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2025 North American Youth Chess Ch. - Girls U12

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27 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Aug 2025 to 23 Aug 2025 in Kingston, ON, Canada. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1719, and top seed was Elizabeth Xia (🇺🇸 USA, WCM, 1848).

Michelle Zhang (🇨🇦 CAN, WFM, 1839) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Alicia Zhu (6.5) and Marissa Lu (6.0). Zhang took the lead from round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Emma Phu (1542) beat Elizabeth Xia (WCM, 1848), a +306-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Kingston, ON, Canada
Dates
18 Aug 2025 → 23 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸WCMElizabeth Xia1848
Avg top 10
1,719
Participants
27
Titled players · 4
WFM×1
WCM×3
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇦Canada×12
🇺🇸United States of America×11
🇲🇽Mexico×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇨🇦CAN·1839
    7.5pts·1941perf+42.8
  • 🥈
    🇺🇸USA·1716
    6.5pts·1831perf+55.2
  • 🥉
    🇺🇸USA·1797
    6.0pts·1757perf-14.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WFM Michelle Zhang led from R8; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders
12
6
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Lu takes leadZhang takes lead
Zhang7.5Zhu6.5Lu6Yu6Li6Phu5.5
R7 · LEADER CHANGE22 Aug

Marissa Lu takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Michelle Zhang drew with WCM Alicia Zhu (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WFM Michelle Zhang 3 wins (R7–R9)WCM Alicia Zhu 3 wins (R1–R3)Marissa Lu 6 wins (R2–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMMichelle Zhang*
½
1
0
2WCMAlicia Zhu
½
*
0
½
3Marissa Lu
0
1
*
1
4Nicole Q Yu
1
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhang, MichelleWFM1839CAN+5B+11N−4B+24N+19B=2N+17B+3N+7B7.542.544.535.251941+42.8
2Zhu, AliciaWCM1716USA+13N+10B+9N=4N+7B=1B−3N+8B=6N6.547.051.536.001831+55.2
3Lu, Marissa1797USA−6N+18B+16N+9B+8N+4N+2B−1B−5N6.047.051.032.001757-14.4
4Yu, Nicole Q1714USA+25B+16N+1N=2B=6N−3B=5N+17B=8N6.045.547.029.251801+36.8
5Li, Grace1543CAN−1N+20B+14B=19N+11B=6N=4B=7N+3B6.043.547.029.251769+93.6
6Phu, Emma1542USA+3B=12N+17B=7N=4B=5B−8N+11N=2B5.545.049.029.251775+109.6
7Xu, Pear1640USA+15B+17N=8N=6B−2N+16B+13N=5B−1N5.544.548.526.001711+32.0
8Tuk Martin, Dana KatherineWCM1770MEX+24B+19N=7B=15N−3B+12N+6B−2N=4B5.542.044.023.501739-12.8
9Nguyen, Christine1583USA+21B+14N−2B−3N−17B+24N=12B+20N+13B5.536.538.519.751662+27.2
10Wang, Grace Ofia Nuoyi1603USA+23B−2N−24B+27N=14B−11N+18B+21N+12B5.532.033.017.251473-34.4
11Ma, Yunhui1618USA+26N−1B=13N+21B−5N+10B=16N−6B+22N5.039.540.517.001549-27.6
12Zhao, Shannon1606CAN=18N=6B=21N+13B=15N−8B=9N+16B−10N4.539.542.520.251597-3.6
13Yuan, Arianna1498CAN−2B+23N=11B−12N+18B+14N−7B+19N−9N4.539.041.517.001528+9.6
14Fu, Ashley1641CAN+20N−9B−5N+22B=10N−13B+24N+15BF4.536.538.515.751498-47.6
15Jain, Anya0CAN−7N+22B+18N=8B=12B−17N=19B−14N+25B4.534.536.015.2515680.0
16Wong, Zoe1588USA+27N−4B−3B+26N+24B−7N=11B−12N+20B4.533.534.510.001457-40.0
17Xia, ElizabethWCM1848USA+22N−7B−6N+20B+9N+15B−1N−4NF4.042.545.516.501525-98.8
18Szeto, Martina0CAN=12B−3N−15B+25N−13N=23B−10N+26B+24B4.031.032.08.0014570.0
19Li, Alyssa Zhuojing1607CANF−8B+27N=5B−1N=21B=15N−13B+23N3.534.534.510.251340-49.2
20Jain, Anvi0CAN−14B−5N+25B−17N+27B+26N=21N−9B−16N3.530.031.05.008410.0
21Zhang, Ziyun0CAN−9NF=12B−11N+22B=19N=20B−10B=26N3.031.531.59.2514740.0
22Li, Grace1581CAN−17B−15N+23B−14N−21N+25BF+27N−11B3.026.026.05.00902-41.6
23Yeung, Marissa0CAN−10N−13B−22NF=26B=18N+27B=25N−19B2.524.024.04.257710.0
24Kakarla, Aadya1527USA−8N+26B+10N−1B−16N−9B−14BF−18N2.038.038.06.501398-36.8
25FIDE 26407910—−4N−27B−20N−18BF−22N+26B=23B−15N1.525.525.52.258470.0
26FIDE 26625310—−11B−24NF−16B=23N−20B−25N−18N=21B1.026.026.02.757770.0
27FIDE 26653440—−16B+25N−19B−10B−20NF−23N−22BF1.024.024.01.507940.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
2025 North American Youth Chess Ch. - Girls U12 — Kingston, ON, Canada | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats