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2026 Dalhousie Atlantic Cup Qualifier

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17 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 May 2026 to 24 May 2026 in Halifax, Canada. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2089, and top seed was Sarja Sriram (🇮🇳 IND, 2364).

Calix Marchand (🇨🇦 CAN, FM, 2307) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Dzmitry Kalinin (5.0) and Sarja Sriram (4.5). Marchand won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 3: FIDE 2646420 (1743) beat Tanusri S (2132), a +389-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Halifax, Canada
Dates
22 May 2026 → 24 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇳Sarja Sriram2364
Avg top 10
2,089
Participants
17
Titled players · 2
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇦Canada×10
🇮🇳India×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Calix Marchand led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
3
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Marchand6.5Kalinin5Sriram4.5Gonzalez-Cueto4Sharma4Fillmore4
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Calix Marchand never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Calix Marchand drew with CM Dzmitry Kalinin (Black).

2× WIN STREAK · 3+3 wins

FM Calix Marchand posted 3 in a row (R1–R3) and 3 in a row (R5–R7) — total 6 wins.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMCalix Marchand*
½
1
1
2CMDzmitry Kalinin
½
*
½
1
3Sarja Sriram
0
½
*
½
4Jose Gonzalez-Cueto
0
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Marchand, CalixFM2307CAN+11B+6N+9B=2N+3B+4N+5B6.524.527.024.502248+35.6
2Kalinin, DzmitryCM2272CANF+10N+4B=1B+5N+6B=3N5.026.026.020.502106+4.6
3Sriram, Sarja2364IND=4N+8B=5N+13B−1N+9N=2B4.526.028.015.001919-19.8
4Sharma, Kaven1923CAN=3B+11N−2N=10B+13N−1B+9B4.024.526.511.251892+36.0
5Gonzalez-Cueto, Jose1964CAN+16B+12N=3B=9N−2B+11B−1N4.024.025.510.2519380.0
6Fillmore, Louis2020CAN+13N−1B+15B+7N=9B−2N=10B4.023.025.010.501874+17.2
7Macritchie, Josh1948CAN+15N−9B+14N−6B−10N+16B=8N3.517.519.07.251540-28.4
8Allampati, Rutvik Reddy1817CANF−3N−10B+17B+14N+12N=7B3.516.016.06.751852+12.8
9Creamer, Kyle2080CAN+17B+7N−1N=5B=6N−3B−4N3.026.527.08.0017350.0
10FIDE 26466091786—F−2B+8N=4N+7BF=6N3.020.020.011.0018250.0
11Agam, Aakash1879CAN−1N−4B+17N+14B=12B−5N−15B2.521.021.53.751509-38.4
12Tanusri S2132IND+14N−5B−13N+16B=11N−8BF2.515.515.54.751557-4.4
13FIDE 26464201743—−6B+17N+12B−3N−4B−15NF2.017.517.53.0015880.0
14FIDE 26807931788—−12B+16N−7B−11N−8B+17NF2.014.014.02.009280.0
15FIDE 26864731715—−7BF−6NF−16N+13B+11N2.013.513.54.5016370.0
16FIDE 26864811735—−5N−14BF−12N+15B−7N=17B1.514.514.52.259060.0
17Singh, Agamnoor1776CAN−9N−13B−11B−8NF−14B=16N0.514.514.50.759500.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets