2026 SCC & Chess4win March Break Open U1900

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43 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Markham, ON, Canada. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1692, and top seed was Riley Chen (🇨🇦 CAN, 1813).

Brady Chen (🇨🇦 CAN, 1590) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Fred Gandolfi (4.5) and Pranav Pillai (4.5). Chen clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Nikita Kamath (1442) beat Stephanie Xiao (1665), a +223-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

🇨🇦Riley Chen1813

Avg top 10

1,692

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇨🇦Canada×41

FIDE (no federation)×1

Top 3

🥇
Brady Chen
🇨🇦CAN·1590
5.0pts·1879perf+85.6
🥈
Fred Gandolfi
🇨🇦CAN·1702
4.5pts·1792perf+13.4
🥉
Pranav Pillai
🇨🇦CAN·1602
4.5pts·1789perf+60.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Brady Chen led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Chen5Gandolfi4.5Pillai4.5Nakar4Gowrishankar4Kong4

R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

Brady Chen held the sole lead from R3 through R6 without losing it.

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Brady Chen won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Brady Chen	*	—	—	1
2Fred Gandolfi	—	*	—	½
3Pranav Pillai	—	—	*	½
4Soham Nakar	0	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chen, Brady	1590	CAN	+9B	+5N	+10B	=8N	=14B	+4N	5.0	18.5	21.5	18.25	1879	+85.6
2	Gandolfi, Fred	1702	CAN	+17B	+21N	=8B	=4N	=5B	+14N	4.5	17.5	20.0	14.25	1792	+13.4
3	Pillai, Pranav	1602	CAN	=4B	+38N	+28B	=14N	+8B	=5N	4.5	16.5	18.0	12.50	1789	+60.0
4	Nakar, Soham	1644	CAN	=3N	+22B	+6N	=2B	+9N	−1B	4.0	21.5	24.0	14.50	1736	+30.4
5	Gowrishankar, Nilaanujan	1529	CAN	+13N	−1B	+29N	+34B	=2N	=3B	4.0	19.5	21.5	12.00	1768	+77.2
6	Kong, Brian	1638	CAN	+42B	+15N	−4B	+16N	+30B	−18N	4.0	15.0	15.5	8.50	1682	+14.0
7	Toor, Josh	1527	CAN	+31N	−30B	=16B	+38N	=19N	+15B	4.0	13.0	14.5	9.50	1689	+45.6
8	Fu, Ashley	1613	CAN	+41N	+12B	=2N	=1B	−3N	=9B	3.5	21.0	22.0	11.00	1652	+14.4
9	Chahar, Yugansh	1611	FID	−1N	+43B	+21B	+10N	−4B	=8N	3.5	18.5	18.5	7.75	1674	+22.4
10	Huang, Frankie	1643	CAN	+37N	+29B	−1N	−9B	+17N	=11B	3.5	17.0	18.5	8.25	1668	+10.4
11	Wang, Alan	1671	CAN	F	−23N	+26B	+28N	+20B	=10N	3.5	13.5	13.5	9.25	1876	+32.8
12	Ling, Samuel	1527	CAN	+33B	−8N	+15B	−23N	+31B	=30N	3.5	13.0	15.0	8.00	1630	+12.0
13	Yuan, Arianna	1591	CAN	−5B	=26N	+33B	+32N	F	+22B	3.5	13.0	13.0	7.75	1663	+18.8
14	Kovuru, Aaryan	1617	CAN	F	+25B	+24N	=3B	=1N	−2B	3.0	19.0	19.0	9.75	1664	+14.4
15	Bhowmick, Aaron	0	CAN	+19N	−6B	−12N	+37B	+16B	−7N	3.0	17.5	19.0	7.50	1613	0.0
16	Chen, Riley	1813	CAN	+34N	=18B	=7N	−6B	−15N	+37B	3.0	16.0	17.5	7.00	1702	-26.0
17	Sahni, Anagh	1591	CAN	−2N	+40B	−34N	+35B	−10B	+28N	3.0	14.0	15.5	5.50	1602	+4.4
18	Malpica, Angelo	1712	CAN	F	=16N	+32B	=30N	F	+6B	3.0	13.5	13.5	8.50	1769	+14.4
19	Lin, Lucas	1640	CAN	−15B	+35N	+31B	=27N	=7B	F	3.0	13.5	13.5	7.25	1774	+18.0
20	Muminov, Diyor	1521	CAN	=25N	+39B	=23B	F	−11N	+27B	3.0	12.5	12.5	6.50	1623	+16.8
21	Divadalage, Sanya	1591	CAN	F	−2B	−9N	+24B	=22N	+39B	2.5	15.0	16.5	5.25	1603	-3.6
22	Divadalage, Sanul	1517	CAN	=38B	−4N	=36N	+29B	=21B	−13N	2.5	14.0	15.5	5.00	1583	+16.0
23	FIDE 2683253	0	—	F	+11B	=20N	+12B	F	F	2.5	13.0	13.0	8.50	1608	0.0
24	Ivkin, Michael	1522	CAN	+27B	=28N	−14B	−21N	=32B	=25N	2.5	12.5	14.5	5.75	1395	-34.0
25	Raja, Aarav	1548	CAN	=20B	−14N	−38B	+42N	=36N	=24B	2.5	12.0	12.5	4.25	1522	-9.6
26	Negi, Hriday	1496	CAN	−29N	=13B	−11N	=39B	=37N	+42B	2.5	12.0	12.5	3.75	1542	+13.2
27	Liem, Jasper	0	CAN	−24N	+41B	+39N	=19B	F	−20N	2.5	11.0	11.0	4.00	1578	0.0
28	Lee, Jayden	1508	CAN	+43N	=24B	−3N	−11B	=40N	−17B	2.0	15.0	15.0	2.00	1470	-11.6
29	Saltat, Michael	1647	CAN	+26B	−10N	−5B	−22N	+33B	−35N	2.0	14.5	16.5	4.50	1412	-75.2
30	Arun Prasad, Pranav	1414	CAN	F	+7N	F	=18B	−6N	=12B	2.0	14.5	14.5	7.25	1594	+36.4
31	Bhanot Khurana, Vihaan	1540	CAN	−7B	F	−19N	+36B	−12N	+32N	2.0	14.5	14.5	4.00	1482	-15.6
32	Kamath, Nikita	1442	CAN	=40N	+36B	−18N	−13B	=24N	−31B	2.0	13.0	14.5	4.00	1477	+9.6
33	Cao, Allen	1576	CAN	−12N	=37B	−13N	=41B	−29N	+43B	2.0	11.5	11.5	1.25	1455	-38.8
34	Chin, Adrian	1730	CAN	−16B	+42N	+17B	−5N	F	F	2.0	10.5	10.5	3.50	1601	-25.6
35	Armstrong, Robert J	1453	CAN	F	−19B	+43N	−17N	F	+29B	2.0	10.5	10.5	2.00	1621	+17.6
36	Xiao, Stephanie	1665	CAN	F	−32N	=22B	−31N	=25B	+41N	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.50	1450	-57.6
37	Sorgard, William	1561	CAN	−10B	=33N	=40B	−15N	=26B	−16N	1.5	14.0	15.5	3.00	1473	-24.8
38	Satish Alwar, Dharsan	1685	CAN	=22N	−3B	+25N	−7B	F	F	1.5	13.5	13.5	3.75	1459	-48.8
39	Zhao, Shannon	1655	CAN	F	−20N	−27B	=26N	+43B	−21N	1.5	10.5	10.5	1.25	1472	-40.0
40	Deshpande, Rucha	1585	CAN	=32B	−17N	=37N	F	=28B	F	1.5	8.5	8.5	2.75	1437	-32.8
41	Shen, Yuntian(denis)	1556	CAN	−8B	−27N	=42B	=33N	F	−36B	1.0	10.5	10.5	1.25	1389	-34.0
42	Hu, Ethan	1477	CAN	−6N	−34B	=41N	−25B	F	−26N	0.5	12.0	12.0	0.50	1226	-49.6
43	Lin, Selina	1610	CAN	−28B	−9N	−35B	F	−39N	−33N	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	760	-113.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chen, BradyCAN
+85.6
5.0 pts · #1
2Gowrishankar, NilaanujanCAN
+77.2
4.0 pts · #5
3Pillai, PranavCAN
+60.0
4.5 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Lin, SelinaCAN
-113.2
0.0 pts · #43
2Saltat, MichaelCAN
-75.2
2.0 pts · #26
3Xiao, StephanieCAN
-57.6
2.0 pts · #31

Biggest upsets

R2+223 Elo gap
Kamath, Nikita1442 beat Xiao, Stephanie1665
R4+201 Elo gap
Gowrishankar, Nilaanujan1529 beat Chin, Adrian1730
R6+194 Elo gap
Armstrong, Robert J1453 beat Saltat, Michael1647