Past Tournaments
Chess in the Library holds seasonal tournaments welcoming everyone to participate in CFC rated games, featured speaker lectures, exciting chess activities, and more. These tournaments have always and will always be free for everyone.
Continue down below for more information on our previous tournaments.
Lichess CITL Arena September 2024
Welcome back to another season of chess tournaments! The September 2024 Arena has ended and it was amazing to watch all of the participants compete. We love to see all of the participation on September 7th and 8th. All of the games were very exciting and we hope to see lots of action in the next tournament.
Join us on October 5th and 6th from 2-3pm to compete in the next tournament!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: ChessNutAryan
Second Place: atstudent
Third Place: JeelyFeesh
Sunday’s Winners:
First Place: ChessNutAryan
Second Place: yangineer
Third Place: ladybuggirl
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena May 2024
The May 2024 Arena has ended and it was amazing to watch all of the participants compete. We love to see all of the participation on May 4th and 5th. All of the games were very exciting and we hope to see lots of action in the next tournament.
Join us on June 1st and 2nd from 2-3pm to compete in the next tournament!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: jeelydec
Second Place: ChessNutAryan
Third Place: d3ash
Sunday’s Winners:
First Place: MasterPickle99
Second Place: jeelydec
Third Place: atstudent
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena April 2024
The April 2024 Arena has concluded and we loved to see the participation in this tournement. There was great participation in the arena on April 6th. There were many exciting games through the tournament! We hope to see you in May!
Join us on May 4th and 5th from 2-3pm to compete in the next tournament!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: jeelydec
Second Place: homana11
Third Place: atstudent
Saturday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena March 2024
The March Arena has ended and the competition was amazing. There was great participation in the arenas on March 2nd and 3rd. There were many exciting games through both tournaments! Congratulations to jeelydec for two 1st place positions, making that a 3rd double since the beginning of 2023!
Join us on April 6th and 7th to compete in the next tournaments!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: jeelydec
Second Place: Smoky_Mountain
Third Place: JeelyFeesh
Sunday’s Winners:
First Place: jeelydec
Second Place: atstudent
Third Place: Smoky_Mountain
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena February 2024
The February 2024 Arena has concluded and we loved to see the participation in this tournement. There was great participation in the arena on February 3rd. There were many exciting games through the tournament! We hope to see you in March!
Join us March 2nd and 3rd to compete in the next tournament!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: jeelydec
Second Place: Smoky_Mountain !!
Third Place: atstudent
Saturday's Results
CITL Fall-2023 Milliken Mills Tournament
The CITL 2023 Fall Tournament was held on December 9th at Milliken Mills Library. Participants participated in seven rounds over 4 hours in a Swiss tournament.
Congratulations to our winners
1st Place: Jason Xu
2nd Place: Oliver Pun
3rd Place: Ethan Wong, Zane Lamba, Ahmed Rama
We would like to thank our partner, Markham Public Library, and our sponsor, the Regency Chess, for making this day possible!
Thank you to everyone who attended, participated, and played chess with us! Hope to see you in future tournaments!
Lichess CITL Arena December 2023
The December 2023 Arena has ended and it was awesome to see the competitiveness of this tournament. There was great participation in the arenas on December 2nd and 3rd. There were many exciting games through both tournaments! Congratulations to jeelydec for two podium appearances!
Join us January 6th and 7th to compete in the next tournaments!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: atstudent
Second Place: jeelydec
Third Place: JeelyFeesh
Sunday’s Winners:
First Place: jeelydec
Second Place: Ben300spartan10
Third Place: Smoky_Mountain
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena November 2023
The November 2023 Arena has concluded and we loved to see the participation in this tournament. There was great participation in the arenas on November 4th and 5th. There were many exciting games through both tournaments! Congratulations to both jeelydec and atstudent for consecutive podium appearances! We hope to see all of the participants in the December tournament.
Join us December 2nd and 3rd to compete in the next tournament!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: jeelydec
Second Place: ChessInTheLibrary
Third Place: atstudent
Sunday’s Winners:
First Place: jeelydec
Second Place: Smoky_Mountain
Third Place: atstudent
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena October 2023
The October 2023 Arena has ended and it was amazing to watch all of the participants compete. We love to see all of the participation on October 7th and 8th. All of the games were very exciting and we hope to see lots of action in the next tournament.
Join us November 4th and 5th to compete in the next tournament!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: homana11
Second Place: MoonR0ver
Third Place: MarsR0ver
Sunday’s Winners:
First Place: atstudent
Second Place: Smoky_Mountain
Third Place: jeelydec
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena September 2023
The September 2023 Arena has ended and it was awesome to see the competitiveness of this tournament. There was great participation in the tournaments on September 2nd and 3rd. There were many exciting games throughout the weekend!
Join us October 7th and 8th to compete in the next tournaments!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: jeelydec
Second Place: atstudent
Third Place: Smoky_Mountain
Sunday’s Winners:
First Place: jeelydec
Second Place: atstudent
Third Place: Smoky_Mountain
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
CITL Spring-2023 Markham Village Tournament
The CITL 2022 Fall Tournament was held on June 3rd at Markham Village Library, the second CITL in-person tournament since our return to in-person events! Participants participated in seven rounds over 5 hours in a Swiss tournament.
Congratulations to our winners
1st Place: Tanishq Kumar Dhingra
2nd Place: Quentin Ma
3rd Place: Jason Xu
We would like to thank our partner, Markham Public Library, and our sponsor, the Regency Chess, for making this day possible!
Thank you to everyone who attended, participated, and played chess with us! Hope to see you in future tournaments!
Lichess CITL Arena May 2023
The May 2023 Arena has concluded and we loved to see the participation and fight in this tournament. There was great participation in the arenas on May 6th and 7th. There were many great plays and exciting matches but through both tournaments! We had some new winners this month, so we are excited to announce them!
Join us June 10th and 11th to compete in the next tournaments!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: jeelydec
Second Place: atstudent
Third Place: Panoptipawn
Sunday’s Winners:
First Place: ChillyChilli
Second Place: atstudent
Third Place: MoonR0ver
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena April 2023
The April 2023 Arena has ended and it was awesome to see the competitiveness of this tournament. There was great participation in the arenas on April 1st and 2nd. There were many exciting games but through both tournaments! We had a unique set of competitors on the podium for both days so we are excited to announce the winners for both tournaments!
Join us May 6th and 7th to compete in the next tournaments!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: atstudent
Second Place: jackiewack17
Third Place: JeelyFreesh
Sunday’s Winners:
First Place: ChillyChilli
Second Place: d3ash
Third Place: atstudent
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena March 2023
The March 2023 Arena has concluded and we loved to see the participation in this tournament. There was great participation in the arenas on March 4th and 5th. There were many exciting games but through both tournaments! We had some new winners this month, so we are excited to announce them!
Join us March 4th and 5th to compete in the next tournaments!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: atstudent
Second Place: ChillyChilli
Third Place: homana11
Sunday’s Winners:
First Place: d3ash
Second Place: ChillyChilli
Third Place: sbronze
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena February 2023
The February 2023 Arena has concluded and we loved to see the participation in this tournament. There was great participation in the arenas on February 4th and 5th. There were many exciting games but through both tournaments! We had some different winners for both days so we are excited to announce the winners for both tournaments!
Join us March 4th and 5th to compete in the next tournaments!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: atstudent
Second Place: ChillyChilli
Third Place: Naman16
Sunday’s Winners:
First Place: CurvyHat
Second Place: ChillyChilli
Third Place: jackiewack17
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena January 2023
The January 2023 Arena has concluded and we loved to see the participation in this tournament. There was strong participation in the arenas on January 7th and 8th. There were many exciting games but through both tournaments two great players dominated, so we are pleased to announce them as the winners!
Join us February 4th and 5th to compete in the next tournaments!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: atstudent
Second Place: Alan_H
Third Place: ChillyChilli
Sunday’s Winners:
First Place: ChillyChilli
Second Place: atstudent
Third Place: Computer-Genius
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
CITL Fall-2022 Markham Village Tournament
The CITL 2022 Fall Tournament was held on November 12 at Markham Village Library, the first CITL in-person tournament in 3 years after months of online tournaments. Participants participated in eight rounds over 5 hours in a Swiss tournament.
Congratulations to our winners
1st Place: Jason Wang
2nd Place: Hicham El Habboub
3rd Place: Theo Chan
We would like to thank our partner, Markham Public Library, and our sponsor, the Regency Chess, for making this day possible!
