2026 Calgary Youth Chess Championship U12

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Feb 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in Calgary, AB, Canada. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1609, and top seed was Liubov Shtepa (🇨🇦 CAN, 1876).

Lucas Yuebo Wang (🇨🇦 CAN, 1763) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Liubov Shtepa (4.0) and Finley Zhang (3.5). Wang broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Kaisa Tolentino (1238) beat Liubov Shtepa (1876), a +638-point gap.

Location

🇨🇦Calgary, AB, Canada

Dates

07 Feb 2026 → 08 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇦Liubov Shtepa1876

Avg top 10

1,609

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇨🇦Canada×14

🇮🇱Israel×1

Top 3

🥇
Lucas Yuebo Wang
🇨🇦CAN·1763
4.5pts·1821perf+18.4
🥈
Liubov Shtepa
🇨🇦CAN·1876
4.0pts·2325perf+28.4
🥉
Finley Zhang
🇨🇦CAN·1619
3.5pts·1663perf-17.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Lucas Yuebo Wang led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Wang4.5Shtepa4Shamanth3.5Zhang3.5Lee3.5Chen3.5

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Lucas Yuebo Wang held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

Liubov Shtepa won 4 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Lucas Yuebo Wang	*	—	—	1
2Liubov Shtepa	—	*	1	—
3Saanvi Shamanth	—	0	*	½
4Finley Zhang	0	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Wang, Lucas Yuebo	1763	CAN	+17N	+15B	=5N	+7B	+3B	4.5	12.5	13.5	11.75	1821	+18.4
2	Shtepa, Liubov	1876	CAN	−9B	+19N	+12B	+16N	+4B	4.0	11.0	12.0	9.00	2325	+28.4
3	Zhang, Finley	1619	CAN	+10N	+8B	=4N	+5B	−1N	3.5	14.5	17.5	11.25	1663	-17.2
4	Shamanth, Saanvi	1714	CAN	+11N	+13B	=3B	+6N	−2N	3.5	13.5	16.0	10.25	1733	+22.0
5	Nguyen, Kaiser	1698	CAN	+19B	+9N	=1B	−3N	+13B	3.5	13.5	14.5	8.75	1534	+4.8
6	Lee, Raphael	1589	CAN	+12B	+16N	=7B	−4B	+8N	3.5	12.5	14.5	9.25	1578	-20.4
7	Chen, Kyle	1384	CAN	+18N	+21B	=6N	−1N	+11B	3.5	11.5	11.5	5.25	1619	+30.0
8	Fang, Chelsea	1494	CAN	+14B	−3N	+9B	+10N	−6B	3.0	13.0	15.5	8.50	921	-15.2
9	Tolentino, Kaisa	1238	CAN	+2N	−5B	−8N	+18B	+15B	3.0	12.5	13.5	7.00	1402	0.0
10	Iskander, Diyas	1335	CAN	−3B	+22N	+14B	−8B	+16N	3.0	11.0	11.0	4.50	1423	0.0
11	Kondaveeti, Virat	1288	CAN	−4B	+20N	+15N	=13B	−7N	2.5	11.5	12.5	4.25	722	-34.8
12	FIDE 2675420	1345	—	−6N	+?B	−2N	=14B	+17N	2.5	11.0	11.0	2.25	862	0.0
13	Pinkas, Omri	1369	ISR	+20B	−4N	+18B	=11N	−5N	2.5	10.5	11.5	3.25	1253	0.0
14	FIDE 2683997	1317	—	−8N	+17B	−10N	=12N	+?B	2.5	9.5	9.5	2.25	669	0.0
15	Yang, Peihong	1469	CAN	+?N	−1N	−11B	+19B	−9N	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	786	0.0
16	Singh, Aarav	1485	CAN	+22N	−6B	+21N	−2B	−10B	2.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	862	-16.0
17	Wong, Jordan	1162	CAN	−1B	−14N	+20B	−?N	−12B	1.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	899	0.0
18	FIDE 2683970	1082	—	−7B	F	−13N	−9N	+20B	1.0	10.0	10.0	1.00	614	0.0
19	FIDE 2675463	1270	—	−5N	−2B	F	−15N	+21B	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	756	0.0
20	FIDE 2683989	0	—	−13N	−11B	−17N	+21B	−18N	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	672	0.0
21	FIDE 2684020	0	—	F	−7N	−16B	−20N	−19N	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	617	0.0
22	FIDE 2684012	0	—	−16B	−10B	F	F	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	620	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chen, KyleCAN
+30.0
3.5 pts · #6
2Shtepa, LiubovCAN
+28.4
4.0 pts · #5
3Shamanth, SaanviCAN
+22.0
3.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Kondaveeti, ViratCAN
-34.8
2.5 pts · #21
2Lee, RaphaelCAN
-20.4
3.5 pts · #3
3Zhang, FinleyCAN
-17.2
3.5 pts · #2

Biggest upsets

R1+638 Elo gap
Tolentino, Kaisa1238 beat Shtepa, Liubov1876
R5+231 Elo gap
Tolentino, Kaisa1238 beat Yang, Peihong1469
R3+181 Elo gap
Kondaveeti, Virat1288 beat Yang, Peihong1469