2026 Canadian Closed

SwissStandard

84 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Apr 2026 to 07 Apr 2026 in Montreal, Canada. 30 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2417, and top seed was Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (🇨🇦 CAN, GM, 2530).

Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (🇨🇦 CAN, GM, 2530) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Anthony Atanasov (7.0) and Sai Krishna G V (7.0). Rodrigue-Lemieux shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Lucas Mason Pin Qian Yao (1895) beat Mark Plotkin (IM, 2382), a +487-point gap.

Location

🇨🇦Montreal, Canada

Dates

02 Apr 2026 → 07 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇦GMShawn Rodrigue-Lemieux2530

Avg top 10

2,417

Participants

Titled players · 30

GM×2

IM×10

FM×7

CM×11

Federations · 1 represented

🇨🇦Canada×84

Top 3

🥇
GMShawn Rodrigue-Lemieux
🇨🇦CAN·2530
7.0pts·2542perf+2.6
🥈
IMAnthony Atanasov
🇨🇦CAN·2464
7.0pts·2500perf+5.5
🥉
IMSai Krishna G V
🇨🇦CAN·2443
7.0pts·2424perf+0.1

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Atanasov7Rodrigue-Lemieux7Sai Krishna G7Panjwani6.5Plotkin6.5Chiku-Ratte6.5— ex-leaders:Sambuevled R4, #7

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 7.0/9. Rodrigue-Lemieux takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (50.0).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Anthony Atanasov lost to GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Anthony Atanasov 4 wins (R4–R7)GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMAnthony Atanasov	*	0	—	1
2GMShawn Rodrigue-Lemieux	1	*	—	½
3IMSai Krishna G V	—	—	*	—
4IMRaja Panjwani	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Rodrigue-Lemieux, ShawnGM	2530	CAN	+33B	+14N	+30B	=4N	+5B	=6N	=9B	+2B	=7N	7.0	50.0	54.5	41.75	2542	+2.6
2	Atanasov, AnthonyIM	2464	CAN	+66N	+15B	−34N	+11B	+21N	+22B	+4B	−1N	+9B	7.0	45.5	48.5	37.00	2500	+5.5
3	Sai Krishna G VIM	2443	CAN	=40N	+49B	=13N	+15B	=24N	+34B	+42N	=7B	+5N	7.0	43.0	47.0	36.00	2424	+0.1
4	Panjwani, RajaIM	2383	CAN	+37B	+19N	+17B	=1B	+34N	=9B	−2N	+12B	=8N	6.5	48.0	52.5	35.75	2409	+6.0
5	Sambuev, BatorGM	2422	CAN	+59N	+36B	+80N	+8B	−1N	+10B	+6B	=9N	−3B	6.5	47.0	49.0	32.00	2469	+7.8
6	Keleberda, TymurIM	2329	CAN	+71B	+64N	+21B	=9B	+22N	=1B	−5N	=11N	+23B	6.5	43.5	46.0	30.00	2434	+28.4
7	Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-KentaIM	2331	CAN	+60B	=27N	+26B	−42B	+29N	+33N	+30B	=3N	=1B	6.5	43.0	46.5	32.50	2365	+6.0
8	Plotkin, VictorFM	2260	CAN	+74B	+83N	+24B	−5N	=33B	=35B	+21N	+16N	=4B	6.5	40.0	41.0	26.75	2335	+20.4
9	Noritsyn, NikolayIM	2452	CAN	+58B	+67N	+20B	=6N	+42B	=4N	=1N	=5B	−2N	6.0	47.0	50.0	29.75	2441	+0.7
10	Vettese, NicholasIM	2423	CAN	+35B	=61N	+27B	=34B	+18N	−5N	−11B	+28N	+21B	6.0	42.0	45.5	29.00	2273	-13.2
11	Jaferian, KooshaFM	2231	CAN	+65B	=70N	+45B	−2N	=26B	+58N	+10N	=6B	=12N	6.0	41.5	44.0	27.00	2241	+5.8
12	Yao, Lucas Mason Pin Qian	1895	CAN	+72B	−80B	=36N	+32N	+17B	+20N	+16B	−4N	=11B	6.0	41.0	43.0	29.25	2312	+181.2
13	Moses, NeilCM	2155	CAN	=41N	+44B	=3B	−33N	+59N	=61B	+49N	=22B	+25N	6.0	38.0	41.5	27.00	2186	+17.2
14	Gavrilin, Roman	2141	CAN	+54B	−1B	=60N	=58N	+71B	=51N	+53B	=23N	+22B	6.0	36.0	38.5	23.50	2197	+15.0
15	Clyde, Jordan	2135	CAN	+39B	−2N	+54B	−3N	=28B	=52N	+58B	+48N	=20B	5.5	41.0	44.5	23.25	2177	+9.4
16	Plotkin, MarkIM	2382	CAN	−64N	+74B	+59N	=35B	+27N	+24B	−12N	−8B	+43N	5.5	38.0	40.5	22.75	2141	-22.4
17	Dhaliwal, Jaipreet Singh	2162	CAN	+75N	+25B	−4N	=48B	−12N	=64B	=50N	+49B	+51N	5.5	36.5	39.0	21.00	2041	-46.0
18	Qian, Eric	2076	CAN	−25N	+75B	+38N	+80B	−10B	−23N	+52B	=39N	+37B	5.5	36.0	38.0	19.75	2134	+26.8
19	Yin, Zeming	2098	CAN	+38N	−4B	−50B	+76N	=52N	+62B	−25N	+60B	+35N	5.5	35.5	38.0	20.50	2054	-18.8
20	Dukic, ZacharyFM	2230	CAN	+81N	+48B	−9N	=77B	+64N	−12B	+35N	=51B	=15N	5.5	35.5	37.0	19.00	2097	-24.6
21	Wu, JonathanCM	2149	CAN	+46B	+51N	−6N	+50B	−2B	+26N	−8B	+40N	−10N	5.0	44.0	48.0	22.00	2174	+13.2
22	Razin, Vadim	2342	CAN	=49N	+40B	+61B	+23N	−6B	−2N	+33B	=13N	−14N	5.0	43.5	47.0	22.50	2219	-12.8
23	Latorre, VincentFM	2304	CAN	=28N	+41B	+29N	−22B	−35N	+18B	+36N	=14B	−6N	5.0	42.0	46.5	25.00	2151	-32.4
24	Kraiouchkine, Nikita	2144	CAN	+63N	+53B	−8N	+62B	=3B	−16N	=39B	=37N	=28B	5.0	40.5	44.0	21.50	2109	-7.4
25	Moreno, Jorge	1847	CAN	+18B	−17N	−33B	=43N	+83B	+72N	+19B	=30N	−13B	5.0	39.0	40.0	19.25	2146	+130.8
26	Terry, JoshuaCM	2068	CAN	=44N	+28B	−7N	+70B	=11N	−21B	−48N	+62B	+50B	5.0	38.5	41.0	20.25	2057	-2.8
27	Marchand, CalixFM	2074	CAN	+56B	=7B	−10N	+73N	−16B	−39N	+65B	+53N	=31B	5.0	38.5	41.0	19.25	2120	+17.2
28	Lattafi, Youcef	1971	CAN	=23B	−26N	+82B	=72N	=15N	+47B	+34N	−10B	=24N	5.0	38.0	39.5	19.50	2229	+57.2
29	Kola, Venkat Karthikeya ReddyCM	2064	CAN	+79B	=42N	−23B	+45N	−7B	−53N	+55B	=50N	+48B	5.0	36.5	38.5	18.75	2072	+1.2
30	Adam, RafaelCM	2244	CAN	+52N	+77B	−1N	=64B	+48N	+49B	−7N	=25B	F	5.0	36.0	36.0	18.50	2160	-12.8
31	Liu, Zachary Hankun	2100	CAN	−50N	=57B	=52N	+38B	=62N	=48B	+64N	=35B	=27N	5.0	33.5	36.5	20.00	1997	-49.2
32	Darvekar, Yash	2115	CAN	−48N	+81B	−77N	−12B	+54N	+45B	−38N	+65B	+39B	5.0	33.0	34.5	17.50	1970	-65.4
33	Wang, Bingfei	2055	CAN	−1N	+63B	+25N	+13B	=8N	−7B	−22N	=36B	=44N	4.5	45.0	48.5	22.25	2137	+16.2
34	Doknjas, NeilCM	2230	CAN	+57B	+50N	+2B	=10N	−4B	−3N	−28B	+38B	F	4.5	44.0	44.0	22.50	2222	+2.0
35	Gao, HeyeCM	2028	CAN	−10N	+76B	+51B	=16N	+23B	=8N	−20B	=31N	−19B	4.5	43.0	45.5	20.00	2155	+54.0
36	Gao, Raymond	2088	CAN	+55B	−5N	=12B	+60B	+77N	−42N	−23B	=33N	=41B	4.5	38.5	41.0	17.50	2085	-2.4
37	Hartner, Rian	2013	CAN	−4N	−38B	=46N	=41N	+76B	+63B	+68N	=24B	−18N	4.5	37.0	39.5	16.00	2032	+5.2
38	Leong, Ryan	1898	CAN	−19B	+37N	−18B	−31N	+81B	+71N	+32B	−34N	=40B	4.5	37.0	38.5	15.75	2066	+38.8
39	Zhang, Daniel	1923	CAN	−15N	−58N	+78B	=67B	+60N	+27B	=24N	=18B	−32N	4.5	36.0	38.0	17.25	2074	+70.8
40	Genzling, Jerome	2045	CAN	=3B	−22N	−73N	+44B	+70N	=50B	+67N	−21B	=38N	4.5	35.5	38.0	17.75	2060	+0.8
41	Zhu, Elber	1936	CAN	=13B	−23N	−49N	=37B	−55N	+76B	+83N	+64B	=36N	4.5	33.5	34.5	14.00	2040	+46.4
42	Kot, EmanuelIM	2330	CAN	+78N	=29B	+70B	+7N	−9N	+36B	−3B	F	F	4.5	33.5	33.5	18.00	2286	-2.2
43	Wiebe, Isaac	2060	CAN	−53N	+46B	−62N	=25B	−51N	+70B	+75N	+61B	−16B	4.5	32.5	35.0	15.50	1943	-26.4
44	Zaka, Mohid	1826	CAN	=26B	−13N	−71B	−40N	+78B	=66N	+74B	+58N	=33B	4.5	31.5	33.5	14.25	2038	+48.0
45	Yang, Bohan (Henry)	1941	CAN	=84N	+68B	−11N	−29B	=67N	−32N	+71B	=59B	+61N	4.5	31.5	32.5	12.75	2093	+35.2
46	Koo, Minjun	1932	CAN	−21N	−43N	=37B	−81N	−66B	+79N	+69B	+78B	+59N	4.5	27.5	29.0	12.75	1994	+29.2
47	Kalinin, DzmitryCM	2137	CAN	−70N	+65B	=83B	−49N	+73B	−28N	=59N	=52B	+75N	4.5	27.0	28.0	12.25	1965	-40.6
48	Chen, Larry Zhou	1917	CAN	+32B	−20N	+67B	=17N	−30B	=31N	+26B	−15B	−29N	4.0	41.5	44.5	18.25	2093	+78.4
49	Taylor, Tristan	1990	CAN	=22B	−3N	+41B	+47B	+80N	−30N	−13B	−17N	=55N	4.0	41.5	43.5	15.50	2118	+26.2
50	Tseng, Bradley	1907	CAN	+31B	−34B	+19N	−21N	=72B	=40N	=17B	=29B	−26N	4.0	40.0	42.5	19.25	2068	+72.4
51	Yin, Andrew	1694	CAN	F	−21B	−35N	+54N	+43B	=14B	+61N	=20N	−17B	4.0	38.5	38.5	17.75	2060	+120.5
52	Berube, Maximilien	1952	CAN	−30B	=82N	=31B	+79N	=19B	=15B	−18N	=47N	=53B	4.0	37.0	38.5	15.00	2026	+33.6
53	Dunahee, Titan	1805	CAN	+43B	−24N	−58B	+74N	=68N	+29B	−14N	−27B	=52N	4.0	36.0	38.5	15.50	2015	+90.4
54	Dembla, Shabd	1926	CAN	−14N	+66B	−15N	−51B	−32B	=81N	+56B	=57N	+73B	4.0	34.0	35.5	12.25	1935	+5.6
55	Lu, Aiden Hao-Ting	1897	CAN	−36N	−60N	+75B	−82N	+41B	=59B	−29N	+73N	=49B	4.0	30.0	31.5	13.25	1975	+36.4
56	Gribilas, Tom	1832	CAN	−27N	+78B	−68N	−59B	+57N	−67B	−54N	+79B	+65N	4.0	27.5	29.5	11.00	1946	+26.2
57	Ramesan, Raunak Amit	1944	CAN	−34N	=31N	−72B	=78N	−56B	=73N	+81B	=54B	+64N	4.0	27.5	29.0	11.25	1962	+7.6
58	Salkeld, Tobias	2050	CAN	−9N	+39B	+53N	=14B	=61N	−11B	−15N	−44B	=62N	3.5	40.0	43.5	15.00	1972	-20.2
59	Deshpande,SarthakCM	2013	CAN	−5B	+69N	−16B	+56N	−13B	=55N	=47B	=45N	−46B	3.5	39.5	42.5	13.50	1986	-23.2
60	Vu, Huy Minh	1983	CAN	−7N	+55B	=14B	−36N	−39B	+69N	+72B	−19N	−63N	3.5	37.5	40.0	12.50	1964	-14.4
61	Berube, Antoine	2099	CAN	+69B	=10B	−22N	+83N	=58B	=13N	−51B	−43N	−45B	3.5	36.5	37.5	11.75	1983	-27.8
62	Chen, Zhengyu	1862	CAN	=68N	=84B	+43B	−24N	=31B	−19N	=66B	−26N	=58B	3.5	34.5	35.5	12.25	2009	+61.6
63	Taylor, Ashton	1931	CAN	−24B	−33N	−74N	F	+79B	−37N	=73B	+66N	+60B	3.5	27.5	27.5	9.75	1954	+3.8
64	Zhong, Ryan YunhuiFM	2007	CAN	+16B	−6B	+84N	=30N	−20B	=17N	−31B	−41N	−57B	3.0	41.5	42.5	11.75	2040	+8.4
65	Jutras, Arnaud	1951	CAN	−11N	−47N	=69B	+66N	+82B	=68B	−27N	−32N	−56B	3.0	33.5	35.0	7.50	1945	-5.2
66	Manley, Jason	2051	CAN	−2B	−54N	=79N	−65B	+46N	=44B	=62N	−63B	=78N	3.0	32.0	34.0	10.50	1840	-52.4
67	Iordanescu, Victor Nicolae	2108	CAN	+76B	−9B	−48N	=39N	=45B	+56N	−40B	F	F	3.0	30.0	30.0	11.00	1952	-60.4
68	Abrahams, DanielCM	2077	CAN	=62B	−45N	+56B	=71N	=53B	=65N	−37B	F	F	3.0	26.0	26.0	10.50	1861	-39.8
69	Wu, Ting En Ryan	1906	CAN	−61N	−59B	=65N	=75N	=74B	−60B	−46N	=76B	+79N	3.0	25.5	27.5	7.25	1832	-34.8
70	Velasquez, Noah	1925	CAN	+47B	=11B	−42N	−26N	−40B	−43N	−78N	+74B	−76N	2.5	34.0	36.0	10.00	1914	-12.4
71	Jiang Barron, Jiyu	1972	CAN	−6N	=79B	+44N	=68B	−14N	−38B	−45N	F	=74N	2.5	33.5	33.5	8.25	1859	-52.0
72	Wang, Nathan Zian	2080	CAN	−12N	=73B	+57N	=28B	=50N	−25B	−60N	−75B	F	2.5	32.5	32.5	9.75	1788	-124.0
73	Arya, Aadit	1943	CAN	−80N	=72N	+40B	−27B	−47N	=57B	=63N	−55B	−54N	2.5	32.0	34.0	9.50	1858	-42.0
74	Huang, Justin	1963	CAN	−8N	−16N	+63B	−53B	=69N	=83B	−44N	−70N	=71B	2.5	32.0	33.0	6.75	1832	-69.2
75	Lee, Daniel Joshua	1942	CAN	−17B	−18N	−55N	=69B	F	+82N	−43B	+72N	−47B	2.5	31.0	31.0	5.50	1925	-9.2
76	Ajith, Aarush	1908	CAN	−67N	−35N	+81B	−19B	−37N	−41N	−79B	=69N	+70B	2.5	29.5	31.0	5.50	1810	-48.0
77	Wu, Nolan	1944	CAN	+82B	−30N	+32B	=20N	−36B	F	F	F	F	2.5	21.5	21.5	9.25	2177	+57.2
78	Klusa, Mark	1982	CAN	−42B	−56N	−39N	=57B	−44N	F	+70B	−46N	=66B	2.0	31.5	31.5	6.00	1777	-44.0
79	Yin, Aiden	1824	CAN	−29N	=71N	=66B	−52B	−63N	−46B	+76N	−56N	−69B	2.0	29.5	32.0	5.25	1729	-40.0
80	Guillemette, HugoCM	2183	CAN	+73B	+12N	−5B	−18N	−49B	F	F	F	F	2.0	24.5	24.5	8.50	1993	-49.6
81	Laughlin, Braden	1947	CAN	−20B	−32N	−76N	+46B	−38N	=54B	−57N	F	F	1.5	30.0	30.0	6.50	1763	-32.2
82	Duong, Thanh NhaIM	2206	CAN	−77N	=52B	−28N	+55B	−65N	−75B	F	F	F	1.5	21.0	21.0	6.00	1750	-68.2
83	Chabot, Roland	1996	CAN	F	−8B	=47N	−61B	−25N	=74N	−41B	F	F	1.0	26.5	26.5	3.50	1767	-33.6
84	Nicula, MariusFM	2155	CAN	=45B	=62N	−64B	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	11.0	11.0	4.00	1812	-26.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yao, Lucas Mason Pin QianCAN
+181.2
6.0 pts · #10
2Moreno, JorgeCAN
+130.8
5.0 pts · #31
3Yin, AndrewCAN
+120.5
4.0 pts · #51

Top rating losers

1Wang, Nathan ZianCAN
-124.0
2.5 pts · #70
2Huang, JustinCAN
-69.2
2.5 pts · #71
3Duong, Thanh NhaIMCAN
-68.2
1.5 pts · #82

Biggest upsets

R7+487 Elo gap
Yao, Lucas Mason Pin Qian1895 beat IMPlotkin, Mark2382
R7+405 Elo gap
Yin, Andrew1694 beat Berube, Antoine2099
R1+375 Elo gap
FMZhong, Ryan Yunhui2007 beat IMPlotkin, Mark2382