2026 AFM1st Peel Region - Springtime Chess Championship - Under 1800
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight 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.
Nikita Kamath held the sole lead from R3 through R4 without losing it.
3 players finish on 3.5/4. Kamath takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.5).
Nikita Kamath 3 wins (R1–R3)FIDE 2685493 3 wins (R2–R4)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamath, Nikita | 1519 | CAN | +31N | +8B | +5N | =4B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.00 | 1805 | +42.0 |
| 2 | FIDE 2685493 | 0 | — | =13B | +22N | +14B | +7N | 3.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6.50 | 1521 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Natarajan, Bhargav | 1547 | CAN | +20N | +21B | =11B | +12N | 3.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 5.75 | 1759 | +22.0 |
| 4 | Jia, Jasper Yunjie | 1501 | CAN | +9B | +10N | =7B | =1N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 11.0 | 8.00 | 1672 | +28.0 |
| 5 | Uyanik, Mehmet | 1584 | TUR | +25B | +12N | −1B | +15N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 5.00 | 1519 | -3.6 |
| 6 | Nguyen-Kawamura, Kousuke | 1634 | CAN | +15B | −7N | +13B | +14N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 6.00 | 1606 | -2.0 |
| 7 | Perez Socas, Luis Benito | 1565 | CAN | +23N | +6B | =4N | −2B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 5.50 | 1761 | +20.4 |
| 8 | Chen, Mulin | 1512 | CAN | +29B | −1N | +22B | =10N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 1567 | +8.8 |
| 9 | Muthukumaran, Mithran | 0 | CAN | −4N | +?B | =19N | +16B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 1513 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Fedorov, Daniel | 1558 | CAN | +30N | −4B | +21N | =8B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.25 | 1314 | -25.6 |
| 11 | Wang, Zi | 1613 | CAN | +24N | +19B | =3N | F | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.25 | 1745 | +6.6 |
| 12 | Ling, Samuel | 1518 | CAN | +16N | −5B | +24N | −3B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1412 | -8.4 |
| 13 | Yang, Andrew | 1423 | CAN | =2N | =28B | −6N | +23B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 834 | -9.2 |
| 14 | Buscar, Bernard | 1456 | CAN | +28N | +26B | −2N | −6B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1605 | +7.8 |
| 15 | Saimovici, Gabriel | 0 | CAN | −6N | +30B | +26N | −5B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1473 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Panneerselvam, Thamizhaaradhanan | 1480 | CAN | −12B | +27N | +17B | −9N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 718 | -18.0 |
| 17 | Eltohami, Abdalrahman | 0 | CAN | −21N | +23B | −16N | +22B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 680 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 2685515 | 0 | — | −19N | +31B | +20N | F | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 757 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Sankaranarayanan, Sarvesh | 1557 | CAN | +18B | −11N | =9B | F | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.25 | 813 | -16.8 |
| 20 | Alagappan, Aadhi | 0 | CAN | −3B | =29N | −18B | +25N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1392 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 2685523 | 0 | — | +17B | −3N | −10B | −?N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 753 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 2677202 | 0 | — | +?N | −2B | −8N | −17N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 712 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 2684845 | 0 | — | −7B | −17N | +27B | −13N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 694 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Cai, George | 0 | CAN | −11B | +25N | −12B | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 766 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 2684152 | 0 | — | −5N | −24B | +30N | −20B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 784 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Cortez, Pacifico | 1575 | CAN | +27B | −14N | −15B | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 656 | -26.4 |
| 27 | FIDE 2676893 | 0 | — | −26N | −16B | −23N | +30B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 728 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 2685027 | 0 | — | −14B | =13N | −?B | F | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1247 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Kotapuri, Ruslan | 1623 | CAN | −8N | =20B | F | F | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 712 | -26.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 2685507 | 0 | — | −10B | −15N | −25B | −27N | 0.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 758 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Arnold, Devin | 0 | CAN | −1B | −18N | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 719 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kamath, NikitaCAN+42.03.5 pts · #1
- 2Jia, Jasper YunjieCAN+28.03.0 pts · #4
- 3Natarajan, BhargavCAN+22.03.5 pts · #6
- 1Cortez, PacificoCAN-26.41.0 pts · #23
- 2Kotapuri, RuslanCAN-26.00.5 pts · #22
- 3Fedorov, DanielCAN-25.62.5 pts · #14
- R2+119 Elo gap
- R1+111 Elo gap