2025 Christmas Special

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78 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 06 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in Rothwell, Australia. 6 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2075, and top seed was Brodie McClymont (🇦🇺 AUS, IM, 2386).

Brodie McClymont (🇦🇺 AUS, IM, 2386) won with 5.5/6, ahead of George Wendi Xie (5.0) and Yi Liu (5.0). McClymont clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Rohan Pyne (1576) beat Anthony J Truscott (2093), a +517-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Rothwell, Australia

Dates

06 Dec 2025 → 07 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺IMBrodie McClymont2386

Avg top 10

2,075

Participants

Titled players · 6

IM×2

FM×1

CM×3

Federations · 5 represented

🇦🇺Australia×68

🇳🇿New Zealand×3

🇮🇩Indonesia×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

🇨🇳China×1

Top 3

🥇
IMBrodie McClymont
🇦🇺AUS·2386
5.5pts·2444perf+3.1
🥈
IMGeorge Wendi Xie
🇦🇺AUS·2310
5.0pts·2261perf-0.5
🥉
FMYi Liu
🇦🇺AUS·2323
5.0pts·2333perf+6.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

IM Brodie McClymont led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

McClymont5.5Baneshi5Xie5Liu5Li4.5Pyne4.5— ex-leaders:Liuled R5, #11

R6 · LEADER CHANGE07 Dec

IM Brodie McClymont takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Brodie McClymont 3 wins (R1–R3)IM George Wendi Xie 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMBrodie McClymont	*	—	—	1
2Kiamehr Baneshi	—	*	—	—
3IMGeorge Wendi Xie	—	—	*	0
4FMYi Liu	0	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	McClymont, BrodieIM	2386	AUS	+63B	+40N	+22B	=5N	+6B	+3N	5.5	20.5	22.5	20.25	2444	+3.1
2	Xie, George WendiIM	2310	AUS	+50B	+19N	+11B	+10N	−3B	+12N	5.0	21.0	23.5	18.50	2261	-0.5
3	Liu, YiFM	2323	AUS	+32N	+37B	+16N	+30B	+2N	−1B	5.0	20.5	23.5	18.00	2333	+6.2
4	Baneshi, Kiamehr	1931	IRI	+51B	=9N	+23B	+34N	=5B	+11N	5.0	19.5	22.0	17.50	2024	+33.2
5	Yang, Bojun (Bryan)CM	1989	AUS	+35B	+15N	+24B	=1B	=4N	=8B	4.5	22.5	25.5	18.00	2049	+22.0
6	Yelkhovsky, Daniil	1931	AUS	+54N	+55B	=26N	+9B	−1N	+13B	4.5	19.5	21.5	14.25	2002	+16.8
7	Qin, Lexuan	1533	CHN	−10B	+66N	=17N	+43B	+25N	+21B	4.5	18.0	19.5	13.50	1947	+102.0
8	Li, Terrence	1893	AUS	+53B	−23N	+32B	+24N	+30B	=5N	4.5	17.5	19.5	13.75	1905	+7.6
9	Pyne, Rohan	1576	AUS	+61N	=4B	+57B	−6N	+47B	+34N	4.5	17.0	19.0	12.00	1922	+98.0
10	Zou, Xuyuan	1965	AUS	+7N	+14B	+25N	−2B	−13N	+30N	4.0	21.0	24.0	15.00	1962	+2.4
11	Lin, Xianzhe	1706	AUS	+62N	+31B	−2N	+28B	+41N	−4B	4.0	19.5	21.5	11.50	1830	+28.4
12	Chen, AustinCM	1844	AUS	+72N	+13B	−30N	+26B	+31N	−2B	4.0	18.5	19.5	11.50	1922	+23.6
13	Pardoen, Alain	1871	AUS	+59B	−12N	+71B	+22N	+10B	−6N	4.0	18.0	19.0	10.50	1890	+2.0
14	Nguyen, Quan	1672	AUS	+38B	−10N	+53B	+36N	=21N	=18B	4.0	17.5	19.5	11.75	1850	+55.2
15	Lee, Timothy	1685	AUS	+46N	−5B	+42N	−21B	+33N	+31B	4.0	17.0	19.5	11.50	1716	+5.2
16	Vujasin, Nikola	1749	AUS	+45N	+28B	−3B	F	+46N	+26B	4.0	17.0	17.0	12.00	1937	+18.0
17	Chen, Gordon	1707	AUS	−33B	+56N	=7B	=35N	+32B	+38N	4.0	16.5	18.5	11.75	1591	-28.0
18	Fu, Neil	1843	AUS	+71B	=48N	=39B	+23N	=27B	=14N	4.0	16.5	17.5	11.00	1719	-22.8
19	Wu, Elvis	1602	AUS	+60N	−2B	+58N	−31B	+53N	+41B	4.0	15.0	17.0	9.00	1746	+34.8
20	Gray, Callum James	1929	AUS	−31N	+75B	F	+50N	+39B	+27N	4.0	12.5	12.5	9.50	1802	-9.0
21	Beaumont, DavidCM	1870	AUS	+27B	−24N	+48B	+15N	=14B	−7N	3.5	19.5	22.0	12.00	1606	-31.4
22	Fu, Charles	1818	AUS	+58N	+49B	−1N	−13B	+35N	=28B	3.5	18.5	20.5	9.25	1828	+2.8
23	Xia, ChengYi	1612	AUS	+69N	+8B	−4N	−18B	+62N	=52B	3.5	18.0	19.0	8.75	1807	+37.2
24	Wang, Yuwei	1653	AUS	+78N	+21B	−5N	−8B	=45N	+46B	3.5	17.5	17.5	7.25	1712	+7.6
25	Godinho, Isaac	1798	AUS	+52B	+33N	−10B	=39N	−7B	+57N	3.5	17.0	19.0	9.00	1655	-33.2
26	Liu, Henry	1753	AUS	+70B	+73N	=6B	−12N	+29B	−16N	3.5	17.0	18.0	7.75	1799	+12.8
27	Oakley, Brett	1491	AUS	−21N	+61B	+37N	+55B	=18N	−20B	3.5	16.5	18.5	9.00	1746	+56.0
28	Van Der Meer, Andrew	1632	AUS	+67B	−16N	+70B	−11N	+59B	=22N	3.5	15.0	16.0	6.25	1485	-10.0
29	Leask, Aidan	1624	AUS	+47N	−30B	+54N	=49B	−26N	+48B	3.5	14.0	16.0	8.25	1670	+12.0
30	Liu, Haoqian (William)	1809	AUS	+44B	+29N	+12B	−3N	−8N	−10B	3.0	21.0	24.0	10.50	1835	+2.4
31	Joseph, Ethan	1561	AUS	+20B	−11N	+73B	+19N	−12B	−15N	3.0	20.0	21.0	9.00	1769	+60.0
32	Shanley, Luke	1626	AUS	−3B	+38N	−8N	+78B	−17N	+45B	3.0	19.0	19.0	5.50	1640	-2.8
33	Ren, Joshua	1443	AUS	+17N	−25B	−55N	+42B	−15B	+59N	3.0	16.5	18.5	9.00	1531	+13.2
34	Truscott, Anthony J	2093	AUS	+64B	+36N	F	−4B	+63N	−9B	3.0	16.5	16.5	7.00	1753	-29.4
35	Ruhan Bulchandani	1499	AUS	−5N	=60B	+68N	=17B	−22B	+56N	3.0	16.0	17.5	6.50	1533	+1.6
36	Chen, Nicholas Yuileng	1605	AUS	+42N	−34B	+45N	−14B	−52N	+61B	3.0	15.0	17.0	7.50	1631	+4.0
37	Hirst, Harry	0	AUS	+56B	−3N	−27B	−47N	+60B	+62N	3.0	15.0	17.0	6.00	1601	0.0
38	Mott-Howell, Nathan	1494	AUS	−14N	−32B	+69N	+54B	+55N	−17B	3.0	15.0	16.0	5.00	1593	+24.8
39	Tan, Joseph	1722	AUS	F	+74B	=18N	=25B	−20N	+49B	3.0	15.0	15.0	7.25	1808	+12.4
40	Jain, Anshika	1683	AUS	+68N	−1B	−41N	+56B	+49N	F	3.0	14.5	14.5	6.00	1873	+7.8
41	Bounsall, Joel	0	AUS	−73B	+77N	+40B	+48N	−11B	−19N	3.0	14.5	14.5	5.50	1516	0.0
42	Park, Aiden	0	NZL	−36B	+64N	−15B	−33N	+67B	+53B	3.0	14.0	15.5	5.50	1383	0.0
43	Stokes, Mark C	1683	AUS	F	−57N	+67B	−7N	+50B	+47N	3.0	13.0	13.0	6.50	1569	-12.2
44	FIDE 3299236	0	—	−30N	−58B	+66B	−53N	+69B	+64N	3.0	10.5	11.5	4.50	912	0.0
45	Zhao, Amy	1442	AUS	−16B	+52N	−36B	+65N	=24B	−32N	2.5	16.0	18.0	6.25	1333	-17.2
46	Wu, Eleanor	0	AUS	−15B	=51N	+64B	+57N	−16B	−24N	2.5	16.0	18.0	5.25	1489	0.0
47	Ye, Emma	1509	AUS	−29B	=67N	+75N	+37B	−9N	−43B	2.5	15.5	16.0	4.25	828	-40.8
48	Bulatko, Teodor	0	AUS	+76N	=18B	−21N	−41B	+72B	−29N	2.5	15.0	15.5	3.50	1633	0.0
49	Ghodosi, Hossein	1664	AUS	+77B	−22N	+65B	=29N	−40B	−39N	2.5	15.0	15.0	3.75	1390	-24.8
50	Liu, Mike	1624	AUS	−2N	=68B	+74N	−20B	−43N	+72B	2.5	14.5	15.5	2.75	1653	+0.8
51	Xu, Sophia	1495	AUS	−4N	=46B	+60N	−63B	−54N	+66B	2.5	13.5	15.0	4.75	1462	-10.4
52	Robertson, Samuel	0	AUS	−25N	−45B	F	+71N	+36B	=23N	2.5	13.5	13.5	5.75	1524	0.0
53	Fichna, Vilem	1585	AUS	−8N	+69B	−14N	+44B	−19B	−42N	2.0	18.5	19.5	4.00	921	-40.0
54	Lin, Xianchen (Mason)	1606	AUS	−6B	+59N	−29B	−38N	+51B	−65N	2.0	15.5	17.5	4.50	1443	-38.4
55	Jain, Kamal	1707	AUS	+66B	−6N	+33B	−27N	−38B	F	2.0	15.5	15.5	4.50	1397	-31.8
56	Chen, Isaac	0	AUS	−37N	−17B	+61N	−40N	+70B	−35B	2.0	15.0	16.0	3.00	1384	0.0
57	Wang, Chloe	1611	AUS	F	+43B	−9N	−46B	+68N	−25B	2.0	15.0	15.0	4.50	1561	-8.4
58	Post, Martin	1743	NZL	−22B	+44N	−19B	−59N	−65B	+70N	2.0	14.5	15.5	4.00	910	-21.8
59	Tsao, Shaun	0	AUS	−13N	−54B	+76N	+58B	−28N	−33B	2.0	14.5	15.0	2.50	1421	0.0
60	Wang, Ruoshui	1482	AUS	−19B	=35N	−51B	=66N	−37N	+75B	2.0	14.0	14.5	2.75	1258	-32.0
61	Connell, Chris	1419	AUS	−9B	−27N	−56B	+76N	+71B	−36N	2.0	14.0	14.5	1.50	753	-38.4
62	Futcher, Jimmy	1560	AUS	−11B	−63N	+77B	+70N	−23B	−37B	2.0	13.5	13.5	1.00	848	-45.6
63	Weller, Tony	1627	AUS	−1N	+62B	F	+51N	−34B	F	2.0	13.0	13.0	4.50	1777	+11.4
64	FIDE 3299252	0	—	−34N	−42B	−46N	+69B	+78N	−44B	2.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	1293	0.0
65	Li, Susan	0	NZL	F	F	−49N	−45B	+58N	+54B	2.0	9.0	9.0	4.00	1616	0.0
66	Yan, Zhibin	0	AUS	−55N	−7B	−44N	=60B	+77N	−51N	1.5	14.0	14.0	1.00	1232	0.0
67	Padmanathanm, Sarvesh	0	AUS	−28N	=47B	−43N	−68B	−42N	+77B	1.5	13.5	13.5	1.25	1335	0.0
68	Naufal Rafi Athallah Ramadhan	0	INA	−40B	=50N	−35B	+67N	−57B	F	1.5	12.0	12.0	2.75	1282	0.0
69	FIDE 3299228	0	—	−23B	−53N	−38B	−64N	−44N	+76B	1.0	13.5	14.0	0.50	764	0.0
70	Aumuller, Ryan	0	AUS	−26N	+72B	−28N	−62B	−56N	−58B	1.0	13.0	14.0	1.00	1406	0.0
71	FIDE 3299244	0	—	−18N	+76B	−13N	−52B	−61N	F	1.0	13.0	13.0	0.50	911	0.0
72	Vijay, Ayaansh	1544	AUS	−12B	−70N	F	+75B	−48N	−50N	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.50	934	-21.6
73	Sohal, Milaan	1848	AUS	+41N	−26B	−31N	F	F	F	1.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	857	-58.8
74	Basiaco, Christopher	1445	AUS	F	−39N	−50B	F	F	+78B	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	873	-17.6
75	Wang, Charlotte	0	AUS	F	−20N	−47B	−72N	=76B	−60N	0.5	10.0	10.0	0.25	816	0.0
76	Lacroix, Guillaume	0	AUS	−48B	−71N	−59B	−61B	=75N	−69N	0.5	8.5	9.0	0.25	619	0.0
77	Simic, Fedra	0	AUS	−49N	−41B	−62N	F	−66B	−67N	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	812	0.0
78	Ashik, Alyna	0	AUS	−24B	F	F	−32N	−64B	−74N	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	774	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Qin, LexuanCHN
+102.0
4.5 pts · #12
2Pyne, RohanAUS
+98.0
4.5 pts · #5
3Joseph, EthanAUS
+60.0
3.0 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1Sohal, MilaanAUS
-58.8
1.0 pts · #75
2Futcher, JimmyAUS
-45.6
2.0 pts · #63
3Ye, EmmaAUS
-40.8
2.5 pts · #76

Biggest upsets

R6+517 Elo gap
Pyne, Rohan1576 beat Truscott, Anthony J2093
R1+368 Elo gap
Joseph, Ethan1561 beat Gray, Callum James1929
R6+337 Elo gap
Qin, Lexuan1533 beat CMBeaumont, David1870