2025 4th BC3 Road to Masters Chess Classic U1700
Open SwissStandard
5 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Saskatoon, SK, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 1115, and top seed was Andy Li (🇨🇦 CAN, 1627).
The biggest upset came in round 4: FIDE 2639467 (1083) beat FIDE 2663104 (1327), a +244-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Dates
21 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
1,115
Participants
5
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇦Canada×2
Top 3
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- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 5 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 3.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
8
3
2
1
1
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 3.0/5. takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.0).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mher Mamikonyan | * | — | — | — |
| 2FIDE 2670232 | — | * | — | 1 |
| 3FIDE 2674696 | — | — | * | — |
| 4FIDE 2663104 | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIDE 2670232 | 1439 | — | −?N | +4B | +?B | −?N | +?B | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 1738 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Mamikonyan, Mher | 0 | CAN | +?N | +?N | −?B | +?B | −?N | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1738 | 0.0 |
| 3 | FIDE 2674696 | 1396 | — | −5B | =?B | +?N | +?N | −?B | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1738 | 0.0 |
| 4 | FIDE 2663104 | 1327 | — | −?B | −1N | +?B | −?N | +?B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 918 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Sun, Reid | 1411 | CAN | +3N | F | −?B | −?B | +?N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 918 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sun, ReidCAN0.02.0 pts · #5
- 2FIDE 26631040.02.0 pts · #4
- 3FIDE 26702320.03.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Sun, ReidCAN0.02.0 pts · #5
- 2FIDE 26631040.02.0 pts · #4
- 3FIDE 26702320.03.0 pts · #3