2025 Royal City Masters Crown
SwissStandard
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
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
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsGM Razvan Preotu led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMRazvan Preotu | * | 0 | — | ½ |
| 2GMToms Kantans | 1 | * | 0 | ½ |
| 3GMPetro Golubka | — | 1 | * | — |
| 4IMJason Liang | ½ | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preotu, RazvanGM | 2478 | CAN | +26B | +6N | =9B | =4N | +5B | +30N | −2B | +22N | +10B | 7.0 | 41.0 | 44.5 | 32.50 | 2627 | +15.5 |
| 2 | Kantans, TomsGM | 2515 | LAT | +19B | =8N | +30B | =22N | =4B | +21N | +1N | +11B | −3N | 6.5 | 42.0 | 45.5 | 31.50 | 2551 | +4.7 |
| 3 | Golubka, PetroGM | 2329 | CAN | +34B | =10N | +8B | −5N | =13B | +17N | =9B | +21N | +2B | 6.5 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 29.50 | 2506 | +21.6 |
| 4 | Liang, JasonIM | 2409 | USA | +25B | +33N | =5B | =1B | =2N | =9N | +15B | =10B | =6N | 6.0 | 42.5 | 45.0 | 27.75 | 2481 | +10.0 |
| 5 | Sheng, JoshuaGM | 2480 | USA | +38N | +15B | =4N | +3B | −1N | −10B | =6N | =9N | +20B | 5.5 | 44.0 | 44.5 | 24.25 | 2445 | -3.6 |
| 6 | Fedorowicz, JohnGM | 2321 | USA | +28N | −1B | +35N | =34B | =8N | =15B | =5B | +23N | =4B | 5.5 | 37.5 | 39.5 | 21.00 | 2361 | +6.0 |
| 7 | Vettese, NicholasIM | 2352 | CAN | −16N | =24N | +36B | −8B | =14N | +27B | +25B | =12N | +15B | 5.5 | 35.0 | 36.5 | 20.00 | 2286 | -12.0 |
| 8 | Song, EdwardIM | 2395 | USA | +31B | =2B | −3N | +7N | =6B | =13N | =12B | =20N | =11N | 5.0 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 24.25 | 2359 | -4.4 |
| 9 | Atanasov, AnthonyIM | 2411 | CAN | +18N | +16B | =1N | =10B | =15N | =4B | =3N | =5B | F | 5.0 | 43.5 | 43.5 | 26.25 | 2442 | +4.2 |
| 10 | Noritsyn, NikolayIM | 2462 | CAN | +27N | =3B | +11B | =9N | =21B | +5N | −22B | =4N | −1N | 5.0 | 43.0 | 46.5 | 24.75 | 2434 | -3.3 |
| 11 | Posthuma, JoshuaIM | 2380 | USA | F | +17B | −10N | +14N | +12B | =22B | +23N | −2N | =8B | 5.0 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 23.00 | 2423 | +5.0 |
| 12 | Perez Rodriguez, Luis ManuelGM | 2318 | CUB | =24B | +36N | =21B | =30N | −11N | +16B | =8N | =7B | =13N | 5.0 | 36.5 | 38.0 | 19.50 | 2295 | -1.5 |
| 13 | Ling, ChenxuanCM | 2222 | USA | −22N | +32B | +37N | =16B | =3N | =8B | =21B | =15N | =12B | 5.0 | 36.5 | 37.5 | 18.75 | 2299 | +35.3 |
| 14 | Jaferian, KooshaFM | 2285 | CAN | −37N | +25B | =16N | −11B | =7B | +18N | =26B | =19N | +23B | 5.0 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 21.00 | 2239 | -10.6 |
| 15 | Plotkin, MarkIM | 2361 | CAN | +23B | −5N | +31B | +26N | =9B | =6N | −4N | =13B | −7N | 4.5 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 18.25 | 2297 | -7.3 |
| 16 | Woltery, Nicolai | 2084 | ENG | +7B | −9N | =14B | =13N | =25B | −12N | +24B | +26N | F | 4.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 19.75 | 2297 | +44.0 |
| 17 | Ren, Jesse | 2114 | USA | =21B | −11N | =29N | +18B | +27N | −3B | −20B | =33N | +25B | 4.5 | 35.0 | 37.5 | 16.50 | 2237 | +41.7 |
| 18 | Kot, EmanuelIM | 2166 | CAN | −9B | −34N | +28B | −17N | +36B | −14B | +31N | +25N | =19B | 4.5 | 31.0 | 32.5 | 13.75 | 2165 | -1.1 |
| 19 | Cummings, David H.IM | 2252 | CAN | −2N | −35B | −25N | =36N | +38B | +28B | +34N | =14B | =18N | 4.5 | 28.5 | 29.0 | 11.50 | 2183 | -8.3 |
| 20 | Khaledi, OmidFM | 2270 | CAN | +32N | −22B | F | F | +33N | +35B | +17N | =8B | −5N | 4.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 14.50 | 2315 | +11.2 |
| 21 | Sai Krishna G VIM | 2390 | CAN | =17N | +29B | =12N | +27B | =10N | −2B | =13N | −3B | F | 4.0 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 16.75 | 2307 | -8.4 |
| 22 | Panjwani, RajaIM | 2423 | CAN | +13B | +20N | F | =2B | F | =11N | +10N | −1B | F | 4.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 20.25 | 2514 | +7.5 |
| 23 | Yang, Larry | 2108 | CAN | −15N | −27B | +38N | +29B | +35N | +26N | −11B | −6B | −14N | 4.0 | 32.5 | 33.0 | 9.50 | 2232 | +54.7 |
| 24 | Xu, Leon | 2046 | CAN | =12N | =7B | −26B | −25N | =29N | +31B | −16N | =27B | +36N | 4.0 | 32.0 | 33.5 | 13.25 | 2154 | +46.0 |
| 25 | Marchand, CalixFM | 2160 | CAN | −4N | −14N | +19B | +24B | =16N | +34B | −7N | −18B | −17N | 3.5 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 12.75 | 2117 | -21.3 |
| 26 | Kaufman, RaymondIM | 2239 | CAN | −1N | +28B | +24N | −15B | +31N | −23B | =14N | −16B | F | 3.5 | 35.5 | 37.5 | 13.00 | 2154 | -19.4 |
| 27 | Moses, NeilCM | 2234 | CAN | −10B | +23N | +33B | −21N | −17B | −7N | +32B | =24N | −28B | 3.5 | 33.5 | 36.0 | 11.50 | 2083 | -63.2 |
| 28 | Gao, HeyeCM | 2068 | CAN | −6B | −26N | −18N | F | =32B | −19N | +36B | +29B | +27N | 3.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 10.00 | 2138 | +26.0 |
| 29 | Plotkin, VictorFM | 2282 | CAN | =36B | −21N | =17B | −23N | =24B | −32N | +38B | −28N | +31B | 3.5 | 27.5 | 28.0 | 8.50 | 2040 | -56.4 |
| 30 | Han, JohnathanIM | 2402 | CAN | +35N | +37B | −2N | =12B | +34N | −1B | F | F | F | 3.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 7.50 | 2318 | -4.5 |
| 31 | Qian, AshleyWFM | 2134 | CAN | −8N | +38B | −15N | +33B | −26B | −24N | −18B | +35N | −29N | 3.0 | 29.5 | 30.0 | 5.00 | 2078 | -27.0 |
| 32 | Windram, James | 1984 | CAN | −20B | −13N | F | −35B | =28N | +29B | −27N | =34B | +38N | 3.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 6.75 | 2103 | +21.2 |
| 33 | Wang, Bingfei | 1942 | CAN | F | −4B | −27N | −31N | −20B | +36N | +35B | =17B | F | 2.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 5.75 | 2073 | +18.8 |
| 34 | Chen, Yidong | 2068 | CHN | −3N | +18B | F | =6N | −30B | −25N | −19B | =32N | F | 2.0 | 36.0 | 39.0 | 8.75 | 2072 | -2.4 |
| 35 | Terry, JoshuaCM | 2155 | CAN | −30B | +19N | −6B | +32N | −23B | −20N | −33N | −31B | F | 2.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 7.50 | 1984 | -71.2 |
| 36 | Wang, Nathan Zian | 1993 | CAN | =29N | −12B | −7N | =19B | −18N | −33B | −28N | =38N | −24B | 1.5 | 33.0 | 33.5 | 4.25 | 1912 | -35.3 |
| 37 | Saine, Zachary | 2024 | CAN | +14B | −30N | −13B | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 5.00 | 2178 | +9.8 |
| 38 | Polacek, Jozef | 2240 | CAN | −5B | −31N | −23B | F | −19N | F | −29N | =36B | −32B | 0.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0.75 | 1754 | -71.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Yang, LarryCAN+54.74.0 pts · #22
- 2Xu, LeonCAN+46.04.0 pts · #21
- 3Woltery, NicolaiENG+44.04.5 pts · #20
Top rating losers
- 1Polacek, JozefCAN-71.20.5 pts · #38
- 2Terry, JoshuaCMCAN-71.22.0 pts · #34
- 3Moses, NeilCMCAN-63.23.5 pts · #25
Biggest upsets
- R6+298 Elo gap
- R1+268 Elo gap
- R1+261 Elo gap