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2025 BC Summer Chess Festival - Open Championship Crown

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16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1952, and top seed was Bindi Cheng (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2337).

Ethan Song (🇨🇦 CAN, FM, 2238) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Aadit Arya (4.0) and Ashton Taylor (3.5). Song broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Elliot McCallum (1882) beat Bindi Cheng (IM, 2337), a +455-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Vancouver, BC, Canada
Dates
01 Aug 2025 → 03 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦IMBindi Cheng2337
Avg top 10
1,952
Participants
16
Titled players · 2
IM×1
FM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇦Canada×14
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Ethan Song 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
6
1
3
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Song takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE03 Aug

FM Ethan Song takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Ethan Song drew with Aadit Arya (Black).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

FM Ethan Song won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMEthan Song*
½
1
1
2Aadit Arya
½
*
3Ashton Taylor
0
*
4Elliot McCallum
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Song, EthanFM2238CAN+9B=2N+12B+4N+3B4.512.513.511.502221-1.2
2Arya, Aadit1910CAN+14B=1B=5N+8N+7B4.011.511.57.752229+53.6
3Taylor, Ashton1908CAN+13B=12N+7B+6N1N3.59.510.55.502128+21.8
4McCallum, Elliot1882CAN+16B+6N=8B1B=9N3.010.510.54.002085+46.8
5Wang, Sutong0CAN6B+14N=2B=13N+12B3.08.08.03.5018250.0
6Yang, Bohan (Henry)1944CAN+5N4B+10N3BF2.011.011.04.501763-14.8
7Han, Shuyi1828USAF+10B3N+11B2N2.010.510.53.001835+2.0
8Wu, Nicholas Pei-Chang1787CANF+11B=4N2B=10N2.010.010.03.751829+9.2
9Yang, Brian1813CAN1N+13BF=12N=4B2.09.59.53.001941+8.0
10Ingram, Richard1874CAN+15B7N6BF=8B1.56.06.01.001749-14.0
11Li, Moses1649CANF8N+14B7N=13B1.55.05.00.501679+5.2
12Zhou, Zhengyuan (Frank)0CANF=3B1N=9B5N1.013.013.02.7518610.0
13Wangluo, Joanne1729CAN3N9NF=5B=11N1.010.010.02.251517-30.4
14Shetty, Arnav1717CAN2N5B11NFF0.08.58.50.00980-34.0
15Desai, Brahm1784ENG10NFFFF0.03.53.50.001074-15.2
16Cheng, BindiIM2337CAN4NFFFF0.03.03.00.001137-9.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets