2025 Royal City Masters U2200
Open SwissStandard
48 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 06 Aug 2025 in Guelph, Canada. 4 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1982, and top seed was Zvonko Obrovac (🇨🇦 CAN, 2153).
Victor Nicolae Iordanescu (🇨🇦 CAN, 1901) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Eric Qian (6.5) and Ilia Bluvshtein (6.5). Iordanescu won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Yuming (Jerry) Li (1674) beat Zvonko Obrovac (2153), a +479-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 · 4
FM×1
CM×1
WFM×2
Federations · 6 represented
🇨🇦Canada×42
🇺🇸United States of America×2
🇫🇷France×1
🇳🇴Norway×1
🇻🇳Vietnam×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsVictor Nicolae Iordanescu led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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1
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1
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R4–R9 · LEAD HELD
Victor Nicolae Iordanescu never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Victor Nicolae Iordanescu lost to Austin Lin (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Victor Nicolae Iordanescu 5 wins (R1–R5)Austin Lin 3 wins (R7–R9)CM Venkat Karthikeya Reddy Kola 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Victor Nicolae Iordanescu | * | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2Austin Lin | 1 | * | — | — |
| 3CMVenkat Karthikeya Reddy Kola | — | — | * | — |
| 4Eric Qian | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iordanescu, Victor Nicolae | 1901 | CAN | +8N | +17B | +10N | +30B | +2N | =3B | +9N | +13B | −5N | 7.5 | 46.5 | 50.0 | 40.25 | 2125 | +96.8 |
| 2 | Qian, Eric | 1967 | CAN | +12N | +20B | =7N | +16B | −1B | +22N | =6B | +8N | =3N | 6.5 | 46.5 | 51.0 | 34.25 | 2052 | +42.0 |
| 3 | Bluvshtein, Ilia | 1956 | CAN | +45B | −9N | +35B | +26N | +7B | =1N | =4B | +6N | =2B | 6.5 | 45.0 | 46.5 | 30.75 | 2025 | +15.4 |
| 4 | Kola, Venkat Karthikeya ReddyCM | 1933 | CAN | −20B | =12N | +44B | +18N | +24N | =11B | =3N | +22B | +15N | 6.5 | 41.5 | 43.0 | 29.75 | 2010 | +38.8 |
| 5 | Lin, Austin | 1968 | CAN | −14B | +38N | +17B | −22N | +26B | =30N | +16B | +10N | +1B | 6.5 | 40.5 | 43.0 | 31.25 | 1982 | +11.6 |
| 6 | Deepak, LaksshanaWFM | 1990 | CAN | =18N | +31B | +27N | =7B | +34N | =9B | =2N | −3B | +11N | 6.0 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 27.50 | 1990 | +2.4 |
| 7 | Ramesan, Raunak Amit | 1915 | CAN | +41N | +40B | =2B | =6N | −3N | +34B | −8N | +23B | +17N | 6.0 | 39.0 | 41.0 | 22.75 | 1909 | +2.0 |
| 8 | Chertkow, Matthew | 1755 | CAN | −1B | +23N | +36B | +15B | =11N | =21N | +7B | −2B | =13N | 5.5 | 45.5 | 48.5 | 26.75 | 2018 | +61.6 |
| 9 | Velasquez, Noah | 1774 | CAN | +42N | +3B | =16N | =11B | +30N | =6N | −1B | −15B | +22N | 5.5 | 44.0 | 46.0 | 24.75 | 1979 | +100.8 |
| 10 | Dembla, Shabd | 1783 | CAN | +44B | +19N | −1B | =21N | +25N | =13B | =11N | −5B | +18N | 5.5 | 44.0 | 45.5 | 23.75 | 1940 | +78.0 |
| 11 | Colvin, Andrew | 1860 | CAN | +28B | =26N | +14B | =9N | =8B | =4N | =10B | +21N | −6B | 5.5 | 43.0 | 47.0 | 27.50 | 1914 | +14.0 |
| 12 | Achyuth, Akshaj | 1751 | CAN | −2B | =4B | =31N | +23N | =29B | =24N | +19B | =20N | +21B | 5.5 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 25.50 | 1973 | +105.6 |
| 13 | Heran-Boily, Samuel | 1940 | NOR | +38B | =14N | =26B | +40N | =22B | =10N | +20B | −1N | =8B | 5.5 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 21.50 | 1869 | -12.6 |
| 14 | Chen, Larry Zhou | 1743 | CAN | +5N | =13B | −11N | −24B | +27N | −16B | +36N | +30B | +20B | 5.5 | 39.0 | 42.0 | 24.25 | 1978 | +110.0 |
| 15 | Desforges, Jean | 1901 | CAN | −35B | +32N | +37B | −8N | +40B | +19N | =21B | +9N | −4B | 5.5 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 20.75 | 1830 | -13.0 |
| 16 | Filipovich, David | 1884 | CAN | +32B | +35N | =9B | −2N | −21B | +14N | −5N | =31B | +28N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 20.50 | 1864 | -4.0 |
| 17 | Fillmore, Louis | 1706 | CAN | +23B | −1N | −5N | +33B | −19B | +37N | +40B | +29N | −7B | 5.0 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 16.50 | 1837 | +61.2 |
| 18 | Huang, Justin | 1811 | CAN | =6B | =21N | =25N | −4B | +37B | =29N | +35B | +24N | −10B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 19.50 | 1883 | +34.0 |
| 19 | Nguyen, Minh Thong | 1804 | VIE | +47N | −10B | +20N | −34B | +17N | −15B | −12N | +38B | +31N | 5.0 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 16.50 | 1806 | +0.2 |
| 20 | Yin, Zeming | 1882 | CAN | +4N | −2N | −19B | +43B | +35N | +25B | −13N | =12B | −14N | 4.5 | 42.0 | 43.5 | 18.25 | 1826 | -25.1 |
| 21 | Jiang, Hanxi (Hancy)WFM | 1930 | CAN | =27N | =18B | +43N | =10B | +16N | =8B | =15N | −11B | −12N | 4.5 | 41.5 | 43.0 | 19.25 | 1801 | -58.1 |
| 22 | Both, Aaron | 1937 | CAN | +39N | −34B | +42N | +5B | =13N | −2B | +30B | −4N | −9B | 4.5 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 17.25 | 1854 | -19.6 |
| 23 | Blair, Michael | 1880 | CAN | −17N | −8B | +47N | −12B | =38N | +33B | +32N | −7N | +36B | 4.5 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 12.25 | 1743 | -30.0 |
| 24 | Maulucci, Anthony | 1860 | CAN | F | =37N | =39B | +14N | −4B | =12B | +34N | −18B | +27N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 17.75 | 1813 | -9.6 |
| 25 | Nassif, Aba | 1892 | USA | −26B | +28N | =18B | +39N | −10B | −20N | −31B | +43N | +30N | 4.5 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 14.00 | 1820 | -17.0 |
| 26 | Ming, Wenyang | 1925 | CAN | +25N | =11B | =13N | −3B | −5N | F | +39B | +34B | F | 4.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 15.50 | 1915 | -0.8 |
| 27 | Fu, Odyssey | 1722 | CAN | =21B | +36N | −6B | −29N | −14B | =39N | +37B | +35N | −24B | 4.0 | 33.0 | 35.5 | 12.00 | 1792 | +28.8 |
| 28 | Li, Yuming (Jerry) | 1674 | CAN | −11N | −25B | =41N | +32B | +36B | =31N | −29B | +40N | −16B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 11.25 | 1778 | +34.4 |
| 29 | Varakunan, Cadiron | 1745 | CAN | −34N | +41B | F | +27B | =12N | =18B | +28N | −17B | F | 4.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 15.25 | 1735 | -3.6 |
| 30 | Zhan, Jayden Zihan | 1822 | CAN | +33N | +43B | +34N | −1N | −9B | =5B | −22N | −14N | −25B | 3.5 | 40.5 | 42.0 | 11.25 | 1745 | -38.4 |
| 31 | Klarner, William R. | 2041 | GER | F | −6N | =12B | −37N | +41B | =28B | +25N | =16N | −19B | 3.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 13.75 | 1720 | -57.2 |
| 32 | Syed, Farhaan | 1628 | USA | −16N | −15B | +38B | −28N | =46B | +45N | −23B | −39N | +43B | 3.5 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 6.25 | 1654 | +6.0 |
| 33 | Cheung, Oscar | 1732 | CAN | −30B | −48N | +45B | −17N | =47B | −23N | =41N | =44B | +46N | 3.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 5.25 | 1619 | -34.4 |
| 34 | Lazarev, Shon | 1740 | CAN | +29B | +22N | −30B | +19N | −6B | −7N | −24B | −26N | F | 3.0 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 13.50 | 1788 | +16.0 |
| 35 | Fischer, Jacob | 1669 | CAN | +15N | −16B | −3N | +42B | −20B | +43N | −18N | −27B | F | 3.0 | 34.5 | 36.0 | 9.00 | 1756 | +30.4 |
| 36 | Obrovac, Zvonko | 2153 | CAN | F | −27B | −8N | +47B | −28N | +44N | −14B | +41N | −23N | 3.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 4.50 | 1502 | -177.2 |
| 37 | Pottinger, Carl | 1759 | CAN | F | =24B | −15N | +31B | −18N | −17B | −27N | −45B | +44N | 2.5 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 7.25 | 1710 | -10.8 |
| 38 | Fu, Ashley | 1641 | CAN | −13N | −5B | −32N | F | =23B | +46N | =43B | −19N | =39B | 2.5 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 5.75 | 1684 | +11.6 |
| 39 | Satish Alwar, Dharsan | 1703 | CAN | −22B | F | =24N | −25B | −42N | =27B | −26N | +32B | =38N | 2.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 9.00 | 1665 | -17.6 |
| 40 | Winfield, Jordan | 1443 | FRA | +48B | −7N | F | −13B | −15N | +42B | −17N | −28B | F | 2.0 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 3.00 | 1642 | +48.4 |
| 41 | Runstedler, Albert | 0 | CAN | −7B | −29N | =28B | F | −31N | +47N | =33B | −36B | F | 2.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 4.75 | 1604 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Lukinykh, Slava | 1842 | CAN | −9B | +45N | −22B | −35N | +39B | −40N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 4.00 | 1465 | -92.4 |
| 43 | Leliveld, Andrew | 1743 | CAN | F | −30N | −21B | −20N | +44B | −35B | =38N | −25B | −32N | 1.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 2.75 | 1512 | -46.0 |
| 44 | Tian, Dylan | 1644 | CAN | −10N | =47B | −4N | =45B | −43N | −36B | F | =33N | −37B | 1.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 3.00 | 1431 | -44.8 |
| 45 | Husic, Elvis | 0 | CAN | −3N | −42B | −33N | =44N | F | −32B | −46B | +37N | F | 1.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 3.25 | 1555 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Jung, Hans RudolfFM | 1933 | CAN | F | F | F | F | =32N | −38B | +45N | F | −33B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1394 | -39.4 |
| 47 | Cafengiu, Bogdan | 0 | CAN | −19B | =44N | −23B | −36N | =33N | −41B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 2.50 | 1602 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Oancea, Nicolae | 1889 | CAN | −40N | +33B | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.50 | 1611 | -12.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Chen, Larry ZhouCAN+110.05.5 pts · #6
- 2Achyuth, AkshajCAN+105.65.5 pts · #8
- 3Velasquez, NoahCAN+100.85.5 pts · #12
Top rating losers
- 1Obrovac, ZvonkoCAN-177.23.0 pts · #43
- 2Lukinykh, SlavaCAN-92.42.0 pts · #42
- 3Jiang, Hanxi (Hancy)WFMCAN-58.14.5 pts · #21
Biggest upsets
- R5+479 Elo gap
- R1+446 Elo gap
- R2+431 Elo gap