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2025 Maritime Chess Festival Open Championship

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30 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 11 Oct 2025 to 13 Oct 2025 in Summerside, PEI, Canada. 9 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2238, and top seed was Hikaru Nakamura (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2816).

Hikaru Nakamura (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2816) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Mark Plotkin (5.0) and Mike Ivanov (4.0). Nakamura shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Fernando Melgar Barabino (1709) beat Michelle Zhang (WFM, 1917), a +208-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Summerside, PEI, Canada
Dates
11 Oct 2025 → 13 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMHikaru Nakamura2816
Avg top 10
2,238
Participants
30
Titled players · 9
GM×1
IM×3
FM×2
CM×1
WFM×2
Federations · 6 represented
🇨🇦Canada×21
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇫🇷France×1
🇲🇽Mexico×1
🇵🇪Peru×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

GM Hikaru Nakamura led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
12
4
1
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Nakamura takes lead
Nakamura5.5Plotkin5Marchand4Dorrance4Ivanov4Migot4
R5 · LEADER CHANGE13 Oct

GM Hikaru Nakamura takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Hikaru Nakamura beat IM Mark Plotkin (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Hikaru Nakamura 3 wins (R4–R6)IM Mark Plotkin 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMHikaru Nakamura*
1
1
—
2IMMark Plotkin
0
*
1
—
3FMCalix Marchand
0
0
*—
4FMAdam Dorrance———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nakamura, HikaruGM2816USA+17N+14B=3N+2B+4N+5B5.520.022.520.502544-3.4
2Plotkin, MarkIM2353CAN+11B+23N+5B−1N+9B+3B5.020.522.517.002476+9.7
3Ivanov, MikeIM2366CAN+15N+19B=1B+13N=6B−2N4.020.523.013.252345+0.5
4Migot, TangiIM2311FRA+21B=7N+12B=9N−1B+13N4.019.522.012.752181-6.1
5Marchand, CalixFM2101CAN+26N+20B−2N+17B+10N−1N4.019.020.510.002213+35.2
6Dorrance, AdamFM2301CAN=13N+8B=10N+19B=3N=9B4.018.020.513.502177-12.8
7Douglas, Richard1924CAN+27N=4B−9N+12B=13B+14N4.017.018.511.502004+6.2
8Moreno, Jorge1778CAN=18N−6N+24B+15B+19N=10B4.015.517.510.502062+68.0
9Kapra, Jerjis2090CAN+28B=12N+7B=4B−2N=6N3.520.522.011.252223+13.0
10Kalinin, DzmitryCM2154CAN=16B+18N=6B+11N−5B=8N3.518.521.011.501999-17.4
11Melgar Barabino, Fernando1709PER−2N+22B+20N−10B=18N+17B3.516.018.58.752000+66.8
12Banks, Anthony0CAN+25N=9B−4N−7N+26B+20B3.516.017.57.7519280.0
13Pollitt, Henry1807CAN=6B+16N+14B−3B=7N−4B3.019.022.010.002013+52.4
14Dunahee, Titan1808CAN+29B−1N−13N+16B+15N−7B3.018.519.06.501817-2.8
15Fillmore, Louis1775CAN−3B+30N+23B−8N−14B+24N3.015.015.54.501711-17.6
16Yancey, Alice1726CAN=10N−13B=18B−14N+29N+25B3.014.014.55.501733-2.4
17Zhang, MichelleWFM1917CAN−1B+29N+28B−5N=21B−11N2.517.017.53.251668-49.2
18Dec, Paul1963GER=8B−10B=16N+23N=11B−22N2.516.518.57.251844-15.0
19Ramirez Orta, Juan Antonio1874MEX+30B−3N+21B−6N−8B=26N2.516.016.53.751778-30.8
20Qiao, CindyWFM1900CAN+24B−5N−11B=26N+23B−12N2.515.016.54.751703-19.6
21Felix, Chris1830CAN−4N+27B−19N+25B=17NF2.512.512.54.751735-16.0
22Allampati, Rutvik Reddy0CAN−23B−11NF+27B=24N+18B2.511.511.55.0017160.0
23Howarth, Anthony1850CAN+22N−2B−15N−18B−20N+29B2.015.516.03.001172-58.4
24Sharma, Kaven0CAN−20N=26B−8N+30N=22B−15B2.013.514.02.5013970.0
25FIDE 26807850—−12B−28N+30B−21N+27B−16N2.012.012.52.009790.0
26Zhang, Han1419CAN−5B=24NF=20B−12N=19B1.514.514.53.501694+30.4
27FIDE 26807930—−7B−21N=?B−22N−25N+30B1.511.511.50.5010770.0
28FIDE 26461530—−9N+25B−17N=29BFF1.58.58.52.2512040.0
29Vu, Goldy0CAN−14N−17BF=28N−16B−23N0.512.012.00.7510260.0
30FIDE 26808150—−19N−15B−25N−24B=?N−27N0.511.011.00.0010270.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets