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2025 Holidays Open - U1600

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36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Toronto, ON, Canada. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1523, and top seed was Ken Kurkowski (🇨🇦 CAN, 1580).

Balazs Csaszar (🇨🇦 CAN, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Daylam Popatia (4.0) and Tarik Furkan Tongarlak (3.5). Csaszar won solo starting round 4.

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
🇨🇦Ken Kurkowski1580
Avg top 10
1,523
Participants
36
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇦Canada×28
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
🇵🇰Pakistan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Balazs Csaszar led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
16
7
3
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Balazs Csaszar never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Balazs Csaszar 5 wins (R1–R5)Daylam Popatia 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Balazs Csaszar*
1
1
2Daylam Popatia*
0
3Tarik Furkan Tongarlak
0
1
*
4Bo Ruei Su
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Csaszar, Balazs0CAN+19N+18B+7N+4B+3N5.012.515.015.0015440.0
2Popatia, Daylam1482CAN+26B+25N+8B3N+9B4.011.012.59.002307+10.8
3Tongarlak, Tarik Furkan0TUR+24N+12B=16N+2B1B3.514.516.510.2515020.0
4Su, Bo Ruei1447HKG+33B+6N+5B1N=16N3.514.515.59.251673+23.6
5Chen, Mulin1517CAN+28B+30N4N=7B+18N3.510.511.56.501484-5.6
6Anderson, Max0CAN+21N4B+30B=8N+?B3.510.010.05.006480.0
7Kurkowski, Ken1580CAN+23B+22N1B=5N=8B3.013.515.57.251658+7.6
8Poon, Jayden0CAN+?B+15N2N=6B=7N3.013.513.56.2515340.0
9Mills, Nick0CAN+20N16B+17N+29B2N3.011.512.56.0013500.0
10Ivkin, Michael1525CANF+27N=11B+24B=12N3.010.011.56.501464-3.2
11Kuzin, Andre0CAN+31N=17B=10N=16B=22B3.010.011.06.0014900.0
12Sreekumar Maliekal, Balakrishnan1465CAN+29B3N=34B+25N=10B3.09.010.04.501533+3.8
13Deshpande, Rucha1569CANF=34N=25B+17B+20N3.07.57.56.251715+14.8
14Chang, Jace0CAN17N+31B20N+33B+29N3.07.08.03.007020.0
15Wang, Justin1540CAN+36N8B29N+26B+30N3.06.56.52.502307+18.0
16Saimovici, Gabriel1442CANF+9N=3B=11N=4B2.513.013.08.001448+0.4
17Shon, Kathryn1503CAN+14B=11N9B13N+28B2.512.013.56.00769-16.4
18Arora, Gaurav1423CAN+27B1N=22B+32N5B2.512.013.03.501483+6.4
19Ye, Jeffrey0CAN1B=35N+23B22N+32B2.510.011.03.5014690.0
20Liu, Jeffrey0CAN9B+?N+14B=?N13B2.59.09.03.007690.0
21FIDE 268124206B=23N=26B=27N+25B2.58.510.04.0014590.0
22Goff, Brent0CANF7B=18N+19B=11N2.011.514.05.2513090.0
23Hu, Ethan1411CAN7N=21B19N+31B=24N2.010.011.03.25780-11.2
24Yambao, Nel Jayson0CAN3B=26N+?B10N=23B2.010.010.01.7513560.0
25McManus, Scott Bradley0CAN+?N2B=13N12B21N1.512.512.51.5014330.0
26Liu, Shuangquan1507CAN2N=24B=21N15N=35B1.511.512.52.751210-44.0
27Wu, Jingchen0CAN18N10B+36N=21B?N1.58.08.01.256640.0
28Kuzin, Stephen0CAN5N32B+31N=?B17N1.58.08.01.0011560.0
29FIDE 2682826012NF+15B9N14B1.012.012.03.0015020.0
30Khanna, Gunin0CAN+32N5B6NF15B1.011.012.01.0013770.0
31FIDE 2682800011B14N28B23N+36B1.09.59.50.006110.0
32Mishra, Aarit1447CAN30B+28NF18B19N1.07.57.51.50623-21.2
33FIDE 266509304NF?B14N+?B1.06.56.50.006480.0
34Haroon Ikhlas Khan1541PAKF=13B=12NFF1.06.06.03.001517-2.8
35Manikandan Reddia Gowder, Kavira1428CANF=19BFF=26N1.05.05.02.001507+4.4
36FIDE 2682818015B?N27B?N31N0.05.55.50.007400.0

Key insights

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