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2026 AFM1st Peel Region - Over 1800 New Year Chess Championship

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23 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held on 31 Jan 2026 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2048, and top seed was Mark Plotkin (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2370).

Mark Plotkin (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2370) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Christian Stevens (3.5) and Nathan Zian Wang (3.0). Plotkin won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Angela Wang (1579) beat Chetan Reddy Sama (1782), a +203-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Dates
31 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦IMMark Plotkin2370
Avg top 10
2,048
Participants
23
Titled players · 3
IM×1
FM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇦Canada×21
🇮🇳India×1
🇮🇷Iran×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

IM Mark Plotkin led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
2
1
1
1234R1R2R3R4
Plotkin4Stevens3.5Wang3Bolandnazar2.5Razin2.5Lakhani2.5
R3–R4 · LEAD HELD

IM Mark Plotkin held the sole lead from R3 through R4 without losing it.

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

IM Mark Plotkin won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMMark Plotkin*———
2FMChristian Stevens—*—
1
3Nathan Zian Wang——*
½
4Korosh Bolandnazar—
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Plotkin, MarkIM2370CAN+14N+6B+9N+4B4.07.08.58.502890+8.0
2Stevens, ChristianFM2179CAN+18N=4B+10N+5B3.57.08.06.752323+13.2
3Wang, Nathan Zian1991CAN=7N=5B+17N+9B3.07.08.56.002003+4.8
4Razin, Vadim2336CAN+16B=2N+11B−1N2.59.511.05.252211-5.7
5Bolandnazar, Korosh1897IRI+8B=3N+15B−2N2.59.010.55.501978+18.0
6Qian, Eric2047CAN+12B−1N+13N=7B2.58.510.04.752061-2.8
7Lakhani, Riyaan1847CAN=3B=15N+20B=6N2.57.08.04.501959+11.2
8Chen, ShuangWCM1796CAN−5N+18B=19N+13B2.55.06.03.001906+12.0
9Li, Alex1725CAN+19B+23N−1B−3N2.08.08.01.001879+18.4
10Vijendra, Vinushan1715CAN=21B+16N−2B=11N2.07.08.03.001860+14.2
11Katz, Lyam1753CAN+22N=13B−4N=10B2.06.06.52.251835+4.8
12Khanna, Ravi1963IND−6N=14B+23B=19N2.05.05.01.251952-0.8
13Steidman, Nathan0CAN+20B=11N−6B−8N1.57.08.02.0017720.0
14Wu, Nolan1884CAN−1B=12N+21BF1.57.07.02.001990+12.8
15Wang, Angela1579CAN+17B=7B−5NF1.56.56.52.751838+38.0
16Hadid, Mohammed1863CAN−4N−10B=18N+20N1.55.56.51.501841-5.4
17Sama, Chetan Reddy1782CAN−15N+21N−3B=22B1.55.56.01.251647-26.4
18Chen, Larry Zhou1892CAN−2B−8N=16B=21N1.07.58.51.251697-46.4
19Moon, Do-Oh0CAN−9NF=8B=12B1.06.56.52.2517030.0
20Grenier, Melissa Anne1827CAN−13N+22B−7N−16B1.05.56.00.501665-25.6
21Ting, Ryan1693CAN=10N−17B−14N=18B1.05.06.01.501624-10.4
22Husic, Elvis1653CAN−11B−20NF=17N0.54.54.50.751505-19.6
23Nazareno, Merlin1922CANF−9B−12NF0.04.04.00.001045-23.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets