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2025 Victoria BC Day Open Premier

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17 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 04 Aug 2025 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1807, and top seed was Roger Patterson (🇨🇦 CAN, 1964).

Brandon Zhu (🇨🇦 CAN, 1946) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Jason Williamson (4.0) and Rafael Beingolea (3.5). Zhu won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Zachary McDonald Chua (1729) beat Philip Allan (1870), a +141-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Dates
02 Aug 2025 → 04 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦Roger Patterson1964
Avg top 10
1,807
Participants
17
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇦Canada×14
🇪🇹Ethiopia×1
🇺🇸United States of America×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Brandon Zhu led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

Brandon Zhu never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Brandon Zhu drew with Jason Williamson (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Brandon Zhu 3 wins (R1–R3)Joshua Wild 3 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Brandon Zhu*
½
1
2Jason Williamson
½
*
½
3Joshua Wild
0
*
4Zachary McDonald Chua
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhu, Brandon1946CAN+13N+9B+6N=2B+3B+5N5.516.518.016.002178+18.8
2Williamson, Jason1858CAN6B+7N+8B=1N+9B=4N4.018.020.513.001874+3.6
3Beingolea, Rafael0CAN=5N+12B+10BF1N+6N3.516.516.59.2518370.0
4Chua, Zachary McDonald1729CAN+7N6B9N+10N+13B=2B3.515.016.59.001784+15.6
5Wild, Joshua0CAN=3B+16NF+9N+6B1B3.515.015.07.7518490.0
6Teklemariam, Hailay Mezgebo1780ETH+2N+4N1B+12B5N3B3.020.022.09.502008+47.2
7Sowmiya Narayanan, Seshadri Sai1554CAN4B2B+11N=8N=10B+15N3.015.516.56.251637+14.4
8Rubaiyat, Rhadean1627USA10B+11N2N=7B+12N=9B3.014.516.57.251808+48.0
9Mingrone, Peter1859CAN+15N1N+4B5B2N=8N2.519.520.56.001703-17.0
10Sargent, Colin0CAN+8N=14B3N4B=7N=11B2.515.517.06.5017120.0
11McLean, Taylor1688CAN14N8B7B+17N+16B=10N2.510.510.51.751506-38.4
12Leblanc, Paul1726CANF3N+15B6N8B+16N2.011.011.01.501561-13.2
13Allan, Philip1870CAN1B=15N+16BF4NF1.510.510.51.001650-34.8
14Patterson, Roger1964CAN+11B=10NFFFF1.55.05.03.752484+3.2
15Sharma, Laksh0CAN9B=13B12N=16N?B7B1.09.59.51.0014920.0
16Beech, Austin1651CANF5B13N=15B11N12B0.510.510.50.50960-42.8
17FIDE 26788700FFF11BFF0.02.52.50.008840.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets