The 2026 Toronto Chess Open is scheduled to take place over the Labor Day long weekend from September 5–7, 2026, bringing classical chess action to St. Casimir’s Parish Hall in Toronto, Ontario.
Organized by the Annex Chess Club (ACC) and under the auspices of the Chess Federation of Canada (CFC), the tournament offers a competitive platform for players of all skill levels, managed by Chief Arbiter IA Uttam Dhungel.
The event is structured as a 6-round Swiss system featuring two daily rounds at 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM. The time control for all games is set to 90 minutes plus a 30-second increment per move.
The tournament features five rating divisions:
Crown Section: CFC & FIDE rated.
Under 2200 Section: CFC & FIDE rated.
Under 1900 Section: CFC & FIDE rated.
Under 1600 Section: CFC rated.
Under 1300 Section: CFC rated.
Player eligibility across sections is determined by the highest of a player’s CFC, FQE, or FIDE rating.
The total projected prize fund for the event is $7,000 (based on 250 entrants), with a guaranteed $1,500 for first place in the top division.
Main Prizes: Awarded to the top three finishers in each section (medals for the U1300 section).
Special Category Prizes: Awarded to the top senior, junior, woman, and Annex Chess Club (ACC) member in every section.
Titled Players: Free entry is extended to GMs, IMs, WGMs, and WIMs.
Venue: St. Casimir’s Parish Hall, 156 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON.
Registration: Advance online payment is required; no on-site registration will be accepted. Registrations close on September 4, 2026, at 8:00 PM.
Registered players:
1 GM Preotu Razvan 2475
2 IM Noritsyn Nikolay 2444
3 IM Vettese Nicholas 2393
4 Razin Vadim 2352
5 IM Plotkin Mark 2364
6 FM Moses Neil 2142
7 CM Dhaliwal Jaipreet Singh 2148
8 CM Kola Venkat Karthikeya Reddy 2140
9 FM Lu Tony 2144
10 CM Yin Zeming 2088
11 NM Xu Leon 2126
12 CM Gao Raymond 2086
13 Huang Justin 2093
14 Woltery Nicolai 2085
15 NM Yang Larry 2053
16 Lee Daniel Joshua 2191
17 Ramesan Raunak Amit 2013
18 NM Yao Henry 2069
19 Tseng Bradley 2134
20 WFM Qian Ashley 2103
21 NM Wang Nathan Zian 2011
22 Bolandnazar Korosh 2013
23 CM Gao Heye 2044
24 Ivanchuk Serghii 1896
25 AFM Liu Sean Fangxiao 1945
26 CM Zhang Daniel 2111
27 Xu Ryan (Zhuoyuan) 1991
28 Zheng Victor 1906
29 Trofimov-Malyshkin Valentyn 1947
30 Chen Larry Zhou 1940
31 Wang Zi Sheng 1896
32 Faizy Mohammed 1835
33 Maulucci Anthony 1918
34 Malakhovets Sergey 1921
35 WFM Jiang Hanxi (Hancy) 1908
36 Russell Wesley 1994
37 NM Deepak Laksshana 1961
38 IM Barron Michael 2036
39 Achyuth Akshaj 1934
40 Laughlin Braden 1919
41 Pollitt Henry 1902
42 Joseph Jonath 1900
43 Gribilas Tom 1867
44 WFM Xie Irene 1969
45 WFM Guo Anni 2038
46 Daigneault Henry 1872
47 AFM Feng Warren 1844
48 Sekaran Adithya 1885
49 Ajith Aarush 1895
50 Ferreira Alex 1905
51 CM Deshpande Sarthak 1958
52 Velasquez Noah 1913
53 Pan Julian 1941
54 Loadman Ian 1897
55 AFM Lin Austin 1914
56 Bordas Gyula 1839
57 Nazareno Merlin 1860
58 Murali Dhruv 1882
59 AIM Ma Quentin 1757
60 AFM Patil Tanishq 1842
61 Lee Matthew Yin Hang 1806
62 NM Filipovich David 1839
63 AIM Oancea Nicolae 1783
64 Bi William 1811
65 AFM Katz Lyam 1807
66 Chernik Dmitry 1875
67 Chen Ray 1763
68 Fu Odyssey 1785
69 Tenkov Arkadii 1793
70 Cheung Oscar 1806
71 Washimkar Arhant 1816
72 AFM Lau Jayden 1777
73 Lukinykh Slava 1775
74 Sharma Kaven 1802
75 AFM Dhingra Tanishq Kumar 1751
76 Mittal Aashwin 1852
77 Kong Brian 1771
78 Belanger Colton 1737
79 AFM Zhan Jayden Zihan 1773
80 WCM Zhao Shannon 1759
81 Gowrishankar Nilaanujan 1641
82 Allahverdi Umid 1664
83 Malpica Angelo 1751
84 Sheth Rudra 1703
85 Huang Eric 1733
86 ACM Iyer Abhinav 1734
87 Cholakis Max 1715
88 Krishnamurthi Shashwath Raaghav 1700
89 AFM Kola Venkata Saket Reddy 1750
90 Sherman Joshua 1755
91 Wang Alan 1729
92 Anish Diganth 1746
93 Li Allen 1729
94 AIM Satish Alwar Dharsan 1674
95 Muminov Diyor 1691
96 Meyer Noah Franziskus 1870
97 ACM Sahni Anagh 1625
98 Fu Ashley 1685
99 AFM Wang William Kaiyuan 1759
100 Knechtel Thomas 1718
101 Zhu Charis 1701
102 AFM Syed Farhaan 1756
103 AIM Kovuru Aaryan 1729
104 Schwartz Lorne 1878
105 Wang Eric Jiachen 1710
106 Gibson Leroy 1634
107 He Jinglai 1719
108 Krivykh Daniel 1691
109 Ali Mohammed 1549
110 McDonald-Johnston Ari 1724
111 Sarvesh Saravanan 1584
112 Chamberland Luc 1651
113 Le Duc Khai 1641
114 Yang Brooke 1664
115 Witmer Noah 1775
116 Lam Eric 1732
117 AFM Harish Adwaith 1701
118 Sampath Kavin Mukhilan 1659
119 Perez Socas Luis Benito 1625
120 Tyulenev Alexey 1678
121 Das Antarip 1654
122 Fok Elkan 1609
123 Madhu Vikram Chaarvik 1643
124 Tripathi Ishan 1569
125 Kotapuri Ruslan 1681
126 Schyngera Eli 1626
127 Mendoza Armand Jess 1659
128 AFM Haider Armaan 1754
129 Banerjee Mishika 1580
130 Divadalage Sanya 1645
131 Zhang Zhibo 1609
132 Yousif Meguel 1658
133 Gaule Andrew 0
134 Chin Adrian 1693
135 Lin Lucas 1682
136 Ugodnikov Arkadiy 1659
137 Bhanot Khurana Vihaan 1590
138 Nakar Soham 1586
139 Moran-Venegas Mario 1610
140 Wang Angela 1641
141 Lee Jayden 1557
142 Xiao Stephanie 1665
143 Shahi Behnam 1640
144 Li Grace 1596
145 Roque Alexa 1571
146 Bhowmick Aaron 1579
147 Baeza Patricio 1892
148 ACM Li Alyssa Zhuojing 1502
149 CM Murara Maxence 1777
150 Bakradze Joshua 1535
151 Wang Zi 1625
152 Zokirov Sanjarbek 1628
153 Dunikov David 1603
154 Sharpe Michael D. 1612
