2026 Blitz Bishops January Take5
Open SwissStandard
17 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 09 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Montreal, Canada. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 2058, and top seed was Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (🇨🇦 CAN, GM, 2525).
Nikita Kraiouchkine (🇨🇦 CAN, 2261) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Antoine Berube (3.0) and Aaron Both (3.0).
The biggest upset came in round 1: Hou Han Zhang (1872) beat Nikita Kraiouchkine (2261), a +389-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Montreal, Canada
Dates
09 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
2,058
Participants
17
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×15
🇺🇸United States of America×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsCo-leaders
8
3
2
1
1
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Aaron Both won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nikita Kraiouchkine | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Antoine Berube | — | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Aaron Both | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Victor Nicolae Iordanescu | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kraiouchkine, Nikita | 2261 | CAN | −6B | +16N | +11B | =7N | +3B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 6.25 | 2111 | -2.2 |
| 2 | Berube, Antoine | 2232 | CAN | +14N | −3B | +5N | +4B | −?N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.50 | 2111 | +1.8 |
| 3 | Both, Aaron | 1992 | CAN | +15B | +2N | +6B | −?B | −1N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.00 | 2145 | +21.2 |
| 4 | Iordanescu, Victor Nicolae | 1945 | CAN | +17B | −10N | +13B | −2N | +8N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1826 | -20.0 |
| 5 | Pomerantz, Daniel | 2053 | CAN | +9B | =6N | −2B | +14N | −7B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.25 | 1932 | -5.4 |
| 6 | Zhang, Hou Han | 1872 | CAN | +1N | =5B | −3N | −13B | +15N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1890 | +1.6 |
| 7 | Turcotte, Jonathan | 1948 | CAN | +8N | −?B | F | =1B | +5N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.25 | 2183 | +19.4 |
| 8 | Robillard, Guillaume | 1602 | CAN | −7B | +9N | F | +11N | −4B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1916 | +55.6 |
| 9 | Harper, Jonathan | 1710 | CAN | −5N | −8B | +12N | =15B | =11N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1731 | -51.2 |
| 10 | Di Matteo, Alessio | 2034 | CAN | +13N | +4B | −?N | F | F | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2618 | +16.4 |
| 11 | Duval, Mathieu | 1923 | CAN | −?N | +12B | −1N | −8B | =9B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 1801 | -16.8 |
| 12 | Nassif, Aba | 1932 | USA | =16B | −11N | −9B | F | +13N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 1836 | -4.4 |
| 13 | Vlasov, Alexander | 1704 | CAN | −10B | F | −4N | +6N | −12B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 1698 | -1.2 |
| 14 | McCartney, Steven | 1814 | CAN | −2B | +15N | F | −5B | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.50 | 1793 | -3.0 |
| 15 | Lapalme, Gabriel | 1691 | CAN | −3N | −14B | F | =9N | −6B | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1573 | -18.4 |
| 16 | Martinez Mulet, Dario Leonel | 2262 | CAN | =12N | −1B | F | F | F | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.75 | 1808 | -18.6 |
| 17 | FIDE 2683717 | 0 | — | −4N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1132 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Robillard, GuillaumeCAN+55.62.0 pts · #7
- 2Both, AaronCAN+21.23.0 pts · #3
- 3Turcotte, JonathanCAN+19.42.5 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Harper, JonathanCAN-51.22.0 pts · #10
- 2Iordanescu, Victor NicolaeCAN-20.03.0 pts · #9
- 3Martinez Mulet, Dario LeonelCAN-18.60.5 pts · #15
Biggest upsets
- R1+389 Elo gap
- R4+321 Elo gap
- R2+240 Elo gap