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2025 Holidays Open - Crown

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Toronto, ON, Canada. 12 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2311, and top seed was Nikolay Noritsyn (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2453).

Jason Liang (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2427) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Nikolay Noritsyn (4.0) and Saarthak Malakar (3.5). Liang won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Henry Yao (1892) beat Sergey Noritsyn (FM, 2295), a +403-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Toronto, ON, Canada
Dates
19 Dec 2025 → 21 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦IMNikolay Noritsyn2453
Avg top 10
2,311
Participants
22
Titled players · 12
IM×5
FM×5
CM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇦Canada×20
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇻🇳Vietnam×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Jason Liang led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Liang4.5Noritsyn4Malakar3.5Joseph Benher3Plotkin3Lu3
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Jason Liang held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Jason Liang beat IM Nikolay Noritsyn (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

IM Jason Liang won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMJason Liang*
1
——
2IMNikolay Noritsyn
0
*——
3FMSaarthak Malakar——*—
4Savio Joseph Benher———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Liang, JasonIM2427USA+10N+13B+2N=9B+6N4.513.015.013.502691+13.6
2Noritsyn, NikolayIM2453CAN+8B+5N−1B+4N+15B4.013.515.511.002472+2.2
3Malakar, SaarthakFM2114CAN−4B+12N=5B+11N+14B3.511.013.08.502282+43.6
4Plotkin, MarkIM2363CAN+3N=7B+6N−2B=9N3.013.516.59.502371+1.0
5Jaferian, KooshaFM2181CAN+18N−2B=3N=7B+13N3.012.514.06.752289+14.2
6Razin, Vadim2364CAN+21B+15N−4B+14N−1B3.011.512.55.002254-5.1
7Joseph Benher, Savio2174CAN+19B=4N=14B=5N=8B3.011.012.06.502226+7.2
8Lu, TonyFM2133CAN−2N=11B+21N+18B=7N3.011.012.05.252243+26.8
9Talukdar, RohanIM2390CANF+16B+20N=1N=4B3.010.510.56.752443+3.3
10Moses, NeilCM2122CAN−1B+19N−13N+20B+18N3.09.010.03.502250+32.8
11Gao, Raymond2065CAN−13N=8N+22B−3B+20N2.59.510.03.002156+12.2
12Qian, AshleyWFM2016CAN−16N−3B+19B+22N=17B2.58.59.02.502152+36.0
13Noritsyn, SergeyFM2295CAN+11B−1N+10B−15N−5B2.013.015.05.502066-28.4
14Qian, Eric2041CAN=22B+17N=7N−6B−3N2.011.512.03.752151+25.2
15Yao, Henry1892CANF−6B+16N+13B−2N2.011.011.04.002254+62.4
16Lai, Duc Minh2137VIE+12B−9N−15B−17N+19B2.09.510.53.502056-11.4
17Kot, EmanuelIM2293CANF−14B=18N+16B=12N2.08.08.04.002060-46.0
18Dhaliwal, Jaipreet Singh2048CAN−5B+21N=17B−8N−10B1.511.012.02.002020-8.4
19Siegel, Adam2048CAN−7N−10B−12N+21B−16N1.010.511.51.001872-21.4
20Zhao, Jeffrey R2070CANF+22N−9B−10N−11B1.09.09.00.501994-17.2
21Marchand, CalixFM2115CAN−6N−18B−8B−19N+22B1.08.59.00.501913-50.4
22Yang, Larry2169CAN=14N−20B−11N−12B−21N0.58.09.01.001695-109.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets