2025 Langley Open - Open Section

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44 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 30 Aug 2025 to 01 Sept 2025 in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. 6 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2154, and top seed was Grigoriy Morozov (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2408).

Yidong Chen (🇨🇳 CHN, 2172) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Grigoriy Morozov (4.5) and John Doknjas (4.5). Chen shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Henry Fan (1185) beat Andrew Yin (1803), a +618-point gap.

Location

🇨🇦Langley, British Columbia, Canada

Dates

30 Aug 2025 → 01 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺FMGrigoriy Morozov2408

Avg top 10

2,154

Participants

Titled players · 6

IM×1

FM×3

CM×2

Federations · 4 represented

🇨🇦Canada×40

🇨🇳China×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

Top 3

🥇
Yidong Chen
🇨🇳CHN·2172
5.0pts·2154perf+12.6
🥈
FMGrigoriy Morozov
🇷🇺RUS·2408
4.5pts·2131perf-14.6
🥉
FMJohn Doknjas
🇨🇦CAN·2267
4.5pts·2152perf-9.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Yidong Chen led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Chen5Kaufman4.5Doknjas4.5Doknjas4.5Morozov4.5Liu4

R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

Yidong Chen held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

IM Raymond Kaufman won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Yidong Chen	*	—	—	—
2IMRaymond Kaufman	—	*	½	½
3CMNeil Doknjas	—	½	*	—
4FMJohn Doknjas	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chen, Yidong	2172	CHN	+43B	+12N	=27B	=2N	+7B	+8N	5.0	18.5	18.5	15.00	2154	+12.6
2	Morozov, GrigoriyFM	2408	RUS	+14N	=10B	+15N	=1B	=6N	+11B	4.5	19.5	23.0	16.75	2131	-14.6
3	Doknjas, JohnFM	2267	CAN	+13B	−7N	+21B	+29N	=4B	+6B	4.5	19.0	21.5	15.25	2152	-9.4
4	Kaufman, RaymondIM	2180	CAN	+21N	+24B	+16N	=6B	=3N	=5B	4.5	19.0	21.5	15.00	2199	-0.6
5	Doknjas, NeilCM	2281	CAN	+23B	+17N	=29B	=8N	+16B	=4N	4.5	17.5	20.0	14.50	2116	-9.4
6	Liu, Zachary HankunCM	2160	CAN	+19B	+33N	+7B	=4N	=2B	−3N	4.0	20.5	22.0	13.00	2125	+41.2
7	Koo, Minjun	1815	CAN	+36N	+3B	−6N	+30B	−1N	+13B	4.0	19.0	20.5	11.50	2074	+77.6
8	Chen, Zhengyu	1855	CAN	=18N	+25B	+10N	=5B	+27N	−1B	4.0	18.5	21.0	12.25	2036	+52.0
9	Yao, Lucas Mason Pin QianFM	1927	CAN	=25B	=18N	+33B	=24N	=12B	+22N	4.0	14.5	16.0	10.25	1871	-12.4
10	Verdon, Norman	1853	CAN	+37B	=2N	−8B	=19N	+23B	=12N	3.5	18.0	19.5	10.00	1863	+5.0
11	Gao, Justin Jialin	2083	CAN	+28N	−15B	=19N	+14B	+24B	−2N	3.5	17.0	19.5	10.00	1832	-51.6
12	Zhang, Kai	1843	CAN	+35N	−1B	=34N	+25B	=9N	=10B	3.5	16.5	18.0	8.50	1848	+43.2
13	Lu, Samuel	1869	CAN	−3N	+42B	=41N	+20B	+17B	−7N	3.5	15.5	15.5	6.50	1920	+30.0
14	Yu, Alex Guo Xi	1157	CAN	−2B	+38N	=20B	−11N	+34B	+28N	3.5	15.0	16.5	7.00	1875	0.0
15	Yin, Aiden	1803	CAN	+41B	+11N	−2B	=17N	+26B	F	3.5	14.5	14.5	8.50	2057	+60.4
16	Wu, Nathan Ping-Ying	1953	CAN	+31B	+20N	−4B	+22N	−5N	F	3.0	17.0	17.0	8.00	2007	+29.6
17	Lu, Karson	1878	CAN	+42N	−5B	+36N	=15B	−13N	=18B	3.0	16.0	16.0	4.75	1797	+16.8
18	Landingin, Jofrel	1538	CAN	=8B	=9B	−24N	=39N	+32B	=17N	3.0	15.5	17.0	8.25	1759	+5.2
19	Fan, Henry	1185	CAN	−6N	+26N	=11B	=10B	+30N	F	3.0	15.5	15.5	8.00	2006	+88.8
20	Kerry, James	1743	CAN	+30N	−16B	=14N	−13N	+25B	=26N	3.0	15.0	17.0	7.50	1784	-10.4
21	Ashley, Mathew	1402	CAN	−4B	+37N	−3N	+35B	−22B	+34N	3.0	15.0	16.5	4.50	1830	+48.4
22	Chruszcz, Zachary	1757	CAN	−34N	+44B	+35N	−16B	+21N	−9B	3.0	13.0	13.0	4.50	1768	+34.0
23	Yousefzadeh, Mehrdad	1943	CAN	−5N	−35B	+42N	+36B	−10N	+41B	3.0	12.0	12.0	2.50	1734	+6.8
24	Wu, Nicholas Pei-Chang	1641	CAN	+39B	−4N	+18B	=9B	−11N	F	2.5	16.5	16.5	6.50	1911	+26.4
25	Lou, Sining	1560	CAN	=9N	−8N	+40B	−12N	−20N	+33B	2.5	16.0	17.5	5.00	1696	-14.4
26	Beqo, Besnik	1782	CAN	−33N	−19B	+31N	+41B	−15N	=20B	2.5	13.0	14.0	4.50	1590	-82.8
27	McLaren, Brian	2088	CAN	+38B	+40N	=1N	F	−8B	F	2.5	12.0	12.0	5.50	1872	-7.8
28	Kwabi, Kai Johannes	1724	CAN	−11B	−39N	+37B	=40N	+33N	−14B	2.5	11.5	13.0	3.75	1741	+31.6
29	Yang, Bohan (Henry)	1928	CAN	+44N	+34B	=5N	−3B	F	F	2.5	10.5	10.5	3.75	2073	+12.6
30	Yin, Andrew	1803	CAN	−20B	+31N	+39B	−7N	−19B	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	3.50	1656	-65.6
31	Leblanc, Paul	1690	CAN	−16N	−30B	−26B	+38N	=41N	=32B	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.00	1646	-11.2
32	Li, Moses	1717	CAN	−40N	−36B	+38N	=33B	−18N	=31N	2.0	9.5	11.0	3.25	1555	-29.2
33	Mackay, Chris	1654	CAN	+26B	−6B	−9N	=32N	−28B	−25N	1.5	15.5	17.5	3.50	1668	-28.4
34	Doroshenko, Dasha	1615	CAN	+22B	−29N	=12B	F	−14N	−21B	1.5	15.5	15.5	4.75	1643	-15.2
35	Li, Aaron	0	CAN	−12B	+23N	−22B	−21N	F	=37B	1.5	14.0	14.0	3.75	1543	-48.8
36	Shetty, Arnav	1674	CAN	−7B	+32N	−17B	−23N	−37N	=38B	1.5	13.5	15.0	2.75	1526	-59.6
37	Sooriarachchi, Nethaji Tharinda	1658	SRI	−10N	−21B	−28N	F	+36B	=35N	1.5	12.0	12.0	2.25	1555	-64.4
38	McBain, Robert	1723	CAN	−27N	−14B	−32B	−31B	+42N	=36N	1.5	11.5	11.5	0.75	1601	-12.4
39	Radic, Dejan	1541	CAN	−24N	+28B	−30N	=18B	F	F	1.5	10.0	10.0	4.00	1669	+2.2
40	Radic, Marko	1508	CAN	+32B	−27B	−25N	=28B	F	F	1.5	9.5	9.5	3.25	1718	+30.4
41	Aloke, Aryav	1427	CAN	−15N	F	=13B	−26N	=31B	−23N	1.0	14.5	14.5	2.75	1530	0.0
42	Doroshenko, Sophia	1458	CAN	−17B	−13N	−23B	F	−38B	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	912	-72.4
43	FIDE 2680262	1781	—	−1N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1268	0.0
44	Ye, Youjia	1618	CAN	−29B	−22N	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1001	-33.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Fan, HenryCAN
+88.8
3.0 pts · #15
2Koo, MinjunCAN
+77.6
4.0 pts · #5
3Yin, AidenCAN
+60.4
3.5 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1Beqo, BesnikCAN
-82.8
2.5 pts · #38
2Doroshenko, SophiaCAN
-72.4
0.0 pts · #42
3Yin, AndrewCAN
-65.6
2.0 pts · #28

Biggest upsets

R5+618 Elo gap
Fan, Henry1185 beat Yin, Andrew1803
R2+597 Elo gap
Fan, Henry1185 beat Beqo, Besnik1782
R6+567 Elo gap
Yu, Alex Guo Xi1157 beat Kwabi, Kai Johannes1724