155 Sheetz Nathan 1671
156 Dunikov Glib 1560
157 Garel Richard 1610
158 Cecchini Sam 1643
159 Ecksel Scott 1505
160 AIM Nair Aayush 1703
161 Chattopadhyay Adhrit 1585
162 Ivkin Michael 1516
163 Khodabakhshi Ryan 1628
164 Geer-Timmins Drake 1631
165 Cabioc Jose 1540
166 Grypych Oleksandr 1614
167 Kamath Nikita 1597
168 Divadalage Sanul 1520
169 Mao Oliver 1598
170 Bhattal Angad 0
171 Shen Yuntian (Denis) 1557
172 Poudel Ganesh 1582
173 Negi Hriday 1520
174 Tavberidze Alexandre 1668
175 Collrin Jack 1554
176 Sinha Ansh 1559
177 Su Julian 0
178 Chang Jace 1556
179 Garikapati Tejas Avyan 1468
180 Graham Philip 0
181 Uyanik Mehmet 1562
182 Popatia Daylam 1477
183 Swain Harshil 1550
184 Wing Richard 1581
185 Zapata Edgar 1541
186 Samano Elyas 1511
187 Verde Pino 1556
188 AFM Li Tommy Zhuoxuan 0
189 Wang Justin 1558
190 Deshpande Rucha 1521
191 Eltohami Abdalrahman 0
192 Mourgelas James 1418
193 Vinayagan Nagun 0
194 Sivakumar Shriniket 0
195 Minhas Usman Afzal 0
196 ACM Young Austin 0
197 Karimzada Omar 0
198 Kanigicharla Atulith 1486
199 Arun Prasad Pranav 1499
200 Chen Mulin 1505
201 Liu Jeffrey 1491
202 Dolata Wojciech 1519
203 Johns Philippe 0
204 Mehta Ayaan 1433
205 Mishra Aarit 1435
206 Kuzin Stephen 1402
207 Chan Jared 1583
208 Stepanov Mark 1497
209 Armstrong Robert J 1435
210 Schied Robert 0
211 Hui Tina 1513
212 Yu Ethan 0
213 ACM Karthik Deyaan Seyyon 1711
214 Dodic Lucas 1530
215 Delgashev Nicholas 1501
216 Taylor Grace 1450
217 Dolderman Clara 1435
218 Charles Christopher 0
219 Manikandan Reddia Gowder Kavira 1436
220 Abdulla Adil 0
221 ACM Renganathan Navika 1556
222 Yang Luke 0
223 Khudayarov Kamron 0
224 Cheung Cheuk Lam 0
225 Babayev Elmar 0
226 Guo Caleb 0
227 Harish Arnav 1523
228 Chan Jamie 1495
229 Samal Annika 1494
230 Zhen Nathan 1475
231 Delgashev Victor 1436
232 Bassingthwaite Justin 0
233 Mishra Rishant 0
234 Xirogiannis Nikolaos 1494
235 Lance Richard 0
236 Nayak Viaan 0
237 Zhang Joshua 1416
238 Le Duc Khang 1525
239 Delgashev Daniel 0
240 Wang Eric (Zilong) 0
241 Huang Chloe 0
242 Kotapuri Elijah 0
243 Kumaran Aarav 0
244 Yin Zelin 0
245 Kittur Dhruv 0
246 ACM Daiwik Nayar 0
247 Natanasundaram Muthukumaran 0
248 Mamyshev Ruslan 0
249 Smyk Ed 0
250 Wang George Jin 0
251 Jayaprakash Jaivik 0
252 Takeuchi Nobuko 0
253 Zhang Simon Wenyuan 0
254 Escotto Dion 0
255 Kulkarni Vedant Rajeshwar 0
256 Caravaggio Danny 0
257 Mohaghegh Mohammad 0
258 Gnatushenko Oleksiy 0
259 Qu Charlotte 0
260 Manikandan Kayal 0
261 Le Henry 0
262 Archibald Colin 0
263 Borji Saeid 0
264 Cheong-Kee-You Ethan 0
265 Desai Dhvanit 0
266 Goodwin Christian 0
267 Kotapally Srithik Kumar 0
268 Kotapally Sriyansh 0
269 Kurup Vaisakh 0
270 Rowlandson Nathan 0
