2026 Keres Memorial Premier

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43 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 16 May 2026 to 18 May 2026 in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. 9 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2271, and top seed was Vladimir Belous (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2484).

Vladimir Belous (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2484) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Megan Lee (5.0) and Grigoriy Morozov (4.5). Belous won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Emilian Holmgren (1638) beat Joshua Rubin (2055), a +417-point gap.

Location

🇨🇦Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Dates

16 May 2026 → 18 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺GMVladimir Belous2484

Avg top 10

2,271

Participants

Titled players · 9

GM×1

IM×2

FM×4

CM×2

Federations · 6 represented

🇨🇦Canada×31

🇺🇸United States of America×7

🇷🇺Russia×2

🇨🇳China×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇦🇲Armenia×1

Top 3

🥇
GMVladimir Belous
🇷🇺RUS·2484
5.0pts·2461perf-0.4
🥈
FMMegan Lee
🇺🇸USA·2277
5.0pts·2398perf+20.6
🥉
FMGrigoriy Morozov
🇷🇺RUS·2255
4.5pts·2365perf+18.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Belous5Lee5Jammalamadaka4.5Morozov4.5Kaufman4.5Willy4

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Belous takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Vladimir Belous drew with FM Megan Lee (Black).

R1–R6 · UNBEATEN

GM Vladimir Belous went unbeaten across 6 games (R1–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMVladimir Belous	*	½	1	½
2FMMegan Lee	½	*	—	½
3CMVihaan Jammalamadaka	0	—	*	—
4FMGrigoriy Morozov	½	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Belous, VladimirGM	2484	RUS	+26N	+21B	=2N	+5B	=3N	+6B	5.0	21.0	23.5	18.75	2461	-0.4
2	Lee, MeganFM	2277	USA	+19B	+17N	=1B	+23N	+4B	=3N	5.0	20.0	22.5	17.75	2398	+20.6
3	Morozov, GrigoriyFM	2255	RUS	+34B	+7N	+13B	=4N	=1B	=2B	4.5	22.0	23.5	16.25	2365	+18.0
4	Kaufman, RaymondIM	2264	CAN	+27B	+40N	+11N	=3B	−2N	+12B	4.5	18.5	19.0	11.75	2304	+10.2
5	Jammalamadaka, VihaanCM	2117	USA	=37B	+39N	+28B	−1N	+18N	+11B	4.5	14.5	15.0	9.50	2213	+31.6
6	Yang, Jingyun (ryan)FM	2303	CAN	=41N	+43B	=23N	+9B	+8N	−1N	4.0	16.0	16.0	9.50	2213	-7.8
7	Taylor, Ashton	1935	CAN	+25N	−3B	−22N	+36B	+17N	+20B	4.0	15.5	16.5	9.50	2016	+12.8
8	Willy, StephenFM	2268	USA	=28B	=37N	+17B	+29N	−6B	+13N	4.0	14.5	15.5	10.00	2141	-14.2
9	Leong, Ryan	1937	CAN	−17B	+24N	+37B	−6N	+27B	+19N	4.0	14.5	15.5	8.50	2012	+11.0
10	Musakhanyan, Viktor	1928	ARM	=39B	−28N	+43N	+15B	=20N	+18B	4.0	12.0	12.0	8.25	2003	+23.6
11	Doknjas, NeilCM	2232	CAN	+15B	+29N	−4B	+27N	=13B	−5N	3.5	18.0	20.0	9.25	2085	-18.6
12	Nyamdorj, Davaaochir	2174	CAN	+24N	=18B	=35N	=20B	+23B	−4N	3.5	15.5	17.0	8.75	2075	-11.0
13	Taylor, Tristan	2016	CAN	+36N	+22B	−3N	+38B	=11N	−8B	3.5	15.5	16.5	6.25	2082	+11.4
14	Qu, Leo	2035	CAN	−23N	+41B	+33N	−18B	+22N	=21B	3.5	12.5	13.0	6.00	1987	-6.4
15	Xu, Joey	1868	CAN	−11N	=36B	+39N	−10N	+40B	+22B	3.5	11.5	12.0	4.00	1921	+16.4
16	Nah, James	1891	CAN	−22N	−33B	=36N	+39B	+30N	+24B	3.5	9.5	10.0	5.50	1840	-14.8
17	McCallum, Elliot	1947	CAN	+9N	−2B	−8N	+33B	−7B	+42N	3.0	18.5	18.5	5.50	1979	+9.2
18	Lu, Aiden Hao-Ting	1933	CAN	+30B	=12N	=31B	+14N	−5B	−10N	3.0	17.5	19.5	8.25	2020	+26.4
19	Golchin, Ryan	1854	CAN	−2N	−25B	+32N	+42B	+38N	−9B	3.0	14.5	14.5	3.00	1826	-12.0
20	Harms, Reece	1881	CAN	−35B	+42N	+40B	=12N	=10B	−7N	3.0	13.5	13.5	4.25	1920	+4.8
21	Gornall, Kirk J	2092	CAN	+42B	−1N	F	=28N	+25B	=14N	3.0	13.0	13.0	5.25	2030	-5.2
22	Li, Moses	1756	CAN	+16B	−13N	+7B	=31N	−14B	−15N	2.5	18.0	20.0	8.50	1922	+44.8
23	Wang, Daniel Ruohan	1925	CAN	+14B	+31N	=6B	−2B	−12N	F	2.5	18.0	18.0	7.50	2183	+60.8
24	Zhang, Kai	1684	CAN	−12B	−9B	=26N	+43N	+34B	−16N	2.5	15.0	15.0	2.75	1901	+57.2
25	Holmgren, Emilian	1638	CAN	−7B	+19N	−29B	+34N	−21N	=26B	2.5	14.5	16.0	5.75	1904	+66.8
26	Lu, Samuel	1861	CAN	−1B	−27N	=24B	=40N	+36B	=25N	2.5	13.0	13.5	3.75	1743	-42.4
27	Hsu, Ryder	1724	CAN	−4N	+26B	+30N	−11B	−9N	F	2.0	16.5	16.5	4.50	1884	+32.4
28	Han, Shuyi	1887	USA	=8N	+10B	−5N	=21B	F	F	2.0	15.5	15.5	7.50	2101	+40.8
29	Aljo, Johan	2072	CAN	+32N	−11B	+25N	−8B	F	F	2.0	12.0	12.0	4.50	1987	-12.4
30	Doroshenko, Dasha	1735	CAN	−18N	F	−27B	+37N	−16B	+40N	2.0	10.0	10.0	1.50	1724	-4.0
31	Chen, Yidong	2128	CHN	+33N	−23B	=18N	=22B	F	F	2.0	9.5	9.5	4.25	1873	-24.4
32	Wu, Bowen	1774	CAN	−29B	−34N	−19B	F	+33N	+38B	2.0	9.0	9.0	2.50	1854	+17.6
33	Trenton, Isaac	1879	CAN	−31B	+16N	−14B	−17N	−32B	=34N	1.5	14.0	15.5	4.25	1779	-31.2
34	Rubin, Joshua	2055	USA	−3N	+32B	−38N	−25B	−24N	=33B	1.5	13.0	14.0	2.75	1644	-59.4
35	Cheng, BindiIM	2328	CAN	+20N	F	=12B	F	F	F	1.5	6.5	6.5	4.75	2244	-1.3
36	Yang, Nathan Yi-Hsin	1868	CAN	−13B	=15N	=16B	−7N	−26N	F	1.0	17.0	17.0	3.50	1674	-47.6
37	Ameet Kumar Dalal	1808	IND	=5N	=8B	−9N	−30B	F	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	4.25	1806	-3.0
38	Yuan, Jaydon	1772	CAN	F	F	+34B	−13N	−19B	−32N	1.0	10.0	10.0	1.50	1732	-10.0
39	Lin, Michael	1777	USA	=10N	−5B	−15B	−16N	F	F	0.5	15.5	15.5	2.00	1629	-25.6
40	Zhang, Xavier	1623	CAN	F	−4B	−20N	=26B	−15N	−30B	0.5	15.5	15.5	1.25	1508	-20.4
41	Karthikeyan, Harishkumar	1994	USA	=6B	−14N	F	F	F	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	2.00	1976	-3.2
42	Fu, James	1578	CAN	−21N	−20B	F	−19N	F	−17B	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	1115	-19.6
43	Salcedo, Daniel	1921	CAN	F	−6N	−10B	−24B	F	F	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	1172	-27.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Holmgren, EmilianCAN
+66.8
2.5 pts · #25
2Wang, Daniel RuohanCAN
+60.8
2.5 pts · #26
3Zhang, KaiCAN
+57.2
2.5 pts · #23

Top rating losers

1Rubin, JoshuaUSA
-59.4
1.5 pts · #33
2Yang, Nathan Yi-HsinCAN
-47.6
1.0 pts · #37
3Lu, SamuelCAN
-42.4
2.5 pts · #24

Biggest upsets

R4+417 Elo gap
Holmgren, Emilian1638 beat Rubin, Joshua2055
R5+371 Elo gap
Zhang, Kai1684 beat Rubin, Joshua2055
R3+283 Elo gap
Yuan, Jaydon1772 beat Rubin, Joshua2055