2025 5th BC3 Road to Masters Chess Classic Open
13 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 06 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in Saskatoon, SK, Canada. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1910, and top seed was Omid Khaledi (🇨🇦 CAN, FM, 2304).
Arash Abdollahzadeh (🇮🇷 IRI, 2095) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Omid Khaledi (3.5) and Tevanio Steadman (2.5). Abdollahzadeh shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Bhakti Malaviya (1482) beat Sophia Guzman (1733), a +251-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 3.5/4. Abdollahzadeh takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.0).
Arash Abdollahzadeh drew with FM Omid Khaledi (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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| 1Arash Abdollahzadeh | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2FMOmid Khaledi | ½ | * | — | 1 |
| 3Eros Villamar | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4Tevanio Steadman | — | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdollahzadeh, Arash | 2095 | IRI | +6B | +4N | =2B | +7N | 3.5 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 8.25 | 2011 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Khaledi, OmidFM | 2304 | CAN | +13N | +3B | =1N | +5B | 3.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.25 | 2699 | +5.4 |
| 3 | Steadman, Tevanio | 1916 | JAM | +11B | −2N | +8B | =4N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.25 | 1851 | -5.8 |
| 4 | Villamar, Eros | 1821 | CAN | +9N | −1B | +12N | =3B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 1949 | +22.0 |
| 5 | Poncelet, Niklas | 1865 | CAN | +8N | +10B | −7B | −2N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1850 | +1.2 |
| 6 | Guzman, Sophia | 1733 | CAN | −1N | −9B | +11N | +10B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1616 | -3.6 |
| 7 | Gluckie, Jamin | 1979 | CAN | F | +13B | +5N | −1B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 2600 | +7.0 |
| 8 | Li, Andy | 1595 | CAN | −5B | +11N | −3N | +12B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1625 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Malaviya, Bhakti | 1482 | CAN | −4B | +6N | =10N | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.75 | 1700 | +18.4 |
| 10 | Mohan Sree Sivam, Syam | 1641 | CAN | +12B | −5N | =9B | −6N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1549 | -22.8 |
| 11 | Reid, Samuel | 1795 | CAN | −3N | −8B | −6B | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 991 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Osali, Abdolreza | 1534 | CAN | −10N | F | −4B | −8N | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 928 | -18.4 |
| 13 | Agansonov, Alexander | 1953 | CAN | −2B | −7N | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1333 | -10.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Villamar, ErosCAN+22.02.5 pts · #3
- 2Malaviya, BhaktiCAN+18.41.5 pts · #6
- 3Gluckie, JaminCAN+7.02.0 pts · #4
- 1Mohan Sree Sivam, SyamCAN-22.81.5 pts · #5
- 2Osali, AbdolrezaCAN-18.40.0 pts · #12
- 3Agansonov, AlexanderCAN-10.00.0 pts · #11
- R2+251 Elo gap
- R2+200 Elo gap