2025 Alberta Open (Premier)

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36 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 11 Oct 2025 to 13 Oct 2025 in Edmonton, AB, Canada. 3 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2007, and top seed was Tymur Keleberda (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2365).

Tymur Keleberda (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2365) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Omid Malek (4.5) and Rafael Arruebarrena Rodriguez (4.5). Keleberda won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Raphael Lee (1460) beat Alberto Cunan (1787), a +327-point gap.

Location

🇨🇦Edmonton, AB, Canada

Dates

11 Oct 2025 → 13 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇦IMTymur Keleberda2365

Avg top 10

2,007

Participants

Titled players · 3

IM×1

FM×1

CM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇨🇦Canada×31

🇮🇳India×2

🇻🇪Venezuela×1

🇨🇳China×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

Top 3

🥇
IMTymur Keleberda
🇨🇦CAN·2365
6.0pts·2790perf+9.6
🥈
Omid Malek
🇨🇦CAN·2025
4.5pts·2073perf+8.4
🥉
CMRafael Arruebarrena Rodriguez
🇻🇪VEN·2090
4.5pts·1982perf-11.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

IM Tymur Keleberda led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Keleberda6Malek4.5Arruebarrena Rodriguez4.5Haessel4Butenko4Xu4

R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

IM Tymur Keleberda never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Tymur Keleberda beat Omid Malek (White).

R1–R6 · WIN STREAK

IM Tymur Keleberda won 6 in a row (R1–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMTymur Keleberda	*	1	—	1
2Omid Malek	0	*	—	—
3CMRafael Arruebarrena Rodriguez	—	—	*	1
4FMDale R. Haessel	0	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Keleberda, TymurIM	2365	CAN	+14B	+6N	+7B	+5N	+2B	+4N	6.0	20.5	23.5	23.50	2790	+9.6
2	Malek, Omid	2025	CAN	+21B	=16N	+25B	+4B	−1N	+12B	4.5	19.0	21.0	13.50	2073	+8.4
3	Arruebarrena Rodriguez, RafaelCM	2090	VEN	+26N	+15B	−4N	=12B	+6B	+7N	4.5	18.5	20.5	14.75	1982	-11.0
4	Zheng, Yanchen	1888	CHN	+30B	+18N	+3B	−2N	+5B	−1B	4.0	22.0	24.0	13.50	2123	+35.2
5	Jin, Eric	2030	CAN	+28N	+9B	+8N	−1B	−4N	+16B	4.0	21.0	23.0	13.00	2035	+1.6
6	Haessel, Dale R.FM	1915	CAN	+32N	−1B	+28N	+9B	−3N	+14B	4.0	19.5	21.0	10.50	2047	+18.8
7	Korolov, Ivan	0	CAN	+31N	+27B	−1N	+25B	+8N	−3B	4.0	18.5	20.5	10.00	1928	0.0
8	Butenko, Zlata	1848	CAN	+20B	+34N	−5B	+11N	−7B	+18N	4.0	18.0	18.5	10.50	2061	+52.8
9	Zhao, Erin	1779	CAN	+33B	−5N	+34B	−6N	+17B	+15B	4.0	15.0	15.5	7.50	1884	+27.6
10	Tran, Tri	2067	CAN	=13N	=12B	+26N	=15B	+27B	=24N	4.0	14.5	16.5	10.25	1893	-44.0
11	Xu, Michael	1789	CAN	−23N	+22B	+29N	−8B	+25N	+27B	4.0	13.0	15.0	8.50	1920	+41.6
12	Prianichnikov, Maikl	1818	CAN	=17B	=10N	+21B	=3N	+13B	−2N	3.5	19.5	22.0	11.75	2006	+48.0
13	Somadasa, A M T P S	1811	SRI	=10B	−24N	+30B	+29N	−12N	+25B	3.5	14.0	16.0	8.00	1875	+10.6
14	Troitsky, Yuri	1808	CAN	−1N	+32B	−23N	+22B	+28N	−6N	3.0	17.0	18.5	6.00	1894	+22.4
15	Iyer, Abhinav	1777	IND	+35B	−3N	+31B	=10N	=23B	−9N	3.0	17.0	17.0	5.25	1877	+27.6
16	Yu, Zongyan	1793	CAN	+36N	=2B	−24B	=17N	+21B	−5N	3.0	16.5	16.5	6.25	1843	+11.6
17	Sumayan, Mark	0	CAN	=12N	−29B	+19N	=16B	−9N	+26B	3.0	15.5	17.5	8.25	1740	0.0
18	Yearwood, Roy	1864	CAN	+19N	−4B	−27N	+32B	+26N	−8B	3.0	15.0	16.5	6.50	1730	-19.2
19	Lee, Raphael	1460	CAN	−18B	+30N	−17B	−21N	+35N	+28B	3.0	12.5	12.5	4.00	1820	+87.2
20	Marsh, Nathan	1717	CAN	−8N	−26B	+36N	−28B	+33N	+29B	3.0	11.0	11.0	3.00	1762	+13.6
21	Ranjan Kumar, Aryan	1677	CAN	−2N	+36B	−12N	+19B	−16N	=22B	2.5	16.5	16.5	4.25	1698	+2.8
22	Zhang, Finley	1698	CAN	−25B	−11N	+35B	−14N	+30B	=21N	2.5	13.5	13.5	3.25	1681	-13.6
23	Hoekman, Samuel	1978	CAN	+11B	−25N	+14B	F	=15N	F	2.5	12.0	12.0	8.50	1874	-10.6
24	Zeggelaar, Mike	1769	CAN	F	+13B	+16N	F	F	=10B	2.5	10.5	10.5	8.50	2163	+28.8
25	Soco, Lester	1740	CAN	+22N	+23B	−2N	−7N	−11B	−13N	2.0	18.5	21.0	5.00	1792	+5.6
26	Gan, Steven	1765	CAN	−3B	+20N	−10B	+31N	−18B	−17N	2.0	17.5	19.5	5.00	1801	+4.8
27	McKenzie, Mike	1661	CAN	+29B	−7N	+18B	F	−10N	−11N	2.0	17.0	17.0	5.00	1884	+21.2
28	Cunan, Alberto	1787	CAN	−5B	+35N	−6B	+20N	−14B	−19N	2.0	17.0	17.0	3.00	1651	-42.4
29	Michalchuk, Avery	1823	CAN	−27N	+17N	−11B	−13B	+32N	−20N	2.0	15.5	17.0	4.50	1506	-80.8
30	Shtepa, Liubov	1690	CAN	−4N	−19B	−13N	+34B	−22N	+35B	2.0	13.5	13.5	0.50	1593	-30.4
31	Jason Josh	1616	IND	−7B	+33N	−15N	−26B	=34N	=32B	2.0	11.5	12.0	2.00	1654	+7.2
32	Sajosh, Isaac	1753	CAN	−6B	−14N	+33B	−18N	−29B	=31N	1.5	14.0	15.0	2.00	1585	-51.6
33	Zhang, Felix	1632	CAN	−9N	−31B	−32N	F	−20B	+34N	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.50	1476	-37.2
34	Krahn, Donovan	1704	CAN	F	−8B	−9N	−30N	=31B	−33B	0.5	13.0	13.0	1.00	1349	-77.6
35	Reuter, Gerhard	1723	CAN	−15N	−28B	−22N	F	−19B	−30N	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	887	-108.8
36	Netesin, Ihor	1714	CAN	−16B	−21N	−20B	F	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	929	-57.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Lee, RaphaelCAN
+87.2
3.0 pts · #12
2Butenko, ZlataCAN
+52.8
4.0 pts · #4
3Prianichnikov, MaiklCAN
+48.0
3.5 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1Reuter, GerhardCAN
-108.8
0.0 pts · #36
2Michalchuk, AveryCAN
-80.8
2.0 pts · #33
3Krahn, DonovanCAN
-77.6
0.5 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R6+327 Elo gap
Lee, Raphael1460 beat Cunan, Alberto1787
R5+263 Elo gap
Lee, Raphael1460 beat Reuter, Gerhard1723
R2+238 Elo gap
Soco, Lester1740 beat Hoekman, Samuel1978