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2025 Manitoba Open - Premiere

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20 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 09 May 2025 to 11 May 2025 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 2048, and top seed was Marlon Jodar Arias (🇨🇦 CAN, 2300).

Mark Klusa (🇨🇦 CAN, 2018) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Marlon Jodar Arias (4.5) and Jackson Stordeur (3.5). Klusa shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Alan Nagelberg (1914) beat Mason Bilugan (2148), a +234-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Canada
Dates
09 May 2025 → 11 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦Marlon Jodar Arias2300
Avg top 10
2,048
Participants
20
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇦Canada×20
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
4
2
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Jodar Arias4.5Klusa4.5Stordeur3.5Hamm3.5Babb3Anderson3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Klusa takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Marlon Jodar Arias drew with Mark Klusa (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Marlon Jodar Arias 3 wins (R1–R3)Mark Klusa 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Marlon Jodar Arias*
½
——
2Mark Klusa
½
*——
3Jackson Stordeur——*—
4Gabriel Hamm———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Klusa, Mark2018CAN+16B+8N+5B=2B+6N4.513.515.012.752323+40.6
2Jodar Arias, Marlon2300CAN+10B+7N+9B=1N+5B4.513.015.513.252311+10.8
3Stordeur, Jackson2008CAN=18N+15B=7N=11B+9N3.59.510.57.252076+9.6
4Hamm, Gabriel1939CAN−15N+18B+14N=9B+11N3.58.59.56.751920-4.2
5Anderson, Collin1901CAN+14N+11B−1N+13B−2N3.013.515.56.501967-13.8
6Nagelberg, Alan1914CAN+13B−9N+10B+8N−1B3.012.514.57.501849-18.4
7Babb, Jeff2208CAN+19N−2B=3B=10N+14N3.012.513.56.001975-2.8
8Bilugan, Mason2148CAN+17N−1B+15N−6B+13N3.011.012.55.001854+6.4
9Villamar, Eros1806CAN+12N+6B−2N=4N−3B2.514.517.07.251994+56.8
10Zhou, Zixuan2058CAN−2N+19B−6N=7B+15N2.512.013.04.001931+16.4
11Currie, James1900CAN+20B−5N+16B=3N−4B2.511.512.03.751905-5.0
12Gres, Yakiv1925CAN−9B−13N=20B+18N+16B2.57.07.52.751745-14.8
13Ghobrial, Youssef1814CAN−6N+12B+18N−5N−8B2.011.512.53.5017590.0
14Punay, Rhailey1882CAN−5B+20N−4B+19N−7B2.010.511.01.501835+11.2
15Pottinger, Carl1961CAN+4B−3N−8B=16N−10B1.512.514.04.251720-13.2
16Hui, Zelus1729CAN−1N+17B−11N=15B−12N1.511.012.52.2517240.0
17Minano, John V1572CAN−8B−16N−19N+20B=18B1.56.57.01.001558-16.2
18Wang, Muyu Lucas1876CAN=3B−4N−13B−12B=17N1.011.513.02.5017050.0
19Ling, Aiden1899CAN−7B−10N+17B−14BF1.09.09.01.501647-12.4
20Miao, Yupeng1712CAN−11N−14B=12N−17NF0.58.58.51.251521-42.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets