2026 Reading Week Open - U1800
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsAhmad 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.
Ahmad Azril Akmal Abu Bakar held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ahmad Azril Akmal Abu Bakar | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Quentin Ma | — | * | — | — |
| 3Isabelle Guan | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Tristan Li | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abu Bakar, Ahmad Azril Akmal | 1606 | MAS | =16B | +23N | +10B | +14B | +9N | +3N | 5.5 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 18.50 | 1918 | +66.0 |
| 2 | Ma, Quentin | 1549 | CAN | +35B | +32N | −9B | +17N | +15B | +10N | 5.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 11.00 | 1760 | +51.6 |
| 3 | Guan, Isabelle | 1581 | CAN | +20N | +12B | +5N | =9N | +4B | −1B | 4.5 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 16.25 | 1685 | +27.6 |
| 4 | Brewer, Jack | 1530 | CAN | +27B | =10N | +16B | +11B | −3N | =6N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 12.25 | 1726 | +51.6 |
| 5 | Witmer, Noah | 0 | CAN | +7B | +28N | −3B | =19N | +18B | =13N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 12.25 | 1652 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Li, Jiazhou | 1588 | CAN | +21N | −9B | =12N | +24B | +11N | =4B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 12.75 | 1686 | +27.2 |
| 7 | Li, Tristan | 0 | CAN | −5N | +29B | −22N | +23B | +17B | +15N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 10.50 | 1622 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Ugodnikov, Arkadiy | 1652 | CAN | +36N | =14B | −11N | +34B | =19B | +22N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.50 | 1674 | +3.2 |
| 9 | Divadalage, Sanul | 1461 | CAN | +15B | +6N | +2N | =3B | −1B | −20N | 3.5 | 22.0 | 25.0 | 14.25 | 1628 | +51.2 |
| 10 | Dimitrov, Yordan | 0 | CAN | +19N | =4B | −1N | +25B | +14N | −2B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 10.50 | 1594 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Alimirzoev, Rustam | 1654 | CAN | +24N | =13B | +8B | −4N | −6B | +26N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 10.75 | 1614 | -10.4 |
| 12 | Chahar, Yugansh | 1547 | FID | +18B | −3N | =6B | +16N | −13B | +27N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 10.00 | 1635 | +32.4 |
| 13 | Kotapuri, Ruslan | 1605 | CAN | +33B | =11N | =17B | F | +12N | =5B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 9.75 | 1764 | +33.6 |
| 14 | Harish, Adwaith | 1609 | CAN | +25B | =8N | +26B | −1N | −10B | =16N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 8.50 | 1575 | -6.8 |
| 15 | Natarajan, Bhargav | 1579 | CAN | −9N | +21B | +32B | +22N | −2N | −7B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 6.50 | 1615 | +12.4 |
| 16 | Moran-Venegas, Mario | 1512 | CAN | =1N | +31B | −4N | −12B | +34N | =14B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 6.75 | 1574 | +10.0 |
| 17 | Sahni, Anagh | 1502 | CAN | +30N | =22B | =13N | −2B | −7N | +32B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 6.00 | 1665 | +45.6 |
| 18 | Sreekumar, Gayathri | 1634 | CAN | −12N | +20B | =25N | +30B | −5N | =21B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 7.75 | 1609 | -6.4 |
| 19 | Sampath, Kavin Mukhilan | 1615 | CAN | −10B | +27N | +28B | =5B | =8N | F | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 8.00 | 1913 | +44.4 |
| 20 | Shen, Yuntian(denis) | 1526 | CAN | −3B | −18N | +29N | +32B | F | +9B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 6.50 | 1634 | +30.0 |
| 21 | Negi, Hriday | 1480 | CAN | −6B | −15N | +36N | +31B | =22B | =18N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.25 | 1542 | +16.0 |
| 22 | Ali, Shafkat | 1622 | CAN | =23B | =17N | +7B | −15B | =21N | −8B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 8.25 | 1408 | -28.6 |
| 23 | Li, Grace | 1586 | CAN | =22N | −1B | −24N | −7N | +35B | +36B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.75 | 1506 | -18.0 |
| 24 | Supsup, Ferdinand | 1688 | CAN | −11B | =33N | +23B | −6N | =27B | =25N | 2.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 5.25 | 1526 | -25.8 |
| 25 | Banerjee, Mishika | 1534 | CAN | −14N | +36B | =18B | −10N | =31N | =24B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.50 | 1555 | +3.6 |
| 26 | Cox, Asha | 0 | CAN | =31N | +34B | −14N | −28B | +30N | −11B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.75 | 1569 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Muminov, Diyor | 1541 | CAN | −4N | −19B | =31N | +33B | =24N | −12B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 3.00 | 1477 | -20.0 |
| 28 | Poudel, Sudip | 1729 | NEP | +29N | −5B | −19N | +26N | F | F | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.50 | 1574 | -16.4 |
| 29 | Gowrishankar, Nilaanujan | 1536 | CAN | −28B | −7N | −20B | +35N | =33N | =30B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 1512 | -6.4 |
| 30 | Mickelson, Jonah | 1609 | CAN | −17B | =35N | +33B | −18N | −26B | =29N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 2.25 | 1472 | -38.0 |
| 31 | Sharpe, Michael D. | 1646 | CAN | =26B | −16N | =27B | −21N | =25B | F | 1.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 1323 | -34.0 |
| 32 | Liu, Jeffrey | 1591 | CAN | F | −2B | −15N | −20N | +36B | −17N | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 736 | -90.8 |
| 33 | Ecksel, Scott | 1592 | CAN | −13N | =24B | −30N | −27N | =29B | F | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.25 | 1353 | -59.6 |
| 34 | Cabioc, Jose | 1522 | CAN | F | −26N | +35B | −8N | −16B | F | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.50 | 1418 | -7.6 |
| 35 | Moses, Niam | 1466 | CAN | −2N | =30B | −34N | −29B | −23N | F | 0.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 1192 | -54.8 |
| 36 | FIDE 2684284 | 0 | — | −8B | −25N | −21B | F | −32N | −23N | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 767 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Abu Bakar, Ahmad Azril AkmalMAS+66.05.5 pts · #1
- 2Brewer, JackCAN+51.64.0 pts · #5
- 3Ma, QuentinCAN+51.65.0 pts · #2
- 1Liu, JeffreyCAN-90.81.0 pts · #35
- 2Ecksel, ScottCAN-59.61.0 pts · #30
- 3Moses, NiamCAN-54.80.5 pts · #34
- R4+166 Elo gap
- R2+134 Elo gap
- R2+127 Elo gap