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2026 Reading Week Open - Crown

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30 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 16 Feb 2026 in Toronto, ON, Canada. 17 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2326, and top seed was Nikolay Noritsyn (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2463).

Nikolay Noritsyn (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2463) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Vadim Razin (4.5) and Emanuel Kot (4.5). Noritsyn won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Youhe Huang (2094) beat Nikolay Noritsyn (IM, 2463), a +369-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Toronto, ON, Canada
Dates
14 Feb 2026 → 16 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦IMNikolay Noritsyn2463
Avg top 10
2,326
Participants
30
Titled players · 17
IM×5
FM×6
CM×4
WFM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇦Canada×30
Top 3
  • 🥇
    IMNikolay Noritsyn
    🇨🇦CAN·2463
    4.5pts·2388perf-3.2
  • 🥈
    Vadim Razin
    🇨🇦CAN·2336
    4.5pts·2390perf+4.9
  • 🥉
    IMEmanuel Kot
    🇨🇦CAN·2283
    4.5pts·2435perf+47.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 4 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
3
1
2
2
4
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Razin4.5Noritsyn4.5Jaferian4.5Kot4.5Plotkin4Malakar4— ex-leaders:Atanasovled R3, #7
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 4.5/6. Noritsyn takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

IM Nikolay Noritsyn won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Vadim Razin*—
½
—
2IMNikolay Noritsyn—*—
½
3FMKoosha Jaferian
½
—*
½
4IMEmanuel Kot—
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Noritsyn, NikolayIM2463CAN−20N+14N+10B+6B=3N+5B4.519.021.516.752388-3.2
2Razin, Vadim2336CAN+25N+6B−5N+13B=4N+12N4.518.520.013.752390+4.9
3Kot, EmanuelIM2283CAN+18N=17B=4B+21N=1B+7N4.518.020.014.252435+47.2
4Jaferian, KooshaFM2196CAN+29N+27B=3N=5B=2B+8N4.517.517.511.002426+36.0
5Atanasov, AnthonyIM2441CAN+22B+21N+2B=4N=7B−1N4.019.521.512.752405-1.9
6Malakar, SaarthakFM2206CAN+30B−2N+11B−1N+22B+13B4.017.517.58.502334+40.8
7Plotkin, MarkIM2370CAN=19N+12B+17N+20B=5N−3B4.016.519.011.252300-3.8
8Wang, Bingfei2025CAN−21B+22N+15B=17N+9N−4B3.515.517.59.752210+30.2
9Yang, Larry2110CAN=14B=10N=12B+24N−8B+18N3.515.517.59.252097-2.8
10Dhaliwal, Jaipreet Singh2086CAN=26N=9B−1N+27B=17B+19N3.514.515.57.252302+65.2
11Gao, Raymond2056CAN−27N+29B−6N=28B+23N+17B3.510.510.55.002191+22.0
12Yin, Zeming1993CAN+15B−7N=9N+19B=13N−2B3.018.020.58.752222+64.8
13Plotkin, VictorFM2283CAN+23B=20N+24B−2N=12B−6N3.016.018.06.752134-22.6
14Qiao, CindyWFM1953CAN=9N−1B−18N=23B+30N+28B3.013.513.53.752111+23.4
15Xu, Zhihan (samuel)CM2146CAN−12N+23B−8N+18B+21BF3.013.013.06.502136-2.0
16Deepak, LaksshanaWFM2010CAN−17N=18B−19N+29B=28N+22N3.010.510.53.752083+24.4
17Gavrilin, Roman2153CAN+16B=3N−7B=8B=10N−11N2.519.022.08.752081-12.4
18Qian, Eric2047CAN−3B=16N+14B−15N+24B−9B2.517.019.06.502050-0.8
19Marchand, CalixFM2088CAN=7B−24N+16B−12N+25B−10B2.515.517.06.502054-14.4
20Huang, Youhe2094CAN+1B=13B+27N−7NFF2.512.512.57.002447+34.6
21Moses, NeilCM2222CAN+8N−5B+25N−3B−15NF2.016.516.55.002120-28.0
22Zhao, Jeffrey R2094CAN−5N−8B+29N+25B−6N−16B2.016.016.01.502003-16.2
23Yao, Henry2035CAN−13N−15N+30B=14N−11B=25N2.014.014.02.251963-24.0
24Zhang, Samuel2140CANF+19B−13N−9B−18N+30B2.011.511.52.502038-14.2
25Findlay, Ian T.FM2065CAN−2B+30N−21B−22N−19N=23B1.513.013.01.001940-9.9
26Ivanov, MikeIM2367CAN=10B+28NFFFF1.54.54.52.752285-1.7
27Noritsyn, SergeyFM2290CAN+11B−4N−20B−10NFF1.014.014.03.501915-38.6
28Abrahams, DanielCM2098CANF−26BF=11N=16B−14N1.011.011.03.251903-21.0
29Zhang, Daniel2022CAN−4B−11N−22B−16NFF0.013.013.00.001288-65.6
30Gao, HeyeCM2024CAN−6N−25B−23NF−14B−24N0.012.512.50.001280-84.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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