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2026 16th Canadian Military Chess Championship

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46 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 13 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1847, and top seed was Connor Savage (🇨🇦 CAN, 2041).

Daniel Thompson (🇨🇦 CAN, 1898) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Johnny Nguyen (5.5) and Martin Simard (5.5). Thompson won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 6: FIDE 2673592 (1052) beat FIDE 2685221 (1574), a +522-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Dates
13 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦Connor Savage2041
Avg top 10
1,847
Participants
46
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×25
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Daniel Thompson led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
24
11
5
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Daniel Thompson held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Daniel Thompson beat Johnny Nguyen (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Daniel Thompson 5 wins (R1–R5)Johnny Nguyen 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Daniel Thompson*
1
½
2Johnny Nguyen
0
*
1
½
3Jean-Pierre Fundaro
0
*
4Martin Simard
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Thompson, Daniel1898CAN+19B+10N+14B+2N+11B=3N=5B6.030.034.028.502229+35.2
2Nguyen, Johnny1813CAN+21N+29B+4N1B+13N+7N=3B5.530.033.024.252050+41.2
3Simard, Martin1702CAN+39N+15B+8N=13B+12N=1B=2N5.529.031.023.252063+41.2
4Fundaro, Jean-Pierre1654FID+38B+6N2B+15N=18B+12B+11N5.527.529.522.0018240.0
5FIDE 26506651660+?B11N+23B+25N+14B+6N=1N5.527.027.019.5019210.0
6Coulon, Dominic1862CAN+31N4B+19N+24B+28N5B+13N5.025.528.517.502640+11.0
7Savage, Connor2041CAN+27B=13N=24N+29B+16N2B+17B5.024.527.518.251974-10.8
8Munn, Andrew1840CAN+41B+40N3B+9N17B+22N+18B5.024.526.517.001635-39.6
9Piedboeuf, Jp1540CAN+30N+16B12N8B+39N+28B+14B5.023.525.516.0018100.0
10Lord, Daniel1670CAN+37N1B44N+41B+24N+32B+16N5.021.023.015.002029+38.4
11Page-Fortin, Mathieu1937CAN+36N+5B+28N=12B1N+17N4B4.528.531.517.751819-13.6
12Shah, Mustafa1796CAN+23B+35N+9B=11N3B4N+25B4.528.031.017.751694+2.8
13Macdonald, Quinn1672CAN+25B=7B+18N=3N2B+?N6B4.028.528.512.7517770.0
14Romanowich, Yuri1788CAN+44N+20B1N+39B5N+21B9N4.026.528.512.001910+5.2
15FIDE 26852130+43B3N+22B4B+19N18N+31B4.026.028.013.009600.0
16Simard, Francois1769CAN+33B9N+41B+20N7B+26N10B4.025.527.512.501105-16.4
17Oakes, David1721CAN+26N24B+31N+44B+8N11B7N4.024.526.513.501722-8.0
18Claveau, Jean-Michel1541CAN=45B+43N13B+38N=4N+15B8N4.022.524.011.501084-8.4
19FIDE 266181014271N+37B6B+42N15B+30N+?B4.022.522.57.5011190.0
20Zlatanov, Petar1522CAN+34B14N+32B16B=25N=24B+33N4.021.024.012.5015710.0
21Smirnov, Andrey1395CAN2B38N+30B+40N+34B14N+43B4.019.521.510.001078-30.0
22Merritt, Jaden1457CAN+?N28B15N+37B+38N8B+32N4.019.519.57.5010840.0
23FIDE 2673843138212N+?B5N+35N?B+38B+28N4.018.018.08.008620.0
24Bouchard, Pier-Alex1443CAN+46B+17N=7B6N10B=20N=26B3.526.526.510.251756-20.0
25Kilroy, Sheldon1230CAN13N+36B+27N5B=20B+29N12N3.524.527.511.5017280.0
26Bergeron, Emile1309CAN17B+34N+40B28B+29N16B=24N3.520.522.59.7517200.0
27FIDE 266112814407N+45N25B?B+?N=37B+40N3.514.514.54.7512260.0
28FIDE 26852561706+32B+22N11B+26N6B9N23B3.026.029.010.5010550.0
29Muller, Tyler1624CAN+42B2N+33B7N26B25B+37N3.023.025.07.501162-22.8
30FIDE 268524809B33N21N+36B+41N19B+39B3.021.023.07.009840.0
31FIDE 266187014276B+?N17B34N+42B+39N15N3.020.020.04.009800.0
32Patterson, Christian1283CAN28N+?B20N+45B+43B10N22B3.019.519.53.509840.0
33FIDE 2673797132016N+30B29N43N+40B+34N20B3.019.021.08.0010150.0
34FIDE 2685230020N26B+?N+31B21N33B+?N3.017.517.53.009840.0
35FIDE 26609541650+?N12B39N23B37N+42B+38N3.017.017.04.008620.0
36FIDE 2650576143411B25N42B30N+46N+?B+45B3.014.514.51.5011080.0
37Landry-Girard, Simon1223CAN10B19N+46B22N+35B=27N29B2.522.522.54.759890.0
38FIDE 267362204N+21B+45N18B22B23N35B2.024.526.05.5017190.0
39FIDE 267358412653B+46N+35B14N9B31B30N2.023.523.53.0010620.0
40FIDE 26852801659+?N8B26N21B33N+41B27B2.021.021.02.0010340.0
41FIDE 267372014278N+?B16N10N30B40N+46B2.019.019.00.0010340.0
42FIDE 2685272029N44B+36N19B31N35N+?B2.018.018.03.009940.0
43FIDE 2685221157415N18B+?N+33B32N?B21N2.018.018.03.009190.0
44Brown, Jordan1359CAN14B+42N+10B17NFFF2.015.015.07.0016750.0
45FIDE 26852640=18N27B38B32N?B+?B36N1.515.515.52.0016540.0
46FIDE 2685302024N39B37N?N36BF41N0.013.013.00.0010400.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets