2026 Calgary Youth Championship U10
Open SwissStandard
9 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 25 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Calgary, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 1455, and top seed was Raphael Lee (🇨🇦 CAN, 1758).
Audvik Verma (🇨🇦 CAN, 1643) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Kaiser Nguyen (3.0) and Raphael Lee (3.0). Verma won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Platon Bilyk (1417) beat Raphael Lee (1758), a +341-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Calgary, Canada
Dates
25 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇦Canada×8
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAudvik Verma led from R3; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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2
1
1
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R3–R5 · LEAD HELD
Audvik Verma never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Audvik Verma beat Kaiser Nguyen (White).
R1–R5 · WIN STREAK
Audvik Verma won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Audvik Verma | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Kaiser Nguyen | 0 | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Raphael Lee | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Aadhavan Suresh | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verma, Audvik | 1643 | CAN | +8N | +5B | +3N | +2B | +4N | 5.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.00 | 2326 | +60.0 |
| 2 | Nguyen, Kaiser | 1736 | CAN | +4N | −3B | +7N | −1N | +6B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 6.50 | 1629 | +26.4 |
| 3 | Lee, Raphael | 1758 | CAN | +6B | +2N | −1B | +7N | −5B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 7.00 | 1620 | -0.8 |
| 4 | Suresh, Aadhavan | 1417 | CAN | −2B | +9N | =8B | +5N | −1B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.25 | 1482 | +12.8 |
| 5 | Bilyk, Platon | 1417 | CAN | +9B | −1N | F | −4B | +3N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 1447 | -2.8 |
| 6 | Chen, Alan | 1412 | CAN | −3N | −7B | +9N | +8B | −2N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.50 | 1376 | -36.8 |
| 7 | Vu, Sienna | 1264 | CAN | F | +6N | −2B | −3B | +9N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1446 | -10.4 |
| 8 | Wang, Euclid | 1161 | CAN | −1B | F | =4N | −6N | F | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.25 | 1276 | -48.4 |
| 9 | FIDE 2685833 | 1289 | — | −5N | −4B | −6B | F | −7B | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 684 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Verma, AudvikCAN+60.05.0 pts · #1
- 2Nguyen, KaiserCAN+26.43.0 pts · #2
- 3Suresh, AadhavanCAN+12.82.5 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Wang, EuclidCAN-48.40.5 pts · #8
- 2Chen, AlanCAN-36.82.0 pts · #6
- 3Vu, SiennaCAN-10.42.0 pts · #7
Biggest upsets
- R5+341 Elo gap
- R2+148 Elo gap
- R3+115 Elo gap