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2026 MCC New Year Classic - Open

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27 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Jan 2026 to 25 Feb 2026 in Mississauga, ON, Canada. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1749, and top seed was Vesal Karami (🇮🇷 IRI, 1807).

David Hemphrey (🇨🇦 CAN, 1766) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Adam Cheng (4.0) and Allen Li (4.0). Hemphrey won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Swapnil Shrivastava (1470) beat Eric Jiachen Wang (1790), a +320-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Mississauga, ON, Canada
Dates
14 Jan 2026 → 25 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇷Vesal Karami1807
Avg top 10
1,749
Participants
27
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×26
🇮🇷Iran×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

David Hemphrey led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

David Hemphrey never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

David Hemphrey drew with Adam Cheng (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

David Hemphrey 5 wins (R1–R5)Allen Li 4 wins (R2–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1David Hemphrey*
½
2Adam Cheng
½
*
3Allen Li*
4Anant Murthy*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hemphrey, David1766CAN+21B+23N+5B+6N+14B=2N5.513.014.012.002103+40.6
2Cheng, Adam1790CAN=19N=10B=18N+9N+5B=1B4.015.016.511.001771-4.8
3Li, Allen1695CAN9N+15B+10NF+6B+14N4.012.012.09.501857+33.6
4Murthy, Anant1625CAN=13N+19BF14N+9B+10N3.511.011.07.751822+52.4
5Wang, Eric Jiachen1790CAN+12N+9B1N8B2N+17B3.017.519.57.001640-44.8
6Streegan, Michael1769CAN+18BF+12N1B3N+16N3.015.515.56.001720-11.2
7Momic, Jovan1605CAN=26N13B+19N+18BF=11N3.08.58.54.501712+14.6
8Shrivastava, Swapnil1470CAN+15N+11BF+5NFF3.07.57.57.502490+61.2
9Harish, Adwaith1562CAN+3B5N+11N2B4N=12B2.517.019.57.751636+21.6
10Krishnamurthi, Shashwath Raaghav1523CANF=2N3B+15B+18N4B2.515.015.05.501582+10.4
11Kovuru, Aaryan1592CAN+20B8N9BF+22N=7B2.511.011.04.001565-6.4
12Singh, Jayden1667CAN5B+25N6B+16NF=9N2.511.011.03.751679+3.2
13Karami, Vesal1807IRI=4B+7N14BFF+19N2.510.010.06.251770-7.6
14Cheung, Oscar1805CANFF+13N+4B1N3B2.015.515.56.001723-17.6
15Robbins, Ted0CAN8B3N+22B10N17B+25N2.012.513.01.5014790.0
16Huynh, Phuc Khang1543CANFF+21N12B+20N6B2.08.08.02.501625+16.4
17Tan, Jayden Henry1587CANFFF+27B+15N5N2.05.05.02.001728+7.4
18Emani, Pranav1569CAN6NF=2B7N10B+24B1.513.513.53.001491-21.2
19Timokhov, Andrew1667CAN=2B4N7B+25NF13B1.513.513.52.501563-28.0
20Natarajan, Bhargav1575CAN11NF=25B22N16B+27N1.56.06.00.251482-23.2
21Das, Antarip1500CAN1NF16B24N+27BF1.08.58.50.001430-13.6
22Wang, William Kaiyuan1616CANFF15N+20B11BF1.06.06.01.501580-4.8
23Fajutagana, Frank Immanuel1559CAN+25B1BFFFF1.06.06.00.501750+19.6
24Cabioc, Jose1514CANFFF+21BF18N1.02.52.51.001530+0.8
25Nguyen, Leo1737CAN23N12B=20N19BF15B0.58.58.50.751295-85.2
26Verde, Pino1571CAN=7BFFFFF0.53.03.01.501604+1.0
27Zarezadegan, Fariborz1663CANFFF17N21N20B0.04.54.50.00750-78.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets