2025 EM-Nov8_9_GP12
9 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 08 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in Burlington, ON, Canada. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 739, and top seed was Shiva Chakkoli (🇨🇦 CAN, 1813).
Damian Eros (🇨🇦 CAN, 0) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Jared Byers (4.0) and Chenhao Ge (2.5). Eros shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Jared Byers (1659) beat Shiva Chakkoli (1813), a +154-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Eros takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (10.5).
Jared Byers lost to Damian Eros (White).
Damian Eros won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jared Byers | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Damian Eros | 1 | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Chenhao Ge | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Shiva Chakkoli | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eros, Damian | 0 | CAN | +5B | +4B | +2N | −3N | +6B | 4.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 9.50 | 1820 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Byers, Jared | 1659 | CAN | +9N | +7B | −1B | +4N | +3B | 4.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.50 | 2501 | +26.6 |
| 3 | Ge, Chenhao | 0 | CAN | −7N | +9B | =6N | +1B | −2N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.75 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Chakkoli, Shiva | 1813 | CAN | +8B | −1N | +5B | −2B | F | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 954 | -11.4 |
| 5 | Catubig, Florencio | 0 | PHI | −1N | +6B | −4N | F | +8B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 1005 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Mao, Oliver | 0 | CAN | +?B | −5N | =3B | −8N | −1N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.25 | 1613 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Sreekumar, GauriWCM | 1663 | CAN | +3B | −2N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 954 | -24.0 |
| 8 | Chen, Yuhong | 0 | CAN | −4N | −?N | F | +6B | −5N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 899 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Sreekumar Maliekal, Balakrishnan | 1512 | CAN | −2B | −3N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 954 | -3.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Byers, JaredCAN+26.64.0 pts · #1
- 2Chen, YuhongCAN0.01.0 pts · #9
- 3Ge, ChenhaoCAN0.02.5 pts · #4
- 1Sreekumar, GauriWCMCAN-24.01.0 pts · #8
- 2Chakkoli, ShivaCAN-11.42.0 pts · #5
- 3Sreekumar Maliekal, BalakrishnanCAN-3.20.0 pts · #7
- R4+154 Elo gap