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2026 AFM1st Peel Region - Over 1800 Junior Chess Championship

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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.

Location
🇨🇦Mississauga, ON, Canada
Dates
28 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes for game
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,075
Participants
25
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇦Canada×13
🇳🇵Nepal×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Arjun 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.

Co-leaders
14
9
4
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Arjun Suresh never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Arjun Suresh beat Pranav Pillai (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

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

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Suresh, Arjun0FID+?B+?N+?B+?B+2N5.04.04.04.0016360.0
2Pillai, Pranav1602CAN+16B+6N+8B+9N1B4.014.516.511.502273+26.4
3Nguyen-Kawamura, Kousuke1645CAN8N+5N+6B+22B+11N4.013.015.012.001472-9.2
4Muminov, Diyor1521CAN=5B+15N+6N=14B=7N3.513.015.010.251517-2.4
5Liu, Shuangquan1467CAN=4N3B+20B+15N+9B3.512.514.58.751398-6.4
6Panneerselvam, Thamizhaaradhanan0CAN+12B+?N4B+8N=?B3.59.59.56.0014200.0
7FIDE 26768770?N+?B+?B+10N=4B3.56.56.54.7513560.0
8Singh, Arka1489CAN+3B+20N2N6B+17N3.013.515.58.001620+15.2
9Mamikonyan, Mher0CAN+14B+?N+10B2B5N3.013.013.05.5014180.0
10Shankar Prabhu, Prasanna0CAN+?N+17B9N7B+14N3.011.011.04.5015900.0
11Swain, Harshil0CAN13B+?N+?B+16N3B3.09.09.02.0015550.0
12Nikul, Siddharth0CAN6N+?B+19N+17B?N3.07.57.54.007580.0
13FIDE 26848100+11N+21B?N?N+?B3.05.05.05.007710.0
14Natarajan, Bhargav1555CAN9N+18B+23N=4N10B2.511.512.54.751539-1.6
15Li, Hengyu Henry0CANF4B+18N5B+23N2.010.010.03.007010.0
16Singh, Udayveer1469CAN2N+25B+21N11BF2.09.09.02.00797-12.8
17FIDE 26848530+?B10N+?B12N8B2.09.09.00.0014820.0
18FIDE 268149806B14N15B+?N+?B2.08.08.00.007700.0
19FIDE 26784620+25B?N12B+24N6B2.07.57.51.007840.0
20FIDE 26827880+?N8B5N+?B?B2.06.56.50.006750.0
21FIDE 26772020+?B13N16B?N+?N2.05.05.00.006750.0
22Prajapati, Avighna0NEP?B+?N+?B3N?B2.04.04.00.008140.0
23FIDE 26847720+24N?B14B?N15B1.05.55.51.007640.0
24FIDE 2684799023B?N+25N19B?N1.03.03.00.006830.0
25FIDE 2684829019N16N24B?BF0.05.05.00.006660.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets