2026 AFM1st Peel Region - Under 1800 New Year Chess Championship
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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
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×32
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsJames Kutuzyan led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
19
5
1
1
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1James Kutuzyan | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Anagh Sahni | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Shashwath Raaghav Krishnamurthi | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Ruslan Kotapuri | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kutuzyan, James | 1702 | CAN | +38B | +7N | +4B | +10N | 4.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 2328 | +44.0 |
| 2 | Krishnamurthi, Shashwath Raaghav | 1553 | CAN | +21B | =3N | +12B | +9N | 3.5 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 8.75 | 1780 | +37.6 |
| 3 | Sahni, Anagh | 1502 | CAN | +14N | =2B | +30N | +18B | 3.5 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 7.75 | 1866 | +60.4 |
| 4 | Kotapuri, Ruslan | 1603 | CAN | +6N | +15B | −1N | +19B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 7.50 | 1695 | +12.4 |
| 5 | Natarajan, Bhargav | 1575 | CAN | +16N | −9B | +39N | +22B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 5.50 | 1481 | -9.6 |
| 6 | Ling, Samuel | 1519 | CAN | −4B | +42N | +20B | +17N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1555 | +2.2 |
| 7 | Chahar, Yugansh | 1534 | FID | +37N | −1B | +36N | +35B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 1583 | +11.2 |
| 8 | Sottile, Claudio | 1678 | CAN | F | +23N | +29B | +11N | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.00 | 2489 | +20.8 |
| 9 | Chen, Mulin | 1499 | CAN | +17N | +5N | =10B | −2B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 6.25 | 1620 | +22.4 |
| 10 | Le, Duc Khai | 1613 | CAN | +19N | +18B | =9N | −1B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1601 | +12.9 |
| 11 | Satish Alwar, Dharsan | 1730 | CAN | =13N | +36B | +22N | −8B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 4.25 | 878 | -20.8 |
| 12 | Giannotti, Daniel | 0 | CAN | =?N | +26B | −2N | +30B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1310 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Perez Socas, Luis Benito | 0 | CAN | =11B | +20N | −17B | +24N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 5.25 | 1399 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Ge, Chenhao | 1668 | CAN | −3B | =29B | +34N | +33N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 3.75 | 666 | -30.4 |
| 15 | Su, Wentan | 1492 | CAN | +32B | −4N | =31B | +29N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 1624 | +14.4 |
| 16 | Buscar, Bernard | 1463 | CAN | −5B | =32N | +41B | +31N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 1408 | -2.0 |
| 17 | Das, Antarip | 1537 | CAN | −9B | +25N | +13N | −6B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 4.50 | 1360 | -21.2 |
| 18 | Gonnet, Emmanuel | 1546 | CAN | +25B | −10N | +23B | −3N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1344 | -39.6 |
| 19 | Mao, Oliver | 0 | CAN | −10B | +33N | +27B | −4N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 766 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Sankaranarayanan, Sarvesh | 0 | CAN | +24N | −13B | −6N | +37B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1492 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Kolhatkar, Pushkar | 1542 | CAN | −2N | +34B | −26N | +39B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 722 | -21.2 |
| 22 | Paul, Alyna | 0 | CAN | +41B | +31N | −11B | −5N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 830 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 2665093 | 0 | — | +28N | −8B | −18N | +?B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 834 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 2684144 | 0 | — | −20B | +40B | +37N | −13B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1486 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Mishra, Aarit | 1433 | CAN | −18N | −17B | +40N | +36B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 742 | -27.6 |
| 26 | Cai, George | 0 | CAN | +?B | −12N | +21B | −?N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 1513 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 2682583 | 0 | — | +40N | −?B | −19N | +38B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1497 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 2681439 | 0 | — | −23B | +?N | −32B | +?N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 832 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Sabri, Ryan | 0 | CAN | +?B | =14N | −8N | −15B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1340 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Muthukumaran, Mithran | 0 | CAN | =33B | +?N | −3B | −12N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.75 | 666 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 2684209 | 0 | — | +39N | −22B | =15N | −16B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 2.25 | 1278 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Wang, Zi | 1635 | CAN | −15N | =16B | +28N | F | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.25 | 1278 | -18.6 |
| 33 | Bhowmick, Aaron | 0 | CAN | =30N | −19B | +?N | −14B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 868 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Gollapalli, Harshith | 0 | CAN | =42B | −21N | −14B | +41N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 806 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Reech, Jacob | 0 | CAN | +?N | F | =?B | −7N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1284 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Panneerselvam, Thamizhaaradhanan | 0 | CAN | +?B | −11N | −7B | −25N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 729 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Singh, Udayveer | 1468 | CAN | −7B | +38N | −24B | −20N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1491 | +2.8 |
| 38 | Mogallos, Jason | 1517 | CAN | −1N | −37B | +42B | −27N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 783 | -16.2 |
| 39 | FIDE 2684160 | 0 | — | −31B | +?N | −5B | −21N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 757 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 2684152 | 0 | — | −27B | −24N | −25B | +?B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 626 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 2682788 | 0 | — | −22N | =?B | −16N | −34B | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 650 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 2684179 | 0 | — | =34N | −6B | −38N | F | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 714 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sahni, AnaghCAN+60.43.5 pts · #2
- 2Kutuzyan, JamesCAN+44.04.0 pts · #1
- 3Krishnamurthi, Shashwath RaaghavCAN+37.63.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Gonnet, EmmanuelCAN-39.62.0 pts · #10
- 2Ge, ChenhaoCAN-30.42.5 pts · #37
- 3Mishra, AaritCAN-27.62.0 pts · #39
Biggest upsets
- R1+166 Elo gap
- R1+143 Elo gap