Thank you to everyone who attended, participated, and played chess with us! Hope to see you in future tournaments!
Lichess CITL Arena April 2022
The April 2022 Arena has concluded and we loved to see the participation in this tournament. There was strong participation in the arenas on April 2nd and 3rd. There were many exciting games but through both tournaments the same 3 people were just too good for the competition, so we are pleased to announce them as the winners!
Join us May 6th and 7th to compete in the next tournaments!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: ChillyChilli
Second Place: atstudent
Third Place: Panoptipawn
Sunday’s Winners:
First Place: ChillyChilli
Second Place: atstudent
Third Place: Panoptipawn
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena March 2022
The March 2022 Arena has concluded and we loved to see the participation in this tournament. Less people joined us than last time but it was still a great weekend of competitive chess. We hope you had fun and are pleased to announce the winners!
Join us April 2nd and 3rd to compete in the next tournaments!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: ChillyChilli
Second Place: Panoptipawn
Third Place: Hridhani
Sunday’s Winners:
First Place: ryanzhong99
Second Place: ChillyChilli
Third Place: aprilzhong99
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena February 2022
Join us March 5th and 6th to compete in the next tournaments!
Saturday’s Winners:
First Place: ChillyChilli
Second Place: fairyring
Third Place: JeelyFeesh
Sunday’s Winners:
First Place: ChillyChilli
Second Place: aprilzhong99
Third Place: JeelyFeesh
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena January 2022
Join us February 5th and 6th to compete in the next tournaments!
Winners:
First Place: davidb14
Second Place: ChillyChilli
Third Place: Eric2006
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena December 2021
Join us January 2nd to compete in the next tournament!
Winners:
First Place: ChillyChilli
Second Place: MoonR0ver
Third Place: JeelyFreesh
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena November 2021
Join us December 4th and 5th to compete in the next tournaments!
Saturday’s winners:
First Place: ChillyChilli
Second Place: MoonR0ver
Third Place: atstudent
Sunday’s winners:
First Place: ChillyChilli
Second Place: atstudent
Third Place: JeelyFreesh
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena October 2021
Join us November 6th and 7th to compete in the next tournaments!
Sunday’s winners:
First Place: atstudent
Second Place: ChillyChilli
Third Place: JeelyFreesh
Sunday's Results
Lichess CITL Arena September 2021
Join us October 2nd and 3rd to compete in the next tournaments!
Saturday’s winners:
First Place: ryanzhong99
Second Place: ChillyChilli
Third Place: aprilzhong99
Sunday’s winners:
First Place: ryanzhong99
Second Place: aprilzhong99
Third Place: MoonR0ver
Saturday's Results
Sunday's Results
Congratulations to our three winners!
First place: SkyHighPlayer
Second place: ChillyChilly
Third place: Georgeca
Lichess CITL Arena March 2021
The March Arena was a FIGHT. A wonderful experience with more players joining us. There’s nothing better than meeting and playing chess with passionate players on a Saturday! We can say that people are growing tremendously.
Join us on April 3rd for the April Arena to win!! 🙂
Lichess CITL Arena February 2021
Another amazing Tourney This marks the 3rd CITL Arena. It was an incredible time for the participants. Here are the results for the latest tournament that was held on February 6th.
This tournament was very challenging with strong players at hand. Sign up for our next tournament to have some fun 🙂
Congratulations to our three winners!
First place: Computer-Genius. Second place: Georgeca. Third place: ChillyChilli
Congratulations to our three winners! First place: hi321. Second place: Georgeca. Third place: Quick_Tempo.
Lichess CITL Arena January 2021
WIth the January 2021 CITL Arena finished, We can say it was a blast and a great way to start the new year off with chess. Thank you very much to the people who showed up!
Looking forward to “seeing” more of you there for our next tourney held in February. It’s a great way to connect with other chess players and have some chill time 🙂
Congratulations to our three winners! First place: Quick_Tempo. Second place: Georgeca. Third place: DinDin211.
Lichess CITL Arena December 2020
Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, we decided to host virtual chess tournaments on lichess.org. Our first virtual tournament in December, 2020 was a success! Huge thank you to all that participated!
The love for the game should never stop. We will be hosting monthly tournaments on lichess.org. We’re looking forward to having you there!
2019 Fall
Tournament
In the midst of a Santa Parade, CITL hosted its Fall Tournament on November 23, 2019 at the Markham village Library. Thank you to all of you that competed. We hope you had as much fun playing as we had hosting it. The winners of the tournament are below, congratulations!
1st Place: Alex Xu
2nd Place: Ronald Tingchaleun
3rd Place: Anya Singh
Here are all the pictures we took during the tournament: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zlTfLc0laEQUKPMgJgT9Sdt-BOHF2Xje
We look forward to seeing you all next tournament!
2019 Annual Festival
The CITL 2019 Annual Festival was held on August 10, 2019, at the Aaniin Community Centre and library.
The event closed off one of Chess in the Library’s busiest years for tournaments, seeing many new faces on the day of. Players were each given 25 + 0 for each game, with the game ending after six rounds. Thank you to everyone who came out to play, as well as to Aaniin Community Centre for offering their wonderful space. Congratulations to our winners!
Winners:
1st Place: Mohan Dixit
2nd Place: Kevin Guo
3rd Place: Iris You
2019 March Tournament
On March 16th, CITL hosted its March Tournament at Markham Village Public Library! Participants played five rounds during four hours, either in the Intermediate or Advanced sections. Here are the winners from each:
Intermediate:
1st Place: George Chen
2nd Place: Lucas Tian, Chantal Zhang and Anthony Cai
3rd Place: Adam Ruan
Advanced:
1st Place: Cullen Ye
2nd Place: Daniel Odoemelam
3rd Place: Heye Gao, Ruicheng Dai, Ryan Wang and Thomas Huang
Some players tied for second or third place as there was insufficient time for playoff games. Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to all who came out!
2018 Fall Open
On November 24th, CITL held the 2018 Fall Open at Milliken Mills Library in Markham, Ontario. In both the rated or unrated section, competitors played a total of 5 rounds, with a time control of 25 minutes each. Special thanks to Markham Public Library for providing us with this great venue!
After the games, CITL Founder and Women’s International Master Yuanling Yuan visited the tournament. She gave an amazing talk, answered questions, and even played 20 opponents simultaneously! Thank you once again to our special guest!
Winners:
Rated Section:
1st Place: Fengxi Mao – 4.5/5
2nd Place: Jeffrey R. Zhao – 4/5 (required playoffs)
3rd Place: Daniel Odoemelam – 4/5 (required playoffs)
Unrated Section:
1st Place: Joseph Orozco – 4.5/5
2nd Place: Thomas Chen – 4/5
3rd Place: Josiah Orozco – 3.5/5
2018 Annual Festival
The CITL 2018 Annual Festival was held on August 18, 2018, at Barbara Frum Library.
There were three sections that players could compete in: Grade 4 and Under, Grade 8 and Under, and Open. The sections Grade 4 and Under, and Grade 8 and Under were officially rated by the Chess Federation of Canada.
The event also featured a simultaneous exhibition which put multiple participants against the national master Jason Cai. Participants also had the chance to purchase chess sets and chess books. In addition, a free chess set was given away through raffle tickets. Guess the Number of Queens prompted participants to guess the number of queen pieces in a given box, and the closest guest was awarded a free chess book. The festival concluded with an award ceremony.
Winners:
Grade 4 and under:
1st Place: April Zhong
2nd Place (tied): Jaden Wang
2nd Place (tied): Ryan Zhong
Grade 8 and under:
1st Place: Jeffery Zhao
2nd Place: Fengzi Mao
3rd Place (tied): Henry Zhang
3rd Place (tied): Joey Lin
2018 Spring Open
The CITL 2018 Spring Open Tournament was held on May 19, 2018, at Fairview Library. There were three sections that players could compete in: Grade 4 and Under, Grade 8 and Under, and Open. The sections Grade 4 and Under, and Grade 8 and Under were officially rated by the Chess Federation of Canada. The event also included a simultaneous exhibition which put multiple participants against the national master Jason Cai. Participants also had the chance to purchase chess sets and chess books. The tournament concluded with an award ceremony.
Winners:
1st Place: Felix Yang
2nd Place (tied): Ryan Cowen
2nd Place (tied): Gordon Zeng