2025 CYCC U14 Open
90 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 08 Jul 2025 to 11 Jul 2025 in Surrey, BC, Canada. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1886, and top seed was Neil Moses (🇨🇦 CAN, CM, 2148).
Neil Moses (🇨🇦 CAN, CM, 2148) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Calix Marchand (6.0) and Heye Gao (6.0). Moses won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Ting En Ryan Wu (1782) beat Heye Gao (CM, 2003), a +221-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsCM Neil Moses led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
CM Neil Moses held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.
CM Neil Moses beat FM Calix Marchand (Black).
CM Neil Moses 6 wins (R1–R6)FM Calix Marchand 4 wins (R1–R4)CM Heye Gao 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMNeil Moses | * | 1 | — | ½ |
| 2FMCalix Marchand | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3CMHeye Gao | — | — | * | — |
| 4Austin Lin | ½ | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moses, NeilCM | 2148 | CAN | +62N | +41B | +8N | +6B | +2N | +15B | =4N | 6.5 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 29.75 | 2254 | +12.6 |
| 2 | Marchand, CalixFM | 2104 | CAN | +43B | +18N | +17B | +4N | −1B | +11N | +10B | 6.0 | 31.0 | 34.5 | 28.00 | 2141 | +14.8 |
| 3 | Gao, HeyeCM | 2003 | CAN | +63N | +30B | +19N | −15B | +5N | +16B | +7N | 6.0 | 28.0 | 31.0 | 26.50 | 2072 | +20.8 |
| 4 | Lin, Austin | 1730 | CAN | +69N | +42B | +7N | −2B | +14N | +8B | =1B | 5.5 | 31.0 | 34.0 | 24.75 | 2033 | +40.0 |
| 5 | Gao, Justin Jialin | 1870 | CAN | +34B | +29N | +28B | =9N | −3B | +44N | +15B | 5.5 | 27.5 | 31.0 | 22.50 | 1856 | -32.0 |
| 6 | Lee, Daniel Joshua | 1764 | CAN | +71B | +22N | +20B | −1N | +18B | −10N | +24N | 5.0 | 29.5 | 32.0 | 20.50 | 1917 | +11.2 |
| 7 | Wu, Nicholas Pei-Chang | 1751 | CAN | +55B | +31N | −4B | +60N | +17B | +13N | −3B | 5.0 | 28.5 | 31.5 | 20.00 | 1877 | +43.6 |
| 8 | Mok, Erwin Jun-Han | 1756 | CAN | +61B | +40N | −1B | +32N | +39B | −4N | +29B | 5.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 18.00 | 1855 | +13.2 |
| 9 | Allahverdi, Umid | 1717 | CAN | +70B | +76N | +13B | =5B | =15N | =28N | =12B | 5.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 19.00 | 1902 | +33.6 |
| 10 | Zhou, Zixuan | 1860 | CAN | −27N | +51B | +45N | +40B | +30N | +6B | −2N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 29.5 | 19.50 | 2043 | +37.6 |
| 11 | Yang, Nathan Yi-Hsin | 1637 | CAN | +52N | +46B | =27N | =14N | +56B | −2B | +36N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 18.50 | 1907 | +54.8 |
| 12 | Shetty, Arnav | 0 | CAN | +64B | −17N | +84B | +20N | =21B | +25B | =9N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 27.5 | 18.25 | 1730 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Chen, Zhengyu | 1763 | CAN | +65N | +35B | −9N | +57N | +29B | −7B | +27N | 5.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 18.00 | 937 | -49.2 |
| 14 | Wen, Justin | 1565 | CAN | +73B | +89N | =16N | =11B | −4B | +56N | +28B | 5.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 14.25 | 1814 | +41.2 |
| 15 | Wu, Ting En Ryan | 1782 | CAN | +49B | +44N | +50B | +3N | =9B | −1N | −5N | 4.5 | 30.0 | 33.5 | 19.00 | 1870 | +27.2 |
| 16 | Ivanescu, Matthew | 1772 | CAN | +39B | +26N | =14B | =56N | +22B | −3N | =18B | 4.5 | 28.0 | 31.0 | 18.75 | 1765 | -10.8 |
| 17 | Ajith, Aarush | 1790 | CAN | +33N | +12B | −2N | +42B | −7N | =27B | +44N | 4.5 | 27.5 | 31.0 | 18.00 | 1725 | -2.4 |
| 18 | Li, Yuming (Jerry) | 1663 | CAN | +82N | −2B | +34N | +37B | −6N | +46B | =16N | 4.5 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 15.75 | 1754 | +13.2 |
| 19 | Villamar, Eros | 1747 | CAN | +48B | +60N | −3B | =31N | =57B | +32N | =22B | 4.5 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 16.25 | 1741 | -19.2 |
| 20 | Yuan, Jaydon | 1756 | CAN | +58N | +23B | −6N | −12B | +62N | =42B | +45N | 4.5 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 15.75 | 1778 | +6.8 |
| 21 | Chruszcz, Zachary | 1660 | CAN | +75N | =45B | +66N | =27B | =12N | −24B | +43N | 4.5 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 15.25 | 1601 | -11.6 |
| 22 | Feng, Ethan | 1620 | CAN | +80N | −6B | +33N | +70B | −16N | +58B | =19N | 4.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 13.75 | 1657 | -1.2 |
| 23 | Timokhov, Andrew | 0 | CAN | +78B | −20N | =47B | +26N | −24N | +74B | +42N | 4.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 14.25 | 1676 | +11.2 |
| 24 | Chung, Noah | 1627 | CAN | =57B | +85N | −56B | +72N | +23B | +21N | −6B | 4.5 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 14.50 | 1710 | +16.4 |
| 25 | Lu, Aiden Hao-Ting | 1658 | CAN | +86B | =56N | −57B | +49N | +31B | −12N | +40B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 14.00 | 1893 | +30.4 |
| 26 | Su, Jayden Chenxuan | 1670 | CAN | +81N | −16B | =48N | −23B | +85B | +71N | +39B | 4.5 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 11.25 | 919 | -34.0 |
| 27 | Yee, Matthew | 0 | CAN | +10B | +47N | =11B | =21N | =28B | =17N | −13B | 4.0 | 28.0 | 31.5 | 17.50 | 1764 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Niketic, Vukan | 1686 | CAN | +38N | +37B | −5N | +46B | =27N | =9B | −14N | 4.0 | 27.5 | 31.0 | 16.00 | 1676 | -2.0 |
| 29 | Shu, Chase | 0 | CAN | +?N | −5B | +65N | +43B | −13N | +37B | −8N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 10.50 | 1603 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Patel, Neevan | 0 | CAN | +72B | −3N | +61B | +50N | −10B | =39N | =31B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 12.75 | 1506 | -24.8 |
| 31 | Zhang, Felix | 1544 | CAN | +79N | −7B | +90N | =19B | −25N | +48B | =30N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 9.75 | 1541 | +7.2 |
| 32 | Mu, Vincent | 1628 | CAN | −50N | +67B | +38N | −8B | +65N | −19B | +58N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 26.0 | 13.00 | 1003 | -22.0 |
| 33 | Susarla, Mayukh | 0 | CAN | −17B | +64N | −22B | +89N | =40N | +53B | =47B | 4.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 10.00 | 1521 | +9.6 |
| 34 | FIDE 2666359 | 0 | — | −5N | +?B | −18B | +76N | −41B | +77N | +59B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 7.00 | 1054 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 2676273 | 0 | — | +?B | −13N | −70B | +55N | =71B | =49N | +61B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 9.50 | 1021 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Xu, Michael | 1743 | CAN | −76B | +77N | +71B | −39N | +63B | +57N | −11B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 10.50 | 885 | -24.8 |
| 37 | Coquilla, Konner Virgo | 0 | CAN | +?B | −28N | +89B | −18N | +59B | −29N | +57B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 6.00 | 861 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Sun, Kaiqi | 0 | CAN | −28B | +?N | −32B | −41N | +90B | +78N | +56B | 4.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 5.00 | 1523 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Nguyen, Daniel | 0 | CAN | −16N | +81B | +41N | +36B | −8N | =30B | −26N | 3.5 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 11.50 | 1587 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Kulkarni, Kedar | 1718 | CAN | +68N | −8B | +73N | −10N | =33B | +52B | −25N | 3.5 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 11.00 | 1380 | -62.4 |
| 41 | Low, Ethan Jun | 0 | CAN | F | −1N | −39B | +38B | +34N | =43B | +66N | 3.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 12.75 | 1663 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Sharma, Aarush | 1586 | CAN | +84B | −4N | +86B | −17N | +69B | =20N | −23B | 3.5 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 8.25 | 1431 | -26.8 |
| 43 | Shen, Yuntian(denis) | 0 | CAN | −2N | +82B | +87B | −29N | +47B | =41N | −21B | 3.5 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 8.25 | 1754 | +39.6 |
| 44 | FIDE 2655101 | 0 | — | +?N | −15B | =58N | +48B | +74N | −5B | −17B | 3.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 7.50 | 1022 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Li, Ryan | 0 | CAN | +74B | =21N | −10B | =59N | =50B | +70N | −20B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 10.50 | 1496 | -18.4 |
| 46 | Li, Bingda | 1589 | CAN | +59B | −11N | +76B | −28N | +61B | −18N | =55B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 9.75 | 869 | -51.6 |
| 47 | Hui, Zelus | 1717 | CAN | +51N | −27B | =23N | =63B | −43N | +67B | =33N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 12.25 | 1421 | -51.6 |
| 48 | Anderson, Max | 0 | CAN | −19N | +54B | =26B | −44N | +72B | −31N | +74B | 3.5 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 10.75 | 1388 | 0.0 |
| 49 | FIDE 2678055 | 0 | — | −15N | =?B | +79N | −25B | +54N | =35B | =51N | 3.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 9.25 | 891 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Guan, Gus Lejia | 0 | CAN | +32B | +87N | −15N | −30B | =45N | −66B | +75N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 9.25 | 1654 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Zhu, Raymond Xingrun | 0 | CAN | −47B | −10N | =54B | +?N | =78B | +60N | =49B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 7.50 | 1631 | 0.0 |
| 52 | FIDE 2677121 | 0 | — | −11B | −59N | +68B | +?N | =53B | −40N | +72B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 7.25 | 902 | 0.0 |
| 53 | FIDE 2676230 | 0 | — | =77B | −57N | =59B | +73B | =52N | −33N | +70B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 9.25 | 659 | 0.0 |
| 54 | FIDE 2654903 | 0 | — | −60B | −48N | =51N | +80B | −49B | +85N | +71B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 7.75 | 816 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Lin, Daniel | 0 | CAN | −7N | =79B | =?N | −35B | +?N | +62B | =46N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 5.75 | 1488 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Hong, James | 0 | CAN | +88N | =25B | +24N | =16B | −11N | −14B | −38N | 3.0 | 27.5 | 28.5 | 10.00 | 1620 | -9.6 |
| 57 | Jaiman, Panshul Mishra | 0 | CAN | =24N | +53B | +25N | −13B | =19N | −36B | −37N | 3.0 | 26.5 | 30.0 | 12.50 | 1676 | 0.0 |
| 58 | Zhang, Walter | 0 | CAN | −20B | +78N | =44B | =66N | +60B | −22N | −32B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 8.25 | 1468 | 0.0 |
| 59 | FIDE 2678020 | 0 | — | −46N | +52B | =53N | =45B | −37N | +65B | −34N | 3.0 | 22.0 | 25.0 | 10.00 | 1430 | 0.0 |
| 60 | Bhanot Khurana, Vihaan | 0 | CAN | +54N | −19B | +83N | −7B | −58N | −51B | +80N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 7.50 | 989 | -22.0 |
| 61 | Mehra, Vikrant | 0 | CAN | −8N | +68B | −30N | +90B | −46N | +79B | −35N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 5.00 | 887 | 0.0 |
| 62 | Chen, Hayden | 0 | CAN | −1B | −73N | +81B | +82N | −20B | −55N | +?B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 4.00 | 1156 | 0.0 |
| 63 | Miranda, Shea Michael | 0 | CAN | −3B | =72N | +77B | =47N | −36N | +83B | −?N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 7.00 | 1556 | 0.0 |
| 64 | FIDE 2644622 | 0 | — | −12N | −33B | +67N | −69B | =75N | =80B | +86N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 6.75 | 659 | 0.0 |
| 65 | FIDE 2667436 | 0 | — | −13B | +?N | −29B | +84N | −32B | −59N | +77B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 3.50 | 925 | 0.0 |
| 66 | FIDE 2667266 | 0 | — | +?N | F | −21B | =58B | =70N | +50N | −41B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 6.25 | 869 | 0.0 |
