2025 AFM1st PEEL REGION - AMATEUR Chess Championship V
18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 31 May 2025 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1065, and top seed was Ferdinand Supsup (🇨🇦 CAN, 1689).
Mehmet Uyanik (🇹🇷 TUR, 1551) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Bryan Zhang (4.0) and Abhinav malolan Balaji (3.5). Uyanik won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Venkadesh Satkuneswaran (1469) beat Aranyo Moshe Majumdar (1602), a +133-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsMehmet Uyanik led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Mehmet Uyanik never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Mehmet Uyanik 5 wins (R1–R5)Bryan Zhang 4 wins (R2–R5)Abhinav malolan Balaji 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mehmet Uyanik | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Bryan Zhang | — | * | — | — |
| 3Abhinav malolan Balaji | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Frank Immanuel Fajutagana | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uyanik, Mehmet | 1551 | TUR | +18B | +5N | +9N | +4B | +3N | 5.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.00 | 2298 | +25.6 |
| 2 | Zhang, Bryan | 0 | CAN | −4N | +17B | +6B | +11N | +8B | 4.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.50 | 1563 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Balaji, Abhinav malolan | 1540 | CAN | =10B | +14N | +7B | +8N | −1B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 8.25 | 1497 | -5.2 |
| 4 | Buscar, Bernard | 1480 | CAN | +2B | +7N | =8B | −1N | =5B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 17.5 | 9.75 | 1304 | -18.0 |
| 5 | FIDE 2676389 | 0 | — | +13N | −1B | +12N | =9B | =4N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 6.75 | 1375 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Mogallos, Jason | 1565 | CAN | +15N | −8B | −2N | +13B | +9N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 6.00 | 1456 | -12.0 |
| 7 | Fajutagana, Frank Immanuel | 0 | CAN | +14N | −4B | −3N | +12B | +11N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.50 | 1417 | -42.4 |
| 8 | Natarajan, Bhargav | 1441 | CAN | +16B | +6N | =4N | −3B | −2N | 2.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 5.00 | 1530 | +14.4 |
| 9 | Satkuneswaran, Venkadesh | 1469 | CAN | +17N | +11N | −1B | =5N | −6B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 1448 | -3.2 |
| 10 | SHAH, ARPAN JAGDISHBHAI | 0 | FID | =3N | −12B | −13B | +17N | +14B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.25 | 1543 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Majumdar, Aranyo Moshe | 1602 | CAN | +12N | −9B | +15N | −2B | −7B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 669 | -27.2 |
| 12 | Li, Hengyu Henry | 0 | CAN | −11B | +10N | −5B | −7N | +15N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 802 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 2676370 | 0 | — | −5B | −?B | +10N | −6N | +16B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 829 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Sinha, Ansh | 0 | CAN | −7B | −3B | +16N | =15B | −10N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 1.25 | 743 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 2674475 | 0 | — | −6B | +16N | −11B | =14N | −12B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 1.25 | 785 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 2676354 | 0 | — | −8N | −15B | −14B | =?N | −13N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1373 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 2676362 | 0 | — | −9B | −2N | −?B | −10B | F | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 780 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 2669536 | 0 | — | −1N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 751 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Uyanik, MehmetTUR+25.65.0 pts · #1
- 2Natarajan, BhargavCAN+14.42.5 pts · #3
- 3FIDE 26695360.00.0 pts · #12
- 1Fajutagana, Frank ImmanuelCAN-42.43.0 pts · #4
- 2Majumdar, Aranyo MosheCAN-27.22.0 pts · #16
- 3Buscar, BernardCAN-18.03.0 pts · #11
- R2+133 Elo gap
- R2+124 Elo gap