2026 Canadian University Chess Championship – U1800 LIVE

The 2026 Canadian University Chess Championship will take place from January 17 to February 18 in Toronto, Canada. This tournament has 2 categories – Crown and U1800. The U1800 section is a 5-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Canada, check out The North American Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The teams are Brock University – Team A, McGill University – Team C, Queen’s University – Team B, University of Ottawa – Team B, Western University – Team C, Dalhousie University – Team A, University of Waterloo – Team D, Western University – Team B, Wilfrid Laurier University – Team A, McGill University – Team B, Carleton University – Team B, University of Toronto – Team D, Redeemer University – Team A, Queen’s University – Team D, University of Waterloo – Team E, University of Manitoba – Team B, Concordia University – Team B, McMaster University – Team C, Toronto Metropolitan University – Team B, University of Ottawa – Team C, Queen’s University – Team C, York University – Team B, Carleton University – Team C, Université Laval – Team C, University of Toronto – Team E, Toronto Metropolitan University – Team D, UQAM – Team A, McMaster University – Team D, Wilfrid Laurier University – Team B, Western University – Team D, Toronto Metropolitan University – Team C, Université Laval – Team B, Dalhousie University – Team B, Redeemer University – Team B, Toronto Metropolitan University – Team E, University of Ottawa – Team D, University of Ottawa – Team E, Western University – Team E, Cégep de Sainte-Foy – Team A, McMaster University – Team E, Redeemer University – Team C, Carleton University – Team E, Carleton University – Team D. Scroll down for the full team participants list.

Categories: Crown
More events from Canada: Canada Closed Chess Championship 2025 / Canada Women Chess Championship 2025

2026 Canadian University Chess Championship – U1800 Participants

1. Brock University – Team A (RtgAvg:1790 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 1) Captain: Ethan Engel
Bo.	Name
1	Ming, Wenyang
2	Engel, Ethan
3	Lafferty, Alex
4	Gibson, Joshua
5	Sherwood, Noelle
2. McGill University – Team C (RtgAvg:1788 / TB1: 3 / TB2: 2) Captain: Jason Qi
Bo.	Name
1	Qi, Jason
2	Liao, Minyan
3	Vlasov, Alexander
4	Bosnjak, David
3. Queen’s University – Team B (RtgAvg:1778 / TB1: 3 / TB2: 2) Captain: Jack Fergusson
Bo.	Name
1	Fergusson, Jack
2	Qiao, Joey
3	Williams, Saqiv
4	Liu, David
4. University of Ottawa – Team B (RtgAvg:1774 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 1) Captain: Brian Batchelar
Bo.	Name
1	Mullur, Neerav
2	Lagace, Tyler
3	Jain, Ankita
4	Batchelar, Brian
5	Marcelin, Gregory
5. Western University – Team C (RtgAvg:1760 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 1) Captain: Raymond Tang
Bo.	Name
1	Ramirez, Emilio
2	Angel, Borys
3	Tang, Raymond
4	Meinen, Barrett
5	Yu, Ryan
6. Dalhousie University – Team A (RtgAvg:1753 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 1) Captain: Rikuto Nakayasu
Bo.	Name
1	Bashiri, Sajjad
2	Nakayasu, Rikuto
3	Dehghanizadeh, Ehsan
4	Ahn, Hwiseong
5	Khaminov, Mikhail
7. University of Waterloo – Team D (RtgAvg:1746 / TB1: 4 / TB2: 2) Captain: Rachel Spanglet
Bo.	Name
1	Yang, Allen
2	Liu, Harrison (Hangchen)
3	Spanglet, Rachel
4	Nguyen, Tuong Luc
5	Shah, Jay
8. Western University – Team B (RtgAvg:1741 / TB1: 3,5 / TB2: 2) Captain: Arthur Schneider Terra
Bo.	Name
1	Luu, Tran Nguyen Khoi
2	Schneider Terra, Arthur
3	Saini, Jaspreet Singh
4	Ng, Nicholas
5	Shrestha, Hardik
9. Wilfrid Laurier University – Team A (RtgAvg:1716 / TB1: 3,5 / TB2: 2) Captain: Bobby Benoit
Bo.	Name
1	Benoit, Bobby
2	Wu, Frank
3	Ruan, Cody
4	Balachandran, Kousihan
10. McGill University – Team B (RtgAvg:1745 / TB1: 2,5 / TB2: 2) Captain: Jerome Genzling
Bo.	Name
1	Madanchi, Ata
2	Stoica, Savas Marin
3	Radhakrishna, Simon
4	Humbert, Jules
11. Carleton University – Team B (RtgAvg:1695 / TB1: 1 / TB2: 0) Captain: Anuj Radia
Bo.	Name
1	Radia, Anuj
2	Jung, Matthew
3	Lays, Nathaniel
4	Currie, Sophia
12. University of Toronto – Team D (RtgAvg:1690 / TB1: 3 / TB2: 2) Captain: Samuel Zheng
Bo.	Name
1	Krukowski, Roman
2	Lin, Ryder
3	Li, Mark
4	Zheng, Samuel
13. Redeemer University – Team A (RtgAvg:1648 / TB1: 4 / TB2: 2) Captain: Ezra Chu
Bo.	Name
1	Da Costa, Benjamin
2	Sumner, Micah
3	Fagundes, Jacob
4	Chu, Ezra
14. Queen’s University – Team D (RtgAvg:1568 / TB1: 3,5 / TB2: 2) Captain: Haowen Yan
Bo.	Name
1	Pundsack, Eric
2	Yan, Haowen
3	Zou, Selena
4	Xu, Andy
15. University of Waterloo – Team E (RtgAvg:1578 / TB1: 3 / TB2: 2) Captain: Jackie Hao
Bo.	Name
1	Hao, Jackie
2	Chahin, Jad
3	Sun, Max
4	Chen, Yuhong
5	Sangha, Anhad
16. University of Manitoba – Team B (RtgAvg:1577 / TB1: 3 / TB2: 2) Captain: Abdul Moeez
Bo.	Name
1	Moeez, Abdul
2	Pilon, Spenser
3	Mengesha, Kallab
4	Baer, Sylvester
17. Concordia University – Team B (RtgAvg:1570 / TB1: 1 / TB2: 0) Captain: Meadow MacNeil
Bo.	Name
1	Morteza, Arian
2	Twitchell, Solomon
3	Huynh, Tan Phuoc
4	MacNeil, Meadow
5	Mcconnell, Cameron
18. McMaster University – Team C (RtgAvg:1533 / TB1: 4 / TB2: 2) Captain: Jonathan Rahman
Bo.	Name
1	Rahman, Jonathan
2	Ge, Chenhao
3	Xie, Daniel
4	Azurunwa, Chidubem
19. Toronto Metropolitan University – Team B (RtgAvg:1559 / TB1: 2,5 / TB2: 2) Captain: Jordan Chong
Bo.	Name
1	Stevenson, Mark
2	Chong, Jordan
3	Ton, Peter
4	Kalsi, Gursimar
20. University of Ottawa – Team C (RtgAvg:1531 / TB1: 3,5 / TB2: 2) Captain: Anastasia Auger
Bo.	Name
1	Auger, Anastasia
2	Sider, Aaron
3	Smith, William
4	Cole, Aiden
5	Boddy, Victor
21. Queen’s University – Team C (RtgAvg:1526 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 1) Captain: Burak Kuyumcu
Bo.	Name
1	Kuyumcu, Burak
2	Rabeau, Mack
3	Mohamed, Amr
4	Hemmerick, Alex
22. York University – Team B (RtgAvg:1483 / TB1: 1 / TB2: 0) Captain: Gurnoor Singh
Bo.	Name
1	Singh, Gurnoor
2	Sheikh, Aadam
3	Tatla, Pratap
4	Lisikh, Elias
5	Chowdhury, Shahadath
23. Carleton University – Team C (RtgAvg:1499 / TB1: 1 / TB2: 0) Captain: Sophia Currie
Bo.	Name
1	Gilchrist, Finn
2	Rayment, Samuel
3	Liu, Connor
4	Stanko, Davis
24. Université Laval – Team C (RtgAvg:1458 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 1) Captain: Thomas Léonard
Bo.	Name
1	Fakoua, Khalil
2	Leonard, Thomas
3	Petitclerc, Samuel
4	Lamnini, Youness
25. University of Toronto – Team E (RtgAvg:1476 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 1) Captain: Yukuan Zou
Bo.	Name
1	Zou, Yukuan
2	Lam, Eric
3	Datta, Rohan
4	Ren, Leon
26. Toronto Metropolitan University – Team D (RtgAvg:1428 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 1) Captain: Sulaiman Nadeem Khan
Bo.	Name
1	Khan, Sulaiman
2	Sumbli, Easshan
3	Tahir, Ayaan
4	Gnanam, Ashwin
27. UQAM – Team A (RtgAvg:1431 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Lucas Villeneuve
Bo.	Name
1	Villeneuve, Lucas
2	Chabibi, Nawfal
3	Luissier Maclean, Jean-Alexandre
4	Benzadi, Amyl
28. McMaster University – Team D (RtgAvg:1431 / TB1: 0,5 / TB2: 0) Captain: Alex Alam
Bo.	Name
1	Ye, Jeffrey
2	Alam, Alex
3	Nigdikar, Ashutosh
4	Boadway, Peter
29. Wilfrid Laurier University – Team B (RtgAvg:1460 / TB1: 1,5 / TB2: 0) Captain: Robert Pevec
Bo.	Name
1	Singh, Diljot
2	Verma, Anmol
3	Pevec, Robert
4	Cox, Asha
30. Western University – Team D (RtgAvg:1452 / TB1: 0,5 / TB2: 0) Captain: Oliver Gonneau
Bo.	Name
1	Lin, Angela
2	Padania, Ahad
3	Pierre Miranda, Henrique
4	Gonneau, Oliver
31. Toronto Metropolitan University – Team C (RtgAvg:1442 / TB1: 3 / TB2: 2) Captain: Anish Ahuja
Bo.	Name
1	Ahuja, Anish
2	Mirza, Mustafa
3	Stahmer, Alexander
4	Memon, Umar
32. Université Laval – Team B (RtgAvg:1411 / TB1: 1 / TB2: 0) Captain: Hugo Pascal
Bo.	Name
1	Pascal, Hugo
2	Moisan, Pierre-Philippe
3	Arel, Corail
4	Rivard, Adele
33. Dalhousie University – Team B (RtgAvg:1435 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 1) Captain: Rikuto Nakayasu
Bo.	Name
1	Robinson, Brayden
2	Gao, Jiarui
3	Wyers, Jasper
4	Khaminov, Damian
34. Redeemer University – Team B (RtgAvg:1420 / TB1: 0,5 / TB2: 0) Captain: Diego Rivas
Bo.	Name
1	Rivas, Diego
2	Walessa, Daniel
3	Dehaan, Ian
4	Glenney, Holly
35. Toronto Metropolitan University – Team E (RtgAvg:1416 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Hassan Qureshi
Bo.	Name
1	Qureshi, Hassan
2	Ghorayeb, Mickael
3	Satkurunathan, Lakshan
4	Saini, Kunwardeep
36. University of Ottawa – Team D (RtgAvg:1408 / TB1: 1 / TB2: 0) Captain: Adam Sirota
Bo.	Name
1	Sirota, Adam
2	Mohammed, Shaqib
3	Barnabas, Josh
4	Lawrence, Josh
37. University of Ottawa – Team E (RtgAvg:1400 / TB1: 1 / TB2: 0) Captain: John Boby Mesadieu
Bo.	Name
1	Mesadieu, John Boby
2	Hande, Arjun
3	Strub, Alexandre
4	Yousif, Yousif
5	Chopra, Aryan
38. Western University – Team E (RtgAvg:1382 / TB1: 3 / TB2: 2) Captain: Edward Dong
Bo.	Name
1	Lam, Matthew
2	Mcdonald, Cole
3	Shi, Stephen
4	Dong, Edward
39. Cégep de Sainte-Foy – Team A (RtgAvg:1400 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 1) Captain: Rémi Lapierre
Bo.	Name
1	Florentino Placido, Andrew
2	Déry, Maxime
3	Lapierre, Rémi
4	Dardour, Chedi
40. McMaster University – Team E (RtgAvg:1400 / TB1: 1,5 / TB2: 0) Captain: Allen Akrawi
Bo.	Name
1	Akrawi, Allen
2	Sim, Jonathan
3	Mehmood, Hasim
4	Li, Kevin
5	Trieu, Jessica
41. Redeemer University – Team C (RtgAvg:1400 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Mitchell Glenney
Bo.	Name
1	Van Leeuwen, Thomas
2	Glenney, Mitchell
3	Okechukwu, Ifeanyi
42. Carleton University – Team E (RtgAvg:1400 / TB1: 0,5 / TB2: 0) Captain: Samuel Moir
Bo.	Name
1	Moir, Samuel
2	Pham, Jesthan
3	Ohangbon, Esosa
4	Van Loon, Dana
5	Abulaila, Banan
43. Carleton University – Team D (RtgAvg:1400 / TB1: 2,5 / TB2: 2) Captain: Leon Xing
Bo.	Name
1	Xing, Leon
2	Igban, Bemi
3	Fu, Ryan
4	Huzarski, Nicholas