2025 MCC Junior Championship Round 6-9
Open SwissStandard
12 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Jun 2025 to 26 Jun 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1182, and top seed was Leo Kalina (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2035).
Leo Kalina (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2035) won with 4.0/9, ahead of Samuel Shepherd (3.5) and Jackson Chila (3.5). Kalina broke clear in the final round.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
05 Jun 2025 → 26 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×12
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsCM Leo Kalina led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 14 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.
Co-leaders
14
14
14
14
14
4
2
2
1
R9–R9 · LEAD HELD
CM Leo Kalina held the sole lead from R9 through R9 without losing it.
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
CM Leo Kalina 4 wins (R6–R9)Jackson Chila 3 wins (R6–R8)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMLeo Kalina | * | — | — | — |
| 2Samuel Shepherd | — | * | — | 1 |
| 3Jackson Chila | — | — | * | — |
| 4Lok Lan Yu | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalina, LeoCM | 2035 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +12B | +7N | +8B | +11B | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2535 | +6.4 |
| 2 | Shepherd, Samuel | 1870 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +4B | =5B | +11N | +10B | 3.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.75 | 1938 | +12.8 |
| 3 | Chila, Jackson | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +9N | +6B | +5N | =8N | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.25 | 1625 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Yu, Lok Lan | 1778 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | +9B | +10N | +6B | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1675 | -7.2 |
| 5 | Hu, Tony | 1662 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +6B | =2N | −3B | +12N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1868 | +16.8 |
| 6 | Zhang, Chi Long | 1487 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | −3N | +7B | −4N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 931 | -16.8 |
| 7 | Weston, Ted | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | =10B | −1B | −6N | =9N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.50 | 1019 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Batyrbekov, Kaisar | 1569 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | =3B | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1144 | -3.2 |
| 9 | Bhat, Dhruv | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | −4N | F | =7B | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 953 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Zhou, Zenan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | =7N | F | −4B | −2N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 1000 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Batyrbekov, Aidan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | −1N | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1090 | -8.8 |
| 12 | Fan, Xinyao | 1422 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | F | F | −5B | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1122 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Hu, TonyAUS+16.82.5 pts · #4
- 2Shepherd, SamuelAUS+12.83.5 pts · #1
- 3Kalina, LeoCMAUS+6.44.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Zhang, Chi LongAUS-16.81.0 pts · #7
- 2Batyrbekov, AidanAUS-8.80.0 pts · #12
- 3Yu, Lok LanAUS-7.23.0 pts · #5