FM Nikolay Noritsyn

2004 Canadian Closed 5.5-3.5, 2383 performance rating, Top Youth.

Represented Canada at the World Youth Championship U12 6.5-4.5

Province	Age	Title year	FIDE Rating	CFC Rating	CFC High
ON	15	(FM2005)	2354	2430	2435

City	USCF rating	FQE rating	Number of games 2005	Number of games 2006	Year of high
Richmond Hill	-	2329	95	53	2005

Highest placing on top CFC list	Year of top listing	Highest Performance Rating	First CFC rating	Year of first rating	Rating a year ago
10	2006	2674	2057	2002	2414

Top rated Canadian under 16

2003-6 photo, analysis in Masters’ Forum in Chess Canada

2006 subject of article New Kid on the Block in Chess Canada, favourite player Mikhail Tal

Major victories:

2006 Canadian Open 6-3, 2457 IM norm

2005 GTCL Grand Prix cowinner 15.5

2005 Guelph ProAm International 5-4, 2457 IM norm, defeated GM Kogan

2005 Guelph Futurity 5-5, 2458 IM norm, defeated GM Ganguly

2003 Canadian Boys Under-12 Champion, 7-0 1910

Other top results:

2006 York Region Open 4.5-.5, 2545

2005 BGC Fall Masters 4.5-1.5, 2648

2005 Toronto Canada Day Open 4.5-.5, 2674

2005 BGC May Open cowinner 4.5-.5, 2568

2004 November Open 4-1, 2534

2004 Macedonian Labour Day Open 4.5-1.5, 2453

2003 Macedonian Labour Day Open 4-2, 2425

2003 KW Oktoberfest Open 4-1, 2427

2002 DCC Mayflower 3 3-2, 2317

FM Robert Hamilton

2004 Canadian Closed 5.5-3.5, 2368 performance rating

2001 Canadian Closed 5-4, 2392

1999 Canadian Closed 3.5-5.5, 2352

1994 Canadian Closed 5-10, 2286

1989 Canadian Closed 8-5

1986 Canadian Closed 9-6, 2460

1985 Canadian Closed 3.5-5.5, 2363

Represented Canada at the 1988 World Cup

1981 Canadian Junior Champion

1980 played in the Canadian Junior 7-4

Province	Age	Title year	FIDE Rating	CFC Rating	CFC High
ON	45	FM1987	2333	2370	2443

City	USCF rating	FQE rating	Number of games 2005	Number of games 2006	Year of high
Guelph	2355	2269	60	24	2005

Highest placing on top CFC list	Year of top listing	Highest Performance Rating	First CFC rating	Year of first rating	Rating a year ago
10	2005	2653		<1985	2406

presently Editor of Chess Canada

1995-6 gave simuls in malls, playing 703 games in one simult to get in the Guinness Book of Records

1988 co-organized the World Chess Festival, photo in the Toronto Star

1985 co-organized and played in Grand Manon, Canada’s first GM-norm event

1983 game in Chess Canada Echecs

1985 Atlantic Championship 5.5-.5, 2248

1985 New Brunswick Closed won 4.5-.5, 2098

Other top results:

2006 Guelph Spring ProAm 4.5-.5, 2448

2005 Guelph Futurity 4.5-5.5, 2438 defeated GM Kunte

2005 Toronto Class March Open winner 5-0, 2653

2004 Toronto Thanksgiving Open 5.5-.5, 2579

2004 Macedonian Labour Day Open 5-1, 2542

2003 Guelph ProAm International 5.5-3.5, 2603 IM norm

2003 Guelph Spring ProAm 4.5-.5, 2513

2001 Guelph ProAm 5-0, 2488

1999 Guelph Spring Open 4.5-.5, 2501

1996 Metro Toronto Open won 5-1

1994 Cambridge Open won 4.5-.5

1990 Canadian Open second 8-2, drew with GM Timoshenko

FM Ian Findlay

1984 Canadian Closed

Represented Canada:

1980-3 on U of T at Pan Am InterCollegiate Team Championship

Province	Age	Title year	FIDE Rating	CFC Rating	CFC High
ON	46	FM1984	2325	2385	2435

City	USCF rating	FQE rating	Number of games 2005	Number of games 2006	Year of high
Markham	2451	2399	2	0	1991

Highest placing on top CFC list	Year of top listing	Highest Performance Rating	First CFC rating	Year of first rating	Rating a year ago
6	1991	2635		<1985	2385

1995 interviewed by City TV at the Casa Loma Invitational Active

1991 wrote article In Memory of Geza Fuster in En Passant

1982-1995 analysis in Masters’ Forum in Chess Canada Echecs

2002 Toronto Blitz Champion

1989 Toronto Closed Champion

1986 Ontario Closed Champion

1986 Toronto Closed Champion 9-2, 2519

Other top results:

2002 Geza Fuster Memorial won 8.5-.5 2376

2002 CMA Futurity Qualifier won 4-1, 2445

2002 Toronto Blitz Championship RR 17.5-4.5

2002 DCC Bughouse Infestation cowinner 9-1

2002 Victoria Day Open won 5-1, 2469

2002 Toronto Class Open 4-1, 2532

2001 DCC Saturday Active won 5.5-.5, 2635 active

1997 Toronto Class Open 3.5-1.5, 2528

1997 Toronto Closed 8-3, 2508

1996 Paul Keres Active cowinner 4.5-1.5, 2537

1996 Ontario Closed second 5.5-3.5, 2458

1995 Canadian Open 7.5-2.5, 2418 drew GM Norwood

1990 Ontario Closed second 6.5-2.5

1985 Toronto Open won 4.5-.5, 2565

FM Goran Milicevic

2004 Canadian Closed tied for seventh 6-3, 2563 performance rating IM norm, won brilliancy prize with win over IM Bluvshtein, drew GMs Tyomkin, Spraggett and Ivanov

Province	Age	Title year	FIDE Rating	CFC Rating	CFC High
ON		FM1997	2305	2340	2429

City	USCF rating	FQE rating	Number of games 2005	Number of games 2006	Year of high
Toronto	-	2331	20	9	2001

Highest placing on top CFC list	Year of top listing	Highest Performance Rating	First CFC rating	Year of first rating	Rating a year ago
13	1996	2620	1923	1993	2368

2006 photo with wife Natalia Khoudgarian and kids in Chess Canada

chess trainer of top juniors

2003 Toronto Blitz Champion

2000 Toronto Blitz Champion RR 19.5-2.5

1994 Toronto Closed Champion

1997 analysis in Masters’ Forum in En Passant

Other top results:

2002 Macedonian Labour Day Open cowinner 5-1, 2585

2001 DCC Remembrance Day Open 4-1, 2620

1999 Toronto Open cowinner 5-1, 2587

1998 Paul Keres Active 5-1, 2606 active

1997 Toronto International Open tied for second 5-2, 2556

1996 Canada Day Open 4-1, 2585

1995 Quebec Open 6.5-2.5, drew GMs Rozentalis and Lesiège

1995 Cambridge Open won 5-0

FM Igor Divljan

2004 Canadian Closed 4.5-4.5, 2272 performance rating

Represented Canada:

2002 World Youth Championship Under-16 6-5

1998 World Under-12 Boys Championship 6.5-4.5

1997 World Youth Championship 4.5-6.5.

2003 played in Canadian Junior

2002 Canadian Boys Under-16 Champion, 6.5-1.5 2215

2002 Canadian Grade 10 Champion

1996 Canadian Under-10 Champion

Province	Age	Title year	FIDE Rating	CFC Rating	CFC High
ON	20	FM2003	2319	2354	2354

City	USCF rating	FQE rating	Number of games 2005	Number of games 2006	Year of high
Toronto	-	2359	40	17	2006

Highest placing on top CFC list	Year of top listing	Highest Performance Rating	First CFC rating	Year of first rating	Rating a year ago
22	2006	2564	1834	1995	2334

2002-3 annotated games in En Passant

1996 win and photo with teacher Goran Milicevic published in En Passant

Other top results:

2005 Macedonian Labour Day 4.5-1.5, 2477

2005 Guelph Spring ProAm cowinner 4-1, 2515

2004 Montreal International 5-6, 2429

2003 John Morrison Memorial 4-1, 2564

2003 Toronto Class Championship won 3.5-1.5, 2389

2001 DCC May Day Active won 5-1, 2431

1998 Macedonian Labour Day Open 3.5-2.5, 2439

FM Goran Mikanovic

2004 Canadian Closed 5-4, 2217 performance rating

2001 Canadian Closed 5-4, 2371

Province	Age	Title year	FIDE Rating	CFC Rating	CFC High
QC		FMyear?	2284	2347	2434

City	USCF rating	FQE rating	Number of games 2005	Number of games 2006	Year of high
Montreal	-	2352	9	9	1999

Highest placing on top CFC list	Year of top listing	Highest Performance Rating	First CFC rating	Year of first rating	Rating a year ago
18	1997	2513	2433	1996	2328

Top results:

2004 Quebec Open 6-3, 2428

2004 Tournoi du Père Noël 4-1, 2429q, drew GM Lesiège

2003 Tournoi Premiere Neige second 4-1, 2547q, , drew GM Lesiège

2003 Championnats Ouv. de Lanaudière Repentigny won 4-1, 2421q

2003 Guelph ProAm International 5-4. 2428

2000 Père Noël cowinner 4.5-.5, 2493q

2000 Ch. Ouvert de Lac-Beauport won 5-0, 2562q

2000 Toronto Summer International 5-4, 2395

2000 Ch. Ouvert de Montréal cowinner 4.5-.5, 2486q

1999 Quebec Open 6-3, 2463

1999 Père Noël won 4.5-.5, 2473q

1997 Quebec Closed 5-4, 2409

1995 Fest. Gourmands Asbestos 4-1, 2478q drew IM Lesiège

FM Marat Khassanov

2001 Canadian Closed tied for third 6-3, 2504 performance rating

1999 Canadian Closed 4.5-4.5, 2362

Province	Age	Title year	FIDE Rating	CFC Rating	CFC High
QC	50	FM1999	2314	2333	2496

City	USCF Rating	FQErating	Number of games 2005	Number of games 2006	Year of high
Montréal	2333/2312	1997	9+15q	9	1998

Highest placing on top CFC list	Year of top listing	Highest Performance Rating	First CFC rating	Year of first rating	Rating a year ago
7	1998	2553	2518	1997	2361

1999 annotated game in En Passant

Top results:

2005 Tournoi de Pâques cowinner 4-1, 2452q

2002 Canadian Open tied for 11th 7-3, 2357, drew GM Barsov

2001 Quebec Closed tied for first with Lesiège, playoff game published in the Toronto Star

2000 Quebec Open 6.5-2.5, 2553

1998 Abitibi Championship 4-1, 2545

1998 Quebec Open 6-3, 2499

1998 Toronto International Open 4.5-4.5, 2474, drew GMs Shabalov and D. Gurevich

1997 North Bay International Open tied for sixth 6-3, 2500

FM Nenad Ristovic

2002 Canadian Closed 5-6, 2226 performance rating

Province	Age	Title year	FIDE Rating	CFC Rating	CFC High
AB	38	FM1992	2293	2336	2365

City	USCF rating	FQE rating	Number of games 2005	Number of games 2006	Year of high
Calgary	-	2118	5	0	1997

Highest placing on top CFC list	Year of top listing	Highest Performance Rating	First CFC rating	Year of first rating	Rating a year ago
26	2006	2502		1990	2345

1996, 9 wins published in En Passant

1988-92 Graduate Chess Teacher at University of Sport, Kiev

2003 Alberta Closed winner 5-2, 2313 performance rating

1997 Alberta Closed winner 6-1, 2502

Other top results:

2003 Alberta Open 5.5-.5, 2405

2002