2025 Best in the West

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104 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Aug 2025 to 31 Aug 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 14 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2089, and top seed was James Morris (🇦🇺 AUS, IM, 2416).

Cheng Dai (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2177) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Rheyansh Reddy Annapureddy (4.5) and Randheer Thogata (4.0).

The biggest upset came in round 3: Lucas Parker (1552) beat Nick Black (1867), a +315-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia

Dates

30 Aug 2025 → 31 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Avg top 10

2,089

Participants

104

Titled players · 14

FM×6

CM×6

WIM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇦🇺Australia×92

🇮🇳India×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

🇧🇩Bangladesh×1

🇳🇿New Zealand×1

Top 3

🥇
FMCheng Dai
🇦🇺AUS·2177
4.5pts·2301perf+11.0
🥈
FMRheyansh Reddy Annapureddy
🇦🇺AUS·2157
4.5pts·2209perf+13.6
🥉
FMRandheer Thogata
🇦🇺AUS·2077
4.0pts·2075perf+7.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Annapureddy4.5Dai4.5Dragicevic4Thogata4Smith4Chibnall4

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Dai takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Rheyansh Reddy Annapureddy 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Cheng Dai 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Domagoj Dragicevic 4 wins (R1–R4)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Dai, ChengFM	2177	AUS	+83B	+27N	+9B	+6N	=4B	4.5	15.0	16.5	14.50	2301	+11.0
2	Annapureddy, Rheyansh ReddyFM	2157	AUS	+80B	+24N	+21B	=7N	+15B	4.5	13.5	15.0	13.00	2209	+13.6
3	Thogata, RandheerFM	2077	AUS	+82B	+30N	+14B	=4N	=7B	4.0	14.5	16.0	12.00	2075	+7.6
4	Soo, Kai JieFM	2262	AUS	+55N	+41B	+23N	=3B	=1N	4.0	14.0	16.0	11.75	2207	-2.4
5	Dragicevic, DomagojFM	2082	AUS	+53N	+17B	+8N	+10B	−?N	4.0	14.0	14.0	14.00	2610	+15.0
6	Smith, DeclanCM	1959	AUS	+84N	+32B	+37N	−1B	+22N	4.0	13.5	15.0	10.50	2058	+13.6
7	Bodke, Krishna	1696	AUS	+69N	+42B	+60N	=2B	=3N	4.0	13.0	15.0	10.75	2148	+63.6
8	Chibnall, AlanaWFM	1860	AUS	+56B	+16N	−5B	+58N	+24B	4.0	12.5	14.5	10.50	1953	+12.4
9	Zheng, Ryan	1861	AUS	+70N	+72B	−1N	+28B	+25N	4.0	12.5	14.5	10.00	1976	+30.0
10	Hartley, JamesCM	1965	AUS	+57B	+88N	+31B	−5N	+35B	4.0	12.0	13.0	9.00	1986	+5.2
11	Gao, ArthurCM	2087	AUS	+45N	+54B	+12N	−?B	+21N	4.0	11.5	11.5	11.50	2549	+20.0
12	Lingineni, KhushalCM	1835	AUS	+79B	+59N	−11B	+61N	+47B	4.0	10.5	12.0	8.00	1937	+24.8
13	Hogg, Dean	1930	AUS	+76N	+28B	−?N	+54B	+43N	4.0	9.5	9.5	9.50	2429	+12.2
14	Lim, Jongmin	1769	AUS	+77N	+40B	−3N	=29B	+44N	3.5	12.5	14.5	9.00	1866	+12.2
15	Yang, RayFM	2157	AUS	+65N	+26B	=22N	+63B	−2N	3.5	12.5	14.5	8.50	2004	-12.4
16	Parker, Lucas	1552	AUS	+33N	−8B	+46N	=41B	+54N	3.5	12.0	14.0	8.75	1888	+64.4
17	Rodriguez, Maickel	1733	AUS	+95B	−5N	=20B	+79N	+67B	3.5	11.0	11.5	5.75	1752	+1.8
18	Savige, Colin B	1822	AUS	+62B	=61N	F	+32B	+26N	3.5	10.0	10.0	9.00	1945	+8.6
19	Nguyen, Anh KietCM	1965	AUS	F	+86B	+42N	=22B	+23N	3.5	9.5	9.5	8.00	2111	+22.8
20	Ramanathan, Ashwin	1613	AUS	−?N	+87B	=17N	+64B	+41N	3.5	9.0	9.0	7.25	2006	+58.8
21	Herlihy, Brian	1786	AUS	+39N	+29B	−2N	+36B	−11B	3.0	14.5	17.5	9.00	1878	+21.6
22	Shen, Owen	1847	AUS	+68N	+25B	=15B	=19N	−6B	3.0	14.0	16.0	8.50	1939	+25.6
23	Smith, Jack	1746	AUS	+52N	+36B	−4B	+30N	−19B	3.0	13.5	16.0	8.50	1867	+14.6
24	Davis, Sophie	1664	AUS	+46N	−2B	+52N	+51B	−8N	3.0	13.5	16.0	7.50	1831	+20.0
25	Tsagarakis, Angelo	1727	AUS	+98B	−22N	+38B	+31N	−9B	3.0	13.0	13.0	6.00	1734	+1.4
26	Li, Liyuan	1651	AUS	+48B	−15N	+57B	+34N	−18B	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.50	1726	+12.0
27	Tanner, Jonathan	0	AUS	+78N	−1B	+45N	=44B	=29N	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.25	1755	0.0
28	Picone, James	1641	AUS	+81B	−13N	+49B	−9N	+57B	3.0	12.5	14.0	6.00	1699	+5.0
29	Windsor, Maximilian	1692	AUS	+64B	−21N	+50B	=14N	=27B	3.0	12.0	14.0	7.75	1672	-1.0
30	Humphreys, Scott	1769	AUS	+91N	−3B	+39N	−23B	+68N	3.0	12.0	13.0	6.00	1701	-6.6
31	Buhagiar, Aden	1747	AUS	+67N	+44B	−10N	−25B	+65N	3.0	11.5	13.5	6.50	1714	-3.0
32	Ruaya, Chris Rodson	1768	AUS	+104B	−6N	+62B	−18N	+80B	3.0	11.0	11.0	3.50	1667	-16.0
33	Shahadat, Aladean Kevin	0	AUS	−16B	+74N	−34B	+56N	+59B	3.0	10.5	12.5	6.00	1540	0.0
34	Scenna, Luna	1604	AUS	+71N	−63B	+33N	−26B	+60N	3.0	10.0	12.0	7.00	905	-28.0
35	Szuveges, Narelle SWIM	1671	AUS	+93N	−?B	+55N	+40B	−10N	3.0	10.0	10.0	6.00	1816	+10.8
36	Rehill, Paul	1639	AUS	+100B	−23N	+56B	−21N	+84B	3.0	9.5	9.5	3.50	1623	-1.2
37	Hari, Dhruv	1737	AUS	+87N	+66B	−6B	F	+70N	3.0	9.0	9.0	5.00	1805	+12.0
38	Wales, Sam	1500	AUS	−43N	+99B	−25N	+83B	+55N	3.0	9.0	9.0	3.50	1632	+30.4
39	Batyrbekov, Aidan	1480	AUS	−21B	+98N	−30B	+88N	+58B	3.0	9.0	9.0	3.00	1733	+53.2
40	Tang, Fergus	1598	AUS	+103B	−14N	+96B	−35N	+62B	3.0	9.0	9.0	2.50	921	-26.8
41	Ogden, Marcus W	1826	AUS	+75B	−4N	+59B	=16N	−20B	2.5	13.0	15.0	5.75	1628	-21.4
42	Davis, Tony JCM	1895	AUS	+49B	−7N	−19B	=50N	+87B	2.5	12.5	13.5	4.75	1671	-25.4
43	Ilic, Goran	1723	AUS	+38B	+50N	F	=47N	−13B	2.5	12.0	12.0	6.75	1777	+6.6
44	Annapureddy, Dhruthin Reddy	1538	AUS	+101B	−31N	+48B	=27N	−14B	2.5	12.0	12.0	4.00	959	-17.6
45	Batyrbekov, Kaisar	1612	AUS	−11B	+92N	−27B	=48N	+81B	2.5	11.0	12.0	3.75	1211	-3.2
46	Black, Nick	1867	AUS	−24B	+82N	−16B	+73N	=61B	2.5	10.5	12.0	4.50	1620	-58.0
47	Milojevic, Miodrag	1855	SRB	+73B	+58N	F	=43B	−12N	2.5	10.5	10.5	5.25	1865	+0.8
48	Bakker, Andrew	0	AUS	−26N	+65B	−44N	=45B	+86N	2.5	10.0	11.0	4.25	1576	0.0
49	Ashok, Arjun	1557	AUS	−42N	+89B	−28N	+69B	=51N	2.5	10.0	11.0	4.25	1422	-20.4
50	Zhang, Chi Long	1459	AUS	+97N	−43B	−29N	=42B	+71N	2.5	10.0	10.5	3.75	1662	+34.0
51	Brockman, Roland	1550	AUS	=60B	=96N	+81B	−24N	=49B	2.5	9.0	9.5	4.00	1418	-6.6
52	Ha, Aeson	1455	AUS	−23B	+100N	−24B	=81N	+85B	2.5	9.0	9.0	2.25	905	-15.2
53	Thompson, Selby	1566	AUS	−5B	=95N	F	+75N	+66B	2.5	8.5	8.5	4.25	1713	+11.2
54	Hogan, Steven	1620	AUS	+92B	−11N	+73B	−13N	−16B	2.0	13.5	14.5	3.00	1637	-1.0
55	Wilkinson, Greg	1512	AUS	−4B	+75N	−35B	+74N	−38B	2.0	12.0	14.0	4.00	1525	-1.0
56	Jagannathan, Shashvath	1548	AUS	−8N	+69B	−36N	−33B	+90N	2.0	12.0	13.0	3.00	950	-20.8
57	Laffey, Julian	1446	AUS	−10N	+91B	−26N	+78B	−28N	2.0	12.0	13.0	3.00	913	-11.4
58	Hu, Tony	1713	AUS	+90N	−47B	+77N	−8B	−39N	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.00	1520	-38.8
59	Lees, Dane	0	AUS	+99N	−12B	−41N	+77B	−33N	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.00	1656	0.0
60	Sudharsun V	0	IND	=51N	+97B	−7B	=84N	−34B	2.0	11.0	11.5	2.50	1522	0.0
61	Cauchi, John Paul	1599	AUS	+89N	=18B	F	−12B	=46N	2.0	11.0	11.0	4.00	1714	+8.2
62	Yates, Anna	0	AUS	−18N	+90B	−32N	+89B	−40N	2.0	10.5	11.5	2.00	927	-42.0
63	Kumar, Viney	1759	AUS	+74B	+34N	F	−15N	−72B	2.0	10.5	10.5	5.00	1720	-5.4
64	Nema, Nivaan	0	AUS	−29N	+70B	F	−20N	+79B	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.50	1540	-10.0
65	Huang, Joshua Kai-En	1467	AUS	−15B	−48N	+100B	+96N	−31B	2.0	9.5	9.5	0.50	1006	-9.6
66	Vignesh, Prajeeth Balaji	0	NZL	+85B	−37N	−86N	+76B	−53N	2.0	9.0	10.0	3.50	1414	0.0
67	Zhou, Teng	1517	AUS	−31B	+85N	F	+86B	−17N	2.0	9.0	9.0	2.50	1572	+7.6
68	Balaji, Sai Sivesh	1526	AUS	−22B	+103N	+88B	−72N	−30B	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1546	+2.4
69	Samrat, Avyay	0	AUS	−7B	−56N	+104B	−49N	+95B	2.0	9.0	9.0	0.50	801	0.0
70	Wang, Adelyn	1438	AUS	−9B	−64N	+103B	+99N	−37B	2.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	989	-9.2
71	Vemula, Thamoghna	0	AUS	−34B	=79N	+95B	=80N	−50B	2.0	8.5	9.0	2.00	1323	0.0
72	Whitford, Matthew	1680	AUS	F	−9N	F	+68B	+63N	2.0	8.0	8.0	4.00	1840	+13.2
73	Ngo, William	1811	AUS	−47N	+102B	−54N	−46B	+92N	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	981	-64.4
74	Ruaya, Rohan	1459	AUS	−63N	−33B	+102N	−55B	+89N	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	835	-23.2
75	Shaiek, Nihal	1473	AUS	−41N	−55B	+90N	−53B	+98N	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	834	-35.6
76	Scenna, George	1508	AUS	−13B	−81N	+98B	−66N	+102B	2.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1109	-3.2
77	Ihtiram Ahmad	1682	BAN	−14B	+101N	−58B	−59N	+99B	2.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	941	-33.6
78	Arun, Devsankar	0	AUS	−27B	−80N	+101B	−57N	+97B	2.0	7.0	7.0	0.50	1464	0.0
79	Warren, Elizabeth	1413	AUS	−12N	=71B	+93N	−17B	−64N	1.5	11.5	12.5	2.00	973	-4.2
