2025 NSW Open

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98 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 06 Jun 2025 to 09 Jun 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 26 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2222, and top seed was Jacek Stopa (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2326).

George Wendi Xie (🇦🇺 AUS, IM, 2322) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Jacek Stopa (6.0) and Daniel Wang (5.5). Xie won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Taifeng (Matt) Lyu (1929) beat Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan (WCM, 2258), a +329-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Sydney, Australia

Dates

06 Jun 2025 → 09 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇱GMJacek Stopa2326

Avg top 10

2,222

Participants

Titled players · 26

GM×1

IM×2

FM×8

CM×12

WFM×1

WCM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇦🇺Australia×79

🇸🇬Singapore×8

🇳🇿New Zealand×3

🇮🇳India×1

🇫🇷France×1

🇲🇳Mongolia×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

🇮🇶Iraq×1

Top 3

🥇
IMGeorge Wendi Xie
🇦🇺AUS·2322
6.0pts·2369perf+4.6
🥈
GMJacek Stopa
🇵🇱POL·2326
6.0pts·2364perf+4.0
🥉
CMDaniel Wang
🇦🇺AUS·2030
5.5pts·2115perf+27.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Xie6Stopa6Wang5.5Peramunetilleke5.5Lyu5.5Tang5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

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

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM George Wendi Xie drew with GM Jacek Stopa (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM George Wendi Xie 4 wins (R1–R4)GM Jacek Stopa 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMGeorge Wendi Xie	*	½	—	—
2GMJacek Stopa	½	*	—	—
3CMDaniel Wang	—	—	*	—
4CMSeth Peramunetilleke	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Xie, George WendiIM	2322	AUS	+43B	+17N	+13B	+23N	=2B	=16N	+15B	6.0	28.0	31.5	26.25	2369	+4.6
2	Stopa, JacekGM	2326	POL	+50N	+56B	+11N	+39B	=1N	+24B	=8B	6.0	26.5	29.5	24.00	2364	+4.0
3	Wang, DanielCM	2030	AUS	+33B	=27N	=68B	+41N	+23B	=10N	+20B	5.5	24.5	27.0	21.50	2115	+27.2
4	Peramunetilleke, SethCM	2010	AUS	+58B	+55N	−23B	+68N	+25B	=14N	+10B	5.5	23.0	25.5	19.25	2148	+46.0
5	Lyu, Taifeng (Matt)	1929	AUS	=71B	+74N	−6B	+51N	+59B	+21N	+16B	5.5	23.0	25.5	19.25	2185	+84.8
6	Hu, YifeiFM	2280	AUS	+64N	=40B	+5N	=26B	=7N	+28B	=9N	5.0	27.0	30.0	21.25	2121	-40.0
7	Tang, TerrenceCM	2143	AUS	+85B	+29N	=10B	+22N	=6B	−8N	+23B	5.0	27.0	28.5	18.75	2138	+1.8
8	Chang, Ethan	2058	AUS	F	=76N	+63B	+40B	+26N	+7B	=2N	5.0	24.0	24.0	19.75	2261	+58.8
9	Jain, Shaurya	1965	AUS	−91B	+71N	+44B	+54N	=12N	+42B	=6B	5.0	22.0	23.0	17.25	2048	+32.8
10	Anup Kumar, Vihaan	1959	AUS	+38N	+66B	=7N	+19B	=48N	=3B	−4N	4.5	28.0	30.5	18.00	2087	+50.0
11	Wong, Yen-Hsiu Elliot	1993	SGP	+46B	+91N	−2B	+55N	−16B	+29N	=22B	4.5	25.5	26.5	13.75	2067	+27.6
12	Hu, JasonFM	2183	AUS	F	+59N	+20B	=15N	=9B	=22N	+25B	4.5	25.5	25.5	18.50	2132	-5.8
13	Anderson, BrendanCM	1993	AUS	+60N	+67B	−1N	+30B	−24N	=18B	+45N	4.5	25.0	27.5	15.25	2053	+11.0
14	Lo, Willis	2064	AUS	+44N	+45B	=26N	=25B	=28N	=4B	=39N	4.5	24.5	28.0	17.50	2027	-5.4
15	Li, HuiCM	2041	MAC	+83N	+42B	=25N	=12B	=39N	+57B	−1N	4.5	24.5	26.5	14.50	2087	+9.6
16	Bayasgalan, KhishigbaatarWCM	2258	MGL	+79B	F	+78N	+56B	+11N	=1B	−5N	4.5	24.5	26.5	14.50	2171	-6.8
17	Brown, Heath	1916	AUS	+52N	−1B	+31N	−24B	+66N	=43B	+58N	4.5	24.0	26.5	14.75	2000	+14.0
18	Gong, Leo	1807	AUS	=24B	−21N	+81B	+84N	+34B	=13N	=32B	4.5	23.0	24.5	13.75	2073	+91.2
19	Odenthal, AidanFM	2057	AUS	+95B	=41N	+27B	−10N	−20B	+54N	+40B	4.5	23.0	24.0	13.25	1955	-15.4
20	Horikawa, Masaki	1902	AUS	+97N	=48B	−12N	+78B	+19N	+62B	−3N	4.5	23.0	23.0	11.25	2100	+72.8
21	Rej, TomekFM	2181	AUS	=78N	+18B	−40N	+92B	+45N	−5B	+42N	4.5	22.5	23.5	13.50	1958	-31.4
22	Ni, LucasCM	1923	AUS	+81N	+92B	=24N	−7B	+67N	=12B	=11N	4.5	22.5	23.5	12.00	2061	+52.8
23	Vincent, AlainaWFM	1956	AUS	+90N	+31B	+4N	−1B	−3N	+56B	−7N	4.0	29.0	30.5	14.00	2025	+12.8
24	Lane, Gary WIM	2237	AUS	=18N	F	=22B	+17N	+13B	−2N	+26B	4.0	28.0	29.5	17.50	2118	-6.6
25	Young, MicahCM	1960	AUS	+77B	+69N	=15B	=14N	−4N	+31B	−12N	4.0	25.5	27.5	13.00	1967	+6.8
26	Liu, EricFM	1963	AUS	+51B	+84N	=14B	=6N	−8B	+55N	−24N	4.0	25.0	26.5	12.75	2039	+28.0
27	Siva Sankaran, Anup Kumar	1878	AUS	+94N	=3B	−19N	+58B	−62N	+53B	=28N	4.0	23.5	24.5	12.25	1930	+10.6
28	Verma, RudraCM	1958	AUS	−84B	+46N	+33B	+93N	=14B	−6N	=27B	4.0	22.5	23.5	12.75	1916	-12.0
29	Cheok, Oliver	1897	SGP	+98N	−7B	+53N	−48B	+63N	−11B	+60N	4.0	22.5	22.5	9.50	1942	+16.0
30	Arav, Nathan	1767	AUS	−47B	+96N	+49B	−13N	=41B	+70N	=35B	4.0	21.5	22.0	10.25	1967	+73.2
31	Wee, Yu Heng Lucas John	1718	SGP	+70B	−23N	−17B	+86N	+68B	−25N	+55B	4.0	20.5	22.0	9.50	1921	+74.4
32	Yu, ZacharyCM	2035	NZL	F	+88N	=41B	=42B	+40N	=39B	=18N	4.0	20.0	20.0	12.50	1983	-14.8
33	Doan, Peter	1769	AUS	−3N	+94B	−28N	=80B	=87N	+61B	+56N	4.0	19.0	20.0	8.75	1835	+26.4
34	Zhang, Kendrick BotongFM	1991	NZL	F	+82B	=57N	=67B	−18N	+59B	+43N	4.0	18.5	18.5	11.25	1953	-11.2
35	Yin, Wenlin	1979	AUS	=82N	+75B	=48N	=66B	−57N	+79B	=30N	4.0	17.5	19.5	10.50	1890	-14.8
36	Peramunetilleke, Savin Kavindu	1878	AUS	+72B	−47N	−54B	F	+91N	+66B	+62N	4.0	15.5	15.5	9.00	1929	+17.6
37	Power, Ted	1918	AUS	−69B	=51N	−77B	+75N	+84B	=85N	+54B	4.0	15.0	16.5	9.50	1767	-52.0
38	Thuaux, Alexander	1700	AUS	−10B	−49N	+96B	−43N	+97B	+93N	+85B	4.0	14.5	14.5	3.00	1834	+48.8
39	Jiang, Benjamin Wise	1908	AUS	+53N	F	+47B	−2N	=15B	=32N	=14B	3.5	27.0	30.5	13.50	2080	+53.2
40	Walls, Kye	1903	AUS	+65B	=6N	+21B	−8N	−32B	+44N	−19N	3.5	26.5	29.5	13.50	2009	+17.6
41	Zhang, Richard	1879	AUS	+61N	=19B	=32N	−3B	=30N	−58B	+66N	3.5	24.0	26.5	11.75	1861	-5.6
42	Chen, Dean	1883	AUS	+96B	−15N	+69B	=32N	+47B	−9N	−21B	3.5	24.0	24.5	8.50	1937	+19.2
43	Haresh, Venkata Narayanaswamy	1842	SGP	−1N	+52B	−93N	+38B	+92N	=17N	−34B	3.5	23.0	24.0	10.75	1823	-10.0
44	Christensen, Joshua	1776	AUS	−14B	+65N	−9N	=53B	+80N	−40B	+73N	3.5	22.0	24.0	9.25	1802	+3.6
45	Huang, YuanCM	1900	AUS	+73B	−14N	=84B	+77N	−21B	+46N	−13B	3.5	21.5	23.0	8.75	1867	-12.0
46	Arav, Callan	1755	AUS	−11N	−28B	+94N	+61B	=49N	−45B	+67N	3.5	21.0	22.0	8.25	1851	+34.8
47	Zheng, TonyCM	2012	AUS	+30N	+36B	−39N	=57B	−42N	+67B	F	3.5	20.5	20.5	12.00	1918	-13.8
48	Nguyen, Vu Ky AnhFM	2223	AUS	+63B	=20N	=35B	+29N	=10B	F	F	3.5	20.0	20.0	13.50	2061	-31.2
49	Nabeel, Aziz youkhana	1964	IRQ	−66N	+38B	−30N	+72N	=46B	+76B	F	3.5	19.5	22.0	10.75	1788	-24.2
50	Cabilin, JeffCM	1848	AUS	−2B	=77N	=74B	+69N	−54B	+81N	=52B	3.5	19.5	21.5	8.50	1773	-16.2
51	Liu, Josh	1723	AUS	−26N	=37B	+89N	−5B	−79B	+94N	+70B	3.5	19.5	20.5	7.00	1869	+52.0
52	Teo, Hong Kai Javier	1682	SGP	−17B	−43N	+64N	−63B	+86N	+92B	=50N	3.5	19.0	20.0	7.25	1772	+32.8
53	Gao, Terry	1677	AUS	−39B	+79N	−29B	=44N	+88B	−27N	+89B	3.5	18.5	20.0	6.75	1843	+60.8
54	Hasegawa, Yuki	1678	JPN	−56N	+64B	+36N	−9B	+50N	−19B	−37N	3.0	24.0	27.0	10.50	1864	+60.4
55	He, Andrew	1863	AUS	+86N	−4B	+61N	−11B	+60N	−26B	−31N	3.0	24.0	25.5	7.50	1760	-37.2
56	Dhanesh, Venkata Narayanaswamy	1910	SGP	+54B	−2N	+91B	−16N	+93B	−23N	−33B	3.0	22.5	23.5	5.00	1854	-27.6
57	Corona, Jonluke	1864	AUS	F	+80N	=34B	=47N	+35B	−15N	F	3.0	21.5	21.5	9.75	2010	+40.0
58	Chan, Darryl	1764	AUS	−4N	+86B	F	−27N	+72B	+41N	−17B	3.0	21.5	21.5	7.50	1817	+8.4
59	Wenderoth, Will	1845	FRA	F	−12B	+71N	+87B	−5N	−34N	+72B	3.0	20.5	20.5	6.50	1847	-0.8
60	Sivaraj, Avinav	1757	AUS	−13B	=72N	=80B	+73N	−55B	+65N	−29B	3.0	19.5	21.5	7.75	1721	-15.6
61	Ohng, Kok Yeong Kevin	1642	SGP	−41B	+95N	−55B	−46N	+69B	−33N	+77B	3.0	18.5	19.5	5.50	1727	+14.6
62	Rusakov, JeanFM	2035	AUS	F	−78B	+75N	+85N	+27B	−20N	−36B	3.0	18.5	18.5	8.00	1828	-62.8
63	Kuncoro, Leo	1790	AUS	−48N	+97B	−8N	+52N	−29B	+87B	F	3.0	17.5	17.5	5.00	1858	+16.0
64	Yang, Corey	1821	AUS	−6B	−54N	−52B	=90N	+96B	=77N	+93B	3.0	16.0	16.5	3.25	1701	-50.4
65	Tankel, Alan	1676	AUS	−40N	−44B	+83N	+95N	−70B	−60B	+92N	3.0	15.5	16.5	4.00	1743	+11.2
66	Malcolm, Aidan	1729	NZL	+49B	−10N	+70B	=35N	−17B	−36N	−41B	2.5	24.0	26.5	8.00	1832	+16.4
67	Kevork, Chris	1864	AUS	+93B	−13N	+73B	=34N	−22B	−47N	−46B	2.5	22.5	23.5	5.50	1751	-21.4
68	Coy, Rupert	1857	AUS	F	+87B	=3N	−4B	−31N	=73B	=74N	2.5	21.5	21.5	6.75	1740	-19.4
69	Madoc, James	1690	AUS	+37N	−25B	−42N	−50B	−61N	=83B	+91N	2.5	20.0	21.0	6.00	1721	+7.6
70	Rust, Edward	1962	AUS	−31N	+90B	−66N	=74B	+65N	−30B	−51N	2.5	19.5	21.0	5.75	1614	-124.4
71	El-Fayoumi, Adam	1693	AUS	=5N	−9B	−59B	−88N	F	+78B	+79N	2.5	19.0	19.0	6.75	1796	+29.6
72	Ohng, Wei Zhe Quilliam	1642	SGP	−36N	=60B	+82N	−49B	−58N	+91B	−59N	2.5	18.5	19.5	4.50	1711	+22.4
73	Sheng, Ray	1665	AUS	−45N	+83B	−67N	−60B	+95B	=68N	−44B	2.5	17.0	18.0	4.25	1713	+14.4
74	Wong, Benjamin	1706	AUS	F	−5B	=50N	=70N	−85B	+88N	=68B	2.5	17.0	17.0	5.75	1802	+13.6
75	Esposito, David	1735	AUS	F	−35N	−62B	−37B	=89N	+86B	+87N	2.5	15.5	15.5	3.75	1780	+4.6
76	Ong, Jonathan Si Seng	1804	AUS	F	=8B	−92N	F	+77B	−49N	+80N	2.5	13.5	13.5	6.50	1801	-1.6
77	Lagarez, Christian	1716	AUS	−25N	=50B	+37N	−45B	−76N	=64B	−61N	2.0	21.0	23.5	7.25	1683	-7.2
78	Li, Baize	1787	AUS	=21B	+62N	−16B	−20N	−81B	−71N	=90B	2.0	21.0	22.5	6.00	1754	-23.2
79	Qian, Linda (Zhiling)WCM	1817	AUS	−16N	−53B	F	+82B	+51N	−35N	−71B	2.0	20.0	20.0	5.50	1714	-38.4
80	Yendluri, Rithvik Chowdary	1661	AUS	F	−57B	=60N	=33N	−44B	+95N	−76B	2.0	17.0	17.0	4.50	1664	0.0
81	Dhingra, Vipin	1691	AUS	−22B	F	−18N	+89B	+78N	−50B	F	2.0	16.0	16.0	3.50	1772	+20.4
82	Talpade, Udit	1747	AUS	=35B	−34N	−72B	−79N	F	=90B	+96N	2.0	14.5	14.5	3.25	1667	-13.6
83	Tay, Mason	1774	AUS	−15B	−73N	−65B	=96N	−94B	=69N	+97B	2.0	14.0	14.0	1.50	1559	-84.0
84	He, Angela	1695	AUS	+28N	−26B	=45N	−18B	−37N	F	F	1.5	20.0	20.0	5.75	1760	+6.8
85	Li, Shing Hei	1784	HKG	−7N	F	F	−62B	+74N	=37B	−38N	1.5	18.5	18.5	4.50	1751	-6.8
86	Di, Elvin	1621	AUS	−55B	−58N	+90N	−31B	−52B	−75N	=88B	1.5	17.5	19.0	2.25	1517	-21.6
87	Tsai, Bruce	1644	AUS	F	−68N	+88B	−59N	=33B	−63N	−75B	1.5	16.5	16.5	3.50	1601	-14.8
88	Glissan, Paul	1773	AUS	F	−32B	−87N	+71B	−53N	−74B	=86N	1.5	15.5	15.5	3.25	1532	-38.2
89	Welch, Ian	1856	AUS	F	F	−51B	−81N	=75B	+97N	−53N	1.5	15.5	15.5	1.25	1551	-40.6
90	Singh, Jaspal	1695	AUS	−23B	−70N	−86B	=64B	F	=82N	=78N	1.5	15.0	15.0	3.50	1617	-12.8
91	Ding, Daniel (yulin)	1735	AUS	+9N	−11B	−56N	F	−36B	−72N	−69B	1.0	21.5	21.5	5.00	1572	-47.2
92	Chen, Nicholas Yuileng	1604	AUS	F	−22N	+76B	−21N	−43B	−52N	−65B	1.0	21.5	21.5	2.50	1548	-17.6
93	Manognya Param Koolath	1630	IND	−67N	F	+43B	−28B	−56N	−38B	−64N	1.0	20.0	20.0	3.50	1576	-7.6
94	Gorantla, Karunya	1639	AUS	−27B	−33N	−46B	F	+83N	−51B	F	1.0	17.0	17.0	2.00	1538	-22.8
95	Escribano, Jose	1774	AUS	−19N	−61B	+97N	−65B	−73N	−80B	F	1.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	1457	-48.4
96	Sunay Burman Ray	1642	AUS	−42N	−30B	−38N	=83B	−64N	F	−82B	0.5	18.5	18.5	1.00	1381	-53.6
97	Yik, Lucas	1672	AUS	−20B	−63N	−95B	F	−38N	−89B	−83N	0.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	999	-79.6
98	Woon, Ella	1662	AUS	−29B	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1097	-8.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gong, LeoAUS
+91.2
4.5 pts · #14
2Lyu, Taifeng (Matt)AUS
+84.8
5.5 pts · #5
3Wee, Yu Heng Lucas JohnSGP
+74.4
4.0 pts · #38

Top rating losers

1Rust, EdwardAUS
-124.4
2.5 pts · #70
2Tay, MasonAUS
-84.0
2.0 pts · #77
3Yik, LucasAUS
-79.6
0.0 pts · #97

Biggest upsets

R7+329 Elo gap
Lyu, Taifeng (Matt)1929 beat WCMBayasgalan, Khishigbaatar2258
R3+278 Elo gap
Walls, Kye1903 beat FMRej, Tomek2181
R1+263 Elo gap
He, Angela1695 beat CMVerma, Rudra1958