

2017 Canadian Youth Chess Championship ended today in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
The CYCC is a 7-round tournament in Open and Girls sections for the U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18 Canadian Championships. This year it was held at Sault College in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, July 6-10, 2017.
260 players entered from across Canada.
Two players won with perfect scores:
The top three (plus ties) for each section are listed below. Games, photos and more to follow.
| U8 Girls (11 players) | |||||||||||||
| # | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Tot | TBrk[O] | TBrk[M] | TBrk[T] |
| 1 | Lucy Gao | 1167 | W5 | D4 | W10 | W3 | W2 | W8 | W6 | 6.5 | 113 | 24.5 | 3 |
| 2 | Lily Ma | 820 | W6 | W10 | W3 | W4 | L1 | W5 | W8 | 6 | 113 | 25 | 4 |
| 3 | Jin Rong (Winnie) Zhuang | 1082 | W7 | W8 | L2 | L1 | W4 | W9 | W5 | 5 | 118 | 26 | 3 |
| U10 Girls (17 players) | |||||||||||||
| # | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Tot | TBrk[O] | TBrk[M] | TBrk[T] |
| 1 | Kate Jiang | 875 | W2 | W8 | W11 | W3 | D4 | W5 | L6 | 5.5 | 126.5 | 28 | 4 |
| 2 | Michelle Hua | 1461 | L1 | D5 | W14 | W10 | W11 | W3 | W4 | 5.5 | 124 | 26 | 4 |
| 3 | Dania Surya | 918 | W14 | W10 | W4 | L1 | W7 | L2 | W8 | 5 | 121 | 27 | 3 |
| U12 Girls (10 players) | |||||||||||||
| # | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Tot | TBrk[O] | TBrk[M] | TBrk[T] |
| 1 | Mysha Gilani | 1484 | W9 | W5 | D2 | D3 | D4 | W6 | W7 | 5.5 | 107 | 26.5 | 4 |
| 2 | Julia Tsukerman | 1371 | W4 | W7 | D1 | W6 | D3 | D5 | W10 | 5.5 | 102 | 26.5 | 3 |
| 3 | Isamel Shen | 1538 | W7 | W6 | L4 | D1 | D2 | W10 | W8 | 5 | 102.5 | 25 | 4 |
| U14 Girls (7 players, run as RR) | |||||||||||||
| # | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Tot | TBrk[R] | TBrk[K] | |
| 1 | Svitlana Demchenko | 2224 | W7 | W4 | U--- | W5 | W2 | W3 | W6 | 6 | 18 | 3 | |
| 2 | Kylie Tan | 1626 | W3 | W6 | W7 | D4 | L1 | D5 | U--- | 4 | 10 | 1.5 | |
| 3 | Sasha Chertkow | 1232 | L2 | U--- | W6 | W7 | W4 | L1 | W5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | |
| U18 - U16 Girls (10 players) | |||||||||||||
| # | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Tot | TBrk[O] | TBrk[M] | TBrk[T] |
| 1 | Ellen Tao 16 | 1490 | W8 | W3 | L4 | D2 | W10 | W5 | W6 | 5.5 | 104 | 25.5 | 4 |
| 2 | Jiaying Wang | unr. | D4 | W10 | W5 | D1 | W3 | D6 | W7 | 5.5 | 103.5 | 26.5 | 3 |
| 3 | Andrea Botez 16 | 1887 | W7 | L1 | W6 | W4 | L2 | W8 | W9 | 5 | 103 | 24.5 | 3 |
| 4 | Khrystyna Borysenko 16 | 1437 | D2 | W7 | W1 | L3 | D6 | W9 | W8 | 5 | 103 | 24.5 | 3 |
| 5 | Agniya Pobereshnikova | 1579 | W9 | D6 | L2 | W7 | W8 | L1 | W10 | 4.5 | 84 | 20.5 | 4 |
| 6 | Rachel Tao | 1682 | W10 | D5 | L3 | W9 | D4 | D2 | L1 | 3.5 | 103.5 | 21 | 3 |
| 7 | Pepi Eirew 16 | 1078 | L3 | L4 | W8 | L5 | W9 | W10 | L2 | 3 | 92.5 | 17.5 | 4 |
| 8 | Daphnee Veilleux-Michaud 16 | unr. | L1 | W9 | L7 | W10 | L5 | L3 | L4 | 2 | 92 | 18.5 | 4 |
| 9 | Lisette Barrette | unr. | L5 | L8 | W10 | L6 | L7 | L4 | L3 | 1 | 92.5 | 18 | 4 |
| 10 | Mackenzie Belanger | 643 | L6 | L2 | L9 | L8 | L1 | L7 | L5 | 0 | 102 | 19.5 | 3 |
| U8 Open (29 entries, one no-show) | |||||||||||||
| # | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Tot | TBrk[O] | TBrk[M] | TBrk[T] |
| 1 | Johnathan Han | 869 | W21 | W4 | W7 | W2 | L3 | W14 | W9 | 6 | 138 | 28.5 | 3 |
| 2 | Anand Rishi Chandra | 1711 | W17 | W5 | W10 | L1 | W8 | W3 | W7 | 6 | 136 | 29 | 3 |
| 3 | Ryan Yang | 1267 | W19 | W14 | W16 | W9 | W1 | L2 | W4 | 6 | 135 | 28 | 4 |
| U10 Open (54 players) | |||||||||||||
| # | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Tot | TBrk[O] | TBrk[M] | TBrk[T] |
| 1 | Kevin Zhong | 1810 | W21 | W20 | W3 | D2 | W10 | D5 | W4 | 6 | 148 | 30.5 | 4 |
| 2 | Max Chen | 1974 | W45 | W22 | W13 | D1 | W11 | D4 | W6 | 6 | 135.5 | 29 | 3 |
| 3 | Andrii Borysenko | 1425 | W42 | W36 | L1 | W33 | W31 | W15 | W5 | 6 | 124.5 | 24.5 | 4 |
| U12 Open (46 players) | |||||||||||||
| # | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Tot | TBrk[O] | TBrk[M] | TBrk[T] |
| 1 | Patrick Huang | 2003 | W23 | W19 | W16 | W8 | W2 | W7 | W9 | 7 | 134 | 27 | 3 |
| 2 | Max Rusonik | 1846 | W29 | W21 | W5 | W6 | L1 | D4 | W14 | 5.5 | 139.5 | 31 | 4 |
| 3 | Aahil Noorali | 2043 | W30 | W18 | W4 | D7 | D5 | D8 | W10 | 5.5 | 136 | 28.5 | 3 |
| 4 | Tony (Dongze) Wu | 1734 | W36 | W20 | L3 | W17 | W14 | D2 | W7 | 5.5 | 133.5 | 27.5 | 4 |
| 5 | Tyler Tanaka | 2085 | W26 | W15 | L2 | W24 | D3 | W12 | W8 | 5.5 | 131.5 | 27.5 | 4 |
| U14 Open (39 players) | |||||||||||||
| # | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Tot | TBrk[O] | TBrk[M] | TBrk[T] |
| 1 | Rohan Talukdar | 2265 | W16 | W5 | D4 | W8 | D2 | W14 | W6 | 6 | 141 | 29 | 4 |
| 2 | Nicholas Vettese | 2234 | W20 | W11 | W13 | D6 | D1 | W9 | W3 | 6 | 138 | 28.5 | 3 |
| 3 | Eugene Hua | 2358 | W23 | W9 | D7 | D10 | W5 | W6 | L2 | 5 | 137 | 29 | 3 |
| 4 | Benito Surya | 1994 | W35 | W18 | D1 | L7 | D10 | W12 | W16 | 5 | 123 | 27 | 3 |
| 5 | Richard Feng | 1866 | W36 | L1 | W23 | W19 | L3 | W17 | W14 | 5 | 116.5 | 26 | 4 |
| U16 Open (20 players) | |||||||||||||
| # | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Tot | TBrk[O] | TBrk[M] | TBrk[T] |
| 1 | Richard Chen | 2330 | W12 | W4 | W2 | D6 | D3 | W9 | W5 | 6 | 127 | 27 | 3 |
| 2 | Hairan Liang | 2186 | W18 | W9 | L1 | W5 | W10 | W3 | W7 | 6 | 125 | 26 | 4 |
| 3 | Joshua Doknjas | 2197 | W13 | W11 | D5 | W7 | D1 | L2 | W6 | 5 | 130.5 | 27.5 | |
| U18 Open (17 players) | |||||||||||||
| # | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Tot | TBrk[O] | TBrk[M] | TBrk[T] |
| 1 | John Doknjas | 2281 | W10 | D4 | D2 | D6 | W7 | W3 | W8 | 5.5 | 125 | 26.5 | 3 |
| 2 | Diwen Shi | 2278 | W15 | D7 | D1 | W12 | D5 | W4 | D3 | 5 | 125.5 | 26.5 | 4 |
| 3 | Joey Zhong | 2156 | W9 | W13 | W6 | W7 | D4 | L1 | D2 | 5 | 121.5 | 27 | 3 |