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. 3 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 (CM, 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

Top seed

🇨🇦Johan Aljo2111

Avg top 10

1,927

Participants

Titled players · 3

CM×3

Federations · 2 represented

🇨🇦Canada×58

🇨🇳China×1

Top 3

🥇
CMJonathan Wu
🇨🇦CAN·2027
6.0pts·2122perf+12.3
🥈
CMDaniel Zhang
🇨🇦CAN·1909
6.0pts·2209perf+72.0
🥉
Johan Aljo
🇨🇦CAN·2111
5.5pts·2104perf+7.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight 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

Wu6Zhang6Aljo5.5Justin5.5Tran5Tseng5

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)CM 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	—
2CMDaniel 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, DanielCM	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, YashCM	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, DanielCMCAN
+72.0
6.0 pts · #5
2Hsu, RyderCAN
+61.2
4.0 pts · #14
3Sowmiya Narayanan, Seshadri SaiCAN
+45.6
3.5 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Feng, Yip Hang HaydenCAN
-84.4
3.5 pts · #45
2Wang, TaorongCHN
-62.4
4.0 pts · #26
3Hong, ZihanCAN
-55.0
4.5 pts · #35

Biggest upsets

R5+355 Elo gap
Cholakis, Max1669 beat CMDarvekar, Yash2024
R4+258 Elo gap
Agyenim-Boateng, Nathaniel1574 beat Feng, Yip Hang Hayden1832
R5+218 Elo gap
Justin, Xu1893 beat Aljo, Johan2111