2026 AFM1st Peel Region - Over 1800 Junior Chess Championship
25 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 28 Feb 2026 in Mississauga, ON, Canada. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1075, and top seed was Kousuke Nguyen-Kawamura (🇨🇦 CAN, 1645).
Arjun Suresh ( FID, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Pranav Pillai (4.0) and Kousuke Nguyen-Kawamura (4.0). Suresh shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Arka Singh (1489) beat Kousuke Nguyen-Kawamura (1645), a +156-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsArjun Suresh led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Arjun Suresh never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Arjun Suresh beat Pranav Pillai (Black).
Arjun Suresh 5 wins (R1–R5)Pranav Pillai 4 wins (R1–R4)Kousuke Nguyen-Kawamura 4 wins (R2–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arjun Suresh | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Pranav Pillai | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Kousuke Nguyen-Kawamura | — | — | * | 1 |
| 4Thamizhaaradhanan Panneerselvam | — | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suresh, Arjun | 0 | FID | +?B | +?N | +?B | +?B | +2N | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 1636 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Pillai, Pranav | 1602 | CAN | +16B | +6N | +8B | +9N | −1B | 4.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 11.50 | 2273 | +26.4 |
| 3 | Nguyen-Kawamura, Kousuke | 1645 | CAN | −8N | +5N | +6B | +22B | +11N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 12.00 | 1472 | -9.2 |
| 4 | Muminov, Diyor | 1521 | CAN | =5B | +15N | +6N | =14B | =7N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 10.25 | 1517 | -2.4 |
| 5 | Liu, Shuangquan | 1467 | CAN | =4N | −3B | +20B | +15N | +9B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 8.75 | 1398 | -6.4 |
| 6 | Panneerselvam, Thamizhaaradhanan | 0 | CAN | +12B | +?N | −4B | +8N | =?B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.00 | 1420 | 0.0 |
| 7 | FIDE 2676877 | 0 | — | −?N | +?B | +?B | +10N | =4B | 3.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.75 | 1356 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Singh, Arka | 1489 | CAN | +3B | +20N | −2N | −6B | +17N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 8.00 | 1620 | +15.2 |
| 9 | Mamikonyan, Mher | 0 | CAN | +14B | +?N | +10B | −2B | −5N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 1418 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Shankar Prabhu, Prasanna | 0 | CAN | +?N | +17B | −9N | −7B | +14N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1590 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Swain, Harshil | 0 | CAN | −13B | +?N | +?B | +16N | −3B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1555 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Nikul, Siddharth | 0 | CAN | −6N | +?B | +19N | +17B | −?N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.00 | 758 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 2684810 | 0 | — | +11N | +21B | −?N | −?N | +?B | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Natarajan, Bhargav | 1555 | CAN | −9N | +18B | +23N | =4N | −10B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.75 | 1539 | -1.6 |
| 15 | Li, Hengyu Henry | 0 | CAN | F | −4B | +18N | −5B | +23N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Singh, Udayveer | 1469 | CAN | −2N | +25B | +21N | −11B | F | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 797 | -12.8 |
| 17 | FIDE 2684853 | 0 | — | +?B | −10N | +?B | −12N | −8B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1482 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 2681498 | 0 | — | −6B | −14N | −15B | +?N | +?B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 770 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 2678462 | 0 | — | +25B | −?N | −12B | +24N | −6B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 784 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 2682788 | 0 | — | +?N | −8B | −5N | +?B | −?B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 675 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 2677202 | 0 | — | +?B | −13N | −16B | −?N | +?N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 675 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Prajapati, Avighna | 0 | NEP | −?B | +?N | +?B | −3N | −?B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 814 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 2684772 | 0 | — | +24N | −?B | −14B | −?N | −15B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 764 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 2684799 | 0 | — | −23B | −?N | +25N | −19B | −?N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 683 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 2684829 | 0 | — | −19N | −16N | −24B | −?B | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 666 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Pillai, PranavCAN+26.44.0 pts · #2
- 2Singh, ArkaCAN+15.23.0 pts · #6
- 3Nikul, SiddharthCAN0.03.0 pts · #15
- 1Singh, UdayveerCAN-12.82.0 pts · #25
- 2Nguyen-Kawamura, KousukeCAN-9.24.0 pts · #8
- 3Liu, ShuangquanCAN-6.43.5 pts · #12
- R1+156 Elo gap