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2025 Bobby Fischer Memorial Premier

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33 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 03 Jun 2025 to 01 Jul 2025 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1745, and top seed was Emil Soberov (🇨🇦 CAN, CM, 2105).

Aaqil Alpuri (🇨🇦 CAN, 1768) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Emil Soberov (4.0) and Sylvester Oluoha (4.0). Alpuri broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Matthew Atwood (1190) beat Bong Gallemaso (1901), a +711-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dates
03 Jun 2025 → 01 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦CMEmil Soberov2105
Avg top 10
1,745
Participants
33
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇨🇦Canada×28
🇧🇼Botswana×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇨🇱Chile×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Aaqil Alpuri 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
13
7
3
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Aaqil Alpuri held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Aaqil Alpuri drew with CM Emil Soberov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Aaqil Alpuri 3 wins (R1–R3)CM Emil Soberov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Aaqil Alpuri*
½
1
2CMEmil Soberov
½
*
1
3Oscar Abarza Alarcon
0
*
4Sylvester Oluoha
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Alpuri, Aaqil1768CAN+22B+3N+7B=2N+8B4.514.015.513.502136+26.0
2Soberov, EmilCM2105CAN+12N+5B+4N=1B=6N4.016.018.514.502007+4.8
3Oluoha, Sylvester0CAN+11N1B+16N+18B+10B4.012.014.09.5017660.0
4Abarza Alarcon, Oscar0CHI+33N+16B2B+13N+7B4.011.511.57.501903+5.8
5Agyenim-Boateng, Nathaniel1237CAN+32B2N+19B+15B+11N4.010.510.56.501787+24.8
6Miller, Brian1628CANF+27B+15N+8N=2B3.510.010.08.002086+31.2
7Laroia, Ayush1527CAN+17N+26B1N+9B4N3.013.514.56.001771+16.8
8Iyer, Abhinav1494IND+23N+9B+18N6B1N3.013.014.56.501796-25.6
9Atwood, Matthew1190CAN+14B8N+26B7N+17B3.010.511.55.501763+12.8
10Rodrigo, Tharinda0SRI15B+32N+17B+21B3N3.010.010.04.0015540.0
11Robinson, Brayden0CAN3B+22N=13N+27B5B2.512.013.03.7516080.0
12Zhang, Felix1623CAN2B=14N+20B+30NF2.59.59.54.251919+76.0
13Li, Jake Chi Hang1471CANF+28N=11B4B+15N2.59.59.54.251710+17.6
14Gallemaso, Bong1901CAN9N=12B+23NF+27N2.58.08.03.751679-34.4
15Karabanov, Youri1465CAN+10N+25B6B5N13B2.013.014.54.50844-14.4
16Nguyen, Kaiser1566CAN+20B4N3B17N+26B2.012.013.03.001606+7.6
17Milne, Arthur1617CAN7B+31N10N+16B9N2.011.012.03.001627+4.8
18Zhang, Finley1562CAN+29B+19N8B3NF2.010.010.03.001808+15.6
19Bull, James0CAN+30N18B5N+26NF2.08.08.02.001568+2.8
20Vickers, Josh1684CAN16N=23B12N=29B+33N2.07.07.01.251466-35.2
21Cortes, Diego1663CANFF+32B10N+24B2.04.54.51.502518+27.2
22Mohanakrishnan Madhav1539BOT1N11B=24B=28N=29N1.59.510.51.751581+5.6
23Tirman, David1569CAN8B=20N14BF+32N1.57.57.51.001568+0.2
24Sharma, Gagan0CANFF=22N+25B21N1.55.05.02.251362-37.2
25Lou, Jia Xilin0CAN=28B15N+33B24NF1.54.54.50.5014370.0
26Ong, Lucas1030CAN+31B7N9N19B16N1.010.011.01.0013710.0
27Luehr, Travis0CANF6N+28B11N14B1.09.59.51.001561-12.4
28Yan, Henry1488CAN=25N13B27N=22BF1.06.57.51.501311-17.6
29Maria, Nirvaan1304CAN18N30BF=20N=22B1.06.56.51.751491-18.8
30Sheng, Jack1797CAN19B+29NF12BF1.05.55.51.001426-53.2
31Shtepa, Liubov1659CAN26N17BF+32NF1.04.04.00.00782-24.0
32FIDE 267751205N10B21N31B23B0.010.511.50.007980.0
33Dahlke, Zeth Matthew1554CAN4BF25NF20B0.09.09.00.001006-12.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets