2025 Mississauga Chess Club Championship - Open
26 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Sept 2025 to 29 Oct 2025 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1763, and top seed was Sergey Malakhovets (🇨🇦 CAN, 2063).
Adam Cheng (🇨🇦 CAN, 1727) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Eric Jiachen Wang (5.0) and David Hemphrey (4.5). Cheng shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Soham Nakar (1574) beat Oscar Cheung (1697), a +123-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsAdam Cheng led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
David Hemphrey takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
Adam Cheng beat Eric Jiachen Wang (White).
Adam Cheng 4 wins (R4–R7)Eric Jiachen Wang 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Adam Cheng | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Eric Jiachen Wang | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Oscar Cheung | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4David Hemphrey | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheng, Adam | 1727 | CAN | +11N | +10B | −9N | +17B | +3N | +2B | +4N | 6.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 21.00 | 1966 | +74.0 |
| 2 | Wang, Eric Jiachen | 1691 | CAN | =23B | =8N | +11B | +7N | +9B | −1N | +3B | 5.0 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 16.25 | 1813 | +47.2 |
| 3 | Hemphrey, David | 1754 | CAN | +25B | =17N | +6N | +9B | −1B | +8N | −2N | 4.5 | 23.0 | 23.5 | 11.75 | 1771 | +4.0 |
| 4 | Cheung, Oscar | 1697 | CAN | −17B | +25N | +10B | =5N | +11B | +6N | −1B | 4.5 | 21.0 | 21.5 | 12.00 | 1751 | +20.5 |
| 5 | Emani, Pranav | 1561 | CAN | +18N | +13B | −14N | =4B | −6N | +9N | =7B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 11.25 | 1714 | +44.0 |
| 6 | Karami, Vesal | 1789 | IRI | +20N | F | −3B | +12N | +5B | −4B | +10N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 11.00 | 1757 | -9.2 |
| 7 | Li, Allen | 1640 | CAN | +21N | −9B | =20N | −2B | +24N | +12B | =5N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 7.75 | 1659 | +8.4 |
| 8 | Nguyen, Leo | 1593 | CAN | =16N | =2B | F | +19N | +10B | −3B | =11N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 9.25 | 1669 | +16.0 |
| 9 | Singh, Jayden | 1652 | CAN | +24B | +7N | +1B | −3N | −2N | −5B | F | 3.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 11.00 | 1651 | -0.4 |
| 10 | Sarvesh Saravanan | 1572 | CAN | +26B | −1N | −4N | +13B | −8N | +11B | −6B | 3.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 5.00 | 1603 | +2.0 |
| 11 | Krishnamurthi, Shashwath Raaghav | 1638 | CAN | −1B | +19N | −2N | +18B | −4N | −10N | =8B | 2.5 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 4.75 | 1294 | -74.0 |
| 12 | Cabioc, Jose | 1517 | CAN | −13N | =15B | +16N | −6B | +17N | −7N | F | 2.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 4.75 | 1488 | -4.4 |
| 13 | Huynh, Phuc Khang | 0 | CAN | +12B | −5N | −22B | −10N | =21B | F | +16N | 2.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.25 | 1492 | -21.2 |
| 14 | Malakhovets, Sergey | 2063 | CAN | F | +23N | +5B | =22N | F | F | F | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.75 | 1950 | +2.2 |
| 15 | Wang, William Kaiyuan | 1616 | CAN | F | =12N | F | +16B | F | +18N | F | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.75 | 1518 | -5.6 |
| 16 | Shrivastava, Swapnil | 0 | CAN | =8B | −?N | −12B | −15N | +19B | =25N | −13B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 1343 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Nakar, Soham | 1574 | CAN | +4N | =3B | F | −1N | −12B | F | F | 1.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 6.75 | 1588 | +0.8 |
| 18 | Murthy, Anant | 0 | CAN | −5B | =?N | F | −11N | F | −15B | +21B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 1424 | -52.8 |
| 19 | Alva, Aaron | 0 | CAN | −?N | −11B | +26N | −8B | −16N | F | =23B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.50 | 1458 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Kong, Brian | 1663 | CAN | −6B | +26N | =7B | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1663 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Timokhov, Andrew | 1645 | CAN | −7B | F | F | +26B | =13N | F | −18N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1586 | -10.0 |
| 22 | Chunchu, Ashwin | 1938 | CAN | F | F | +13N | =14B | F | F | F | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.75 | 1945 | +8.4 |
| 23 | Tan, Jayden Henry | 1583 | CAN | =2N | −14B | F | F | F | F | =19N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.25 | 1622 | +0.8 |
| 24 | Harish, Adwaith | 1533 | CAN | −9N | F | +25B | F | −7B | F | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 1523 | -1.2 |
| 25 | Kovuru, Aaryan | 1653 | CAN | −3N | −4B | −24N | F | F | =16B | F | 0.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 861 | -58.4 |
| 26 | Young, John | 1557 | CAN | −10N | −20B | −19B | −21N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 834 | -47.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Cheng, AdamCAN+74.06.0 pts · #1
- 2Wang, Eric JiachenCAN+47.25.0 pts · #2
- 3Emani, PranavCAN+44.04.0 pts · #7
- 1Krishnamurthi, Shashwath RaaghavCAN-74.02.5 pts · #22
- 2Kovuru, AaryanCAN-58.40.5 pts · #26
- 3Murthy, AnantCAN-52.81.5 pts · #19
- R1+123 Elo gap
- R3+120 Elo gap