2025 MCA Summer Seniors Open
18 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 04 Jul 2025 to 25 Jul 2025 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1941, and top seed was Jeff Babb (🇨🇦 CAN, 2208).
Fletcher Baragar (🇨🇦 CAN, FM, 2115) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Jeff Babb (3.5) and Blair A Rutter (3.0). Baragar shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Jim Melnyk (1609) beat Wayne Coppin (1985), a +376-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 3.5/4. Baragar takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.5).
Jeff Babb drew with FM Fletcher Baragar (White).
Jeff Babb 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Fletcher Baragar 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jeff Babb | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2FMFletcher Baragar | ½ | * | 1 | — |
| 3Blair A Rutter | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Jim Melnyk | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baragar, FletcherFM | 2115 | CAN | +8B | +6N | +3B | =2N | 3.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 8.25 | 2182 | -3.0 |
| 2 | Babb, Jeff | 2208 | CAN | +14N | +4B | +7N | =1B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 7.75 | 2234 | +21.8 |
| 3 | Rutter, Blair A | 1790 | CAN | +9B | +11N | −1N | +7B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 4.50 | 2027 | +13.0 |
| 4 | Lauritson, Jim | 2045 | CAN | +12B | −2N | +8B | +6B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 4.50 | 1902 | -0.2 |
| 5 | Melnyk, Jim | 1609 | CAN | −6B | +17N | +11B | +13N | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 2.50 | 1931 | +22.4 |
| 6 | Kuryliw, Ray | 1831 | CAN | +5N | −1B | +15B | −4N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1903 | +6.2 |
| 7 | Adeyemi, Adebowale | 1947 | CAN | +18N | +13B | −2B | −3N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1804 | +8.0 |
| 8 | Movahedipour, Mohammad | 1788 | IRI | −1N | +16B | −4N | =15B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1800 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Greenberg, Harley | 1629 | CAN | −3N | F | =12B | +11N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1783 | +12.8 |
| 10 | Klokow, John | 1581 | CAN | F | =15N | F | +12N | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 1841 | +2.8 |
| 11 | Coppin, Wayne | 1985 | CAN | +16N | −3B | −5N | −9B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1489 | -39.6 |
| 12 | Johnston, Devin | 1525 | CAN | −4N | =14B | =9N | −10B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1552 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Boron, Anthony | 1917 | CAN | F | −7N | +14B | −5B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1565 | -27.0 |
| 14 | Remillard, John | 1427 | CAN | −2B | =12N | −13N | =17B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1149 | -7.0 |
| 15 | Macpherson, Al | 1786 | CAN | F | =10B | −6N | =8N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1589 | -13.2 |
| 16 | Pacin, Ondrej | 1468 | CAN | −11B | −8N | +17B | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 876 | -12.8 |
| 17 | Nikkel, Daniel | 1229 | CAN | −?N | −5B | −16N | =14N | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 1349 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 2670399 | 1214 | — | −7B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 948 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Melnyk, JimCAN+22.43.0 pts · #4
- 2Babb, JeffCAN+21.83.5 pts · #1
- 3Rutter, Blair ACAN+13.03.0 pts · #2
- 1Coppin, WayneCAN-39.61.0 pts · #12
- 2Boron, AnthonyCAN-27.01.0 pts · #7
- 3Macpherson, AlCAN-13.21.0 pts · #15
- R3+376 Elo gap
- R4+356 Elo gap
- R4+308 Elo gap