2025 CYCC U16 Open
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64 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 08 Jul 2025 to 11 Jul 2025 in Surrey, BC, Canada. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1927, and top seed was Johan Aljo (🇨🇦 CAN, 2111).
Jonathan Wu (🇨🇦 CAN, CM, 2027) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Daniel Zhang (6.0) and Johan Aljo (5.5). Wu won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Max Cholakis (1669) beat Yash Darvekar (2024), a +355-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Surrey, BC, Canada
Dates
08 Jul 2025 → 11 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×58
🇨🇳China×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
25
11
5
5
1
1
2
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 6.0/7. Wu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.0).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
CM Jonathan Wu 3 wins (R1–R3)Daniel Zhang 3 wins (R2–R4)Johan Aljo 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMJonathan Wu | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Daniel Zhang | — | * | — | 1 |
| 3Johan Aljo | ½ | — | * | 0 |
| 4Xu Justin | — | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wu, JonathanCM | 2027 | CAN | +29N | +47B | +19N | =3B | =5N | +12B | +10N | 6.0 | 27.0 | 29.5 | 24.25 | 2122 | +12.3 |
| 2 | Zhang, Daniel | 1909 | CAN | =38B | +50N | +22B | +18B | =19N | +6N | +4B | 6.0 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 24.50 | 2209 | +72.0 |
| 3 | Aljo, Johan | 2111 | CAN | +15B | +14N | +13B | =1N | −4B | +19N | +11B | 5.5 | 29.5 | 33.5 | 25.00 | 2104 | +7.6 |
| 4 | Justin, Xu | 1893 | CAN | +53N | +16B | +10N | =5B | +3N | +18B | −2N | 5.5 | 29.5 | 32.0 | 23.50 | 2086 | +18.0 |
| 5 | Tran, Tri | 1896 | CAN | +34B | +23N | +8B | =4N | =1B | =11N | =7B | 5.0 | 30.0 | 33.5 | 23.00 | 2005 | +20.0 |
| 6 | Koo, Minjun | 1878 | CAN | +28N | +64B | −18N | +32B | +20N | −2B | +24N | 5.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 15.50 | 1773 | -24.4 |
| 7 | Tseng, Bradley | 1693 | CAN | −21B | +59N | =15B | +27N | +30N | +29B | =5N | 5.0 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 17.25 | 1904 | +37.6 |
| 8 | Iordanescu, Victor Nicolae | 1849 | CAN | +41N | +39B | −5N | −11B | +34N | +25B | +18N | 5.0 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 17.50 | 1841 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Darvekar, Yash | 2024 | CAN | =49N | +40B | +24N | =20B | −12N | +39B | +14B | 5.0 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 17.75 | 1820 | -19.6 |
| 10 | Arya, Aadit | 1813 | CAN | +44B | +21N | −4B | =23N | +22B | +16N | −1B | 4.5 | 28.0 | 31.0 | 17.50 | 1876 | +3.6 |
| 11 | Golchin, Ryan | 0 | CAN | =59B | =38N | +37B | +8N | +17B | =5B | −3N | 4.5 | 26.5 | 28.0 | 17.75 | 2030 | +27.2 |
| 12 | Cholakis, Max | 1669 | CAN | −30B | +60N | +38B | +21N | +9B | −1N | =13B | 4.5 | 26.0 | 27.5 | 15.75 | 1749 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Russell, Wesley | 1784 | CAN | +35N | +32B | −3N | +31B | −18N | +41B | =12N | 4.5 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 15.75 | 1781 | -10.8 |
| 14 | Punay, Rhailey | 0 | CAN | +54N | −3B | +45N | =30B | +33N | +31B | −9N | 4.5 | 24.0 | 26.5 | 14.25 | 1726 | -15.2 |
| 15 | Grosman, Ari | 1646 | CAN | −3N | +52B | =7N | −33B | +35N | +47B | +31N | 4.5 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 14.50 | 1862 | +32.4 |
| 16 | Dufresne, Christophe | 1850 | CAN | +52N | −4N | =30B | +49B | +47N | −10B | +29N | 4.5 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 12.75 | 1695 | -23.6 |
| 17 | Hong, Zihan | 1797 | CAN | +45N | −20B | =29N | +48B | −11N | +40B | +32N | 4.5 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 13.75 | 1593 | -55.0 |
| 18 | Xu, Joey | 1792 | CAN | +37B | +25N | +6B | −2N | +13B | −4N | −8B | 4.0 | 30.0 | 33.5 | 17.00 | 1837 | +24.0 |
| 19 | Huang, Eric | 1678 | CAN | +46B | +51N | −1B | +25N | =2B | −3B | =20N | 4.0 | 28.5 | 31.0 | 14.50 | 1780 | +2.4 |
| 20 | Hsu, Ryder | 1607 | CAN | +63B | +17N | =26B | =9N | −6B | =21N | =19B | 4.0 | 26.5 | 27.0 | 13.50 | 1859 | +61.2 |
| 21 | Wang, Watson | 0 | CAN | +7N | −10B | +39N | −12B | +55N | =20B | =22B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 14.00 | 1726 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Mane, Arnav | 1831 | CAN | =40N | +49B | −2N | +35B | −10N | +33B | =21N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 13.00 | 1066 | -32.8 |
| 23 | Song, Jiacai | 1663 | CAN | +57N | −5B | +36N | =10B | −31N | =26N | +46B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 12.75 | 1804 | +43.2 |
| 24 | Fang, Pengsen | 1667 | CAN | +62N | =26N | −9B | =41B | +45N | +38N | −6B | 4.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 11.00 | 1687 | +1.2 |
| 25 | Desroches, Maxime | 0 | CAN | +56N | −18B | +64N | −19B | +28N | −8N | +43B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 9.00 | 988 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Wang, Taorong | 1734 | CHN | +48N | =24B | =20N | =47B | −29N | =23B | +38N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 23.5 | 12.75 | 1541 | -62.4 |
| 27 | Wang, Dennis Haoze | 1572 | CAN | =36N | +33B | −31N | −7B | =48N | +57B | +41N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 11.50 | 1496 | -10.0 |
| 28 | Zsoldos, Edward | 0 | CAN | −6B | =55B | +40N | =42N | −25B | +56B | +39N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 10.50 | 1674 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Holmgren, Emilian | 1575 | CAN | −1B | +54N | =17B | +51N | +26B | −7N | −16B | 3.5 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 11.25 | 1705 | +25.2 |
| 30 | Sowmiya Narayanan, Seshadri Sai | 0 | CAN | +12N | =31B | =16N | =14N | −7B | −32B | +48N | 3.5 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 13.25 | 1673 | +45.6 |
| 31 | Sethi, Aaron | 1716 | CAN | +60B | =30N | +27B | −13N | +23B | −14N | −15B | 3.5 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 11.25 | 1617 | -35.2 |
| 32 | Li , Anthony Zongyue | 1598 | CAN | +58B | −13N | +44B | −6N | =43B | +30N | −17B | 3.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 10.00 | 1588 | -5.2 |
| 33 | Singh, Harshpreet | 0 | CAN | =42B | −27N | +60B | +15N | −14B | −22N | +55B | 3.5 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 9.50 | 1626 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Agyenim-Boateng, Nathaniel | 1574 | CAN | −5N | +62B | −47N | +36B | −8B | =43N | +51B | 3.5 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 9.00 | 1780 | +32.4 |
| 35 | Sperling, Dane | 0 | CAN | −13B | +58N | =42B | −22N | −15B | +54N | +50B | 3.5 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 8.50 | 1411 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Feng, Yip Hang Hayden | 1832 | CAN | =27B | =42N | −23B | −34N | +44B | =48B | +49N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 10.25 | 1421 | -84.4 |
| 37 | Han, Ruochong | 0 | CAN | −18N | +57B | −11N | −56B | =54N | +61B | +52N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 7.25 | 1610 | +2.8 |
| 38 | Topcu, Alp | 0 | CAN | =2N | =11B | −12N | +52B | +56N | −24B | −26B | 3.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 9.75 | 1632 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Huang, Winston | 1569 | CAN | +61B | −8N | −21B | +44N | +51B | −9N | −28B | 3.0 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 7.00 | 1089 | -10.8 |
| 40 | Pascual, Michael John | 0 | CAN | =22B | −9N | −28B | +59N | +53B | −17N | =42B | 3.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 7.50 | 1621 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Wu, Patrick | 0 | CAN | −8B | =61N | +59B | =24N | +42B | −13N | −27B | 3.0 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 7.25 | 1558 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Chenier, Raphael | 0 | CAN | =33N | =36B | =35N | =28B | −41N | =52B | =40N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 10.00 | 1667 | +4.4 |
