2025 Toronto Open U1900

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71 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 30 Aug 2025 to 01 Sept 2025 in Toronto, ON, Canada. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1764, and top seed was Duncan McCallum (🇨🇦 CAN, 1828).

Yuming (Jerry) Li (🇨🇦 CAN, 1674) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Narek G. Hovhannisyan (5.0) and Umid Allahverdi (4.5). Li took the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Sanya Divadalage (1540) beat Duncan McCallum (1828), a +288-point gap.

Location

🇨🇦Toronto, ON, Canada

Dates

30 Aug 2025 → 01 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇦Duncan McCallum1828

Avg top 10

1,764

Participants

Federations · 5 represented

🇨🇦Canada×67

🇭🇺Hungary×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇦🇲Armenia×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

Top 3

🥇
Yuming (Jerry) Li
🇨🇦CAN·1674
5.0pts·1886perf+60.4
🥈
Narek G. Hovhannisyan
🇦🇲ARM·1622
5.0pts·2021perf+88.8
🥉
Umid Allahverdi
🇨🇦CAN·1718
4.5pts·1859perf+34.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Li5Hovhannisyan5Bolandnazar4.5Tian4.5Allahverdi4.5Krivykh4.5— ex-leaders:Aliled R4, #26

R5 · LEADER CHANGE01 Sept

Yuming (Jerry) Li takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Li takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Yuming (Jerry) Li 3 wins (R3–R5)Narek G. Hovhannisyan 3 wins (R4–R6)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Li, Yuming (Jerry)	1674	CAN	+45N	=18B	+48N	+9B	+8B	=4N	5.0	18.5	20.5	16.50	1886	+60.4
2	Hovhannisyan, Narek G.	1622	ARM	+33N	=19B	=18N	+31B	+12N	+8B	5.0	18.0	21.0	17.50	2021	+88.8
3	Allahverdi, Umid	1718	CAN	+62N	+23B	−8N	+28B	=10N	+17B	4.5	18.0	19.5	13.50	1859	+34.0
4	Ma, Quentin	1629	CAN	=27B	+52N	+38B	=11N	+30B	=1B	4.5	17.5	19.5	13.50	1790	+33.6
5	Tian, Dylan	1644	CAN	+40N	+25B	−12N	=21B	+49N	+20B	4.5	17.0	19.0	13.25	1873	+72.0
6	Bolandnazar, Korosh	1776	IRI	=49B	+39N	=20N	+48B	=17N	+21B	4.5	15.0	17.0	12.50	1858	+26.0
7	Krivykh, Daniel	1644	CAN	+64B	F	+56N	=17B	+13N	+11B	4.5	14.0	14.0	12.25	2001	+64.4
8	Ali, Shafkat	1659	CAN	+59B	+57N	+3B	+12B	−1N	−2N	4.0	20.0	21.5	11.50	1741	+11.2
9	Wang, Eric Jiachen	1607	CAN	+30B	+14N	=13B	−1N	=19B	+35N	4.0	19.5	22.5	13.75	1812	+54.8
10	Shahidinejad, Hossein	0	CAN	+24B	=38N	+22B	=13N	=3B	=15N	4.0	19.5	22.0	14.50	1708	0.0
11	Palarajah, Ahilan	0	CAN	+60N	+28B	=17N	=4B	+16B	−7N	4.0	19.5	21.0	12.50	1705	0.0
12	Gribanov, Anton	1757	CAN	+51B	+53N	+5B	−8N	−2B	+24N	4.0	19.0	21.0	12.00	1738	-5.6
13	Katz, Lyam	1776	CAN	+50N	+36B	=9N	=10B	−7B	+31N	4.0	18.5	20.5	12.00	1723	-5.8
14	Tyulenev, Alexey	1649	CAN	+21N	−9B	+60N	=15N	=22B	+28B	4.0	18.0	19.5	11.75	1791	+45.6
15	Satish Alwar, Dharsan	1703	CAN	=54N	=42B	+33N	=14B	+27N	=10B	4.0	16.5	18.5	12.25	1802	+19.2
16	Bordas, Gyula	1717	HUN	−19N	+63B	+50N	+18B	−11N	+51B	4.0	15.0	16.0	8.50	2407	+28.2
17	Knechtel, Thomas	1748	CAN	+44B	+31N	=11B	=7N	=6B	−3N	3.5	20.5	23.0	12.00	1740	-0.6
18	Kong, Brian	1648	CAN	+41B	=1N	=2B	−16N	+48B	=22N	3.5	20.0	22.0	11.25	1678	+10.8
19	Kotapuri, Ruslan	0	CAN	+16B	=2N	=55N	=29B	=9N	=34B	3.5	19.0	21.0	12.50	1739	+18.4
20	Hemphrey, David	1754	CAN	=52B	+27N	=6B	=32N	+23B	−5N	3.5	18.5	20.5	11.25	1722	-4.0
21	Naveen Giri	1770	IND	−14B	+54B	+42N	=5N	+32B	−6N	3.5	18.5	20.5	9.75	1678	-12.4
22	Chamberland, Luc	1663	CAN	+63N	=56B	−10N	+54B	=14N	=18B	3.5	15.0	16.0	7.50	1721	+5.8
23	Chen, Qianyu	1589	CAN	+68N	−3N	=35B	+47B	−20N	+58B	3.5	15.0	15.5	6.00	1648	+15.6
24	Supsup, Ferdinand	1646	CAN	−10N	+61B	=49N	+56B	+43N	−12B	3.5	14.0	15.5	6.50	1780	+17.4
25	Benggawan, Undriadi	1649	CAN	+70B	−5N	−29B	+44N	=60B	+38N	3.5	14.0	14.0	5.75	1697	+8.4
26	Ugodnikov, Arkadiy	1616	CAN	=65B	−67N	=64B	=57N	+41B	+49N	3.5	8.0	9.0	6.25	1696	+10.8
27	Kang, Richard	1572	CAN	=4N	−20B	+40N	+34B	−15B	=32N	3.0	18.0	20.5	9.25	1590	+2.2
28	Zhao, Shannon	1607	CAN	+66B	−11N	+51B	−3N	+50B	−14N	3.0	16.5	17.5	5.00	1718	+30.8
29	Anish, Diganth	1674	CAN	−48N	+37B	+25N	=19N	=35B	F	3.0	15.0	15.0	9.75	1645	-6.4
30	Shahi, Behnam	1644	CAN	−9N	+58B	+36N	+55B	−4N	F	3.0	15.0	15.0	6.50	1623	-4.4
31	Gao, Yiguo	1650	CAN	+58N	−17B	+71N	−2N	+66B	−13B	3.0	15.0	15.0	2.50	1657	+2.4
32	Ting, Ryan	0	CAN	+43N	−48B	+65N	=20B	−21N	=27B	3.0	14.5	15.5	6.75	1650	-5.6
33	Harish, Adwaith	1560	CAN	−2B	+69N	−15B	−51N	+52B	+65N	3.0	14.0	14.5	3.50	1443	-23.6
34	Zivojinovic, Viktor	0	CAN	−56N	=40B	+57B	−27N	+39B	=19N	3.0	13.0	14.5	7.00	1503	0.0
35	Verde, Pino	1572	CAN	F	+62B	=23N	+71B	=29N	−9B	3.0	12.0	12.0	4.75	1659	+12.0
36	Stueckmann, Daniel	0	CAN	+69B	−13N	−30B	F	+61N	+43B	3.0	11.5	11.5	4.50	1654	0.0
37	Armstrong, Robert J	1475	CAN	−38B	−29N	=58B	=59N	+62B	+53N	3.0	10.5	12.0	5.00	1554	+12.6
38	Jia, Jasper Yunjie	1498	CAN	+37N	=10B	−4N	−43B	+56N	−25B	2.5	17.5	19.0	6.50	1531	+8.0
39	Patel, Neevan	1624	CAN	=55N	−6B	−47N	+40B	−34N	+61B	2.5	14.5	16.0	5.00	1647	+5.2
40	Lee, Jayden	1559	CAN	−5B	=34N	−27B	−39N	+68B	+57N	2.5	14.5	15.0	3.50	813	-50.4
41	Shen, Yuntian(denis)	1550	CAN	−18N	−50B	+45N	=42B	−26N	+56B	2.5	14.0	15.5	5.25	1573	+5.6
42	Nguyen-Kawamura, Kousuke	1654	CAN	=46B	=15N	−21B	=41N	F	+59N	2.5	14.0	14.0	6.00	1645	-2.4
43	Ditner, Han-Li	1653	CAN	−32B	+70N	=53B	+38N	−24B	−36N	2.5	14.0	14.0	3.50	1637	-5.2
44	Cabioc, Jose	1552	CAN	−17N	F	=46B	−25B	+70N	+48N	2.5	11.5	11.5	3.25	1670	+14.8
45	Krishnamurthi, Shashwath Raaghav	1637	CAN	−1B	−66N	−41B	+69N	=59B	+63N	2.5	11.0	11.5	2.25	1466	-46.4
46	Muminov, Diyor	1625	CAN	=42N	−55B	=44N	F	=53B	+50N	2.5	11.0	11.0	5.50	1615	-3.2
47	Roque, Alexa	1649	CAN	−57B	=64N	+39B	−23N	+63B	F	2.5	9.5	9.5	4.00	1680	+6.4
48	Huang, Leo	1500	CAN	+29B	+32N	−1B	−6N	−18N	−44B	2.0	19.0	21.5	6.00	1541	+11.2
49	Xu, Yi	1594	CAN	=6N	F	=24B	+53N	−5B	−26B	2.0	18.0	18.0	6.00	1572	-6.0
50	Moran-Venegas, Mario	1611	CAN	−13B	+41N	−16B	+64N	−28N	−46B	2.0	16.0	17.0	3.50	1509	-16.4
51	Pillai, Pranav	1569	CAN	−12N	+68B	−28N	+33B	F	−16N	2.0	16.0	16.5	3.50	1467	-20.8
52	Zhang, Zhibo	0	CAN	=20N	−4B	−54N	=61B	−33N	+70B	2.0	14.5	14.5	2.50	1590	+12.4
53	Sahni, Anagh	1541	CAN	+61N	−12B	=43N	−49B	=46N	−37B	2.0	14.0	15.5	4.00	1483	-18.4
54	Alimirzoev, Rustam	0	CAN	=15B	−21N	+52B	−22N	=65B	F	2.0	14.0	15.0	4.50	1503	0.0
55	Ramirez, Emilio	1715	CAN	=39B	+46N	=19B	−30N	F	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	5.50	1631	-13.6
56	Le, Duc Khai	1606	CAN	+34B	=22N	−7B	−24N	−38B	−41N	1.5	17.0	19.5	4.75	1235	-81.6
57	Ecksel, Scott	0	CAN	+47N	−8B	−34N	=26B	−58N	−40B	1.5	15.5	17.0	4.25	1456	0.0
58	Li, Grace	1543	CAN	−31B	−30N	=37N	F	+57B	−23N	1.5	14.0	15.5	3.00	1267	-50.0
59	Ivkin, Michael	1574	CAN	−8N	−60B	=68N	=37B	=45N	−42B	1.5	13.5	14.0	3.00	1375	-48.8
60	Sharpe, Michael D.	1648	CAN	−11B	+59N	−14B	F	=25N	F	1.5	13.0	13.0	3.25	1624	-2.0
61	Divadalage, Sanya	1540	CAN	−53B	−24N	+70B	=52N	−36B	−39N	1.5	13.0	13.0	1.00	1468	-15.6
62	Bakradze, Joshua	1492	CAN	−3B	−35N	=69B	F	−37N	+68N	1.5	12.5	13.0	0.75	789	-22.4
63	Mogallos, Jason	1596	CAN	−22B	−16N	F	+68B	−47N	−45B	1.0	13.0	13.0	0.50	867	-32.4
64	Samano, Elyas	1529	CAN	−7N	=47B	=26N	−50B	F	F	1.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	1438	-18.0
65	Gaffney, Kevin	1649	CAN	=26N	F	−32B	F	=54N	−33B	1.0	11.5	11.5	2.75	1343	-45.2
66	Todd, Adie	1680	CAN	−28N	+45B	F	F	−31N	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	2.50	1506	-14.0
67	Shah, Omaray M.	1798	CAN	F	+26B	F	F	F	F	1.0	3.5	3.5	3.50	2417	+5.2
68	Saimovici, Gabriel	0	CAN	−23B	−51N	=59B	−63N	−40N	−62B	0.5	11.0	12.0	0.75	1162	0.0
69	Karimzada, Omar	0	CAN	−36N	−33B	=62N	−45B	F	F	0.5	10.0	10.0	0.75	1290	0.0
70	McCallum, Duncan	1828	CAN	−25N	−43B	−61N	F	−44B	−52N	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	800	-125.2
71	Schyngera, Eli	1572	CAN	F	F	−31B	−35N	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	812	-35.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hovhannisyan, Narek G.ARM
+88.8
5.0 pts · #4
2Tian, DylanCAN
+72.0
4.5 pts · #3
3Krivykh, DanielCAN
+64.4
4.5 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1McCallum, DuncanCAN
-125.2
0.0 pts · #69
2Le, Duc KhaiCAN
-81.6
1.5 pts · #63
3Lee, JaydenCAN
-50.4
2.5 pts · #71

Biggest upsets

R3+288 Elo gap
Divadalage, Sanya1540 beat McCallum, Duncan1828
R5+276 Elo gap
Cabioc, Jose1552 beat McCallum, Duncan1828
R1+179 Elo gap
Benggawan, Undriadi1649 beat McCallum, Duncan1828