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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. 4 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2154, and top seed was Grigoriy Morozov (πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί RUS, FM, 2408).

Yidong Chen (πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ 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
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Dates
30 Aug 2025 β†’ 01 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 6 rounds
Top seed
πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊFMGrigoriy Morozov2408
Avg top 10
2,154
Participants
44
Titled players Β· 4
IMΓ—1
FMΓ—2
CMΓ—1
Federations Β· 4 represented
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦CanadaΓ—40
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ChinaΓ—1
πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊRussiaΓ—1
πŸ‡±πŸ‡°Sri LankaΓ—1
Top 3
  • πŸ₯‡
    Yidong Chen
    πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³CHNΒ·2172
    5.0ptsΒ·2154perf+12.6
  • πŸ₯ˆ
    FMGrigoriy Morozov
    πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊRUSΒ·2408
    4.5ptsΒ·2131perf-14.6
  • πŸ₯‰
    FMJohn Doknjas
    πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦CANΒ·2267
    4.5ptsΒ·2152perf-9.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 Β· 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
20
9
2
2
5
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Chen5Kaufman4.5Doknjas4.5Doknjas4.5Morozov4.5Liu4
R6–R6 Β· LEAD HELD

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

R1–R3 Β· WIN STREAK

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

Key matchups Β· top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Yidong Chen*β€”β€”β€”
2IMRaymond Kaufmanβ€”*
Β½
Β½
3CMNeil Doknjasβ€”
Β½
*β€”
4FMJohn Doknjasβ€”
Β½
β€”*

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#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΞ”
1Chen, Yidong2172CHN+43B+12N=27B=2N+7B+8N5.018.518.515.002154+12.6
2Morozov, GrigoriyFM2408RUS+14N=10B+15N=1B=6N+11B4.519.523.016.752131-14.6
3Doknjas, JohnFM2267CAN+13Bβˆ’7N+21B+29N=4B+6B4.519.021.515.252152-9.4
4Kaufman, RaymondIM2180CAN+21N+24B+16N=6B=3N=5B4.519.021.515.002199-0.6
5Doknjas, NeilCM2281CAN+23B+17N=29B=8N+16B=4N4.517.520.014.502116-9.4
6Liu, Zachary Hankun2160CAN+19B+33N+7B=4N=2Bβˆ’3N4.020.522.013.002125+41.2
7Koo, Minjun1815CAN+36N+3Bβˆ’6N+30Bβˆ’1N+13B4.019.020.511.502074+77.6
8Chen, Zhengyu1855CAN=18N+25B+10N=5B+27Nβˆ’1B4.018.521.012.252036+52.0
9Yao, Lucas Mason Pin Qian1927CAN=25B=18N+33B=24N=12B+22N4.014.516.010.251871-12.4
10Verdon, Norman1853CAN+37B=2Nβˆ’8B=19N+23B=12N3.518.019.510.001863+5.0
11Gao, Justin Jialin2083CAN+28Nβˆ’15B=19N+14B+24Bβˆ’2N3.517.019.510.001832-51.6
12Zhang, Kai1843CAN+35Nβˆ’1B=34N+25B=9N=10B3.516.518.08.501848+43.2
13Lu, Samuel1869CANβˆ’3N+42B=41N+20B+17Bβˆ’7N3.515.515.56.501920+30.0
14Yu, Alex Guo Xi1157CANβˆ’2B+38N=20Bβˆ’11N+34B+28N3.515.016.57.0018750.0
15Yin, Aiden1803CAN+41B+11Nβˆ’2B=17N+26BF3.514.514.58.502057+60.4
16Wu, Nathan Ping-Ying1953CAN+31B+20Nβˆ’4B+22Nβˆ’5NF3.017.017.08.002007+29.6
17Lu, Karson1878CAN+42Nβˆ’5B+36N=15Bβˆ’13N=18B3.016.016.04.751797+16.8
18Landingin, Jofrel1538CAN=8B=9Bβˆ’24N=39N+32B=17N3.015.517.08.251759+5.2
19Fan, Henry1185CANβˆ’6N+26N=11B=10B+30NF3.015.515.58.002006+88.8
20Kerry, James1743CAN+30Nβˆ’16B=14Nβˆ’13N+25B=26N3.015.017.07.501784-10.4
21Ashley, Mathew1402CANβˆ’4B+37Nβˆ’3N+35Bβˆ’22B+34N3.015.016.54.501830+48.4
22Chruszcz, Zachary1757CANβˆ’34N+44B+35Nβˆ’16B+21Nβˆ’9B3.013.013.04.501768+34.0
23Yousefzadeh, Mehrdad1943CANβˆ’5Nβˆ’35B+42N+36Bβˆ’10N+41B3.012.012.02.501734+6.8
24Wu, Nicholas Pei-Chang1641CAN+39Bβˆ’4N+18B=9Bβˆ’11NF2.516.516.56.501911+26.4
25Lou, Sining1560CAN=9Nβˆ’8N+40Bβˆ’12Nβˆ’20N+33B2.516.017.55.001696-14.4
26Beqo, Besnik1782CANβˆ’33Nβˆ’19B+31N+41Bβˆ’15N=20B2.513.014.04.501590-82.8
27McLaren, Brian2088CAN+38B+40N=1NFβˆ’8BF2.512.012.05.501872-7.8
28Kwabi, Kai Johannes1724CANβˆ’11Bβˆ’39N+37B=40N+33Nβˆ’14B2.511.513.03.751741+31.6
29Yang, Bohan (Henry)1928CAN+44N+34B=5Nβˆ’3BFF2.510.510.53.752073+12.6
30Yin, Andrew1803CANβˆ’20B+31N+39Bβˆ’7Nβˆ’19BF2.013.513.53.501656-65.6
31Leblanc, Paul1690CANβˆ’16Nβˆ’30Bβˆ’26B+38N=41N=32B2.011.012.03.001646-11.2
32Li, Moses1717CANβˆ’40Nβˆ’36B+38N=33Bβˆ’18N=31N2.09.511.03.251555-29.2
33Mackay, Chris1654CAN+26Bβˆ’6Bβˆ’9N=32Nβˆ’28Bβˆ’25N1.515.517.53.501668-28.4
34Doroshenko, Dasha1615CAN+22Bβˆ’29N=12BFβˆ’14Nβˆ’21B1.515.515.54.751643-15.2
35Li, Aaron0CANβˆ’12B+23Nβˆ’22Bβˆ’21NF=37B1.514.014.03.751543-48.8
36Shetty, Arnav1674CANβˆ’7B+32Nβˆ’17Bβˆ’23Nβˆ’37N=38B1.513.515.02.751526-59.6
37Sooriarachchi, Nethaji Tharinda1658SRIβˆ’10Nβˆ’21Bβˆ’28NF+36B=35N1.512.012.02.251555-64.4
38McBain, Robert1723CANβˆ’27Nβˆ’14Bβˆ’32Bβˆ’31B+42N=36N1.511.511.50.751601-12.4
39Radic, Dejan1541CANβˆ’24N+28Bβˆ’30N=18BFF1.510.010.04.001669+2.2
40Radic, Marko1508CAN+32Bβˆ’27Bβˆ’25N=28BFF1.59.59.53.251718+30.4
41Aloke, Aryav1427CANβˆ’15NF=13Bβˆ’26N=31Bβˆ’23N1.014.514.52.7515300.0
42Doroshenko, Sophia1458CANβˆ’17Bβˆ’13Nβˆ’23BFβˆ’38BF0.011.011.00.00912-72.4
43FIDE 26802621781β€”βˆ’1NFFFFF0.06.56.50.0012680.0
44Ye, Youjia1618CANβˆ’29Bβˆ’22NFFFF0.05.55.50.001001-33.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets β€” the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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