2025 Rooty Hill Club Championship Division D Rounds 8-9
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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Aug 2025 to 12 Aug 2025 in Sydney, Australia. Top 10 Elo average was 437, and top seed was Taran Nisha Raj (🇦🇺 AUS, 1478).
John Lester Dignadice (🇦🇺 AUS, 0) won with 2.0/9, ahead of Taran Nisha Raj (2.0) and Muhammad Daniyal Azeem (1.5).
Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
05 Aug 2025 → 12 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×9
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 2.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 42 co-leaders at R4 to 8 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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42
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8
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 2.0/9. Dignadice takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (1.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dignadice, John Lester | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | +4B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1464 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Nisha Raj, Taran | 1478 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +10B | +8N | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2253 | +22.8 |
| 3 | Azeem, Muhammad Daniyal | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =8B | +?N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1469 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Suresh, Krishnan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +5B | −1N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1460 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Daniel, Ariye | 1457 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | +6B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 2362 | +26.8 |
| 6 | Karthikeyan, Dharshan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +7B | −5N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 640 | -26.8 |
| 7 | Brady, Kayden | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | +?B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 762 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Vagh, Riyan | 1431 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =3N | −2B | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 603 | -22.8 |
| 9 | FIDE 3292614 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =?N | −?B | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1402 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Zhang, Elvin | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | −?B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 603 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Daniel, AriyeAUS+26.81.0 pts · #4
- 2Nisha Raj, TaranAUS+22.82.0 pts · #2
- 3Azeem, Muhammad DaniyalAUS0.01.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Karthikeyan, DharshanAUS-26.81.0 pts · #7
- 2Vagh, RiyanAUS-22.80.5 pts · #10
- 3Azeem, Muhammad DaniyalAUS0.01.5 pts · #1