2025 MCA October TNT

Open SwissStandard

26 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 07 Oct 2025 to 28 Oct 2025 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Svitlana Protsyuk (🇨🇦 CAN, 0) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Muyu Lucas Wang (3.5) and Zixuan Zhou (3.0). Protsyuk shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇨🇦Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Dates

07 Oct 2025 → 28 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 4 rounds

Avg top 10

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇨🇦Canada×26

Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders

R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/4. Protsyuk takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.0).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Svitlana Protsyuk won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Muyu Lucas Wang	*	—	—	—
2Svitlana Protsyuk	—	*	½	—
3Zixuan Zhou	—	½	*	—
4Gustav L Baron	—	—	—	*

#	Player	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Protsyuk, Svitlana	CAN	+15B	+7N	+8B	=3N	3.5	7.0	8.5	7.00	2157	+11.8
2	Wang, Muyu Lucas	CAN	+20B	=9N	+4B	+7N	3.5	6.5	7.5	6.50	2147	+53.6
3	Zhou, Zixuan	CAN	+17B	+18N	=9B	=1B	3.0	6.5	7.5	4.75	2004	+26.8
4	Kuryliw, Ray	CAN	=24N	+12B	−2N	+16N	2.5	7.0	7.5	3.75	1826	+0.8
5	Baron, Gustav L	CAN	+11N	F	=10B	+8N	2.5	6.0	6.0	5.00	2041	+1.2
6	Babb, Jeff	CAN	+26B	−8N	+17B	=10N	2.5	5.0	5.0	2.00	1832	-15.4
7	Currie, James	CAN	+13N	−1B	+19N	−2B	2.0	9.0	10.0	3.00	1745	-11.6
8	Green, Jim	CAN	+16N	+6B	−1N	−5B	2.0	8.5	10.0	4.00	1943	+12.6
9	Vaughan, Nathan	CAN	+19N	=2B	=3N	F	2.0	7.5	7.5	4.25	1889	+1.0
10	Zhang, Chenghong	CAN	F	+24B	=5N	=6B	2.0	5.5	5.5	3.00	1991	+37.2
11	Hui, Zelus	CAN	−5B	+21N	F	+15N	2.0	5.0	5.0	2.50	1946	+31.2
12	Atem, James	CAN	+21B	−4N	−18B	+17N	2.0	4.5	5.5	2.00	1881	+6.4
13	Jin, Winston	CAN	−7B	+22N	−15B	+19B	2.0	4.5	5.5	2.00	1793	+49.2
14	Evans, Jason	CAN	+25N	F	F	+18B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	1559	0.0
15	Adeyemi, Adebowale	CAN	−1N	=16B	+13N	−11B	1.5	7.5	9.0	2.75	1667	-20.8
16	Curtis, Rory	CAN	−8B	=15N	+24N	−4B	1.5	6.0	6.5	1.25	1654	-10.6
17	Letain, Cory	CAN	−3N	+25B	−6N	−12B	1.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1602	-16.6
18	Goodman, Clifford	CAN	F	−3B	+12N	−14N	1.0	7.0	8.0	2.00	1819	0.0
19	Zhang, Nicole	CAN	−9B	+20N	−7B	−13N	1.0	6.0	7.0	1.00	1545	-22.4
20	Hui, Zenas	CAN	−2N	−19B	F	+24B	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.50	1549	-19.6
21	Jo, Asher	CAN	−12N	−11B	−23N	+25B	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1499	-38.0
22	Moussa, Karim	CAN	F	−13B	+25N	F	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1534	-31.6
23	Gao, Yueheng	CAN	F	F	+21B	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2484	+20.0
24	Gannon, Keith	CAN	=4B	−10N	−16B	−20N	0.5	6.0	7.0	1.25	1423	-11.6
25	Trueman, Francis	CAN	−14B	−17N	−22B	−21N	0.0	4.0	5.0	0.00	980	-12.8
26	Baylon, Jorel	CAN	−6N	F	F	F	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	1205	-3.6

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