2026 SCC & Chess4win Happy New Year Open U1900

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42 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Markham, ON, Canada. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1735, and top seed was Kshitij Chauhan (🇨🇦 CAN, 1807).

Alexa Roque (🇨🇦 CAN, 1622) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Yiguo Gao (5.0) and Arianna Yuan (4.5). Roque won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Sanul Divadalage (1445) beat Ryan Ting (1725), a +280-point gap.

Location

🇨🇦Markham, ON, Canada

Dates

02 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇦Kshitij Chauhan1807

Avg top 10

1,735

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇨🇦Canada×40

🇮🇳India×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

Top 3

🥇
Alexa Roque
🇨🇦CAN·1622
5.0pts·1867perf+70.8
🥈
Yiguo Gao
🇨🇦CAN·1557
5.0pts·1888perf+83.6
🥉
Arianna Yuan
🇨🇦CAN·1579
4.5pts·1826perf+77.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Roque5Gao5Yuan4.5Huang4.5Katz4Kwan4

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Roque takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (16.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alexa Roque beat Yiguo Gao (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Alexa Roque 5 wins (R2–R6)Yiguo Gao 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Alexa Roque	*	1	—	—
2Yiguo Gao	0	*	—	—
3Arianna Yuan	—	—	*	½
4Sichang Huang	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Roque, Alexa	1622	CAN	−16N	+33B	+10N	+29B	+15N	+2B	5.0	16.5	18.5	15.50	1867	+70.8
2	Gao, Yiguo	1557	CAN	+35B	+31N	+14B	+15B	+11N	−1N	5.0	16.5	18.0	13.00	1888	+83.6
3	Yuan, Arianna	1579	CAN	+23N	+10B	−6N	+17B	=4N	+11B	4.5	18.5	21.0	14.75	1826	+77.6
4	Huang, Sichang	1593	CAN	−29B	+40N	+36B	+18N	=3B	+20N	4.5	14.0	14.5	10.25	1662	+14.8
5	Kovuru, Aaryan	1592	CAN	=7N	+27B	=9B	−24N	+16B	+14N	4.0	16.5	19.0	12.50	1774	+58.8
6	Chiu, Bernard	1675	CAN	+40B	+29N	+3B	−11N	+24B	−7N	4.0	16.5	17.0	9.50	1668	-0.4
7	Kwan, Toy Chack	1632	CAN	=5B	+34N	+12B	F	=19N	+6B	4.0	16.5	16.5	13.00	1907	+35.0
8	Katz, Lyam	1746	CAN	−12B	−17N	+35B	+25N	+34B	+18N	4.0	14.0	15.5	9.00	1725	-2.4
9	Kola, Venkata Saket Reddy	1587	CAN	=39N	+38B	=5N	=26B	=13N	+21B	4.0	14.0	14.5	9.25	1693	+21.2
10	Feng, Warren	1785	CAN	+20B	−3N	−1B	+36N	+17N	=22B	3.5	18.5	20.0	9.00	1590	-50.8
11	Divadalage, Sanya	1625	CAN	=38N	+39B	+30N	+6B	−2B	−3N	3.5	16.5	17.0	7.00	1570	-12.8
12	Rosenberg, Sean	1721	CAN	+8N	=30B	−7N	+37B	+26N	−19B	3.5	15.5	17.0	9.00	1732	+6.4
13	Krishnamurthi, Shashwath Raaghav	1523	CAN	−14B	=28N	+41B	+31N	=9B	=24N	3.5	14.0	14.5	7.00	1635	+28.8
14	Chauhan, Kshitij	1807	CAN	+13N	+21B	−2N	=19B	=22N	−5B	3.0	18.5	21.5	9.50	1579	-67.6
15	Supsup, Ferdinand	1719	CAN	+33B	+16N	+18B	−2N	−1B	F	3.0	18.0	18.0	8.00	1635	-10.4
16	Liu, Ziyang Robin	1503	CAN	+1B	−15B	−26N	+27B	−5N	+29N	3.0	17.0	19.0	9.50	1647	+43.6
17	Le, Duc Khai	1513	CAN	−30N	+8B	+32N	−3N	−10B	+23B	3.0	16.5	18.5	8.50	1629	+34.8
18	Li, Jiazhou	1592	CAN	+26B	+36N	−15N	−4B	+29N	−8B	3.0	16.0	17.5	6.00	1590	-4.4
19	Satish Alwar, Dharsan	1691	CAN	F	+32B	F	=14N	=7B	+12N	3.0	15.0	15.0	9.00	1880	+39.2
20	Chamberland, Luc	1614	CAN	−10N	=23B	+39N	=30B	+33N	−4B	3.0	14.5	15.0	4.75	1524	-12.4
21	Das, Antarip	1500	CAN	+28B	−14N	−24B	+32N	+30B	−9N	3.0	14.0	16.0	6.50	1620	+38.4
22	Kong, Brian	1623	CAN	−32N	+25B	+42N	F	=14B	=10N	3.0	11.0	11.0	5.75	1741	+32.4
23	Gowrishankar, Nilaanujan	1606	CAN	−3B	=20N	+28B	−34N	+31B	−17N	2.5	15.0	17.0	6.00	1444	-43.2
24	Wang, Alan	1674	CAN	F	F	+21N	+5B	−6N	=13B	2.5	14.5	14.5	8.75	1665	-1.6
25	Hunter, Austin	1632	CAN	F	−22N	+40B	−8B	=27N	+35N	2.5	14.0	14.5	3.25	1545	-19.2
26	Mendoza, Armand Jess	1786	CAN	−18N	+41N	+16B	=9N	−12B	F	2.5	14.0	14.0	5.50	1587	-25.0
27	Fu, Ashley	1695	CAN	=41B	−5N	=31B	−16N	=25B	+30N	2.5	13.5	14.0	4.50	1471	-59.6
28	Su, Jayden Chenxuan	1596	CAN	−21N	=13B	−23N	+39B	+38N	−33B	2.5	12.0	12.5	3.25	1215	-72.8
29	Divadalage, Sanul	1445	CAN	+4N	−6B	+37N	−1N	−18B	−16B	2.0	19.5	21.0	6.00	1495	+6.4
30	Su, Bo Ruei	1470	HKG	+17B	=12N	−11B	=20N	−21N	−27B	2.0	16.0	18.5	6.25	1486	+3.2
31	Chen, Justin Jia Hao	0	CAN	+37N	−2B	=27N	−13B	−23N	=32B	2.0	15.5	17.0	3.75	1490	0.0
32	Raja, Aarav	1588	CAN	+22B	−19N	−17B	−21B	=40N	=31N	2.0	14.0	14.5	4.25	1387	-42.0
33	Shen, Yuntian(denis)	1527	CAN	−15N	−1N	F	+42B	−20B	+28N	2.0	13.5	13.5	2.50	1544	+4.0
34	Singh Himmat	1665	IND	F	−7B	+38N	+23B	−8N	F	2.0	11.5	11.5	3.50	1535	-20.8
35	Sahni, Anagh	1470	CAN	−2N	−37B	−8N	=38B	+42N	−25B	1.5	14.0	14.0	0.50	1398	-16.4
36	Jin, Sichen	0	CAN	F	−18B	−4N	−10B	=37N	+42B	1.5	12.5	12.5	0.75	1499	0.0
37	Ting, Ryan	1725	CAN	−31B	+35N	−29B	−12N	=36B	F	1.5	10.5	10.5	2.25	1428	-22.8
38	O`sullivan, Conor	0	CAN	=11B	−9N	−34B	=35N	−28B	F	1.0	13.5	13.5	2.50	1348	0.0
39	Kwan, Edward	0	CAN	=9B	−11N	−20B	−28N	F	F	0.5	13.0	13.0	2.00	1284	0.0
40	Sahebgharani, Raya	0	CAN	−6N	−4B	−25N	F	=32B	F	0.5	13.0	13.0	1.00	1299	0.0
41	Ling, Samuel	1528	CAN	=27N	−26B	−13N	F	F	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	1.25	1394	-8.6
42	Garikapati, Tejas Avyan	1529	CAN	F	F	−22B	−33N	−35B	−36N	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	738	-59.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gao, YiguoCAN
+83.6
5.0 pts · #3
2Yuan, AriannaCAN
+77.6
4.5 pts · #2
3Roque, AlexaCAN
+70.8
5.0 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Su, Jayden ChenxuanCAN
-72.8
2.5 pts · #40
2Chauhan, KshitijCAN
-67.6
3.0 pts · #9
3Fu, AshleyCAN
-59.6
2.5 pts · #22

Biggest upsets

R3+280 Elo gap
Divadalage, Sanul1445 beat Ting, Ryan1725
R3+250 Elo gap
Gao, Yiguo1557 beat Chauhan, Kshitij1807
R2+233 Elo gap
Le, Duc Khai1513 beat Katz, Lyam1746