2026 AFM1st Peel Region - Springtime Bloom Chess Championship - Under 1800
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24 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held on 30 May 2026 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1085, and top seed was Melissa Anne Grenier (🇨🇦 CAN, 1784).
Nolan Welsh ( FID, 0) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Ruslan Kotapuri (3.5) and Claudio Sottile (3.0). Welsh broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Thamizhaaradhanan Panneerselvam (1462) beat Gabriel Saimovici (1580), a +118-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Dates
30 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Avg top 10
1,085
Participants
24
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇦Canada×11
FIDE (no federation)×2
🇳🇵Nepal×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsNolan Welsh led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
11
5
3
1
R4–R4 · LEAD HELD
Nolan Welsh held the sole lead from R4 through R4 without losing it.
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Nolan Welsh 4 wins (R1–R4)Mithran Muthukumaran 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nolan Welsh | * | — | — | — |
| 2Ruslan Kotapuri | — | * | 1 | — |
| 3Mithran Muthukumaran | — | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Claudio Sottile | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh, Nolan | 0 | FID | +?B | +9N | +?B | +4N | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 2399 | +13.2 |
| 2 | Kotapuri, Ruslan | 1597 | CAN | +13B | =8N | +10B | +5B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 8.00 | 1416 | -9.6 |
| 3 | Sottile, Claudio | 1683 | CAN | +12N | −5B | +14N | +6B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 6.50 | 2276 | +4.6 |
| 4 | Mao, Oliver | 0 | CAN | +?N | +17B | +11N | −1B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 1652 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Muthukumaran, Mithran | 0 | CAN | +?B | +3N | +?B | −2N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1640 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Buscar, Bernard | 1476 | CAN | =7B | +19N | +8B | −3N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 4.75 | 1645 | +13.4 |
| 7 | Prajapati, Avighna | 0 | NEP | =6N | −?B | +18N | +20B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.25 | 1531 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Deepak, Pranav | 1416 | CAN | +23N | =2B | −6N | =11B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1443 | +4.0 |
| 9 | SHAH, ARPAN JAGDISHBHAI | 0 | FID | +?N | −1B | =20N | =10N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1751 | +18.4 |
| 10 | Avila, Charles Gabriel | 0 | CAN | =21N | +18B | −2N | =9B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 3.25 | 797 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Nguyen-Kawamura, Kousuke | 1632 | CAN | =18N | +21B | −4B | =8N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 3.25 | 1416 | -5.6 |
| 12 | FIDE 2684845 | 0 | — | −3B | +?N | +17N | −?B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 841 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 2687070 | 0 | — | −2N | +23B | −?N | +22B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 767 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 2687089 | 0 | — | −?B | +?N | −3B | +?N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 841 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 2650789 | 0 | — | F | −?N | +19B | +?N | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 1567 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 2687119 | 0 | — | −17N | +?B | +24N | −?B | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 736 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Schwartz, Michael | 0 | CAN | +16B | −4N | −12B | =19N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 2.75 | 1462 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 2687054 | 0 | — | =11B | −10N | −7B | +?N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1632 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Panneerselvam, Thamizhaaradhanan | 1462 | CAN | +20N | −6B | −15N | =17B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 2.25 | 1528 | +7.2 |
| 20 | Saimovici, Gabriel | 1580 | CAN | −19B | +22N | =9B | −7N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 662 | -26.4 |
| 21 | FIDE 2687062 | 0 | — | =10B | −11N | −22B | +24N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 832 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 2677202 | 0 | — | −?B | −20B | +21N | −13N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 780 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 2687097 | 0 | — | −8B | −13N | F | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 616 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 2684829 | 0 | — | F | −?N | −16B | −21B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 780 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1SHAH, ARPAN JAGDISHBHAIFID+18.42.0 pts · #4
- 2Buscar, BernardCAN+13.42.5 pts · #2
- 3Welsh, NolanFID+13.24.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Saimovici, GabrielCAN-26.41.5 pts · #21
- 2Kotapuri, RuslanCAN-9.63.5 pts · #12
- 3Nguyen-Kawamura, KousukeCAN-5.62.0 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R1+118 Elo gap