2025 Hart House Club Championships
21 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 25 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Toronto, ON, Canada. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2167, and top seed was Sergey Noritsyn (🇨🇦 CAN, FM, 2480).
Sergey Noritsyn (🇨🇦 CAN, FM, 2480) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Ethan Moon (4.0) and Bingfei Wang (3.5). Noritsyn won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Jinglai He (1658) beat Duc Minh Lai (2344), a +686-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsFM Sergey Noritsyn led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
FM Sergey Noritsyn never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
FM Sergey Noritsyn beat Ethan Moon (Black).
FM Sergey Noritsyn 5 wins (R1–R5)Bingfei Wang 3 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMSergey Noritsyn | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2Ethan Moon | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Bingfei Wang | — | — | * | — |
| 4FMKoosha Jaferian | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noritsyn, SergeyFM | 2480 | CAN | +15N | +13B | +2N | +7B | +4N | 5.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 13.00 | 2767 | +16.4 |
| 2 | Moon, Ethan | 2144 | CAN | +19N | +8B | −1B | +17N | +5N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 8.00 | 2247 | +23.6 |
| 3 | Wang, Bingfei | 2201 | CAN | +10B | F | +12N | +8B | =7N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.25 | 2110 | +12.2 |
| 4 | Jaferian, KooshaFM | 2382 | CAN | +12B | =11N | +6B | =9N | −1B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 7.50 | 2072 | -16.4 |
| 5 | Zhang, Samuel | 2333 | CAN | +16B | +18N | −7B | +11N | −2B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.50 | 1744 | -29.4 |
| 6 | He, Jinglai | 1658 | CAN | +9B | =17N | −4N | +16B | =8N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 6.00 | 2019 | +47.2 |
| 7 | Qiao, CindyWFM | 2065 | CAN | +14B | F | +5N | −1N | =3B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.75 | 2123 | +15.4 |
| 8 | Miesen, Sander | 1942 | NED | +20B | −2N | +18B | −3N | =6B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1571 | -54.4 |
| 9 | Lai, Duc Minh | 2344 | VIE | −6N | +10B | +15N | =4B | F | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1933 | -14.8 |
| 10 | Abu Bakar, Ahmad Azril Akmal | 0 | MAS | −3N | −9N | =16B | +21B | +15N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.25 | 1782 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Gribilas, Tom | 1778 | CAN | +21N | =4B | F | −5B | +12N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 1997 | +26.8 |
| 12 | Chamberland, Luc | 1708 | CAN | −4N | +19B | −3B | +14N | −11B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1131 | -12.0 |
| 13 | Lakhani, Riyaan | 2000 | CAN | F | −1N | −17B | +19B | +16N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 1462 | -1.6 |
| 14 | FIDE 2681250 | 0 | — | −7N | −15B | +20N | −12B | +19N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 923 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Lin, Ryder | 1719 | CAN | −1B | +14N | −9B | =18N | −10B | 1.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 2.75 | 1201 | -6.4 |
| 16 | Shon, Kathryn | 1339 | CAN | −5N | +20B | =10N | −6N | −13B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.25 | 1088 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Zheng, Samuel | 1577 | CAN | F | =6B | +13N | −2B | F | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1817 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Rawal, Vikram | 1203 | CAN | F | −5B | −8N | =15B | +20N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 1623 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 2681242 | 0 | — | −2B | −12N | +21B | −13N | −14B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 1020 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 2681269 | 0 | — | −8N | −16N | −14B | F | −18B | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1142 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 2681277 | 0 | — | −11B | F | −19N | −10N | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 978 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1He, JinglaiCAN+47.23.0 pts · #9
- 2Gribilas, TomCAN+26.82.5 pts · #8
- 3Moon, EthanCAN+23.64.0 pts · #4
- 1Miesen, SanderNED-54.42.5 pts · #12
- 2Zhang, SamuelCAN-29.43.0 pts · #10
- 3Jaferian, KooshaFMCAN-16.43.0 pts · #2
- R1+686 Elo gap
- R3+423 Elo gap
- R3+268 Elo gap