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2025 AFM1st PEEL REGION - Summer 1 Open - Under 2400

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13 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2015, and top seed was Nicholas Vettese (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2370).

Nicholas Vettese (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2370) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Mark Plotkin (3.5) and Eugene Hua (3.5). Vettese shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Taorong Wang (1774) beat Valent Trofimov-Malyshkin (1983), a +209-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Dates
21 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦IMNicholas Vettese2370
Avg top 10
2,015
Participants
13
Titled players · 4
IM×2
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇦Canada×11
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇨🇳China×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
1
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Hua3.5Plotkin3.5Vettese3.5Hadid3Qian3Chen2.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.5/5. Vettese takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Eugene Hua lost to IM Mark Plotkin (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

IM Nicholas Vettese won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMEugene Hua*
0
1
½
2IMMark Plotkin
1
*
½
—
3IMNicholas Vettese
0
½
*—
4Mohammed Hadid
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vettese, NicholasIM2370CAN+4N+6B+7N=2B−3N3.512.515.09.752251-9.2
2Plotkin, MarkIM2350CANF+8B+3N=1N+6B3.512.012.010.252471+5.6
3Hua, EugeneFM2239CAN+13B=5N−2B+12N+1B3.510.510.55.502200+1.6
4Qian, Eric1886CAN−1B=11N=9B+8B+10N3.010.011.56.252013+29.6
5Hadid, Mohammed1855CAN+12B=3B−6N=10N+9B3.010.010.55.252027+42.4
6Kola, Venkat Karthikeya ReddyCM1982CAN+11B−1N+5B=7N−2N2.512.514.05.752031+5.6
7Wang, Taorong1774CHN+10B+9N−1B=6BF2.510.010.05.252091+62.4
8Chen, Larry Zhou1785CAN=9B−2N+11B−4N+13N2.510.010.02.501939+36.8
9Trofimov-Malyshkin, Valent1983CAN=8N−7B=4N+11B−5N2.011.012.54.251749-31.2
10Maulucci, Anthony1846CAN−7N+13B=12N=5B−4B2.09.09.01.751743-14.2
11Pan, Julian1805CAN−6N=4B−8N−9N+12B1.510.010.52.001723-22.8
12Bordas, Gyula1723HUN−5NF=10B−3B−11N0.510.010.01.001585-12.4
13Nazareno, Merlin1838CAN−3N−10NFF−8B0.08.08.00.001156-22.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets