Annex Chess Club

ACC's very own Nihad and Umid represented Toronto in the Detroit vs. Toronto matchup as part of the Great Lakes Youth Chess Cup this weekend organized by Toronto Chess Club! They took home the top two trophies in both the rapid and blitz events.

Special thanks to Detroit City Chess Club for visiting our city; congratulations to Detroit on winning the matchup!

ACC hosted the 2025 Toronto Blitz Championship, which concluded yesterday with 49 players, including 5 IMs.
IM Anthony Atanasov took home the 2025 Toronto Blitz Champion title with a whopping 13.5 out of 14 points!
Coming in joint second are IM Mark Plotkin and IM Nicholas Vettese on 10.5 points.

Top U18: Saarthak Malakar on 9 points.
Top S50: IM Michael Barron on 9 points.
Top women: WFM Oksana Golubeva and Nicole Woo on 8 points.
Top ACC members: Amirmahdhi Hosseinzadeh and Nihad Mammadov on 7.5 points.

Full standings here: https://chess-results.com/tnr1181453.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30

Thank you to John Upper for the photos!