2025 Holidays Open - U2200
Open SwissStandard
49 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Toronto, ON, Canada. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1950, and top seed was Daniel Zhang (🇨🇦 CAN, 1998).
Nathan Zian Wang (🇨🇦 CAN, 1933) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Isaac Duanmu (4.0) and Laksshana Deepak (4.0). Wang shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Aashwin Mittal (1789) beat Larry Zhou Chen (1954), a +165-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
Titled players · 3
CM×1
WFM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇦Canada×46
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
🇮🇷Iran×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsNathan Zian Wang 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
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7
1
3
1
R5 · LEADER CHANGE21 Dec
Nathan Zian Wang takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Nathan Zian Wang 4 wins (R2–R5)Ben Gabriel Smolkin 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nathan Zian Wang | * | — | — | — |
| 2Ben Gabriel Smolkin | — | * | — | 0 |
| 3Isaac Duanmu | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4WFMLaksshana Deepak | — | 1 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wang, Nathan Zian | 1933 | CAN | =45N | +49B | +10N | +7B | +13N | 4.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.75 | 2188 | +50.4 |
| 2 | Duanmu, Isaac | 1789 | CAN | +13N | +14B | =4N | +18B | =3N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 12.50 | 2136 | +88.8 |
| 3 | Deepak, LaksshanaWFM | 1941 | CAN | +34N | +5B | =18N | +9N | =2B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 12.25 | 2101 | +38.4 |
| 4 | Wang, Bingfei | 1957 | CAN | +31N | =6B | =2B | +29N | +9B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 11.00 | 2087 | +15.2 |
| 5 | Smolkin, Ben Gabriel | 1917 | CAN | +19B | −3N | +41B | +11N | +8B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 9.50 | 2120 | +50.4 |
| 6 | Yin, Zeming | 1910 | CAN | +46N | =4N | +21B | =8N | +30B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 8.50 | 2128 | +54.4 |
| 7 | Mittal, Aashwin | 1789 | CAN | +37B | +42N | =8B | −1N | +20B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 6.50 | 2105 | +42.0 |
| 8 | Zhang, Daniel | 1998 | CAN | +23N | +36B | =7N | =6B | −5N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 8.25 | 1939 | -14.8 |
| 9 | Maulucci, Anthony | 1826 | CAN | +25N | +26B | +15N | −3B | −4N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 8.00 | 1992 | +23.0 |
| 10 | Bao, Zhengheng | 1778 | CAN | +22N | =30B | −1B | =32N | +29B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 6.50 | 1970 | +52.0 |
| 11 | Lukinykh, Slava | 1897 | CAN | =27N | =24B | +38N | −5B | +33N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 6.00 | 1934 | +10.4 |
| 12 | Moon, Ethan | 1934 | CAN | +20B | =29N | =16B | =24N | =28B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 7.50 | 1974 | +5.6 |
| 13 | Munasinghe, Thisura | 1894 | SRI | −2B | +47N | +39B | +40N | −1B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1879 | -1.6 |
| 14 | Chertkow, Matthew | 1817 | CAN | +48B | −2N | =20B | =19N | +40B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1862 | +6.2 |
| 15 | Trofimov-Malyshkin, Valent | 1951 | CAN | +47B | +41N | −9B | =16N | =24B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 4.25 | 1919 | -3.8 |
| 16 | Deshpande,SarthakCM | 1962 | CAN | F | +45B | =12N | =15B | +18N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.00 | 2088 | +25.2 |
| 17 | Lazarev, Shon | 1769 | CAN | −36N | +34B | =30N | =22B | +32B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 6.25 | 1950 | +25.0 |
| 18 | Pollitt, Henry | 1872 | CAN | +43N | +35B | =3B | −2N | −16B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 5.00 | 1859 | -4.0 |
| 19 | Chen, Ray | 1724 | CAN | −5N | =31B | +45N | =14B | =22N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 4.25 | 1846 | +32.4 |
| 20 | Chen, Larry Zhou | 1954 | CAN | −12N | +46B | =14N | +35B | −7N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1815 | -37.2 |
| 21 | Washimkar, Arhant | 1807 | CAN | F | +27B | −6N | =23B | +31N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.75 | 1942 | +14.4 |
| 22 | Pan, Julian | 1876 | CAN | −10B | +48N | =23B | =17N | =19B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.00 | 1786 | -24.4 |
| 23 | Loadman, Ian | 1873 | CAN | −8B | +44B | =22N | =21N | =25B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.75 | 1860 | -2.0 |
| 24 | Dembla, Shabd | 1833 | CAN | F | =11N | +42B | =12B | =15N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 2017 | +39.6 |
| 25 | Bolandnazar, Korosh | 1803 | IRI | −9B | =33N | =35N | +38B | =23N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 4.75 | 1844 | +11.6 |
| 26 | Velasquez, Noah | 1948 | CAN | +33B | −9N | =29B | −28N | +39B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1863 | -23.2 |
| 27 | Gribilas, Tom | 1805 | CAN | =11B | −21N | +44B | −30N | +37B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1883 | +10.2 |
| 28 | Filipovich, David | 1843 | CAN | F | =39N | =32B | +26B | =12N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.50 | 1990 | +15.6 |
| 29 | Liu, Sean Fangxiao | 1915 | CAN | +40N | =12B | =26N | −4B | −10N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 3.75 | 1792 | -32.8 |
| 30 | Wu, Nolan | 1902 | CAN | F | =10N | =17B | +27B | −6N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.50 | 1816 | -18.8 |
| 31 | Ajith, Aarush | 1799 | CAN | −4B | =19N | =33B | +41N | −21B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 3.25 | 1772 | -7.6 |
| 32 | Singh, Malhar | 1861 | CAN | −35N | +43B | =28N | =10B | −17N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.75 | 1726 | -18.6 |
| 33 | Hong, Zihan | 1891 | CAN | −26N | =25B | =31N | +46B | −11B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 1772 | -32.8 |
| 34 | Jiang, Hanxi (Hancy)WFM | 1903 | CAN | −3B | −17N | +48B | =37N | =38B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.50 | 1798 | -28.8 |
| 35 | Truong, Daniel | 1764 | CAN | +32B | −18N | =25B | −20N | =36N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 4.25 | 1795 | +7.6 |
| 36 | Russell, Wesley | 1847 | CAN | +17B | −8N | −40B | =39N | =35B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 4.50 | 1742 | -28.8 |
| 37 | Lee, Daniel Joshua | 1897 | CAN | −7N | −38B | +43N | =34B | −27N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 1691 | -72.0 |
| 38 | Lakhani, Riyaan | 1868 | CAN | −42B | +37N | −11B | −25N | =34N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1750 | -15.6 |
| 39 | Lin, Austin | 1838 | CAN | F | =28B | −13N | =36B | −26N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.25 | 1690 | -30.0 |
| 40 | Sheth, Rudra | 1703 | CAN | −29B | F | +36N | −13B | −14N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1675 | -2.6 |
| 41 | Fu, Odyssey | 1841 | CAN | +44N | −15B | −5N | −31B | F | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1677 | -34.0 |
| 42 | Oancea, Nicolae | 1904 | CAN | +38N | −7B | −24N | F | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1704 | -16.2 |
| 43 | Sherman, Joshua | 1837 | CAN | −18B | −32N | −37B | −44N | +46N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 1622 | -53.2 |
| 44 | Fischer, Jacob | 1815 | CAN | −41B | −23N | −27N | +43B | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1646 | -34.4 |
| 45 | Blair, Michael | 1822 | CAN | =1B | −16N | −19B | F | F | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.25 | 1600 | -15.8 |
| 46 | Lee, Matthew Yin Hang | 1773 | HKG | −6B | −20N | =47B | −33N | −43B | 0.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 0.25 | 1507 | -26.6 |
| 47 | Murali, Dhruv | 1773 | CAN | −15N | −13B | =46N | F | F | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.25 | 1600 | -24.4 |
| 48 | Bi, William | 1784 | CAN | −14N | −22B | −34N | F | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1065 | -46.4 |
| 49 | Mammadov, Nihad | 1829 | CAN | F | −1N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1133 | -14.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Duanmu, IsaacCAN+88.84.0 pts · #3
- 2Yin, ZemingCAN+54.44.0 pts · #6
- 3Bao, ZhenghengCAN+52.03.0 pts · #17
Top rating losers
- 1Lee, Daniel JoshuaCAN-72.01.5 pts · #38
- 2Sherman, JoshuaCAN-53.21.0 pts · #41
- 3Bi, WilliamCAN-46.40.0 pts · #49
Biggest upsets
- R5+165 Elo gap
- R3+144 Elo gap
- R5+137 Elo gap