2025 Manitoba Junior Closed Championship

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18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 26 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Yakiv Gres (🇨🇦 CAN, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Rhailey Punay (4.0) and Jackson Stordeur (3.0). Gres won solo starting round 3.

Location

🇨🇦Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Dates

26 Oct 2025 → 02 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Avg top 10

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇨🇦Canada×18

Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Yakiv Gres led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Yakiv Gres never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

Yakiv Gres won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Yakiv Gres	*	1	—	—
2Rhailey Punay	0	*	—	—
3Zixuan Zhou	—	—	*	½
4Nicole Zhang	—	—	½	*

#	Player	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Gres, Yakiv	CAN	+11N	+9B	+2N	+3N	+4B	5.0	12.5	14.5	14.50	2589	+27.2
2	Punay, Rhailey	CAN	+12N	+5B	−1B	+9N	+6B	4.0	13.5	15.5	10.50	2004	+28.4
3	Stordeur, Jackson	CAN	+13B	=10N	+7N	−1B	=8B	3.0	13.5	15.5	7.75	1784	-22.0
4	Ling, Aiden	CAN	−5N	+16B	+11N	+10B	−1N	3.0	12.5	13.5	5.50	1716	-0.4
5	Gao, Yueheng	CAN	+4B	−2N	−6B	+17N	+13B	3.0	12.0	13.0	6.00	1696	+2.8
6	Miao, Yupeng	CAN	+18N	−7B	+5N	+11B	−2N	3.0	12.0	12.0	5.00	1734	+1.6
7	Zhou, Zixuan	CAN	+14B	+6N	−3B	=8N	=9B	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.75	1838	+0.8
8	Zhang, Nicole	CAN	−16N	+14B	+12N	=7B	=3N	3.0	10.0	11.0	7.00	1998	+69.2
9	Hui, Zelus	CAN	+15B	−1N	+13B	−2B	=7N	2.5	14.0	16.0	5.50	1629	-15.2
10	Lake, Pablo	CAN	+17B	=3B	F	−4N	+12N	2.5	9.0	9.0	4.50	1812	+29.2
11	Jin, Winston	CAN	−1B	+15N	−4B	−6N	+17B	2.0	13.0	14.0	3.00	1515	-6.8
12	Hui, Zenas	CAN	−2B	+17N	−8B	+15N	−10B	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.00	1472	-42.0
13	Sarao, Karanveer Singh	CAN	−3N	+18B	−9N	+16B	−5N	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.00	1018	0.0
14	Jo, Asher	CAN	−7N	−8N	−17B	+18B	+16N	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	850	-65.2
15	Lee, Zach Nathaniel	CAN	−9N	−11B	+16N	−12B	+18N	2.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	849	0.0
16	Lam, Jacob	CAN	+8B	−4N	−15B	−13N	−14B	1.0	10.0	12.0	3.00	1556	0.0
17	Zhang, Oscar	CAN	−10N	−12B	+14N	−5B	−11N	1.0	9.5	11.5	2.00	1407	-12.8
18	Zhang, Chloe	CAN	−6B	−13N	F	−14N	−15B	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	907	0.0

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