2026 Canadian Women's Closed

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46 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Apr 2026 to 07 Apr 2026 in Montreal, Canada. 13 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2034, and top seed was Maili-Jade Ouellet (🇨🇦 CAN, WGM, 2291).

Maili-Jade Ouellet (🇨🇦 CAN, WGM, 2291) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Yunshan Li (7.5) and Svitlana Demchenko (7.0). Ouellet broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Shuang Chen (WCM, 1796) beat Oksana Golubeva (WFM, 2110), a +314-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

🇨🇦WGMMaili-Jade Ouellet2291

Avg top 10

2,034

Participants

Titled players · 13

WGM×1

WIM×2

WFM×6

WCM×4

Federations · 2 represented

🇨🇦Canada×45

🇻🇳Vietnam×1

Top 3

🥇
WGMMaili-Jade Ouellet
🇨🇦CAN·2291
8.5pts·2435perf+20.6
🥈
WIMYunshan Li
🇨🇦CAN·2225
7.5pts·2202perf+2.8
🥉
WIMSvitlana Demchenko
🇨🇦CAN·2156
7.0pts·2144perf+3.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet led from R9; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Ouellet8.5Li7.5Demchenko7Golubeva6Xie6Deepak6

R9–R9 · LEAD HELD

WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet never relinquished the lead after R9; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet drew with WIM Yunshan Li (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet 4+4 wins (R1–R4, R6–R9)WIM Yunshan Li 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R6–R8)WIM Svitlana Demchenko 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1WGMMaili-Jade Ouellet	*	½	1	1
2WIMYunshan Li	½	*	0	—
3WIMSvitlana Demchenko	0	1	*	—
4WFMOksana Golubeva	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ouellet, Maili-JadeWGM	2291	CAN	+18N	+10B	+4N	+14B	=2N	+6B	+3N	+7B	+9B	8.5	48.0	53.0	49.25	2435	+20.6
2	Li, YunshanWIM	2225	CAN	+30B	+11N	+15B	+7N	=1B	+5N	+8N	+13B	−3N	7.5	48.0	51.5	40.25	2202	+2.8
3	Demchenko, SvitlanaWIM	2156	CAN	+23N	+13B	−9N	+10B	+8B	+7N	−1B	+5N	+2B	7.0	49.0	53.5	39.50	2144	+3.4
4	Xie, IreneWFM	1888	CAN	+32B	+24N	−1B	+17N	−5B	−13N	+26B	+20N	+11B	6.0	43.5	47.0	27.50	1893	+0.8
5	Deepak, LaksshanaWFM	1870	CAN	+29N	+22B	−14N	+36B	+4N	−2B	+19N	−3B	+13N	6.0	43.5	46.5	27.00	1961	+39.2
6	Golubeva, OksanaWFM	2110	CAN	+26B	−7N	+32B	+24N	+15B	−1N	−13B	+19B	+16N	6.0	42.5	46.0	27.00	1964	-24.0
7	Chen, ShuangWCM	1796	CAN	+33N	+6B	+21N	−2B	+14N	−3B	+10N	−1N	=12B	5.5	49.5	53.0	27.25	2094	+113.6
8	Zhao, Erin	1819	CAN	+37B	=21N	+16B	+9B	−3N	+12N	−2B	=11N	=10B	5.5	46.0	49.0	26.75	1993	+79.2
9	Li, YilinWFM	1877	CAN	+31B	+43N	+3B	−8N	=12B	+16N	−11B	+21B	−1N	5.5	45.0	47.0	24.75	1982	+23.8
10	Zhong, April YunweiWCM	1842	CAN	+38B	−1N	+31B	−3N	+23B	+22N	−7B	+24N	=8N	5.5	43.5	46.5	22.75	1856	+2.8
11	Dela Torre, Marife	1841	CAN	+45N	−2B	=20N	+25B	=19N	+14B	+9N	=8B	−4N	5.5	43.0	44.0	23.25	1893	+10.6
12	Butenko, Zlata	1895	CAN	−20N	+19B	+23N	+13B	=9N	−8B	+30N	=16B	=7N	5.5	40.0	43.5	25.50	1838	-22.0
13	Fiset, Anais ChloeWCM	1839	CAN	+42B	−3N	+38B	−12N	+26B	+4B	+6N	−2N	−5B	5.0	45.5	47.5	21.50	1919	+34.4
14	Qian, AshleyWFM	1976	CAN	+40B	+46N	+5B	−1N	−7B	−11N	+23B	=17N	=15B	5.0	42.5	43.5	19.00	1865	-35.4
15	Guo, AnniWFM	1887	CAN	+28N	+17B	−2N	+22B	−6N	−19B	=20N	+30B	=14N	5.0	41.0	44.5	21.75	1799	-33.6
16	Koop, Alison EmilyWCM	1819	CAN	=36N	+20B	−8N	+21B	+30N	−9B	+18N	=12N	−6B	5.0	40.0	43.0	21.75	1840	+7.2
17	Dauphinais, Sophie	0	CAN	+41B	−15N	+39B	−4B	=28N	=18B	+36N	=14B	=19N	5.0	35.0	37.5	17.25	1712	0.0
18	Zhao, Shannon	1653	CAN	−1B	−38N	+42B	+37N	+39B	=17N	−16B	+32B	=24N	5.0	35.0	37.0	15.75	1701	+17.6
19	Huynh, Nhu Phuong Nghi	1784	VIE	=27B	−12N	+33N	+20B	=11B	+15N	−5B	−6N	=17B	4.5	42.0	45.5	20.50	1767	-8.4
20	Yuan, Arianna	1613	CAN	+12B	−16N	=11B	−19N	+40B	+34N	=15B	−4B	=23N	4.5	39.5	42.0	19.00	1720	+35.2
21	Protsyuk, Svitlana	2034	CAN	+25N	=8B	−7B	−16N	=41B	+31N	+22B	−9N	=26B	4.5	38.5	41.0	18.75	1689	-64.8
22	Rachuk, Grace	0	CAN	+39B	−5N	+27B	−15N	+31B	−10B	−21N	+29B	=25N	4.5	37.5	40.0	16.75	1703	0.0
23	Roque, Alexa	1633	CAN	−3B	+42N	−12B	+38N	−10N	+29B	−14N	+36B	=20B	4.5	37.5	39.5	14.25	1724	+33.6
24	Wangluo, Joanne	1694	CAN	+44N	−4B	+28N	−6B	=34N	=36B	+25N	−10B	=18B	4.5	37.5	38.5	15.25	1711	+2.4
25	Fu, Ashley	1627	CAN	−21B	=37N	+40B	−11N	=36N	+33B	−24B	+31N	=22B	4.5	32.0	34.5	14.75	1578	-20.8
26	Wang, Angela	1633	CAN	−6N	−33B	+44N	+45B	−13N	+41B	−4N	+35B	=21N	4.5	32.0	33.0	10.25	1740	+29.2
27	Ramos Trejo, Heidi Jeannine	1512	CAN	=19N	=36B	−22N	−28B	+45N	−35B	=37N	+40N	+32B	4.5	28.5	29.5	12.25	1535	+4.4
28	Xiao, Stephanie	1610	CAN	−15B	+41N	−24B	+27N	=17B	−30B	=32N	=34N	=31B	4.0	33.0	35.5	14.75	1578	-11.6
29	Kamath, Nikita	1594	CAN	−5B	−39N	=41B	=40N	+37B	−23N	+33B	−22N	+42N	4.0	29.0	31.0	11.00	1521	-4.0
30	Xu, Florence Zixin	1642	CAN	−2N	=45B	+35N	+43B	−16B	+28N	−12B	−15N	−34B	3.5	36.0	37.0	10.00	1724	+22.4
31	Zhang, Laticia	1600	CAN	−9N	+34B	−10N	+33B	−22N	−21B	+41N	−25B	=28N	3.5	35.5	38.0	11.50	1539	-22.4
32	Divadalage, Sanya	1610	CAN	−4N	+44B	−6N	−34B	+42N	+39B	=28B	−18N	−27N	3.5	33.5	34.5	7.50	1594	-15.2
33	Huang, Haiyi	0	CAN	−7B	+26N	−19B	−31N	+38B	−25N	−29N	+44B	=41N	3.5	32.0	33.0	9.75	1521	0.0
34	Lou, Evelyn	1400	CAN	−43B	−31N	F	+32N	=24B	−20B	=35N	=28B	+30N	3.5	29.0	29.0	13.00	1572	0.0
35	Lin, Selina	1495	CAN	−46B	=40N	−30B	−39N	+44B	+27N	=34B	−26N	=37N	3.5	25.0	26.0	10.00	1460	-15.2
36	Banerjee, Mishika	1537	CAN	=16B	=27N	+43B	−5N	=25B	=24N	−17B	−23N	−38N	3.0	37.0	39.0	11.25	1588	+15.2
37	Deshpande, Rucha	1534	CAN	−8N	=25B	=45N	−18B	−29N	+38N	=27B	−42N	=35B	3.0	32.0	33.0	9.75	1450	-33.2
38	Hitchlock, Veronica	1567	CAN	−10N	+18B	−13N	−23B	−33N	−37B	F	+39N	+36B	3.0	32.0	32.0	10.50	1590	+4.4
39	Dolderman, Clara	1443	CAN	−22N	+29B	−17N	+35B	−18N	−32N	−40B	−38B	=44N	2.5	31.0	32.0	8.00	1491	+6.2
40	Currie, Sophia	0	CAN	−14N	=35B	−25N	=29B	−20N	=42B	+39N	−27B	−43N	2.5	30.5	32.5	7.25	1433	0.0
41	Wang, Ruoyu	1460	CAN	−17N	−28B	=29N	+44B	=21N	−26N	−31B	F	=33B	2.5	30.0	30.0	7.00	1482	+4.8
42	Auger, Anastasia	1537	CAN	−13N	−23B	−18N	F	−32B	=40N	=44N	+37B	−29B	2.0	28.5	28.5	4.75	1373	-58.4
43	Shen-Rong, Emma	1676	CAN	+34N	−9B	−36N	−30N	F	F	F	F	+40B	2.0	19.0	19.0	6.00	886	-59.2
44	Renganathan, Navika	1446	CAN	−24B	−32N	−26B	−41N	−35N	F	=42B	−33N	=39B	1.0	26.5	26.5	2.25	1244	-59.2
45	Lu, Mara	0	CAN	−11B	=30N	=37B	−26N	−27B	F	F	F	F	1.0	23.0	23.0	3.25	1391	0.0
46	Poorna Prakash, Roshini	1736	CAN	+35N	−14B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	8.5	8.5	3.50	1735	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chen, ShuangWCMCAN
+113.6
5.5 pts · #16
2Zhao, ErinCAN
+79.2
5.5 pts · #5
3Deepak, LaksshanaWFMCAN
+39.2
6.0 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Protsyuk, SvitlanaCAN
-64.8
4.5 pts · #20
2Shen-Rong, EmmaCAN
-59.2
2.0 pts · #46
3Renganathan, NavikaCAN
-59.2
1.0 pts · #45

Biggest upsets

R2+314 Elo gap
WCMChen, Shuang1796 beat WFMGolubeva, Oksana2110
R1+282 Elo gap
Yuan, Arianna1613 beat Butenko, Zlata1895
R3+279 Elo gap
WFMLi, Yilin1877 beat WIMDemchenko, Svitlana2156