CChessStats

2026 AFM1st Peel Region - Junior Chess Championship - Under 1800

Open SwissStandard

13 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held on 02 May 2026 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 1559, and top seed was Shannon Zhao (🇨🇦 CAN, 1663).

Shannon Zhao (🇨🇦 CAN, 1663) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Sarvesh Sankaranarayanan (3.0) and Muhammad Aman Shaik (2.5). Zhao won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Sarvesh Sankaranarayanan (1516) beat Jasman Singh (1617), a +101-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Dates
02 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦Shannon Zhao1663
Avg top 10
1,559
Participants
13
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇦Canada×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Shannon Zhao led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
1
1
1
1234R1R2R3R4
R2–R4 · LEAD HELD

Shannon Zhao never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Shannon Zhao beat Sarvesh Sankaranarayanan (White).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Shannon Zhao won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhao, Shannon1663CAN+11N+2B+7N+3B4.07.07.57.502321+50.0
2Sankaranarayanan, Sarvesh1516CAN+10B1N+12B+5B3.07.07.03.001769+53.2
3Shaik, Muhammad Aman1527CAN+9N=7B+8N1N2.57.08.53.751656+27.2
4Natarajan, Bhargav1569CAN5B+10N+11B=6N2.55.05.52.501616+9.6
5Chen, Mulin1479CAN+4N=8B=6B2N2.07.59.04.251515+7.6
6Chattopadhyay, Adhrit1536CANF+9B=5N=4B2.06.06.03.751660+19.0
7Brewer, Jack1587CANF=3N1B+8B1.58.08.02.751543-7.2
8Kandavadivel, Nakshatra1439CAN+13B=5N3B7N1.56.06.01.001258-24.8
9Emani, Pranav1556CAN3B6N=10B+12N1.55.55.50.501469-20.4
10Singh, Jasman1617CAN2N4B=9N=11B1.07.07.51.001330-60.4
11Balaji, Abhinav malolan1452CAN1BF4N=10N0.57.57.50.501343-14.0
12Assa, Pierre Edylan Taki1544CANFF2N9B0.06.06.00.00736-40.8
13FIDE 268502708NFFF0.01.51.50.006390.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets