2025 Remembrance Day U1700
6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 12 Nov 2025 in Calgary, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 1614, and top seed was Christopher Nikolov (🇨🇦 CAN, 1730).
Christopher Nikolov (🇨🇦 CAN, 1730) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Talha Lodhi (3.0) and Ryan Li (2.0). Nikolov won solo starting round 2.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Matthew Atwood (1337) beat Audvik Verma (1662), a +325-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsChristopher Nikolov led from R2 onwards, the title was decided early.
Christopher Nikolov never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
Christopher Nikolov opens a +2.0-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Talha Lodhi); the title is out of reach before R5.
Christopher Nikolov beat Talha Lodhi (Black).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇨🇦Nikolov, Christopher | 1730 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 10.00 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 1692 |
| 2 | 🇨🇦Lodhi, Talha | 1697 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 5.50 | 12.0 | +7.6 | 1762 |
| 4 | 🇨🇦Li, Ryan | 1607 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 2.0 | 3.50 | 13.0 | +2.8 | 1595 |
| 3 | 🇨🇦Atwood, Matthew | 1337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 3.00 | 13.0 | -6.6 | 1580 |
| 5 | 🇨🇦Verma, Audvik | 1662 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1.5 | 4.00 | 13.5 | +8.8 | 1532 |
| 6 | 🇨🇦Chan, Allison Yutong | 1648 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 1.5 | 2.50 | 13.5 | -13.6 | 1511 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Verma, AudvikCAN+8.81.5 pts · #5
- 2Lodhi, TalhaCAN+7.63.0 pts · #2
- 3Li, RyanCAN+2.82.0 pts · #4
- 1Chan, Allison YutongCAN-13.61.5 pts · #6
- 2Atwood, MatthewCAN-6.62.0 pts · #3
- 3Nikolov, ChristopherCAN0.05.0 pts · #1
- R1+325 Elo gap
- R3+311 Elo gap