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2026 Edmonton Championship

KnockoutStandard

16 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 08 Jan 2026 to 26 Feb 2026 in Edmonton, AB, Canada. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2082, and top seed was Tymur Keleberda (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2381).

Tymur Keleberda (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2381) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Amir Mohammad Bahmani (6.0) and Belsar Valencia (4.0). Keleberda won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Rauf Kohestani (1941) beat Rafael Arruebarrena Rodriguez (CM, 2061), a +120-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Edmonton, AB, Canada
Dates
08 Jan 2026 → 26 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Knockout · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦IMTymur Keleberda2381
Avg top 10
2,082
Participants
16
Titled players · 2
IM×1
CM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇦Canada×13
🇻🇪Venezuela×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

IM Tymur Keleberda led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
7
4
3
2
1
2
1
1
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
R5–R8 · LEAD HELD

IM Tymur Keleberda never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

IM Tymur Keleberda 1.5–0.5 against Amir Mohammad Bahmani (R7 1-0, R8 ½-½) — decisive in 1/2.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Tymur Keleberda 5 wins (R1–R5)Amir Mohammad Bahmani 4 wins (R1–R4)Belsar Valencia 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMTymur Keleberda*
1
½
—
1
½
2Amir Mohammad Bahmani
0
½
*
½
1
—
3Belsar Valencia—
½
0
*—
4Yanchen Zheng
0
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Keleberda, TymurIM2381CAN+13B+13N+6N+6B+4B=4N+2N=2B7.022.022.017.252410+6.0
2Bahmani, Amir Mohammad2283CAN+14N+14B+7B+7N=3N+3B−1B=1N6.025.025.012.502316+11.6
3Valencia, Belsar2200PHI+15B+15N+8N=8B=2B−2NFF4.015.015.05.252140-4.4
4Zheng, Yanchen1951CHN+16N+16B−5B+5N−1N=1BFF3.519.019.06.002104+20.4
5Kohestani, Rauf1941CAN+10N=10B+4N−4BFFFF2.58.08.04.252102+34.4
6Korolov, Ivan2050CAN+12N=12B−1B−1NFFFF1.515.015.00.752056-5.6
7Darvekar, Yash2028CAN=11B+11N−2N−2BFFFF1.513.013.00.752037-2.4
8Hoekman, Samuel1961CAN−9N+9B−3B=3NFFFF1.510.010.03.001969-0.8
9Prianichnikov, Maikl1911CAN+8B−8NFFFFFF1.03.03.01.501961+5.6
10Arruebarrena Rodriguez, RafaelCM2061VEN−5B=5NFFFFFF0.55.05.01.251748-16.4
11Hughey, Micah1964CAN=7N−7BFFFFFF0.53.03.00.751835-6.4
12Butenko, Zlata1904CAN−6B=6NFFFFFF0.53.03.00.751857-4.0
13Chow, Sheldon1695CAN−1N−1BFFFFFF0.014.014.00.001295-6.4
14Tuvera, Mark1777CAN−2B−2NFFFFFF0.012.012.00.001377-3.2
15Soco, Lester1766CAN−3N−3BFFFFFF0.08.08.00.001367-3.2
16Trilla, Adria1848CAN−4B−4NFFFFFF0.07.07.00.001152-28.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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