2025 Gold Coast Open Major Division

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100 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 11 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Gold Coast, Australia. 3 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1799, and top seed was Benny Chan (🇦🇺 AUS, 1865).

Kevin Reid (🇦🇺 AUS, 1777) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Joshua Liu (6.0) and Daniel Woodrow (5.5). Reid shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Harrison Macdonald (1552) beat Isabella Guan (WCM, 1795), a +243-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Gold Coast, Australia

Dates

11 Jul 2025 → 13 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺Benny Chan1865

Avg top 10

1,799

Participants

100

Titled players · 3

WCM×3

Federations · 6 represented

🇦🇺Australia×88

🇳🇿New Zealand×6

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×3

🇮🇳India×1

🇨🇳China×1

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1

Top 3

🥇
Kevin Reid
🇦🇺AUS·1777
6.0pts·1967perf+29.0
🥈
Joshua Liu
🇦🇺AUS·1754
6.0pts·1964perf+63.6
🥉
Daniel Woodrow
🇦🇺AUS·1762
5.5pts·1955perf+33.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Reid6Liu6Woodrow5.5Doran5.5Sood5Xing5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Reid takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Kevin Reid 3 wins (R1–R3)Joshua Liu 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Daniel Woodrow 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Kevin Reid	*	—	—	—
2Joshua Liu	—	*	—	—
3Daniel Woodrow	—	—	*	1
4Kaiden Doran	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Reid, Kevin	1777	AUS	+47N	+14B	+55N	=9B	+8N	=5B	+7N	6.0	28.0	31.0	26.00	1967	+29.0
2	Liu, Joshua	1754	AUS	+83N	+35B	+41N	−8B	+27N	+33B	+5N	6.0	25.5	27.5	22.50	1964	+63.6
3	Woodrow, Daniel	1762	AUS	+74N	+70B	+4N	=15B	−5N	+21B	+13N	5.5	26.5	29.0	21.75	1955	+33.4
4	Doran, Kaiden	1836	AUS	+30B	+69N	−3B	+20N	+52B	=16N	+29B	5.5	25.5	28.0	20.25	1941	+33.2
5	Liu, Richard Jingjie	1846	NZL	+86B	+11N	+36B	=7N	+3B	=1N	−2B	5.0	31.5	33.5	22.00	1852	+3.6
6	Godinho, Isaac	1609	AUS	=15N	+21B	=17N	+61B	+10N	=9B	=8N	5.0	28.5	31.5	22.00	1869	+98.4
7	Xing, Zeqi	1733	AUS	+63N	+20B	+13N	=5B	=33N	+14B	−1B	5.0	28.5	31.5	21.00	1846	+44.0
8	Rishik Sood	1628	IND	+56B	+52N	+28B	+2N	−1B	=29N	=6B	5.0	28.0	31.0	20.50	1822	+36.4
9	Fu, Charles	1737	AUS	+53B	+54N	+19B	=1N	=29B	=6N	=22B	5.0	27.0	30.0	20.25	1832	+36.8
10	Ford, Daniel	1744	AUS	+72B	−28N	+42B	+30N	−6B	+32N	+31B	5.0	24.5	27.0	18.00	1801	+11.6
11	Kitikov, Oleg	1747	KGZ	+92N	−5B	+45N	=65B	+23N	=17B	+59N	5.0	23.5	25.0	16.25	1828	+12.8
12	Vujasin, Nikola	0	AUS	F	+60N	+25B	=27B	+59N	=13B	+16N	5.0	23.5	23.5	19.25	1902	+23.0
13	Tay, Mason	1723	AUS	+48N	+73B	−7B	+32N	+19B	=12N	−3B	4.5	27.5	30.0	17.00	1785	+22.4
14	Lin, Xianzhe	1648	AUS	+38B	−1N	+68B	+71N	+36B	−7N	=19B	4.5	26.0	28.5	15.25	1820	+66.4
15	Phillips, Max	1791	AUS	=6B	+90N	+44B	=3N	=41B	−22N	+60B	4.5	25.0	27.0	15.50	1759	-8.8
16	Tankel, Alan	1687	AUS	+50N	−41B	+63N	+70B	+28N	=4B	−12B	4.5	24.5	27.0	15.75	1730	+9.4
17	Qiang, ElainaWCM	1687	AUS	+62B	=44N	=6B	=54N	+58B	=11N	=26B	4.5	24.0	27.0	16.50	1742	+21.6
18	Hamilton, Austin	0	AUS	+49N	=27B	−29N	=25B	+85N	+28B	=33N	4.5	24.0	26.0	15.75	1650	0.0
19	McCarthy, Oliver	1766	AUS	+75N	+57B	−9N	+84B	−13N	+27B	=14N	4.5	23.5	25.5	13.75	1736	-3.8
20	Lue, Chee Seng	1755	AUS	+99N	−7N	+34B	−4B	=83N	+49B	+48N	4.5	23.5	24.5	13.00	1667	-11.2
21	Pai, Avaneesh	1772	AUS	=68B	−6N	+77B	+60N	+54B	−3N	+44B	4.5	22.5	25.0	13.25	1713	-16.8
22	Jones, Jonathan	0	AUS	F	+81B	−27N	+49B	+65N	+15B	=9N	4.5	22.5	22.5	16.00	1845	+21.2
23	Liu, Henry	1761	AUS	+91B	=43N	−58B	+53N	−11B	+56N	+42B	4.5	21.0	22.5	12.75	1727	-8.8
24	Xu, Laura	1660	NZL	−28B	+72N	+85B	−52N	+30B	=44N	+41B	4.5	20.5	22.5	13.75	1734	+30.0
25	Macdonald, Harrison	1552	AUS	F	+96B	−12N	=18N	+57B	+52N	+43B	4.5	20.5	20.5	13.25	1855	+62.0
26	Liu, Haoqian (William)	1756	AUS	−73N	+80B	=76N	+74B	=31N	+71B	=17N	4.5	18.5	21.0	13.00	1805	+17.2
27	Holbrook, Liam	1673	AUS	+98B	=18N	+22B	=12N	−2B	−19N	+53B	4.0	27.5	28.5	13.25	1704	+8.8
28	Wang, Yuwei	1574	AUS	+24N	+10B	−8N	+46B	−16B	−18N	+57B	4.0	27.0	30.0	16.00	1762	+60.4
29	Jia, Zining (matthew)	1678	AUS	F	+77N	+18B	+31B	=9N	=8B	−4N	4.0	26.5	26.5	16.00	1766	+18.4
30	Rowe, Abigail	1726	NZL	−4N	+40B	+37N	−10B	−24N	+97B	+83N	4.0	25.0	26.5	11.50	1679	-12.8
31	Chan, Benny	1865	AUS	=45N	+51B	+32B	−29N	=26B	+41N	−10N	4.0	24.5	28.0	15.00	1695	-53.2
32	McNamara, Elijah	1642	AUS	+61N	+46B	−31N	−13B	+37N	−10B	+55N	4.0	24.0	27.0	13.50	1739	+37.2
33	Lin, Matthew	1598	AUS	F	+88N	+43B	+58N	=7B	−2N	=18B	4.0	24.0	24.0	13.25	1819	+58.8
34	Zhu, Alex	1585	AUS	=37N	=39B	−20N	+87B	=46N	+45B	=35N	4.0	23.5	25.5	13.25	1717	+50.8
35	Lourenco, EvaWCM	1617	NZL	+97B	−2N	+64B	−36N	=50B	+68N	=34B	4.0	23.0	24.5	10.75	1668	+10.0
36	Nazeer, Afique M	1589	SRI	+42N	+84B	−5N	+35B	−14N	−59B	+70N	4.0	22.5	24.5	12.00	1685	+18.0
37	He, Angela	1702	AUS	=34B	=68N	−30B	+38N	−32B	+81N	+56B	4.0	21.5	24.0	12.75	1681	-3.2
38	Lin, Xianchen (Mason)	1634	AUS	−14N	=47B	+51N	−37B	+63N	=83B	+75N	4.0	21.0	23.0	11.75	1579	-17.6
39	Jain, Kamal	0	AUS	F	=34N	=53B	+62N	=43B	=42N	+58B	4.0	20.0	20.0	13.00	1730	-3.2
40	Benemile, John	1510	AUS	−69B	−30N	+93B	−42N	+92B	+85N	+52B	4.0	16.5	18.0	8.00	1597	+22.0
41	Nguyen, Quan	1687	AUS	+100N	+16N	−2B	+55B	=15N	−31B	−24N	3.5	26.5	27.0	10.25	1657	-11.6
42	Maynes, Angelo	1600	AUS	−36B	+94N	−10N	+40B	+55N	=39B	−23N	3.5	24.5	26.0	10.50	1591	-5.2
43	Guan, IsabellaWCM	1795	AUS	+67N	=23B	−33N	+47B	=39N	=70B	−25N	3.5	23.5	26.0	12.00	1615	-63.2
44	Milic, James	1647	AUS	+78N	=17B	−15N	=76B	+66N	=24B	−21N	3.5	23.5	26.0	11.25	1660	+2.2
45	Chen, Martin	1659	AUS	=31B	=71N	−11B	=64N	+62B	−34N	+72B	3.5	21.5	24.0	10.25	1673	+5.6
46	Hogan, Steven	1648	AUS	+89B	−32N	+56B	−28N	=34B	=53N	=50B	3.5	21.5	23.5	10.25	1582	-12.6
47	Annapureddy, Dhruthin Reddy	1493	AUS	−1B	=38N	+98B	−43N	=88B	+86N	=64B	3.5	20.5	21.5	7.50	1538	+8.0
48	Yang, Brian	0	AUS	−13B	=61B	+95N	+69N	−71B	+54N	−20B	3.5	20.0	21.5	8.50	1679	0.0
49	Zhu, Zane (Zichen)	1527	AUS	−18B	=98N	+90B	−22N	+91B	−20N	+69B	3.5	19.5	20.5	6.50	1741	+52.8
50	Williams, Elizabeth	1521	AUS	−16B	+93N	−84N	+100B	=35N	=75B	=46N	3.5	18.0	18.5	7.00	1481	-10.8
51	Marney, Tom S	0	AUS	F	−31N	−38B	+77N	=64B	+87B	+71N	3.5	18.0	18.0	8.50	1705	0.0
52	Stewart, Craig A	1657	AUS	+79N	−8B	+66N	+24B	−4N	−25B	−40N	3.0	26.5	29.0	10.00	1558	-19.4
53	Tong, Justin	1556	AUS	−9N	+87B	=39N	−23B	+82N	=46B	−27N	3.0	23.5	25.5	8.25	1595	+12.8
54	Van Der Meer, Andrew	1624	AUS	+87N	−9B	+73N	=17B	−21N	−48B	=66N	3.0	23.0	25.0	8.25	1672	+7.6
55	Perera, T H Adrian Savidya	1525	SRI	+66N	+59B	−1B	−41N	−42B	+88N	−32B	3.0	23.0	25.0	8.00	1577	+17.2
56	Barnes, Rossi	1595	AUS	−8N	+79B	−46N	+73B	+84N	−23B	−37N	3.0	22.0	24.0	7.00	1598	0.0
57	McDonald, Aidan	1459	AUS	+80N	−19N	+83B	−59B	−25N	+67B	−28N	3.0	21.5	23.5	7.50	1533	+25.2
58	Cervenjak, Mark	1553	AUS	F	+95B	+23N	−33B	−17N	+65B	−39N	3.0	21.5	21.5	9.00	1670	+18.6
59	Wu, Elvis	1592	AUS	F	−55N	+92B	+57N	−12B	+36N	−11B	3.0	21.5	21.5	8.50	1539	-14.8
60	Li, Austin	1549	AUS	F	−12B	+81N	−21B	+79N	+76B	−15N	3.0	21.5	21.5	7.50	1585	+6.4
61	Qin, Lexuan	1617	CHN	−32B	=48N	+88B	−6N	−68B	+91N	=62B	3.0	20.0	21.5	6.75	1541	-26.8
62	Hu, Luke	1541	AUS	−17N	=78B	+96N	−39B	−45N	+80B	=61N	3.0	20.0	21.5	6.75	1488	-17.6
63	Xu, Sophia	1470	AUS	−7B	+99N	−16B	=91N	−38B	+78B	=76N	3.0	20.0	21.0	5.50	1523	+13.6
64	Xie, Jason Zihan	1714	NZL	F	=65B	−35N	=45B	=51N	+84B	=47N	3.0	19.5	19.5	8.75	1604	-29.2
65	Stokes, Mark C	1676	AUS	F	=64N	+91B	=11N	−22B	−58N	+68B	3.0	19.5	19.5	8.00	1667	-1.4
66	Smith, Sam	1576	AUS	−55B	+100N	−52B	+92N	−44B	=69N	=54B	3.0	16.5	17.0	4.75	1394	-44.4
67	Raichura, Dev	1579	AUS	−43B	−91N	−94B	+93N	+98B	−57N	+89B	3.0	13.0	14.0	4.50	1405	-36.0
68	Awad, Jonah	1746	AUS	=21N	=37B	−14N	=79B	+61N	−35B	−65N	2.5	23.0	25.5	8.50	1545	-76.0
69	Liu, Mike	1713	AUS	+40N	−4B	=74N	−48B	=76N	=66B	−49N	2.5	22.0	24.5	8.00	1529	-48.8
70	Ruhan Bulchandani	1571	AUS	+93B	−3N	F	−16N	+86B	=43N	−36B	2.5	22.0	23.5	5.25	1386	-31.2
71	McCarthy, Jasper	1779	AUS	F	=45B	+75N	−14B	+48N	−26N	−51B	2.5	22.0	22.0	7.75	1585	-43.2
72	Murthy, Pradeep	1483	AUS	−10N	−24B	+78N	−85B	=73N	+79B	−45N	2.5	20.5	22.5	6.25	1528	+12.4
73	Bansal, Azaan	1727	AUS	+26B	−13N	−54B	−56N	=72B	=89N	=90B	2.5	19.5	21.5	7.75	1530	-75.2
74	Tiong, Rayden	1540	AUS	−3B	+86N	=69B	−26N	−75B	−82N	+94B	2.5	19.5	21.0	4.75	1287	-50.8
75	Weller, Tony	1624	AUS	−19B	+89N	−71B	F	+74N	=50N	−38B	2.5	19.0	19.0	6.25	1583	-7.6
76	Xie, Mason Zixuan	0	NZL	F	=85N	=26B	=44N	=69B	−60N	=63B	2.5	18.5	18.5	7.75	1574	0.0
77	Schouten, Jake	0	AUS	=95N	−29B	−21N	−51B	F	+98N	+86B	2.5	16.5	16.5	3.75	1393	0.0
78	Tan, Abby	1476	AUS	−44B	=62N	−72B	=90N	+94B	−63N	=88B	2.5	16.0	17.5	5.00	1357	-36.0
79	Wu, Ethan	1495	AUS	−52B	−56N	+89B	=68N	−60B	−72N	+95B	2.5	16.0	17.5	4.75	1495	-2.4
80	Oakley, Brett	1482	AUS	−57B	−26N	−86B	=89N	+99B	−62N	+100B	2.5	15.5	16.0	2.50	1407	-21.2
81	Shen, Alvin	1492	AUS	F	−22N	−60B	=98N	+100B	−37B	+87N	2.5	15.0	15.0	3.00	1430	-12.4
82	Karthikeyan, Shivam	1408	AUS	F	F	F	=99N	−53B	+74B	+84N	2.5	11.0	11.0	5.00	1618	+44.8
83	Ross, Darryl	1540	AUS	−2B	F	−57N	+94N	=20B	=38N	−30B	2.0	23.0	24.5	5.75	1426	-14.0
84	Micklesson-Scott, Jack	1574	AUS	+94B	−36N	+50B	−19N	−56B	−64N	−82B	2.0	20.5	22.0	5.00	1326	-72.0
85	Lin, Michelle	1650	AUS	F	=76B	−24N	+72N	−18B	−40B	=97N	2.0	19.5	19.5	4.50	1430	-47.6
86	Liu, Clarissa	0	AUS	−5N	−74B	+80N	+96B	−70N	−47B	−77N	2.0	18.5	20.0	4.00	1346	0.0
87	Wickramaarachchi, W Dahamsa Senolie	1527	SRI	−54B	−53N	+99B	−34N	+95B	−51N	−81B	2.0	17.5	18.5	2.50	1412	-38.4
88	Dudipalli, Hamsini	1517	AUS	F	−33B	−61N	+95B	=47N	−55B	=78N	2.0	17.5	17.5	4.50	1418	-31.6
89	Chen, Marlon	1604	AUS	−46N	−75B	−79N	=80B	+96N	=73B	−67N	2.0	16.5	18.0	4.00	1319	-84.0
90	Credland-Ballantyne, Oscar	1639	AUS	=96N	−15B	−49N	=78B	−97N	=93B	=73N	2.0	16.0	17.5	4.00	1350	-72.4
91	Huang, Victoria	1531	AUS	−23N	+67B	−65N	=63B	−49N	−61B	−93N	1.5	20.0	21.5	4.50	1415	-36.4
92	McDonald, Charles	0	AUS	−11B	F	−59N	−66B	−40N	=94N	+98B	1.5	17.5	17.5	1.75	806	0.0
93	Tong, Max	0	AUS	−70N	−50B	−40N	−67B	F	=90N	+91B	1.5	16.5	16.5	2.50	1366	0.0
94	Lubke, Peter	0	AUS	−84N	−42B	+67N	−83B	−78N	=92B	−74N	1.5	15.5	17.0	3.75	1278	0.0
95	O`keefe, Jeremy	1545	AUS	=77B	−58N	−48B	−88N	−87N	+99B	−79N	1.5	15.5	16.5	2.25	1264	-71.6
96	Smith, Patrick A	0	AUS	=90B	−25N	−62B	−86N	−89B	=100N	=99N	1.5	14.5	15.0	1.75	1311	0.0
97	Ren, Joshua	1415	AUS	−35N	F	F	F	+90B	−30N	=85B	1.5	14.0	14.0	3.00	1571	+27.6
98	Bissett, Henry	0	AUS	−27N	=49B	−47N	=81B	−67N	−77B	−92N	1.0	19.0	20.5	3.00	1316	0.0
99	Kuypers, Ron	1421	AUS	−20B	−63B	−87N	=82B	−80N	−95N	=96B	1.0	16.0	17.5	2.00	1131	-66.8
100	Wu, Eleanor	0	AUS	−41B	−66B	F	−50N	−81N	=96B	−80N	0.5	16.5	16.5	0.75	752	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Godinho, IsaacAUS
+98.4
5.0 pts · #10
2Lin, XianzheAUS
+66.4
4.5 pts · #12
3Liu, JoshuaAUS
+63.6
6.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Chen, MarlonAUS
-84.0
2.0 pts · #85
2Awad, JonahAUS
-76.0
2.5 pts · #53
3Bansal, AzaanAUS
-75.2
2.5 pts · #63

Biggest upsets

R7+243 Elo gap
Macdonald, Harrison1552 beat WCMGuan, Isabella1795
R5+224 Elo gap
Ren, Joshua1415 beat Credland-Ballantyne, Oscar1639
R3+208 Elo gap
Cervenjak, Mark1553 beat Liu, Henry1761