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Harold Chan Open 2025

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30 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 18 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Kingston, Jamaica. 8 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2003, and top seed was Shreyas Smith (🇯🇲 JAM, FM, 2254).

Shreyas Smith (🇯🇲 JAM, FM, 2254) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Akeem Brown (5.0) and Jhustice-Dimonte McDonald (4.5). Smith won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Nathan Belinfante (1902) beat Shreyas Smith (FM, 2254), a +352-point gap.

Location
🇯🇲Kingston, Jamaica
Dates
18 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇯🇲FMShreyas Smith2254
Avg top 10
2,003
Participants
30
Titled players · 8
FM×2
CM×5
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇯🇲Jamaica×29
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
14
4
2
1
1
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Brown5Smith5McDonald4.5Shergil4.5McDonald4.5Hinds4
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Smith takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Shreyas Smith 3 wins (R4–R6)CM Jhustice-Dimonte McDonald 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMAkeem Brown*—
½
—
2FMShreyas Smith—*
1
1
3CMJhustice-Dimonte McDonald
½
0
*—
4Ronak Shergil—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Smith, ShreyasFM2254JAM+5N+23B−7N+4B+6N+3B5.021.023.019.502185-5.4
2Brown, AkeemCM2076JAM+22N=4B+25N+8B=3N+7B5.018.520.015.502140+10.6
3McDonald, Jhustice-DimonteCM2041JAM+20B+18N+10B+7N=2B−1N4.520.022.515.002121+13.6
4McDonald, Angelus-Seren1854JAM+24N=2N+12B−1N+17B+11B4.520.022.014.501967+16.2
5Shergil, Ronak1772JAM−1B+28N+27B+9N=7B+8N4.516.016.59.752017+75.2
6Hinds, NathanCM1936JAM+26B=12N=9B+10N−1B+15N4.018.520.011.502012+11.8
7Belinfante, Nathan1902JAM+29B+14N+1B−3B=5N−2N3.522.022.010.251966+11.4
8Hope, NathanielCM2015JAM=25N+13B+16N−2N+15B−5B3.519.020.510.251953-14.0
9Brooks, PaulCM1912JAM+19N=16B=6N−5B=14N+18N3.517.520.010.501856-7.6
10Foreshaw, Jayden1815JAM+11B+15N−3N−6B=19N+21N3.517.520.010.251804-1.2
11Oliver, Jevaughny0JAM−10N=19B+22N+16B+12B−4N3.517.019.510.2517930.0
12Harvey, Corbin1781JAM+30N=6B−4N+23B−11N+19B3.516.516.56.501920+29.6
13Glaves, RaheemFM2105JAM−14B−8N+26B+28N=18B+20N3.513.514.06.001847-31.6
14Chin, J-Loy1768JAM+13N−7B+23N−15N=9B=17N3.016.518.58.751864+30.0
15McGowan, Javene1900JAM+21N−10B+24N+14B−8N−6B3.016.518.57.501759-18.4
16Stephenson, John1850JAM+17B=9N−8B−11N=20B+23B3.016.018.08.001867+4.8
17Baker, Michael1480JAM−16N+22B=19N+21B−4N=14B3.015.518.07.751722+66.8
18Wilkinson, Ian1841JAM+27N−3B=21N+25B=13N−9B3.015.516.05.001782-6.6
19Coe, Cameron1624JAM−9B=11N=17B+27N=10B−12N2.517.017.55.501611-5.6
20Lodge, Odane1682JAM−3N−25B+29N+24B=16N−13B2.514.514.53.501725+2.0
21McKoy, Troy1519JAM−15B+26N=18B−17N+25N−10B2.514.015.54.501671+19.6
22Edwards, Zuberi1714JAM−2B−17N−11B=26N+27B+29N2.513.513.51.251638-21.2
23Diedrick, Michael1886JAM+28B−1N−14B−12N+29B−16N2.015.015.00.501660-34.6
24Wood, Nyah1502JAM−4B+29N−15B−20N+28B−26N2.012.012.00.501567+13.6
25McKoy, Aaron1675JAM=8B+20N−2B−18N−21BF1.516.516.54.251677-7.2
26Curwin, NickaylahWCM1660JAM−6N−21B−13N=22BF+24B1.514.514.53.251597-11.4
27Griffiths, Laila1429JAM−18BF−5N−19B−22N=28B0.513.013.00.251324-19.6
28Rose, Damaro1513JAM−23N−5BF−13B−24N=27N0.512.512.50.251334-40.0
29Shaw, Christopher1548JAM−7N−24B−20BF−23N−22B0.012.512.50.00937-55.2
30FIDE 74178450—−12BFFFFF0.03.53.50.009810.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets