2025 Steinitz-Menchik Chess Classic - U1500

Open SwissStandard

7 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 23 May 2025 to 25 May 2025 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Sylvester Oluoha (🇨🇦 CAN, 0) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Jai Kapila (3.5) and Mickail Hendi (3.0). Oluoha broke clear in the final round.

Location

🇨🇦Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Dates

23 May 2025 → 25 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Avg top 10

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇨🇦Canada×6

Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Sylvester Oluoha led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Sylvester Oluoha held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Sylvester Oluoha 3 wins (R1–R3)Jai Kapila 3 wins (R3–R5)Mickail Hendi 3 wins (R3–R5)

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Sylvester Oluoha	*	1	0	1
2Jai Kapila	0	*	—	1
3Mickail Hendi	1	—	*	0
4Vidyuth Vigneshwaran	0	0	1	*

#	Player	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Oluoha, Sylvester	CAN	+2B	+?B	+4N	−3N	+5B	4.0	10.0	10.0	7.00	1603	0.0
2	Kapila, Jai	CAN	−1N	=6B	+5N	+7B	+4N	3.5	9.0	9.5	4.75	1579	-3.2
3	Hendi, Mickail	CAN	F	−4B	+6N	+1B	+?B	3.0	7.5	7.5	5.50	1573	0.0
4	Vigneshwaran, Vidyuth	CAN	+7B	+3N	−1B	−?N	−2B	2.0	11.0	11.0	3.50	763	0.0
5	Hodson, Ethan	CAN	−?N	=7N	−2B	+?B	−1N	1.5	8.0	8.0	0.25	1428	0.0
6	Scholz, Mike	CAN	F	=2N	−3B	F	+7N	1.5	7.0	7.0	2.25	1638	+1.6
7	FIDE 2675803	—	−4N	=5B	−?N	−2N	−6B	0.5	8.5	8.5	0.75	768	0.0

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