2026 1st Punzalan Law Open Chess Tournament- Open Section
28 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 2 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2070, and top seed was Marlon Jodar Arias (🇨🇦 CAN, 2227).
Venkat Karthikeya Reddy Kola (🇨🇦 CAN, CM, 2064) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Marlon Jodar Arias (4.5) and Rhailey Punay (4.0). Kola shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Carl Pottinger (1744) beat Svitlana Protsyuk (2034), a +290-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Kola takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).
Marlon Jodar Arias 3 wins (R1–R3)Rhailey Punay 4 wins (R2–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMVenkat Karthikeya Reddy Kola | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Marlon Jodar Arias | — | * | — | — |
| 3Rhailey Punay | — | — | * | — |
| 4Ryne Swift | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kola, Venkat Karthikeya ReddyCM | 2064 | CAN | +10N | +7B | =4N | +5B | +6N | 4.5 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 14.25 | 2365 | +62.8 |
| 2 | Jodar Arias, Marlon | 2227 | CAN | +11N | +19B | +8N | =6B | +4N | 4.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 13.00 | 2395 | +14.8 |
| 3 | Punay, Rhailey | 1953 | CAN | −6N | +9B | +22N | +17B | +7N | 4.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 9.50 | 2230 | +69.6 |
| 4 | Raichman, Yigal | 1974 | ISR | +28N | +17B | =1B | +13N | −2B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.75 | 2179 | +55.6 |
| 5 | Swift, Ryne | 2004 | CAN | +20N | =6B | +21N | −1N | +14B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 7.50 | 2133 | +17.6 |
| 6 | Abdollah Zadeh, Arash | 2127 | IRI | +3B | =5N | +25B | =2N | −1B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 8.50 | 2067 | -5.4 |
| 7 | Qian, AshleyWFM | 1976 | CAN | +27B | −1N | +18B | +15N | −3B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.50 | 1978 | +2.8 |
| 8 | Gres, Yakiv | 2035 | CAN | +9N | +23B | −2B | =14N | =16B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 2013 | -2.0 |
| 9 | Gerona, Joshua | 1901 | CAN | −8B | −3N | +27B | +28N | +18B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1902 | +0.8 |
| 10 | Zhou, Zixuan | 1912 | CAN | −1B | +27N | −17N | +22B | +25N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1942 | +10.4 |
| 11 | Valentino, Marcos | 1973 | CAN | −2B | +24N | +28B | F | +13N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 2166 | +20.0 |
| 12 | Fehr, Brody | 1943 | CAN | −13B | −18N | +26B | +23N | +20B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 1942 | +1.2 |
| 13 | Bayangat, Arjie | 2098 | PHI | +12N | =21B | +15N | −4B | −11B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 6.25 | 1987 | -30.4 |
| 14 | Orcullo, Fernando | 1942 | CAN | −17N | +20B | +19N | =8B | −5N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 5.50 | 1986 | +12.8 |
| 15 | Salkeld, Tobias | 2050 | CAN | +16B | =25N | −13B | −7B | +21N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 4.25 | 1925 | -14.2 |
| 16 | Vaughan, Nathan | 1905 | CAN | −15N | F | +23B | +21B | =8N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 2047 | +15.4 |
| 17 | Baron, Gustav L | 2064 | CAN | +14B | −4N | +10B | −3N | F | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 1946 | -12.8 |
| 18 | Pottinger, Carl | 1744 | CAN | −21N | +12B | −7N | +19B | −9N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1899 | +18.4 |
| 19 | Protsyuk, Svitlana | 2034 | CAN | +24B | −2N | −14B | −18N | +23B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1829 | -26.2 |
| 20 | Hui, Zelus | 1791 | CAN | −5B | −14N | +24B | +27N | −12N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1823 | +6.8 |
| 21 | Moncal, Nilo | 1997 | CAN | +18B | =13N | −5B | −16N | −15B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 3.25 | 1811 | -24.4 |
| 22 | Fatunmbi, Olusegun Adeyinka | 1879 | NGR | F | =26N | −3B | −10N | +27B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.25 | 1806 | -16.4 |
| 23 | Kim, Sunyo | 1728 | CAN | +26B | −8N | −16N | −12B | −19N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 0.50 | 1741 | +1.0 |
| 24 | Perez, Gilbert | 1866 | CAN | −19N | −11B | −20N | F | +28B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1682 | -19.0 |
| 25 | Lake, Pablo | 1625 | CAN | F | =15B | −6N | F | −10B | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.25 | 1715 | +7.2 |
| 26 | Stordeur, Jackson | 1988 | CAN | −23N | =22B | −12N | F | F | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1578 | -30.6 |
| 27 | Jin, Winston | 1718 | CAN | −7N | −10B | −9N | −20B | −22N | 0.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 1092 | -55.2 |
| 28 | Tcherni, Avram | 1699 | CAN | −4B | F | −11N | −9B | −24N | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 1129 | -17.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Punay, RhaileyCAN+69.64.0 pts · #3
- 2Kola, Venkat Karthikeya ReddyCMCAN+62.84.5 pts · #1
- 3Raichman, YigalISR+55.63.5 pts · #5
- 1Jin, WinstonCAN-55.20.0 pts · #28
- 2Stordeur, JacksonCAN-30.60.5 pts · #25
- 3Bayangat, ArjiePHI-30.42.5 pts · #14
- R4+290 Elo gap
- R1+260 Elo gap
- R2+199 Elo gap