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IM Nikolay Noritsyn and WIM Li Yunshan are Canadian Chess Champions

The Canadian Chess Championship 2025 and the Canadian Women’s Chess Championship 2025 were held simultaneously from April 17–22 in Toronto, Ontario. IM Nikolay Noritsyn and WIM Li Yunshan have been crowned the 2025 Canadian Chess Champions. This is the third title for Nikolay Noritsyn and the first national title for Li Yunshan.

Next event for Li Yushan: American Continental Women Chess Championship 2025

Here are the full standings of the Canadian Championships. The winner and runner up receive additional points for qualification to the Canadian team for the 2026 Chess Olympiad.

Canada Chess Championship final standings


1 IM Noritsyn, Nikolay CAN 2450 7.5
2 GM Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn CAN 2505 7
3 GM Preotu, Razvan CAN 2470 6.5
4 IM Kaufman, Raymond CAN 2216 6.5
5 FM Yang, Jingyun (Ryan) CAN 2350 6
6 IM Mendes, Aaron Reeve CAN 2335 6
7 FM Song, Ethan CAN 2291 6
8 GM Sambuev, Bator CAN 2429 5.5
9 IM Plotkin, Mark CAN 2349 5.5
10 CM Kalinin, Dzmitry CAN 2119 5.5
11 CM Kot, Emanuel CAN 2103 5.5
12 FM Ng, Gary CAN 2210 5.5
13 CM Jaferian, Koosha CAN 2293 5.5
14 IM Cummings, David H. CAN 2257 5
15 IM Atanasov, Anthony CAN 2413 5
16 Joseph Benher, Savio CAN 2108 5
17 IM Ivanov, Mike CAN 2402 5
18 NM Singh Dhaliwal, Jaipreet CAN 2109 5
19 IM Duong, Thanh Nha CAN 2182 5
20 Xu, Leon CAN 1969 5
21 NM Gavrilin, Roman CAN 2170 5
22 CM Moses, Neil CAN 2148 4.5
23 FM Keleberda, Tymur CAN 2325 4.5
24 CM Lin, Leo CAN 2119 4.5
25 IM Barron, Michael CAN 2062 4.5
26 NM Marchand, Calix CAN 2104 4.5
27 Lu, Eddie CAN 1889 4.5
28 Zhang, Daniel CAN 1909 4.5
29 Wang, Dongkai Harry CAN 2181 4
30 Liu, Sean Fangxiao CAN 1937 4
31 FM Zhong, Ryan Yunhui CAN 2078 4
32 Tan, Brendan CAN 1960 4
33 Trofimov-Malyshkin, Valent UKR 1982 4
34 CM Lu, Tony CAN 1999 4
35 Wu, Nathan Ping-Ying CAN 2083 4
36 Zhang, Brian CAN 1951 3.5
37 Windram, James CAN 1953 3.5
38 Bao, Tony Bohan CAN 1979 3.5
39 Yang, Larry CAN 1937 3.5
40 Darvekar, Yash CAN 2024 3.5
41 FM Teodoro, Eduardo CAN 2350 3.5
42 Gao, Heye CAN 2003 3.5
43 Blair, Michael CAN 1840 3.5
44 Joseph, Jonath CAN 2034 3.5
45 Mutyalapati, Modith Aaroh CAN 1985 3
46 Mok, Yuen Tak CAN 1948 3
47 Wang, Nathan Zian CAN 1977 3
48 Cheng, Adrien CAN 1801 3
49 Malakhovets, Sergey CAN 1969 3
50 NM Siddeley, Hugh CAN 1923 2.5
51 Kola, Venkat Karthikeya Reddy CAN 1940 2.5
52 Li, Adam CAN 1960 2.5
53 Zhao, Jifan CAN 1890 2.5
54 Hoekman, Samuel CAN 1994 2.5
55 Malakar, Saarthak CAN 1930 2

Canada Women Chess Championship final standings


1 WIM Li, Yunshan CAN 2233 7
2 WIM Demchenko, Svitlana CAN 2130 7
3 WFM Mills, Morgen CAN 2013 7
4 WCM Qian, Ashley CAN 1943 6.5
5 WCM Ruchinskaya, Valerie CAN 1880 6.5
6 WFM Deepak, Laksshana CAN 1854 6.5
7 Dela Torre, Marife CAN 1789 6
8 WFM Golubeva, Oksana CAN 2132 6
9 WFM Qiao, Cindy CAN 1896 6
10 WCM Zhang, Michelle CAN 1793 5.5
11 WCM Kucherenko, Olena UKR 2049 5.5
12 Fu, Ashley CAN 1535 5.5
13 WCM Xie, Irene CAN 1949 5
14 WCM Fiset, Anais Chloe CAN 1808 5
15 Roque, Alexa CAN 1610 5
16 Koop, Alison Emily CAN 1633 4.5
17 Wang, Angela CAN 1551 4.5
18 Jiang, Hanxi (Hancy) CAN 1971 4.5
19 WIM Starr, Nava CAN 2048 4.5
20 Butenko, Zlata CAN 1764 4.5
21 Yancey, Alice CAN 1690 4.5
22 Poorna Prakash, Roshini CAN 1748 4.5
23 Chen, Shuang CAN 1723 4.5
24 WCM Zhou, Lily CAN 1765 4.5
25 Li, Alyssa Zhuojing CAN 0 4.5
26 Xiao, Stephanie CAN 1405 4.5
27 Kamath, Nikita CAN 1607 4.5
28 Guan, Marie Zijun CAN 1549 4
29 Wangluo, Joanne CAN 1541 4
30 Cloutier, Annabelle CAN 0 3.5
31 Sreekumar, Gauri CAN 1674 3.5
32 Guan, Isabelle CAN 1454 3.5
33 Yuan, Arianna CAN 0 3.5
34 Malaviya, Bhakti CAN 0 3.5
35 Dolderman, Clara CAN 1474 3
36 Sreekumar, Gayathri CAN 1485 3
37 Auger, Anastasia CAN 0 3
38 Abbarin, Shabnam CAN 1579 3
39 Hitchlock, Veronica CAN 1644 3
40 Geillon-Barral, Roween CAN 1448 3
41 Cabrera, Jennie CAN 1885 3
42 Divadalage, Sanya CAN 0 3
43 Yeung, Marissa CAN 0 2.5
44 Manikandan Reddia Gowder, Kavira CAN 0 2
45 Sherwood, Noelle CAN 0 2