2025 Gosford District Championship Rounds 6-7
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11 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Jun 2025 to 10 Jun 2025 in Gosford, Australia. Top 10 Elo average was 186, and top seed was Patrick Christie (🇦🇺 AUS, 1868).
Newman Chakerian (🇦🇺 AUS, 0) won with 2.0/7, ahead of Rowan Rapisarda (2.0) and Colin N Rowlison (1.0). Chakerian won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
Location
🇦🇺Gosford, Australia
Dates
03 Jun 2025 → 10 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Avg top 10
186
Participants
11
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×9
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 2.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 34 co-leaders at R4 to 7 at the finish.
Co-leaders
34
34
34
34
34
13
7
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 2.0/7. Chakerian takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.0).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Newman Chakerian | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Rowan Rapisarda | — | * | — | — |
| 3Colin N Rowlison | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Leonard Locke | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chakerian, Newman | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +4B | +3N | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 1806 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Rapisarda, Rowan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +8B | +7B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2430 | +16.4 |
| 3 | Rowlison, Colin N | 1859 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +7N | −1B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 2430 | +5.8 |
| 4 | Locke, Leonard | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | +?B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1729 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Addison, Jack | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | −?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1104 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Church, Alexander | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 906 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Morgan, Alistair | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | −2N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 939 | -28.0 |
| 8 | FIDE 3291421 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 892 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 3291340 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 878 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Clark, Neil | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1005 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Markham, Philip | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 909 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Rapisarda, RowanAUS+16.42.0 pts · #4
- 2Rowlison, Colin NAUS+5.81.0 pts · #2
- 3Church, AlexanderAUS0.01.0 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Morgan, AlistairAUS-28.00.0 pts · #7
- 2Church, AlexanderAUS0.01.0 pts · #11
- 3Clark, NeilAUS0.00.0 pts · #6