2025 ACC Cool Moves Crown
29 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Jul 2025 to 11 Aug 2025 in Toronto, Canada. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1975, and top seed was Michael Blair (🇨🇦 CAN, 2139).
Slava Lukinykh (🇨🇦 CAN, 1994) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Merlin Nazareno (4.0) and Amirmahdi Hosseinzadeh (3.5). Lukinykh shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Andrey Kim (1580) beat FIDE 2679124 (1889), a +309-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Lukinykh takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.0).
Merlin Nazareno 4 wins (R1–R5)Amirmahdi Hosseinzadeh 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Slava Lukinykh | * | — | 0 | — |
| 2Merlin Nazareno | — | * | — | — |
| 3Amirmahdi Hosseinzadeh | 1 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Arkadii Tenkov | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lukinykh, Slava | 1994 | CAN | +16B | +12N | −3B | +19N | +13B | 4.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 6.50 | 1966 | +31.6 |
| 2 | Nazareno, Merlin | 1909 | CAN | +26B | +18N | +22N | F | +6N | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2519 | +23.4 |
| 3 | Hosseinzadeh, Amirmahdi | 2089 | CAN | +7N | +5B | +1N | F | =8B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 10.75 | 2129 | +37.6 |
| 4 | Mittal, Aashwin | 1800 | CAN | −11B | +14B | +23N | −5N | +16B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1823 | +25.2 |
| 5 | Tenkov, Arkadii | 1923 | CAN | +27N | −3N | F | +4B | +10B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.00 | 1872 | +30.4 |
| 6 | Southam, David | 1997 | CAN | F | +15N | +11B | =7N | −2B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1788 | -6.0 |
| 7 | Yeomans, Ben | 1853 | CAN | −3B | F | +20N | =6B | +9N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.75 | 1878 | +6.8 |
| 8 | Mammadov, Nihad | 1982 | CAN | F | F | +9N | +10B | =3N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.25 | 2039 | +37.6 |
| 9 | Vinuya, Ruth Joy | 1945 | PHI | =24B | +28N | −8B | +11N | −7B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.25 | 1459 | -26.6 |
| 10 | Kim, Andrey | 1580 | KAZ | −12B | +16N | +28B | −8N | −5N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 934 | -35.6 |
| 11 | Sherman, Joshua | 1956 | CAN | +4N | =22B | −6N | −9B | =?N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.25 | 1712 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Lau, Jayden | 1887 | CAN | +10N | −1B | −13N | +26B | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1670 | -4.8 |
| 13 | Dick, Joel | 1805 | CAN | −18B | +26N | +12B | F | −1N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1700 | -14.8 |
| 14 | Katz, Lyam | 1957 | CAN | −15B | −4N | −16B | +27B | +26N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1613 | -7.4 |
| 15 | Molina, Jesus | 1802 | CAN | +14N | −6B | +17N | F | F | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.50 | 1883 | +30.0 |
| 16 | Chen, Aleksandr | 1813 | CAN | −1N | −10B | +14N | =17B | −4N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 2.75 | 1545 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Allahverdi, Umid | 1836 | CAN | F | F | −15B | =16N | +22B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 895 | -22.0 |
| 18 | Pollitt, Henry | 1981 | CAN | +13N | −2B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1796 | +1.6 |
| 19 | Cholakis, Max | 1927 | CAN | F | F | +29N | −1B | −21N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1646 | -12.4 |
| 20 | Kolndreu, Albion | 1716 | ALB | F | F | −7B | F | +28N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1053 | -2.8 |
| 21 | Smolkin, Ben Gabriel | 1872 | CAN | F | F | F | F | +19B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2525 | +13.6 |
| 22 | MacIsaac, Alexandre | 1724 | CAN | F | =11N | −2B | F | −17N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 973 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Fines, John | 1829 | CAN | F | =25N | −4B | F | F | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.25 | 1496 | -10.0 |
| 24 | Dhingra, Tanishq Kumar | 1799 | CAN | =9N | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1822 | +12.8 |
| 25 | Furrow, Matthew | 1907 | CAN | F | =23B | F | F | F | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1691 | -0.6 |
| 26 | Cabioc, Jose | 1702 | CAN | −2N | −13B | F | −12N | −14B | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 942 | -35.2 |
| 27 | Kang, Richard | 1735 | CAN | −5B | F | F | −14N | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 902 | -13.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 2679124 | 1889 | — | F | −9B | −10N | F | −20B | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 851 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Ali, Shafkat | 1759 | CAN | F | F | −19B | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 925 | -8.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Hosseinzadeh, AmirmahdiCAN+37.63.5 pts · #1
- 2Mammadov, NihadCAN+37.62.5 pts · #5
- 3Lukinykh, SlavaCAN+31.64.0 pts · #2
- 1Kim, AndreyKAZ-35.62.0 pts · #25
- 2Cabioc, JoseCAN-35.20.0 pts · #27
- 3Vinuya, Ruth JoyPHI-26.62.5 pts · #19
- R3+309 Elo gap
- R2+233 Elo gap
- R5+173 Elo gap