2026 Silent Storm Chess Tournament Classical-Covid Gambit U2000
Open SwissStandard
28 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 06 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Brampton, ON, Canada. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1732, and top seed was William Martinez (🇵🇦 PAN, 1897).
Gyula Bordas (🇭🇺 HUN, 1736) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Filip Wierzbicki (3.5) and William Martinez (3.5). Bordas won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Diyor Muminov (1521) beat Daniel Krivykh (1707), a +186-point gap.
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
Federations · 5 represented
🇨🇦Canada×24
🇭🇺Hungary×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇵🇦Panama×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsGyula Bordas led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
7
3
4
1
1
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Gyula Bordas never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R2–R5 · WIN STREAK
Gyula Bordas won 4 in a row (R2–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gyula Bordas | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Eric Jiachen Wang | — | * | — | — |
| 3Filip Wierzbicki | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4William Martinez | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bordas, Gyula | 1736 | HUN | =15B | +26N | +21B | +2N | +6B | 4.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 9.50 | 1887 | +10.4 |
| 2 | Wierzbicki, Filip | 0 | GER | +17N | +3B | =5N | −1B | +20N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 9.00 | 1742 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Martinez, William | 1897 | PAN | =16B | −2N | +26B | +15N | +5N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 6.50 | 1943 | +5.2 |
| 4 | Wang, Eric Jiachen | 1635 | CAN | +19B | =20N | +15B | −6N | +18B | 3.5 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 7.00 | 1767 | +35.6 |
| 5 | Wang, William Kaiyuan | 1642 | CAN | +12B | +7N | =2B | =8N | −3B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 8.75 | 1888 | +51.2 |
| 6 | Lau, Jayden | 1671 | CAN | F | +16N | +8B | +4B | −1N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.50 | 1870 | +41.6 |
| 7 | Grenier, Melissa Anne | 1803 | CAN | +10N | −5B | +22B | =11N | =8B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 6.75 | 1735 | -16.8 |
| 8 | Li, Allen | 1729 | CAN | +27N | +23B | −6N | =5B | =7N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 1727 | +0.8 |
| 9 | Patil, Tanishq | 1694 | CAN | F | −15N | +25B | +21N | +10B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 1750 | +8.4 |
| 10 | Patel, Neevan | 1605 | CAN | −7B | =12N | +24B | +16N | −9N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 4.75 | 1699 | +23.6 |
| 11 | Satish Alwar, Dharsan | 1685 | CAN | F | =13N | +19B | =7B | =14N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.00 | 1775 | +19.6 |
| 12 | Allahverdi, Umid | 1747 | CAN | −5N | =10B | =17N | +28B | =16N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.25 | 1613 | -35.2 |
| 13 | Krivykh, Daniel | 1707 | CAN | F | =11B | −18N | +17B | +22N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.75 | 1708 | -0.8 |
| 14 | Sahni, Anagh | 1591 | CAN | =21N | =17B | +23N | F | =11B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1767 | +28.8 |
| 15 | Huang, Frankie | 1643 | CAN | =1N | +9B | −4N | −3B | =19N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 6.25 | 1644 | -0.4 |
| 16 | Kovuru, Aaryan | 1617 | CAN | =3N | −6B | +27N | −10B | =12B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1616 | -1.2 |
| 17 | Ma, Quentin | 1597 | CAN | −2B | =14N | =12B | −13N | +21B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1556 | -6.4 |
| 18 | Muminov, Diyor | 1521 | CAN | F | =22N | +13B | =20B | −4N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.25 | 1659 | +30.0 |
| 19 | Harish, Adwaith | 1623 | CAN | −4N | +28B | −11N | =23B | =15B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.75 | 1570 | -14.0 |
| 20 | Nakar, Soham | 1644 | CAN | +28N | =4B | F | =18N | −2B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 1712 | +11.6 |
| 21 | Steadman, Richard | 0 | CAN | =14B | +24N | −1N | −9B | −17N | 1.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 2.75 | 1502 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Zhao, Shannon | 1655 | CAN | F | =18B | −7N | +25N | −13B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1577 | -17.6 |
| 23 | Momic, Jovan | 1647 | CAN | +25B | −8N | −14B | =19N | F | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1554 | -10.8 |
| 24 | Wang, Angela | 1644 | CAN | F | −21B | −10N | =26B | +25N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1590 | -8.4 |
| 25 | Sreekumar, Gayathri | 1628 | CAN | −23N | +27B | −9N | −22B | −24B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1390 | -58.8 |
| 26 | Garikapati, Tejas Avyan | 1531 | CAN | F | −1B | −3N | =24N | F | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.75 | 1485 | -7.6 |
| 27 | Ling, Samuel | 1527 | CAN | −8B | −25N | −16B | F | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 856 | -19.0 |
| 28 | Chahar, Yugansh | 1611 | FID | −20B | −19N | F | −12N | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 869 | -50.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Wang, William KaiyuanCAN+51.23.0 pts · #11
- 2Lau, JaydenCAN+41.63.0 pts · #5
- 3Wang, Eric JiachenCAN+35.63.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Sreekumar, GayathriCAN-58.81.0 pts · #25
- 2Chahar, YuganshFID-50.40.0 pts · #28
- 3Allahverdi, UmidCAN-35.22.5 pts · #10
Biggest upsets
- R3+186 Elo gap
- R2+161 Elo gap
- R1+105 Elo gap