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2025 Blitz Bishops' Take 5 - Open

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18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 14 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2015, and top seed was Nikita Kraiouchkine (🇨🇦 CAN, 2232).

Reza? Abtahian (🇨🇦 CAN, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Ananda Saha (4.5) and Daniel Pomerantz (3.5). Abtahian shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Mathieu Duval (1879) beat Nikita Kraiouchkine (2232), a +353-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dates
14 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦Nikita Kraiouchkine2232
Avg top 10
2,015
Participants
18
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇦Canada×15
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇱🇧Lebanon×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Abtahian4.5Saha4.5Pomerantz3.5Both3Kraiouchkine3Sun3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Abtahian takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Reza? Abtahian drew with CM Ananda Saha (Black).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Reza? Abtahian went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Reza? Abtahian*
½
—
1
2CMAnanda Saha
½
*—
1
3Daniel Pomerantz——*—
4Aaron Both
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Abtahian, Reza?0CAN+6N+12B=2N+5B+4N4.513.515.012.7520000.0
2Saha, AnandaCM2196CAN+10B+9N=1B+11N+5B4.512.013.511.252680+18.6
3Pomerantz, Daniel2084CAN=12N+18B−4N+8B+7N3.59.510.06.251990+5.6
4Kraiouchkine, Nikita2232CAN−8N+14B+3B+9N−1B3.013.014.07.002065-5.8
5Both, Aaron1966CAN+16B+7N+11B−1N−2N3.013.014.05.002121+20.8
6Sun, Jonathan1883CAN−1B+13N+10B−7N+15B3.010.511.54.501973+18.4
7Turcotte, Jonathan2011CAN+14N−5B=8N+6B−3B2.512.013.05.251875-8.6
8Duval, Mathieu1879CAN+4B−11N=7B−3N+10B2.511.012.56.251952+26.4
9Have, Didier1885CAN+15N−2B+16N−4B=11B2.510.011.02.751893-1.2
10Burak, Rachel1734USA−2N+15B−6N+18B−8N2.011.011.51.501684-12.4
11Paikin, Andrey1975RUSF+8B−5N−2B=9N1.512.512.53.751853-13.6
12Lillo, Matteo1728CAN=3B−1N=18N=14B−13N1.510.511.02.501744+28.4
13Hammoud, Khaled1710CAN−17N−6B=14NF+12B1.56.56.52.001686-39.2
14Ivanov Yuan, Maksim1710CAN−7B−4N=13B=12N−16N1.08.59.51.501606-46.4
15Harris, Isaac1635CAN−9B−10NF+16B−6N1.08.58.51.0016020.0
16Kolodner, Garry1695CAN−5NF−9B−15N+14B1.07.57.51.001740+6.0
17Ghnatios, Ralph2038LBN+13BFFFF1.01.51.51.502672+9.8
18Goldner, John1591CANF−3N=12B−10NF0.57.07.00.751485-16.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets