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2026 Chess4win North York MAY FIDE Ladder Open U2000

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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.

Location
🇨🇦North York, ON, Canada
Dates
30 May 2026 → 31 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦WCMLily Zhou1746
Avg top 10
1,701
Participants
19
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇦Canada×16
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇺🇸United States of America×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Shannon 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.

Co-leaders
7
1
3
4
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Zhao takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE31 May

Shannon Zhao takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Shannon Zhao drew with Chetan Reddy Sama (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Shannon Zhao went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhao, Shannon1663CAN+19B=4N+10B=2B+5N4.012.012.59.251941+70.4
2Sama, Chetan Reddy1744CAN+13B+11N=5B=1N=3B3.513.015.09.751779+9.2
3Yuan, Arianna1639CAN=5B+15N+6B=4N=2N3.512.513.58.751853+58.0
4Fu, Ashley1638CAN+17N=1B=7N=3B=8N3.013.514.07.251694+15.6
5Syed, Farhaan1660USA=3N+14B=2N+12B1B3.013.014.57.001716+15.6
6Zhou, LilyWCM1746CAN+18B=7B3N+11N=9B3.012.012.56.001682-7.8
7Dhingra, Tanishq Kumar1721CAN+12B=6N=4B=9N=10B3.011.513.57.751729+2.4
8Sahni, Anagh1641CAN+9B10N=11B+16N=4B3.011.012.06.751701+16.8
9Toor, Josh1558CAN8N+17B+18N=7B=6N3.09.510.04.001689+35.2
10Madhu Vikram, Chaarvik1724CANF+8B1N+14B=7N2.511.511.56.001741+3.6
11Chahar, Yugansh1600FID+16N2B=8N6B+15B2.510.511.53.501698+26.8
12Chung, Noah1619CAN7N+19N+15B5NF2.07.57.51.501713+20.8
13Xiao, Stephanie1590CAN2N16B=17N+18B=14N2.06.57.01.501509-22.4
14Kamath, Nikita1557CANF5N+19B10N=13B1.58.08.01.501591+6.0
15Xie, Ethan1734CANF3B12N+17B11N1.08.58.50.501383-72.4
16Muminov, Diyor1626CAN11B+13NF8BF1.07.57.52.001485-22.8
17Donmez, Alphan1445TUR4B9N=13B15NF0.59.09.01.001308-22.8
18Li, Jiazhou1532CAN6NF9B13N=19N0.58.58.50.251336-34.0
19Gowrishankar, Nilaanujan1737CAN1N12B14NF=18B0.58.08.00.251271-90.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets