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2026 AFM1st Peel Region - Springtime Chess Championship - Under 1800

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31 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held on 18 Apr 2026 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1578, and top seed was Kousuke Nguyen-Kawamura (🇨🇦 CAN, 1634).

Nikita Kamath (🇨🇦 CAN, 1519) won with 3.5/4. Kamath took the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Bernard Buscar (1456) beat Pacifico Cortez (1575), a +119-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Dates
18 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,578
Participants
31
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×21
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
15
7
1
3
1234R1R2R3R4
R3–R4 · LEAD HELD

Nikita Kamath held the sole lead from R3 through R4 without losing it.

R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.5/4. Kamath takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Nikita Kamath 3 wins (R1–R3)FIDE 2685493 3 wins (R2–R4)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kamath, Nikita1519CAN+31N+8B+5N=4B3.58.58.57.001805+42.0
2FIDE 26854930=13B+22N+14B+7N3.56.57.56.5015210.0
3Natarajan, Bhargav1547CAN+20N+21B=11B+12N3.56.07.05.751759+22.0
4Jia, Jasper Yunjie1501CAN+9B+10N=7B=1N3.08.511.08.001672+28.0
5Uyanik, Mehmet1584TUR+25B+12N1B+15N3.07.58.55.001519-3.6
6Nguyen-Kawamura, Kousuke1634CAN+15B7N+13B+14N3.06.58.56.001606-2.0
7Perez Socas, Luis Benito1565CAN+23N+6B=4N2B2.59.510.55.501761+20.4
8Chen, Mulin1512CAN+29B1N+22B=10N2.57.07.52.751567+8.8
9Muthukumaran, Mithran0CAN4N+?B=19N+16B2.56.56.52.7515130.0
10Fedorov, Daniel1558CAN+30N4B+21N=8B2.56.56.52.251314-25.6
11Wang, Zi1613CAN+24N+19B=3NF2.56.06.04.251745+6.6
12Ling, Samuel1518CAN+16N5B+24N3B2.08.59.53.001412-8.4
13Yang, Andrew1423CAN=2N=28B6N+23B2.07.58.03.00834-9.2
14Buscar, Bernard1456CAN+28N+26B2N6B2.07.58.01.501605+7.8
15Saimovici, Gabriel0CAN6N+30B+26N5B2.07.07.01.0014730.0
16Panneerselvam, Thamizhaaradhanan1480CAN12B+27N+17B9N2.06.57.53.00718-18.0
17Eltohami, Abdalrahman0CAN21N+23B16N+22B2.04.05.02.006800.0
18FIDE 2685515019N+31B+20NF2.03.03.01.507570.0
19Sankaranarayanan, Sarvesh1557CAN+18B11N=9BF1.57.07.03.25813-16.8
20Alagappan, Aadhi0CAN3B=29N18B+25N1.56.57.01.2513920.0
21FIDE 26855230+17B3N10B?N1.08.08.02.007530.0
22FIDE 26772020+?N2B8N17N1.08.08.00.007120.0
23FIDE 268484507B17N+27B13N1.06.57.51.006940.0
24Cai, George0CAN11B+25N12BF1.05.55.51.007660.0
25FIDE 268415205N24B+30N20B1.05.55.50.007840.0
26Cortez, Pacifico1575CAN+27B14N15BF1.05.05.01.00656-26.4
27FIDE 2676893026N16B23N+30B1.04.04.00.007280.0
28FIDE 2685027014B=13N?BF0.54.04.01.0012470.0
29Kotapuri, Ruslan1623CAN8N=20BFF0.54.04.00.75712-26.0
30FIDE 2685507010B15N25B27N0.05.56.50.007580.0
31Arnold, Devin0CAN1B18NFF0.05.55.50.007190.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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