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2025 ACC Looking Ahead

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33 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Nov 2025 to 05 Jan 2026 in Toronto, ON, Canada. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2091, and top seed was Duc Minh Lai (🇻🇳 VIE, 2310).

Jeffrey R Zhao (🇨🇦 CAN, 2189) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Duc Minh Lai (4.0) and David Southam (3.5). Zhao broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Lyam Katz (1792) beat Nader Haji Ghanbari (2034), a +242-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Toronto, ON, Canada
Dates
17 Nov 2025 → 05 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇻🇳Duc Minh Lai2310
Avg top 10
2,091
Participants
33
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇨🇦Canada×28
🇮🇷Iran×1
🇦🇱Albania×1
🇻🇳Vietnam×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Jeffrey R Zhao led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
5
2
4
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Jeffrey R Zhao held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Jeffrey R Zhao 4 wins (R2–R5)Duc Minh Lai 4 wins (R1–R5)David Southam 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Jeffrey R Zhao*
1
2Duc Minh Lai*
3David Southam
0
*
1
4Aashwin Mittal
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhao, Jeffrey R2189CAN=18N+31B+22N+8B+3N4.58.08.07.502177+14.6
2Lai, Duc Minh2310VIE+20B+9NF+11B+5N4.010.011.08.502628+9.2
3Southam, David2016CAN=17N+4B+6N+12B1B3.512.514.08.751997+23.8
4Mittal, Aashwin1952CAN=7B3N+30B+14N=6B3.011.511.55.001851+9.6
5Mammadov, Nihad2001CAN=11N+26B+15N=7N2B3.010.511.04.501899+9.2
6Katz, Lyam1792CAN=16N+19B3B+21N=4N3.09.010.04.251819+13.8
7Chertkow, Matthew2106CAN=4N+18B+32N=5BF3.07.07.04.001955+14.4
8Nazareno, Merlin2047CAN+12N+15BF1N=9B2.513.014.54.751966+12.0
9Pan, Julian2026CAN+21B2B11N+16N=8N2.510.011.03.751817-15.2
10Dick, Joel1844CAN15N=13BF+19N+12B2.56.56.54.001874+30.4
11Mendoza, Armand Jess1896CAN=5B=23N+9B2N13B2.011.512.54.501831+1.8
12Allahverdi, Umid1925CAN8B+30N+16B3N10N2.010.010.01.501655-36.0
13Ugodnikov, Arkadiy1717CANF=10NF=15B+11N2.06.06.04.001904+21.0
14Ming, Wenyang1953CANF+33B+20N4BF2.04.04.01.001788-5.0
15Sherman, Joshua1992CAN+10B8N5B=13N16B1.510.011.53.501580-30.2
16Kolndreu, Albion1878ALB=6BF12N9B+15N1.59.09.03.001711+12.0
17Hosseinzadeh, Amirmahdi2176CAN=3BFFF+24N1.54.54.52.751956+2.0
18Tenkov, Arkadii1969CAN=1B7NFF=23B1.09.09.02.751811-4.8
19Haji Ghanbari, Nader2034IRI22B6N+26N10BF1.07.07.00.50935-41.2
20Blair, Michael2005CAN2NF14BF+29B1.06.56.50.501227-9.4
21Furrow, Matthew1879CAN9NFF6B+26N1.06.06.00.50998-14.0
22Lazarev, Shon1949CAN+19NF1BFF1.05.55.51.001942+9.4
23Campbell, BrettFM1994CANF=11BFF=18N1.03.03.01.501821-8.6
24Lau, Jayden1863CANFFF+27N17B1.02.02.00.501763+5.2
25MacIsaac, Alexandre1728CANFFFF+27B1.00.50.50.5016110.0
26Izrailov, David1641CANF5N19B=29N21B0.55.55.50.2510000.0
27Ma, Quentin1753CANFF=28N24B25N0.52.52.50.251462-12.8
28Zivojinovic, Viktor1718CANFF=27BFF0.51.51.50.251591-0.8
29FIDE 26813151764FFF=26B20N0.51.51.50.259920.0
30Fines, John1776CANF12B4NFF0.05.05.00.00987-13.4
31Vinuya, Ruth Joy1954PHIF1NFFF0.04.54.50.001210-4.4
32Papadatos, Stephen1816CANFF7BFF0.04.54.50.001017-8.0
33Denning, Keith1250CANF14NFFF0.02.02.00.0010810.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets