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2025 Toronto Chess Centre Summer Open - Crown

Open SwissStandard

9 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Jun 2025 to 08 Jun 2025 in Toronto, ON, Canada. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1929, and top seed was Mark Plotkin (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2350).

Nolan Wu (🇨🇦 CAN, 1871) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Anthony Maulucci (3.5) and Saarthak Malakar (3.5). Wu broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Anthony Maulucci (1846) beat Isai Berengolts (1949), a +103-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Toronto, ON, Canada
Dates
07 Jun 2025 → 08 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦IMMark Plotkin2350
Avg top 10
1,929
Participants
9
Titled players · 2
IM×1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇦Canada×9
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Nolan Wu led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
3
1
2
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Wu takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE08 Jun

Nolan Wu takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nolan Wu drew with FM Saarthak Malakar (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Nolan Wu went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nolan Wu*
½
1
2FMSaarthak Malakar
½
*
0
3Anthony Maulucci
0
1
*
4IMMark Plotkin*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Wu, Nolan1871CAN+8N=3B+2B=5N+6N4.010.011.08.502104+58.0
2Maulucci, Anthony1846CAN+5N+6B1N+3B=7N3.510.512.07.252055+28.0
3Malakar, SaarthakFM1887CAN+9B=1N+8B2N+5B3.510.010.55.002008+32.4
4Plotkin, MarkIM2350CANFF+7B+6BF2.03.03.03.002778+1.9
5Berengolts, Isai1949CAN2B+7NF=1B3N1.512.512.53.501815-15.2
6Yao, Henry1817CAN=7B2N+9B4N1B1.511.011.51.251800-9.2
7Liu, Sean Fangxiao2005CAN=6N5B4N=9B=2B1.58.59.02.751805-55.6
8Murali, Dhruv1824CAN1B+9N3NFF1.08.08.00.501730-14.4
9Lukinykh, Slava1808CAN3N8B6N=7NF0.57.57.50.751561-44.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets