2026 Chess4win North York MAY FIDE Ladder Open U2000
19 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 May 2026 to 31 May 2026 in North York, ON, Canada. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1701, and top seed was Lily Zhou (🇨🇦 CAN, WCM, 1746).
Shannon Zhao (🇨🇦 CAN, 1663) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Chetan Reddy Sama (3.5) and Arianna Yuan (3.5). Zhao broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Nikita Kamath (1557) beat Nilaanujan Gowrishankar (1737), a +180-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsShannon Zhao led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Shannon Zhao takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
Shannon Zhao drew with Chetan Reddy Sama (White).
Shannon Zhao went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shannon Zhao | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Chetan Reddy Sama | ½ | * | ½ | — |
| 3Arianna Yuan | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Tanishq Kumar Dhingra | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhao, Shannon | 1663 | CAN | +19B | =4N | +10B | =2B | +5N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 9.25 | 1941 | +70.4 |
| 2 | Sama, Chetan Reddy | 1744 | CAN | +13B | +11N | =5B | =1N | =3B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 9.75 | 1779 | +9.2 |
| 3 | Yuan, Arianna | 1639 | CAN | =5B | +15N | +6B | =4N | =2N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 8.75 | 1853 | +58.0 |
| 4 | Fu, Ashley | 1638 | CAN | +17N | =1B | =7N | =3B | =8N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 7.25 | 1694 | +15.6 |
| 5 | Syed, Farhaan | 1660 | USA | =3N | +14B | =2N | +12B | −1B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 7.00 | 1716 | +15.6 |
| 6 | Zhou, LilyWCM | 1746 | CAN | +18B | =7B | −3N | +11N | =9B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 6.00 | 1682 | -7.8 |
| 7 | Dhingra, Tanishq Kumar | 1721 | CAN | +12B | =6N | =4B | =9N | =10B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 7.75 | 1729 | +2.4 |
| 8 | Sahni, Anagh | 1641 | CAN | +9B | −10N | =11B | +16N | =4B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 6.75 | 1701 | +16.8 |
| 9 | Toor, Josh | 1558 | CAN | −8N | +17B | +18N | =7B | =6N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1689 | +35.2 |
| 10 | Madhu Vikram, Chaarvik | 1724 | CAN | F | +8B | −1N | +14B | =7N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.00 | 1741 | +3.6 |
| 11 | Chahar, Yugansh | 1600 | FID | +16N | −2B | =8N | −6B | +15B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1698 | +26.8 |
| 12 | Chung, Noah | 1619 | CAN | −7N | +19N | +15B | −5N | F | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1713 | +20.8 |
| 13 | Xiao, Stephanie | 1590 | CAN | −2N | −16B | =17N | +18B | =14N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1509 | -22.4 |
| 14 | Kamath, Nikita | 1557 | CAN | F | −5N | +19B | −10N | =13B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1591 | +6.0 |
| 15 | Xie, Ethan | 1734 | CAN | F | −3B | −12N | +17B | −11N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.50 | 1383 | -72.4 |
| 16 | Muminov, Diyor | 1626 | CAN | −11B | +13N | F | −8B | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1485 | -22.8 |
| 17 | Donmez, Alphan | 1445 | TUR | −4B | −9N | =13B | −15N | F | 0.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1308 | -22.8 |
| 18 | Li, Jiazhou | 1532 | CAN | −6N | F | −9B | −13N | =19N | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.25 | 1336 | -34.0 |
| 19 | Gowrishankar, Nilaanujan | 1737 | CAN | −1N | −12B | −14N | F | =18B | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.25 | 1271 | -90.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Zhao, ShannonCAN+70.44.0 pts · #1
- 2Yuan, AriannaCAN+58.03.5 pts · #3
- 3Toor, JoshCAN+35.23.0 pts · #8
- 1Gowrishankar, NilaanujanCAN-90.40.5 pts · #19
- 2Xie, EthanCAN-72.41.0 pts · #15
- 3Li, JiazhouCAN-34.00.5 pts · #18
- R3+180 Elo gap
- R5+134 Elo gap
- R2+118 Elo gap