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2025 Toronto Women's Closed

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14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 Sept 2025 to 17 Nov 2025 in Toronto, ON, Canada. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1613, and top seed was Oksana Golubeva (🇨🇦 CAN, WFM, 2235).

Oksana Golubeva (🇨🇦 CAN, WFM, 2235) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Ruth Joy Vinuya (5.5) and Shannon Zhao (5.0). Golubeva won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Shannon Zhao (1663) beat Ruth Joy Vinuya (1959), a +296-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Toronto, ON, Canada
Dates
22 Sept 2025 → 17 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦WFMOksana Golubeva2235
Avg top 10
1,613
Participants
14
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇦Canada×10
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

WFM Oksana Golubeva led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
5
2
2
2
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Golubeva6.5Vinuya5.5Zhao5Fernandez Lopez3.5Chance3.5Dolderman3.5
R6–R7 · LEAD HELD

WFM Oksana Golubeva never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Oksana Golubeva drew with Ruth Joy Vinuya (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WFM Oksana Golubeva 4 wins (R4–R7)Shannon Zhao 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMOksana Golubeva*
½
1
1
2Ruth Joy Vinuya
½
*
0
1
3Shannon Zhao
0
1
*—
4Isabel Fernandez Lopez
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Golubeva, OksanaWFM2235CAN+14N+5B=2N+3B+7B+9N+4N6.523.023.020.252088-1.2
2Vinuya, Ruth Joy1959PHI+6B+4N=1B+7N+8B−3N+5B5.525.027.519.251845+10.0
3Zhao, Shannon1663CANF+10N+4B−1N+12B+2B+8N5.022.522.516.001914+35.2
4Chance, Melody1459CAN+13N−2B−3N+6B+11N=5N−1B3.526.027.08.2515920.0
5Fernandez Lopez, Isabel1482ESP+11B−1N+6B−9N+10N=4B−2N3.524.026.09.751628-9.2
6Dolderman, Clara1386CAN−2N+13B−5N−4N+14B=8B+11N3.518.018.04.25923-8.2
7Abbarin, Shabnam1484CAN+8NF+9B−2B−1N+11BF3.019.019.07.001659+13.2
8Denning, Caitlin1296CAN−7BF+?N+11B−2N=6N−3B2.519.019.03.7512930.0
9Wilson, Serena1532CANF+12B−7N+5BF−1B=10N2.517.517.56.751612-12.4
10Hui, Tina1524CANF−3B−11N+14N−5B+12N=9B2.515.015.03.251389-18.8
11Shon, Kathryn1283CAN−5N+14B+10B−8N−4B−7N−6B2.018.518.52.5013660.0
12Taylor, Grace1409CANF−9NF+13B−3N−10B+14N2.011.011.01.008130.0
13FIDE 26818380—−4B−6N+14B−12NFFF1.09.09.00.006820.0
14FIDE 26818540—−1B−11N−13N−10B−6NF−12B0.017.517.50.009080.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets