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2025 Alberta Junior Championship Open

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Nov 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Calgary, AB, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 1822, and top seed was Maikl Prianichnikov (🇨🇦 CAN, 2105).

Maikl Prianichnikov (🇨🇦 CAN, 2105) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Zlata Butenko (4.0) and Finley Zhang (4.0). Prianichnikov shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Raphael Lee (1589) beat Jack Sheng (1797), a +208-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Calgary, AB, Canada
Dates
01 Nov 2025 → 02 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦Maikl Prianichnikov2105
Avg top 10
1,822
Participants
24
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇦Canada×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
10
2
1
2
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Prianichnikov4Zhang4Butenko4Nikolov3.5Tran3.5Verma3— ex-leaders:Leeled R3, #9
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Prianichnikov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Maikl Prianichnikov drew with Finley Zhang (White).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Zlata Butenko won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Maikl Prianichnikov*
½
½
—
2Finley Zhang
½
*——
3Zlata Butenko
½
—*
1
4Christopher Nikolov——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Prianichnikov, Maikl2105CAN+11N=3B+13N+6B=2N4.013.516.012.001932+12.0
2Butenko, Zlata1990CAN=4B+19N+5B+14N=1B4.013.014.510.751912+7.6
3Zhang, Finley1619CAN+22B=1N=14B+7N+6B4.012.013.010.001925+42.4
4Tran, Hien Son1801CAN=2N=8B=12N+18B+11B3.512.013.58.751807+42.0
5Nikolov, Christopher1730CAN+12N=20B−2N+13B+14N3.511.012.57.7518100.0
6Lee, Raphael1589CAN+21B+9N+7B−1N−3N3.014.015.07.001726+26.6
7Hussain, Muneer1618CAN+15B+16N−6N−3B+17N3.011.013.06.001655+15.2
8Wang, Lucas Yuebo1763CAN=19B=4N+21B=11N=10B3.010.511.56.251550-35.2
9Sheng, Jack1797CAN+17N−6B+16NF+15B3.09.09.06.001758+7.2
10Verma, Audvik1662CAN−20N=18B+24N+12B=8N3.08.58.54.751780+59.6
11Zhang, Felix1708CAN−1B+22N+15B=8B−4N2.512.513.54.501637+5.4
12Shamanth, Saanvi1687CAN−5B+23N=4B−10N+18B2.511.512.54.251350-30.0
13Chan, Bryan1735CAN+18N=14N−1B−5N+19B2.511.012.54.001758+14.8
14Xu, Michael1812CAN+24N=13B=3N−2B−5B2.014.014.03.251716-27.4
15Lai, Zhihui1744CAN−7N+17B−11N+16B−9N2.010.512.54.001436-52.8
16Shtepa, Liubov1746CAN+23N−7B−9B−15N+21B2.09.010.02.00860-54.0
17Li, Meijia1501CAN−9B−15N+23B+21N−7B2.09.010.02.008600.0
18Elawny, Zachary1687CAN−13B=10N+19B−4N−12N1.511.513.03.0014300.0
19Nguyen, Kaiser1497CAN=8N−2B−18N+22B−13N1.511.012.02.501484-5.6
20Delloro, Therense1664CAN+10B=5NFFF1.56.56.54.752285+5.6
21Mah, Renzo1621CAN−6N+24B−8N−17B−16N1.010.010.00.0014370.0
22Yang, Peihong1588CAN−3N−11BF−19N+23B1.09.09.01.008110.0
23Bochkariov, Markian0CAN−16B−12B−17N+24B−22N1.07.57.50.0014910.0
24Jadidizadeh, Behrad1696CAN−14B−21N−10B−23NF0.07.07.00.00877-32.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets