2026 16th Canadian Military Chess Championship
Open SwissStandard
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
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×25
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsDaniel Thompson led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
24
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5
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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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Daniel Thompson | * | 1 | — | ½ |
| 2Johnny Nguyen | 0 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Jean-Pierre Fundaro | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Martin Simard | ½ | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thompson, Daniel | 1898 | CAN | +19B | +10N | +14B | +2N | +11B | =3N | =5B | 6.0 | 30.0 | 34.0 | 28.50 | 2229 | +35.2 |
| 2 | Nguyen, Johnny | 1813 | CAN | +21N | +29B | +4N | −1B | +13N | +7N | =3B | 5.5 | 30.0 | 33.0 | 24.25 | 2050 | +41.2 |
| 3 | Simard, Martin | 1702 | CAN | +39N | +15B | +8N | =13B | +12N | =1B | =2N | 5.5 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 23.25 | 2063 | +41.2 |
| 4 | Fundaro, Jean-Pierre | 1654 | FID | +38B | +6N | −2B | +15N | =18B | +12B | +11N | 5.5 | 27.5 | 29.5 | 22.00 | 1824 | 0.0 |
| 5 | FIDE 2650665 | 1660 | — | +?B | −11N | +23B | +25N | +14B | +6N | =1N | 5.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 19.50 | 1921 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Coulon, Dominic | 1862 | CAN | +31N | −4B | +19N | +24B | +28N | −5B | +13N | 5.0 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 17.50 | 2640 | +11.0 |
| 7 | Savage, Connor | 2041 | CAN | +27B | =13N | =24N | +29B | +16N | −2B | +17B | 5.0 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 18.25 | 1974 | -10.8 |
| 8 | Munn, Andrew | 1840 | CAN | +41B | +40N | −3B | +9N | −17B | +22N | +18B | 5.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 17.00 | 1635 | -39.6 |
| 9 | Piedboeuf, Jp | 1540 | CAN | +30N | +16B | −12N | −8B | +39N | +28B | +14B | 5.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 16.00 | 1810 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Lord, Daniel | 1670 | CAN | +37N | −1B | −44N | +41B | +24N | +32B | +16N | 5.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 15.00 | 2029 | +38.4 |
| 11 | Page-Fortin, Mathieu | 1937 | CAN | +36N | +5B | +28N | =12B | −1N | +17N | −4B | 4.5 | 28.5 | 31.5 | 17.75 | 1819 | -13.6 |
| 12 | Shah, Mustafa | 1796 | CAN | +23B | +35N | +9B | =11N | −3B | −4N | +25B | 4.5 | 28.0 | 31.0 | 17.75 | 1694 | +2.8 |
| 13 | Macdonald, Quinn | 1672 | CAN | +25B | =7B | +18N | =3N | −2B | +?N | −6B | 4.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 12.75 | 1777 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Romanowich, Yuri | 1788 | CAN | +44N | +20B | −1N | +39B | −5N | +21B | −9N | 4.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 12.00 | 1910 | +5.2 |
| 15 | FIDE 2685213 | 0 | — | +43B | −3N | +22B | −4B | +19N | −18N | +31B | 4.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 13.00 | 960 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Simard, Francois | 1769 | CAN | +33B | −9N | +41B | +20N | −7B | +26N | −10B | 4.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 12.50 | 1105 | -16.4 |
| 17 | Oakes, David | 1721 | CAN | +26N | −24B | +31N | +44B | +8N | −11B | −7N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 13.50 | 1722 | -8.0 |
| 18 | Claveau, Jean-Michel | 1541 | CAN | =45B | +43N | −13B | +38N | =4N | +15B | −8N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 11.50 | 1084 | -8.4 |
| 19 | FIDE 2661810 | 1427 | — | −1N | +37B | −6B | +42N | −15B | +30N | +?B | 4.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 7.50 | 1119 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Zlatanov, Petar | 1522 | CAN | +34B | −14N | +32B | −16B | =25N | =24B | +33N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 12.50 | 1571 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Smirnov, Andrey | 1395 | CAN | −2B | −38N | +30B | +40N | +34B | −14N | +43B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 10.00 | 1078 | -30.0 |
| 22 | Merritt, Jaden | 1457 | CAN | +?N | −28B | −15N | +37B | +38N | −8B | +32N | 4.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 7.50 | 1084 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 2673843 | 1382 | — | −12N | +?B | −5N | +35N | −?B | +38B | +28N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 8.00 | 862 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Bouchard, Pier-Alex | 1443 | CAN | +46B | +17N | =7B | −6N | −10B | =20N | =26B | 3.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 10.25 | 1756 | -20.0 |
| 25 | Kilroy, Sheldon | 1230 | CAN | −13N | +36B | +27N | −5B | =20B | +29N | −12N | 3.5 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 11.50 | 1728 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Bergeron, Emile | 1309 | CAN | −17B | +34N | +40B | −28B | +29N | −16B | =24N | 3.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 9.75 | 1720 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 2661128 | 1440 | — | −7N | +45N | −25B | −?B | +?N | =37B | +40N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.75 | 1226 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 2685256 | 1706 | — | +32B | +22N | −11B | +26N | −6B | −9N | −23B | 3.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 10.50 | 1055 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Muller, Tyler | 1624 | CAN | +42B | −2N | +33B | −7N | −26B | −25B | +37N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 7.50 | 1162 | -22.8 |
| 30 | FIDE 2685248 | 0 | — | −9B | −33N | −21N | +36B | +41N | −19B | +39B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 7.00 | 984 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 2661870 | 1427 | — | −6B | +?N | −17B | −34N | +42B | +39N | −15N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 4.00 | 980 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Patterson, Christian | 1283 | CAN | −28N | +?B | −20N | +45B | +43B | −10N | −22B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 3.50 | 984 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 2673797 | 1320 | — | −16N | +30B | −29N | −43N | +40B | +34N | −20B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 8.00 | 1015 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 2685230 | 0 | — | −20N | −26B | +?N | +31B | −21N | −33B | +?N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 3.00 | 984 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 2660954 | 1650 | — | +?N | −12B | −39N | −23B | −37N | +42B | +38N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.00 | 862 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 2650576 | 1434 | — | −11B | −25N | −42B | −30N | +46N | +?B | +45B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1.50 | 1108 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Landry-Girard, Simon | 1223 | CAN | −10B | −19N | +46B | −22N | +35B | =27N | −29B | 2.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 4.75 | 989 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 2673622 | 0 | — | −4N | +21B | +45N | −18B | −22B | −23N | −35B | 2.0 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 5.50 | 1719 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 2673584 | 1265 | — | −3B | +46N | +35B | −14N | −9B | −31B | −30N | 2.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 3.00 | 1062 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 2685280 | 1659 | — | +?N | −8B | −26N | −21B | −33N | +41B | −27B | 2.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 2.00 | 1034 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 2673720 | 1427 | — | −8N | +?B | −16N | −10N | −30B | −40N | +46B | 2.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 0.00 | 1034 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 2685272 | 0 | — | −29N | −44B | +36N | −19B | −31N | −35N | +?B | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 3.00 | 994 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 2685221 | 1574 | — | −15N | −18B | +?N | +33B | −32N | −?B | −21N | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 3.00 | 919 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Brown, Jordan | 1359 | CAN | −14B | +42N | +10B | −17N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 7.00 | 1675 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 2685264 | 0 | — | =18N | −27B | −38B | −32N | −?B | +?B | −36N | 1.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.00 | 1654 | 0.0 |
| 46 | FIDE 2685302 | 0 | — | −24N | −39B | −37N | −?N | −36B | F | −41N | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 1040 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Nguyen, JohnnyCAN+41.25.5 pts · #2
- 2Simard, MartinCAN+41.25.5 pts · #5
- 3Lord, DanielCAN+38.45.0 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Munn, AndrewCAN-39.65.0 pts · #15
- 2Smirnov, AndreyCAN-30.04.0 pts · #34
- 3Muller, TylerCAN-22.83.0 pts · #27
Biggest upsets
- R6+522 Elo gap
- R5+427 Elo gap
- R6+394 Elo gap