2026 BC Open Fide Classical U2000
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74 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 16 Feb 2026 in Richmond, BC, Canada. 2 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1931, and top seed was Daniel Yu Ang Zhu (🇨🇦 CAN, 2044).
Alex Yu (🇨🇦 CAN, 1157) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Joshua Rubin (5.0) and Zhengyuan (Frank) Zhou (5.0). Yu shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Alex Yu (1157) beat Owen Murphy (1876), a +719-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Richmond, BC, Canada
Dates
14 Feb 2026 → 16 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Titled players · 2
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 7 represented
🇨🇦Canada×65
🇺🇸United States of America×4
🇮🇳India×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsAlex Yu led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
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13
4
2
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1
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD
Alex Yu held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Alex Yu 5 wins (R1–R5)Joshua Rubin 3 wins (R4–R6)CM Arpak Worya Mohammed Qanee 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alex Yu | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Joshua Rubin | — | * | — | — |
| 3CMArpak Worya Mohammed Qanee | — | — | * | — |
| 4Zhengyuan (Frank) Zhou | ½ | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yu, Alex | 1157 | CAN | +29N | +24B | +27N | +10N | +9B | =3B | 5.5 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 19.50 | 1849 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Rubin, Joshua | 1879 | USA | +51B | +11N | −10B | +12N | +15B | +9N | 5.0 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 18.00 | 1954 | -9.2 |
| 3 | Zhou, Zhengyuan (Frank) | 1737 | CAN | +69N | +43B | =39N | +6B | +5B | =1N | 5.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 16.50 | 1791 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Mohammed Qanee, Arpak WoryaCM | 1999 | CAN | +33B | +58N | −9B | +11N | +25B | +10N | 5.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 16.00 | 1885 | -4.0 |
| 5 | Sowmiya Narayanan, Seshadri Sai | 1464 | CAN | +37N | +46B | =15N | +16B | −3N | +23B | 4.5 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 14.25 | 2103 | +66.8 |
| 6 | Zhu, Daniel Yu Ang | 2044 | CAN | =32B | +42N | +31B | −3N | +18B | +21N | 4.5 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 14.00 | 2460 | +39.6 |
| 7 | Golchin, Ryan | 1882 | CAN | +30B | +55N | +25B | −9N | +17B | =8N | 4.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 13.75 | 1806 | -10.4 |
| 8 | Kagaoan, Jose | 1800 | CAN | =28N | =53B | +48N | +24B | +13N | =7B | 4.5 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 14.50 | 1987 | +13.6 |
| 9 | Mackay, Chris | 1835 | CAN | +74N | +56B | +4N | +7B | −1N | −2B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 11.50 | 2080 | +51.2 |
| 10 | Doroshenko, Dasha | 1647 | CAN | +68B | +44N | +2N | −1B | +26N | −4B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 11.50 | 2026 | +50.0 |
| 11 | Xiao, Zichun | 1753 | CHN | +60N | −2B | +44N | −4B | +29N | +40B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 10.00 | 1853 | +60.0 |
| 12 | Fu, James | 1663 | CAN | +45N | −39B | +47N | −2B | +36N | +27B | 4.0 | 16.0 | 18.5 | 11.00 | 1825 | +72.8 |
| 13 | Meng, Miranda | 0 | USA | −42B | +69N | +41B | +19N | −8B | +25N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 10.00 | 1760 | +17.6 |
| 14 | Law, Jesse | 1857 | CAN | =40N | =28B | +55N | −26B | +51N | +16B | 4.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 10.75 | 1695 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Jiang, Zihao William | 1478 | CAN | +59B | +34N | =5B | +39B | −2N | −22N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 9.75 | 1803 | +31.6 |
| 16 | Yousefzadeh, Mehrdad | 1943 | CAN | +64B | +19N | =50B | −5N | +54B | −14N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 8.75 | 1892 | +50.8 |
| 17 | Fan, Casey Huangchu | 1544 | CAN | −24N | +29B | +46N | +48B | −7N | =20B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 19.0 | 9.75 | 1780 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Yang, Larry | 1748 | CAN | +72B | =50N | =20N | =27B | −6N | +45B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 8.00 | 1659 | +0.8 |
| 19 | Yuan, Jaydon | 1855 | CAN | +49N | −16B | +43N | −13B | +31N | =46B | 3.5 | 15.5 | 18.0 | 9.25 | 1606 | -46.8 |
| 20 | Chen, Yonglong | 1481 | CAN | =41B | +32N | =18B | −34N | +57B | =17N | 3.5 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 9.75 | 1671 | -5.2 |
| 21 | Wang, Watson | 1486 | CAN | F | =41N | +64B | +50N | +34B | −6B | 3.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 8.25 | 1838 | +20.0 |
| 22 | Joydeep Laha | 1709 | IND | =67N | =26B | =56N | +49B | F | +15B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 9.00 | 1866 | +42.0 |
| 23 | Li, Moses | 1705 | CAN | −55B | +65N | +68B | =40N | +33B | −5N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 6.75 | 1712 | +16.0 |
| 24 | Murphy, Owen | 1876 | CAN | +17B | −1N | +57B | −8N | =30B | =32N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 8.50 | 1702 | -8.6 |
| 25 | Low, Ethan Jun | 1624 | CAN | +52N | +47B | −7N | +28B | −4N | −13B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 8.00 | 1692 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Jain, Ishaan | 1454 | USA | =31B | =22N | +58B | +14N | −10B | −38N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 9.25 | 1541 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Chruszcz, Zachary | 1779 | CAN | +70B | +57N | −1B | =18N | =40B | −12N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 6.00 | 1612 | -35.6 |
| 28 | Leblanc, Paul | 1655 | CAN | =8B | =14N | +42B | −25N | =50B | =30N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 9.50 | 1789 | +11.6 |
| 29 | Lou, Sining | 1540 | CAN | −1B | −17N | +70B | +64N | −11B | +56N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 4.50 | 1558 | -17.2 |
| 30 | Vigurs, Sofia | 1562 | CAN | −7N | =45B | =65N | +60B | =24N | =28B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 7.00 | 1711 | +20.8 |
| 31 | Ma, Yuran | 1730 | CAN | =26N | +67B | −6N | =62B | −19B | +59N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 5.50 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Yuan, Xin | 1420 | CAN | =6N | −20B | =45N | =65B | +73N | =24B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 6.25 | 1641 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Peng, Anny | 1456 | CAN | −4N | =60B | +67N | +73B | −23N | =35B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 4.00 | 1594 | +0.4 |
| 34 | Williamson, Jason | 1877 | CAN | +66N | −15B | +53N | +20B | −21N | F | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 7.50 | 1697 | -17.8 |
| 35 | Harris, Philip | 1905 | CAN | −57B | +70N | −40B | =41N | +56B | =33N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.75 | 1405 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Zhu, Aiden | 1907 | CAN | −44B | −68N | +59B | +74N | −12B | +57N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 1490 | -31.2 |
| 37 | Ingram, Richard | 1688 | CAN | −5B | −64N | =69B | =59N | +67B | +58N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 4.50 | 1616 | -29.0 |
| 38 | Lorenz, Martin | 1706 | CAN | −47N | F | F | +71B | +44N | +26B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.50 | 1634 | +1.2 |
| 39 | Hsu, Ryder | 1960 | CAN | +61B | +12N | =3B | −15N | F | F | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 8.50 | 1750 | +5.2 |
| 40 | Singh, Siyona | 1513 | CAN | =14B | F | +35N | =23B | =27N | −11N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 8.25 | 1560 | -15.6 |
| 41 | Chen, Zi Tian | 1515 | CAN | =20N | =21B | −13N | =35B | −49N | +65B | 2.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 6.50 | 1599 | +9.2 |
| 42 | Fernando, Manuel | 1542 | CAN | +13N | −6B | −28N | =43B | F | +48B | 2.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 7.75 | 1711 | +32.4 |
| 43 | Ortiz, Orven | 1709 | PHI | +54B | −3N | −19B | =42N | =47B | =62N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 6.00 | 1670 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Gong, Edric | 1423 | CAN | +36N | −10B | −11B | +58N | −38B | =63N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 6.00 | 1591 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Chong, Fu Wa | 1416 | HKG | −12B | =30N | =32B | =63N | +61B | −18N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 6.00 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Anderson, Garth | 1701 | CAN | F | −5N | −17B | +55B | +62N | =19N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 5.75 | 1758 | -3.2 |
| 47 | Aloke, Aryav | 1427 | CAN | +38B | −25N | −12B | =61N | =43N | =51B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 6.50 | 1591 | -11.6 |
| 48 | Topcu, Alp | 1915 | CAN | =65B | +62N | −8B | −17N | +52B | −42N | 2.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 5.25 | 1535 | -32.4 |
| 49 | Zhang, Brayan | 1524 | CAN | −19B | +72N | =54B | −22N | +41B | −53N | 2.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 4.75 | 1623 | +4.8 |
| 50 | Fan, Henry | 1352 | CAN | +71N | =18B | =16N | −21B | =28N | F | 2.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 6.00 | 1685 | -9.2 |
| 51 | Li, Bingda | 1623 | CAN | −2N | +74B | =73B | =56N | −14B | =47N | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.50 | 1596 | +2.8 |
| 52 | Singh, Zoya | 1404 | CAN | −25B | =61N | +63B | −54N | −48N | +73B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 3.50 | 1638 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Turgeon, Guy | 1604 | CAN | F | =8N | −34B | −57N | +74B | +49B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.75 | 1644 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Zhang, KylieWCM | 1571 | USA | −43N | +71B | =49N | +52B | −16N | F | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.75 | 1636 | -36.0 |
| 55 | Chen, Karen | 1472 | CAN | +23N | −7B | −14B | −46N | −63B | +64N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 5.00 | 1627 | +4.8 |
| 56 | Lo, Josiah | 1265 | CAN | +63N | −9N | =22B | =51B | −35N | −29B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 5.00 | 1576 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Doroshenko, Sophia | 1605 | CAN | +35N | −27B | −24N | +53B | −20N | −36B | 2.0 | 15.5 | 18.0 | 5.50 | 944 | -50.8 |
| 58 | McBain, Robert | 1786 | CAN | +73N | −4B | −26N | −44B | +65N | −37B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 2.00 | 1678 | +2.8 |
| 59 | Malone, Ryan | 1532 | CAN | −15N | =66B | −36N | =37B | +71N | −31B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 3.25 | 1626 | 0.0 |
| 60 | Radic, Marko | 1475 | CAN | −11B | =33N | =61B | −30N | +70B | F | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 1427 | -32.8 |
| 61 | Li, Aaron | 0 | CAN | −39N | =52B | =60N | =47B | −45N | =72B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1525 | -24.0 |
| 62 | Jutten, Frank | 1584 | CAN | F | −48B | +66N | =31N | −46B | =43B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.25 | 1583 | +18.0 |
| 63 | Cheng, Clement | 1491 | FID | −56B | F | −52N | =45B | +55N | =44B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 2401 | +16.4 |
| 64 | Hack, Don | 1314 | CAN | −16N | +37B | −21N | −29B | =66N | −55B | 1.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 3.75 | 1526 | +1.6 |
| 65 | Sathish Raj, Kanish Raj | 1371 | CAN | =48N | −23B | =30B | =32N | −58B | −41N | 1.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 4.25 | 1392 | -54.4 |
| 66 | Radic, Dejan | 1521 | CAN | −34B | =59N | −62B | =70N | =64B | F | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 1334 | -23.8 |
| 67 | Sullivan, Brian | 1561 | CAN | =22B | −31N | −33B | F | −37N | =70N | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.25 | 1397 | -20.4 |
| 68 | Jin, Alex | 0 | CAN | −10N | +36B | −23N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 1554 | -24.4 |
| 69 | Szeto, Jordan | 1423 | CAN | −3B | −13B | =37N | F | =72N | F | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 1586 | -4.8 |
| 70 | Reddy, Satish | 1476 | CAN | −27N | −35B | −29N | =66B | −60N | =67B | 1.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 1.25 | 1415 | 0.0 |
| 71 | Atwood, Matthew | 1254 | CAN | −50B | −54N | +72B | −38N | −59B | F | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 940 | -21.0 |
| 72 | Yu, Brandon | 1346 | CAN | −18N | −49B | −71N | F | =69B | =61N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.50 | 1392 | 0.0 |
| 73 | Geng, Evan | 1617 | CAN | −58B | F | =51N | −33N | −32B | −52N | 0.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.25 | 1302 | 0.0 |
| 74 | Chen, Lucas | 1640 | CAN | −9B | −51N | F | −36B | −53N | F | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 854 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Fu, JamesCAN+72.84.0 pts · #15
- 2Sowmiya Narayanan, Seshadri SaiCAN+66.84.5 pts · #3
- 3Xiao, ZichunCHN+60.04.0 pts · #14
Top rating losers
- 1Sathish Raj, Kanish RajCAN-54.41.5 pts · #60
- 2Doroshenko, SophiaCAN-50.82.0 pts · #73
- 3Yuan, JaydonCAN-46.83.5 pts · #49
Biggest upsets
- R2+719 Elo gap
- R5+678 Elo gap
- R3+622 Elo gap