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
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇦Canada×28
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
🇵🇰Pakistan×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsBalazs Csaszar led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Balazs Csaszar | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Daylam Popatia | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Tarik Furkan Tongarlak | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Bo Ruei Su | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Csaszar, Balazs | 0 | CAN | +19N | +18B | +7N | +4B | +3N | 5.0 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 15.00 | 1544 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Popatia, Daylam | 1482 | CAN | +26B | +25N | +8B | −3N | +9B | 4.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 9.00 | 2307 | +10.8 |
| 3 | Tongarlak, Tarik Furkan | 0 | TUR | +24N | +12B | =16N | +2B | −1B | 3.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 10.25 | 1502 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Su, Bo Ruei | 1447 | HKG | +33B | +6N | +5B | −1N | =16N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 9.25 | 1673 | +23.6 |
| 5 | Chen, Mulin | 1517 | CAN | +28B | +30N | −4N | =7B | +18N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.50 | 1484 | -5.6 |
| 6 | Anderson, Max | 0 | CAN | +21N | −4B | +30B | =8N | +?B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 648 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Kurkowski, Ken | 1580 | CAN | +23B | +22N | −1B | =5N | =8B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 7.25 | 1658 | +7.6 |
| 8 | Poon, Jayden | 0 | CAN | +?B | +15N | −2N | =6B | =7N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.25 | 1534 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Mills, Nick | 0 | CAN | +20N | −16B | +17N | +29B | −2N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 6.00 | 1350 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Ivkin, Michael | 1525 | CAN | F | +27N | =11B | +24B | =12N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 6.50 | 1464 | -3.2 |
| 11 | Kuzin, Andre | 0 | CAN | +31N | =17B | =10N | =16B | =22B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 6.00 | 1490 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Sreekumar Maliekal, Balakrishnan | 1465 | CAN | +29B | −3N | =34B | +25N | =10B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 4.50 | 1533 | +3.8 |
| 13 | Deshpande, Rucha | 1569 | CAN | F | =34N | =25B | +17B | +20N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.25 | 1715 | +14.8 |
| 14 | Chang, Jace | 0 | CAN | −17N | +31B | −20N | +33B | +29N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 702 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Wang, Justin | 1540 | CAN | +36N | −8B | −29N | +26B | +30N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 2307 | +18.0 |
| 16 | Saimovici, Gabriel | 1442 | CAN | F | +9N | =3B | =11N | =4B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.00 | 1448 | +0.4 |
| 17 | Shon, Kathryn | 1503 | CAN | +14B | =11N | −9B | −13N | +28B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 769 | -16.4 |
| 18 | Arora, Gaurav | 1423 | CAN | +27B | −1N | =22B | +32N | −5B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 1483 | +6.4 |
| 19 | Ye, Jeffrey | 0 | CAN | −1B | =35N | +23B | −22N | +32B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1469 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Liu, Jeffrey | 0 | CAN | −9B | +?N | +14B | =?N | −13B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 769 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 2681242 | 0 | — | −6B | =23N | =26B | =27N | +25B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1459 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Goff, Brent | 0 | CAN | F | −7B | =18N | +19B | =11N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 5.25 | 1309 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Hu, Ethan | 1411 | CAN | −7N | =21B | −19N | +31B | =24N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 780 | -11.2 |
| 24 | Yambao, Nel Jayson | 0 | CAN | −3B | =26N | +?B | −10N | =23B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.75 | 1356 | 0.0 |
| 25 | McManus, Scott Bradley | 0 | CAN | +?N | −2B | =13N | −12B | −21N | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.50 | 1433 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Liu, Shuangquan | 1507 | CAN | −2N | =24B | =21N | −15N | =35B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 2.75 | 1210 | -44.0 |
| 27 | Wu, Jingchen | 0 | CAN | −18N | −10B | +36N | =21B | −?N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 664 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Kuzin, Stephen | 0 | CAN | −5N | −32B | +31N | =?B | −17N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1156 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 2682826 | 0 | — | −12N | F | +15B | −9N | −14B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1502 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Khanna, Gunin | 0 | CAN | +32N | −5B | −6N | F | −15B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 1377 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 2682800 | 0 | — | −11B | −14N | −28B | −23N | +36B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 611 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Mishra, Aarit | 1447 | CAN | −30B | +28N | F | −18B | −19N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 623 | -21.2 |
| 33 | FIDE 2665093 | 0 | — | −4N | F | −?B | −14N | +?B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 648 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Haroon Ikhlas Khan | 1541 | PAK | F | =13B | =12N | F | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1517 | -2.8 |
| 35 | Manikandan Reddia Gowder, Kavira | 1428 | CAN | F | =19B | F | F | =26N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1507 | +4.4 |
| 36 | FIDE 2682818 | 0 | — | −15B | −?N | −27B | −?N | −31N | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 740 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Su, Bo RueiHKG+23.63.5 pts · #4
- 2Wang, JustinCAN+18.03.0 pts · #14
- 3Deshpande, RuchaCAN+14.83.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Liu, ShuangquanCAN-44.01.5 pts · #21
- 2Mishra, AaritCAN-21.21.0 pts · #34
- 3Shon, KathrynCAN-16.42.5 pts · #32