2025 CCC Championship Premier Section
29 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Jun 2025 to 29 Jun 2025 in Calgary, AB, Canada. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1870, and top seed was Jonathan Wu (🇨🇦 CAN, CM, 2187).
Jonathan Wu (🇨🇦 CAN, CM, 2187) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Roy Yearwood (4.0) and David Dixon (4.0). Wu won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 5: David Dixon (1418) beat Bong Gallemaso (1901), a +483-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsCM Jonathan Wu led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
CM Jonathan Wu never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
CM Jonathan Wu beat Roy Yearwood (White).
CM Jonathan Wu 5 wins (R1–R5)David Dixon 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMJonathan Wu | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2Roy Yearwood | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3David Dixon | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4CMEmil Soberov | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wu, JonathanCM | 2187 | CAN | +15B | +5N | +2B | +7N | +4B | 5.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 16.00 | 2633 | +35.4 |
| 2 | Yearwood, Roy | 1901 | CAN | +22B | +3N | −1N | +16B | +7B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 10.50 | 1987 | +10.2 |
| 3 | Dixon, David | 1418 | CAN | +19N | −2B | +24N | +8B | +11N | 4.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 8.50 | 1936 | +5.6 |
| 4 | Soberov, EmilCM | 2105 | CAN | +13N | =12B | +21N | +11B | −1N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 7.75 | 1941 | -8.8 |
| 5 | Vickers, Josh | 1684 | CAN | +29N | −1B | +17B | +15N | =6B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.75 | 1867 | +12.8 |
| 6 | Iyer, Abhinav | 1494 | IND | +18N | +16B | −7N | +9B | =5N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 8.75 | 1874 | -8.0 |
| 7 | Michalchuk, Avery | 1879 | CAN | +25B | +10N | +6B | −1B | −2N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 7.50 | 1903 | +23.6 |
| 8 | Shtepa, Liubov | 1659 | CAN | −24B | +14N | +18B | −3N | +15B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.50 | 2352 | +42.8 |
| 9 | Delloro, Therense | 1636 | CAN | +17N | +24B | F | −6N | +12B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.50 | 1887 | +19.6 |
| 10 | Hendi, Mickail | 0 | CAN | +27N | −7B | −16N | +20B | +21N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1724 | -16.8 |
| 11 | Gallemaso, Bong | 1901 | CAN | +28N | =21B | +12N | −4N | −3B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 3.75 | 1805 | -4.4 |
| 12 | Xu, Michael | 1812 | CAN | +23N | =4N | −11B | +21B | −9N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 4.75 | 1716 | -13.6 |
| 13 | Bjornson, Jonathan | 1635 | CAN | −4B | −17N | +22N | =23B | +27N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 1722 | +14.0 |
| 14 | Li, Jake Chi Hang | 1499 | CAN | F | −8B | +20N | =27B | +17N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.25 | 1681 | +14.8 |
| 15 | Lee, Raphael | 1515 | CAN | −1N | +23B | +19N | −5B | −8N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 3.50 | 959 | -21.6 |
| 16 | Sharma, Gagan | 0 | CAN | +26B | −6N | +10B | −2N | −18B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 4.00 | 1609 | -22.4 |
| 17 | Amarbileg, Zorigt | 1414 | CAN | −9B | +13B | −5N | +24N | −14B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.50 | 1471 | -26.0 |
| 18 | Milne, Arthur | 1617 | CAN | −6B | F | −8N | +19B | +16N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 1639 | +3.2 |
| 19 | Mukesh, Mukesh | 0 | CAN | −3B | +25N | −15B | −18N | +24B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1376 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Fentanez, Soto | 0 | CAN | −21N | +28B | −14B | −10N | +25B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1506 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Tran, Hien Son | 1832 | CAN | +20B | =11N | −4B | −12N | −10B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 3.25 | 1533 | -6.0 |
| 22 | Nguyen, Kaiser | 1556 | CAN | −2N | F | −13B | =25N | +26B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1362 | -28.0 |
| 23 | Mutua, Joe | 0 | KEN | −12B | −15N | F | =13N | +28B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1492 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Arshynov, Daniel | 1569 | CAN | +8N | −9N | −3B | −17B | −19N | 1.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 3.00 | 1548 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Karabanov, Youri | 1465 | CAN | −7N | −19B | =28N | =22B | −20N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1494 | +2.8 |
| 26 | FIDE 2677253 | 0 | — | −16N | F | F | +29B | −22N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 828 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Lai, Zhihui | 1744 | CAN | −10B | F | F | =14N | −13B | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1382 | -60.4 |
| 28 | Fu, Logan | 1250 | CAN | −11B | −20N | =25B | F | −23N | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 1462 | -6.8 |
| 29 | Anderson, Michael K | 0 | CAN | −5B | F | F | −26N | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 934 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Shtepa, LiubovCAN+42.83.0 pts · #5
- 2Wu, JonathanCMCAN+35.45.0 pts · #1
- 3Michalchuk, AveryCAN+23.63.0 pts · #6
- 1Lai, ZhihuiCAN-60.40.5 pts · #24
- 2Nguyen, KaiserCAN-28.01.5 pts · #23
- 3Amarbileg, ZorigtCAN-26.02.0 pts · #18
- R5+483 Elo gap
- R4+241 Elo gap
- R2+221 Elo gap