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2026 1st Punzalan Law Open Chess Tournament- Open Section

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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.

Location
🇨🇦Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Dates
24 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦Marlon Jodar Arias2227
Avg top 10
2,070
Participants
28
Titled players · 2
CM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇨🇦Canada×24
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
🇮🇷Iran×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
13
4
1
3
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Kola takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Marlon Jodar Arias 3 wins (R1–R3)Rhailey Punay 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMVenkat Karthikeya Reddy Kola*
1
2Marlon Jodar Arias*
3Rhailey Punay*
4Ryne Swift
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kola, Venkat Karthikeya ReddyCM2064CAN+10N+7B=4N+5B+6N4.513.016.014.252365+62.8
2Jodar Arias, Marlon2227CAN+11N+19B+8N=6B+4N4.512.514.513.002395+14.8
3Punay, Rhailey1953CAN6N+9B+22N+17B+7N4.011.012.59.502230+69.6
4Raichman, Yigal1974ISR+28N+17B=1B+13N2B3.513.513.56.752179+55.6
5Swift, Ryne2004CAN+20N=6B+21N1N+14B3.512.013.57.502133+17.6
6Abdollah Zadeh, Arash2127IRI+3B=5N+25B=2N1B3.016.517.08.502067-5.4
7Qian, AshleyWFM1976CAN+27B1N+18B+15N3B3.013.013.04.501978+2.8
8Gres, Yakiv2035CAN+9N+23B2B=14N=16B3.012.513.56.502013-2.0
9Gerona, Joshua1901CAN8B3N+27B+28N+18B3.09.09.02.001902+0.8
10Zhou, Zixuan1912CAN1B+27N17N+22B+25N3.08.58.52.001942+10.4
11Valentino, Marcos1973CAN2B+24N+28BF+13N3.08.08.03.502166+20.0
12Fehr, Brody1943CAN13B18N+26B+23N+20B3.07.58.03.501942+1.2
13Bayangat, Arjie2098PHI+12N=21B+15N4B11B2.512.013.56.251987-30.4
14Orcullo, Fernando1942CAN17N+20B+19N=8B5N2.510.512.55.501986+12.8
15Salkeld, Tobias2050CAN+16B=25N13B7B+21N2.59.510.04.251925-14.2
16Vaughan, Nathan1905CAN15NF+23B+21B=8N2.58.08.04.002047+15.4
17Baron, Gustav L2064CAN+14B4N+10B3NF2.013.013.05.501946-12.8
18Pottinger, Carl1744CAN21N+12B7N+19B9N2.011.012.55.001899+18.4
19Protsyuk, Svitlana2034CAN+24B2N14B18N+23B2.010.011.02.001829-26.2
20Hui, Zelus1791CAN5B14N+24B+27N12N2.010.010.01.001823+6.8
21Moncal, Nilo1997CAN+18B=13N5B16N15B1.511.013.03.251811-24.4
22Fatunmbi, Olusegun Adeyinka1879NGRF=26N3B10N+27B1.57.57.50.251806-16.4
23Kim, Sunyo1728CAN+26B8N16N12B19N1.010.511.00.501741+1.0
24Perez, Gilbert1866CAN19N11B20NF+28B1.07.07.00.001682-19.0
25Lake, Pablo1625CANF=15B6NF10B0.58.58.51.251715+7.2
26Stordeur, Jackson1988CAN23N=22B12NFF0.55.55.50.751578-30.6
27Jin, Winston1718CAN7N10B9N20B22N0.011.012.50.001092-55.2
28Tcherni, Avram1699CAN4BF11N9B24N0.010.510.50.001129-17.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets