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2026 Edmonton Spring Sectional B

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6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 09 May 2026 to 10 May 2026 in Edmonton, AB, Canada. Top 10 Elo average was 1392, and top seed was Nikolai Nikolov (🇨🇦 CAN, 1709).

Nikolai Nikolov (🇨🇦 CAN, 1709) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Liubov Shtepa (3.0) and Muneer Hussain (2.5). Nikolov won solo starting round 4.

Location
🇨🇦Edmonton, AB, Canada
Dates
09 May 2026 → 10 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦Nikolai Nikolov1709
Avg top 10
1,392
Participants
6
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇦Canada×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Nikolai Nikolov led from R4 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
3
2
2
1
1
#1#2#3#6R1R2R3R4R5
Nikolov#1Shtepa#2Ranjan Kumar#4Hussain#5Doiron#3Wait#6
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Nikolai Nikolov never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R5 · DECISIVE LEAD10 May

Nikolai Nikolov opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Liubov Shtepa); the title is out of reach before R5.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nikolai Nikolov drew with Liubov Shtepa (White).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇨🇦Nikolov, Nikolai1709*½11114.59.0010.5+49.61997
2🇨🇦Shtepa, Liubov1692½*½0113.06.0012.0-6.01665
5🇨🇦Hussain, Muneer15990½*1012.55.0012.50.01602
4🇨🇦Ranjan Kumar, Aryan1699010*½12.54.7512.5-28.01577
3🇨🇦Doiron, Nathan1654001½*01.53.7513.5-15.61588
6🇨🇦Wait, David000001*1.01.5014.00.01431

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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