2025 North American Youth Chess Ch. - Open U12

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64 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Aug 2025 to 23 Aug 2025 in Kingston, ON, Canada. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1970, and top seed was Zachary Pan (🇺🇸 USA, 2114).

Alex Haoning Chu (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2035) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Shawn Xu (7.0) and Advik Prasanna (7.0). Chu shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Venkata Saket Reddy Kola (1509) beat Arsh Amit Sharda (1818), a +309-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

🇺🇸Zachary Pan2114

Avg top 10

1,970

Participants

Titled players · 4

FM×1

CM×3

Federations · 2 represented

🇨🇦Canada×42

🇺🇸United States of America×19

Top 3

🥇
FMAlex Haoning Chu
🇺🇸USA·2035
7.5pts·2161perf+55.6
🥈
CMShawn Xu
🇺🇸USA·1932
7.0pts·2057perf+59.2
🥉
CMAdvik Prasanna
🇺🇸USA·1948
7.0pts·2046perf+44.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Alex Haoning Chu led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Chu7.5Prasanna7Xu7Vyas6.5Zhu6.5Lu6

R9 · LEADER CHANGE23 Aug

FM Alex Haoning Chu takes the sole lead (7.5/9).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Advik Prasanna 3 wins (R7–R9)CM Shawn Xu 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMAlex Haoning Chu	*	—	½	—
2CMAdvik Prasanna	—	*	—	1
3CMShawn Xu	½	—	*	0
4Miransh Purven Vyas	—	0	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chu, Alex HaoningFM	2035	USA	+21N	+13B	=8N	=7B	+28N	+11B	=2N	+6B	+4B	7.5	47.5	52.0	42.50	2161	+55.6
2	Xu, ShawnCM	1932	USA	+47B	+19N	+30B	=38N	+6B	+4N	=1B	−5N	+10B	7.0	45.5	49.0	36.75	2057	+59.2
3	Prasanna, AdvikCM	1948	USA	+16B	+40N	−4B	+19N	+31B	−6N	+28B	+9N	+5B	7.0	44.5	48.5	36.00	2046	+44.8
4	Zhu, Elber	1858	CAN	+44N	+61B	+3N	=6N	+38B	−2B	+7N	+11B	−1N	6.5	47.0	49.0	31.50	2077	+82.8
5	Vyas, Miransh Purven	1944	USA	+50N	=14B	+28N	=8B	+22N	=7B	+12N	+2B	−3N	6.5	46.5	50.0	34.25	2026	+36.8
6	Liu, StevenCM	1924	USA	+49N	+23B	+15N	=4B	−2N	+3B	+13N	−1N	=7B	6.0	50.0	53.5	32.75	2002	+40.4
7	Pan, Zachary	2114	USA	+36B	+39N	=20B	=1N	+25B	=5N	−4B	+8B	=6N	6.0	47.0	51.0	32.00	1998	-41.4
8	Lu, Lucas	1915	USA	+33B	+25N	=1B	=5N	=9B	=29N	+31B	−7N	+23B	6.0	45.0	49.5	31.25	1976	+33.2
9	Debmisra, Ariv	1981	USA	+48N	−28B	=21N	+60B	=8N	+23B	+22N	−3B	+12N	6.0	41.5	43.5	26.50	1884	-34.0
10	Bhoopathi, Rishith	1879	USA	=43N	=32B	+26N	=14B	+30N	−12B	+17N	+13B	−2N	5.5	43.0	47.0	27.50	1812	-24.4
11	Ayyappan, Santhosh	2004	USA	+26B	+22N	−38B	+20N	+39B	−1N	+29B	−4N	=15B	5.5	43.0	47.0	26.25	1928	-22.6
12	Hammoud, Khaled	1870	CAN	+62B	−30N	+16B	=18N	+33B	+10N	−5B	+25N	−9B	5.5	43.0	44.5	24.75	1805	-22.0
13	Pan, Julian	1821	CAN	+45B	−1N	+47B	=24N	+18B	+38N	−6B	−10N	+36B	5.5	42.0	45.5	24.00	1810	+0.4
14	Bi, William	1780	CAN	+55B	=5N	=29B	=10N	=24B	=20N	=38B	=18N	+35B	5.5	40.5	43.5	25.50	1807	+12.0
15	Saillant, Christopher	1877	CAN	+46B	+18N	−6B	−31N	+43B	=25N	=19B	+30N	=11N	5.5	40.0	44.0	25.75	1799	-26.4
16	Chan, Max	1626	USA	−3N	+64B	−12N	+56B	+42N	−22B	+40B	=19N	+29B	5.5	38.0	39.0	19.00	1782	+44.0
17	Zhu, Edison	1679	CAN	+54B	−20N	−24B	+46N	+27B	+39N	−10B	=29N	+28B	5.5	37.5	40.5	22.75	1731	+14.4
18	Wu, Felix	1710	USA	+60N	−15B	+57N	=12B	−13N	=48B	+34N	=14B	+41N	5.5	37.0	39.0	20.75	1741	+11.6
19	Dembla, Shabd	1783	CAN	+42N	−2B	+43N	−3B	=34N	+26B	=15N	=16B	=21N	5.0	43.5	47.5	23.25	1700	-31.2
20	Yin, Andrew	1907	CAN	+34N	+17B	=7N	−11B	=23N	=14B	=21N	+41B	−22N	5.0	42.0	46.0	24.75	1816	-37.6
21	Syed, Farhaan	1632	USA	−1B	+45N	=9B	+40N	−29B	+35N	=20B	=28N	=19B	5.0	41.0	45.0	22.75	1823	+61.6
22	Zhang, Yitian	1806	CAN	F	−11B	+49N	+37N	−5B	+16N	−9B	+31N	+20B	5.0	41.0	41.0	23.00	1874	+27.2
23	Chung, Maxwell	1736	USA	+51B	−6N	=33B	+36N	=20B	−9N	+47B	+38N	−8N	5.0	39.5	43.0	20.25	1794	+22.8
24	Kola, Venkata Saket Reddy	1509	CAN	=59N	=43B	+17N	=13B	=14N	−28B	=32N	=26B	+39N	5.0	38.5	41.5	23.25	1774	+109.4
25	Liu, Zipei	1741	CAN	+53N	−8B	+58N	+59B	−7N	=15B	+39N	−12B	=27N	5.0	38.0	41.0	18.25	1859	+32.0
26	Ma, Quentin	1629	CAN	−11N	+56B	−10B	+44N	=35B	−19N	+55B	=24N	+42N	5.0	36.5	39.5	18.75	1472	-29.2
27	Gowrishankar, Nilaanujan	0	CAN	−28N	+48B	−32N	+49B	−17N	=36N	+54B	+33N	=25B	5.0	35.5	38.5	19.25	1664	0.0
28	Evenko, Kirill	1787	CAN	+27B	+9N	−5B	+35N	−1B	+24N	−3N	=21B	−17N	4.5	47.5	52.0	23.00	1716	-28.8
29	Cao, Frank Zhongtian	1832	USA	+63N	=37B	=14N	=30B	+21N	=8B	−11N	=17B	−16N	4.5	42.0	43.5	19.50	1708	-46.4
30	Anish, Diganth	1675	CAN	+57N	+12B	−2N	=29N	−10B	=34B	+42N	−15B	=37N	4.5	41.0	44.0	19.25	1695	+4.4
31	Yin, Aiden	1735	CAN	−37N	+44B	+61N	+15B	−3N	+59B	−8N	−22B	=34N	4.5	39.5	41.5	16.75	1773	+10.4
32	Kolodner, Garry	1728	CAN	−35B	=10N	+27B	−33N	+50B	=37N	=24B	−36N	+48B	4.5	37.0	40.5	19.50	1632	-30.0
33	Kanigicharla, Atulith	1542	CAN	−8N	+53B	=23N	+32B	−12N	=41B	=48N	−27B	+50N	4.5	37.0	40.0	17.25	1735	+66.4
34	Nakar, Soham	1528	CAN	−20B	+54N	+40B	−39N	=19B	=30N	−18B	+52N	=31B	4.5	36.0	39.0	17.50	1672	+42.0
35	Nguyen, Duy Tuong	0	USA	+32N	−59B	+41N	−28B	=26N	−21B	+49N	+48B	−14N	4.5	35.5	38.5	18.00	1703	0.0
36	Li, Allen	1644	CAN	−7N	+63B	=60N	−23B	=53N	=27B	+37N	+32B	−13N	4.5	35.5	37.0	15.50	1640	-4.8
37	Lou, Sining	0	CAN	+31B	=29N	=59N	−22B	=41N	=32B	−36B	+47N	=30B	4.5	35.0	38.0	18.25	1730	0.0
38	Li, Tanqi	1872	USA	+58N	+41B	+11N	=2B	−4N	−13B	=14N	−23B	F	4.0	42.0	42.0	18.75	1780	-35.6
39	Sharda, Arsh Amit	1818	USA	+56N	−7B	+50N	+34B	−11N	−17B	−25B	+43N	−24B	4.0	39.0	42.0	15.00	1613	-84.4
40	Szeto, Jordan	1793	CAN	+64N	−3B	−34N	−21B	+56N	+44B	−16N	−42B	+53N	4.0	36.0	37.0	11.00	884	-102.0
41	Kovuru, Aaryan	1665	CAN	+52B	−38N	−35B	+58N	=37B	=33N	+43B	−20N	−18B	4.0	35.5	38.5	15.00	1543	-36.8
42	Huang, Yuxuan	0	CAN	−19B	−47N	+62B	+45N	−16B	+46N	−30B	+40N	−26B	4.0	35.5	37.0	13.50	1405	0.0
43	Moses, Niam	1432	CAN	=10B	=24N	−19B	+54N	−15N	+60B	−41N	−39B	+57N	4.0	35.0	37.0	13.25	1469	+2.0
44	Cao, Jonathan	0	CAN	−4B	−31N	+51B	−26B	+52N	−40N	+60B	−50N	+55B	4.0	33.5	35.5	12.00	921	0.0
45	Chen, Justin Jia Hao	0	CAN	−13N	−21B	=53N	−42B	−51N	+57B	+58N	=54B	+56N	4.0	30.0	33.0	12.00	925	0.0
46	An, Isu	0	CAN	−15N	−60B	+64N	−17B	+57N	−42B	=51N	=53B	+54N	4.0	29.5	30.5	10.25	978	0.0
47	Shaik, Muhammad Aman	1581	CAN	−2N	+42B	−13N	+57B	−59N	+53B	−23N	−37B	=51N	3.5	35.5	38.5	11.75	1048	-27.2
48	Muminov, Diyor	1629	CAN	−9B	−27N	=55B	+62N	+61B	=18N	=33B	−35N	−32N	3.5	35.0	36.5	10.00	1547	-18.8
49	Wang, Alan	1569	CAN	−6B	+51N	−22B	−27N	−54B	+56N	−35B	+60N	=52B	3.5	33.5	35.5	10.25	1065	-12.4
50	Yavorskyi, Yevhen	1592	CAN	−5B	+55N	−39B	=61N	−32N	=51B	=53N	+44B	−33B	3.5	33.0	35.0	11.25	958	-48.4
51	Liu, Jeffrey	0	CAN	−23N	−49B	−44N	=63B	+45B	=50N	=46B	=55N	=47B	3.5	30.5	32.0	11.75	1423	0.0
52	Yeo, Timothy	0	CAN	−41N	−58B	−56N	+64B	−44B	+62N	+61N	−34B	=49N	3.5	25.5	26.5	6.25	1321	0.0
53	Lin, Steven	0	CAN	−25B	−33N	=45B	+55N	=36B	−47N	=50B	=46N	−40B	3.0	33.0	36.0	11.00	1373	0.0
54	Ren, Le Chen	0	CAN	−17N	−34B	+63N	−43B	+49N	=61B	−27N	=45N	−46B	3.0	32.5	34.0	8.00	1361	0.0
55	Li, Bosen	0	CAN	−14N	−50B	=48N	−53B	+63N	+58B	−26N	=51B	−44N	3.0	31.0	32.5	8.00	1334	0.0
56	Chen, Tony Zhuo	0	CAN	−39B	−26N	+52B	−16N	−40B	−49B	+62N	+63N	−45B	3.0	31.0	32.5	6.50	887	0.0
57	FIDE 2665930	0	—	−30B	+62N	−18B	−47N	−46B	−45N	+64B	+61N	−43B	3.0	29.0	30.0	4.50	795	0.0
58	Belliveau, Edouard	0	CAN	−38B	+52N	−25B	−41B	=60N	−55N	−45B	=62B	+64N	3.0	27.0	28.0	6.25	964	0.0
59	Xu, Owen	1903	USA	=24B	+35N	=37B	−25N	+47B	−31N	F	F	F	3.0	27.0	27.0	12.75	1550	-69.2
60	Paralikar, Akshaj	0	CAN	−18B	+46N	=36B	−9N	=58B	−43N	−44N	−49B	−61B	2.0	34.5	36.5	7.75	1302	0.0
61	Carrier, Alexandre	0	CAN	F	−4N	−31B	=50B	−48N	=54N	−52B	−57B	+60N	2.0	29.5	29.5	5.25	1381	0.0
62	FIDE 2679540	0	—	−12N	−57B	−42N	−48B	+64N	−52B	−56B	=58N	−63B	1.5	27.0	28.0	2.50	948	0.0
63	Cazacu, Maximilian	0	CAN	−29B	−36N	−54B	=51N	−55B	−64N	F	−56B	+62N	1.5	24.0	24.0	3.25	939	0.0
64	FIDE 2679566	0	—	−40B	−16N	−46B	−52N	−62B	+63B	−57N	F	−58B	1.0	26.0	26.0	1.50	910	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kola, Venkata Saket ReddyCAN
+109.4
5.0 pts · #11
2Zhu, ElberCAN
+82.8
6.5 pts · #15
3Kanigicharla, AtulithCAN
+66.4
4.5 pts · #23

Top rating losers

1Szeto, JordanCAN
-102.0
4.0 pts · #62
2Sharda, Arsh AmitUSA
-84.4
4.0 pts · #27
3Xu, OwenUSA
-69.2
3.0 pts · #38

Biggest upsets

R9+309 Elo gap
Kola, Venkata Saket Reddy1509 beat Sharda, Arsh Amit1818
R3+265 Elo gap
Nakar, Soham1528 beat Szeto, Jordan1793
R7+256 Elo gap
Zhu, Elber1858 beat Pan, Zachary2114