Toronto Chess Events

Chess clubs, instruction, tournaments

Chess club for kids K-12. Instruction, casual play.

Various City of Toronto Community Centres

For events organized by others, please visit the Greater Toronto Chess League, the Chess Federation of Canada, and the Chess'n Math Association.

Tournament History

David Cohen, a FIDE International Arbiter, has designed, organized or directed the
1984 Canadian Open Championship won by Denis Allan, Brett Campbell, Igor Ivanov, Dave Ross;
1984 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship;
1986 Canadian Cadet (Under-16) Championship;
1987 Canadian Cadet (Under-16) Championship won by Alexandre Lesiege;

plus the following tournaments (#1-7,21 with Mark S. Dutton and #8-20,22 with Vlad Dobrich). All but #1, #16, #18, #20-22 were round robins; all but #22 were aimed at matching masters and aspiring juniors.

1st 2001 10th Canadian Women's Championship - Nava Starr 5.5/6
2nd 2002 Malcolm Sim Memorial (1) - Martin Veltmann 7.5/9
3rd 2002 Malcolm Sim Memorial (2) - David Millar 6.5/9
4th 2002 Bernard Freedman Memorial - Evgeni Miller 8/9
5th 2002 1st Ontario Women's Championship - Dina Kagramanov 5.5/6
6th 2002 Frank Anderson Memorial - Matt Blakely 7.5/9
7th 2002 Geza Fuster Memorial - Ian Findlay 8.5/9
8th 2003 Toronto Class Championships (1) - Igor Divljan 3.5/5
9th 2003 Toronto Class Championships (2) - Zhe Quan 4.5/5
10th 2003 John Morrison Memorial (1) - Jura Ochkoos 4.5/5
11th 2003 John Morrison Memorial (2) - Yuri Aronov 4.5/5
12th 2003 John Morrison Memorial (3) - Michael Buscar, David Southam, Shiyam Thavandiran 3.5/5
13th 2003 John Morrison Memorial (4) - Steve Demmery 4.5/5
14th 2003 Povilas Vaitonis Memorial (1) - Zhe Quan, Christian Stevens 3.5/5
15th 2003 Povilas Vaitonis Memorial (2) - Steve Demmery 5/5
16th 2003 Povilas Vaitonis Memorial (3) - Omid Nemati 4/5
17th 2003 George Kuprejanov Memorial - Michael Barron 8/9
18th 2003 Chess'n Math Association Futurity IV - Alex Moiseenko 8.5/10, Igor Zugic 7/10 GM Norm
19th 2003 Feodor Bohatirchuk Memorial - Ron Livshits 5/5
20th 2004 Todd Southam Memorial - Master Team vs. Junior Team
21st 2004 77th Canadian Championship - Pascal Charbonneau, Eric Lawson - 7/9
22nd 2004 1st Canadian Senior (50+) Championship - Lawrence Day 5/5

Fundraiser - The Hospital for Sick Children

David Cohen has organized simultaneous exhibitions to benefit the SickKids Foundation in support of The Hospital for Sick Children.

1st 2003 - Kevork Hacat (9 players: +6 =1 -2; $63)
2nd 2004 - Zhe Quan (13 players on 12 boards with one replacement: +13 =0 -0; $130)
3rd 2004 - Shiyam Thavandiran (20 players on 18 boards with two replacements, 17 players played a second game: +37 =0 -0; $200 from players plus $160 from well-wishers, total $360)
4th 2005 - Jonathan Tayar (7 players on 6 boards, 5 players played a second game: +12 =0 -0; $70)