2025 Mississauga Open
28 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Jun 2025 to 08 Jun 2025 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. 4 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1925, and top seed was Eugene Hua (🇨🇦 CAN, FM, 2239).
Eugene Hua (🇨🇦 CAN, FM, 2239) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Valent Trofimov-Malyshkin (4.0) and Nathan Zian Wang (4.0). Hua broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Maksym Sakundiak (1693) beat Venkat Karthikeya Reddy Kola (CM, 1982), a +289-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsFM Eugene Hua led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
FM Eugene Hua held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.
FM Eugene Hua drew with Valent Trofimov-Malyshkin (Black).
FM Eugene Hua won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMEugene Hua | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Valent Trofimov-Malyshkin | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Nathan Zian Wang | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Modith Aaroh Mutyalapati | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hua, EugeneFM | 2239 | CAN | +12B | +19N | +3B | =2N | +5B | 4.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 14.50 | 2265 | +2.0 |
| 2 | Trofimov-Malyshkin, Valent | 1983 | CAN | +7B | =4N | +9B | =1B | +11N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 13.00 | 2077 | +12.4 |
| 3 | Wang, Nathan Zian | 1874 | CAN | +27B | +16N | −1N | +17B | +4N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 7.50 | 2056 | +41.6 |
| 4 | Karami, Vesal | 1654 | IRI | +8N | =2B | +23B | +15N | −3B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 9.00 | 2025 | +94.8 |
| 5 | Mutyalapati, Modith Aaroh | 1890 | CAN | +17N | +14B | =15N | +6B | −1N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 9.25 | 1995 | +26.0 |
| 6 | Sakundiak, Maksym | 1693 | UKR | +28B | =23N | +10B | −5N | +15B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 6.25 | 2011 | +81.6 |
| 7 | Valdez, Daniel | 1752 | CAN | −2N | +21B | +22N | +14B | −9N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 6.00 | 1839 | +22.8 |
| 8 | Mothupi, Tebatso | 1763 | BOT | −4B | +27N | +13B | −11B | +17N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1780 | +4.8 |
| 9 | Chunchu, Ashwin | 1842 | CAN | F | +18B | −2N | +19N | +7B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.00 | 2045 | +42.0 |
| 10 | Kola, Venkat Karthikeya ReddyCM | 1982 | CAN | =18N | +22B | −6N | +20B | =14N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 5.75 | 1782 | -45.6 |
| 11 | Patil, Tanishq | 1695 | CAN | −16B | +25N | +24B | +8N | −2B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1835 | +36.4 |
| 12 | Lau, Jayden | 1640 | CAN | −1N | =20B | =18N | +22B | +24N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1855 | +54.0 |
| 13 | Dembla, Shabd | 1726 | CAN | −22N | +26B | −8N | +18B | +16N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 5.00 | 1795 | +18.8 |
| 14 | Sakundiak, Dmytro | 1703 | UKR | +21B | −5N | +16B | −7N | =10B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 5.50 | 1800 | +24.4 |
| 15 | Hadid, Mohammed | 1855 | CAN | +25B | +24N | =5B | −4B | −6N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.75 | 1716 | -36.0 |
| 16 | Beardall, Ben | 1725 | CAN | +11N | −3B | −14N | +26B | −13B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 4.00 | 1669 | -16.0 |
| 17 | Chen, ShuangWCM | 1739 | CAN | −5B | +28N | +19B | −3N | −8B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 1750 | +1.6 |
| 18 | Hemphrey, David | 1763 | CAN | =10B | −9N | =12B | −13N | +26B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1707 | -16.4 |
| 19 | Deshpande,SarthakCM | 1911 | CAN | +20N | −1B | −17N | −9B | +27N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 1783 | -36.0 |
| 20 | Sekaran, Adithya | 1735 | CAN | −19B | =12N | +27B | −10N | =21N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1709 | -8.8 |
| 21 | Cheung, Oscar | 1650 | CAN | −14N | −7N | =25B | +28N | =20B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1625 | -7.6 |
| 22 | Li, Allen | 1655 | CAN | +13B | −10N | −7B | −12N | =25B | 1.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 1595 | -18.8 |
| 23 | Oancea, Nicolae | 1906 | CAN | +26N | =6B | −4N | F | F | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1685 | -16.8 |
| 24 | Spanglet, Rachel | 1723 | CAN | F | −15B | −11N | +25N | −12B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1509 | -44.4 |
| 25 | Harish, Adwaith | 1619 | CAN | −15N | −11B | =21N | −24B | =22N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 1.75 | 1476 | -34.8 |
| 26 | Li, Yuming (Jerry) | 1707 | CAN | −23B | −13N | +28B | −16N | −18N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1519 | -45.6 |
| 27 | Satish Alwar, Dharsan | 1721 | CAN | −3N | −8B | −20N | F | −19B | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 1020 | -59.2 |
| 28 | Kong, Brian | 1675 | CAN | −6N | −17B | −26N | −21B | F | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 898 | -74.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Karami, VesalIRI+94.83.5 pts · #5
- 2Sakundiak, MaksymUKR+81.63.5 pts · #6
- 3Lau, JaydenCAN+54.03.0 pts · #8
- 1Kong, BrianCAN-74.80.0 pts · #27
- 2Satish Alwar, DharsanCAN-59.20.0 pts · #28
- 3Kola, Venkat Karthikeya ReddyCMCAN-45.63.0 pts · #12
- R3+289 Elo gap
- R3+252 Elo gap
- R4+201 Elo gap