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2025 Edmonton Fall Sectional - Section A

Round-RobinStandard

6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Edmonton, AB, Canada. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2050, and top seed was Tymur Keleberda (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2365).

Amir Mohammad Bahmani (🇨🇦 CAN, 2267) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Tymur Keleberda (4.0) and Rafael Arruebarrena Rodriguez (2.0). Bahmani shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Lester Soco (1740) beat Yash Darvekar (CM, 1950), a +210-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Edmonton, AB, Canada
Dates
24 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Round-robin · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦IMTymur Keleberda2365
Avg top 10
2,050
Participants
6
Titled players · 3
IM×1
CM×2
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇦Canada×4
🇨🇳China×1
🇻🇪Venezuela×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
2
1
3
2
2
#1#2#3#6R1R2R3R4R5
Bahmani#1Keleberda#2Arruebarrena Rodriguez#3Soco#4Darvekar#5Zheng#6
R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Amir Mohammad Bahmani drew with IM Tymur Keleberda (White).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

IM Tymur Keleberda won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇨🇦Bahmani, Amir Mohammad2267*½111½4.08.2511.0+4.02272
2🇨🇦IMKeleberda, Tymur2365½*11½14.08.2511.0-4.42290
3🇻🇪CMArruebarrena Rodriguez, Rafael209000*1012.03.5013.0-15.61970
4🇨🇦Soco, Lester1740000*112.03.0013.0+24.01970
6🇨🇳Zheng, Yanchen18880½10*01.54.0013.5-0.61918
5🇨🇦CMDarvekar, Yash1950½0001*1.53.5013.5-14.81918

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets