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2025 Junior Battle of Alberta U18

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14 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held on 27 Sept 2025 in Red Deer, AB, Canada. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1888, and top seed was Emil Soberov (🇨🇦 CAN, CM, 2105).

Zlata Butenko (🇨🇦 CAN, 1990) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Jonathan Wu (2.0) and Yuri Troitsky (2.0). Butenko shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

Location
🇨🇦Red Deer, AB, Canada
Dates
27 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Match · 2 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦CMEmil Soberov2105
Avg top 10
1,888
Participants
14
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇦Canada×14
Top 3

How the match unfolded

Game-by-game momentum · 2 games
G1 · FIRST DECISIVE27 Sept

CM Jonathan Wu opens the score with the Black. Early advantage to the underdog.

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Butenko, Zlata1990CAN+13N+13B2.00.00.00.002458+22.4
2Wu, JonathanCM2073CAN+12B+12N2.00.00.00.002843+27.2
3Troitsky, Yuri1792CAN+11N+11B2.00.00.00.002459+26.4
4Xu, Michael1812CAN+14N+14B2.00.00.00.002657+53.6
5Ivanescu, Matthew1878CAN+10N=10B1.50.51.00.752012+23.2
6Ranjan Kumar, Aryan1567CAN+8B−8N1.01.02.01.001701+3.2
7Darvekar, Yash1951CAN=9B=9N1.01.02.01.002015+3.2
8Li, Jake Chi Hang1499CAN−6N+6B1.01.02.01.001674-3.2
9Soberov, EmilCM2105CAN=7N=7B1.01.02.01.001989-3.2
10Delloro, Therense1630CAN−5B=5N0.51.53.00.751598-23.2
11Zhang, Felix1708CAN−3B−3N0.02.04.00.00982-26.4
12Tran, Tri1863CAN−2N−2B0.02.04.00.001362-27.2
13Wang, April1587CAN−1B−1N0.02.04.00.001021-22.4
14Gan, Steven1710CAN−4B−4N0.02.04.00.00935-53.6

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