Newfoundland and Labrador Open Championship 2025
October 24th, 2025
MUN Engineering Building (SJ Carew Building) Room EN4000
Prince Philip Drive, St. John’s
Organizer: Steve Martin
Congratulations to NL Open Champion 2025, Daley Merrigan, who had an awesome performance and scored a perfect 5/5!
Well done to all participants. See additional prize winners at https://nlchess.ca/newfoundland-and-labrador-open-championship-2025-results
And full crosstable below the picture.
| # | Player | Score | r1 | r2 | r3 | r4 | r5 | Old | Perf | New |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merrigan, Daley | 5 | +21 | +11 | +9 | +7 | +3 | 2091 | 2211 | 2145 |
| 2 | Popescu, Florin | 4.5 | +26 | =5 | +11 | +4 | +7 | 1861 | 2196 | 2029 |
| 3 | Pickard, Ryan | 3.5 | +16 | =4 | +17 | +9 | -1 | 1868 | 2004 | 1896 |
| 4 | Stuart, Luke | 3.5 | +24 | =3 | +6 | -2 | +15 | 0 | 1996 | 1996 |
| 5 | Simha, Vimal | 3.5 | +22 | =2 | -7 | +8 | +10 | 2141 | 1965 | 2117 |
| 6 | Martin, Steve | 3.5 | +14 | =8 | -4 | +22 | +12 | 1930 | 1860 | 1920 |
| 7 | Nguyen, Bao (Moon) | 3 | +27 | +18 | +5 | -1 | -2 | 1899 | 1957 | 1934 |
| 8 | Pittman, Luke | 3 | +23 | =6 | =0 | -5 | +19 | 1642 | 1920 | 1701 |
| 9 | Jayabalasingham, Thirojan | 3 | +13 | +10 | -1 | -3 | +17 | 1963 | 1879 | 1921 |
| 10 | Farrell, John David | 3 | +28 | -9 | +23 | +19 | -5 | 1800 | 1782 | 1802 |
| 11 | Kemaoglu, Muharrem | 2.5 | +12 | -1 | -2 | =23 | +22 | 1829 | 1785 | 1820 |
| 12 | Bacuyag, Rensel Matthew | 2.5 | -11 | +21 | +18 | =0 | -6 | 1538 | 1744 | 1574 |
| 13 | Kemaoglu, Guzel Maya | 2.5 | -9 | -23 | +21 | +27 | =18 | 1593 | 1642 | 1601 |
| 14 | Coates, Cameron | 2.5 | -6 | =16 | +25 | -15 | +24 | 1629 | 1638 | 1651 |
| 15 | ORielly, Cameron | 2.5 | =17 | -24 | +28 | +14 | -4 | 1642 | 1635 | 1639 |
| 16 | Sharma, Tanav | 2.5 | -3 | =14 | -22 | +28 | +27 | 1579 | 1583 | 1580 |
| 17 | Parsons, Ben | 2 | =15 | +25 | -3 | =20 | -9 | 0 | 1632 | 1632 |
| 18 | MILLAR, GREGORY | 2 | +19 | -7 | -12 | =24 | =13 | 1621 | 1593 | 1615 |
| 19 | O'Rielly, Keith | 2 | -18 | +27 | +24 | -10 | -8 | 0 | 1587 | 1587 |
| 20 | White, Chris | 2 | =25 | =0 | =0 | =17 | -0 | 1801 | 1481 | 1780 |
| 21 | Williams, Owen | 2 | -1 | -12 | -13 | +25 | +28 | 1596 | 1477 | 1537 |
| 22 | Williams, Jonah | 1.5 | -5 | =26 | +16 | -6 | -11 | 1598 | 1646 | 1599 |
| 23 | Yadav, Vishal | 1.5 | -8 | +13 | -10 | =11 | -0 | 0 | 1631 | 1631 |
| 24 | Kemaoglu, Toprak Deniz | 1.5 | -4 | +15 | -19 | =18 | -14 | 1713 | 1534 | 1675 |
| 25 | Wong, Danny | 1.5 | =20 | -17 | -14 | -21 | +0 | 1330 | 1350 | 1327 |
| 26 | Hawkin, John | 1 | -2 | =22 | =0 | -0 | -0 | 1548 | 1614 | 1549 |
| 27 | Boyd, Andrew | 1 | -7 | -19 | +0 | -13 | -16 | 1587 | 1266 | 1501 |
| 28 | Pickard, Michael | 1 | -10 | +0 | -15 | -16 | -21 | 1231 | 1239 | 1220 |