80	Zhou, Emma	1612	AUS	−2N	+78B	F	=71B	−32N	1.5	11.5	11.5	3.00	1085	-14.4
81	Kitonga, Jack	0	AUS	−28N	+76B	−51N	=52B	−45N	1.5	10.5	12.5	3.25	1404	0.0
82	Sheth, Adidev	1465	AUS	−3N	−46B	F	=85N	+91B	1.5	9.0	9.0	1.75	1065	-6.4
83	Gurkan, Mehmet	1568	AUS	−1N	=93B	F	−38N	+96B	1.5	9.0	9.0	1.00	925	-28.0
84	Gurkan, Ahmet	1412	AUS	−6B	+104N	F	=60B	−36N	1.5	9.0	9.0	1.00	926	-11.6
85	Yegnavajjula, Aryan Srivatsav	0	AUS	−66N	−67B	+91N	=82B	−52N	1.5	8.0	9.0	1.75	1206	-60.0
86	Yang, Yifan	1627	AUS	F	−19N	+66B	−67N	−48B	1.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	941	-29.6
87	Verma, Vivaan	1641	AUS	−37B	−20N	F	+94B	−42N	1.0	10.0	10.0	1.00	1476	-34.8
88	Nowak, Ruben	1667	AUS	+102N	−10B	−68N	−39B	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	849	-32.2
89	Palta, Sameer	0	AUS	−61B	−49N	+92B	−62N	−74B	1.0	8.5	9.5	1.00	737	0.0
90	FIDE 3295672	0	—	−58B	−62N	−75B	+101N	−56B	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	773	0.0
91	FIDE 3295648	2	—	−30B	−57N	−85B	+100N	−82N	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	760	0.0
92	Chapnevis, Elmira	0	IRI	−54N	−45B	−89N	+95N	−73B	1.0	7.5	8.0	0.50	880	0.0
93	Husain, Lamiah	0	AUS	−35B	=83N	−79B	=97N	F	1.0	7.0	7.5	1.00	1400	-26.4
94	Tan, Mia	1443	AUS	F	F	F	−87N	+100B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	841	-9.2
95	FIDE 3287815	0	—	−17N	=53B	−71N	−92B	−69N	0.5	10.0	11.0	1.25	1456	0.0
96	Arora, Daanish	0	AUS	F	=51B	−40N	−65B	−83N	0.5	9.0	9.0	1.25	1223	0.0
97	Venkat, Nyra	1721	AUS	−50B	−60N	F	=93B	−78N	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.50	659	-32.8
98	Samraat, Aayush	0	AUS	−25N	−39B	−76N	F	−75B	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	738	0.0
99	FIDE 3295745	0	—	−59B	−38N	F	−70B	−77N	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	734	0.0
100	Moser, William	0	AUS	−36N	−52B	−65N	−91B	−94N	0.0	8.5	9.5	0.00	697	0.0
101	FIDE 3295737	0	—	−44N	−77B	−78N	−90B	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	810	0.0
102	Gupta, Riaan	0	AUS	−88B	−73N	−74B	F	−76N	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	811	0.0
103	FIDE 3295729	0	—	−40N	−68B	−70N	F	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	721	0.0
104	FIDE 3295656	0	—	−32N	−84B	−69N	F	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	790	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Parker, LucasAUS
+64.4
3.5 pts · #25
2Bodke, KrishnaAUS
+63.6
4.0 pts · #43
3Ramanathan, AshwinAUS
+58.8
3.5 pts · #29

Top rating losers

1Ngo, WilliamAUS
-64.4
2.0 pts · #70
2Yegnavajjula, Aryan SrivatsavAUS
-60.0
1.5 pts · #65
3Black, NickAUS
-58.0
2.5 pts · #28

Biggest upsets

R3+315 Elo gap
Parker, Lucas1552 beat Black, Nick1867
R1+262 Elo gap
Zhang, Chi Long1459 beat Venkat, Nyra1721
R5+233 Elo gap
Batyrbekov, Aidan1480 beat Hu, Tony1713