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2025 16th Calgary International

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22 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 31 Jul 2025 to 04 Aug 2025 in Calgary, AB, Canada. 9 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2286, and top seed was Victor Mikhalevski (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2492).

Victor Mikhalevski (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2492) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Shiyam Thavandiran (6.5) and Mike Ivanov (6.0). Mikhalevski took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Omid Malek (2002) beat Tymur Keleberda (IM, 2339), a +337-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Calgary, AB, Canada
Dates
31 Jul 2025 → 04 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱GMVictor Mikhalevski2492
Avg top 10
2,286
Participants
22
Titled players · 9
GM×2
IM×3
FM×1
CM×3
Federations · 5 represented
🇨🇦Canada×17
🇮🇳India×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Victor Mikhalevski led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Mikhalevski takes lead
Mikhalevski7.5Thavandiran6.5Ivanov6Doknjas6Keleberda5.5Komarov5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE02 Aug

GM Victor Mikhalevski takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Victor Mikhalevski beat IM Shiyam Thavandiran (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Victor Mikhalevski 3 wins (R4–R6)IM Shiyam Thavandiran 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMVictor Mikhalevski*
1
½
½
2IMShiyam Thavandiran
0
*
½
1
3IMMike Ivanov
½
½
*
½
4CMNeil Doknjas
½
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mikhalevski, VictorGM2492ISR+12N+7B=4N+6B+2B+5N=3N+9B=8N7.542.546.538.252519+4.6
2Thavandiran, ShiyamIM2398CAN+8N+9B+6N+4B−1N=3B+10B=7N=5B6.543.547.532.002404+3.6
3Ivanov, MikeIM2383CAN+16B=11N−5B+15N+8B=2N=1B=4N+7B6.041.544.527.002346-2.0
4Doknjas, NeilCM2245CAN+20B+10N=1B−2N+11N=7B+12N=3B=6B6.041.542.024.002342+24.2
5Keleberda, TymurIM2339CAN−10N+20B+3N=11B+7N−1B=6B+13N=2N5.541.542.022.752296-4.6
6Komarov, DimitriGM2407UKR+13B+15N−2B−1NF+19B=5N+12B=4N5.039.039.019.252317-6.6
7Chandra, Anand RishiCM2169CAN+17B−1N=11B+13N−5B=4N+15B=2B−3N4.542.545.518.252237+29.6
8Taylor, Tristan2012CAN−2B=18N+17B+9B−3N=15N=13B=10N=1B4.538.541.518.252149+26.4
9Wu, JonathanCM2091CAN+18B−2N=13B−8N+17B−10N+11B−1N+19B4.536.539.014.502079-11.0
10Malek, Omid2002CAN+5B−4B=12NF=16N+9B−2N=8B=14N4.038.038.017.752130+23.2
11Srinivasan, Hemant2097CAN+19N=3B=7N=5N−4B−12B−9N=14B+16N4.037.540.015.502076-11.6
12Bai, Jinghui2031CAN−1B=17N=10B+18N=15B+11N−4B−6N=13B4.036.539.514.002094+10.8
13Alpuri, Aaqil2027CAN−6N+14B=9N−7B=19N+16B=8N−5B=12N4.035.037.514.752053+7.2
14Darvekar, Yash1922CAN−15B−13N−16BF+18B+17N+19B=11N=10B4.026.526.512.502006+27.4
15Ng, GaryFM2234CAN+14N−6B+19N−3B=12N=8B−7NFF3.030.530.510.752066-29.0
16Wu, Nathan Ping-Ying2006CAN−3N−19B+14NF=10B−13N=18B+17N−11B3.030.530.510.501927-39.6
17Iyer, Abhinav1915IND−7N=12B−8N=19B−9N−14B+21N−16B+18N3.030.030.06.251853-31.2
18Zheng, Yanchen1877CHN−9N=8B=20N−12B−14N+22B=16N=19N−17B3.026.026.05.251840-9.6
19Prianichnikov, Maikl1888CAN−11B+16N−15B=17N=13B−6N−14N=18B−9N2.530.533.58.001885-9.2
20Tran, Tri1973CAN−4N−5N=18BFFFFFF0.514.514.51.501881-16.0
21Bhavik Dave1805INDFFFFFF−17BFF0.03.53.50.001116-7.0
22Daniluk, Jim1844CANFFFFF−18NFFF0.03.03.00.001078-9.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets