2025 Edmonton Spring Sectional C
Open SwissStandard
10 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 922, and top seed was Josiah Trentalance (🇨🇦 CAN, 1622).
Nikolai Nikolov (🇨🇦 CAN, 1548) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Mike McKenzie (4.0) and Declan Wong (3.0). Nikolov shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇨🇦Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Dates
10 May 2025 → 11 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇦Canada×8
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
5
3
1
3
2
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD
Nikolai Nikolov held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Nikolov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Nikolai Nikolov lost to Mike McKenzie (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nikolai Nikolov | * | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2Mike McKenzie | 1 | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Declan Wong | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Daton Best | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolov, Nikolai | 1548 | CAN | +7B | +6N | +4B | −2N | +3B | 4.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 10.00 | 1730 | +37.6 |
| 2 | McKenzie, Mike | 1604 | CAN | −3N | +10B | +5N | +1B | +6N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 9.00 | 2365 | +26.8 |
| 3 | Wong, Declan | 0 | CAN | +2B | +7N | −6B | +8N | −1N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 7.00 | 1562 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Shirvani, Kian | 1449 | CAN | +8N | +5B | −1N | F | +9N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1537 | +10.0 |
| 5 | Best, Daton | 1526 | CAN | +9B | −4N | −2B | +7N | +8B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.00 | 1384 | -22.8 |
| 6 | Trentalance, Josiah | 1622 | CAN | +10N | −1B | +3N | F | −2B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.00 | 776 | -45.2 |
| 7 | Li, Meijia | 1474 | CAN | −1N | −3B | +8N | −5B | +10B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 737 | -33.2 |
| 8 | FIDE 521055807 | 0 | — | −4B | +9N | −7B | −3B | −5N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 683 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Suresh, Aadhavan | 0 | CAN | −5N | −8B | F | +10N | −4B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 688 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 2675765 | 0 | — | −6B | −2N | F | −9B | −7N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 767 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Nikolov, NikolaiCAN+37.64.0 pts · #1
- 2McKenzie, MikeCAN+26.84.0 pts · #2
- 3Shirvani, KianCAN+10.03.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Trentalance, JosiahCAN-45.22.0 pts · #9
- 2Li, MeijiaCAN-33.22.0 pts · #7
- 3Best, DatonCAN-22.83.0 pts · #4