2025 Collingwood Somborac Chess Festival U1900

Open SwissStandard

27 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 09 May 2025 to 11 May 2025 in Collingwood, Canada. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Jose Jimwil Avila (🇨🇦 CAN, 0) won with 4.0/5, ahead of William Martinez (4.0) and Gordon Howe (3.5). Avila shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇨🇦Collingwood, Canada

Dates

09 May 2025 → 11 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Avg top 10

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇨🇦Canada×22

🇵🇦Panama×1

Top 3

🥇
Jose Jimwil Avila
🇨🇦CAN
4.0pts·1761perf-17.2
🥈
William Martinez
🇵🇦PAN
4.0pts·2598perf+15.6
🥉
Gordon Howe
🇨🇦CAN
3.5pts·2538perf+77.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Avila4Martinez4Howe3.5Moran-Venegas3.5Mullin3.5Coulon3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Avila takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

William Martinez 4 wins (R1–R5)Gordon Howe 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Jose Jimwil Avila	*	—	0	—
2William Martinez	—	*	—	—
3Gordon Howe	1	—	*	1
4Mario Moran-Venegas	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Avila, Jose Jimwil	CAN	+19N	+17B	−3N	+8B	+7B	4.0	11.5	13.5	10.00	1761	-17.2
2	Martinez, William	PAN	+24N	+8B	+7B	F	+20N	4.0	8.5	8.5	8.50	2598	+15.6
3	Howe, Gordon	CAN	+11N	+4B	+1B	−7N	=5B	3.5	14.0	16.5	11.75	2538	+77.2
4	Moran-Venegas, Mario	CAN	+10B	−3N	+9B	=14N	+16B	3.5	11.0	13.0	8.25	1707	+12.4
5	Mullin, Daniel	CAN	−?N	+23B	+17N	+16B	=3N	3.5	9.0	9.0	7.25	1654	0.0
6	Coulon, Dominic	CAN	+21B	−7N	=16N	+26B	+13N	3.5	9.0	9.0	5.00	2321	+3.0
7	Markovic, Slobodan	CAN	+18B	+6B	−2N	+3B	−1N	3.0	15.0	17.0	9.00	1802	0.0
8	Vanderlee, Chris	CAN	+12B	−2N	+15B	−1N	+22B	3.0	13.0	14.5	6.50	1753	0.0
9	Ivkin, Michael	CAN	=13N	=11B	−4N	+17B	=10N	2.5	11.0	13.0	5.75	1644	+19.2
10	Gillis, Doug	CAN	−4N	+21N	=12B	=15N	=9B	2.5	11.0	12.5	5.25	1582	+1.8
11	Runstedler, Rick	CAN	−3B	=9N	+24B	+12N	−14B	2.5	11.0	11.5	4.25	1517	-48.4
12	Parakin, Don	CAN	−8N	+13B	=10N	−11B	+21N	2.5	10.5	12.0	5.25	1609	+11.6
13	Szatmary, Alex	CAN	=9B	−12N	+25B	+22N	−6B	2.5	10.0	10.5	3.25	1363	0.0
14	Pinto, Hanzel	CAN	−20B	+18N	F	=4B	+11N	2.5	10.0	10.0	6.25	1709	+1.2
15	Gillanders, Robert	CAN	−16N	+19B	−8N	=10B	+26N	2.5	9.5	9.5	3.25	1780	+3.4
16	Jackson, Yared	CAN	+15B	=22N	=6B	−5N	−4N	2.0	13.0	14.5	5.00	1706	0.0
17	Wilson, Serena	CAN	+27B	−1N	−5B	−9N	+25B	2.0	10.5	10.5	0.50	920	-36.0
18	Hart, Caleb	CAN	−7N	−14B	+19N	−21B	+23N	2.0	9.0	10.5	3.50	1485	0.0
19	Gibbens, Jeffrey	CAN	−1B	−15N	−18B	+25N	+24B	2.0	9.0	9.5	1.00	998	-20.8
20	Shah, Omaray M.	CAN	+14N	F	+22B	F	−2B	2.0	8.0	8.0	4.00	1792	-0.4
21	Armstrong, Robert J	CAN	−6N	−10B	=23N	+18N	−12B	1.5	10.5	12.0	2.75	840	-21.4
22	FIDE 2652048	—	+23N	=16B	−20N	−13B	−8N	1.5	9.5	11.0	2.50	998	0.0
23	FIDE 2663511	—	−22B	−5N	=21B	+24N	−18B	1.5	8.5	9.0	1.25	1521	0.0
24	Van Harten, Calvin	CAN	−2B	=25N	−11N	−23B	−19N	0.5	10.0	10.5	0.25	942	0.0
25	FIDE 2676087	—	−?N	=24B	−13N	−19B	−17N	0.5	7.0	7.0	0.25	821	0.0
26	Vaudry, Mary	CAN	F	−?B	F	−6N	−15B	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	903	0.0
27	FIDE 2676095	—	−17N	F	F	F	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	877	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Howe, GordonCAN
+77.2
3.5 pts · #1
2Ivkin, MichaelCAN
+19.2
2.5 pts · #7
3Martinez, WilliamPAN
+15.6
4.0 pts · #14

Top rating losers

1Runstedler, RickCAN
-48.4
2.5 pts · #11
2Wilson, SerenaCAN
-36.0
2.0 pts · #26
3Armstrong, Robert JCAN
-21.4
1.5 pts · #21