2025 Ontario Open Chess Championships U2000

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73 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 17 May 2025 to 19 May 2025 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1792, and top seed was Gordon Gooding (🇨🇦 CAN, 1878).

Clifford Flair (🇮🇳 IND, 1835) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Gordon Gooding (5.0) and Ethan Yichen Li (4.5). Flair won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Balakrishnan Sreekumar Maliekal (1134) beat Venkata Saket Reddy Kola (1578), a +444-point gap.

Location

🇨🇦Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Dates

17 May 2025 → 19 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇦Gordon Gooding1878

Avg top 10

1,792

Participants

Federations · 5 represented

🇨🇦Canada×67

🇮🇳India×2

🇱🇷Liberia×1

🇧🇼Botswana×1

🇺🇸United States of America×1

Top 3

🥇
Clifford Flair
🇮🇳IND·1835
6.0pts·2507perf+39.4
🥈
Gordon Gooding
🇨🇦CAN·1878
5.0pts·1938perf+6.6
🥉
Ethan Yichen Li
🇨🇦CAN·1780
4.5pts·1845perf+17.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Clifford Flair led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Flair6Gooding5Bi4.5Li4.5Duanmu4.5Byl4.5

R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Clifford Flair never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Clifford Flair 6 wins (R1–R6)Gordon Gooding 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Clifford Flair	*	—	—	1
2Gordon Gooding	—	*	—	—
3William Bi	—	—	*	0
4Ethan Yichen Li	0	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Clifford Flair	1835	IND	+72B	+40N	+39B	+8N	+18B	+3N	6.0	17.0	18.0	18.00	2507	+39.4
2	Gooding, Gordon	1878	CAN	+33N	−32B	+55N	+21B	+17N	+9B	5.0	17.0	19.0	16.00	1938	+6.6
3	Li, Ethan Yichen	1780	CAN	+57N	=21B	+24N	+6B	+10N	−1B	4.5	21.5	23.5	15.75	1845	+17.6
4	Zhan, Jayden Zihan	1700	CAN	=63N	+14B	=21N	+29B	+32B	=18N	4.5	17.5	19.0	14.75	1905	+42.4
5	Duanmu, Isaac	1706	CAN	+56B	+37N	+53B	−18N	=11B	+17N	4.5	16.5	18.5	13.00	1824	+31.2
6	Bi, William	1704	CAN	+71N	+46B	=22N	−3N	+39B	+24B	4.5	16.5	17.5	11.25	1825	+32.8
7	Byl, Oliver	1726	CAN	+36N	=24B	+63N	−17B	+45N	+20B	4.5	16.0	17.5	12.25	1784	+7.4
8	Lazarev, Shon	1728	CAN	+31N	+16B	+32N	−1B	−9N	+41B	4.0	20.5	23.0	13.00	1768	+11.6
9	Krivykh, Daniel	1671	CAN	+34B	=13N	=23N	+28B	+8B	−2N	4.0	20.0	23.0	14.25	1820	+47.2
10	Ma, Quentin	1606	CAN	=43B	+20N	+26B	+22N	−3B	=11N	4.0	19.0	21.5	13.75	1800	+41.2
11	Chen, Ray	0	CAN	+73B	=19N	=12N	+42B	=5N	=10B	4.0	18.5	18.5	10.50	1742	+12.4
12	Villamar, Eros	1760	CAN	+49B	=17N	=11B	=39N	+22B	=14N	4.0	17.5	20.0	13.00	1771	+2.8
13	Syed, Farhaan	1564	USA	+60N	=9B	=19N	−16B	+55N	+33N	4.0	16.5	18.5	10.75	1736	+46.8
14	Li, Aiden	1645	CAN	=41B	−4N	+43B	+44N	+50N	=12B	4.0	16.0	18.5	10.75	1755	+30.8
15	Valdez, Daniel	1752	CAN	=20B	+43N	−17B	=41N	+40B	+32N	4.0	15.0	17.5	11.00	1750	0.0
16	Guan, Marie Zijun	1573	CAN	+59B	−8N	+64B	+13N	+23N	F	4.0	15.0	15.0	11.00	1786	+44.4
17	Li, Yuming (Jerry)	1665	CAN	+62N	=12B	+15N	+7N	−2B	−5B	3.5	22.0	24.0	12.50	1794	+43.6
18	Naveen Giri	0	IND	F	+28N	+27B	+5B	−1N	=4B	3.5	22.0	22.0	13.75	1858	+13.4
19	Liang, Maximus	1787	CAN	+25N	=11B	=13B	=53N	=30B	=28N	3.5	18.5	21.0	12.25	1738	-12.0
20	Spanglet, Rachel	0	CAN	=15N	−10B	+48B	+61N	+27B	−7N	3.5	18.5	20.5	10.00	1779	+29.6
21	Kong, Brian	1709	CAN	+68B	=3N	=4B	−2N	=56N	+47B	3.5	18.5	20.0	9.50	1745	+13.2
22	Niketic, Vukan	1643	CAN	+70N	+30N	=6B	−10B	−12N	+42B	3.5	18.5	19.5	9.25	1692	+17.6
23	Wen, Justin	1653	CAN	+35B	=26N	=9B	+40N	−16B	=29N	3.5	18.0	20.5	11.00	1680	+6.0
24	Patil, Tanishq	1627	CAN	+69B	=7N	−3B	+63N	+34B	−6N	3.5	18.0	19.0	7.75	1706	+21.2
25	Zabor, Josh	1682	CAN	−19B	+35N	=44B	+26N	=33B	=31N	3.5	16.5	19.0	11.00	1610	-10.8
26	Saini, Jaspreet Singh	1512	CAN	+48N	=23B	−10N	−25B	+44N	+61B	3.5	16.0	18.0	8.75	1709	0.0
27	Cheung, Oscar	1632	CAN	+47N	+42B	−18N	=33B	−20N	+56B	3.5	15.0	17.0	8.50	1702	+19.2
28	Satish Alwar, Dharsan	1670	CAN	+67N	−18B	+65N	−9N	+46B	=19B	3.5	15.0	16.5	7.25	1733	+22.0
29	Deboer, Brady	0	CAN	−64B	+47N	+69B	−4N	+35B	=23B	3.5	15.0	16.0	8.25	1603	0.0
30	Hemphrey, David	1715	CAN	+55N	−22B	−33N	+60B	=19N	+45B	3.5	14.5	16.5	8.25	1811	+25.6
31	Jai Hanuj Vetrivel	0	CAN	−8B	−69N	+73B	+64N	+37B	=25B	3.5	13.0	13.0	6.25	1628	0.0
32	Beardall, Ben	1734	CAN	+52N	+2N	−8B	+51B	−4N	−15B	3.0	20.0	22.5	10.00	1704	-9.2
33	O`brien, Harrison	0	CAN	−2B	+73N	+30B	=27N	=25N	−13B	3.0	19.5	19.5	7.00	1622	0.0
34	Fu, Odyssey	1677	CAN	−9N	+60B	+36N	=45B	−24N	=38B	3.0	16.0	18.0	7.75	1623	-18.4
35	Villamar, Flyn	0	CAN	−23N	−25B	+62N	+36B	−29N	+55B	3.0	15.5	17.5	7.00	1721	+66.8
36	Yang, Lucy	1600	CAN	−7B	+70N	−34B	−35N	+69B	+58N	3.0	13.5	14.5	4.00	1615	+5.2
37	Su, Jayden Chenxuan	1658	CAN	+65N	−5B	−42N	+70B	−31N	+66B	3.0	13.5	14.5	4.00	1662	+2.0
38	Feng, Ethan	1672	CAN	=58N	=41B	−51N	+65B	=42N	=34N	3.0	12.5	14.0	6.50	1604	-21.2
39	Li, Allen	1645	CAN	F	+50B	−1N	=12B	−6N	+48B	2.5	19.5	19.5	7.00	1768	+32.8
40	Gibson, Leroy	1632	LBR	+51N	−1B	+66N	−23B	−15N	=43B	2.5	18.5	20.0	5.25	1593	-5.8
41	Stevenson, Mark	1667	CAN	=14N	=38N	+46B	=15B	F	−8N	2.5	17.5	17.5	8.00	1697	+7.2
42	Sreekumar, Gayathri	1447	CAN	+45B	−27N	+37B	−11N	=38B	−22N	2.5	17.0	19.5	7.00	1593	+29.6
43	Nunes, Paulo	0	CAN	=10N	−15B	−14N	=59B	+65N	=40N	2.5	16.5	18.0	5.75	1582	0.0
44	Zajdel, Evan	1579	CAN	−53N	+57B	=25N	−14B	−26B	+63N	2.5	15.5	17.0	5.25	1471	-10.8
45	Moran-Venegas, Mario	1590	CAN	−42N	+67B	+58N	=34N	−7B	−30N	2.5	15.5	17.0	5.00	1573	-3.6
46	Anish, Diganth	1686	CAN	+66B	−6N	−41N	+58B	−28N	=51B	2.5	15.0	16.5	4.75	1572	-37.6
47	Shaik, Muhammad Aman	1608	CAN	−27B	−29B	=57N	+71B	+49N	−21N	2.5	15.0	16.0	4.50	1513	-15.2
48	Finlay, Ian	1832	CAN	−26B	=58B	−20N	+69N	+54B	−39N	2.5	14.0	15.0	4.50	1651	-23.4
