The Chess Institute of Canada held the 2012 Toronto International on 15-20th July at the Annex Chess Club in Toronto, Canada. The tournament was played as a 7-round Swiss with 18 participants.
Top Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So took a clear first place with 6 points, leaving the talented Canadian IM Nikolay Noritsyn half a point behind.
Final standings:
1 GM So Wesley PHI 2650 – 6
2 IM Noritsyn Nikolay CAN 2460 – 5.5
3 IM Samsonkin Artiom CAN 2390 – 4.5
4 IM Calugar Arthur CAN 2273 – 4.5
5 GM Rozentalis Eduardas LTU 2600 – 4.5
6 WCM Peng Jackie CAN 1968 – 4
7 IM Gerzhoy Leonid CAN 2459 – 4
8 GM Sambuev Bator CAN 2542 – 3.5
9 Birarov Vladimir ISR 2169 – 3.5
10 Song Michael CAN 2142 – 3.5
11 Martchenko Alexander CAN 2245 – 3.5
12 Preotu Razvan CAN 2058 – 3
13 Ivanov Mike CAN 2035 – 3
14 FM Plotkin Victor CAN 2249 – 2.5
15 FM Campbell Brett CAN 2181 – 2.5
16 IM Panjwani Raja CAN 2392 – 2
17 Southam David CAN 2112 – 2
18 Yee Lorne CAN 2222 – 2
Wesley So continues the Canadian tour in the Quebec Open Chess Championship 2012, that is starting today in Montreal. Then he will head to Webster University – SPICE for his full time study, with a brief two week interruption to represent the Philippines in the Chess Olympiad in Turkey.
Go Wes!