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2025 North American Youth Chess Ch. - Girls U18

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18 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Aug 2025 to 23 Aug 2025 in Kingston, ON, Canada. 15 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2003, and top seed was Jasmine Zhixin Su (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2254).

Jasmine Zhixin Su (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2254) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Valerie Ruchinskaya (7.0) and Irene Xie (6.0). Su took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: April Yunwei Zhong (WCM, 1879) beat Ashley Qian (WFM, 2135), a +256-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
🇺🇸FMJasmine Zhixin Su2254
Avg top 10
2,003
Participants
18
Titled players · 15
FM×1
CM×1
WIM×1
WFM×6
WCM×6
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×9
🇨🇦Canada×7
🇲🇽Mexico×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Jasmine Zhixin Su led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Su takes lead
Su7.5Ruchinskaya7Xie6Yang5.5Qiu5.5Zhong4.5— ex-leaders:Liled R4, #9
R5 · LEADER CHANGE20 Aug

FM Jasmine Zhixin Su takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Jasmine Zhixin Su beat WFM Valerie Ruchinskaya (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Jasmine Zhixin Su 5 wins (R2–R6)WFM Valerie Ruchinskaya 4 wins (R5–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMJasmine Zhixin Su*
1
½
—
2WFMValerie Ruchinskaya
0
*
½
1
3WFMIrene Xie
½
½
*
0
4WFMAimee Yang—
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Su, Jasmine ZhixinFM2254USAF+2N+11B+6B+7N+5B=3B+10N+9N7.540.540.537.502406+21.1
2Ruchinskaya, ValerieWFM1898CAN+18N−1B+14N=3B+8N+6B+4N+7B=12N7.039.539.527.002166+119.2
3Xie, IreneWFM1977CAN+16N−6B+8B=2N+12B+7B=1N+5B−4N6.043.044.527.252077+46.8
4Yang, AimeeWFM2065USA+10B=8N+9B−7N=5N+12B−2B=6N+3B5.541.045.026.252013-20.0
5Qiu, LaurieWIM1986USA−8B+13N+17B+11N=4B−1N+6B−3N+14B5.538.538.517.751996+10.0
6Zhong, April YunweiWCM1879CAN+9B+3N=7B−1N+11B−2N−5N=4B=15N4.544.547.521.002013+58.8
7Li, SophieWFM2021USA+15N+14B=6N+4B−1B−3N+9B−2NF4.542.545.518.252039+8.0
8Fei, Irene JiaoCM1859USA+5N=4B−3N+10N−2B−13B+17N+15BF4.539.539.515.751911+28.0
9Qian, AshleyWFM2135CAN−6N+16B−4N+15B+14N=10B−7N+17B−1B4.534.034.09.751937-80.2
10Vikas, HemaWCM1878USA−4N+18B=15N−8B+17N=9N=11B−1B+16N4.530.530.57.251912+15.6
11Kaur, AradhWFM1919USA+13B+17N−1N−5B−6N=14B=10N+16BF4.030.030.08.751883-10.2
12Nguyen, Ngoc Phuong Nghi1767CAN−14N=15B+16N+17B−3N−4NF+13B=2B4.029.529.510.001846+35.2
13Chovanec, AliceWCM1813USA−11N−5B+18N−14BF+8N=15B−12N+17N3.524.024.06.001770-16.0
14Garcia Ortega, Natalia BelenWCM1892MEX+12B−7N−2B+13N−9B=11N=16BF−5N3.034.534.510.251835-28.0
15Wang, LilianWCM1865USA−7B=12N=10B−9N+16BF=13N−8N=6B3.031.531.59.751812-26.4
16Gomez Camara, Sofia1840MEX−3B−9N−12BF−15N+17B=14N−11N−10B1.529.029.01.501608-89.2
17Geillon-Barral, Roween1416CANF−11B−5N−12N−10B−16N−8B−9N−13B0.032.032.00.001010-26.8
18Koop, Alison EmilyWCM1797CAN−2B−10N−13BFFFFFF0.015.015.00.001063-49.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets