Several draws on the top boards has resulted in a sole leader after only 2 rounds; Ray Kuryliw, with 2 points.
No less than 10 players are a half-point back.
Crosstable at: http://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2026/2026JanTNT.htm
| Bd | Res | White | Black | Res |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ½ | Alan Nagelberg (1966 1.0) | Ian Zhang (1805 1.0) | ½ |
| 2 | 1 | Ray Kuryliw (1893 1.0) | Lucas [Muyu] Wang (1976 1.0) | 0 |
| 3 | ½ | Winston Jin (1804 1.0) | Zixuan [Joe] Zhou (1908 1.0) | ½ |
| 4 | ½ | Blair Rutter (1904 1.0) | James Atem (1801 1.0) | ½ |
| 5 | 1 | Jim Green (1850 0.5) | Levi Voth (unr. 1.0) | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | Nicole Zhang (1816 0.5) | Richard Essery (1473 0.5) | 0 |
| 7 | ½ | Rory Curtis (1755 0.5) | Kyle Cobb (1388 0.5) | ½ |
| 8 | 1 | Aiden Ling (1756 0.0) | Jigar N Upadhyay (1515 0.0) | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | Francis Trueman (1401 0.0) | Sushant Sharma (1720 0.0) | 1 |
| 10 | 0 | Oscar Zhang (1387 0.0) | Keith Gannon (1575 0.0) | 1 |
| 11 | 0 | Elvis [Xiuwen] Wang (1546 0.0) | Sylvester Baer (unr. 0.0) | 1 |
| 12 | 0 | Chloe Zhang (1107 0.5) | Ondrej Pacin (1427 0.5) | 1 |
| ½ | Mahmud Hassain (2008 1.0) | BYE | ||
| ½ | Cory Letain (1715 0.0) | BYE | ||
| ½ | Svitlana Protsyuk (2090 0.5) | BYE | ||
| ½ | Ante Mandusic (1262 0.0) | BYE |