2026 Reading Week Open - U1600
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38 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 16 Feb 2026 in Toronto, ON, Canada. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1542, and top seed was Nathan Wang (🇨🇦 CAN, 1587).
Samuel Ling (🇨🇦 CAN, 1520) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Tejas Avyan Garikapati (5.0) and Justin Wang (4.5). Ling shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Nikita Kamath (1407) beat Nathan Wang (1587), a +180-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
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇦Canada×34
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.0/6. Ling takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.5).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Tejas Avyan Garikapati beat Samuel Ling (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Tejas Avyan Garikapati 5 wins (R2–R6)Samuel Ling 5 wins (R1–R5)Ethan Hu 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tejas Avyan Garikapati | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Samuel Ling | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Ethan Hu | — | — | * | — |
| 4William Io | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ling, Samuel | 1520 | CAN | +28B | +18N | +6B | +15N | +11B | −2N | 5.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 15.50 | 1589 | +6.2 |
| 2 | Garikapati, Tejas Avyan | 1471 | CAN | F | +35N | +19B | +16N | +7B | +1B | 5.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.50 | 2269 | +59.6 |
| 3 | Wang, Justin | 0 | CAN | +8N | −4B | +17N | =20B | +9N | +15B | 4.5 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 15.25 | 1425 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Hu, Ethan | 1402 | CAN | +27B | +3N | +16B | −11N | +15B | =6N | 4.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 14.50 | 1802 | +74.4 |
| 5 | Io, William | 0 | CAN | +37B | =19N | =7B | =13N | +20N | +12B | 4.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 12.00 | 1506 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Sreekumar Maliekal, Balakrishnan | 1470 | CAN | +32N | +10B | −1N | =12B | +19N | =4B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 12.00 | 1452 | -1.6 |
| 7 | Kamath, Nikita | 1407 | CAN | =25N | +31B | =5N | +30B | −2N | +17B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 10.00 | 1627 | +35.2 |
| 8 | Paul, Alyna | 0 | CAN | −3B | +36N | =?B | +22N | +29B | =11N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 7.25 | 1556 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Chang, Jace | 0 | CAN | −18B | +28N | +34B | +21N | −3B | +?N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 1527 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Jafarli, Atilay | 0 | CAN | +36B | −6N | =24B | =?N | +33B | +16N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.75 | 1568 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Poon, Jayden | 0 | CAN | F | +33N | +13B | +4B | −1N | =8B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 11.50 | 1548 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Su, Bo Ruei | 1476 | HKG | +23B | −21N | +22B | =6N | +14B | −5N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 10.50 | 1457 | -2.8 |
| 13 | Cao, Allen | 1575 | CAN | =31N | +25B | −11N | =5B | =26N | +20B | 3.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 9.25 | 1591 | +0.8 |
| 14 | FIDE 2665093 | 0 | — | +20N | −15B | =29N | +27B | −12N | +26B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 8.00 | 1361 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Buscar, Bernard | 1453 | CAN | +38B | +14N | +21B | −1B | −4N | −3N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 6.50 | 1468 | +2.0 |
| 16 | Popatia, Daylam | 1495 | CAN | +29N | +17B | −4N | −2B | +23N | −10B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 7.50 | 1304 | -15.4 |
| 17 | Vainshtein, Arno | 0 | CAN | +?B | −16N | −3B | +32N | +21B | −7N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 1476 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 2672898 | 0 | — | +9N | −1B | −30N | =35B | =27N | +37B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 6.50 | 1195 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Ta, Chadwin | 0 | CAN | F | =5B | −2N | +28N | −6B | +22N | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 6.75 | 1351 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Goff, Brent | 0 | CAN | −14B | +38N | +32B | =3N | −5B | −13N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 4.25 | 1534 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Mishra, Aarit | 1438 | CAN | +30N | +12B | −15N | −9B | −17N | =27B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 6.50 | 1550 | +28.0 |
| 22 | Shon, Kathryn | 1489 | CAN | =26N | +24B | −12N | −8B | +31N | −19B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 5.25 | 1672 | +29.6 |
| 23 | Arun Prasad, Pranav | 0 | CAN | −12N | −30B | +36B | +24N | −16B | =29N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 4.50 | 1433 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Chen, Justin Jia Hao | 1576 | CAN | =35B | −22N | =10N | −23B | +28B | =34N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 5.25 | 1272 | -32.0 |
| 25 | Erlich, Izzy | 0 | CAN | =7B | −13N | −27N | −31B | +38N | +35B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 3.50 | 1365 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Charles, Christopher | 0 | CAN | =22B | −?N | +35B | =33N | =13B | −14N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.75 | 1450 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Dolderman, Clara | 1467 | CAN | −4N | F | +25B | −14N | =18B | =21N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.25 | 1216 | -12.4 |
| 28 | Feng, Archer | 0 | CAN | −1N | −9B | +38N | −19B | −24N | +36B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 1.50 | 1543 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Gaspar, Yago | 1414 | CAN | −16B | +37N | =14B | F | −8N | =23B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 692 | -15.6 |
| 30 | Saimovici, Gabriel | 1446 | CAN | −21B | +23N | +18B | −7N | F | F | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.50 | 612 | -43.2 |
| 31 | Wang, Nathan | 1587 | CAN | =13B | −7N | −33B | +25N | −22B | −32N | 1.5 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 4.25 | 1122 | -107.2 |
| 32 | Renganathan, Navika | 1423 | CAN | −6B | F | −20N | −17B | =36N | +31B | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1535 | +18.0 |
| 33 | Kanlikilicer, Kuzey | 1549 | CAN | F | −11B | +31N | =26B | −10N | F | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.75 | 2391 | +22.4 |
| 34 | Taylor, Grace | 1555 | CAN | F | F | −9N | −37B | +35N | =24B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.25 | 1574 | +7.2 |
| 35 | Mehta, Ayaan | 0 | CAN | =24N | −2B | −26N | =18N | −34B | −25N | 1.0 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 2.75 | 1224 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Gonnet, Emmanuel | 1547 | CAN | −10N | −8B | −23N | =38B | =32B | −28N | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 1.00 | 1484 | -6.8 |
| 37 | Xirogiannis, Nikolaos | 0 | FID | −5N | −29B | F | +34N | −?B | −18N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.50 | 1340 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Brijith, Anushka | 1530 | CAN | −15N | −20B | −28B | =36N | −25B | F | 0.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.50 | 1305 | -25.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Hu, EthanCAN+74.44.5 pts · #2
- 2Garikapati, Tejas AvyanCAN+59.65.0 pts · #7
- 3Kamath, NikitaCAN+35.24.0 pts · #17
Top rating losers
- 1Wang, NathanCAN-107.21.5 pts · #34
- 2Saimovici, GabrielCAN-43.22.0 pts · #37
- 3Chen, Justin Jia HaoCAN-32.02.5 pts · #31
Biggest upsets
- R2+180 Elo gap
- R6+164 Elo gap