Newfoundland and Labrador Open Championship 2025 Results

Here are the top finishers from the NL Open 2025 which ran from October 24-26 (complete final standings are further below). 

Prizes:

1st Place: Daley Merrigan - 5/5

2nd Place: Florin Popescu - 4.5/5

3rd Place: Ryan Pickard, Luke Stuart, Vimal Simha, Steve Martin - 3.5/5

Top Junior: Luke Pittman, Moon Nguyen, John David Farrell - 3/5

Top U1600: Maya Kemaoglu, Tanav Sharma, Rensel Matthew Bacuyag - 2.5/5

Congratulations to the NL Open 2025 champ, Daley Merrigan, who scored 5/5. The final round versus Ryan was the last game of the event and a nail biter. Very good fighting, Ryan!

Congrats to the rest of the winners also!

I hope everyone enjoyed playing. 

Thanks so much to Andrew Boyd (andrewrandyboyd@gmail.com) for designing the posters for our event nlchess.ca/events/nlopen2025/ and creating an event listing to promote the event. Very kind of him and great work!

Thanks also to PropertyGuys.com for sponsoring the event with a large supply of refreshments and providing gift cards as prizes which were awarded to random participants before the final round. Very generous - thank you!

Thanks to everyone who helped with setup and cleanup at MUN.

And thanks to the players for being great sports and giving it your best.