2025 Laval Open
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53 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Laval, Quebec, Canada. 8 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2237, and top seed was Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (🇨🇦 CAN, GM, 2514).
Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (🇨🇦 CAN, GM, 2514) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte (4.0) and Hugo Guillemette (4.0). Rodrigue-Lemieux won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Ting En Ryan Wu (1697) beat Louis Robichaud (1979), a +282-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Laval, Quebec, Canada
Dates
20 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 8
GM×1
IM×2
FM×3
CM×2
Federations · 5 represented
🇨🇦Canada×46
🇫🇷France×2
🇸🇾Syria×1
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇱🇧Lebanon×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsGM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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9
3
1
1
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux beat Marc Nassar (White).
R1–R5 · WIN STREAK
GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMShawn Rodrigue-Lemieux | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Marc Nassar | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3CMHugo Guillemette | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Antoine Berube | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodrigue-Lemieux, ShawnGM | 2514 | CAN | +29B | +8N | +4B | +6N | +7B | 5.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 16.50 | 2947 | +4.8 |
| 2 | Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-KentaIM | 2303 | CAN | +39N | +11B | =3N | +9B | =6N | 4.0 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 12.25 | 2356 | +4.1 |
| 3 | Guillemette, HugoCM | 2174 | CAN | +38B | +26N | =2B | =5N | +18B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 11.00 | 2239 | +19.2 |
| 4 | Nassar, Marc | 1924 | LBN | +32N | +33B | −1N | +14B | +20N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 10.00 | 2189 | +31.6 |
| 5 | Berube, Antoine | 2052 | CAN | =30N | +12B | +46N | =3B | +16N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 10.50 | 2285 | +30.0 |
| 6 | Dukic, ZacharyFM | 2191 | CAN | +19N | +14B | +21N | −1B | =2B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 17.5 | 10.50 | 2261 | +10.6 |
| 7 | Batorshyn, IliaCM | 2183 | CAN | +24N | =10B | +31N | +13B | −1N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 9.75 | 2216 | +12.0 |
| 8 | Saine, Zachary | 2011 | CAN | +34N | −1B | +10N | +25B | =9N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 9.75 | 2207 | +17.8 |
| 9 | Zheng, RichardFM | 2302 | CAN | +16B | +18N | +23B | −2N | =8B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 10.25 | 2170 | -11.2 |
| 10 | Turcotte, Jonathan | 1930 | CAN | +35N | =7N | −8B | +39B | +24N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 7.75 | 2062 | +18.0 |
| 11 | Mok, Yuen Tak | 1934 | CAN | +22B | −2N | =38B | +29N | +23B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 7.75 | 2052 | +14.4 |
| 12 | Zhu, Hong RuiFM | 2229 | CAN | =41B | −5N | +22B | +38N | +26B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 7.25 | 2047 | -16.6 |
| 13 | Masse, Hugues | 2103 | CAN | =44N | +30B | +45N | −7N | +15B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 6.50 | 2017 | -7.0 |
| 14 | Hebrard, Emmanuel | 1879 | FRA | +40B | −6N | +27B | −4N | +44B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1996 | +15.0 |
| 15 | Barrera, Eduardo | 0 | CAN | −21N | +50B | +17N | +31B | −13N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1917 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Richard, Leo | 1840 | CAN | −9N | +48B | +51N | +21B | −5B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 2026 | +17.4 |
| 17 | Nassif, Aba | 1857 | USA | −25B | +28N | −15B | +32B | +30N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 6.50 | 2514 | +18.8 |
| 18 | Pomerantz, Daniel | 1941 | CAN | +48N | −9B | +44N | +42B | −3N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 2160 | +27.0 |
| 19 | Desforges, Jean | 1898 | CAN | −6B | −22N | +40B | +50N | +31N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1910 | +2.8 |
| 20 | Duval, Mathieu | 1922 | CAN | +52N | −21B | +53N | +43B | −4B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1932 | +2.0 |
| 21 | St-Germain, Jack | 1959 | CAN | +15B | +20N | −6B | −16N | =27B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 7.25 | 1861 | -11.6 |
| 22 | Wu, Ting En Ryan | 1697 | CAN | −11N | +19B | −12N | =33B | +39N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 5.50 | 1969 | +64.8 |
