2026 Chess4win North York FIDE Ladder Open U1700
Open SwissStandard
12 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 11 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Markham, ON, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 582, and top seed was Sarvesh Sankaranarayanan (🇨🇦 CAN, 1524).
Joe Gao (🇨🇦 CAN, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Ian Gao (3.5). Gao won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Edward Kwan (1405) beat Sarvesh Sankaranarayanan (1524), a +119-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Markham, ON, Canada
Dates
11 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇦Canada×6
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsJoe Gao led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
4
2
1
1
1
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD
Joe Gao never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Joe Gao won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Joe Gao | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2Ian Gao | ½ | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3FIDE 2683261 | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Aarit Mishra | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gao, Joe | 0 | CAN | +10B | +8N | +5B | +3N | =2B | 4.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 10.25 | 1408 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Gao, Ian | 1408 | CAN | +4B | −3N | +8B | +5N | =1N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 9.75 | 2282 | +24.0 |
| 3 | FIDE 2683261 | 0 | — | =12N | +2B | =6N | −1B | +10N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 1428 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Mishra, Aarit | 1484 | CAN | −2N | +12B | −10N | +11N | +7B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 4.00 | 1483 | 0.0 |
| 5 | FIDE 2672464 | 0 | — | +11N | +6B | −1N | −2B | =9B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 608 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Kwan, Edward | 1405 | CAN | +7B | −5N | =3B | −9N | +12B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 1577 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Sankaranarayanan, Sarvesh | 1524 | CAN | −6N | +11B | =9N | +10B | −4N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 682 | -24.0 |
| 8 | FIDE 2685507 | 0 | — | F | −1B | −2N | +12B | +11N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 608 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 329108136 | 0 | — | F | F | =7B | +6B | =5N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.00 | 1557 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Gao, Evan | 0 | CAN | −1N | F | +4B | −7N | −3B | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 1520 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 2685582 | 0 | — | −5B | −7N | +12N | −4B | −8B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 0.50 | 720 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 2623455 | 0 | — | =3B | −4N | −11B | −8N | −6N | 0.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 1.50 | 682 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
- 1Sankaranarayanan, SarveshCAN-24.02.5 pts · #9
- 2Gao, EvanCAN0.01.0 pts · #2
- 3Gao, JoeCAN0.04.5 pts · #7
Biggest upsets
- R1+119 Elo gap