2025 Canadian Open - U2000 Section

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102 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 Jul 2025 to 18 Jul 2025 in Surrey, BC, Canada. 2 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1890, and top seed was Daniel Ruohan Wang (🇨🇦 CAN, 1972).

Aiden Hao-Ting Lu (🇨🇦 CAN, 1684) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Zhengyu Chen (7.5) and Norman Verdon (7.0). Lu shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Nico Xiao Huang (1589) beat Richard Ingram (1959), a +370-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

🇨🇦Daniel Ruohan Wang1972

Avg top 10

1,890

Participants

102

Titled players · 2

CM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇨🇦Canada×84

🇺🇸United States of America×10

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇧🇷Brazil×1

Top 3

🥇
Aiden Hao-Ting Lu
🇨🇦CAN·1684
8.0pts·2084perf+146.8
🥈
Zhengyu Chen
🇨🇦CAN·1821
7.5pts·1978perf+52.4
🥉
Norman Verdon
🇨🇦CAN·1794
7.0pts·1937perf+29.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Aiden Hao-Ting Lu led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Lu8Chen7.5Suresh7Verdon7Kaur6.5Yuen6.5— ex-leaders:Yuanled R4–R5, #9

R7 · LEADER CHANGE16 Jul

Aiden Hao-Ting Lu takes the sole lead (6.5/7).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Aiden Hao-Ting Lu drew with Zhengyu Chen (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Aiden Hao-Ting Lu 4 wins (R4–R7)Zhengyu Chen 3 wins (R5–R7)Barath Subramanian Suresh 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Aiden Hao-Ting Lu	*	½	—	1
2Zhengyu Chen	½	*	—	—
3Barath Subramanian Suresh	—	—	*	½
4Norman Verdon	0	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Lu, Aiden Hao-Ting	1684	CAN	+63N	+89B	=7N	+5B	+3N	+6B	+18N	=2B	+8N	8.0	49.5	52.0	45.00	2084	+146.8
2	Chen, Zhengyu	1821	CAN	+56N	=97B	+26N	=14B	+34N	+15B	+37N	=1N	+6B	7.5	44.5	46.5	38.50	1978	+52.4
3	Verdon, Norman	1794	CAN	+19B	+30N	+13B	=4N	−1B	+60B	+9N	=7B	+15N	7.0	50.5	54.5	39.75	1937	+29.6
4	Suresh, Barath Subramanian	1804	CAN	+72N	+65B	+10N	=3B	−6N	=32B	+34N	+16B	+7N	7.0	45.0	48.5	36.00	1925	+35.4
5	Yuen, Owen	0	CAN	+11B	+28N	=20B	−1N	+51B	+12N	+13B	−8N	+29B	6.5	49.0	53.5	36.25	1834	0.0
6	Yuan, Jaydon	1745	CAN	+59B	+41N	+80B	+60N	+4B	−1N	=7B	+27N	−2N	6.5	46.5	49.5	30.75	1904	+67.2
7	Kaur, AradhWFM	1840	USA	+79B	+70N	=1B	+80N	+12B	+37B	=6N	=3N	−4B	6.5	46.0	49.0	31.25	1917	+25.0
8	Poncelet, Niklas	1762	CAN	+90N	+69B	−37N	+26B	+14N	=9B	+17N	+5B	−1B	6.5	45.5	48.0	32.25	1872	+42.0
9	Vega, Isaac	1835	USA	+62B	−13N	+49B	+36N	+21B	=8N	−3B	+39N	+27B	6.5	43.5	47.5	31.25	1821	-1.8
10	Li, Moses	1583	CAN	+100B	+42N	−4B	+30N	−16B	+76N	=36B	+19N	+21B	6.5	41.0	42.0	27.25	1756	+66.0
11	Dela Cruz, Jimson	1861	CAN	−5N	=40B	+53N	+71B	+56N	−27B	+35N	+22B	+17N	6.5	40.0	43.5	29.75	2548	+42.0
12	Yin, Andrew	1877	CAN	+81N	+68B	+77N	=37B	−7N	−5B	+44N	+43B	+18N	6.5	38.5	41.5	26.25	1971	+30.0
13	Param Agarwal	1640	IND	+83N	+9B	−3N	+31B	+46N	=17B	−5N	=20N	+28B	6.0	45.5	48.5	29.50	1944	+53.6
14	Zhang, Kai	1650	CAN	=57B	+87N	+23B	=2N	−8B	−29N	+63B	+26N	+33B	6.0	42.0	44.5	27.25	1705	+17.2
15	Yin, Aiden	1677	CAN	−26N	+78B	+35N	+77B	+55N	−2N	+29B	+32B	−3B	6.0	41.0	44.0	24.50	1857	+57.6
16	Li , Anthony Zongyue	1598	CAN	+101N	−37B	+44N	+41B	+10N	−18B	+28B	−4N	=20B	5.5	43.0	44.0	24.25	1756	+44.8
17	Kemaoglu, Muharrem	1726	TUR	+92B	=39N	+76B	=21N	+29B	=13N	−8B	+36N	−11B	5.5	42.0	44.5	23.50	1751	+6.0
18	Dizon, Lyndon	1871	CAN	+88N	−77B	+45N	+65B	+32B	+16N	−1B	=21N	−12B	5.5	41.5	44.0	23.75	1800	-20.8
19	Zhu, Aiden	1520	CAN	−3N	−31B	+83N	=24B	+52N	+58B	+64N	−10B	+34N	5.5	40.5	43.5	22.25	1798	+110.4
20	Yu, Ryan Bole	0	CAN	+73N	+45B	=5N	+38B	−37N	+64B	−27N	=13B	=16N	5.5	40.0	43.5	25.00	1806	0.0
21	Cheung, Oscar	1643	CAN	=94N	+74B	+58N	=17B	−9N	+66B	+80N	=18B	−10N	5.5	38.0	40.0	20.50	1749	+45.2
22	Landre, Geraldo Barbosa	1841	BRA	+78N	−26B	=48N	+81B	−27N	+56B	+38N	−11N	+39B	5.5	37.0	40.0	21.25	1897	+9.8
23	Li, Markus	0	CAN	+50N	=55B	−14N	=58B	+68N	−38B	+54N	=34B	+43N	5.5	36.5	40.0	23.25	1747	0.0
24	Yousefzadeh, Mehrdad	0	CAN	−41B	+53B	−68N	=19N	+73B	+45B	−43N	+47N	+36B	5.5	36.0	39.5	24.25	1658	0.0
25	Razmov, Valentin N	1759	USA	−66N	+99B	=67N	=40B	+63N	=35B	=60N	=65B	+44N	5.5	31.5	32.5	19.00	1704	-7.4
26	Scollon, Owen	0	USA	+15B	+22N	−2B	−8N	−36B	+86N	+46N	−14B	+55N	5.0	44.5	47.5	23.00	1757	0.0
27	Knowles, Alan	0	USA	−45N	+73B	F	+39N	+22B	+11N	+20B	−6B	−9N	5.0	43.0	43.0	25.50	1763	0.0
28	Kwabi, Kai Johannes	1635	CAN	+40N	−5B	−41N	+67B	+48N	+65B	−16N	+30B	−13N	5.0	40.0	43.5	21.00	1651	+5.2
29	Mackay, Chris	1800	CAN	+82N	−38B	+94N	+68B	−17N	+14B	−15N	+40B	−5N	5.0	39.5	41.5	19.00	1735	-22.0
30	Court, Andrew	0	CAN	+98N	−3B	+69N	−10B	+40N	+55B	−32N	−28N	+57B	5.0	39.5	41.0	17.50	1657	0.0
31	Michalchuk, Avery	1828	CAN	−42B	+19N	+85B	−13N	=49B	+88N	−39B	+67N	=35B	5.0	36.0	38.5	19.00	1561	-83.2
32	Hsu, Ryder	1607	CAN	+99N	+66B	=38N	+64B	−18N	=4N	+30B	−15N	F	5.0	36.0	36.0	18.75	1769	+48.4
