2026 Take 5 March
17 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Montreal, Canada. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1988, and top seed was Nikita Kraiouchkine (🇨🇦 CAN, 2240).
Mathieu Duval (🇨🇦 CAN, 1967) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Nikita Kraiouchkine (4.0) and Marin Kiryakov (3.0). Duval shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Konner Virgo Coquilla (1622) beat Aba Nassif (1976), a +354-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Duval takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).
Nikita Kraiouchkine beat Mathieu Duval (Black).
Nikita Kraiouchkine 4 wins (R1–R5)Mathieu Duval 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nikita Kraiouchkine | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Mathieu Duval | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Marin Kiryakov | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Konner Virgo Coquilla | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duval, Mathieu | 1967 | CAN | +5B | +3N | +4B | −2B | +9N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 10.50 | 2001 | +30.4 |
| 2 | Kraiouchkine, Nikita | 2240 | CAN | +8B | F | +7B | +1N | +6B | 4.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 2644 | +13.0 |
| 3 | Kiryakov, Marin | 1958 | CAN | +16B | −1B | =5N | +9N | =13B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 1808 | +0.8 |
| 4 | Coquilla, Konner Virgo | 1622 | CAN | +14N | +13B | −1N | F | +7B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 1836 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Sychev, Danila | 1621 | CAN | −1N | +11B | =3B | −8N | +14B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 4.50 | 1741 | +24.8 |
| 6 | Pomerantz, Daniel | 2080 | CAN | =12B | −7N | +11N | +15B | −2N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 3.25 | 1839 | -14.2 |
| 7 | Nassif, Aba | 1976 | USA | F | +6B | −2N | +10B | −4N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 2126 | +22.8 |
| 8 | Vlasov, Alexander | 1854 | CAN | −2N | −10B | =13N | +5B | =12N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1753 | +4.0 |
| 9 | Robillard, Guillaume | 1799 | CAN | +10N | F | +15N | −3B | −1B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1873 | +44.0 |
| 10 | Di Matteo, Alessio | 2094 | CAN | −9B | +8N | +12B | −7N | F | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 1723 | -18.6 |
| 11 | Lillo, Matteo | 1762 | CAN | F | −5N | −6B | +16B | +17N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1731 | +27.6 |
| 12 | Gamache, Lucien | 1750 | CAN | =6N | =15B | −10N | F | =8B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1789 | +14.4 |
| 13 | FIDE 329112086 | 1493 | — | F | −4N | =8B | F | =3N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1751 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Ivanov Yuan, Maksim | 1858 | CAN | −4B | F | +16N | F | −5N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1675 | -10.0 |
| 15 | Turcotte, Jonathan | 2057 | CAN | F | =12N | −9B | −6N | F | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1500 | -31.8 |
| 16 | Goldner, John | 1723 | CAN | −3N | F | −14B | −11N | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 917 | -28.8 |
| 17 | Lesperance, Milan | 1575 | CAN | F | F | F | F | −11B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 786 | -21.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Robillard, GuillaumeCAN+44.02.0 pts · #6
- 2Duval, MathieuCAN+30.44.0 pts · #2
- 3Lillo, MatteoCAN+27.62.0 pts · #8
- 1Turcotte, JonathanCAN-31.80.5 pts · #15
- 2Goldner, JohnCAN-28.80.0 pts · #17
- 3Lesperance, MilanCAN-21.60.0 pts · #16
- R5+354 Elo gap
- R1+295 Elo gap
- R3+258 Elo gap