2025 Saskatchewan Summer Chess Festival-Open Championship
Open SwissStandard
12 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 25 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2025 in Saskatoon, SK, Canada. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1959, and top seed was Omid Khaledi (🇨🇦 CAN, FM, 2262).
Omid Khaledi (🇨🇦 CAN, FM, 2262) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Arash Abdollah Zadeh (3.5) and Tobias Salkeld (3.5). Khaledi won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Syam Mohan Sree Sivam (1637) beat Eros Villamar (1834), a +197-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Dates
25 Jul 2025 → 27 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇨🇦Canada×8
🇮🇷Iran×1
🇳🇴Norway×1
🇨🇱Chile×1
🇯🇲Jamaica×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsFM Omid Khaledi led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE27 Jul
FM Omid Khaledi takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R2–R5 · WIN STREAK
FM Omid Khaledi won 4 in a row (R2–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMOmid Khaledi | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Tobias Salkeld | — | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Arash Abdollah Zadeh | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Brooks Jiang | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khaledi, OmidFM | 2262 | CAN | =5N | +11B | +4N | +2B | +6B | 4.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 10.25 | 2349 | +7.8 |
| 2 | Abdollah Zadeh, Arash | 2139 | IRI | +10B | =7N | +3B | −1N | +11B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 6.00 | 2087 | -3.4 |
| 3 | Salkeld, Tobias | 1841 | CAN | =11N | +5B | −2N | +12B | +4N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 6.25 | 2046 | +47.9 |
| 4 | Jiang, Brooks | 1916 | CAN | +12B | +6N | −1B | +7N | −3B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 4.50 | 2033 | +30.4 |
| 5 | Steadman, Tevanio | 1936 | JAM | =1B | −3N | +9B | −6N | +12N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 3.75 | 1940 | -0.4 |
| 6 | Riquelme Bravo, Martin | 2062 | CHI | F | −4B | +8N | +5B | −1N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1944 | -21.2 |
| 7 | Heran-Boily, Samuel | 1950 | NOR | +8N | =2B | =12N | −4B | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1846 | -9.6 |
| 8 | Mohan Sree Sivam, Syam | 1637 | CAN | −7B | +10N | −6B | −9N | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1723 | +11.6 |
| 9 | Gonzales, Joel | 1843 | CAN | F | F | −5N | +8B | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1787 | -5.2 |
| 10 | Villamar, Eros | 1834 | CAN | −2N | −8B | +11N | F | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 1735 | -17.2 |
| 11 | Sorgard, Graham | 1803 | CAN | =3B | −1N | −10B | F | −2N | 0.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.75 | 1682 | -12.2 |
| 12 | Tcherni, Avram | 1692 | CAN | −4N | F | =7B | −3N | −5B | 0.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 1589 | -16.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Salkeld, TobiasCAN+47.93.5 pts · #2
- 2Jiang, BrooksCAN+30.43.0 pts · #4
- 3Mohan Sree Sivam, SyamCAN+11.61.0 pts · #9
Top rating losers
- 1Riquelme Bravo, MartinCHI-21.22.0 pts · #6
- 2Villamar, ErosCAN-17.21.0 pts · #8
- 3Tcherni, AvramCAN-16.00.5 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R2+197 Elo gap
- R2+146 Elo gap