2025 Alberta Seniors Championship
Open SwissStandard
19 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Calgary, AB, Canada. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1854, and top seed was Brad Booker (🇨🇦 CAN, 2200).
Nicola-Alexandar Mircov (🇷🇴 ROU, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Dale R. Haessel (4.0) and Brad Booker (4.0).
The biggest upset came in round 2: Bong Gallemaso (1901) beat Brad Booker (2200), a +299-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Calgary, AB, Canada
Dates
18 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×18
🇷🇴Romania×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsNicola-Alexandar Mircov led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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4
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1
1
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD
Nicola-Alexandar Mircov held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Nicola-Alexandar Mircov 4 wins (R1–R4)Brad Booker 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nicola-Alexandar Mircov | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Brad Booker | — | * | — | — |
| 3FMDale R. Haessel | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Brian Miller | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mircov, Nicola-Alexandar | 0 | ROU | +9B | +14N | +5B | +4N | =2B | 4.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 12.50 | 2198 | +32.0 |
| 2 | Haessel, Dale R.FM | 1958 | CAN | +11B | +6N | =4B | +5N | =1N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 11.75 | 2035 | +16.0 |
| 3 | Booker, Brad | 2200 | CAN | +12N | −4B | +7B | +9N | +6B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 10.50 | 2008 | -0.8 |
| 4 | Gallemaso, Bong | 1901 | CAN | +16B | +3N | =2N | −1B | =7B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 8.50 | 1901 | +7.2 |
| 5 | Botoy, James Pajo | 1791 | CAN | +10N | +8B | −1N | −2B | +12B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 7.50 | 1848 | -1.2 |
| 6 | Yearwood, Roy | 1901 | CAN | +13N | −2B | +12N | +8B | −3N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 7.00 | 1862 | +1.0 |
| 7 | Sibulo, Nerio | 1595 | CAN | =15N | +17B | −3N | +14B | =4N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.50 | 1908 | +14.0 |
| 8 | Miller, Brian | 1628 | CAN | +19B | −5N | +10B | −6N | +11B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 1732 | -2.4 |
| 9 | Aluko, Lare | 1822 | CAN | −1N | +15B | +13N | −3B | =10N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 5.25 | 1697 | -3.0 |
| 10 | Dunn, Garth | 1758 | CAN | −5B | +16N | −8N | +13B | =9B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.25 | 1643 | -1.0 |
| 11 | Girgis, Ehab | 1662 | CAN | −2N | −13B | +15N | +17B | −8N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1511 | -6.0 |
| 12 | McKenzie, Mike | 1714 | CAN | −3B | +18N | −6B | +16B | −5N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 1.50 | 1655 | -2.2 |
| 13 | Bjornson, Jonathan | 1635 | CAN | −6B | +11N | −9B | −10N | +19N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1556 | -4.0 |
| 14 | Daniluk, Jim | 1823 | CAN | +18B | −1B | F | −7N | +17N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 1714 | -12.4 |
| 15 | Karabanov, Youri | 1465 | CAN | =7B | −9N | −11B | +19N | =18N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1537 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Lachica, Abie | 0 | CAN | −4N | −10B | +18B | −12N | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.50 | 1501 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Viminitz, Paul | 1676 | CAN | F | −7N | +19B | −11N | −14B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1443 | -12.2 |
| 18 | Milne, Arthur | 1617 | CAN | −14N | −12B | −16N | F | =15B | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 951 | -14.2 |
| 19 | Ellaschuk, Glen | 0 | CAN | −8N | F | −17N | −15B | −13B | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 834 | -27.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mircov, Nicola-AlexandarROU+32.04.5 pts · #1
- 2Haessel, Dale R.FMCAN+16.04.0 pts · #3
- 3Sibulo, NerioCAN+14.03.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Ellaschuk, GlenCAN-27.60.0 pts · #19
- 2Milne, ArthurCAN-14.20.5 pts · #18
- 3Daniluk, JimCAN-12.42.0 pts · #8
Biggest upsets
- R2+299 Elo gap
- R4+228 Elo gap
- R3+130 Elo gap