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2025 SCC Jack Frost

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37 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Dec 2025 to 26 Feb 2026 in Toronto, ON, Canada. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1819, and top seed was Venkat Karthikeya Reddy Kola (🇨🇦 CAN, CM, 1983).

Venkat Karthikeya Reddy Kola (🇨🇦 CAN, CM, 1983) won with 4.5/5, ahead of David Southam (4.0) and Julian Pan (3.5). Kola won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Arkadiy Ugodnikov (1628) beat David Lawless (1941), a +313-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Toronto, ON, Canada
Dates
18 Dec 2025 → 26 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,819
Participants
37
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇦Canada×35
🇱🇧Lebanon×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

CM Venkat Karthikeya Reddy Kola led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

CM Venkat Karthikeya Reddy Kola held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Venkat Karthikeya Reddy Kola drew with David Southam (Black).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

CM Venkat Karthikeya Reddy Kola won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMVenkat Karthikeya Reddy Kola*
½
1
1
2David Southam
½
*
3Julian Pan
0
*
4Merlin Nazareno
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kola, Venkat Karthikeya ReddyCM1983CAN+5N+10B+4N+3B=2N4.513.516.014.002164+17.6
2Southam, David1836CAN+7N+6B=8N+20B=1B4.013.515.511.751980+15.0
3Pan, Julian1768CAN=22N+25B+17N1N+23B3.59.510.55.251844-1.6
4Nazareno, Merlin1848CAN+14B+27N1B=10N=8N3.012.013.05.751866-0.2
5Balakrishnan, Shankar1509CAN1B9N+16B+34N+19B3.011.511.54.001741+32.0
6Washah, Erincan0CAN+24B2N+27B13N+14B3.09.510.54.0017530.0
7Jeyakumar, Yathushan1595CAN2B+24N=15B=14N+25B3.09.010.04.001747+18.4
8Bi, William0CANF+33N=2B+19N=4B3.09.09.05.501911+27.2
9Chamberland, Luc0CAN29N+5B+22N21B+24B3.07.58.55.501812+17.8
10Sekaran, Adithya1755CAN+18N1N+12B=4BF2.512.012.06.001861+21.6
11Lawless, David1941CAN=12B+16N20B15N+33B2.58.58.53.251623-29.4
12Le, Duc Khai1525CAN=11N+37B10N17B+32N2.57.07.01.251712+40.3
13Chen, Ray1747CANF=23B+32N+6BF2.54.54.53.751858+13.6
14Cheung, Phoenix0CAN4N=18B+28N=7B6N2.011.012.03.501566-11.6
15Ugodnikov, Arkadiy1628CANF=26B=7N+11B17N2.08.58.54.501704+7.4
16Kola, Venkata Saket Reddy1716CAN=26N11B5N+32B=18N2.08.58.51.501645+6.8
17Wang, Alan1558CANFF3B+12N+15B2.08.08.04.501808+38.8
18Ma, Quentin1633CAN10B=14N+36B23N=16B2.08.08.02.001576-4.4
19Chen, Brady0CAN+35N30B+26N8B5N2.08.08.01.001630+20.8
20Vo, Timothy0CANF+28B+11N2NF2.07.57.53.501847+16.4
21Varakunan, Cadiron0CANF+22BF+9NF2.04.54.54.502504+32.0
22Satish Alwar, Dharsan1718CAN=3B21N9BF+35N1.58.58.51.751622-22.8
23Xiao, Stephanie1566CANF=13NF+18B3N1.58.08.03.251730+19.6
24Katz, Lyam1748CAN6N7BF+35B9N1.09.09.00.001473-20.6
25El Habboub, Hicham1531LBNF3NF+26B7N1.07.57.51.001636+11.2
26Mendoza, Armand Jess0CAN=16B=15N19B25NF1.07.07.02.001387-41.8
27Anish, Diganth0CAN+36N4B6NFF1.06.06.00.001758+2.0
28Williams-Ikhenoba, Jesukhogie0CANF20N14BF+36N1.04.04.00.0015310.0
29Laughlin, Braden0CAN+9BFFFF1.03.03.03.002483+5.4
30Blair, Michael1792CANF+19NFFF1.02.02.02.002333+3.2
31Vinuya, Ruth Joy1769PHI+32BFFFF1.00.00.00.002531+8.2
32Yamasaki, Dawson0CAN31NF13B16N12B0.08.08.00.00870-92.8
33Jai Hanuj Vetrivel0CANF8BFF11N0.05.55.50.001022-20.8
34Balaji, Abhinav malolan1442CANFFF5BF0.05.05.00.00807-14.8
35Armstrong, Robert J1504CAN19BFF24N22B0.04.54.50.00864-17.6
36Issani, Nameer Noor0CAN27BF18NF28B0.04.04.00.00866-38.0
37Gummadi, Bhargav Ram1681CANF12NFFF0.02.52.50.00743-26.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets