2026 Take 5 February
22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Feb 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Montreal, Canada. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2011, and top seed was Bator Sambuev (🇨🇦 CAN, GM, 2543).
Victor Nicolae Iordanescu (🇨🇦 CAN, 1932) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Marin Kiryakov (3.0) and Garry Kolodner (3.0). Iordanescu won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 1: John Goldner (1568) beat Jonathan Turcotte (1995), a +427-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsVictor Nicolae Iordanescu led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Victor Nicolae Iordanescu never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Victor Nicolae Iordanescu lost to IM Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte (White).
Victor Nicolae Iordanescu 4 wins (R1–R4)IM Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte 3 wins (R1–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Victor Nicolae Iordanescu | * | 0 | — | — |
| 2IMOlivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte | 1 | * | — | — |
| 3Garry Kolodner | — | — | * | — |
| 4Maksim Ivanov Yuan | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iordanescu, Victor Nicolae | 1932 | CAN | +18B | +2N | +7B | +8N | −5B | 4.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 9.00 | 2158 | +31.2 |
| 2 | Kiryakov, Marin | 1824 | CAN | +22N | −1B | −8B | +18N | +17N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 1126 | -14.0 |
| 3 | Kolodner, Garry | 1680 | CAN | =12N | −4B | +19N | =14B | +15N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1907 | +37.6 |
| 4 | Turcotte, Jonathan | 1995 | CAN | −10N | +3N | +18B | +11B | −?N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.00 | 1695 | -12.4 |
| 5 | Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-KentaIM | 2402 | CAN | +16N | F | F | +15B | +1N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 2745 | +2.9 |
| 6 | Ivanov Yuan, Maksim | 1704 | CAN | +19B | =8N | =?B | F | +10N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.25 | 1964 | +23.6 |
| 7 | Duval, Mathieu | 1899 | CAN | +13B | +11N | −1N | −?B | =9N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1696 | -18.0 |
| 8 | Qi, Jason | 1922 | CAN | +21N | =6B | +2N | −1B | F | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.50 | 1848 | -1.6 |
| 9 | Fiset, Anais ChloeWCM | 1904 | CAN | F | −12B | +21N | +13N | =7B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.25 | 1815 | +0.8 |
| 10 | Goldner, John | 1568 | CAN | +4B | −?N | −11B | +16N | −6B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1912 | +17.6 |
| 11 | Coquilla, Konner Virgo | 1296 | CAN | F | −7B | +10N | −4N | +19B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1708 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Kraiouchkine, Nikita | 2243 | CAN | =3B | +9N | =15B | F | F | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.75 | 1928 | -13.0 |
| 13 | Wolfson Trudeau, Izaak | 1468 | CAN | −7N | +21B | +14N | −9B | F | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1659 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Gamache, Lucien | 1628 | CAN | F | =20N | −13B | =3N | +22B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1864 | +15.2 |
| 15 | Sun, Jonathan | 1961 | CAN | F | +17B | =12N | −5N | −3B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1770 | -19.2 |
| 16 | Robillard, Guillaume | 1701 | CAN | −5B | F | =17N | −10B | +21N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 1081 | -22.8 |
| 17 | Longpre, Martin | 1594 | CAN | F | −15N | =16B | +22N | −2B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1515 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Sairam, Amudan | 1557 | CAN | −1N | +22B | −4N | −2B | F | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 1118 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Bozkurt, Berk | 1351 | CAN | −6N | F | −3B | +21B | −11N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 921 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Lopez Linares, Lizandro Fernando | 2030 | CAN | F | =14B | F | F | F | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1700 | -7.4 |
| 21 | FIDE 36018457 | 1511 | — | −8B | −13N | −9B | −19N | −16B | 0.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 972 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 2684500 | 1393 | — | −2B | −18N | F | −17B | −14N | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 957 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kolodner, GarryCAN+37.63.0 pts · #3
- 2Iordanescu, Victor NicolaeCAN+31.24.0 pts · #1
- 3Ivanov Yuan, MaksimCAN+23.63.0 pts · #6
- 1Robillard, GuillaumeCAN-22.81.5 pts · #21
- 2Sun, JonathanCAN-19.21.5 pts · #15
- 3Duval, MathieuCAN-18.02.5 pts · #13
- R1+427 Elo gap
- R5+281 Elo gap
- R3+272 Elo gap