2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss
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42 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 30 Oct 2025 to 11 Dec 2025 in Scarborough, Canada. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1824, and top seed was Julian Pan (🇨🇦 CAN, 1876).
Merlin Nazareno (🇨🇦 CAN, 1850) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Julian Pan (5.5) and Ray Chen (5.0). Nazareno won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Brady Chen (1532) beat David Lawless (1860), a +328-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Scarborough, Canada
Dates
30 Oct 2025 → 11 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇦Canada×38
🇵ðŸ‡Philippines×2
🇱🇧Lebanon×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Nazareno takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (23.0).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Merlin Nazareno 4 wins (R4–R7)Julian Pan 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Merlin Nazareno | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Julian Pan | — | * | — | — |
| 3Ray Chen | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Stephanie Xiao | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nazareno, Merlin | 1850 | CAN | +13B | −9N | =8B | +4B | +16N | +3N | +5B | 5.5 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 20.25 | 1925 | +12.6 |
| 2 | Pan, Julian | 1876 | CAN | +16N | +7B | +4N | =20B | +17N | +15B | F | 5.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 16.25 | 2132 | +79.2 |
| 3 | Chen, Ray | 1724 | CAN | +8N | =17B | +24N | =21B | +19N | −1B | +15N | 5.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 13.00 | 1858 | +43.6 |
| 4 | Katz, Lyam | 1720 | CAN | +25B | +5N | −2B | −1N | +28B | +6N | F | 4.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 12.00 | 1797 | +7.2 |
| 5 | Mendoza, Armand Jess | 1800 | CAN | +37N | −4B | −17N | +38B | +23N | +7B | −1N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 7.00 | 1732 | -9.8 |
| 6 | Xiao, Stephanie | 1548 | CAN | −12B | +23N | =39B | +13N | =7N | −4B | +26N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 9.00 | 1693 | +48.8 |
| 7 | Dwivedi Umang | 1710 | IND | +31B | −2N | +25B | =11N | =6B | −5N | =14B | 3.5 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 8.75 | 1671 | -5.0 |
| 8 | El Habboub, Hicham | 1546 | LBN | −3B | +35B | =1N | +27N | −11B | +16B | F | 3.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 8.25 | 1752 | +55.2 |
| 9 | Lawless, David | 1860 | CAN | +14N | +1B | −15N | =30B | −24N | +10B | F | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 13.00 | 1740 | -25.4 |
| 10 | Jeyakumar, Yathushan | 1610 | CAN | −11B | =31N | +29B | +39N | =33B | −9N | =32B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 4.75 | 1716 | +20.8 |
| 11 | Vinuya, Ruth Joy | 1787 | PHI | +10N | F | F | =7B | +8N | +24B | F | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 10.75 | 1928 | +11.6 |
| 12 | Balakrishnan, Shankar | 1607 | CAN | +6N | =15B | −22N | −24B | +42N | F | +36B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.25 | 1663 | +38.0 |
| 13 | Ma, Quentin | 1591 | CAN | −1N | =14B | +18N | −6B | +25N | =26B | −28B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 7.00 | 1629 | -1.6 |
| 14 | Wang, Alan | 1547 | CAN | −9B | =13N | −23B | F | +31N | +35B | =7N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.75 | 1691 | +38.8 |
| 15 | Southam, David | 1817 | CAN | F | =12N | +9B | +32N | F | −2N | −3B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 6.75 | 1729 | -13.0 |
| 16 | Cheung, Phoenix | 1630 | CAN | −2B | =38N | +42B | +40N | −1B | −8N | −18N | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 0.75 | 1519 | -44.4 |
| 17 | Jai Hanuj Vetrivel | 1634 | CAN | +35N | =3N | +5B | F | −2B | −33N | F | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 7.50 | 1766 | +15.2 |
| 18 | Le, Duc Khai | 1517 | CAN | F | −21N | −13B | =29N | +38B | −27N | +16B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1470 | -16.4 |
| 19 | Vo, Timothy | 1693 | CAN | =34B | +42N | −20B | +31N | −3B | F | F | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.25 | 1669 | +8.0 |
| 20 | Laughlin, Braden | 1857 | CAN | F | +26B | +19N | =2N | F | F | F | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 7.25 | 1951 | +7.4 |
| 21 | Blair, Michael | 1792 | CAN | F | +18B | +27N | =3N | F | F | F | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.00 | 1939 | +10.6 |
| 22 | Sekaran, Adithya | 1754 | CAN | +23B | =30N | +12B | F | F | F | F | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.50 | 1885 | +19.2 |
| 23 | Gowrishankar, Nilaanujan | 1651 | CAN | −22N | −6B | +14N | +36B | −5B | −28N | −37B | 2.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 4.00 | 1437 | -42.8 |
| 24 | Chen, Brady | 1532 | CAN | F | F | −3B | +12N | +9B | −11N | F | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 7.00 | 1742 | +36.8 |
| 25 | Issani, Nameer Noor | 1645 | CAN | −4N | +37B | −7N | F | −13B | +31B | F | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.50 | 1606 | -11.2 |
| 26 | Ugodnikov, Arkadiy | 1643 | CAN | F | −20N | F | =35B | +27B | =13N | −6B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1614 | -2.6 |
| 27 | Zhao, Shannon | 1666 | CAN | +38N | F | −21B | −8B | −26N | +18B | F | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1512 | -55.6 |
| 28 | Williams-Ikhenoba, Jesukhogie | 0 | CAN | F | F | −32B | F | −4N | +23B | +13N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.00 | 1668 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Armstrong, Robert J | 1499 | CAN | −30B | F | −10N | =18B | =41N | F | +42N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1568 | +7.6 |
| 30 | Satish Alwar, Dharsan | 1694 | CAN | +29N | =22B | F | =9N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 1856 | +22.0 |
| 31 | Moran-Venegas, Mario | 1567 | CAN | −7N | =10B | +36N | −19B | −14B | −25N | F | 1.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.75 | 1261 | -35.6 |
| 32 | Gummadi, Bhargav Ram | 1672 | CAN | F | F | +28N | −15B | F | F | =10N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.75 | 1523 | -16.4 |
| 33 | Vinuya, Reign Joshua | 1826 | PHI | F | F | F | F | =10N | +17B | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.25 | 1846 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Zhang, Zhibo | 1556 | CAN | =19N | +36B | F | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 1638 | +5.2 |
| 35 | Chamberland, Luc | 1696 | CAN | −17B | −8N | F | =26N | =40B | −14N | F | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.25 | 1368 | -38.4 |
| 36 | Hassibullan, Mahboob Oby | 0 | CAN | F | −34N | −31B | −23N | F | +42B | −12N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1337 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Kola, Venkata Saket Reddy | 1612 | CAN | −5B | −25N | F | F | F | F | +23N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1559 | -25.2 |
| 38 | Balaji, Abhinav malolan | 1509 | CAN | −27B | =16B | F | −5N | −18N | F | F | 0.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.25 | 882 | -26.4 |
| 39 | Anish, Diganth | 1743 | CAN | F | F | =6N | −10B | F | F | F | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1388 | -30.0 |
| 40 | Lim, Carl | 0 | CAN | F | F | F | −16B | =35N | F | F | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 1669 | +3.2 |
| 41 | Varakunan, Cadiron | 1777 | CAN | F | F | F | F | =29B | F | F | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1504 | -12.0 |
| 42 | Gimenez Dixon, Javier | 1622 | CAN | F | −19B | −16N | F | −12B | −36N | −29B | 0.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 750 | -71.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Pan, JulianCAN+79.25.5 pts · #3
- 2El Habboub, HichamLBN+55.23.5 pts · #21
- 3Xiao, StephanieCAN+48.84.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Gimenez Dixon, JavierCAN-71.60.0 pts · #42
- 2Zhao, ShannonCAN-55.62.0 pts · #25
- 3Cheung, PhoenixCAN-44.42.5 pts · #16
Biggest upsets
- R5+328 Elo gap
- R3+166 Elo gap
- R2+150 Elo gap