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2025 BC Closed Championship

Round-RobinStandard

8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 10 Oct 2025 to 13 Oct 2025 in Langley, BC, Canada. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2138, and top seed was Grigoriy Morozov (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2269).

Neil Doknjas (🇨🇦 CAN, CM, 2240) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Yidong Chen (4.0) and Keith MacKinnon (3.0). Doknjas took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Yidong Chen (2079) beat Grigoriy Morozov (FM, 2269), a +190-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Langley, BC, Canada
Dates
10 Oct 2025 → 13 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺FMGrigoriy Morozov2269
Avg top 10
2,138
Participants
8
Titled players · 4
IM×1
FM×2
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇦Canada×6
🇨🇳China×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 8 · 7 rounds

CM Neil Doknjas led from R4 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
#1#2#4#8R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Doknjas takes lead
Doknjas#1Chen#2Kaufman#3MacKinnon#4Morozov#5Taylor#6Rathburn#7Doknjas#8
R4 · LEADER CHANGE12 Oct

CM Neil Doknjas takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Neil Doknjas drew with Yidong Chen (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Neil Doknjas 4 wins (R2–R6)IM Raymond Kaufman 3 wins (R1–R3)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇨🇦CMDoknjas, Neil2240*½111½1—5.012.7515.5+19.42376
2🇨🇳Chen, Yidong2079½*½11½½—4.011.2516.5+27.82255
4🇨🇦MacKinnon, Keith21160½*—011½3.04.7518.0+2.02128
3🇨🇦IMKaufman, Raymond221800—*—1113.03.0018.0-4.82172
5🇷🇺FMMorozov, Grigoriy2269001—*11—3.05.5017.5-14.02146
6🇨🇦Taylor, Tristan1999½½000*½—1.55.0019.0-8.21950
7🇨🇦Rathburn, Lia19330½000½*—1.02.7519.5-15.61881
8🇨🇦FMDoknjas, John2249——½0———*0.51.506.0-14.41975

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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