2025 Kitchener Chess Festival

Open SwissStandard

10 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 06 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in Kitchener, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Akshaj Achyuth (🇨🇦 CAN, 0) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Elvis Husic (4.0) and Brooke Yang (3.0). Achyuth took the lead from round 4.

Location

🇨🇦Kitchener, Canada

Dates

06 Sept 2025 → 07 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Avg top 10

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇨🇦Canada×10

Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Akshaj Achyuth led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

R4 · LEADER CHANGE07 Sept

Akshaj Achyuth takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Akshaj Achyuth 5 wins (R2–R6)Elvis Husic 3 wins (R1–R3)

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Akshaj Achyuth	*	1	1	1
2Elvis Husic	0	*	1	0
3Yuming (Jerry) Li	0	0	*	1
4Brooke Yang	0	1	0	*

#	Player	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Achyuth, Akshaj	CAN	=9N	+3B	+4N	+2N	+5B	+8B	5.5	13.5	15.0	14.25	2050	+36.0
2	Husic, Elvis	CAN	+5N	+4B	+6N	−1B	−3B	+7N	4.0	15.5	17.5	9.00	1786	+34.4
3	Yang, Brooke	CAN	+7B	−1N	+8B	F	+2N	−4B	3.0	16.0	16.0	7.50	1708	-6.8
4	Li, Yuming (Jerry)	CAN	+8B	−2N	−1B	F	+6N	+3N	3.0	16.0	16.0	6.50	1788	+6.4
5	Graham, Philip	CAN	−2B	=7N	F	=6B	−1N	+10B	2.0	14.0	14.0	2.50	1480	0.0
6	Phillips, Brian J	CAN	=10N	+9B	−2B	=5N	−4B	F	2.0	11.0	11.0	2.75	1575	-33.2
7	Chen, Yuhong	CAN	−3N	=5B	F	=8N	+10N	−2B	2.0	11.0	11.0	2.25	1374	0.0
8	Brauer, Mark	CAN	−4N	+10B	−3N	=7B	F	−1N	1.5	14.0	14.0	1.50	987	-28.8
9	McDonald-Johnston, Ari	CAN	=1B	−6N	+10B	F	F	F	1.5	8.0	8.0	3.25	1626	-8.0
10	Ma, Jackie Jing Han	CAN	=6B	−8N	−9N	F	−7B	−5N	0.5	9.0	9.0	1.00	1418	0.0

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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