2025 Remembrance Day U1500
Open SwissStandard
10 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 12 Nov 2025 in Calgary, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 985, and top seed was Alexander Nikolov (🇨🇦 CAN, 1725).
Erik Lew (🇨🇦 CAN, 1571) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Matthew Atwood (3.5) and Alexander Nikolov (3.0). Lew shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Matthew Atwood (1337) beat Alexander Nikolov (1725), a +388-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Calgary, Canada
Dates
12 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇦Canada×8
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsErik Lew led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
5
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1
3
1
R5 · LEADER CHANGE12 Oct
Erik Lew takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Erik Lew beat Matthew Atwood (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Erik Lew | * | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2Matthew Atwood | 0 | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Jovan Singh | 0 | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Alexander Nikolov | 1 | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lew, Erik | 1571 | CAN | +7B | +2N | −3N | +5B | +4B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 12.00 | 1644 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Atwood, Matthew | 1337 | CAN | +8N | −1B | =4N | +6B | +3N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 9.50 | 1841 | +10.4 |
| 3 | Nikolov, Alexander | 1725 | CAN | +9B | +5N | +1B | −4N | −2B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 7.50 | 1462 | -36.8 |
| 4 | Singh, Jovan | 1486 | CAN | +10B | =7N | =2B | +3B | −1N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1726 | +19.6 |
| 5 | Fang, Chelsea | 1494 | CAN | +6N | −3B | +8N | −1N | +10B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 5.50 | 890 | -10.8 |
| 6 | Vu, Sienna | 1136 | CAN | −5B | +9N | +7B | −2N | +8N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1417 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Lou, Jia Xilin | 0 | CAN | −1N | =4B | −6N | +10B | +9N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1606 | +7.2 |
| 8 | Gao, Anne | 1105 | CAN | −2B | +10N | −5B | +9N | −6B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 778 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 2677253 | 0 | — | −3N | −6B | =10N | −8B | −7B | 0.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 0.25 | 780 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 2681897 | 0 | — | −4N | −8B | =9B | −7N | −5N | 0.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 0.25 | 730 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Singh, JovanCAN+19.63.0 pts · #2
- 2Atwood, MatthewCAN+10.43.5 pts · #3
- 3Lou, Jia XilinCAN+7.22.5 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Nikolov, AlexanderCAN-36.83.0 pts · #4
- 2Fang, ChelseaCAN-10.83.0 pts · #8
- 3Gao, AnneCAN0.02.0 pts · #9
Biggest upsets
- R5+388 Elo gap
- R4+239 Elo gap