2025 Holidays Open - U2000
35 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Toronto, ON, Canada. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1785, and top seed was David Gunapalan (🇨🇦 CAN, 1884).
Vukan Niketic (🇨🇦 CAN, 1656) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Chaarvik Madhu Vikram (4.0) and Yuming (Jerry) Li (4.0). Niketic shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: John Mekael Clavel (1567) beat Diganth Anish (1743), a +176-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
3 players finish on 4.0/5. Niketic takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).
Vukan Niketic drew with Chaarvik Madhu Vikram (Black).
Vukan Niketic went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vukan Niketic | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Chaarvik Madhu Vikram | ½ | * | — | 1 |
| 3Yuming (Jerry) Li | — | — | * | — |
| 4John Mekael Clavel | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niketic, Vukan | 1656 | CAN | +28N | +12B | =4N | +7B | =2N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 11.25 | 1893 | +58.8 |
| 2 | Madhu Vikram, Chaarvik | 1659 | CAN | +22N | =16B | +17N | +6B | =1B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 11.25 | 1888 | +56.8 |
| 3 | Li, Yuming (Jerry) | 1792 | CAN | +35N | +21B | =7N | =4B | +5B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 9.50 | 1922 | +26.4 |
| 4 | Hawkshaw, Kevin | 1725 | CAN | +15N | +11B | =1B | =3N | =8B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 10.50 | 1884 | +21.4 |
| 5 | Wang, Eric Jiachen | 1755 | CAN | +14N | +25B | =6N | +16B | −3N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 8.25 | 1883 | +34.8 |
| 6 | Clavel, John Mekael | 1567 | PHI | +33B | +32N | =5B | −2N | +13B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 6.25 | 1831 | +70.4 |
| 7 | Syed, Farhaan | 1627 | USA | +30B | +24N | =3B | −1N | +33B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 1832 | +54.8 |
| 8 | Sama, Chetan Reddy | 1697 | CAN | F | =10B | +9N | +21B | =4N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 8.25 | 1947 | +52.4 |
| 9 | Sreekumar, GauriWCM | 1799 | CAN | −24B | +30N | −8B | +27N | +23B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 5.00 | 1756 | -11.6 |
| 10 | Ting, Ryan | 1683 | CAN | F | =8N | =24B | +31N | +21B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.25 | 1919 | +24.8 |
| 11 | Katz, Lyam | 1734 | CAN | +27B | −4N | =13B | +20N | −17B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 5.25 | 1709 | -3.4 |
| 12 | Dhingra, Tanishq Kumar | 1656 | CAN | +23B | −1N | =25N | =15B | =18N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 5.25 | 1719 | +16.4 |
| 13 | Anish, Diganth | 1743 | CAN | =18N | =26B | =11N | +25B | −6N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 4.75 | 1690 | -13.6 |
| 14 | Cheung, Phoenix | 1630 | CAN | −5B | =19N | =29B | +32N | =15B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.25 | 1715 | +22.8 |
| 15 | Shahidinejad, Hossein | 1796 | CAN | −4B | =27N | +35B | =12N | =14N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 3.75 | 1586 | -46.4 |
| 16 | Zhao, Jifan | 1797 | CAN | +29B | =2N | +31B | −5N | F | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.50 | 1795 | -0.8 |
| 17 | Li, Allen | 1672 | CAN | =26N | +34B | −2B | F | +11N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.25 | 1780 | +23.2 |
| 18 | Ma, Quentin | 1591 | CAN | =13B | −31N | =19B | +29N | =12B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 5.25 | 1683 | +24.8 |
| 19 | Fu, Ashley | 1636 | CAN | −25N | =14B | =18N | =22B | +26N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 1666 | +7.2 |
| 20 | Satish Alwar, Dharsan | 1727 | CAN | −21N | +35B | =26N | −11B | +28N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1617 | -24.4 |
| 21 | Finlay, Ian | 1809 | CAN | +20B | −3N | +23B | −8N | −10N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 4.50 | 1640 | -23.0 |
| 22 | Wang, Alan | 1547 | CAN | −2B | =29N | =32B | =19N | =27B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 3.25 | 1601 | +13.6 |
| 23 | Flores, Marc | 1665 | CAN | −12N | +28B | −21N | +34B | −9N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1634 | -9.2 |
| 24 | Gandolfi, Fred | 1739 | CAN | +9N | −7B | =10N | F | F | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.50 | 1703 | -2.8 |
| 25 | Gunapalan, David | 1884 | CAN | +19B | −5N | =12B | −13N | F | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1610 | -29.2 |
| 26 | Li, Justin | 1676 | CAN | =17B | =13N | =20B | −33N | −19B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1524 | -20.6 |
| 27 | Chamberland, Luc | 1684 | CAN | −11N | =15B | =34N | −9B | =22N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 2.75 | 1561 | -16.4 |
| 28 | Yuan, Arianna | 1598 | CAN | −1B | −23N | =30B | +35N | −20B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 1.25 | 1349 | -44.4 |
| 29 | Zhao, Shannon | 1727 | CAN | −16N | =22B | =14N | −18B | =35N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1449 | -57.6 |
| 30 | Muminov, Diyor | 1635 | CAN | −7N | −9B | =28N | F | +31B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.75 | 1584 | -12.4 |
| 31 | Ali, Shafkat | 1658 | CAN | F | +18B | −16N | −10B | −30N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1483 | -18.2 |
| 32 | Cao, Bruce | 1662 | CAN | F | −6B | =22N | −14B | =34N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 1411 | -26.4 |
| 33 | Wang, Angela | 1591 | CAN | −6N | F | F | +26B | −7N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1499 | -14.4 |
| 34 | Patil, Tanishq | 1670 | CAN | F | −17N | =27B | −23N | =32B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1477 | -40.0 |
| 35 | Abu Bakar, Ahmad Azril Akmal | 0 | MAS | −3B | −20N | −15N | −28B | =29B | 0.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 0.75 | 1362 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Clavel, John MekaelPHI+70.43.5 pts · #3
- 2Niketic, VukanCAN+58.84.0 pts · #1
- 3Madhu Vikram, ChaarvikCAN+56.84.0 pts · #2
- 1Zhao, ShannonCAN-57.61.5 pts · #31
- 2Shahidinejad, HosseinCAN-46.42.5 pts · #22
- 3Yuan, AriannaCAN-44.41.5 pts · #34
- R5+176 Elo gap
- R4+141 Elo gap
- R4+136 Elo gap