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2025 MCC Edwin Malitis Memorial - Major Rounds 5-7

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Aug 2025 to 18 Aug 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 10 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2008, and top seed was Cheng Dai (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2151).

Haran Salasan (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2020) won with 2.5/7, ahead of Alana Chibnall (2.5) and Leo Pasukov (2.5). Salasan shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Gary D Bekker (CM, 1839) beat Nguyen Mai Chi Phan (WFM, 2125), a +286-point gap.

Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
04 Aug 2025 → 18 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺FMCheng Dai2151
Avg top 10
2,008
Participants
22
Titled players · 10
FM×2
CM×6
WFM×2
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×20
🇮🇩Indonesia×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 4 players tied at 2.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 22 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
22
22
22
22
11
3
4
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 2.5/7. Salasan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMHaran Salasan*
½
2WFMAlana Chibnall*
½
3Leo Pasukov
½
*
4CMLeo Kalina
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Salasan, HaranCM2020AUSFFFF+6N+19N=4B2.54.54.53.252399+25.6
2Chibnall, AlanaWFM1835AUSFFFF+11B=3N+13B2.54.54.53.252009+10.0
3Pasukov, Leo1704AUSFFFF+15N=2B+11B2.54.54.53.252058+30.0
4Kalina, LeoCM2103AUSFFFF+12B+14B=1N2.54.54.53.252210+12.0
5Bekker, Gary DCM1839AUSFFFF+22B+8BF2.01.51.51.502824+28.2
6Thogata, RandheerFM2046AUSFFFF1B=12N+14N1.54.54.51.501937-21.6
7Smith, DeclanCM1996AUSFFFF+13BF=8N1.54.04.01.752148+9.6
8Phan, Nguyen Mai ChiWFM2125AUSFFFF+19B5N=7B1.54.04.01.251998-9.6
9Buhagiar, Aden1788AUSFFFF+10NF=21N1.53.53.51.752004+13.4
10Chmiel, Rad1759AUSFFFF9B+16N=20B1.53.03.01.251753+1.4
11Renaldo Wongso1742INAFFFF2N+17B3N1.06.06.01.001615-12.4
12Shanks, Jack1809AUSFFFF4N=6B=19B1.04.54.51.002001+10.4
13Pitono, Abraham1778CANFFFF7N+21B2N1.04.54.50.501777-0.2
14Ly, Thai1919AUSFFFF+21B4N6B1.04.54.50.501903-1.2
15Russell, PaulCM1724AUSFFFF3BF+16N1.04.04.01.001685-2.4
16Hill, James1734AUSFFFF+18N10B15B1.03.53.51.001684-2.2
17Kovacevic, Paul1722AUSFFFF+20B11N18B1.02.52.50.501720+1.2
18Nguyen, Anh KietCM1888AUSFFFF16BF+17N1.02.02.01.001704-25.6
19Dai, ChengFM2151AUSFFFF8N1B=12N0.55.05.00.501735-32.2
20Khurram, Mikyle1799AUSFFFF17NF=10N0.53.53.50.751525-14.6
21Arthur, James1873AUSFFFF14N13N=9B0.53.53.50.751541-51.6
22Poberezovsky, Daniel1960AUSFFFF5NFF0.02.02.00.001058-11.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets