2025 BALE
15 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Edmonton, AB, Canada. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1922, and top seed was Tymur Keleberda (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2370).
Tymur Keleberda (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2370) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Yanchen Zheng (4.0) and Amir Mohammad Bahmani (3.5). Keleberda won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Stephen Marshall (1423) beat A M T P S Somadasa (1844), a +421-point gap.
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Keleberda takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).
IM Tymur Keleberda beat Yanchen Zheng (Black).
Yanchen Zheng won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMTymur Keleberda | * | 1 | ½ | ½ |
| 2Yanchen Zheng | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Samuel Hoekman | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Amir Mohammad Bahmani | ½ | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keleberda, TymurIM | 2370 | CAN | +6B | +2N | =3B | =4N | +5B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 13.00 | 2271 | -6.2 |
| 2 | Zheng, Yanchen | 1923 | CHN | +8N | −1B | +10N | +6B | +3B | 4.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 10.00 | 2157 | +28.4 |
| 3 | Bahmani, Amir Mohammad | 2273 | CAN | +5N | +14B | =1N | +7B | −2N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 8.50 | 2132 | -10.4 |
| 4 | Hoekman, Samuel | 1967 | CAN | =11B | +9N | =7N | =1B | +14N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 7.00 | 2066 | +12.2 |
| 5 | Reuter, Gerhard | 1613 | CAN | −3B | +15N | +9B | +11B | −1N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1886 | +31.8 |
| 6 | Zeggelaar, Mike | 1818 | CAN | −1N | +8B | +12B | −2N | =10N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 1742 | -9.2 |
| 7 | Suominen, David | 1877 | CAN | F | +11N | =4B | −3N | +8B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1935 | +6.6 |
| 8 | Marshall, Stephen | 1423 | CAN | −2B | −6N | +15B | +9N | −7N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1696 | +54.4 |
| 9 | Somadasa, A M T P S | 1844 | SRI | +13N | −4B | −5N | −8B | +11N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1550 | -34.4 |
| 10 | McKenzie, Mike | 1647 | CAN | F | =12N | −2B | +13N | =6B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1664 | +1.4 |
| 11 | Atwood, Matthew | 1642 | CAN | =4N | −7B | +13B | −5N | −9B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 2.75 | 1595 | -8.0 |
| 12 | Graham, Anthony-Dwight | 1497 | CAN | F | =10B | −6N | +15N | −13B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1522 | +1.6 |
| 13 | Best, Daton | 1417 | CAN | −9B | F | −11N | −10B | +12N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1458 | +4.0 |
| 14 | Nechio, Douglas Egidio Gomes | 1855 | BRA | +15B | −3N | F | F | −4B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1800 | -5.6 |
| 15 | Langdeau, Louis | 1553 | CAN | −14N | −5B | −8N | −12B | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 797 | -73.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Marshall, StephenCAN+54.42.0 pts · #10
- 2Reuter, GerhardCAN+31.83.0 pts · #5
- 3Zheng, YanchenCHN+28.44.0 pts · #2
- 1Langdeau, LouisCAN-73.20.0 pts · #15
- 2Somadasa, A M T P SSRI-34.42.0 pts · #8
- 3Bahmani, Amir MohammadCAN-10.43.5 pts · #4
- R4+421 Elo gap
- R5+350 Elo gap
- R3+231 Elo gap