Canadian Chess Challenge / Défi Échiquéen National
Champions
2025Ottawa, ON
Grade 1 Elliot SHARESTAN QC
Grade 2 Anagh SAHNI ON
Grade 3 Goldy VU PE
Grade 4 Raunak Amit RAMESAN QC
Grade 5 Shabd DEMBLA ON
Grade 6 Elber ZHU ON
Grade 7 Heye GAO ON
Grade 8 Hugo GUILLEMETTE QC
Grade 9 Irene XIE ON
Grade 10 Leo LIN SK
Grade 11 Noah Nathaniel YUEN ON
Grade 12 Max CHEN ON
2024Moncton, NB
Grade 1 Gabriel LUCA QC
Grade 2 Sarvesh SARAVANAN ON
Grade 3 Adithya SEKARAN ON
Grade 4 Christopher SAILLANT QC
Grade 5 Michelle ZHANG NS
Grade 6 Calix MARCHAND NS
Grade 7 Isaac DUANMU ON
Grade 8 Irene XIE ON
Grade 9 Hancy JIANG ON
Grade 10 Aiden LEONG BC
Grade 11 Richard ZENG QC
Grade 12 Nameer ISSANI ON
2023Montréal, QC
Grade 1 Elliot MCCALLUM BC
Grade 2 Raunak Amit RAMESAN QC
Grade 3 Christopher SAILLANT QC
Grade 4 William BI ON
Grade 5 Sarthak DESHPANDE ON
Grade 6 Hugo GUILLEMETTE QC
Grade 7 Jonathan WU AB
Grade 8 Ethan SONG BC
Grade 9 Anand Rishi CHANDRA AB
Grade 10 Martin RIQUELME MB
Grade 11 Nameer ISSANI ON
Grade 12 Tyler TANAKA QC
2022Online
Grade 1 Caleb LANGRIDGE ON
Grade 2 Modith Aaroh MUTYALAPATI ON
Grade 3 Elber ZHU ON
Grade 4 Calix MARCHAND NS
Grade 5 Matthew IVANESCU AB
Grade 6 Jonathan WU AB
Grade 7 Larry YANG ON
Grade 8 Anand Rishi CHANDRA BC
Grade 9 Max CHEN ON
Grade 10 Nameer ISSANI ON
Grade 11 Tyler TANAKA QC
Grade 12 Nicholas VETTESE ON
2021Online
Grade 1 Modith Aaroh MUTYALAPATI ON
Grade 2 Leon GONG BC
Grade 3 Aarush AJITH ON
Grade 4 Hugo GUILLEMETTE QC
Grade 5 Zhou FANG QC
Grade 6 Leo LIN SK
Grade 7 Eric NING ON
Grade 8 Max CHEN ON
Grade 9 Max RUSONIK ON
Grade 10 Maxim RUSSO MB
Grade 11 Shawn RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX QC
Grade 12 Eugene HUA ON
2019Vancouver, BC
Grade 1 Nicholas WU BC
Grade 2 Hugo GUILLEMETTE QC
Grade 3 Vincent CHEN ON
Grade 4 Leo LIN SK
Grade 5 Kevin ZHONG QC
Grade 6 Richard ZHENG QC
Grade 7 Paul WANG AB
Grade 8 Sherry TIAN BC
Grade 9 Andrew HEMPSTAPAT BC
Grade 10 Rohan TALUKDAR ON
Grade 11 William LI ON
Grade 12 Richard CHEN ON
2018St. John's, NL
Grade 1 Jayden QU BC
Grade 2 Yunqi Lucas LIU QC
Grade 3 Ethan SONG BC
Grade 4 Kevin ZHONG QC
Grade 5 Max CHEN ON
Grade 6 Nameer ISSANI ON
Grade 7 Qiuyu HUANG QC
Grade 8 Shawn RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX QC
Grade 9 Eugene HUA ON
Grade 10 Joshua DOKNJAS ON
Grade 11 Ananda SAHA QC
Grade 12 Sam SONG NB
2017Toronto, ON
Grade 1 Richard GUO ON
Grade 2 Greta QU ON
Grade 3 Kevin ZHONG QC
Grade 4 Max CHEN ON
Grade 5 Nameer ISSANI ON
Grade 6 Qiuyu HUANG QC
Grade 7 Shawn RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX QC
Grade 8 Svitlana DEMCHENKO ON
Grade 9 Hairan LIANG ON
Grade 10 Richard CHEN ON
Grade 11 Joseph BELLISSIMO ON
Grade 12 Razvan PREOTU ON
2016Regina, SK
Grade 1 Alex YAN QC
Grade 2 Anthony ATANASOV ON
Grade 3 Max CHEN ON
Grade 4 Nameer ISSANI ON
Grade 5 Qiuyu HUANG QC
Grade 6 Nicholas VETTESE ON
Grade 7 Eugene HUA ON
Grade 8 Maili-Jade OUELLET QC
Grade 9 Richard CHEN ON
Grade 10 Sam SONG NB
Grade 11 Janak AWATRAMANI BC
Grade 12 Jeremy HUI BC
2015Québec, QC
Grade 1 Anthony ATANASOV ON
Grade 2 Richard ZHENG QC
Grade 3 Nameer ISSANI ON
Grade 4 Qiuyu HUANG QC
Grade 5 Nicholas VETESSE ON
Grade 6 Henry ZHANG ON
Grade 7 Theo WOLCHOCK MB
Grade 8 Richard CHEN ON
Grade 9 Sam SONG NB
Grade 10 Razvan PREOTU ON
Grade 11 Adam DORRANCE NS
Grade 12 Zhao Yang LUO QC
2014Winnipeg, MB
Grade 1 Tigran GHAZARIAN ON
Grade 2 Julia KULESHOVA QC
Grade 3 Qiuyu HUANG QC
Grade 4 Nicholas VETTESE ON
Grade 5 Luke PULFER BC
Grade 6 Joshua DOKNJAS BC
Grade 7 Jeffrey XU ON
Grade 8 Qiyu ZHOU ON
Grade 9 Razvan PREOTU ON
Grade 10 Mark PLOTKIN ON
Grade 11 Kevin LI MB
Grade 12 Tanraj SOHAL BC
2013Ottawa, ON
Grade 1 Lucien WU BC
Grade 2 Qiuyu HUANG QC
Grade 3 Nicholas VETTESE ON
Grade 4 Calxin WANG AB
Grade 5 Maili-Jade OUELLET QC
Grade 6 Kevin WANG ON
Grade 7 Qiuyu ZHOU ON
Grade 8 Razvan PREOTU ON
Grade 9 Adam DORRANCE NS
Grade 10 James FU ON
Grade 11 Tanraj SOHAL BC
Grade 12 Nikita KRAIOUCHKINE QC
2012Halifax, NS
Grade 1 Kevin LOW BC
Grade 2 Benjamin LIN ON
Grade 3 William LAI QC
Grade 4 Joshua DOKNJAS BC
Grade 5 Richard CHEN ON
Grade 6 Josepf BELLISSIMO ON
Grade 7 John DOKNJAS BC
Grade 8 Adam DORRANCE NS
Grade 9 Zhao Yeng LUO QC
Grade 10 Tanraj SOHAL BC
Grade 11 Nikita KRAIOUCHKINE QC
Grade 12 Michael KLEINMAN ON
2011Victoria, BC
Grade 1 Benjamin LIN ON
Grade 2 Luke PULFER BC
Grade 3 Joshua DOKNJAS BC
Grade 4 Dinny WANG ON
Grade 5 Jason CAO BC
Grade 6 John DOKNJAS BC
Grade 7 Adam DORRANCE NS
Grade 8 Christopher KNOX ON
Grade 9 Joey QIN ON
Grade 10 David ZHANG AB
Grade 11 Michael KLEINMAN ON
Grade 12 Lloyd MAI ON
2010Montréal, QC
Grade 1 William LAI QC
Grade 2 Run Kun FAN QC
Grade 3 Kevin WAN ON
Grade 4 Jonah LEE BC
Grade 5 Janek AWATRAMANI BC
Grade 6 Jeremy HUI BC
Grade 7 James FU ON
Grade 8 Tanraj SOHAL BC
Grade 9 Nikita KRAIOUCHKINE QC
Grade 10 Arthur CALUGAR ON
Grade 11 Lloyd MAI ON
Grade 12 Shiyam THAVANDIRAN ON
2009Toronto, ON
Grade 1 Run Kun FAN QC
Grade 2 Benjamin SUN BC
Grade 3 Kelly WANG QC
Grade 4 Dezheng KONG BC
Grade 5 Adam DORRANCE NS
Grade 6 Christopher KNOX ON
Grade 7 Tanraj SOHAL BC
Grade 8 Nikita KRAIOUCHKINE QC
Grade 9 Arthur CALUGAR ON
Grade 10 Karoly SZELEY ON
Grade 11 Shiyam THAVANDIRAN ON
Grade 12 Noam DAVIES BC
2008Edmonton, AB
Grade 1 Ian MCCULLOUGH AB
Grade 2 Kelly WANG QC
Grade 3 Janak AWATRAMANI BC
Grade 4 Adam DORRANCE NS
Grade 5 Christopher KNOX ON
Grade 6 Tanraj SOHAL BC
Grade 7 Nikita GUSEV ON
Grade 8 Roman SAPOZHNIKOV ON
Grade 9 Louie JIANG QC
Grade 10 Eric HANSEN AB
Grade 11 Ling Feng YE QC
Grade 12 Zhe QUAN ON
2007Québec, QC
Grade 1 Kelly WANG QC
Grade 2 Janak AWATRAMANI BC
Grade 3 Adam DORRANCE NS
Grade 4 Christopher KNOX ON
Grade 5 Tanraj SOHAL BC
Grade 6 Aquino INIGO ON
Grade 7 Arthur CALUGAR ON
Grade 8 Karoly SZALAY ON
Grade 9 Shiyam THAVANDIRAN ON
Grade 10 Victor KAMINSKI AB
Grade 11 Zhe QUAN ON
Grade 12 Jean-Marc BENOIT-DESCHAMPS QC
2006Moncton, NB
Grade 1 Janak AWATRAMANI BC
Grade 2 Adam DORRANCE NS
Grade 3 Christopher KNOX ON
Grade 4 Leor WASSERMAN MB
Grade 5 Nikita KRAIOUCHKINE QC
Grade 6 Liam KEITH-JACQUES NB
Grade 7 Lloyd MAI ON
Grade 8 Eric HANSEN AB
Grade 9 Ling Feng YE QC
Grade 10 Zhe QUAN ON
Grade 11 David PENG ON
Grade 12 Daniel KAZMAIER AB
2005Ottawa, ON
Grade 1 Sheng Ming GU QC
Grade 2 Christopher KNOX ON
Grade 3 Tanraj SOHAL BC
Grade 4 Nikita KRAIOUCHKINE QC
Grade 5 Arthur CALUGAR ON
Grade 6 Lloy MAI ON
Grade 7 Shiyam THAVANDIRAN ON
Grade 8 Kevin CHUNG ON
Grade 9 Raja PANJWANI ON
Grade 10 Jean-Marc BENOIT-DESCHAMPS QC
Grade 11 Jonathan TAYAR ON
Grade 12 Curtis PETERSON ON
2004Winnipeg, MB
Grade 1 Christopher KNOX ON
Grade 2 Tanraj SOHAL BC
Grade 3 Nikita GUSEV ON
Grade 4 Thomas KAMINSKI AB
Grade 5 Lloyd MAI ON
Grade 6 Shiyam THAVANDIRAN ON
Grade 7 Ling Feng YE QC
Grade 8 Trevor VINCENT MB
Grade 9 David PENG ON
Grade 10 Mark BLUVSHTEIN ON
Grade 11 Michael BUSCAR ON
Grade 12 Haoyuan WANG ON
2003Montréal, QC
Grade 1 Alex CHAN ON
Grade 2 Ilchin ROZYBAKLYEV QC
Grade 3 Michael KLEINMAN ON
Grade 4 Lloyd MAI ON
Grade 5 Shiyam THAVANDIRAN ON
Grade 6 Victor KAMINSKI AB
Grade 7 Brandon ESHLEMAN AB
Grade 8 David WANG SK
Grade 9 Tomas KMAN ON
Grade 10 Thomas ROUSSEL-ROOZMON QC
Grade 11 Haoyuan WANG ON
Grade 12 Julien BACHAND-FLEURENT QC
2002St. John's, NL
Grade 1 Song LI MB
Grade 2 Mikael BONNOT QC
Grade 3 Lloyd MAI ON
Grade 4 Kevin ME SK
Grade 5 Jeff HOU MB
Grade 6 Irakli VADACHKORIYA ON
Grade 7 Jonathan YU ON
Grade 8 Mark BLUVSHTEIN ON
Grade 9 Thomas ROUSSEL-ROOZMON QC
Grade 10 Igor DIVILJAN ON
Grade 11 Evgeni MILLER ON
Grade 12 Warrick WOLFE ON
2001Toronto, ON
Grade 1 Michael KLEINMAN ON
Grade 2 Lloyd MAI ON
Grade 3 Harris KAUFMANN ON
Grade 4 Noam DAVIES BC
Grade 5 Raja PANJWANI ON
Grade 6 Allen PAURIC ON
Grade 7 Mark BLUVSHTEIN ON
Grade 8 Christian STEVENS ON
Grade 9 Haoyuan WANG ON
Grade 10 Gavin ATKINSON BC
Grade 11 Andrei GULKO QC
Grade 12 David RAHEB ON
2000Calgary, AB
Grade 1 Brenden FAN ON
Grade 2 Kevin ME SK
Grade 3 Noam DAVIES BC
Grade 4 James PETERSON BC
Grade 5 Evan CHAN ON
Grade 6 Meng FANHAO BC
Grade 7 Thomas ROUSSEL-ROOZMON QC
Grade 8 Haoyuan WANG ON
Grade 9 Josef LENTINI ON
Grade 10 Sheng-Jun XU ON
Grade 11 Pascal CHARBONNEAU QC
Grade 12 Lefong HUA QC
1999Summerside, PE
Grade 1 Harris KAUFMAN ON
Grade 2 Justin LASKER MB
Grade 3 James PETERSON BC
Grade 4 Matthew HERZBERG ON
Grade 5 Kishor RAMASWAMY QC
Grade 6 Justin GUSHULIAK MB
Grade 7 Haoyuan WANG ON
Grade 8 Josef LENTINI ON
Grade 9 Warrick WOLFE ON
Grade 10 Tyler REDDY NS
Grade 11 Eugene CORMOS QC
Grade 12 Igor ZUGIC ON
1998Winnipeg, MB
Grade 1 Nathan CHOW BC
Grade 2 Aaron RODRIGUEZ QC
Grade 3 Valentina GOUTOR BC
Grade 4 Kishor RAMASWAMY QC
Grade 5 Michael BUSCAR ON
Grade 6 Haoyuan WANG ON
Grade 7 Viktor ZAMBO ON
Grade 8 Matthew PITTS BC
Grade 9 Joshua HENSON MB
Grade 10 Lefong HUA QC
Grade 11 David AFRAH BC
Grade 12 Andrew PEREDUN ON
1997Montréal, QC
Grade 1 Nigel SHARP AB
Grade 2 Jean-Philippe MATHIEU QC
Grade 3 Clément OUELLET-LEVEILLE QC
Grade 4 Stephen HAZELTINE AB
Grade 5 Haoyuan WANG ON
Grade 6 Viktor ZAMBO ON
Grade 7 Marc-André LAFRAMBOISE QC
Grade 8 Stefanie CHU ON
Grade 9 Roman GOLTS ON
Grade 10 Igor ZUGIC ON
Grade 11 Andrew HO BC
Grade 12 Martin OBERRAUCH AB
1996Fredericton, NB
Grade 1 Nigel SHARP AB
Grade 2 Sebastian PREDESCU ON
Grade 3 Michael BUSCAR ON
Grade 4 Ryan BROWN QC
Grade 5 Espen SODHA NL
Grade 6 Stephen GLINERT ON
Grade 7 Pascal CHARBONNEAU QC
Grade 8 Lefong HUA QC
Grade 9 Igor ZUGIC ON
Grade 10 Andrew PEREDUN ON
Grade 11 Meng LOU ON
Grade 12 Justin GULATI PE
1995Toronto, ON
Grade 1 Sebastien PREDESCU ON
Grade 2 Stephen HAZELTINE AB
Grade 3 Lethyn HUA QC
Grade 4 Kelly HUANG SK
Grade 5 Stephen GLINERT ON
Grade 6 Pascal CHARBONNEAU QC
Grade 7 Lefong HUA QC
Grade 8 Alfred PECHISKER BC
Grade 9 Warren DUTTON ON
Grade 10 Anthony CASTILLO QC
Grade 11 Vu-Loc NGUYEN QC
Grade 12 Tom SAMSON ON
1994St. John's, NL
Grade 1 Tristan LEDENT QC
Grade 2 Lethyn HUA QC
Grade 3 Samuel WONG BC
Grade 4 Kenny VEZINA BC
Grade 5 Pascal CHARBONNEAU QC
Grade 6 Roman GOLTS ON
Grade 7 Eugene CORMOS QC
Grade 8 Barvyr MIRICAN QC
Grade 9 Anthony CASTILLO QC
Grade 10 Urma CASINATHAN ON
Grade 11 Tom SAMSON ON
Grade 12 Félix LERICHE QC
1993Edmonton, AB
Grade 1 Scott ROEBUCK BC
Grade 2 Gerard O'Reilly AB
Grade 3 Stephen GLINERT ON
Grade 4 Andrew HO BC
Grade 5 Lefong HUA QC
Grade 6 Shahin Mohamad NABI BC
Grade 7 Darryl KONG BC
Grade 8 Anthony CASTILLO QC
Grade 9 Marc-André FORTIER QC
Grade 10 Radu BUTAN ON
Grade 11 Félix LERICHE QC
Grade 12 Howard WU BC
1992Montréal, QC
Grade 1 Gerard O'Reilly AB
Grade 2 Jonathan GOTTLIEB QC
Grade 3 Andrew HO BC
Grade 4 Lefong HUA QC
Grade 5 Alfred PECHISKER BC
Grade 6 Joel GAUCHER SK
Grade 7 Anthony CASTILLO QC
Grade 8 Uma CASINATHAN ON
Grade 9 Radu BUTAN ON
Grade 10 Eric BEAULIEU QC
Grade 11 Martin GLASS QC
Grade 12 Pascal BERGERON QC
1991Montréal, QC
Grade 1 Jonathan GOTTLIEB QC
Grade 2 Andrew HO BC
Grade 3 Roman GOLTS ON
Grade 4 Erez DAVY ON
Grade 5 Darryl KONG BC
Grade 6 Anthony CASTILLO QC
Grade 7 Matthew GRABOVE NB
Grade 8 Nicolas SOUDRE QC
Grade 9 Howard WU BC
Grade 10
Grade 11 Peter OLSZEWSKI ON
Grade 12
1990Ottawa, ON
Grade 1 Andrew HO BC
Grade 2 Lefong HUA QC
Grade 3 Erez DAVY ON
Grade 4 Jonathan BEER ON
Grade 5 Anthony CASTILLO QC
Grade 6 Jean-François GRATTON QC
Grade 7 Radu BUTAN ON
Grade 8 Alexandre MARCIL QC
Grade 9 Martin GLASS QC
Grade 10 Luc TRAN QC
Grade 11 Leonard MORRISSEY NL
Grade 12 Thanh-Nha DUONG QC
1989Ottawa, ON
Grade 1 Lefong HUA QC
Grade 2 Victor CHERNOFF QC
Grade 3 Laurent GASCON QC
Grade 4 Anthony CASTILLO QC
Grade 5 Daniel WILLIAMS ON
Grade 6 Nicolas SOUDRE QC
Grade 7 Alexandre MARCIL QC
Grade 8 Martin GLASS QC
Grade 9 Adam LITTKE ON
Grade 10 Leonard MORRISSEY NL
Grade 11 Nicolas ARSENAULT QC
Grade 12 Jonathan MACDONALD NB