2025 Canadian Closed

[John Coleman]

Thank you for the link to the live games. Only 14 players?

[John Upper]

I count 13 boards = 26 players.

[John Coleman]

John, where are you seeing this information? Chess Results shows 55 players Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2025 Canadian Closed / Championnat fermé du Canada, though it hasn't been updated with pairings/results, and there are 7 live boards on lichess.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

John, where are you seeing this information? Chess Results shows 55 players Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2025 Canadian Closed / Championnat fermé du Canada, though it hasn't been updated with pairings/results, and there are 7 live boards on lichess.

Seems there are other link to results. Check CAN top tournaments.

[John Coleman]

Thanks, Egidijus. This the link for pairings/results Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2025 Canadian Closed / Championnat fermé du Canada

BTW, there are 55 players, which seems to me to be an excellent turnout.

[John Upper]

John, where are you seeing this information?

On the lichess page,
https://lichess.org/broadcast/2025-c...bqzpSRG#boards

click the menu "Closed" and it will give you the option to watch 6 live games from the Women's section:

https://lichess.org/broadcast/2025-canadian-closed--championnat-ferme-du-canada--women/round-3/btn5FbhI

They seem to be having DGT problems, since many of the results shown on lichess are clearly incorrect -- e.g. it's checkmate on the board and the score says 1/2 - 1/2.

[Ian Findlay]

Just a reminder that the ceremony to induct Hal Bond into the Canadian Hall of Fame will take place at 9:45 am tomorrow, April 21, before the start of the round. Everyone is welcome.

[Hans Jung]

Last round key pairings Bd 1 IM Nikolay Noritsyn white vs GM Razvan Preotu, GM Shawn RL vs IM Aaron Mendes, Dzmitry Kalinin vs IM Raymond Kaufman, GM Bator Sambuev vs FM Ryan Yang

[Hans Jung]

Women's last round pairings Bd 1 WIM Yunshan Li vs WIM Svitlana Demchenko, WCM Ashley Qian vs WFM Laksshana Deepak

[Hans Jung]

Over 1800 Winner Anthony Maulucci 6 out of 7 Congratulations! Second Hongyi Li with 5.5

[Hans Jung]

You can see from this section over 1800 how underrated everyone is. Tough tournament.

[Hans Jung]

Under 1800 Tied for first Xiangbin Wang 5.5 and Arkadiy Ugodnikov 5.5 Congratulations! Also special mention and congratulations to Bob Armstrong at age almost 80!! finishing the tournament in seventh place!!

[Hans Jung]

Under 1400 First by tiebreak Vincent Wei 5.5 out of 7 Second by tiebreak Amitkumar Hari Patel (only half a point difference on second tiebreak!!), Congratulations all!

[Hans Jung]

Most of the top boards have entered endgames which I am enjoying.

[Hans Jung]

Congratulations to Yunshan Li - Canadian Champion! (womens)