2025 Edmonton Spring Sectional B
Round-RobinStandard
6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 May 2025 to 11 May 2025 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 1774, and top seed was Steven Gan (🇨🇦 CAN, 1850).
Lester Soco (🇨🇦 CAN, 1706) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Steven Gan (3.5) and Zlata Butenko (3.0). Soco won solo starting round 2.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Lester Soco (1706) beat Steven Gan (1850), a +144-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Dates
10 May 2025 → 11 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇦Canada×6
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsLester Soco led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Co-leaders
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1
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R2–R5 · LEAD HELD
Lester Soco never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Lester Soco beat Steven Gan (Black).
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Lester Soco won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇦Soco, Lester | 1706 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 9.25 | 9.5 | +51.0 | 2153 |
| 2 | 🇨🇦Gan, Steven | 1850 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 4.50 | 10.5 | +15.2 | 1907 |
| 3 | 🇨🇦Butenko, Zlata | 1817 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 4.00 | 11.0 | +6.4 | 1837 |
| 4 | 🇨🇦Yu, Zongyan | 1756 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | — | 1 | 1.5 | 2.00 | 12.5 | -15.2 | 1691 |
| 5 | 🇨🇦Singh, Bhavi | 1773 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | * | 1 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 13.0 | -19.6 | 1585 |
| 6 | 🇨🇦Lilic, Nenad | 1740 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0.5 | 2.25 | 13.5 | -69.2 | 1414 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Soco, LesterCAN+51.04.5 pts · #1
- 2Gan, StevenCAN+15.23.5 pts · #2
- 3Butenko, ZlataCAN+6.43.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Lilic, NenadCAN-69.20.5 pts · #6
- 2Singh, BhaviCAN-19.61.0 pts · #5
- 3Yu, ZongyanCAN-15.21.5 pts · #4
Biggest upsets
- R1+144 Elo gap
- R5+111 Elo gap