2026 SCC & Chess4win March Break Open O1900

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58 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Markham, ON, Canada. 9 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2194, and top seed was Nikolay Noritsyn (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2460).

Nikolay Noritsyn (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2460) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Nicholas Vettese (5.0) and Saarthak Malakar (4.5). Noritsyn shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Gyula Bordas (1736) beat Jeffrey R Zhao (2078), a +342-point gap.

Location

🇨🇦Markham, ON, Canada

Dates

20 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇦IMNikolay Noritsyn2460

Avg top 10

2,194

Participants

Titled players · 9

IM×2

FM×1

CM×2

WFM×4

Federations · 4 represented

🇨🇦Canada×55

🇭🇺Hungary×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

Top 3

🥇
IMNikolay Noritsyn
🇨🇦CAN·2460
5.0pts·2379perf-3.1
🥈
IMNicholas Vettese
🇨🇦CAN·2418
5.0pts·2366perf-1.8
🥉
FMSaarthak Malakar
🇨🇦CAN·2247
4.5pts·2514perf+59.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Vettese5Noritsyn5Gao4.5Malakar4.5Yang4Yin4

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Noritsyn takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Nicholas Vettese 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Nikolay Noritsyn 4 wins (R1–R4)CM Heye Gao 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMNicholas Vettese	*	—	—	0
2IMNikolay Noritsyn	—	*	—	½
3CMHeye Gao	—	—	*	—
4FMSaarthak Malakar	1	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Noritsyn, NikolayIM	2460	CAN	+43B	+27N	+7B	+5N	=8B	=3N	5.0	19.5	21.5	17.25	2379	-3.1
2	Vettese, NicholasIM	2418	CAN	+19N	+26B	+6N	−3B	+13B	+5N	5.0	19.0	22.0	17.50	2366	-1.8
3	Malakar, SaarthakFM	2247	CAN	+20B	+15N	+9B	+2N	F	=1B	4.5	20.5	20.5	18.00	2514	+59.2
4	Gao, HeyeCM	1939	CAN	=10B	+21N	−8B	+29N	+15B	+31N	4.5	17.0	19.5	13.50	2033	+30.4
5	Dhaliwal, Jaipreet Singh	2151	CAN	+33N	+24B	+40N	−1B	+9N	−2B	4.0	19.5	21.5	11.50	2189	+17.6
6	Yang, Larry	2107	CAN	+17B	+41N	−2B	−28N	+19B	+22N	4.0	17.5	19.5	11.50	2079	-6.0
7	Wang, Nathan Zian	2056	CAN	+35N	+18B	−1N	+56B	−11N	+30B	4.0	17.0	18.0	9.00	2139	+23.6
8	Yin, Zeming	2058	CAN	+58N	=23B	+4N	+22B	=1N	F	4.0	16.0	16.0	12.00	2225	+39.2
9	Qian, Eric	2054	CAN	+46N	+49B	−3N	+19B	−5B	+48N	4.0	15.0	16.5	8.00	2053	+4.8
10	Bordas, Gyula	1736	HUN	=4N	=50B	=18N	=39B	+56N	+44B	4.0	13.0	14.0	8.50	2080	+52.6
11	Mao, Fengxi	2258	CAN	F	F	+29B	+24N	+7B	+13N	4.0	13.0	13.0	13.00	2728	+10.6
12	Xu, Leon	2103	CAN	=48B	−30N	+21B	+53N	=31B	+18N	4.0	12.5	13.5	9.00	1953	-38.4
13	Laughlin, Braden	1934	CAN	=32N	+53B	+23N	+30B	−2N	−11B	3.5	17.0	18.0	7.75	2033	+13.0
14	Yao, Henry	2011	CAN	=21B	+45N	=22B	=15N	=18B	=17N	3.5	16.0	18.0	10.00	1901	-32.0
15	Lin, Austin	1871	CAN	+52N	−3B	+57N	=14B	−4N	+45B	3.5	16.0	16.5	5.75	1943	+22.4
16	Zhang, Daniel	1956	CAN	−29B	−25N	+51N	+32B	=20N	+33B	3.5	13.5	15.0	8.00	1836	-33.2
17	Chen, Larry Zhou	1816	CAN	−6N	+52B	−31N	+49B	+39N	=14B	3.5	13.5	15.0	6.75	1946	+42.0
18	Bolandnazar, Korosh	1873	IRI	+42B	−7N	=10B	+37N	=14N	−12B	3.0	18.0	20.0	8.25	1887	+4.0
19	Hong, Zihan	1887	CAN	−2B	+54N	+42B	−9N	−6N	+40B	3.0	17.0	18.0	5.00	1925	+8.4
20	Lee, Daniel Joshua	1939	CAN	−3N	+36B	+44B	−31N	=16B	=25N	3.0	16.0	18.0	7.75	1953	+3.2
21	Russell, Wesley	1759	CAN	=14N	−4B	−12N	+51B	=42N	+57B	3.0	15.5	16.0	4.75	1861	+28.8
22	Qian, AshleyWFM	1940	CAN	+51N	+57B	=14N	−8N	=48B	−6B	3.0	14.5	15.0	4.50	1889	-13.6
23	Guo, AnniWFM	1875	CAN	+37B	=8N	−13B	=43N	+34B	F	3.0	14.5	14.5	8.00	1916	+12.0
24	Pollitt, Henry	1864	CAN	+34B	−5N	+41B	−11B	+40N	F	3.0	14.5	14.5	6.50	1977	+26.0
25	Lee, Matthew Yin Hang	1763	HKG	−39N	+16B	−26N	=44B	+50N	=20B	3.0	13.5	15.0	7.50	1981	+32.8
26	Huang, Justin	1967	CAN	+54B	−2N	+25B	=48N	=30N	F	3.0	13.0	13.0	6.00	1963	-3.6
27	Deshpande,SarthakCM	2000	CAN	+36N	−1B	+32N	F	+45B	F	3.0	12.0	12.0	7.00	2124	+22.8
28	Dembla, Shabd	1877	CAN	−40N	+55B	+49N	+6B	F	F	3.0	8.5	8.5	6.50	2013	+28.4
29	Cheung, Phoenix	1667	CAN	+16N	=39B	−11N	−4B	−33N	+41B	2.5	16.5	18.5	6.50	1864	+53.2
30	Zaka, Mohid	1804	CAN	F	+12B	+39N	−13N	=26B	−7N	2.5	16.5	16.5	7.50	1999	+24.8
31	Wu, Nolan	1953	CAN	F	F	+17B	+20B	=12N	−4B	2.5	15.0	15.0	8.50	2044	+18.8
32	Feng, Warren	1800	CAN	=13B	=44N	−27B	−16N	+49B	=34N	2.5	14.5	16.0	5.50	1838	+9.2
33	Pan, Julian	1841	CAN	−5B	−34N	+54B	=41N	+29B	−16N	2.5	14.5	15.5	4.50	1773	-25.6
34	Dhingra, Tanishq Kumar	1695	CAN	−24N	+33B	−56N	+35B	−23N	=32B	2.5	13.5	14.5	6.25	1788	+28.0
35	Mittal, Aashwin	1799	CAN	−7B	−42N	+36B	−34N	+55B	=46N	2.5	13.0	14.0	4.50	1748	-9.4
36	Le, Duc Khai	1723	CAN	−27B	−20N	−35N	=54B	+51N	+50B	2.5	11.5	12.5	3.50	1800	+20.8
37	Anish, Diganth	1671	CAN	−23N	=58B	+50N	−18B	−38N	+53B	2.5	11.0	11.5	2.75	1810	+38.8
38	Xie, IreneWFM	1939	CAN	−49N	=46B	−53N	F	+37B	+42B	2.5	9.0	9.0	5.50	1739	-51.2
39	Maulucci, Anthony	1936	CAN	+25B	=29N	−30B	=10N	−17B	F	2.0	15.5	15.5	6.25	1684	-33.2
40	Wang, Eric Jiachen	1635	CAN	+28B	+47N	−5B	−45N	−24B	−19N	2.0	15.0	17.0	5.00	1756	+31.6
41	Yang, Chengzhang	1791	CAN	+50N	−6B	−24N	=33B	=43B	−29N	2.0	14.0	15.5	3.75	1768	-9.6
42	Katz, Lyam	1747	CAN	−18N	+35B	−19N	=55B	=21B	−38N	2.0	14.0	15.0	4.50	1723	-3.6
43	Colvin, Andrew	1869	CAN	−1N	=51B	=46N	=23B	=41N	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	4.25	1805	-11.2
44	Zhao, Jeffrey R	2078	CAN	F	=32B	−20N	=25N	+53B	−10N	2.0	13.5	13.5	3.75	1732	-42.2
45	Sekaran, Adithya	1808	CAN	F	−14B	+58N	+40B	−27N	−15N	2.0	12.5	12.5	2.50	1774	-10.0
46	Bi, William	1783	CAN	−9B	=38N	=43B	F	=57N	=35B	2.0	11.5	11.5	3.75	1800	+2.4
47	Lazarev, Shon	1820	CAN	+55N	−40B	F	F	F	+52N	2.0	6.0	6.0	2.50	1820	+0.4
48	Zhao, Jifan	1797	CAN	=12N	F	F	=26B	=22N	−9B	1.5	16.0	16.0	5.00	1929	+24.0
49	Krivykh, Daniel	1707	CAN	+38B	−9N	−28B	−17N	−32N	=54B	1.5	15.5	16.5	3.00	1675	-12.4
50	Deepak, LaksshanaWFM	2013	CAN	−41B	=10N	−37B	+52N	−25B	−36N	1.5	14.0	15.5	3.50	1523	-142.8
51	Madhu Vikram, Chaarvik	1668	CAN	−22B	=43N	−16B	−21N	−36B	+55N	1.5	14.0	15.0	2.00	1653	-6.4
52	Chamberland, Luc	1621	CAN	−15B	−17N	=55N	−50B	+54N	−47B	1.5	11.5	12.5	1.50	1653	+3.0
53	Huang, Eric	1789	CAN	F	−13N	+38B	−12B	−44N	−37N	1.0	14.5	14.5	2.50	1704	-22.0
54	Krishnamurthi, Shashwath Raaghav	1728	CAN	−26N	−19B	−33N	=36N	−52B	=49N	1.0	12.5	14.0	2.00	1517	-60.0
55	Sorgard, Graham	1832	CAN	−47B	−28N	=52B	=42N	−35N	−51B	1.0	11.0	12.5	1.75	1482	-52.4
56	Oancea, Nicolae	1892	CAN	F	F	+34B	−7N	−10B	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	2.50	1703	-15.0
57	Rosenberg, Sean	1699	CAN	F	−22N	−15B	F	=46B	−21N	0.5	11.5	11.5	1.00	1516	-30.8
58	Sheth, Rudra	1717	CAN	−8B	=37N	−45B	F	F	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	1.25	1571	-11.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Malakar, SaarthakFMCAN
+59.2
4.5 pts · #4
2Cheung, PhoenixCAN
+53.2
2.5 pts · #29
3Bordas, GyulaHUN
+52.6
4.0 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Deepak, LaksshanaWFMCAN
-142.8
1.5 pts · #51
2Krishnamurthi, Shashwath RaaghavCAN
-60.0
1.0 pts · #53
3Sorgard, GrahamCAN
-52.4
1.0 pts · #56

Biggest upsets

R6+342 Elo gap
Bordas, Gyula1736 beat Zhao, Jeffrey R2078
R3+342 Elo gap
Anish, Diganth1671 beat WFMDeepak, Laksshana2013
R2+299 Elo gap
Zaka, Mohid1804 beat Xu, Leon2103