2025 AFM1st Peel Region - Under 1800 Winter Chess Championship
Open SwissStandard
18 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held on 27 Dec 2025 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 1576, and top seed was Jasman Singh (🇨🇦 CAN, 1749).
Sasha Ioffine (🇨🇦 CAN, 1549) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Dharsan Satish Alwar (3.0) and Anagh Sahni (3.0). Ioffine won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Jason Mogallos (1504) beat Jasman Singh (1749), a +245-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Dates
27 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇦Canada×15
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsSasha Ioffine led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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3
1
1
R3–R4 · LEAD HELD
Sasha Ioffine never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Sasha Ioffine 4 wins (R1–R4)Bhargav Natarajan 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sasha Ioffine | * | — | — | — |
| 2Dharsan Satish Alwar | — | * | — | ½ |
| 3Bhargav Natarajan | — | — | * | — |
| 4Anagh Sahni | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ioffine, Sasha | 1549 | CAN | +14N | +5B | +13N | +6B | 4.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 2366 | +62.8 |
| 2 | Satish Alwar, Dharsan | 1727 | CAN | +9N | =13B | +7N | =3B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 6.75 | 1652 | -9.6 |
| 3 | Sahni, Anagh | 1477 | CAN | +10B | +15N | =6B | =2N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 5.75 | 1615 | +14.0 |
| 4 | Natarajan, Bhargav | 1535 | CAN | −5B | +14B | +15N | +8N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.00 | 2290 | +35.2 |
| 5 | Kutuzyan, James | 0 | CAN | +4N | −1N | =8B | +13B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 5.50 | 1563 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Mogallos, Jason | 1504 | CAN | +12N | +16B | =3N | −1N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 4.50 | 1591 | +6.4 |
| 7 | Buscar, Bernard | 1453 | CAN | +18B | =8N | −2B | +15B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1388 | -3.8 |
| 8 | Yang, Andrew | 1438 | CAN | +17N | =7B | =5N | −4B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1302 | -14.0 |
| 9 | Perez Socas, Luis Benito | 0 | CAN | −2B | −11N | +10B | +14N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1488 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Reech, Jacob | 0 | CAN | −3N | +17B | −9N | +16B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1613 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Leschinski, Tom | 1573 | CAN | −13N | +9B | +12N | F | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.00 | 850 | -15.6 |
| 12 | FIDE 2682788 | 0 | — | −6B | +18N | −11B | +17N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 739 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Nguyen-Kawamura, Kousuke | 1651 | CAN | +11B | =2N | −1B | −5N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1615 | -6.0 |
| 14 | Ling, Samuel | 1542 | CAN | −1B | −4N | +18B | −9B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 742 | -20.0 |
| 15 | Von Fintel, Dieter | 0 | CAN | +16N | −3B | −4B | −7N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1361 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Singh, Jasman | 1749 | CAN | −15B | −6N | +17B | −10N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 705 | -32.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 2677202 | 0 | — | −8B | −10N | −16N | −12B | 0.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 793 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 2681510 | 0 | — | −7N | −12B | −14N | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 698 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ioffine, SashaCAN+62.84.0 pts · #1
- 2Natarajan, BhargavCAN+35.23.0 pts · #4
- 3Sahni, AnaghCAN+14.03.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Singh, JasmanCAN-32.01.0 pts · #13
- 2Ling, SamuelCAN-20.01.0 pts · #14
- 3Leschinski, TomCAN-15.62.0 pts · #18
Biggest upsets
- R2+245 Elo gap
- R3+102 Elo gap