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2025 Jack Taylor Memorial, Premier Section

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41 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1854, and top seed was Roger Patterson (🇨🇦 CAN, 1968).

Elliot McCallum (🇨🇦 CAN, 1869) won with 4.5/5, ahead of David Armstrong (4.0) and Daryl Hora (4.0). McCallum won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Denis Shumeyko (1541) beat Abhinav Iyer (1777), a +236-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Dates
24 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦Roger Patterson1968
Avg top 10
1,854
Participants
41
Federations · 6 represented
🇨🇦Canada×33
🇮🇳India×2
🇹🇼Chinese Taipei×1
🇪🇹Ethiopia×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Elliot McCallum led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
15
7
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Elliot McCallum held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Elliot McCallum 4 wins (R1–R4)Daryl Hora 3 wins (R3–R5)Jason Williamson 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Elliot McCallum*
1
2Daryl Hora*
3Jason Williamson*
4David Armstrong
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1McCallum, Elliot1869CAN+9B+16N+2N+5B=6N4.514.016.514.752149+59.6
2Armstrong, David1839CAN+34B+29N1B+17N+10B4.012.013.08.501863+2.2
3Hora, Daryl1918CAN+40N11B+27N+24B+9N4.010.010.07.001945+10.0
4Williamson, Jason1861CAN+20N24B+26N+28B+11N4.09.511.59.501897+4.8
5Yin, Andrew1804CAN+27B+23N=10B1N+25N3.511.513.57.501857+8.8
6Patterson, Roger1968CAN+28N+12B+24NF=1B3.511.511.59.252107+9.4
7Miller, Josh0CAN+19B10N=23B+16N+18B3.510.512.58.5016470.0
8Howard, Adrien0CAN=31B+30N=25N+13B=12N3.510.011.58.2517410.0
9Zarikoff, Nikolai1765CAN1N+14B+19B+29N3B3.014.016.07.501790+5.6
10Brown, Darrend0CAN+33N+7B=5N=11B2N3.014.015.58.2517880.0
11Sargent, Colin1806CAN+35B+3N=18B=10N4B3.013.514.57.751802-0.4
12Chruszcz, Zachary1805CAN+32B6N=16B+31N=8B3.011.012.56.001561-24.4
13Hawkshaw, Kevin1721CAN=30B+37N=17B8N+26B3.010.011.05.251773+4.2
14Iyer, Abhinav1777IND16B9N+36B+32N+27B3.09.010.04.501605-34.8
15Soare, Trevor0CAN=18B17N=34B+38N+23B3.08.09.04.7516840.0
16Shumeyko, Denis1541RUS+14N1B=12N7B+31N2.514.015.56.001817+39.6
17Caluza, Juni1702CANF+15B=13N2B+28N2.512.012.06.501587-5.8
18Li, Moses1624CAN=15N+38B=11N=25B7N2.511.512.55.001888+42.4
19Holmgren, Emilian1595CAN7N+40B9N+39B=22N2.510.010.02.251731+21.2
20Tripathi Ishan1502IND4B+35N29B+37N=21B2.59.510.53.251659+11.2
21Mingrone, Peter1842CAN=26N25B+22B=30N=20N2.59.011.05.751529-32.0
22Stiglic, Cameron0CAN23B+41B21N+34N=19B2.58.08.02.2516930.0
23FIDE 26392620+22N5B=7N=26B15N2.012.514.55.2515500.0
24Teklemariam, Hailay Mezgebo1827ETH+36B+4N6B3NF2.012.512.55.001813-0.4
25Jose, Marionito1718CANF+21N=8B=18N5B2.012.012.05.501756+6.4
26Gray, Kayla1685CAN=21B+31N4B=23N13N2.011.513.03.751535-20.4
27Beech, Austin1608CAN5N+39B3B+35N14N2.011.512.52.001571-9.6
28Kosinski, George0CAN6B+36N+37B4N17B2.011.012.02.0015660.0
29Manguerra, Raymond0CAN+39N2B+20N9BF2.010.510.53.5016660.0
30Radic, Marko1560CAN=13N8B+38N=21BF2.010.010.03.751901+52.4
31Camphaug, Lincoln0CAN=8N26B+33N12B16B1.511.012.53.2514910.0
32Palmgren, Anders0CAN12N=?BF14B+36N1.57.07.01.0016370.0
33Trush, Taras1707UKR10B=34N31B36N+35B1.56.57.51.501381-34.0
34Radic, Dejan1641CAN2N=33B=15N22BF1.011.011.02.251580-3.2
35Teufel, Alexander0CAN11N20B+40N27B33N1.09.09.00.0013830.0
36Lai, Amelia Hobbs Yu-Tong1506TPE24N28B14N+33B32B1.08.510.01.501645+18.4
37Blanchard, Malcolm0CAN+?N13B28N20BF1.07.57.50.0015520.0
38Sathish Raj, Kanish Raj1765CANF18N30B15B+41N1.07.57.50.00793-58.0
39Sullivan, Brian1559CAN29B27N+41B19NF1.06.56.50.00802-35.2
40Barker, Rhyland1495CAN3B19N35BFF0.07.57.50.00945-17.6
41FIDE 26788700F22N39NF38B0.04.54.50.008620.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets