The Canadian Chess Open 2024 took place from 13-18th July at the Hotel Sheraton in Laval, Montreal. The 9-round Swiss tournament was organized by Fédération québecoise des échecs.
The event consisted of 5 sections:
A – Open, FIDE/CFC/FQE rated
B – for players rated under 2000, FIDE/CFC/FQE rated
C – for players rated under 1600, FIDE/CFC/FQE rated
D – for players rated under 1300, CFC/FQE rated
E – for players rated under 1000 or unrated, CFC/FQE rated
The top Open A section featured 129 players from 14 national federations. Among them were 10 Grandmasters and 6 International Masters.
Guest from the Netherlands, GM Jorden van Foreest, crushed the opposition to take a clear first place with 8.5/9 points, leaving the chasing pack point and a half behind. Van Foreest earned $4000 and 10.2 elo points.
The total prize fund was $20,000.
Open B had 95 participants. Amine Atmani (Algeria 1864) won this section with 8/9 points.
Open C had 80 participants. Cai Yifu (China 1472) was the clear winner with 7.5/9 points.
Open D gathered 53 players. Benoit Cormier (CAN 1263) and Oliver Rusty (CAN 1273) shared the first place with 7/9 points each.
Open E had 24 players. Jean-Francois Gauthier took the first place with 7/9 points.
Canadian Open Section A final standings:
1 GM van Foreest Jorden NED 2671 – 8.5
2 GM Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn CAN 2499 – 7
3 GM Kantans Toms LAT 2471 – 7
4 IM Han Johnathan CAN 2333 – 7
5 FM Dukic Zachary CAN 2247 – 7
6 GM Stefansson Vignir Vatnar ISL 2500 – 6.5
7 GM Mikhalevski Victor ISR 2499 – 6.5
8 IM Chiku-Ratte Olivier Kenta CAN 2314 – 6.5
9 FM Zheng Richard CAN 2290 – 6.5
10 GM Komarov Dimitri UKR 2444 – 6
11 GM Fedorowicz John Peter USA 2363 – 6
12 IM Migot Tangi FRA 2345 – 6
13 FM Stevens Christian CAN 2241 – 6
14 FM Zhu Hong Rui CAN 2229 – 6
15 NM Latorre Vincent CAN 2192 – 6
16 IM Lawson Eric CAN 2190 – 6
17 FM Xu Daniel CAN 2187 – 6
18 CM Yang Jingyun (Ryan) CAN 2145 – 6
19 NM Batorshyn Ilia CAN 2116 – 6
20 FM Zomorrodian Eilia CAN 2115 – 6
21 GM Sambuev Bator CAN 2448 – 5.5
22 GM Tarjan James E. USA 2295 – 5.5
23 CM Jaferian Koosha CAN 2238 – 5.5
24 FM Le Goff Ronan FRA 2218 – 5.5
25 NM Adam Rafael CAN 2161 – 5.5
26 Sarja Sriram IND 2138 – 5.5
27 IM Duong Thanh Nha CAN 2136 – 5.5
28 CM Kalinin Dzmitry CAN 2118 – 5.5
29 Wang Derek CAN 2078 – 5.5
30 CM Guillemette Hugo CAN 2071 – 5.5
31 Genzling Jérôme FRA 2005 – 5.5
32 Lalonde Olivier CAN 2002 – 5.5
33 Chen Yidong CHN 1970 – 5.5
34 Rousskikh Maxim CAN 1916 – 5.5
35 GM Vera Reynaldo CUB 2353 – 5
36 Bourgois Bastien FRA 2146 – 5
37 NM Masse Hugues CAN 2082 – 5
38 CM Kot Emanuel CAN 2040 – 5
39 Kapra Jerjis CAN 2010 – 5
40 Singh Dhaliwal Jaipreet CAN 2005 – 5
41 Gelet Seymour CAN 1980 – 5
42 Marchand Calix CAN 1979 – 5
43 Berube Maximilien CAN 1950 – 5
44 Mok Yuen Tak CAN 1921 – 5
45 Tan Brendan CAN 1902 – 5
46 Aljo Johan CAN 1900 – 5
47 Yang Henry CAN 1890 – 5
48 St-Germain Jack CAN 1889 – 5
49 Douglas Richard CAN 1863 – 5
50 Liu Sean CAN 1752 – 5
51 Qin Kaiqi CAN 1687 – 5
52 CM Lin Leo CAN 2196 – 4.5
53 Le Pen Steven FRA 2101 – 4.5
54 Starr Sasha CAN 1990 – 4.5
55 Merrigan Daley CAN 1987 – 4.5
56 NM Luksza Arkadiusz CAN 1984 – 4.5
57 Gagnon Gabriel CAN 1940 – 4.5
58 Hoekman Samuel CAN 1931 – 4.5
59 Ivanchuk Serghii UKR 1917 – 4.5
60 WFM Li Yi Lin CAN 1915 – 4.5
61 Leong Aiden CAN 1909 – 4.5
62 Chapdelaine Gwyn CAN 1906 – 4.5
63 Offengenden Ron CAN 1894 – 4.5
64 Heran-Boily Samuel NOR 1890 – 4.5
65 Li Adam CAN 1886 – 4.5
66 Steinberg Ellis CAN 1885 – 4.5
67 Zhang Brian CAN 1881 – 4.5
68 Chen Richard CAN 1870 – 4.5
69 Jiang Barron Jiyu CAN 1870 – 4.5
70 Zhao Jifan CAN 1857 – 4.5
71 Wang Andy Zixin CAN 1840 – 4.5
72 Jiang Hanxi (Hancy) CAN 1789 – 4.5
73 Mok Erwin Jun-Han CAN 1757 – 4.5
74 WIM Starr Nava CAN 2116 – 4
75 CM Saha Ananda CAN 2098 – 4
76 Desforges Jean CAN 2054 – 4
77 Filipovich David CAN 1950 – 4
78 Chipanga Takaedza ZIM 1940 – 4
79 Tastet Florian FRA 1933 – 4
80 Gao Heye CAN 1926 – 4
81 Loadman Ian CAN 1894 – 4
82 Maulucci Anthony CAN 1855 – 4
83 Zeggelaar Mike CAN 1855 – 4
84 Yin Zeming CAN 1832 – 4
85 Pollitt Henry CAN 1807 – 4
86 Xu Joey CAN 1793 – 4
87 Harms Reece CAN 1787 – 4
88 Koo Minjun CAN 1781 – 4
89 Koop Alison CAN 1683 – 4
90 Malakhovets Sergey CAN 1981 – 3.5
91 Turcotte Jonathan CAN 1956 – 3.5
92 Nassar Marc CAN 1936 – 3.5
93 Wilkin Alain CAN 1927 – 3.5
94 Ber Yves FRA 1920 – 3.5
95 Nassif Aba USA 1881 – 3.5
96 Giroux Robert CAN 1850 – 3.5
97 WCM Zhang Michelle CAN 1847 – 3.5
98 Tran Tri CAN 1844 – 3.5
99 Pottinger Carl CAN 1809 – 3.5
100 Ramesan Raunak Amit CAN 1772 – 3.5
101 Russell Wesley CAN 1754 – 3.5
102 Murali Dhruv CAN 1702 – 3.5
103 Venkatesh Atharv IND 1602 – 3.5
104 Lippai Michael CAN 1365 – 3.5
105 Chen Jianqiu CAN 2036 – 3
106 Morin Richer CAN 1893 – 3
107 Neacsu Catalin CAN 1870 – 3
108 Gauthier Denis CAN 1743 – 3
109 Filion Samuel CAN 1729 – 3
110 Le Pen Michel FRA 1697 – 3
111 Chertkow Matthew CAN 1694 – 3
112 Yang Nathan Yi-Hsin CAN 1686 – 3
113 Fillmore Louis CAN 1596 – 3
114 Li Anthony Zongyue CAN 1568 – 3
115 Scrieciu Cristian CAN 1554 – 3
116 Penney Michael CAN 2027 – 2.5
117 Zhang Chu Hang CAN 2026 – 2.5
118 Ghnatios Ralph LBN 1880 – 2.5
119 Hu Raymond CAN 1733 – 2.5
120 Pickard Ryan CAN 1721 – 2.5
121 Radic Dejan CAN 1687 – 2.5
122 Trenholm Daniel CAN 1665 – 2.5
123 Crete Mathys CAN 1870 – 2
124 Dhaliwal Jatinder CAN 1377 – 2
125 Coates Cameron CAN 1370 – 2
126 Yessim Sagit CAN 0 – 2
127 Bouchard Jean-Marc CAN 1849 – 1.5
128 Lu Aiden Hao-Ting CAN 1670 – 1
129 Hanlon Gino CAN 1367 – 1
