2025 Keres Memorial U2000

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66 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 17 May 2025 to 19 May 2025 in Langley, Canada. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1828, and top seed was Jason Williamson (🇨🇦 CAN, 1896).

T G M Peiris (🇱🇰 SRI, 0) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Jimson Dela Cruz (5.0) and Suren Ghazaryan (5.0). Peiris shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Aryav Aloke (1427) beat FIDE 2676150 (1733), a +306-point gap.

Location

🇨🇦Langley, Canada

Dates

17 May 2025 → 19 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇦Jason Williamson1896

Avg top 10

1,828

Participants

Federations · 5 represented

🇨🇦Canada×54

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×3

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇦🇲Armenia×1

Top 3

🥇
T G M Peiris
🇱🇰SRI
6.0pts·2512perf+13.8
🥈
Jimson Dela Cruz
🇨🇦CAN·1848
5.0pts·1874perf0.0
🥉
Suren Ghazaryan
🇦🇲ARM·1884
5.0pts·1914perf+68.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

T G M Peiris led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Peiris6Ghazaryan5Chen5Dela Cruz5Hora4.5Wang4.5

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

T G M Peiris never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

T G M Peiris 6 wins (R1–R6)Zhengyu Chen 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1T G M Peiris	*	—	—	1
2Suren Ghazaryan	—	*	—	—
3Zhengyu Chen	—	—	*	—
4Jimson Dela Cruz	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Peiris, T G M	0	SRI	+29B	+17N	+19B	+10N	+2B	+9N	6.0	20.0	23.0	23.00	2512	+13.8
2	Dela Cruz, Jimson	1848	CAN	+24B	+30N	+39B	+9N	−1N	+11B	5.0	20.5	23.0	17.00	1874	0.0
3	Ghazaryan, Suren	1884	ARM	+26N	=43B	+18N	+22B	=11N	+13B	5.0	18.5	21.0	17.75	1914	+68.4
4	Chen, Zhengyu	1840	CAN	+51B	+47N	−10B	+21N	+16B	+12N	5.0	17.5	19.5	15.50	2553	+58.4
5	Wang, Daniel Ruohan	1785	CAN	+37B	=18N	+20B	=12N	+10B	=6N	4.5	19.5	22.5	16.50	1845	-24.8
6	Hora, Daryl	1812	CAN	+31N	−21B	+29N	+51B	+23N	=5B	4.5	17.5	19.5	13.75	1847	-13.2
7	Shu, Chase	1560	CAN	+42N	−16B	=50N	+31B	+20N	+22B	4.5	16.0	18.0	13.50	1680	0.0
8	FIDE 2676150	1733	—	=41N	+55B	−28N	+?B	+18N	+16N	4.5	14.5	14.5	10.25	1601	0.0
9	Williamson, Jason	1896	CAN	+49N	+46B	+21N	−2B	+25N	−1B	4.0	20.5	23.0	12.00	1926	+6.2
10	Lee, Gyuwon	1635	CAN	+56B	+?N	+4N	−1B	−5N	+30B	4.0	20.5	20.5	10.00	1774	0.0
11	Imoo, Joshua	1697	CAN	+50B	+40N	=16B	+28N	=3B	−2N	4.0	19.0	21.0	11.75	1642	-6.8
12	Ghandi, Houshyar	1798	CAN	+52N	=28B	+41N	=5B	+30N	−4B	4.0	18.0	20.0	11.25	1763	-5.0
13	Kwabi, Kai Johannes	1733	CAN	+65B	−39N	+24B	+19N	+33B	−3N	4.0	17.5	18.5	11.00	1731	+18.8
14	Golchin, Ryan	1828	CAN	+44B	=20N	+43B	−16N	=17B	+36N	4.0	16.0	18.5	11.50	1955	+1.6
15	Landingin, Jofrel	1605	CAN	−28N	+52B	=40N	=50B	+39B	+35N	4.0	13.0	15.0	9.75	2580	+11.6
16	Jiang, Jeffrey	1627	CAN	+36B	+7N	=11N	+14B	−4N	−8B	3.5	22.0	25.0	13.50	1780	0.0
17	Yang, Larry	1642	CAN	+33N	−1B	=57N	+40B	=14N	=25B	3.5	19.0	20.5	10.00	1712	+29.6
18	Dossa, Andre	0	CAN	+62N	=5B	−3B	+57N	−8B	+32N	3.5	18.5	20.0	8.25	1729	+11.6
19	Doroshenko, Dasha	1615	CAN	+58B	+34N	−1N	−13B	+50N	=23B	3.5	18.5	20.0	8.25	1648	-10.4
20	Mackay, Chris	1639	CAN	+63N	=14B	−5N	+34N	−7B	+42B	3.5	18.5	19.5	8.50	1900	0.0
21	Sooriarachchi, Nethaji Tharinda	1658	SRI	+66B	+6N	−9B	−4B	+65N	=27N	3.5	18.0	19.0	8.25	1781	-4.8
22	Ye, Youjia	1460	CAN	+57B	=32N	+48B	−3N	+43B	−7N	3.5	17.5	19.0	8.00	1741	+8.0
23	Li, Aaron	0	CAN	=60B	+59N	=32B	+42N	−6B	=19N	3.5	15.0	16.5	8.00	1731	0.0
24	FIDE 2655349	1447	—	−2N	+63B	−13N	+?B	=46N	+45B	3.5	15.0	15.0	4.75	1612	0.0
25	Zhang, Jasper	1681	CAN	−40B	+56N	+60B	+39N	−9B	=17N	3.5	14.5	16.0	7.75	1520	-15.6
26	Belousov, Vladimir	0	CAN	−3B	−53N	+63B	=44N	+57B	+46B	3.5	13.5	14.5	6.25	1623	0.0
27	Doroshenko, Sophia	1458	CAN	=59N	−41B	+58N	=48B	+29N	=21B	3.5	13.0	14.5	8.25	1502	-33.2
28	Aloke, Aryav	1427	CAN	+15B	=12N	+8B	−11B	−35N	=?N	3.0	19.5	19.5	10.50	1690	0.0
29	FIDE 2676230	1601	—	−1N	+61B	−6B	+60N	−27B	+50N	3.0	17.5	19.0	5.00	1060	0.0
30	FIDE 2659824	1656	—	+61B	−2B	+?N	+32N	−12B	−10N	3.0	17.5	17.5	4.50	1039	0.0
31	Li, Bingda	1689	CAN	−6B	+66N	=34B	−7N	+53B	=38N	3.0	17.0	18.0	6.00	1781	+27.6
32	Sathish Raj, Kanish Raj	1368	CAN	+45B	=22B	=23N	−30B	+51N	−18B	3.0	16.0	18.0	8.00	1658	0.0
33	Radic, Marko	1517	CAN	−17B	+37N	+45B	+46B	−13N	F	3.0	15.5	15.5	8.00	1588	+26.4
34	Leblanc, Paul	1690	CAN	+54N	−19B	=31N	−20B	=44N	+52B	3.0	14.5	16.5	6.75	1534	-18.6
35	Wang, Kai	1762	CAN	−39N	+54B	−51N	+53N	+28B	−15B	3.0	13.5	15.5	7.00	870	-51.6
36	Sauve, Ronald	1829	CAN	−16N	−57B	+62N	+54B	+48N	−14B	3.0	13.5	15.0	6.00	944	-24.8
37	Li, Jake Chi Hang	1471	CAN	−5N	−33B	+61N	=52B	=40N	+65B	3.0	13.5	14.5	4.75	911	-28.0
38	Hayer, Robin	1633	CAN	−?N	−42B	=64N	+59B	+41N	=31B	3.0	10.5	10.5	6.00	1596	0.0
39	Beech, Austin	1703	CAN	+35B	+13B	−2N	−25B	−15N	=55N	2.5	19.5	21.5	8.00	1695	0.0
40	Li, Ryan	1540	CAN	+25N	−11B	=15B	−17N	=37B	=44B	2.5	18.0	20.5	8.25	1604	0.0
41	Neil Narain Krishna	0	IND	=8B	+27N	−12B	−43N	−38B	+58N	2.5	17.5	19.0	7.25	1611	+11.2
42	Wickramasinghe, Lahan Thathmira	1628	SRI	−7B	+38N	+47B	−23B	=45N	−20N	2.5	17.0	19.5	6.75	1607	0.0
43	Radic, Dejan	1562	CAN	+53B	=3N	−14N	+41B	−22N	F	2.5	17.0	17.0	7.00	1613	-6.4
44	Chen, Yonglong	1507	CAN	−14N	=58B	=55N	=26B	=34B	=40N	2.5	15.0	16.5	6.25	1659	-2.4
45	Fernando, Manuel	1633	CAN	−32N	+64B	−33N	+55B	=42B	−24N	2.5	14.0	15.0	4.25	667	-27.6
46	Gulbinowicz, Mark	1421	CAN	+?B	−9N	+?B	−33N	=24B	−26N	2.5	14.0	14.0	1.75	860	0.0
47	Zhang, Xavier	1650	CAN	+64B	−4B	−42N	F	=52N	+54B	2.5	12.5	12.5	4.00	963	0.0
48	Martin, Matthew	1620	CAN	+?B	F	−22N	=27N	−36B	+51B	2.5	12.0	12.0	3.75	1560	0.0
49	Lou, Sining	1560	CAN	−9B	−?N	=56B	=64N	=?N	+57B	2.5	8.5	8.5	3.00	1700	0.0
50	Chen, Zi Tian	1356	CAN	−11N	+?N	=7B	=15N	−19B	−29B	2.0	19.0	19.0	4.25	1460	0.0
51	Cheng, Clement	1495	FID	−4N	+62B	+35B	−6N	−32B	−48N	2.0	18.0	19.5	4.50	1700	+10.4
52	Chen, Lucas	1533	CAN	−12B	−15N	+?B	=37N	=47B	−34N	2.0	16.5	16.5	2.75	1397	0.0
53	Sowmiya Narayanan, Seshadri Sai	1464	CAN	−43N	+26B	=?N	−35B	−31N	=56N	2.0	14.0	14.0	4.50	876	0.0
54	Curiel, Hector	1678	CAN	−34B	−35N	+66B	−36N	+64B	−47N	2.0	12.5	13.5	2.00	1496	0.0
55	Hong, James	1600	CAN	F	−8N	=44B	−45N	+?B	=39B	2.0	12.0	12.0	2.50	1450	0.0
56	FIDE 2676273	1466	—	−10N	−25B	=49N	+?B	−?N	=53B	2.0	12.0	12.0	2.25	866	0.0
57	Vigurs, Sofia	1530	CAN	−22N	+36N	=17B	−18B	−26N	−49N	1.5	17.0	19.5	4.75	1529	-5.2
58	Banatwala, Kriyaansh	1570	CAN	−19N	=44N	−27B	=?N	=60B	−41B	1.5	13.5	13.5	2.00	1335	0.0
59	Nguyen, Kaiser	1566	CAN	=27B	−23B	−65N	−38N	=63B	=61N	1.5	12.5	13.5	3.00	1711	+8.4
60	Singh, Dakshesh	1353	CAN	=23N	=?B	−25N	−29B	=58N	−?B	1.5	11.5	11.5	2.50	866	0.0
61	Yuan, Benjamin	1442	CAN	−30N	−29N	−37B	=66N	=?B	=59B	1.5	11.5	11.5	1.25	1460	0.0
62	Singh, Zoya	1404	CAN	−18B	−51N	−36B	=63N	=66B	=?N	1.5	10.5	10.5	1.00	1295	0.0
63	FIDE 2676125	1416	—	−20B	−24N	−26N	=62B	=59N	−?B	1.0	13.5	13.5	1.50	1551	0.0
64	Kalyanasundaram, Sasikumar	1531	CAN	−47N	−45N	=38B	=49B	−54N	F	1.0	12.5	12.5	2.75	807	0.0
65	Jutten, Frank	1584	CAN	−13N	F	+59B	F	−21B	−37N	1.0	12.0	12.0	1.50	1438	0.0
66	Peng, Anny	1456	CAN	−21N	−31B	−54N	=61B	=62N	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	1.50	895	-35.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ghazaryan, SurenARM
+68.4
5.0 pts · #1
2Chen, ZhengyuCAN
+58.4
5.0 pts · #4
3Yang, LarryCAN
+29.6
3.5 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Wang, KaiCAN
-51.6
3.0 pts · #54
2Peng, AnnyCAN
-35.2
1.0 pts · #64
3Doroshenko, SophiaCAN
-33.2
3.5 pts · #41

Biggest upsets

R3+306 Elo gap
Aloke, Aryav1427 beat 1733
R2+299 Elo gap
Vigurs, Sofia1530 beat Sauve, Ronald1829
R3+267 Elo gap
Cheng, Clement1495 beat Wang, Kai1762