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2025 Royal City Masters Crown

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38 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 06 Aug 2025 in Guelph, Canada. 28 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2437, and top seed was Toms Kantans (🇱🇻 LAT, GM, 2515).

Razvan Preotu (🇨🇦 CAN, GM, 2478) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Toms Kantans (6.5) and Petro Golubka (6.5). Preotu clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: James Windram (1984) beat Victor Plotkin (FM, 2282), a +298-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Guelph, Canada
Dates
01 Aug 2025 → 06 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇱🇻GMToms Kantans2515
Avg top 10
2,437
Participants
38
Titled players · 28
GM×6
IM×13
FM×4
CM×4
WFM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇨🇦Canada×27
🇺🇸United States of America×7
🇱🇻Latvia×1
🇨🇺Cuba×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Razvan Preotu led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
15
6
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Preotu takes leadKantans takes leadPreotu takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE03 Aug

GM Razvan Preotu takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Razvan Preotu lost to GM Toms Kantans (White).

R6–R8 · WIN STREAK

GM Toms Kantans won 3 in a row (R6–R8).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMRazvan Preotu*
0
½
2GMToms Kantans
1
*
0
½
3GMPetro Golubka
1
*
4IMJason Liang
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Preotu, RazvanGM2478CAN+26B+6N=9B=4N+5B+30N2B+22N+10B7.041.044.532.502627+15.5
2Kantans, TomsGM2515LAT+19B=8N+30B=22N=4B+21N+1N+11B3N6.542.045.531.502551+4.7
3Golubka, PetroGM2329CAN+34B=10N+8B5N=13B+17N=9B+21N+2B6.540.542.529.502506+21.6
4Liang, JasonIM2409USA+25B+33N=5B=1B=2N=9N+15B=10B=6N6.042.545.027.752481+10.0
5Sheng, JoshuaGM2480USA+38N+15B=4N+3B1N10B=6N=9N+20B5.544.044.524.252445-3.6
6Fedorowicz, JohnGM2321USA+28N1B+35N=34B=8N=15B=5B+23N=4B5.537.539.521.002361+6.0
7Vettese, NicholasIM2352CAN16N=24N+36B8B=14N+27B+25B=12N+15B5.535.036.520.002286-12.0
8Song, EdwardIM2395USA+31B=2B3N+7N=6B=13N=12B=20N=11N5.043.546.524.252359-4.4
9Atanasov, AnthonyIM2411CAN+18N+16B=1N=10B=15N=4B=3N=5BF5.043.543.526.252442+4.2
10Noritsyn, NikolayIM2462CAN+27N=3B+11B=9N=21B+5N22B=4N1N5.043.046.524.752434-3.3
11Posthuma, JoshuaIM2380USAF+17B10N+14N+12B=22B+23N2N=8B5.039.039.023.002423+5.0
12Perez Rodriguez, Luis ManuelGM2318CUB=24B+36N=21B=30N11N+16B=8N=7B=13N5.036.538.019.502295-1.5
13Ling, ChenxuanCM2222USA22N+32B+37N=16B=3N=8B=21B=15N=12B5.036.537.518.752299+35.3
14Jaferian, KooshaFM2285CAN37N+25B=16N11B=7B+18N=26B=19N+23B5.035.036.021.002239-10.6
15Plotkin, MarkIM2361CAN+23B5N+31B+26N=9B=6N4N=13B7N4.540.043.018.252297-7.3
16Woltery, Nicolai2084ENG+7B9N=14B=13N=25B12N+24B+26NF4.536.536.519.752297+44.0
17Ren, Jesse2114USA=21B11N=29N+18B+27N3B20B=33N+25B4.535.037.516.502237+41.7
18Kot, EmanuelIM2166CAN9B34N+28B17N+36B14B+31N+25N=19B4.531.032.513.752165-1.1
19Cummings, David H.IM2252CAN2N35B25N=36N+38B+28B+34N=14B=18N4.528.529.011.502183-8.3
20Khaledi, OmidFM2270CAN+32N22BFF+33N+35B+17N=8B5N4.528.528.514.502315+11.2
21Sai Krishna G VIM2390CAN=17N+29B=12N+27B=10N2B=13N3BF4.039.539.516.752307-8.4
22Panjwani, RajaIM2423CAN+13B+20NF=2BF=11N+10N1BF4.033.033.020.252514+7.5
23Yang, Larry2108CAN15N27B+38N+29B+35N+26N11B6B14N4.032.533.09.502232+54.7
24Xu, Leon2046CAN=12N=7B26B25N=29N+31B16N=27B+36N4.032.033.513.252154+46.0
25Marchand, CalixFM2160CAN4N14N+19B+24B=16N+34B7N18B17N3.538.540.512.752117-21.3
26Kaufman, RaymondIM2239CAN1N+28B+24N15B+31N23B=14N16BF3.535.537.513.002154-19.4
27Moses, NeilCM2234CAN10B+23N+33B21N17B7N+32B=24N28B3.533.536.011.502083-63.2
28Gao, HeyeCM2068CAN6B26N18NF=32B19N+36B+29B+27N3.529.529.510.002138+26.0
29Plotkin, VictorFM2282CAN=36B21N=17B23N=24B32N+38B28N+31B3.527.528.08.502040-56.4
30Han, JohnathanIM2402CAN+35N+37B2N=12B+34N1BFFF3.523.523.57.502318-4.5
31Qian, AshleyWFM2134CAN8N+38B15N+33B26B24N18B+35N29N3.029.530.05.002078-27.0
32Windram, James1984CAN20B13NF35B=28N+29B27N=34B+38N3.024.524.56.752103+21.2
33Wang, Bingfei1942CANF4B27N31N20B+36N+35B=17BF2.525.025.05.752073+18.8
34Chen, Yidong2068CHN3N+18BF=6N30B25N19B=32NF2.036.039.08.752072-2.4
35Terry, JoshuaCM2155CAN30B+19N6B+32N23B20N33N31BF2.030.530.57.501984-71.2
36Wang, Nathan Zian1993CAN=29N12B7N=19B18N33B28N=38N24B1.533.033.54.251912-35.3
37Saine, Zachary2024CAN+14B30N13BFFFFFF1.013.513.55.002178+9.8
38Polacek, Jozef2240CAN5B31N23BF19NF29N=36B32B0.525.025.00.751754-71.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets