2025 AFM1st Peel Region - Summer 2 OPEN - Under 2000
Open SwissStandard
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
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×28
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsMerlin Nazareno led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Merlin Nazareno | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Ari Grosman | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Max Cholakis | — | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Ruth Joy Vinuya | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nazareno, Merlin | 1815 | CAN | +29B | +18N | =8B | +5N | +3N | 4.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 11.00 | 1977 | +12.0 |
| 2 | Cholakis, Max | 1725 | CAN | +25N | +9B | +4N | −3B | +10N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 11.00 | 1883 | +32.0 |
| 3 | Grosman, Ari | 1646 | CAN | +24B | +10N | +21B | +2N | −1B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 9.50 | 1879 | +39.6 |
| 4 | Vinuya, Ruth Joy | 1822 | PHI | +28B | +13N | −2B | +11N | +6N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 9.00 | 1780 | -2.6 |
| 5 | Krukowski, Roman | 0 | CAN | =26N | +12B | +14N | −1B | +15N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 8.25 | 1716 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Nakar, Soham | 1471 | CAN | =21B | +22N | +7B | +8N | −4B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 8.75 | 1780 | +61.2 |
| 7 | Sahni, Anagh | 1522 | CAN | +11B | =14B | −6N | +19N | +13B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 8.75 | 1651 | +27.6 |
| 8 | Katz, Lyam | 1681 | CAN | +16N | +15B | =1N | −6B | =9N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 8.75 | 1716 | +5.2 |
| 9 | Nguyen-Kawamura, Kousuke | 1617 | CAN | +12B | −2N | =13B | +21N | =8B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 7.25 | 1790 | +37.2 |
| 10 | Yang, Brooke | 0 | CAN | +20N | −3B | +22B | +17N | −2B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 5.50 | 1562 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Yang, Lucy | 1605 | CAN | −7N | +19B | +23N | −4B | +26N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 1616 | +1.6 |
| 12 | Niketic, Vukan | 1661 | CAN | −9N | −5N | +25B | +20B | +17N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1756 | +15.2 |
| 13 | Ting, Ryan | 0 | CAN | +23N | −4B | =9N | +18B | −7N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 5.00 | 1619 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Tian, Dylan | 1592 | CAN | +19B | =7N | −5B | =15B | =16N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 6.25 | 1695 | +23.2 |
| 15 | Anish, Diganth | 1642 | CAN | +27B | −8N | +24B | =14N | −5B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.25 | 1668 | +4.8 |
| 16 | Patel, Neevan | 1672 | CAN | −8B | +27N | −17B | +24N | =14B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.25 | 1587 | -23.2 |
| 17 | Krivykh, Daniel | 1646 | CAN | −18N | +25B | +16N | −10B | −12B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1635 | -2.4 |
| 18 | Huang, Frankie | 1574 | CAN | +17B | −1B | F | −13N | +23N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 1798 | +34.8 |
| 19 | Wang, Angela | 1562 | CAN | −14N | −11N | +28B | −7B | +25N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1505 | -16.4 |
| 20 | Singh, Jayden | 0 | CAN | −10B | −24N | +27B | −12N | +21B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1600 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Ditner, Han-Li | 1714 | CAN | =6N | +26B | −3N | −9B | −20N | 1.5 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 2.25 | 1320 | -58.4 |
| 22 | Tan, Rex | 0 | CAN | F | −6B | −10N | =23B | +24N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.75 | 1506 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Kanigicharla, Atulith | 1557 | CAN | −13B | +28N | −11B | =22N | −18B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.75 | 1450 | -16.8 |
| 24 | Buscar, Bernard | 1490 | CAN | −3N | +20B | −15N | −16B | −22B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 868 | -16.0 |
| 25 | Das, Antarip | 1629 | CAN | −2B | −17N | −12N | +27B | −19B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 1385 | -61.2 |
| 26 | Kumbaro, Kaltrin | 0 | CAN | =5B | −21N | F | F | −11B | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 860 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Su, Wentan | 1533 | CAN | −15N | −16B | −20N | −25N | F | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 848 | -41.2 |
| 28 | Madhu Vikram, Chaarvik | 1545 | CAN | −4N | −23B | −19N | F | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 847 | -44.8 |
| 29 | Chang, Simmon | 1618 | CAN | −1N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1015 | -10.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Nakar, SohamCAN+61.23.5 pts · #13
- 2Grosman, AriCAN+39.64.0 pts · #3
- 3Nguyen-Kawamura, KousukeCAN+37.23.0 pts · #12
Top rating losers
- 1Das, AntaripCAN-61.21.0 pts · #22
- 2Ditner, Han-LiCAN-58.41.5 pts · #24
- 3Madhu Vikram, ChaarvikCAN-44.80.0 pts · #29
Biggest upsets
- R4+210 Elo gap