CChessStats

2026 AFM1st Peel Region - Under 1800 New Year Chess Championship

Open SwissStandard

42 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held on 31 Jan 2026 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1630, and top seed was Dharsan Satish Alwar (🇨🇦 CAN, 1730).

James Kutuzyan (🇨🇦 CAN, 1702) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Shashwath Raaghav Krishnamurthi (3.5) and Anagh Sahni (3.5). Kutuzyan won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Anagh Sahni (1502) beat Chenhao Ge (1668), a +166-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
Avg top 10
1,630
Participants
42
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×32
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

James Kutuzyan led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
19
5
1
1
1234R1R2R3R4
R3–R4 · LEAD HELD

James Kutuzyan held the sole lead from R3 through R4 without losing it.

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

James Kutuzyan won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1James Kutuzyan*
1
2Anagh Sahni*
½
3Shashwath Raaghav Krishnamurthi
½
*
4Ruslan Kotapuri
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kutuzyan, James1702CAN+38B+7N+4B+10N4.08.59.59.502328+44.0
2Krishnamurthi, Shashwath Raaghav1553CAN+21B=3N+12B+9N3.58.510.58.751780+37.6
3Sahni, Anagh1502CAN+14N=2B+30N+18B3.58.09.57.751866+60.4
4Kotapuri, Ruslan1603CAN+6N+15B1N+19B3.09.511.57.501695+12.4
5Natarajan, Bhargav1575CAN+16N9B+39N+22B3.07.08.05.501481-9.6
6Ling, Samuel1519CAN4B+42N+20B+17N3.07.07.54.501555+2.2
7Chahar, Yugansh1534FID+37N1B+36N+35B3.06.57.53.501583+11.2
8Sottile, Claudio1678CANF+23N+29B+11N3.06.06.06.002489+20.8
9Chen, Mulin1499CAN+17N+5N=10B2B2.59.011.06.251620+22.4
10Le, Duc Khai1613CAN+19N+18B=9N1B2.58.510.55.251601+12.9
11Satish Alwar, Dharsan1730CAN=13N+36B+22N8B2.57.58.54.25878-20.8
12Giannotti, Daniel0CAN=?N+26B2N+30B2.57.07.03.5013100.0
13Perez Socas, Luis Benito0CAN=11B+20N17B+24N2.56.58.55.2513990.0
14Ge, Chenhao1668CAN3B=29B+34N+33N2.56.58.03.75666-30.4
15Su, Wentan1492CAN+32B4N=31B+29N2.56.07.53.751624+14.4
16Buscar, Bernard1463CAN5B=32N+41B+31N2.56.06.52.751408-2.0
17Das, Antarip1537CAN9B+25N+13N6B2.08.010.04.501360-21.2
18Gonnet, Emmanuel1546CAN+25B10N+23B3N2.08.010.04.001344-39.6
19Mao, Oliver0CAN10B+33N+27B4N2.07.59.03.507660.0
20Sankaranarayanan, Sarvesh0CAN+24N13B6N+37B2.07.58.53.0014920.0
21Kolhatkar, Pushkar1542CAN2N+34B26N+39B2.07.08.02.50722-21.2
22Paul, Alyna0CAN+41B+31N11B5N2.07.07.52.008300.0
23FIDE 26650930+28N8B18N+?B2.07.07.02.008340.0
24FIDE 2684144020B+40B+37N13B2.05.56.52.0014860.0
25Mishra, Aarit1433CAN18N17B+40N+36B2.05.06.02.00742-27.6
26Cai, George0CAN+?B12N+21B?N2.04.54.52.0015130.0
27FIDE 26825830+40N?B19N+38B2.04.04.02.0014970.0
28FIDE 2681439023B+?N32B+?N2.03.53.50.008320.0
29Sabri, Ryan0CAN+?B=14N8N15B1.58.08.01.2513400.0
30Muthukumaran, Mithran0CAN=33B+?N3B12N1.57.57.50.756660.0
31FIDE 26842090+39N22B=15N16B1.57.08.02.2512780.0
32Wang, Zi1635CAN15N=16B+28NF1.57.07.03.251278-18.6
33Bhowmick, Aaron0CAN=30N19B+?N14B1.56.06.00.758680.0
34Gollapalli, Harshith0CAN=42B21N14B+41N1.55.05.50.758060.0
35Reech, Jacob0CAN+?NF=?B7N1.53.03.00.0012840.0
36Panneerselvam, Thamizhaaradhanan0CAN+?B11N7B25N1.07.57.50.007290.0
37Singh, Udayveer1468CAN7B+38N24B20N1.07.08.01.001491+2.8
38Mogallos, Jason1517CAN1N37B+42B27N1.07.07.50.50783-16.2
39FIDE 2684160031B+?N5B21N1.06.56.50.007570.0
40FIDE 2684152027B24N25B+?B1.06.06.00.006260.0
41FIDE 2682788022N=?B16N34B0.56.06.00.006500.0
42FIDE 26841790=34N6B38NF0.55.55.50.757140.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets