2025 Southern Alberta Open U1600
Open SwissStandard
16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 22 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Calgary, AB, Canada. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1486, and top seed was Paul Viminitz (🇨🇦 CAN, 1676).
Ramon Mitra (🇨🇦 CAN, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Sean Kuehl (4.0) and Audvik Verma (4.0). Mitra won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Sean Kuehl (1041) beat Kaiser Nguyen (1548), a +507-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Calgary, AB, Canada
Dates
22 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×14
🇮🇱Israel×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsRamon Mitra led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
1
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Ramon Mitra held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Ramon Mitra drew with Audvik Verma (Black).
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Ramon Mitra won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ramon Mitra | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2Audvik Verma | ½ | * | — | ½ |
| 3Sean Kuehl | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Matthew Burnell | — | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitra, Ramon | 0 | CAN | +?B | +?N | +2N | +5B | =3N | 4.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 9.00 | 1540 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Kuehl, Sean | 1041 | CAN | +13B | +6N | −1B | +4B | +5N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 10.50 | 1536 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Verma, Audvik | 1624 | CAN | +11B | =4N | +6B | +7N | =1B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 10.50 | 2298 | +41.2 |
| 4 | Burnell, Matthew | 0 | CAN | +16N | =3B | +8B | −2N | +10N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.50 | 1533 | 0.0 |
| 5 | FIDE 2681358 | 1434 | — | +?N | +?B | +7N | −1N | −2B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1620 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Nguyen, Kaiser | 1548 | CAN | +14N | −2B | −3N | +16B | +12N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1477 | -4.4 |
| 7 | An, Isu | 1509 | CAN | +15B | +10N | −5B | −3B | =?N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1327 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Viminitz, Paul | 1676 | CAN | F | +9B | −4N | −10B | +11B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 2279 | +8.8 |
| 9 | Yang, Peihong | 1588 | CAN | =?B | −8N | =?N | +15B | −?N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1436 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Pinkas, Omri | 1280 | ISR | F | −7B | =?N | +8N | −4B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Singh, Aarav | 1499 | CAN | −3N | −12B | +15B | F | −8N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 705 | -37.2 |
| 12 | Singh, Aavan | 1254 | CAN | −?B | +11N | F | F | −6B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1391 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Anderson, Michael K | 0 | CAN | −2N | F | +?N | −?B | −?B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1446 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Ellaschuk, Glen | 0 | CAN | −6B | −?N | F | −?B | +16N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1400 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Gromov, Anatoliy | 1448 | CAN | −7N | =?B | −11N | −9N | F | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1341 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Shah, Arpit | 0 | CAN | −4B | F | F | −6N | −14B | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 716 | -17.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Verma, AudvikCAN+41.24.0 pts · #2
- 2Viminitz, PaulCAN+8.82.0 pts · #7
- 3Anderson, Michael KCAN0.01.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Singh, AaravCAN-37.21.0 pts · #15
- 2Shah, ArpitCAN-17.20.0 pts · #16
- 3Nguyen, KaiserCAN-4.43.0 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R2+507 Elo gap
- R4+396 Elo gap
- R5+393 Elo gap