2026 CCC Bobby Fischer Memorial
Open SwissStandard
37 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 26 May 2026 to 23 Jun 2026 in Calgary, Canada. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 0.
Seyed Hamed Mousavian (🇮🇷 IRI, IM, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Roy Yearwood (4.0) and Michael Xu (4.0). Mousavian broke clear in the final round.
Location
🇨🇦Calgary, Canada
Dates
26 May 2026 → 23 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
37
Titled players · 2
IM×1
FM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇦Canada×24
🇮🇷Iran×2
🇨🇳China×1
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsIM Seyed Hamed Mousavian led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
15
6
3
2
1
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD
IM Seyed Hamed Mousavian never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
IM Seyed Hamed Mousavian beat Roy Yearwood (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
IM Seyed Hamed Mousavian 5 wins (R1–R5)Roy Yearwood 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMSeyed Hamed Mousavian | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2Roy Yearwood | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3FMEsmail Safarzadeh | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4Michael Xu | 0 | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mousavian, Seyed HamedIM | 0 | IRI | +9B | +6N | +13B | +2N | +3B | 5.0 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 16.50 | 2741 | +4.0 |
| 2 | Yearwood, Roy | 0 | CAN | +16B | +7N | +23B | −1B | +8N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 10.00 | 2025 | +14.4 |
| 3 | Xu, Michael | 0 | CAN | +17B | +31N | +4B | +18N | −1N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 9.00 | 2096 | +60.8 |
| 4 | Safarzadeh, EsmailFM | 0 | IRI | +20N | +21B | −3N | +7B | +19B | 4.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 9.00 | 1996 | -13.6 |
| 5 | Miller, Brian | 0 | CAN | =11N | +27B | +14B | −10N | +18B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 7.25 | 1880 | +14.4 |
| 6 | Zhang, Finley | 0 | CAN | +34B | −1B | +22N | +11B | −10N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.50 | 1724 | +5.2 |
| 7 | Coates, Bruce | 0 | CAN | +25B | −2B | +28N | −4N | +17B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 5.50 | 1165 | -9.6 |
| 8 | Delloro, Therense | 0 | CAN | +29B | −12N | +16B | +17N | −2B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1732 | -1.2 |
| 9 | Fang, Chelsea | 0 | CAN | −1N | +29B | F | +30B | +21N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.00 | 1760 | +40.4 |
| 10 | Zheng, Yanchen | 0 | CHN | F | F | +20N | +5B | +6B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 2461 | +7.6 |
| 11 | Barclay, Gavin | 0 | CAN | =5B | =24N | +31B | −6N | =28B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1631 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Olubunmi, Oluwatobi | 0 | NGR | F | +8B | −18N | =14B | +20N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.25 | 1658 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Verma, Audvik | 0 | CAN | +28N | +32B | −1N | F | =24B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1759 | -1.6 |
| 14 | Li, Ryan | 0 | CAN | F | +36B | −5N | =12N | +16B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.25 | 1788 | +32.8 |
| 15 | FIDE 2687348 | 0 | — | −23B | −16N | +27N | =22B | +30N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 1532 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Milne, Arthur | 0 | CAN | −2N | +15B | −8N | +26B | −14N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 4.50 | 943 | -17.0 |
| 17 | Fazzolari, Chiara | 0 | CAN | −3N | +26B | +32N | −8B | −7N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 1473 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Zhang, Felix | 0 | CAN | +22N | F | +12B | −3B | −5N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.50 | 1550 | -30.4 |
| 19 | FIDE 2687356 | 0 | — | +24B | −23N | F | +21B | −4N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1763 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Yan, Henry | 0 | CAN | −4B | +34N | −10B | +29N | −12B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1078 | -6.4 |
| 21 | Nguyen, Kaiser | 0 | CAN | +35B | −4N | +30B | −19N | −9B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1510 | -11.6 |
| 22 | Karabanov, Youri | 0 | CAN | −18B | +35N | −6B | =15N | =25B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 894 | -21.2 |
| 23 | Shtepa, Liubov | 0 | CAN | +15N | +19B | −2N | F | F | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.50 | 1104 | -9.2 |
| 24 | An, Isu | 0 | CAN | −19N | =11B | F | +32B | =13N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 1830 | +23.6 |
| 25 | FIDE 2687364 | 0 | — | −7N | −30N | +34B | =27B | =22N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1315 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 2687011 | 0 | — | −31B | −17N | +35B | −16N | +29B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 747 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Li, Gordon | 0 | CAN | F | −5N | −15B | =25N | +32B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1639 | +20.4 |
| 28 | FIDE 2685175 | 0 | — | −13B | +37N | −7B | F | =11N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 885 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Cole, Mark | 0 | CAN | −8N | −9N | +37B | −20B | −26N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 767 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Estepa, Wilson | 0 | CAN | −33N | +25B | −21N | −9N | −15B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 717 | -35.2 |
| 31 | Bull, James | 0 | CAN | +26N | −3B | −11N | F | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 966 | -4.2 |
| 32 | Wall, Jonathan | 0 | CAN | +37B | −13N | −17B | −24N | −27N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 790 | -50.8 |
| 33 | FIDE 2687372 | 0 | — | +30B | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1492 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 2683350 | 0 | — | −6N | −20B | −25N | F | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 760 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 2636590 | 0 | — | −21N | −22B | −26N | F | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 733 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Sazon, Omar | 0 | CAN | F | −14N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 784 | -12.6 |
| 37 | FIDE 2687380 | 0 | — | −32N | −28B | −29N | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 730 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Xu, MichaelCAN+60.84.0 pts · #5
- 2Fang, ChelseaCAN+40.43.0 pts · #9
- 3Li, RyanCAN+32.82.5 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Wall, JonathanCAN-50.81.0 pts · #27
- 2Estepa, WilsonCAN-35.21.0 pts · #37
- 3Zhang, FelixCAN-30.42.0 pts · #15