About
Join the Hart House Chess Club on Friday, September 22nd, from 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm in the Hart House Reading Room for a Master Simul hosted by International Master Mark Plotkin. Students and members can join for free; non-members are asked to donate to the Club onsite. We hope to see you there!
Speaker
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Mark Plotkin
International Master
Mark Plotkin was born in Israel to Victor Plotkin, FIDE Master and the captain of the Canadian Olympiad team. He attended the University of Toronto, where he helped the team win the Canadian University Chess Championship. During the pandemic chess boom, Mark became a full-time chess teacher with students all across North America while still continuing to participate in Grandmaster norm tournaments. In 2021, Plotkin won the popular Canadian Banff Chess Tournament, finishing ahead of Grandmaster Joel Benjamin. In 2022, Plotkin finished 5th in the Titled Tuesday Tournament, ahead of strong Grandmasters like Baadur Jobava, Dmitry Andreikin, Hans Niemann and Samuel Sevian. Currently, Plotkin is ranked number 16 among active players in Canada and has a CFC rating of over 2500.