33	Cheng, Clement	0	FID	−43N	+54B	+96N	−55B	+77N	−34B	+68N	+50B	−14N	5.0	34.5	36.5	17.50	1693	+27.6
34	McBain, Robert	1738	CAN	=74N	=67B	+66N	+89B	−2B	+33N	−4B	=23N	−19B	4.5	41.0	43.5	17.25	1646	-39.6
35	Sanderson, Tyler	0	CAN	F	=51N	−15B	+61N	+47B	=25N	−11B	+38B	=31N	4.5	40.5	40.5	20.50	1774	0.0
36	Leblanc, Paul	1746	CAN	=53N	=94B	+101N	−9B	+26N	+46B	=10N	−17B	−24N	4.5	40.0	41.0	17.00	1601	-19.4
37	Wang, Daniel Ruohan	1972	CAN	+95B	+16N	+8B	=12N	+20B	−7N	−2B	F	F	4.5	40.0	40.0	22.75	1779	-47.2
38	Yearwood, Roy	1901	CAN	+49B	+29N	=32B	−20N	−76B	+23N	−22B	−35N	+56N	4.5	39.5	43.0	21.50	1717	-23.0
39	Tang, Gideon	1575	CAN	+44N	=17B	−64N	−27B	+74N	+71B	+31N	−9B	−22N	4.5	39.0	42.5	19.25	1751	+62.0
40	Hayer, Robin	0	CAN	−28B	=11N	+91B	=25N	−30B	+62N	+89B	−29N	=46N	4.5	38.0	40.5	17.25	1698	0.0
41	Moje, John David	1673	CAN	+24N	−6B	+28B	−16N	−80B	+75N	−47B	=77N	+64N	4.5	37.0	40.0	19.00	1623	-13.6
42	Wangluo, Joanne	1629	CAN	+31N	−10B	−46N	=69B	−44N	+82B	+45N	=55B	=52N	4.5	37.0	40.0	18.50	1786	+66.4
43	Ashley, Mathew	0	CAN	+33B	−80N	=92B	+87N	−60B	+49N	+24B	−12N	−23B	4.5	36.5	39.0	18.75	1704	+14.8
44	Stroud, Jeb Thacher	0	USA	−39B	+62N	−16B	=78N	+42B	+89N	−12B	+86N	−25B	4.5	36.5	39.0	15.50	1661	0.0
45	Forde, Stephen	1714	CAN	+27B	−20N	−18B	=70N	+79B	−24N	−42B	+78N	+67B	4.5	36.0	39.0	16.25	1714	+0.8
46	Mu, Shaunavon	1680	CAN	−70B	+59N	+42B	+57N	−13B	−36N	−26B	+88N	=40B	4.5	36.0	38.5	17.25	1646	-11.2
47	Szeto, Jordan	0	CAN	−77N	+63B	−52N	+72B	−35N	+48B	+41N	−24B	=50N	4.5	35.0	38.0	18.25	1745	0.0
48	Sharma, Aarush	1586	CAN	−64N	+83B	=22B	=51N	−28B	−47N	=70B	+75N	+88B	4.5	33.0	35.5	15.75	1633	+11.6
49	Ye, Youjia	1700	CAN	−38N	+82B	−9N	+94B	=31N	−43B	+71N	+64B	F	4.5	32.5	32.5	14.50	1768	+30.4
50	Pottinger, Carl	1766	CAN	−23B	=79N	−87B	+90N	+59B	=57N	+66B	−33N	=47B	4.5	32.0	34.5	15.75	1719	-6.6
51	Sheng, Jack	1772	CAN	=67N	=35B	=71N	=48B	−5N	=92B	F	+85B	+65N	4.5	31.5	34.0	15.75	1763	-2.0
52	Ghandi, Houshyar	1834	CAN	=87B	−57N	+47B	−88N	−19B	=59N	+100B	+63N	=42B	4.5	31.0	32.0	14.50	1521	-39.8
53	Zhu, Glyn	0	CAN	=36B	−24N	−11B	−79N	=91B	=95N	+94N	+81B	+71N	4.5	30.5	32.5	13.00	1691	0.0
54	Jones, Davey	1680	USA	−80B	−33N	=78B	+91N	=70B	+87N	−23B	+66N	=69B	4.5	29.5	32.0	13.50	1637	-8.4
55	Landingin, Jofrel	1731	CAN	+61B	=23N	=57B	+33N	−15B	−30N	=67B	=42N	−26B	4.0	39.0	42.5	17.75	1696	-5.4
56	Kemaoglu, Toprak Deniz	0	CAN	−2B	=61N	+79B	+93N	−11B	−22N	+78B	=69N	−38B	4.0	37.5	40.0	12.25	1696	0.0
57	Guzman, Sophia	1637	CAN	=14N	+52B	=55N	−46B	=58N	=50B	−65N	+68B	−30N	4.0	36.0	39.5	17.25	1711	+31.2
58	Wang, Dennis Haoze	1572	CAN	=75B	+93N	−21B	=23N	=57B	−19N	=88B	=79N	=59B	4.0	33.5	36.0	13.75	1514	-20.4
59	Yang, Larry	1604	CAN	−6N	−46B	+98N	=96B	−50N	=52B	=77N	+84B	=58N	4.0	32.0	33.5	11.25	1578	-12.0
60	Salcedo, Daniel	1947	CAN	=85N	+86B	+97N	−6B	+43N	−3N	=25B	F	F	4.0	31.5	31.5	13.75	1795	-21.6
61	Li, Bingda	1617	CAN	−55N	=56B	=72N	−35B	−82N	+98B	=62B	=73N	+77B	4.0	29.5	31.0	12.00	1496	-32.0
62	Zhang, Brayan	1578	CAN	−9N	−44B	+99N	+101B	−97N	−40B	=61N	=82B	+83N	4.0	28.5	29.5	8.50	1594	+1.6
63	Holmgren, Emilian	1575	CAN	−1B	−47N	+82B	+75N	−25B	+70N	−14N	−52B	=89N	3.5	38.5	41.0	11.25	1574	-3.2
64	Hawkshaw, Kevin	1770	CAN	+48B	=76N	+39B	−32N	+88B	−20N	−19B	−49N	−41B	3.5	37.5	40.0	13.25	1513	-48.6
65	Guan, Tsz Yeung Daniel	1766	CAN	F	−4N	+70B	−18N	+92B	−28N	+57B	=25N	−51B	3.5	37.5	37.5	12.75	1626	-54.4
66	Huang, Nico Xiao	1589	CAN	+25B	−32N	−34B	+86N	+69B	−21N	−50N	−54B	=72N	3.5	36.5	39.5	13.75	1649	+23.6
67	Zhang, Xavier	1645	CAN	=51B	=34N	=25B	−28N	=96N	+77B	=55N	−31B	−45N	3.5	36.0	38.0	13.25	1588	-23.2
68	Shtepa, Liubov	1686	CAN	+102B	−12N	+24B	−29N	−23B	+100N	−33B	−57N	=73B	3.5	36.0	36.0	8.25	1349	-72.8
69	Ingram, Richard	1959	CAN	+71B	−8N	−30B	=42N	−66N	+74B	F	=56B	=54N	3.5	35.0	37.5	13.50	1652	-84.8
70	Kaur, JindCM	1619	USA	+46N	−7B	−65N	=45B	=54N	−63B	=48N	−71B	+98B	3.5	35.0	36.5	12.75	1549	-19.0
71	Chen, Yonglong	1676	CAN	−69N	+90B	=51B	−11N	+84B	−39N	−49B	+70N	−53B	3.5	34.5	37.0	11.25	1652	-14.4
72	Martin, Matthew	1674	CAN	−4B	=84N	=61B	−47N	−75B	=90N	+83B	=74N	=66B	3.5	32.0	34.5	11.25	1595	-30.4
73	Mu, Vincent	1628	CAN	−20B	−27N	=90B	+102N	−24N	+84B	−85N	=61B	=68N	3.5	32.0	32.0	8.00	1689	+12.4
74	Fernando, Manuel	1578	CAN	=34B	−21N	+95B	−76N	−39B	−69N	+90B	=72B	=81N	3.5	30.5	32.5	10.00	1541	-20.0
75	Acton, Noah	0	CAN	=58N	=96B	−89N	−63B	+72N	−41B	=81N	−48B	+87N	3.5	28.0	30.0	10.50	1480	0.0
76	Satish Alwar, Dharsan	1638	CAN	+84N	=64B	−17N	+74B	+38N	−10B	F	F	F	3.5	26.5	26.5	12.75	1736	+31.6
77	Shu, Chase	0	CAN	+47B	+18N	−12B	−15N	−33B	−67N	=59B	=41B	−61N	3.0	40.0	43.5	14.25	1506	0.0
78	Sankrithi, Siva	1635	USA	−22B	−15N	=54N	=44B	+83N	=85B	−56N	−45B	=84N	3.0	35.0	38.0	10.50	1530	-34.4
79	Xiao, Stephanie	1541	CAN	−7N	=50B	−56N	+53B	−45N	=81B	F	=58B	=85N	3.0	34.0	36.0	11.75	1562	+2.8
80	Wang, Kai	1728	CAN	+54N	+43B	−6N	−7B	+41N	F	−21B	F	F	3.0	34.0	34.0	13.50	1703	-9.2
81	Chen, Karen	1664	CAN	−12B	=91N	+84B	−22N	−93B	=79N	=75B	−53N	=74B	3.0	32.0	34.5	9.25	1513	-49.2
82	Peng, Anny	1613	CAN	−29B	−49N	−63N	=98B	+61B	−42N	+91B	=62N	−86B	3.0	31.0	32.5	9.25	1431	-62.0
83	Chen, Lucas	1502	CAN	−13B	−48N	−19B	+95N	−78B	+99B	−72N	+100N	−62B	3.0	29.5	30.5	4.00	806	-85.6
84	Sankrithi, Sarang Athreya	1516	USA	−76B	=72B	−81N	+99B	−71N	−73N	+95B	−59N	=78B	3.0	26.0	27.0	6.25	1337	-50.0
85	Li, Aaron	0	CAN	=60B	F	−31N	F	=87B	=78N	+73B	−51N	=79B	3.0	25.5	25.5	9.75	1668	0.0
86	Maheux, Pierre	1728	CAN	F	−60N	F	−66B	+94N	−26B	+87N	−44B	+82N	3.0	24.5	24.5	7.50	1672	-6.2
87	Curiel, Hector	0	CAN	=52N	−14B	+50N	−43B	=85N	−54B	−86B	=98N	−75B	2.5	33.5	35.0	9.00	1523	0.0
88	Gulbinowicz, Mark	0	CAN	−18B	F	+102N	+52B	−64N	−31B	=58N	−46B	−48N	2.5	31.5	31.5	6.50	1504	0.0
89	Kang, Richard	1573	CAN	+91B	−1N	+75B	−34N	F	−44B	−40N	F	=63B	2.5	31.0	31.0	7.75	1394	-12.6
90	Vigurs, Sofia	1560	CAN	−8B	−71N	=73N	−50B	=98N	=72B	−74N	=94B	=91B	2.5	29.5	31.0	6.50	1431	-42.8
91	Singh, Dakshesh	0	CAN	−89N	=81B	−40N	−54B	=53N	=94B	−82N	=95B	=90N	2.5	26.5	28.5	7.00	1412	0.0
92	Lorenz, Martin	0	CAN	−17N	+98B	=43N	=97B	−65N	=51N	F	F	F	2.5	25.0	25.0	7.00	1584	0.0
93	Radic, Marko	1476	CAN	=96N	−58B	+100N	−56B	+81N	F	F	F	F	2.5	18.5	18.5	5.00	1630	+24.0
94	Sauve, Ronald	1540	CAN	=21B	=36N	−29B	−49N	−86B	=91N	−53B	=90N	−95N	2.0	32.0	34.0	7.50	1503	-12.0
95	Barker, Rhyland	0	CAN	−37N	−101B	−74N	−83B	F	=53B	−84N	=91N	+94B	2.0	24.0	24.0	5.50	1381	0.0
96	Radic, Dejan	1652	CAN	=93B	=75N	−33B	=59N	=67B	F	F	F	F	2.0	21.5	21.5	6.75	1502	-16.8
97	Imoo, Joshua	1764	CAN	F	=2N	−60B	=92N	+62B	F	F	F	F	2.0	21.0	21.0	9.00	1782	+3.2
98	Raposo, Manuel	0	CAN	−30B	−92N	−59B	=82N	=90B	−61N	F	=87B	−70N	1.5	27.0	28.0	4.00	1363	0.0
99	FIDE 2678594	0	—	−32B	−25N	−62B	−84N	+102B	−83N	F	F	F	1.0	22.0	22.0	0.00	792	0.0
100	FIDE 2607980	0	—	−10N	F	−93B	F	+101N	−68B	−52N	−83B	F	1.0	21.0	21.0	1.00	816	0.0
101	FIDE 2678586	0	—	−16B	+95N	−36B	−62N	−100B	F	F	F	F	1.0	17.0	17.0	2.00	841	0.0
102	FIDE 2678560	0	—	−68N	F	−88B	−73B	−99N	F	F	F	F	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	857	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Lu, Aiden Hao-TingCAN
+146.8
8.0 pts · #1
2Zhu, AidenCAN
+110.4
5.5 pts · #13
3Yuan, JaydonCAN
+67.2
6.5 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Chen, LucasCAN
-85.6
3.0 pts · #100
2Ingram, RichardCAN
-84.8
3.5 pts · #52
3Michalchuk, AveryCAN
-83.2
5.0 pts · #68

Biggest upsets

R5+370 Elo gap
Huang, Nico Xiao1589 beat Ingram, Richard1959
R5+314 Elo gap
Zhu, Aiden1520 beat Ghandi, Houshyar1834
R5+263 Elo gap
Satish Alwar, Dharsan1638 beat Yearwood, Roy1901