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National Championship Qualifier #2 2025

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28 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 24 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago. 7 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1924, and top seed was Quinn Cabralis (🇹🇹 TTO, FM, 2199).

Mario Merritt (🇹🇹 TTO, FM, 2180) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Kael Samuel Bisnath (5.5) and Isaiah Vassell (5.0). Merritt shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Arthur Superville (1525) beat Kishore Ramadhar (CM, 1839), a +314-point gap.

Location
🇹🇹Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
Dates
24 May 2025 → 01 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇹FMQuinn Cabralis2199
Avg top 10
1,924
Participants
28
Titled players · 7
FM×2
CM×5
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago×28
Top 3
  • 🥇
    FMMario Merritt
    🇹🇹TTO·2180
    5.5pts·2123perf-4.4
  • 🥈
    CMKael Samuel Bisnath
    🇹🇹TTO·1960
    5.5pts·2075perf+43.2
  • 🥉
    Isaiah Vassell
    🇹🇹TTO·1786
    5.0pts·2028perf+85.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
12
6
3
1
2
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Merritt5.5Samuel Bisnath5.5Vassell5Ramadhar4.5Cabralis4.5Medina4.5
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Mario Merritt held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Merritt takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Mario Merritt beat CM Kael Samuel Bisnath (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMMario Merritt*
1
½
1
2CMKael Samuel Bisnath
0
*——
3Isaiah Vassell
½
—*—
4CMKishore Ramadhar
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Merritt, MarioFM2180TTO+12B+10N+5B+2N−4N+7B=3N5.528.031.524.502123-4.4
2Samuel Bisnath, KaelCM1960TTO+13B+20N+8B−1B+16N=4B+9N5.524.527.019.252075+43.2
3Vassell, Isaiah1786TTO+22B−4N+12B=5N+8B+6N=1B5.026.528.018.502028+85.2
4Cabralis, QuinnFM2199TTOF+3BF+6N+1B=2N+5B4.528.028.022.252335+12.8
5Khafra, Enen-Sa-Tefa Ab1907TTO+19N+9B−1N=3B+18N+16B−4N4.525.028.015.501920+3.6
6Medina, JoshuaCM1997TTO+26N+17B+23N−4B=7N−3B+15N4.521.522.510.751875-30.4
7Ramadhar, KishoreCM1839TTO+25N−23B+19N+17B=6B−1N+20B4.519.520.511.751846+4.2
8Sears, FrankCM1787TTO+14N+24B−2N+23B−3N−9B+12B4.022.523.59.001661-18.2
9Sookraj, Druva1664TTO+27B−5N=22B=20N+11B+8N−2B4.022.022.010.001724+8.4
10James, Levi1767TTO+21N−1B+25N−16B−15N+18B+23N4.018.019.07.001690-24.8
11Paul, Trevor1496TTO−16N−18B+21N+26B−9N+22B+17N4.016.517.57.501751+39.2
12Humphrey, Ty1558TTO−1N+14B−3N+25B=17N+13B−8N3.524.525.59.501688+43.2
13Maynard, David1550TTO−2N+21B−17N=14B+24B−12N+25N3.518.519.55.751566-0.8
14Samuel Bisnath, Keira1477TTO−8B−12N+27B=13N+22B=17B=18N3.518.518.56.251552+7.6
15Williams, Saqiv1639TTO+18N−16B+24NF+10B=20N−6B3.518.018.09.251735+8.2
16Lee, Hayden1813TTO+11B+15NF+10N−2B−5NF3.026.029.011.501825+3.2
17Singh, Carlyle1756TTO+28B−6N+13B−7N=12B=14N−11B3.023.523.57.001528-35.4
18Lau, Jacek0TTO−15B+11N=20B+22N−5B−10N=14B3.022.023.58.5015890.0
19Sayyid, Akeera1536TTO−5B+28N−7B−24N+27N+21BF3.015.015.02.001624+8.4
20Bowles, AndrewCM1716TTOF−2B=18N=9B+23N=15B−7N2.521.521.56.251653-9.2
21Laing, Adam1458TTO−10B−13N−11B+28NF−19N+27B2.015.515.50.00786-62.4
22Martin, Kayla1475TTO−3N+26B=9N−18B−14N−11NF1.520.521.53.001446-5.0
23Superville, Arthur1525TTOF+7N−6B−8N−20BF−10B1.020.520.54.501566+3.0
24Oliverie, Kristian0TTOF−8N−15B+19B−13NFF1.016.516.53.0014350.0
25Campo, Caleb1503TTO−7B+27N−10B−12NFF−13B1.015.515.50.00877-46.4
26Norbert, Leonov1551TTO−6B−22N+28B−11NFFF1.012.012.00.00841-50.4
27Jagasar, Ivy-Raye0TTO−9N−25B−14NF−19BF−21N0.013.513.50.007360.0
28Borneo, Arcanjo0TTO−17N−19B−26N−21BFFF0.010.010.00.007860.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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