2026 Canadian University Chess Championship Crown

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93 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Toronto, Canada. 12 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Nicholas Vettese (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 0) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Fengxi Mao (4.0) and Youcef Lattafi (4.0).

Location

🇨🇦Toronto, Canada

Dates

16 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Avg top 10

Participants

Titled players · 12

IM×1

FM×5

CM×4

WIM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇨🇦Canada×74

🇻🇳Vietnam×2

🇮🇳India×1

🇺🇸United States of America×1

🇫🇷France×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

🇹🇳Tunisia×1

🇨🇳China×1

Top 3

🥇
IMNicholas Vettese
🇨🇦CAN
4.0pts·2399perf+0.3
🥈
Fengxi Mao
🇨🇦CAN
4.0pts·2207perf+1.0
🥉
Youcef Lattafi
🇨🇦CAN
4.0pts·2827perf+36.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 10 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Vettese4Mehmetoglu4Wang4Mao4Qiao4Hamm4

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

10 players finish on 4.0/5. Vettese takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Nicholas Vettese 3 wins (R2–R4)Bingfei Wang 3 wins (R3–R5)

R3 · LATE SURGE

Bingfei Wang was #11 at R3, climbed to #3 over the final stretch.

Grille américaine

#	Player	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Vettese, NicholasIM	CAN	=41N	+35B	+18N	+14B	=25N	4.0	12.5	15.0	12.25	2399	+0.3
2	Mao, Fengxi	CAN	+68N	+64B	+16N	+24B	−3N	4.0	12.0	13.0	9.00	2207	+1.0
3	Lattafi, Youcef	CAN	F	+88B	+62N	+12N	+2B	4.0	10.0	10.0	9.00	2827	+36.4
4	Mehmetoglu, Ilgar	TUR	+51B	+72N	=35N	+37B	=40N	4.0	9.5	10.5	8.00	2229	+34.0
5	Maulucci, Anthony	CAN	+11N	+67B	−40N	+48B	+66N	4.0	9.0	10.0	7.50	2128	+27.0
6	Pham Quoc Thai	VIE	−44N	+50B	+87N	+33B	+60N	4.0	9.0	9.0	6.50	2024	+51.6
7	Gao, Raymond	CAN	+67N	=11B	+85N	+66B	=13N	4.0	9.0	9.0	5.50	2097	+5.2
8	Wang, Bingfei	CAN	+70B	−36N	+59B	+51B	+35N	4.0	8.5	9.5	7.00	2289	+40.8
9	Hamm, Gabriel	CAN	+65B	+83N	−42B	+32N	+47B	4.0	8.5	8.5	6.00	2540	+18.8
10	Qiao, CindyWFM	CAN	=47B	=61N	+65B	+62B	+77N	4.0	6.0	7.0	5.25	2094	+24.0
11	Noritsyn, SergeyFM	CAN	−5B	=7N	+26B	+15N	+28B	3.5	14.5	17.5	11.50	2166	-10.0
12	Huang, Patrick	CAN	+71B	+13N	+24N	−3B	=26B	3.5	13.5	14.5	9.00	2100	+11.0
13	Moon, Ethan	CAN	+84N	−12B	+38N	+53N	=7B	3.5	12.0	12.0	6.50	2037	+13.8
14	Lai, Duc Minh	VIE	+27B	+59N	=36B	−1N	+72B	3.5	11.0	12.0	6.75	2184	+9.2
15	Zhang, Samuel	CAN	+48N	+38B	=75N	−11B	+45N	3.5	10.5	11.5	7.50	2174	+8.2
16	Huang, QiuyuFM	CAN	+83B	+42N	−2B	=47N	+61B	3.5	10.0	10.0	5.00	2039	+1.6
17	Zhu, Matthew	CAN	+49B	+39N	F	+79N	=19B	3.5	9.0	9.0	7.25	2129	+9.2
18	Tanaka, Taira TylerFM	CAN	+74B	=80N	−1B	+70N	+36B	3.5	8.5	9.0	4.75	2239	+2.6
19	Wu, Tony (dongze)	CAN	+86N	+60B	−55N	+69B	=17N	3.5	8.0	8.0	4.25	1986	-0.6
20	Vaughan, Nathan	CAN	−30N	+86B	=60N	+50B	+69N	3.5	7.5	7.5	3.75	2423	+7.8
21	England, MaxCM	CAN	F	+30B	+61N	=44B	+91N	3.5	7.0	7.0	5.75	2375	+9.0
22	Vijendra, Vinushan	CAN	=31N	+91B	−63B	+49N	+87N	3.5	6.5	6.5	3.50	1798	+7.6
23	Liu, Henry	CAN	+85B	+76N	=25B	F	+71B	3.5	5.0	5.0	3.50	2168	+12.4
24	Woltery, Nicolai	ENG	+56B	+65N	−12B	−2N	+57B	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.00	1977	-14.0
25	Demchenko, SvitlanaWIM	CAN	+89N	+78B	=23N	−36N	=1B	3.0	11.0	11.0	4.75	2140	-0.6
26	Genzling, Jerome	CAN	=43N	+66B	−11N	+84B	=12N	3.0	10.5	10.5	4.00	1950	-7.6
27	Hebrard, Emmanuel	CAN	−14N	−37B	+78N	+41B	+59N	3.0	10.0	11.0	5.00	2017	+4.8
28	Rousskikh, Maxim	CAN	−40B	+52N	+53B	+75B	−11N	3.0	10.0	11.0	5.00	2076	+12.0
29	Martinez Mulet, Dario Leonel	CAN	−35N	+41B	−37N	+54B	+74N	3.0	9.5	10.5	5.50	2086	-11.0
30	Zhou, Licheng	CAN	+20B	−21N	−39B	+90N	+?N	3.0	9.5	9.5	3.50	1979	0.0
31	Harms, Reece	CAN	=22B	F	=81N	+39B	+49B	3.0	8.5	8.5	6.50	1891	+3.4
32	Kapelnikov, David	CAN	−77N	+68B	+73N	−9B	+83N	3.0	7.0	7.0	2.00	1868	+33.6
33	Bergeron, Emile	CAN	F	+73B	+90B	−6N	+65N	3.0	6.0	6.0	2.00	1848	-7.6
34	Superceanu, Andi	CAN	+88N	+82B	−47N	+83B	F	3.0	2.5	2.5	0.50	1857	-7.4
35	Hua, EugeneFM	CAN	+29B	−1N	=4B	+80N	−8B	2.5	15.0	15.5	5.50	2073	-21.0
36	Huang, Youhe	CAN	F	+8B	=14N	+25B	−18N	2.5	14.0	14.0	8.75	2219	+14.8
37	Pelev, Iassen	CAN	=75B	+27N	+29B	−4N	−51B	2.5	12.0	13.0	6.50	2045	+19.8
38	Suarez Granados, Yarib	COL	+46B	−15N	−13B	+88N	=48N	2.5	11.5	11.5	3.50	1908	+1.2
39	Gribilas, Tom	CAN	+69N	−17B	+30N	−31N	=63B	2.5	11.0	12.0	4.75	1710	-11.2
40	Ratelband, William	CAN	+28N	F	+5B	F	=4B	2.5	11.0	11.0	9.00	2200	+54.8
41	Smolkin, Ben Gabriel	CAN	=1B	−29N	+89B	−27N	+80B	2.5	10.5	10.5	2.50	2015	+8.8
42	Genest, Jean-Philippe	CAN	F	−16B	+9N	=64B	+68N	2.5	10.0	10.0	5.75	1950	0.0
43	Docheshmeh, Amir Mohammad	IRI	=26B	=46N	F	=45B	+67N	2.5	9.0	9.0	5.00	2028	+17.2
44	Chen, MaxCM	CAN	+6B	F	F	=21N	+81B	2.5	8.0	8.0	6.25	2236	+2.0
45	Hoekman, Samuel	CAN	−52B	+85N	+84B	=43N	−15B	2.5	8.0	8.0	1.25	1856	-11.4
46	Stordeur, Jackson	CAN	−38N	=43B	−66N	+67B	+84N	2.5	7.0	7.0	2.25	1876	-11.0
47	Faizy, Mohammed	CAN	=10N	F	+34B	=16B	−9N	2.0	14.5	14.5	6.75	1963	+21.2
48	Porlier, Xavier	CAN	−15B	+71N	=52B	−5N	=38B	2.0	12.0	13.0	3.25	1846	-10.8
49	Shevtsova, Stefaniia	CAN	−17N	+?B	+50N	−22B	−31N	2.0	12.0	12.0	2.00	1699	0.0
50	Prakash, Akash	CAN	+63B	−6N	−49B	−20N	+86B	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.50	1776	0.0
51	Surya, Benito	CAN	−4N	+89B	F	−8N	+37N	2.0	10.5	10.5	2.50	1897	-11.0
52	Riquelme Bravo, Martin	CHI	+45N	−28B	=48N	=59N	F	2.0	9.0	9.0	4.25	1892	-26.4
53	Cheng, Adrien	CAN	F	+87B	−28N	−13B	+73N	2.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	1844	+3.6
54	Gres, Yakiv	CAN	−59B	−74N	+80B	−29N	+70B	2.0	6.5	7.0	1.50	1874	-19.4
55	Rusonik, MaxFM	CAN	F	+63N	+19B	F	F	2.0	5.0	5.0	5.00	2720	+6.4
56	Bain-thouverez, Aurelien	FRA	−24N	F	+92N	+68B	F	2.0	4.0	4.0	1.00	1980	+4.0
57	Toyhacao, Gabriel	CAN	+92B	F	−69B	+86N	−24N	2.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1666	0.0
58	Zabor, Josh	CAN	+81N	−62B	F	F	+93N	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.50	1881	+33.6
59	Sheth, Rudra	CAN	+54N	−14B	−8N	=52B	−27B	1.5	12.5	14.5	3.00	1877	+17.0
60	Hatier, Jeremie	CAN	F	−19N	=20B	+63N	−6B	1.5	12.5	12.5	3.25	1762	0.0
61	Momin Fayzan	CAN	+73N	=10B	−21B	F	−16N	1.5	12.0	12.0	3.00	1879	-23.8
62	Singh, Malhar	CAN	=82N	+58N	−3B	−10N	F	1.5	10.5	10.5	2.25	1726	-13.2
63	Washimkar, Arhant	CAN	−50N	−55B	+22N	−60B	=39N	1.5	10.0	11.5	4.75	1914	+5.0
64	Wong Velis, Francisco JesusCM	PER	F	−2N	+82B	=42N	F	1.5	7.0	7.0	1.75	1982	+3.4
65	Deng, Jiaqi	CAN	−9N	−24B	−10N	+92B	−33B	1.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	1168	-41.6
66	Phaneuf, Vincent	CAN	F	−26N	+46B	−7N	−5B	1.0	13.5	13.5	2.50	1798	0.0
67	Mahfoudh, Baha Eddine	TUN	−7B	−5N	+71B	−46N	−43B	1.0	13.0	14.0	1.00	1660	-18.8
68	Mittal, Aashwin	CAN	−2B	−32N	+76B	−56N	−42B	1.0	11.5	12.5	1.00	1726	-12.6
69	Fish-Keitner, Idan	ISR	−39B	F	+57N	−19N	−20B	1.0	11.5	11.5	2.00	1074	-13.2
70	Bellissimo, Joseph F.	CAN	−8N	F	+72B	−18B	−54N	1.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	1856	-35.6
71	Rayos, Cris Angelo	PHI	−12N	−48B	−67N	+85B	−23N	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	1630	-21.6
72	Zheng, Yanchen	CHN	−78N	−4B	−70N	+74B	−14N	1.0	9.5	10.5	1.00	1807	-17.8
73	Graham, Douglas	CAN	−61B	−33N	−32B	+82N	−53B	1.0	9.5	10.0	0.50	1624	-26.8
74	Noorali, AahilCM	CAN	−18N	+54B	F	−72N	−29B	1.0	9.5	9.5	2.00	1911	-1.6
75	Lalonde, Olivier	CAN	=37N	F	=15B	−28N	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	3.00	1872	-16.6
76	Qiu, Andrew Yu	CAN	F	−23B	−68N	F	+85N	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1708	-9.2
77	Zaka, Mohid	CAN	+32B	F	F	F	−10B	1.0	7.0	7.0	3.00	1819	+1.8
78	Bai, Jinghui	CAN	+72B	−25N	−27B	F	F	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	1915	-10.0
79	Byl, Oliver	CAN	F	+90N	F	−17B	F	1.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	1201	-3.6
80	Vaillant, Charles-Etienne	CAN	F	=18B	−54N	−35B	−41N	0.5	10.5	10.5	1.75	1742	0.0
81	Pitre, Lucas	CAN	−58B	F	=31B	F	−44N	0.5	7.5	7.5	1.50	1624	-12.4
82	Shahidinejad, Hossein	CAN	=62B	−34N	−64N	−73B	F	0.5	7.0	7.0	0.75	1535	-37.2
83	Param Agarwal	IND	−16N	−9B	F	−34N	−32B	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	1125	-17.8
84	Cao, Bruce	CAN	−13B	F	−45N	−26N	−46B	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	1184	-9.0
85	Ali, Shafkat	CAN	−23N	−45B	−7B	−71N	−76B	0.0	11.0	12.0	0.00	1112	-19.4
86	Ting, Ryan	CAN	−19B	−20N	F	−57B	−50N	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	1152	-8.8
87	Yang, Brooke	CAN	F	−53N	−6B	F	−22B	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	930	-60.0
88	FIDE 2683482	—	−34B	−3N	F	−38B	F	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1131	0.0
89	Kumar, Sriram	USA	−25B	−51N	−41N	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1242	-11.6
90	FIDE 2683466	—	F	−79B	−33N	−30B	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1017	0.0
91	FIDE 2683504	—	F	−22N	F	F	−21B	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1154	0.0
92	FIDE 2683547	—	−57N	F	−56B	−65N	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1035	0.0
93	Nguyen-Kawamura, Kousuke	CAN	F	F	F	F	−58B	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	870	-9.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ratelband, WilliamCAN
+54.8
2.5 pts · #28
2Pham Quoc ThaiVIE
+51.6
4.0 pts · #40
3Wang, BingfeiCAN
+40.8
4.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Yang, BrookeCAN
-60.0
0.0 pts · #85
2Deng, JiaqiCAN
-41.6
1.0 pts · #87
3Shahidinejad, HosseinCAN
-37.2
0.5 pts · #79