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2026 Reading Week Open - U1800

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36 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 16 Feb 2026 in Toronto, ON, Canada. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1646, and top seed was Sudip Poudel (🇳🇵 NEP, 1729).

Ahmad Azril Akmal Abu Bakar (🇲🇾 MAS, 1606) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Quentin Ma (5.0) and Isabelle Guan (4.5). Abu Bakar shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Hriday Negi (1480) beat Michael D. Sharpe (1646), a +166-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
🇳🇵Sudip Poudel1729
Avg top 10
1,646
Participants
36
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇦Canada×32
🇳🇵Nepal×1
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Ahmad Azril Akmal Abu Bakar led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
14
4
2
4
2
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

Ahmad Azril Akmal Abu Bakar held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ahmad Azril Akmal Abu Bakar 5 wins (R2–R6)Quentin Ma 3 wins (R4–R6)Isabelle Guan 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ahmad Azril Akmal Abu Bakar*
1
2Quentin Ma*
3Isabelle Guan
0
*
4Tristan Li*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Abu Bakar, Ahmad Azril Akmal1606MAS=16B+23N+10B+14B+9N+3N5.517.520.018.501918+66.0
2Ma, Quentin1549CAN+35B+32N9B+17N+15B+10N5.014.014.511.001760+51.6
3Guan, Isabelle1581CAN+20N+12B+5N=9N+4B1B4.520.523.516.251685+27.6
4Brewer, Jack1530CAN+27B=10N+16B+11B3N=6N4.018.520.512.251726+51.6
5Witmer, Noah0CAN+7B+28N3B=19N+18B=13N4.018.020.012.2516520.0
6Li, Jiazhou1588CAN+21N9B=12N+24B+11N=4B4.017.520.012.751686+27.2
7Li, Tristan0CAN5N+29B22N+23B+17B+15N4.015.017.010.5016220.0
8Ugodnikov, Arkadiy1652CAN+36N=14B11N+34B=19B+22N4.013.013.06.501674+3.2
9Divadalage, Sanul1461CAN+15B+6N+2N=3B1B20N3.522.025.014.251628+51.2
10Dimitrov, Yordan0CAN+19N=4B1N+25B+14N2B3.520.523.010.5015940.0
11Alimirzoev, Rustam1654CAN+24N=13B+8B4N6B+26N3.518.020.510.751614-10.4
12Chahar, Yugansh1547FID+18B3N=6B+16N13B+27N3.518.020.010.001635+32.4
13Kotapuri, Ruslan1605CAN+33B=11N=17BF+12N=5B3.515.015.09.751764+33.6
14Harish, Adwaith1609CAN+25B=8N+26B1N10B=16N3.018.521.08.501575-6.8
15Natarajan, Bhargav1579CAN9N+21B+32B+22N2N7B3.018.019.06.501615+12.4
16Moran-Venegas, Mario1512CAN=1N+31B4N12B+34N=14B3.017.518.56.751574+10.0
17Sahni, Anagh1502CAN+30N=22B=13N2B7N+32B3.017.018.06.001665+45.6
18Sreekumar, Gayathri1634CAN12N+20B=25N+30B5N=21B3.016.018.07.751609-6.4
19Sampath, Kavin Mukhilan1615CAN10B+27N+28B=5B=8NF3.015.515.58.001913+44.4
20Shen, Yuntian(denis)1526CAN3B18N+29N+32BF+9B3.015.016.06.501634+30.0
21Negi, Hriday1480CAN6B15N+36N+31B=22B=18N3.014.014.04.251542+16.0
22Ali, Shafkat1622CAN=23B=17N+7B15B=21N8B2.517.019.58.251408-28.6
23Li, Grace1586CAN=22N1B24N7N+35B+36B2.515.015.01.751506-18.0
24Supsup, Ferdinand1688CAN11B=33N+23B6N=27B=25N2.514.515.55.251526-25.8
25Banerjee, Mishika1534CAN14N+36B=18B10N=31N=24B2.513.513.53.501555+3.6
26Cox, Asha0CAN=31N+34B14N28B+30N11B2.512.013.03.7515690.0
27Muminov, Diyor1541CAN4N19B=31N+33B=24N12B2.014.515.53.001477-20.0
28Poudel, Sudip1729NEP+29N5B19N+26NFF2.014.514.54.501574-16.4
29Gowrishankar, Nilaanujan1536CAN28B7N20B+35N=33N=30B2.012.012.52.001512-6.4
30Mickelson, Jonah1609CAN17B=35N+33B18N26B=29N2.011.512.02.251472-38.0
31Sharpe, Michael D.1646CAN=26B16N=27B21N=25BF1.513.013.03.501323-34.0
32Liu, Jeffrey1591CANF2B15N20N+36B17N1.014.014.00.00736-90.8
33Ecksel, Scott1592CAN13N=24B30N27N=29BF1.012.012.02.251353-59.6
34Cabioc, Jose1522CANF26N+35B8N16BF1.010.010.00.501418-7.6
35Moses, Niam1466CAN2N=30B34N29B23NF0.512.512.51.001192-54.8
36FIDE 268428408B25N21BF32N23N0.013.013.00.007670.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets