Front row: Ernest Sinko, Mai Vomm Järve, Farhad Bokaee Back row: Alar Petersoo, Arta Patersoo, Jaak Triefeldt, Parsa Petersoo, Brendan Munro, Mart Tiido, Jaak Järve.
The Toronto Estonian Chess Club held their 5 round Spring Active Swiss system tournament (30 minutes per player)on April 13th, at the Estonian Baptist Church . Ten players entered the tournament with the hope of winning at the “Game of Kings”. The players ranged in age from nine to eighty-three. Ernest Sinko and Jaak Järve tied for first, with 4 points, but Jaak won on tie-break. Second place went to Ernest Sinko. There was a four way tie for third place between Brendan Munro, Jaak Triefeldt and Parsa Petersoo and Alar Petersoo with three points. Jaak Triefeldt won third place by tie-break.
The rest of the field results were as follows:
Farhad Bokaee 2 points
Mart Tiido 2 points
Mai Vomm Järve 1 point
Arta Petersoo 0 points
The tournament was the first for both Parsa and Arta Petersoo . Parsa played exceptionally well, tying his father Alar for third place. We expect both boys to only get better with future tournaments. Thank you to Mai Kipper from the Estonian Baptist Church who was our gracious host for our spring chess tournament.
The next active tournament will be in November of this year. If you are interested in playing chess and participating in our tournaments please contact Jaak Jarve at 416-222-9445 or email
Jaak Järve