| 23 | Berube, Maximilien | 1951 | CAN | +28N | +51B | −9N | =24B | −11N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.75 | 1810 | -31.6 |
| 24 | Sun, Jonathan | 1689 | CAN | −7B | +40N | +52B | =23N | −10B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.75 | 1840 | +24.4 |
| 25 | Qi, Jason | 0 | CAN | +17N | −42B | +33N | −8N | =29B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 1952 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Iordanescu, Victor Nicolae | 1910 | CAN | +50N | −3B | =32N | +45B | −12N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 1886 | -5.8 |
| 27 | Bain-thouverez, Aurelien | 1840 | FRA | +36N | −31B | −14N | +53B | =21N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.25 | 1935 | +12.6 |
| 28 | Vaillant, Charles-Etienne | 1663 | CAN | −23B | −17B | =35N | +49N | +38B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1739 | +13.2 |
| 29 | Pitre, Lucas | 1773 | CAN | −1N | =34B | +47N | −11B | =25N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 3.25 | 1823 | +2.2 |
| 30 | Dufresne, Christophe | 1794 | CAN | =5B | −13N | =37B | +51N | −17B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1758 | -10.0 |
| 31 | Jiang Barron, Jiyu | 1997 | CAN | +37B | +27N | −7B | −15N | −19B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 4.50 | 1929 | -14.8 |
| 32 | Hu, Raymond | 1684 | CAN | −4B | +49N | =26B | −17N | =36N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 2.75 | 1738 | +8.4 |
| 33 | Beaupre, Eugene Jr | 1936 | CAN | +49B | −4N | −25B | =22N | =37B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 2.75 | 1680 | -20.2 |
| 34 | Zhang, Yitian | 1802 | CAN | −8B | =29N | =36B | −41N | +50B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1779 | -7.2 |
| 35 | Dukkardt, Vladimir | 1703 | CAN | −10B | −38N | =28B | =40N | +51B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1588 | -24.0 |
| 36 | Genzling, Jerome | 2032 | CAN | −27B | =44B | =34N | =37N | =32B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1738 | -37.4 |
| 37 | Dube, Daniel | 1794 | CAN | −31N | =39B | =30N | =36B | =33N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 1876 | +9.8 |
| 38 | Filion, Samuel | 1794 | CAN | −3N | +35B | =11N | −12B | −28N | 1.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 3.75 | 1785 | -11.2 |
| 39 | Robichaud, Louis | 1979 | CAN | −2B | =37N | +41B | −10N | −22B | 1.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 2.50 | 1770 | -28.6 |
| 40 | Page, Dany | 1738 | CAN | −14N | −24B | −19N | =35B | +48N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 1.50 | 1656 | -11.2 |
| 41 | Di Matteo, Alessio | 1871 | CAN | =12N | −46B | −39N | +34B | F | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.75 | 1962 | +6.0 |
| 42 | Duong, Thanh NhaIM | 2184 | CAN | F | +25N | =43B | −18N | F | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.25 | 1797 | -19.8 |
| 43 | Zhang, Chu Hang | 2039 | CAN | F | +47B | =42N | −20N | F | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1945 | -13.2 |
| 44 | Ali, Nehad | 1928 | SYR | =13B | =36N | −18B | F | −14N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.75 | 1796 | -13.6 |
| 45 | Desjardins, Michel | 1779 | CAN | F | F | −13B | −26N | +47B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1789 | -0.4 |
| 46 | Kraiouchkine, Nikita | 2185 | CAN | F | +41N | −5B | F | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1961 | -10.8 |
| 47 | Jean, Lucas | 1727 | CAN | F | −43N | −29B | +48B | −45N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 1669 | -13.6 |
| 48 | Ivanov Yuan, Maksim | 1853 | CAN | −18B | −16N | =49B | −47N | −40B | 0.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 0.25 | 1012 | -89.2 |
| 49 | Chang-Solomon, Donnell | 0 | CAN | −33N | −32B | =48N | −28B | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.25 | 1463 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Han, Ruochong | 1566 | CAN | −26B | −15N | F | −19B | −34N | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 1070 | -17.6 |
| 51 | FIDE 2677407 | 0 | — | F | −23N | −16B | −30B | −35N | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 1023 | 0.0 |
| 52 | FIDE 2678632 | 0 | — | −20B | F | −24N | F | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1006 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Lesage, Philippe | 1808 | CAN | F | F | −20B | −27N | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1081 | -16.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Wu, Ting En RyanCAN+64.82.5 pts · #21
- 2Nassar, MarcLBN+31.64.0 pts · #2
- 3Berube, AntoineCAN+30.04.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Ivanov Yuan, MaksimCAN-89.20.5 pts · #50
- 2Genzling, JeromeCAN-37.42.0 pts · #27
- 3Berube, MaximilienCAN-31.62.5 pts · #38
Biggest upsets
- R5+282 Elo gap
- R4+243 Elo gap
- R2+201 Elo gap