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2026 Silent Storm Chess Tournament Classical-Covid Gambit Open

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18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 06 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Brampton, ON, Canada. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2103, and top seed was Nikolay Noritsyn (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2460).

Nicholas Vettese (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2418) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Vadim Razin (4.0) and Nikolay Noritsyn (3.5). Vettese broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇨🇦Brampton, ON, Canada
Dates
06 Mar 2026 → 08 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦IMNikolay Noritsyn2460
Avg top 10
2,103
Participants
18
Titled players · 4
IM×2
CM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×17
🇮🇷Iran×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Nicholas Vettese led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
5
3
2
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Nicholas Vettese held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Nicholas Vettese drew with Vadim Razin (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Nicholas Vettese 3 wins (R1–R3)Vadim Razin 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMNicholas Vettese*
½
1
2Vadim Razin
½
*
½
3IMNikolay Noritsyn
0
½
*
1
4Eric Qian
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vettese, NicholasIM2418CAN+10B+14N+3B=2B+4N4.512.513.511.502536+6.9
2Razin, Vadim2335CAN+18N+4B+8B=1N=3B4.013.513.59.502421+7.0
3Noritsyn, NikolayIM2460CAN+6N+5B1N+7B=2N3.514.517.010.502336-4.9
4Qian, AshleyWFM1940CAN+12B2N+9B+13N1B3.012.514.05.502156+49.6
5Qian, Eric2054CAN+11B3N=13B=8N+10B3.010.011.56.002130+17.2
6Dembla, Shabd1877CAN3B+11N=17N+14B=7N3.09.09.54.501970+21.6
7Chen, Ray1815CAN=9B=10N+12B3N=6B2.511.012.55.251942+29.6
8Dhaliwal, Jaipreet Singh2151CANF+17B2N=5B+14N2.58.58.53.002098-6.0
9Hansen, Troy1920CAN=7N=16B4N=12B+15N2.58.09.03.501834-11.6
10Bolandnazar, Korosh1873IRI1N=7B=15N+16B5N2.011.012.02.751874-5.2
11Chen, Larry Zhou1816CAN5N6B+18N=15B=16N2.08.08.01.001792-7.6
12Murali, Dhruv1827CAN4N+18B7N=9NF1.58.08.01.251782-10.8
13Deshpande,SarthakCM2000CANF+15B=5N4BF1.57.07.02.501933-10.0
14Niketic, Vukan1717CANF1B+16N6N8B1.011.011.01.001780+5.6
15Sekaran, Adithya1808CANF13N=10B=11N9B1.08.08.02.001709-19.6
16Bi, William1783CANF=9N14B10N=11B1.07.57.52.251638-30.0
17Lin, Austin1871CANF8N=6BFF0.55.55.51.501820-6.0
18Zaka, Mohid1804CAN2B12N11BFF0.07.57.50.001148-20.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers