2025 Canadian Open - Open Section

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82 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 Jul 2025 to 18 Jul 2025 in Surrey, BC, Canada. 22 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2340, and top seed was Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (🇨🇦 CAN, GM, 2510).

Jingyun (ryan) Yang (🇨🇦 CAN, FM, 2333) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (7.0) and Tymur Keleberda (7.0). Yang shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Adam Li (1935) beat Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (GM, 2510), a +575-point gap.

Location

🇨🇦Surrey, BC, Canada

Dates

12 Jul 2025 → 18 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇦GMShawn Rodrigue-Lemieux2510

Avg top 10

2,340

Participants

Titled players · 22

GM×3

IM×4

FM×7

CM×6

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇨🇦Canada×63

🇺🇸United States of America×11

🇿🇦South Africa×1

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇷🇴Romania×1

🇨🇺Cuba×1

🇦🇹Austria×1

Top 3

🥇
FMJingyun (ryan) Yang
🇨🇦CAN·2333
7.0pts·2482perf+35.4
🥈
GMShawn Rodrigue-Lemieux
🇨🇦CAN·2510
7.0pts·2464perf-2.7
🥉
IMTymur Keleberda
🇨🇦CAN·2339
7.0pts·2389perf+13.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 4 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Rodrigue-Lemieux7Yang7Keleberda7Willy7Cummings6.5Szabo6.5

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 7.0/9. Yang takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.0).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux drew with FM Jingyun (ryan) Yang (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux 6 wins (R2–R7)FM Jingyun (ryan) Yang 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMShawn Rodrigue-Lemieux	*	½	1	—
2FMJingyun (ryan) Yang	½	*	—	1
3IMTymur Keleberda	0	—	*	1
4FMStephen Willy	—	0	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Yang, Jingyun (ryan)FM	2333	CAN	+23N	+40B	+4N	=7B	+9N	=5N	+18B	=2B	=6N	7.0	49.0	53.0	40.00	2482	+35.4
2	Rodrigue-Lemieux, ShawnGM	2510	CAN	−39B	+20N	+26B	+34N	+8B	+33N	+3B	=1N	=5B	7.0	45.5	49.5	38.75	2464	-2.7
3	Keleberda, TymurIM	2339	CAN	+26B	+16N	=18B	=19N	+42B	+4N	−2N	+14B	+13N	7.0	45.5	49.5	37.50	2389	+13.6
4	Willy, StephenFM	2216	USA	+62B	+39N	−1B	+46N	+67B	−3B	+56N	+33N	+7B	7.0	39.0	42.0	28.00	2317	+25.8
5	Szabo, Gergely-Andras-GyulaGM	2491	ROU	+48N	+37B	=14N	+13B	+7N	=1B	=6N	=9B	=2N	6.5	48.0	52.0	36.00	2420	-4.7
6	Cummings, David H.IM	2258	CAN	=69N	+44B	=34B	+39N	+55B	+53N	=5B	=7N	=1B	6.5	39.5	42.5	29.00	2233	+1.4
7	Nunez Asencio, JorgeFM	2295	CUB	+47B	+77N	+38B	=1N	−5B	+19N	+8B	=6B	−4N	6.0	46.5	47.5	27.25	2301	+6.2
8	Wang, TedFM	2313	USA	+30N	+10B	=13N	+36B	−2N	=17B	−7N	+27B	+34N	6.0	44.5	49.0	30.50	2216	-15.4
9	Mendes Aaron ReeveIM	2318	CAN	+73B	+22N	=19B	+18N	−1B	=11N	+41B	=5N	=14B	6.0	44.0	46.0	27.50	2300	-0.4
10	Justin, Xu	2031	CAN	+70B	−8N	=15B	−29N	=45B	+50N	+21B	+43N	+18B	6.0	38.5	41.0	25.25	2066	+16.8
11	Chen, Yidong	2074	CHN	=12N	=69B	=62N	+43B	+70N	=9B	=34B	=15N	+20B	6.0	37.0	39.5	25.50	2040	-6.2
12	Salkeld, Tobias	1841	CAN	=11B	=42N	+77B	=74N	−17N	=22B	+54B	+41N	+35B	6.0	34.5	35.5	21.50	2148	+129.6
13	Marchand, CalixFM	2112	CAN	+58B	+53N	=8B	−5N	+21B	−18N	+39B	+35N	−3B	5.5	42.0	45.5	24.00	2180	+32.4
14	Doknjas, JohnFM	2268	CAN	+24B	+35N	=5B	=67N	=19B	=41N	+42B	−3N	=9N	5.5	42.0	45.0	25.75	2203	-9.8
15	Tu, Liam	1853	CAN	−40N	+23B	=10N	−41N	+73B	+25B	+36N	=11B	=16N	5.5	40.0	42.0	25.25	2116	+123.2
16	Wu, JonathanCM	2091	CAN	+76N	−3B	+69N	+24B	−33B	=39N	=32B	+26N	=15B	5.5	39.0	40.0	21.25	2065	-8.8
17	Gao, Justin Jialin	2047	CAN	=66N	+43B	=55N	F	+12B	=8N	=33B	=18N	+19B	5.5	37.0	37.0	26.00	2195	+62.4
18	Doknjas, NeilCM	2245	CAN	+57N	+21B	=3N	−9B	+27N	+13B	−1N	=17B	−10N	5.0	47.0	50.5	25.25	2145	-19.8
19	England, MaxCM	2150	CAN	+32N	+28B	=9N	=3B	=14N	−7B	+24N	=34B	−17N	5.0	45.0	49.5	26.50	2132	-2.0
20	Nallabothula, Varin	1778	USA	=36N	−2B	+58N	−21B	+52N	+23B	=27N	+56B	−11N	5.0	40.0	43.5	20.75	2024	+104.5
21	Lattafi, Youcef	1891	CAN	+25B	−18N	=22B	+20N	−13N	=28B	−10N	+71B	+54N	5.0	40.0	42.5	21.00	2035	+62.8
22	Liu, Zachary Hankun	2067	CAN	+50B	−9B	=21N	+45N	−53B	=12N	=29B	+59N	=23B	5.0	39.0	42.5	22.00	1946	-54.8
23	Darvekar, Yash	1922	CAN	−1B	−15N	+76B	=25N	+65B	−20N	+51B	+37B	=22N	5.0	39.0	40.0	17.50	2003	+32.0
24	Yang, Bohan (Henry)	1910	CAN	−14N	+60B	+25B	−16N	+50B	=35N	−19B	=55N	+41B	5.0	37.0	40.5	20.50	2065	+34.2
25	Wilber, Matthew K	2189	USA	−21N	+57B	−24N	=23B	+64B	−15N	+46B	=30N	+39B	5.0	37.0	40.0	19.50	1931	-53.2
26	Razmov, Gabriel	1928	USA	−3N	+76B	−2N	+37B	+71N	−56B	+64N	−16B	+40N	5.0	37.0	38.0	15.00	2083	+61.2
27	Peiris, T G M	1952	SRI	=65B	+74N	+41B	−33N	−18B	+70N	=20B	−8N	+44B	5.0	34.0	36.0	16.50	2049	+19.6
28	Mok, Erwin Jun-Han	1772	CAN	+54B	−19N	−42B	=58N	+63B	=21N	=30B	=39N	+55B	5.0	33.5	36.5	18.75	1993	+100.8
29	Yao, Lucas Mason Pin Qian	1805	CAN	−77N	+47N	=75B	+10B	=56N	−40B	=22N	+36B	=33B	5.0	33.0	34.0	21.75	2077	+120.0
30	Hong, Zihan	1916	CAN	−8B	−70N	+60N	=40B	=66N	+71B	=28N	=25B	+56N	5.0	32.5	35.0	18.00	1991	+25.9
31	Lin, LeoCM	2109	CAN	−38N	−62B	+57N	−69B	F	+45N	+68B	+42N	+32B	5.0	30.0	30.0	19.50	1995	-45.6
32	Lee, Daniel Joshua	1883	CAN	−19B	−75N	+81N	+54B	+72N	=55B	=16N	+40B	−31N	5.0	30.0	30.0	14.00	2066	+74.4
33	Tarjan, JamesGM	2253	USA	+63B	=67N	F	+27B	+16N	−2B	=17N	−4B	=29N	4.5	41.0	41.0	20.25	2107	-12.2
34	Tran, Tri	1973	CAN	F	+66B	=6N	−2B	+46N	+67B	=11N	=19N	−8B	4.5	40.5	40.5	18.75	2145	+66.0
35	Kola, Venkat Karthikeya ReddyCM	1942	CAN	+51N	−14B	=44N	=49B	+38N	=24B	+59N	−13B	−12N	4.5	38.5	42.0	18.50	1897	-22.8
36	Rathburn, Lia	1981	CAN	=20B	+65N	+59B	−8N	+44B	−42N	−15B	−29N	+58B	4.5	36.5	39.5	16.50	1883	-48.4
37	Anderson, Collin	2097	CAN	+45B	−5N	−46B	−26N	=48B	+63N	+70B	−23N	+43B	4.5	35.5	38.0	15.50	1954	-34.2
38	Simha, Vimal	1869	RSA	+31B	+72B	−7N	−42N	−35B	−54N	=60N	+65B	+68B	4.5	32.5	34.5	14.75	1986	+49.6
39	Li, Adam	1935	CAN	+2N	−4B	+61N	−6B	+49N	=16B	−13N	=28B	−25N	4.0	45.5	49.0	19.75	2009	+27.6
40	Beisteiner, Joachim	2085	AUT	+15B	−1N	−53B	=30N	+62B	+29N	=43B	−32N	−26B	4.0	40.5	43.5	18.00	1883	-46.2
41	Alpuri, Aaqil	2027	CAN	=49N	+80B	−27N	+15B	+59N	=14B	−9N	−12B	−24N	4.0	40.5	40.5	13.75	1913	-55.2
42	Windram, James	1984	CAN	=71N	=12B	+28N	+38B	−3N	+36B	−14N	−31B	F	4.0	40.0	40.0	18.25	1995	+0.4
43	Ruchinskaya, ValerieWFM	1862	CAN	=74B	−17N	+65B	−11N	+75B	+44N	=40N	−10B	−37N	4.0	35.0	36.5	11.50	1954	+33.7
44	Xu, Joey	1762	CAN	+78B	−6N	=35B	+62N	−36N	−43B	=52N	+63B	−27N	4.0	34.5	35.5	11.25	1912	+67.2
45	Arya, Aadit	1860	CAN	−37N	=48B	+68N	−22B	=10N	−31B	+72N	−52B	+71N	4.0	34.0	36.0	12.50	1964	+46.8
46	Chan, Skylor T	1885	USA	−72N	+81B	+37N	−4B	−34B	=51N	−25N	+66B	=49N	4.0	34.0	34.0	11.50	1913	+2.0
47	Nagelberg, Alan	1916	CAN	−7N	−29B	+51N	+77B	=61N	−59B	=49N	+64B	−52N	4.0	33.0	34.0	11.75	1830	-22.0
48	Dorn, Paris	1929	CAN	−5B	=45N	=64B	−50N	=37N	=49B	=66N	+70B	=59B	4.0	32.5	35.0	13.50	1862	-18.4
49	Murali, Dhruv	1810	CAN	=41B	+52N	−56B	=35N	−39B	=48N	=47B	=68N	=46B	4.0	32.0	35.0	15.75	1901	+44.8
50	Harms, Reece	1827	CAN	−22N	=73N	=78B	+48B	−24N	−10B	+57N	−54B	+76N	4.0	30.0	31.0	10.00	1903	+18.2
51	Koop, Alison EmilyWCM	1705	CAN	−35B	−63N	−47B	+76N	+80N	=46B	−23N	=57B	+64N	4.0	28.0	28.0	7.75	1841	+64.0
52	Larson, Gerald	1954	USA	F	−49B	F	=63N	−20B	+62N	=44B	+45N	+47B	4.0	27.0	27.0	14.50	1895	-10.4
53	Taylor, Ashton	1865	CAN	+81N	−13B	+40N	+72B	+22N	−6B	F	F	F	4.0	23.0	23.0	11.00	2213	+42.8
54	Leong, Ryan	1953	CAN	−28N	F	=70B	−32N	+58B	+38B	−12N	+50N	−21B	3.5	35.5	35.5	13.25	1804	-33.2
55	Mohammed Qanee, Arpak WoryaCM	1946	CAN	+60B	+79N	=17B	F	−6N	=32N	−61B	=24B	−28N	3.5	35.0	35.0	12.25	1905	-11.4
56	McLaren, Brian	2000	CAN	+64B	F	+49N	F	=29B	+26N	−4B	−20N	−30B	3.5	34.0	34.0	14.50	1891	-19.8
57	Wong-Godfrey, Emerson P	1895	USA	−18B	−25N	−31B	+60N	+78B	−64N	−50B	=51N	+70N	3.5	32.0	33.0	9.00	1851	-28.0
58	Koo, Minjun	1878	CAN	−13N	=78N	−20B	=28B	−54N	+80B	=65N	+60B	−36N	3.5	31.0	31.0	8.00	1800	-40.4
59	Zhang, Royce	1800	USA	+75B	F	−36N	+73N	−41B	+47N	−35B	−22B	=48N	3.5	29.5	29.5	9.50	1931	+52.0
60	Lu, Karson	1757	CAN	−55N	−24N	−30B	−57B	+76N	+78N	=38B	−58N	+72B	3.5	28.0	29.0	6.25	1851	+40.0
61	Yang, Nathan Yi-Hsin	1685	CAN	−67N	F	−39B	+78N	=47B	+72B	+55N	F	F	3.5	17.5	17.5	8.50	2019	+98.8
62	McCallum, Elliot	1892	CAN	−4N	+31N	=11B	−44B	−40N	−52B	−63N	+72B	=65N	3.0	36.0	38.0	11.50	1881	-10.0
63	Wang, Jacob S	1898	USA	−33N	+51B	−72N	=52B	−28N	−37B	+62B	−44N	=66N	3.0	32.0	34.0	10.50	1813	-45.6
64	Lu, Samuel	1787	CAN	−56N	=68B	=48N	+82B	−25N	+57B	−26B	−47N	−51B	3.0	32.0	32.0	7.00	1810	+6.4
65	Wu, Bowen	1771	CAN	=27N	−36B	−43N	+80B	−23N	=73N	=58B	−38N	=62B	3.0	31.5	31.5	6.75	1778	+3.2
66	Russell, Wesley	1823	CAN	=17B	−34N	−73B	+81N	=30B	−68N	=48B	−46N	=63B	3.0	31.0	31.0	8.75	1742	-28.8
67	Patterson, Roger	1941	CAN	+61B	=33B	+79N	=14B	−4N	−34N	F	F	F	3.0	26.0	26.0	9.50	2111	+23.4
68	Catona, Dan	1911	FID	−79B	=64N	−45B	F	+77N	+66B	−31N	=49B	−38N	3.0	25.5	25.5	7.50	1856	-15.2
69	Wang, Bingfei	1905	CAN	=6B	=11N	−16B	+31N	+74B	F	F	F	F	3.0	25.0	25.0	13.25	2198	+37.2
70	Morgan, Scott	1812	CAN	−10N	+30B	=54N	+75N	−11B	−27B	−37N	−48N	−57B	2.5	37.5	39.0	8.25	1817	-0.8
71	Zhu, Daniel Yu Ang	1784	CAN	=42B	F	+82N	F	−26B	−30N	+73B	−21N	−45B	2.5	25.0	25.0	4.00	1818	+11.6
72	Fullbrook, NigelFM	2185	CAN	+46B	−38N	+63B	−53N	−32B	−61N	−45B	−62N	−60N	2.0	31.5	34.5	7.00	1638	-116.8
73	He, Matthew	1922	CAN	−9N	=50B	+66N	−59B	−15N	=65B	−71N	−76B	F	2.0	28.5	28.5	6.50	1686	-104.0
74	Aljo, Johan	2097	CAN	=43N	−27B	+80N	=12B	−69N	F	F	F	F	2.0	18.0	18.0	5.00	1810	-74.0
75	Wu, Nathan Ping-Ying	2006	CAN	−59N	+32B	=29N	−70B	−43N	F	F	F	F	1.5	20.0	20.0	7.50	1684	-85.2
76	Yang, Brian	1859	CAN	−16B	−26N	−23N	−51B	−60B	F	F	+73N	−50B	1.0	30.0	30.0	2.00	1569	-46.4
77	Taylor, Tristan	2012	CAN	+29B	−7B	−12N	−47N	−68B	F	F	F	F	1.0	24.0	24.0	5.00	1714	-38.4
78	Liu, Sean Fangxiao	1949	CAN	−44N	=58B	=50N	−61B	−57N	−60B	F	F	F	1.0	23.0	23.0	3.75	1527	-126.4
79	Kaufman, RaymondIM	2272	CAN	+68N	−55B	−67B	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	1808	-33.0
80	Bince, Rolando	1849	CAN	F	−41N	−74B	−65N	−51B	−58N	F	F	F	0.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	1096	-44.4
81	FIDE 2678543	0	—	−53B	−46N	−32B	−66B	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	1064	0.0
82	Qiu, Xie	1943	CAN	F	F	−71B	−64N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	985	-56.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Salkeld, TobiasCAN
+129.6
6.0 pts · #10
2Tu, LiamCAN
+123.2
5.5 pts · #14
3Yao, Lucas Mason Pin QianCAN
+120.0
5.0 pts · #26

Top rating losers

1Liu, Sean FangxiaoCAN
-126.4
1.0 pts · #79
2Fullbrook, NigelFMCAN
-116.8
2.0 pts · #72
3He, MatthewCAN
-104.0
2.0 pts · #74

Biggest upsets

R1+575 Elo gap
Li, Adam1935 beat GMRodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn2510
R6+500 Elo gap
Yang, Nathan Yi-Hsin1685 beat FMFullbrook, Nigel2185
R9+428 Elo gap
Lu, Karson1757 beat FMFullbrook, Nigel2185