| 67 | FIDE 2663007 | 0 | — | −87B | −32N | −64B | +68N | +89B | −47N | +78B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 5.00 | 877 | 0.0 |
| 68 | FIDE 2678098 | 0 | — | −40B | −61N | −52N | −67B | +88N | +?B | +82N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.00 | 918 | 0.0 |
| 69 | FIDE 2666219 | 0 | — | −4B | −84N | +?B | +64N | −42N | −?B | +79N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 5.00 | 947 | 0.0 |
| 70 | FIDE 2640988 | 0 | — | −9N | +?B | +35N | −22N | =66B | −45B | −53N | 2.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 5.50 | 872 | 0.0 |
| 71 | Pillai, Pranav | 0 | CAN | −6N | +80B | −36N | +83B | =35N | −26B | −54N | 2.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 6.00 | 972 | 0.0 |
| 72 | FIDE 2666910 | 0 | — | −30N | =63B | +75N | −24B | −48N | +86B | −52N | 2.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 5.50 | 851 | 0.0 |
| 73 | FIDE 2678071 | 0 | — | −14N | +62B | −40B | −53N | −77B | =81N | +84B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 5.50 | 889 | 0.0 |
| 74 | Nishanian, Ara | 0 | CAN | −45N | =75B | +85B | +87N | −44B | −23N | −48N | 2.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 3.75 | 1511 | 0.0 |
| 75 | FIDE 2678110 | 0 | — | −21B | =74N | −72B | =77N | =64B | +84N | −50B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 5.25 | 869 | 0.0 |
| 76 | Holmgren, Coen | 0 | CAN | +36N | −9B | −46N | −34B | −79N | +89B | −83N | 2.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 4.00 | 1582 | 0.0 |
| 77 | FIDE 2678063 | 0 | — | =53N | −36B | −63N | =75B | +73N | −34B | −65N | 2.0 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 5.50 | 973 | 0.0 |
| 78 | FIDE 2678160 | 0 | — | −23N | −58B | =80N | +?B | =51N | −38B | −67N | 2.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 2.75 | 835 | 0.0 |
| 79 | FIDE 2654849 | 0 | — | −31B | =55N | −49B | =81N | +76B | −61N | −69B | 2.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 4.75 | 689 | 0.0 |
| 80 | FIDE 2678047 | 0 | — | −22B | −71N | =78B | −54N | +?B | =64N | −60B | 2.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 2.50 | 836 | 0.0 |
| 81 | FIDE 2639629 | 0 | — | −26B | −39N | −62N | =79B | =?N | =73B | =85B | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 3.00 | 861 | 0.0 |
| 82 | FIDE 2667037 | 0 | — | −18B | −43N | +88B | −62B | −?N | +90N | −68B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.00 | 803 | 0.0 |
| 83 | FIDE 2667169 | 0 | — | F | F | −60B | −71N | +87B | −63N | +76B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1630 | 0.0 |
| 84 | FIDE 2667525 | 0 | — | −42N | +69B | −12N | −65B | =86N | −75B | −73N | 1.5 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 3.75 | 786 | 0.0 |
| 85 | FIDE 2678144 | 0 | — | F | −24B | −74N | +?B | −26N | −54B | =81N | 1.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 1.00 | 845 | 0.0 |
| 86 | FIDE 2678187 | 0 | — | −25N | +88B | −42N | F | =84B | −72N | −64B | 1.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.75 | 836 | 0.0 |
| 87 | Cheung, Oscar | 1619 | CAN | +67N | −50B | −43N | −74B | −83N | F | F | 1.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.00 | 745 | -22.1 |
| 88 | FIDE 2678080 | 0 | — | −56B | −86N | −82N | −?B | −68B | F | +89N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 854 | 0.0 |
| 89 | FIDE 2678179 | 0 | — | F | −14B | −37N | −33B | −67N | −76N | −88B | 0.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 0.00 | 759 | 0.0 |
| 90 | FIDE 2667088 | 0 | — | F | F | −31B | −61N | −38N | −82B | −?N | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 689 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Yang, Nathan Yi-HsinCAN+54.85.0 pts · #10
- 2Wu, Nicholas Pei-ChangCAN+43.65.0 pts · #5
- 3Wen, JustinCAN+41.25.0 pts · #11
- 1Kulkarni, KedarCAN-62.43.5 pts · #46
- 2Hui, ZelusCAN-51.63.5 pts · #37
- 3Li, BingdaCAN-51.63.5 pts · #59
- R4+221 Elo gap
- R7+121 Elo gap
- R7+106 Elo gap