| 43 | Potter, Leo | 0 | CAN | −47N | =48B | =55N | +53B | =32N | =34B | −25N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 8.25 | 1610 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 2678250 | 0 | — | −10N | +56B | −32N | −39B | −36N | +64B | +57N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 4.00 | 915 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 2655195 | 0 | — | −17B | +63N | −14B | +64N | −24B | −50N | +58B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 2.50 | 990 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Sham, Bosco | 1576 | CAN | −19N | −53B | −57N | +61N | +58B | +55B | −23N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 5.50 | 1554 | -6.4 |
| 47 | Zhang, Kaizhi | 0 | CAN | +43B | −1N | +34B | =26N | −16B | −15N | F | 2.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 8.50 | 1654 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Xu, Yi | 0 | CAN | −26B | =43N | +50B | −17N | =27B | =36N | −30B | 2.5 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 7.75 | 1493 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Hayer, Robin | 0 | CAN | =9B | −22N | +61B | −16N | =50B | =51N | −36B | 2.5 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 6.50 | 1515 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Gandhi, Sparsh | 0 | CAN | F | −2B | −48N | +57B | =49N | +45B | −35N | 2.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 6.25 | 1071 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Liem, Jachin | 0 | CAN | +55N | −19B | +53N | −29B | −39N | =49B | −34N | 2.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 5.75 | 1384 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Chen, Lucas | 0 | CAN | −16B | −15N | +63B | −38N | +64B | =42N | −37B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2.00 | 1346 | -26.4 |
| 53 | Li, Aaron | 0 | CAN | −4B | +46N | −51B | −43N | −40N | =60B | +61N | 2.5 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 5.25 | 1814 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Wang, Beck | 0 | CAN | −14B | −29B | −56N | +63N | =37B | −35B | +60N | 2.5 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 3.75 | 1370 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Das, Antarip | 1731 | CAN | −51B | =28N | =43B | +58N | −21B | −46N | −33N | 2.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 5.50 | 796 | -22.0 |
| 56 | FIDE 2678217 | 0 | — | −25B | −44N | +54B | +37N | −38B | −28N | F | 2.0 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 6.00 | 1586 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Polako, Alexandre | 0 | CAN | −23B | −37N | +46B | −50N | +60B | −27N | −44B | 2.0 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 4.50 | 1406 | 0.0 |
| 58 | Imran, Mohammad Adheem | 0 | CAN | −32N | −35B | +62N | −55B | −46N | +63B | −45N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 2.00 | 1378 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Yen, Rafael | 0 | CAN | =11N | −7B | −41N | −40B | −61N | +62B | F | 1.5 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 3.75 | 1716 | 0.0 |
| 60 | Ozols, Hantao | 0 | CAN | −31N | −12B | −33N | +62B | −57N | =53N | −54B | 1.5 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 2.75 | 1511 | 0.0 |
| 61 | FIDE 2678195 | 0 | — | −39N | =41B | −49N | −46B | +59B | −37N | −53B | 1.5 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 3.00 | 777 | 0.0 |
| 62 | Arora, Nishil | 0 | CAN | −24B | −34N | −58B | −60N | =63B | −59N | +64N | 1.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.25 | 835 | -21.6 |
| 63 | Chen, Zilang Timson | 0 | CAN | −20N | −45B | −52N | −54B | =62N | −58N | F | 0.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.75 | 1249 | 0.0 |
| 64 | FIDE 2678225 | 0 | — | F | −6N | −25B | −45B | −52N | −44N | −62B | 0.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 0.00 | 813 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zhang, DanielCAN+72.06.0 pts · #5
- 2Hsu, RyderCAN+61.24.0 pts · #14
- 3Sowmiya Narayanan, Seshadri SaiCAN+45.63.5 pts · #17
Top rating losers
- 1Feng, Yip Hang HaydenCAN-84.43.5 pts · #45
- 2Wang, TaorongCHN-62.44.0 pts · #26
- 3Hong, ZihanCAN-55.04.5 pts · #35
Biggest upsets
- R5+355 Elo gap
- R4+258 Elo gap
- R5+218 Elo gap