, MarkCAN23344.5
3FMZomorrodian, EiliaCAN20914
4FMPlotkin, VictorCAN22544
5 Yu, JonathanCAN20094
6IMChiku-Ratte, Olivier-KentaCAN23353.5
7 Razin, VadimUKR23653
8 Mao, FengxiCAN21323
9FMFindlay, Ian T.CAN21193
10CMKang, DorianCAN21213
11 Joseph Benher, SavioCAN20183
12 Wu, Ruining RayCAN21162.5
13 Shih, MatthewUSA19232.5
14 Zhu, MatthewCAN21362.5
15 Huang, YouheCAN20122.5
16 Wiebe, IsaacCAN19712
17 Kapra, JerjisCAN20222
18 Mahip, SinghCAN19500.5
19 Kot, EmanuelCAN21070
Final Rankings – Reading Week Open 2024 U2200
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. 
1Bao, Tony BohanCAN21085
2Ahmed, Syed IbrahimCAN21155
3Tan, BrendanCAN18024.5
4Qiao, CindyCAN20704.5
5Malakar, SaarthakCAN21324.5
6Yang, LarryCAN20604.5
7Van Rooy, JakeCAN20204.5
8Lu, TonyCAN20324.5
9Zhao, Jeffrey R.CAN21014
10Wang, BingfeiCHN18893.5
11Zhong, Ryan YunhuiCAN20983.5
12Barrios, FelixCOL21623.5
13Dela Torre, Marife OCAN20673.5
14Zhong, April YunweiCAN18833.5
15Maulucci, AnthonyCAN20573.5
16Li, AdamCAN20203.5
17Nazareno, MerlinCAN20413
18Melnychuk, DenysUKR18723
19Singh Dhaliwal, JaipreetCAN20743
20Wu, NolanCAN19843
21Loadman, IanCAN20613
22D’souza, CarinaCAN20203
23Wang, AndyCAN19723
24Jiang, Hanxi (Hancy)CAN18283
25Lakhani, RiyaanCAN19972.5
26Douglas, RichardCAN21712.5
27Xu, Ryan ZhuoyuanCAN18222.5
28Wong, FranciscoPER20342.5
29Zhao, JifanCAN20952.5
30Lin, BenjaminCAN20952.5
31Qian, EricCAN19322.5
32Cheng, AdrienCAN18182.5
33Li, HongyiCAN19492.5
34Leung, Wah Sing (Joseph)CAN19552.5
35Tenkov, ArkadiiCAN18592
36Wang, Nathan ZianCAN18242
37Guo, Haotong HazelCAN18882
38Ajith, AarushCAN18102
39Doolabi, DylanIRI20151.5
40Xie, IreneCAN18961.5
41Botello, DanielCAN18891.5
42Mutyalapati, Modith AarohCAN18191
43Ramirez, EmilioCAN01
44Narasimhan, SiddarthCAN19560.5
45Wang, TaorongCHN18250.5

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