49	Le, Duc Khai	1572	CAN	−12N	=52B	+59N	−50B	−47B	+70N	2.5	13.5	14.5	4.25	1505	-18.8
50	Valavan, Aaryan	1710	CAN	+54B	−39N	=56B	+49N	−14B	F	2.5	13.5	13.5	6.00	1618	-24.8
51	Li, Grace	1503	CAN	−40B	+72N	+38B	−32N	−61B	=46N	2.5	13.0	14.0	5.25	1644	+40.4
52	Ortiz, Hugo	1662	CAN	−32B	=49N	−54B	=57B	=59N	+67B	2.5	12.0	13.5	4.75	1527	-30.4
53	Li, Alex	1831	CAN	+44B	+64N	−5N	=19B	F	F	2.5	12.0	12.0	5.75	1645	0.0
54	Adulfo, Vincent Angel	1627	CAN	−50N	−65B	+52N	=66B	−48N	+64B	2.5	10.5	12.0	4.75	1584	-7.8
55	Gillanders, Robert	1711	CAN	−30B	+68N	−2B	+72N	−13B	−35N	2.0	17.0	18.0	2.50	1523	-29.4
56	Momic, Jovan	1597	CAN	−5N	+62B	=50N	F	=21B	−27N	2.0	16.0	16.0	5.00	1600	+0.2
57	Erickson, John	0	CAN	−3B	−44N	=47B	=52N	=64B	=59B	2.0	14.0	15.5	4.25	1462	0.0
58	Cloutier, Daniel	1647	CAN	=38B	=48N	−45B	−46N	+62N	−36B	2.0	13.5	15.5	4.75	1539	-34.8
59	Grayson, Henry	0	CAN	−16N	=71B	−49B	=43N	=52B	=57N	2.0	13.5	14.5	4.00	1330	0.0
60	Kola, Venkata Saket Reddy	1578	CAN	−13B	−34N	+68B	−30N	−70B	+69N	2.0	13.0	14.0	2.50	1491	-27.6
61	Mothupi, Tebatso	0	BOT	F	−63B	+71N	−20B	+51N	−26N	2.0	12.0	12.0	3.50	1598	-18.0
62	Majumdar, Aranyo Moshe	1602	CAN	−17B	−56N	−35B	+73N	−58B	+71B	2.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	793	-82.0
63	Bhanot Khurana, Vihaan	0	CAN	=4B	+61N	−7B	−24B	−66N	−44B	1.5	17.0	18.5	4.25	1473	0.0
64	Mourgelas, James	1428	CAN	+29N	−53B	−16N	−31B	=57N	−54N	1.5	16.0	18.0	4.50	800	-11.0
65	Brown, John R.	1633	CAN	−37B	+54N	−28B	−38N	−43B	=68N	1.5	14.5	16.0	3.25	1490	-38.8
66	Li, Jiazhou	1577	CAN	−46N	F	−40B	=54N	+63B	−37N	1.5	12.0	12.0	2.75	1328	-45.2
67	Armstrong, Robert J	0	CAN	−28B	−45N	−72B	=68N	+73B	−52N	1.5	11.0	11.0	0.75	1272	-24.2
68	Gillis, Doug	0	CAN	−21N	−55B	−60N	=67B	=71N	=65B	1.5	10.5	11.5	2.00	1390	-21.4
69	Corredor, Michelle	1644	CAN	−24N	+31B	−29N	−48B	−36N	−60B	1.0	16.0	18.0	3.50	859	-77.2
70	Sreekumar Maliekal, Balakrishnan	1134	CAN	−22B	−36B	F	−37N	+60N	−49B	1.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	1370	-19.4
71	Odit, Ashley	0	CAN	−6B	=59N	−61B	−47N	=68B	−62N	1.0	13.0	14.5	1.75	1286	0.0
72	Cloete, Jack	1702	CAN	−1N	−51B	+67N	−55B	F	F	1.0	12.0	12.0	1.50	1450	-52.4
73	FIDE 2675889	0	—	−11N	−33B	−31N	−62B	−67N	F	0.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	808	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Villamar, FlynCAN
+66.8
3.0 pts · #18
2Krivykh, DanielCAN
+47.2
4.0 pts · #4
3Syed, FarhaanUSA
+46.8
4.0 pts · #23

Top rating losers

1Majumdar, Aranyo MosheCAN
-82.0
2.0 pts · #72
2Corredor, MichelleCAN
-77.2
1.0 pts · #73
3Cloete, JackCAN
-52.4
1.0 pts · #63

Biggest upsets

R5+444 Elo gap
Sreekumar Maliekal, Balakrishnan1134 beat Kola, Venkata Saket Reddy1578
R1+320 Elo gap
Saini, Jaspreet Singh1512 beat Finlay, Ian1832
R3+211 Elo gap
Sreekumar, Gayathri1447 beat Su, Jayden Chenxuan1658