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2025 WBX Team Tournament

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37 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Dec 2025 to 14 Dec 2025 in Edmonton, AB, Canada. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2103, and top seed was Tymur Keleberda (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2385).

Amir Mohammad Bahmani (🇨🇦 CAN, 2263) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Tymur Keleberda (4.0) and Belsar Valencia (4.0). Bahmani won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Michael Xu (1753) beat Butch Villavieja (2052), a +299-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Edmonton, AB, Canada
Dates
13 Dec 2025 → 14 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦IMTymur Keleberda2385
Avg top 10
2,103
Participants
37
Titled players · 3
IM×1
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇦Canada×33
🇵🇭Philippines×2
🇮🇳India×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Amir Mohammad Bahmani led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
14
10
6
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Amir Mohammad Bahmani held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Amir Mohammad Bahmani 4 wins (R1–R4)Belsar Valencia 3 wins (R1–R3)Roy Yearwood 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Bahmani, Amir Mohammad2263CAN+17B+13N+28B+35N=2N4.59.09.07.002457+20.0
2Keleberda, TymurIM2385CAN+18B+17N=13B+28N=1B4.011.011.58.002326-3.6
3Valencia, Belsar2194PHI+13B+18N+23B=17N=10B4.09.511.08.502234+6.0
4Lee, Raphael1694CAN+31N+19B+24N=16B=8N4.09.09.06.001877+46.0
5Yearwood, Roy1866CAN+30B+34N+14B=25N=9N4.07.07.04.752012+17.4
6Nikolov, Nikolai1604CAN24N+33B+31N+19B+11N4.06.06.05.001877+69.2
7Somadasa, A M T P S1811SRI+34B+32N+30B15N+14N4.05.05.02.501945+13.8
8Atwood, Matthew1629CAN+19N12B+33N+24B=4B3.510.010.05.001857+29.4
9Ivanescu, Matthew1799CAN+32B+30N=25B=29N=5B3.55.55.52.751890+19.2
10Darvekar, Yash2004CAN+28B+23N17B=18N=3N3.09.510.05.002088+24.0
11Zhang, Felix1642CAN+33N+24B12N+26N6B3.09.09.02.001764+31.2
12De Guzman, Jeff Anthony1971CAN+26B+8N+11BFF3.07.57.57.502460+17.2
13Jin, Eric2032CAN3N1B=2N+23B+36B2.514.014.03.502076+10.0
14Soco, Lester1769CAN=15N+20B5N+32N7B2.512.512.53.251746-3.0
15Zhang, Finley1771CAN=14B+25N16B+7B20N2.511.012.06.251811+10.4
16Tuvera, Mark1767CANFF+15N=4N+24B2.57.57.55.501903+10.6
17Wu, JonathanCM2160CAN1N2B+10N=3B=18N2.015.517.56.002094-18.8
18Haessel, Dale R.FM1980CAN2N3B+35N=10B=17B2.013.013.02.502053+6.4
19Sajosh, Isaac1701CAN8B4N+26B6N+31B2.012.512.51.001589-31.2
20Suominen, David1884CANF14N+32BF+15B2.05.05.02.501772-6.2
21Campbell, Adam1799CANFFF+31B+26N2.01.01.01.002487+27.6
22Zeggelaar, Mike1808CAN+37NFFF+29B2.00.50.50.502537+16.4
23Xu, Michael1753CAN+27N10B3N13N=28B1.510.511.01.251898+28.0
24Best, Daton1422CAN+6B11N4B8N16N1.014.517.04.0014280.0
25Koperski, Dustin1824CANF15B=9N=5BF1.010.010.03.751688-10.8
26Yang, Anne1707CAN12N+31B19N11B21B1.010.010.00.001516-48.4
27Villavieja, Butch2052PHI23B+28NFFF1.02.02.00.501873-8.8
28Hoekman, Samuel1991CAN10N27B1N2B=23N0.513.014.00.751726-28.6
29Gueverra, Alvin1842CANFFF=9B22N0.55.55.51.751611-12.2
30McKenzie, Mike1648CAN5N9B7NFF0.013.513.50.001025-16.2
31Shopland, Mark1666CAN4B26N6B21N19N0.012.013.00.00901-90.4
32McGarvey, Matthew0CAN9N7B20N14BF0.012.012.00.0010160.0
33Nalual, Bernie1753CAN11B6N8BFF0.010.510.50.00826-80.8
34Young, Joseph1818CAN7N5BFFF0.08.08.00.001038-18.8
35Briones, Dante1885CANFF18B1BF0.06.56.50.001323-9.2
36Ivanescu, Cristian1782CANFFFF13N0.02.52.50.001232-3.8
37Siva Chowdeswar N1631IND22BFFFF0.02.02.00.001009-5.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets