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
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇦Canada×12
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsShannon Zhao led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
5
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1
1
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shannon Zhao | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2Sarvesh Sankaranarayanan | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Bhargav Natarajan | — | — | * | — |
| 4Muhammad Aman Shaik | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhao, Shannon | 1663 | CAN | +11N | +2B | +7N | +3B | 4.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 2321 | +50.0 |
| 2 | Sankaranarayanan, Sarvesh | 1516 | CAN | +10B | −1N | +12B | +5B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1769 | +53.2 |
| 3 | Shaik, Muhammad Aman | 1527 | CAN | +9N | =7B | +8N | −1N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 3.75 | 1656 | +27.2 |
| 4 | Natarajan, Bhargav | 1569 | CAN | −5B | +10N | +11B | =6N | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 1616 | +9.6 |
| 5 | Chen, Mulin | 1479 | CAN | +4N | =8B | =6B | −2N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 4.25 | 1515 | +7.6 |
| 6 | Chattopadhyay, Adhrit | 1536 | CAN | F | +9B | =5N | =4B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.75 | 1660 | +19.0 |
| 7 | Brewer, Jack | 1587 | CAN | F | =3N | −1B | +8B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1543 | -7.2 |
| 8 | Kandavadivel, Nakshatra | 1439 | CAN | +13B | =5N | −3B | −7N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1258 | -24.8 |
| 9 | Emani, Pranav | 1556 | CAN | −3B | −6N | =10B | +12N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.50 | 1469 | -20.4 |
| 10 | Singh, Jasman | 1617 | CAN | −2N | −4B | =9N | =11B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1330 | -60.4 |
| 11 | Balaji, Abhinav malolan | 1452 | CAN | −1B | F | −4N | =10N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 1343 | -14.0 |
| 12 | Assa, Pierre Edylan Taki | 1544 | CAN | F | F | −2N | −9B | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 736 | -40.8 |
| 13 | FIDE 2685027 | 0 | — | −8N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 639 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sankaranarayanan, SarveshCAN+53.23.0 pts · #2
- 2Zhao, ShannonCAN+50.04.0 pts · #1
- 3Shaik, Muhammad AmanCAN+27.22.5 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Singh, JasmanCAN-60.41.0 pts · #9
- 2Assa, Pierre Edylan TakiCAN-40.80.0 pts · #12
- 3Kandavadivel, NakshatraCAN-24.81.5 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R1+101 Elo gap