2025 Toronto Chess Centre Summer Open - U2100
12 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Jun 2025 to 08 Jun 2025 in Toronto, ON, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 1780, and top seed was Brian Fiedler (π¨π¦ CAN, 1940).
Jayden Zihan Zhan (π¨π¦ CAN, 1742) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Riyaan Lakhani (4.0) and Isaac Duanmu (3.5). Zhan shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Yiguo Gao (1553) beat Brian Fiedler (1940), a +387-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 Β· 5 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Jayden Zihan Zhan held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Zhan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).
Jayden Zihan Zhan beat Riyaan Lakhani (Black).
Key matchups Β· top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jayden Zihan Zhan | * | 1 | Β½ | Β½ |
| 2Riyaan Lakhani | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Isaac Duanmu | Β½ | 0 | * | β |
| 4Nihad Mammadov | Β½ | 0 | β | * |
Grille amΓ©ricaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Ξ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhan, Jayden Zihan | 1742 | CAN | +12B | +5B | +2N | =4N | =3B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 9.75 | 2058 | +80.4 |
| 2 | Lakhani, Riyaan | 1844 | CAN | +11B | +3N | β1B | +7N | +4B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 9.00 | 1944 | +12.0 |
| 3 | Duanmu, Isaac | 1738 | CAN | +9N | β2B | +6N | +5B | =1N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 8.00 | 1927 | +51.2 |
| 4 | Mammadov, Nihad | 1770 | CAN | =6N | +10B | +9N | =1B | β2N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 5.25 | 1825 | +15.2 |
| 5 | Li, Ethan Yichen | 1798 | CAN | +7B | β1N | +8B | β3N | =6B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 5.75 | 1686 | -29.2 |
| 6 | Katz, Lyam | 1661 | CAN | =4B | =8N | β3B | +11N | =5N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1751 | +12.2 |
| 7 | Gao, Yiguo | 1553 | CAN | β5N | +12N | +10B | β2B | =8N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1798 | +58.4 |
| 8 | Allahverdi, Umid | 1734 | CAN | F | =6B | β5N | +9B | =7B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 1714 | -4.0 |
| 9 | Zhao, Jifan | 1843 | CAN | β3B | +11N | β4B | β8N | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1547 | -62.4 |
| 10 | Wang, Zi | 1676 | CAN | F | β4N | β7N | F | +11B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1556 | -19.2 |
| 11 | Krivykh, Daniel | 1718 | CAN | β2N | β9B | F | β6B | β10N | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 956 | -72.0 |
| 12 | Fiedler, Brian | 1940 | CAN | β1N | β7B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 848 | -33.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets β the story behind the numbers.
- 1Zhan, Jayden ZihanCAN+80.44.0 pts Β· #1
- 2Gao, YiguoCAN+58.42.5 pts Β· #6
- 3Duanmu, IsaacCAN+51.23.5 pts Β· #3
- 1Krivykh, DanielCAN-72.00.0 pts Β· #12
- 2Zhao, JifanCAN-62.41.0 pts Β· #9
- 3Fiedler, BrianCAN-33.40.0 pts Β· #11
- R2+387 Elo gap
- R1+198 Elo gap
- R3+123 Elo gap