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2025 AFM1st Peel Region - Summer 2 OPEN - Under 2000

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29 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 26 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2025 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1702, and top seed was Ruth Joy Vinuya (🇵🇭 PHI, 1822).

Merlin Nazareno (🇨🇦 CAN, 1815) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Max Cholakis (4.0) and Ari Grosman (4.0). Nazareno clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Soham Nakar (1471) beat Lyam Katz (1681), a +210-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Dates
26 Jul 2025 → 27 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇭Ruth Joy Vinuya1822
Avg top 10
1,702
Participants
29
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×28
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Merlin Nazareno led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
12
5
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Nazareno takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE27 Jul

Merlin Nazareno takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Merlin Nazareno beat Ari Grosman (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ari Grosman 4 wins (R1–R4)Max Cholakis 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Merlin Nazareno*
1
2Ari Grosman
0
*
1
3Max Cholakis
0
*
1
4Ruth Joy Vinuya
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nazareno, Merlin1815CAN+29B+18N=8B+5N+3N4.512.512.511.001977+12.0
2Cholakis, Max1725CAN+25N+9B+4N3B+10N4.014.015.011.001883+32.0
3Grosman, Ari1646CAN+24B+10N+21B+2N1B4.013.014.09.501879+39.6
4Vinuya, Ruth Joy1822PHI+28B+13N2B+11N+6N4.013.013.09.001780-2.6
5Krukowski, Roman0CAN=26N+12B+14N1B+15N3.512.513.08.2517160.0
6Nakar, Soham1471CAN=21B+22N+7B+8N4B3.512.013.58.751780+61.2
7Sahni, Anagh1522CAN+11B=14B6N+19N+13B3.511.513.58.751651+27.6
8Katz, Lyam1681CAN+16N+15B=1N6B=9N3.013.516.08.751716+5.2
9Nguyen-Kawamura, Kousuke1617CAN+12B2N=13B+21N=8B3.012.514.07.251790+37.2
10Yang, Brooke0CAN+20N3B+22B+17N2B3.012.013.55.5015620.0
11Yang, Lucy1605CAN7N+19B+23N4B+26N3.011.011.54.001616+1.6
12Niketic, Vukan1661CAN9N5N+25B+20B+17N3.010.511.55.001756+15.2
13Ting, Ryan0CAN+23N4B=9N+18B7N2.512.514.05.0016190.0
14Tian, Dylan1592CAN+19B=7N5B=15B=16N2.512.014.06.251695+23.2
15Anish, Diganth1642CAN+27B8N+24B=14N5B2.510.010.02.251668+4.8
16Patel, Neevan1672CAN8B+27N17B+24N=14B2.58.58.52.251587-23.2
17Krivykh, Daniel1646CAN18N+25B+16N10B12B2.010.511.53.501635-2.4
18Huang, Frankie1574CAN+17B1BF13N+23N2.010.510.53.501798+34.8
19Wang, Angela1562CAN14N11N+28B7B+25N2.010.010.01.001505-16.4
20Singh, Jayden0CAN10B24N+27B12N+21B2.08.58.51.5016000.0
21Ditner, Han-Li1714CAN=6N+26B3N9B20N1.512.513.02.251320-58.4
22Tan, Rex0CANF6B10N=23B+24N1.59.09.01.7515060.0
23Kanigicharla, Atulith1557CAN13B+28N11B=22N18B1.59.09.00.751450-16.8
24Buscar, Bernard1490CAN3N+20B15N16B22B1.011.012.52.00868-16.0
25Das, Antarip1629CAN2B17N12N+27B19B1.011.011.00.001385-61.2
26Kumbaro, Kaltrin0CAN=5B21NFF11B0.58.08.01.758600.0
27Su, Wentan1533CAN15N16B20N25NF0.08.08.00.00848-41.2
28Madhu Vikram, Chaarvik1545CAN4N23B19NFF0.07.57.50.00847-44.8
29Chang, Simmon1618CAN1NFFFF0.04.54.50.001015-10.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets