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2026 Chess4win February Markham Open U1900

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21 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Markham, ON, Canada. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1607, and top seed was Alan Wang (🇨🇦 CAN, 1727).

Shashwath Raaghav Krishnamurthi (🇨🇦 CAN, 1553) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Alexey Tyulenev (3.5) and Eric Lam (3.5). Krishnamurthi shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Clara Dolderman (1458) beat Alan Wang (1727), a +269-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Markham, ON, Canada
Dates
20 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦Alan Wang1727
Avg top 10
1,607
Participants
21
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×20
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Shashwath Raaghav Krishnamurthi 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
9
3
1
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Krishnamurthi takes lead
Krishnamurthi4.5Tyulenev3.5Lam3.5Wang3.5Jivin3Dimitrov3— ex-leaders:Yuanled R3, #7
R5 · LEADER CHANGE22 Feb

Shashwath Raaghav Krishnamurthi takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Shashwath Raaghav Krishnamurthi drew with Alexey Tyulenev (Black).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Shashwath Raaghav Krishnamurthi went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Shashwath Raaghav Krishnamurthi*
½
——
2Alexey Tyulenev
½
*——
3Eric Lam——*—
4Alan Wang———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Krishnamurthi, Shashwath Raaghav1553CAN+14N+11B=2N+7B+5N4.512.013.511.752009+105.2
2Tyulenev, Alexey1674CAN+21B+12N=1B+5N−7N3.512.512.57.251720+4.8
3Lam, Eric1584CAN−13N+8B+14N=6B+17N3.59.510.57.001637+8.0
4Wang, Alan1727CAN−17N=6B+20N+10B+9N3.59.09.06.501511-21.6
5Yuan, Arianna1665CAN+10N+17B+9N−2B−1B3.013.014.06.001561-22.0
6Jivin, Michael0CANF=4N+12B=3N+15B3.010.510.57.0016390.0
7Chin, Adrian0CANF+20B+18N−1N+2B3.09.09.04.501612-14.0
8Dimitrov, Yordan0CAN−18B−3N+16B+19N+12B3.08.08.03.5015590.0
9Steidman, Nathan0CAN+16B=13N−5B+18N−4B2.510.011.03.5015360.0
10Sham, Bosco1578CAN−5B+16N=15B−4N+19B2.59.59.52.251577+2.4
11Lin, Selina1653CAN+19B−1N=13B−15N+18B2.59.09.02.001450-44.8
12Chahar, Yugansh1534FID+15N−2B−6N+14B−8N2.011.012.53.001692+24.4
13Kotapuri, Ruslan1603CAN+3B=9B=11NFF2.09.59.56.001811+22.0
14Balaji, Abhinav malolan1484CAN−1B+19N−3B−12N=16B1.511.511.50.751376-28.4
15Jin, Sichen0CAN−12BF=10N+11B−6N1.510.010.03.751587+6.8
16Sahni, Anagh1502CAN−9N−10B−8N+20B=14N1.59.59.50.751333-17.6
17Dolderman, Clara1458CAN+4B−5NFF−3B1.012.012.03.501533+5.6
18Arun Prasad, Pranav0CAN+8NF−7B−9B−11N1.011.011.03.008980.0
19Gao, Ian1449CAN−11N−14BF−8B−10N0.09.59.50.00768-41.2
20Huang, Haiyi0CANF−7N−4B−16NF0.08.08.00.008560.0
21Wang, Justin0CAN−2NFFFF0.05.05.00.008730.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets