Farhad Bokaee wins Toronto Estonian Chess Club Spring Chess Tournament

The champions: Alireza Torkmani – 2nd place, Farhad Bokaee - 1st place, Jaak Järve - 3rd place. - pics/2022/03/59121_002_t.jpg — The champions: Alireza Torkmani – 2nd place, Farhad Bokaee - 1st place, Jaak Järve - 3rd place.

The Toronto Estonian Chess Club held their 5 round Fall Active Swiss system tournament (30 minutes per player)on March 26, at the Estonian Baptist Church. Twelve players entered the tournament with the hope of winning at the “Game of Kings”. Farhad Bokaee won first place with 4.5 points. Second place went to Alireza Torkmani with 4 points and third place went to Jaak Järve with 3.5 points.

The rest of the field results were as follows:

Jaak Triefeldt 3 points
Mati Saastamoinen 3 points
Brandon Iannuzzi 3 point
Toomas Trei 2.5 points
Saeed Abdollahi 2 points
Brice Wesingi 1.5 points
Leila Gharacheh 1 point
Pieter Sigmundt 1 point
Mai Vomm Järve 1/2 point

Back row: Toomas Trei, Brandon Iannuzzi, Mati Saastamoinen, Brice Wesingi, Jaak Järve. Front row: Jaak Triefeldt, Pieter Sigmundt, Saeed Abdollahi, Mai Vomm Järve. - pics/2022/03/59121_001_t.jpg — Back row: Toomas Trei, Brandon Iannuzzi, Mati Saastamoinen, Brice Wesingi, Jaak Järve. Front row: Jaak Triefeldt, Pieter Sigmundt, Saeed Abdollahi, Mai Vomm Järve.

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 throughout the tournament.

The next active tournament will be in November. If you are interested in playing chess and participating in our tournaments please contact Jaak Jarve at 416-222-9445 or email

Jaak Jarve

Persian Players: Leila Gharacheh, Alireza Torkmani, Farhad Bokaee, Saeed Abdollalahi - pics/2022/03/59121_003_t.jpg — Persian Players: Leila Gharacheh, Alireza Torkmani, Farhad Bokaee, Saeed Abdollalahi