2025 Royal City Masters U1800
Open SwissStandard
34 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 06 Aug 2025 in Guelph, Canada. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1680, and top seed was Carl Pottinger (🇨🇦 CAN, 1759).
Dhairya Amit Shroff (🇨🇦 CAN, 1483) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Angela Wang (6.5) and Ferdinand Supsup (6.5). Shroff won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Dhairya Amit Shroff (1483) beat Carl Pottinger (1759), a +276-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
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×33
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsDhairya Amit Shroff led from R4; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4–R9 · LEAD HELD
Dhairya Amit Shroff never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Dhairya Amit Shroff 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)Angela Wang 4 wins (R2–R5)Ferdinand Supsup 3+3 wins (R2–R4, R7–R9)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dhairya Amit Shroff | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Angela Wang | — | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Ferdinand Supsup | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Venkata Saket Reddy Kola | ½ | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shroff, Dhairya Amit | 1483 | CAN | +34B | +33B | +13N | +4B | +10N | =5B | +9N | +8B | +7N | 8.5 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 35.50 | 2075 | +200.6 |
| 2 | Wang, Angela | 1498 | CAN | −19N | +29B | +12B | +8N | +3B | −4N | =7N | +9B | +5N | 6.5 | 43.0 | 45.0 | 32.25 | 1780 | +119.6 |
| 3 | Supsup, Ferdinand | 1646 | CAN | −7N | +17B | +27N | +19B | −2N | =8B | +28B | +10N | +4B | 6.5 | 39.0 | 41.5 | 27.00 | 1744 | +20.2 |
| 4 | Kovuru, Aaryan | 1679 | CAN | +31B | +19B | +8N | −1N | +7B | +2B | =10N | =5B | −3N | 6.0 | 47.0 | 49.0 | 28.50 | 1701 | +10.8 |
| 5 | Kola, Venkata Saket Reddy | 1508 | CAN | +32B | +6N | =10B | =7N | +24B | =1N | +19B | =4N | −2B | 6.0 | 44.5 | 45.5 | 26.50 | 1725 | +99.2 |
| 6 | Ali, Shafkat | 1659 | CAN | +21N | −5B | −7N | +17B | +13N | −19B | +20N | +11B | +12N | 6.0 | 39.0 | 43.0 | 27.50 | 1636 | -3.2 |
| 7 | Pillai, Pranav | 1569 | CAN | +3B | =23N | +6B | =5B | −4N | +24N | =2B | +14N | −1B | 5.5 | 47.5 | 50.5 | 28.00 | 1668 | +49.2 |
| 8 | O`brien, Harrison | 1665 | CAN | +26B | +18N | −4B | −2B | +21N | =3N | +23B | −1N | =9B | 5.0 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 20.75 | 1640 | -12.8 |
| 9 | Khaledy Alidoosti, Parham | 1652 | CAN | =23B | −12N | +15B | +16N | +11B | +26N | −1B | −2N | =8N | 5.0 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 21.25 | 1555 | -37.2 |
| 10 | Momic, Jovan | 1597 | CAN | +17N | +27B | =5N | +11B | −1B | +28N | =4B | −3B | F | 5.0 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 20.50 | 1573 | -4.0 |
| 11 | McDonald-Johnston, Ari | 0 | CAN | +12B | +14N | =28B | −10N | −9N | =13B | +24B | −6N | +19B | 5.0 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 20.25 | 1665 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Howe, Gordon | 1691 | CAN | −11N | +9B | −2N | +30B | =27N | =20B | +15N | +19N | −6B | 5.0 | 37.5 | 39.5 | 18.75 | 1572 | -39.6 |
| 13 | Su, Jayden Chenxuan | 1627 | CAN | +29B | +15N | −1B | −26N | −6B | =11N | +27B | +23N | =16B | 5.0 | 37.5 | 39.5 | 17.25 | 1531 | -33.2 |
| 14 | Wang, Zi | 1657 | CAN | +20N | −11B | −21N | −23N | +18B | +30B | +22N | −7B | =15N | 4.5 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 16.75 | 1540 | -37.2 |
| 15 | Langridge, Caleb | 0 | CAN | +16N | −13B | −9N | +33B | −19N | +25B | −12B | +24N | =14B | 4.5 | 34.0 | 35.0 | 13.75 | 1655 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Gillanders, Robert | 1673 | CAN | −15B | +25N | =23B | −9B | −20N | =29N | +21B | +22B | =13N | 4.5 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 16.25 | 1621 | -8.8 |
| 17 | Cecchini, Sam | 0 | CAN | −10B | −3N | +32B | −6N | −29N | =18B | +30N | +27N | +23B | 4.5 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 11.25 | 1603 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Clarke, Brian | 1624 | CAN | +30N | −8B | −19N | −27B | −14N | =17N | +25B | +32N | +20B | 4.5 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 12.25 | 1556 | -12.8 |
| 19 | Runstedler, Rick | 1691 | CAN | +2B | −4N | +18B | −3N | +15B | +6N | −5N | −12B | −11N | 4.0 | 45.5 | 50.0 | 21.50 | 1567 | -48.0 |
| 20 | Moses, Niam | 1432 | CAN | −14B | +32N | −24B | =22N | +16B | =12N | −6B | +31B | −18N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 12.00 | 1572 | +64.0 |
| 21 | Verde, Pino | 1572 | CAN | −6B | +31N | +14B | −24N | −8B | −22N | −16N | +29B | +25B | 4.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 11.50 | 1528 | -11.0 |
| 22 | Armstrong, Robert J | 1475 | CAN | −33N | −24N | +31B | =20B | =25N | +21B | −14B | −16N | +27B | 4.0 | 27.5 | 28.5 | 12.00 | 1540 | +16.2 |
| 23 | Shaik, Muhammad Aman | 1565 | CAN | =9N | =7B | =16N | +14B | −28N | +27B | −8N | −13B | −17N | 3.5 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 14.50 | 1578 | +5.2 |
| 24 | Uyanik, Mehmet | 1597 | TUR | −27N | +22B | +20N | +21B | −5N | −7B | −11N | −15B | F | 3.0 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 12.00 | 1509 | -14.4 |
| 25 | Brauer, Mark | 1673 | CAN | −28N | −16B | =29N | +31B | =22B | −15N | −18N | +30B | −21N | 3.0 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 7.00 | 1389 | -89.6 |
| 26 | Benggawan, Undriadi | 1649 | CAN | −8N | +30B | +33N | +13B | F | −9B | F | F | F | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 8.00 | 1642 | -0.8 |
| 27 | Negi, Hriday | 1496 | CAN | +24B | −10N | −3B | +18N | =12B | −23N | −13N | −17B | −22N | 2.5 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 10.00 | 1463 | -14.0 |
| 28 | Garel, Richard | 1624 | CAN | +25B | F | =11N | F | +23B | −10B | −3N | F | F | 2.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 9.00 | 1621 | -0.4 |
| 29 | Winfield, Tris | 0 | CAN | −13N | −2N | =25B | −32N | +17B | =16B | −31N | −21N | F | 2.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 8.25 | 1290 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Temple, Richard | 0 | CAN | −18B | −26N | F | −12N | +32B | −14N | −17B | −25N | +31B | 2.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 3.00 | 1478 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Mishra, Aarit | 1523 | CAN | −4N | −21B | −22N | −25N | F | +32B | +29B | −20N | −30N | 2.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 3.00 | 1304 | -62.8 |
| 32 | Wood, Monika | 1628 | CAN | −5N | −20B | −17N | +29B | −30N | −31N | F | −18B | F | 1.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 2.00 | 722 | -102.4 |
| 33 | Patel, Neevan | 1624 | CAN | +22B | −1N | −26B | −15N | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 4.00 | 1411 | -34.4 |
| 34 | Pottinger, Carl | 1759 | CAN | −1N | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 683 | -16.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Shroff, Dhairya AmitCAN+200.68.5 pts · #1
- 2Wang, AngelaCAN+119.66.5 pts · #4
- 3Kola, Venkata Saket ReddyCAN+99.26.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Wood, MonikaCAN-102.41.0 pts · #34
- 2Brauer, MarkCAN-89.63.0 pts · #29
- 3Mishra, AaritCAN-62.82.0 pts · #30
Biggest upsets
- R1+276 Elo gap
- R5+241 Elo gap
- R4+196 Elo gap