The Toronto Estonian Chess Club held their 5 round Spring Active Swiss system tournament (30 minutes per player) on April 22nd, at the Estonian Baptist Church. Eleven players entered the tournament with the hope of winning at the “Game of Kings”. Brandon Iannuzzi won first place with 4 points. Second place went to Mati Saastamoinen with 4 points, third place went to Mike Celia with 4 points.
Even though all three players only lost one game during the tournament, in the tie-breaking process Brandon received first because his opponents’ added up scores came to 16 points, both Mati and Mike again tied with 12.5 points. Mati won second due to winning the rock-paper-scissors tie-breaking contest. Congrats to all three players who ruled the tournament.
The rest of the field results were as follows:
Jaak Järve 3 points
Mike Laanvere 3 points
Toomas Trei 3 points
Andy Kõresaar 2 points
Mai Vomm Järve 2 points
Erik Spirka 1.5 points
Mikk Mölder 1.5 points
Shawn Le Blanc ½ point
The Toronto Estonian Chess Club would also like to thank Arne Roosman for the donated handmade chess pieces carved by his father Axel Roosman in a DP camp in Germany after the second world war and the chess table built by Gösta Roosman (Axel’s son) and Axel in Sweden and brought over to Canada. Arne Roosman also awarded $100 to the first place tournament winner Brandon Iannuzzi.
Thank you to Mai Kipper from the Estonian Baptist Church who was our gracious host for our spring chess tournament and who made sure we had hot coffee fresh baked desserts throughout the tournament.
The Toronto Estonian Chess Club would also like to thank Toronto Eesti Selts for their event sponsorship.
The next active tournament will be in November 2023. If you are interested in playing chess and participating in our tournaments please contact Jaak Jarve at 416-222-9445 or email
