2025 Rooty Hill Club Championship Division B Rounds 1-3
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17 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 10 Jun 2025 to 24 Jun 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1763, and top seed was Ronen Bhaumik (🇦🇺 AUS, 1823).
Peter Cassettari (🇦🇺 AUS, 1760) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Baize Li (2.5) and Udit Talpade (2.5). Cassettari shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
10 Jun 2025 → 24 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×16
🇯🇵Japan×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 3 players tied at 2.5/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 2.5/3. Cassettari takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Baize Li | * | — | — | — |
| 2Udit Talpade | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Peter Cassettari | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Leo Kuncoro | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cassettari, Peter | 1760 | AUS | +14N | +4B | =3N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 3.75 | 2008 | +18.0 |
| 2 | Li, Baize | 1787 | AUS | +10B | =7N | +9B | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.75 | 1991 | +28.8 |
| 3 | Talpade, Udit | 1747 | AUS | +17N | +15B | =1B | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 2003 | +18.6 |
| 4 | Jacob, Christo | 1705 | AUS | +16B | −1N | +7B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 1831 | +20.4 |
| 5 | Kuncoro, Leo | 1790 | AUS | =8N | =9B | +15N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1846 | +8.8 |
| 6 | Gao, Terry | 1677 | AUS | −12N | +16N | +11B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1874 | +32.0 |
| 7 | Mejares, Remeo | 1670 | AUS | +13N | =2B | −4N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 2.25 | 1722 | +4.4 |
| 8 | Pan, Renee Yang | 1678 | AUS | =5B | =11N | =10B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1739 | +10.0 |
| 9 | Thite, Sameer | 1791 | AUS | =11B | =5N | −2N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1644 | -11.8 |
| 10 | Singh, Jaspal | 1695 | AUS | −2N | =14B | =8N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1616 | -6.0 |
| 11 | Descallar, Levi | 1732 | AUS | =9N | =8B | −6N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1590 | -11.6 |
| 12 | Bhaumik, Ronen | 1823 | AUS | +6B | F | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2477 | +6.0 |
| 13 | Hasegawa, Yuki | 1678 | JPN | −7B | F | +14N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1713 | +2.0 |
| 14 | Sivaraj, Avinav | 1757 | AUS | −1B | =10N | −13B | 0.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1438 | -48.0 |
| 15 | Shosho, David | 1694 | AUS | F | −3N | −5B | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 968 | -16.0 |
| 16 | Dhingra, Vipin | 1691 | AUS | −4N | −6B | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 890 | -20.0 |
| 17 | Muller, Hans P | 1737 | AUS | −3B | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 947 | -9.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Gao, TerryAUS+32.02.0 pts · #6
- 2Li, BaizeAUS+28.82.5 pts · #1
- 3Jacob, ChristoAUS+20.42.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Sivaraj, AvinavAUS-48.00.5 pts · #14
- 2Dhingra, VipinAUS-20.00.0 pts · #15
- 3Shosho, DavidAUS-16.00.0 pts · #16