2025 MCC Edwin Malitis Memorial - Minor Rounds 1-4
20 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 07 Jul 2025 to 28 Jul 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1629, and top seed was Ruben Nowak (🇦🇺 AUS, 1683).
Romain Mortelecque (🇫🇷 FRA, 1658) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Jim Papadinis (3.5) and Rishaan Pramod (3.0). Mortelecque shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Walter Wolffs (1553) beat Ruben Nowak (1683), a +130-point gap.
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 3.5/4. Mortelecque takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mortelecque, Romain | 1658 | FRA | +14B | +10N | =6B | +5N | 3.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 6.75 | 1919 | +21.8 |
| 2 | Papadinis, Jim | 1644 | AUS | +16B | =9N | +7B | +6N | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 6.50 | 1930 | +24.4 |
| 3 | Pramod, Rishaan | 1639 | AUS | +13N | −5B | +8N | +14B | 3.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.00 | 1733 | +17.2 |
| 4 | Nowak, Ruben | 1683 | AUS | −8N | +13B | +18N | +10B | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 1677 | -0.4 |
| 5 | Kolak, Tanya | 1562 | AUS | +18B | +3N | =9B | −1B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.00 | 1620 | +5.6 |
| 6 | Rehill, Paul | 1628 | AUS | +12B | +19N | =1N | −2B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.25 | 1598 | -2.4 |
| 7 | Fry, Peter | 1657 | AUS | =17N | +8B | −2N | +16B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 1661 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Wolffs, Walter | 1553 | AUS | +4B | −7N | −3B | +18N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1536 | -1.4 |
| 9 | Veldon, Rino | 1559 | AUS | +11N | =2B | =5N | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 1598 | +2.2 |
| 10 | Kirk, Ian | 1600 | AUS | +20N | −1B | +19B | −4N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1478 | -9.8 |
| 11 | Morris, Shaun | 0 | AUS | −9B | =16N | =12N | +13B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1520 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Smith, Warren | 1491 | AUS | −6N | F | =11B | +19N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 828 | -6.4 |
| 13 | Akok, Benjamin | 1499 | AUS | −3B | −4N | +20B | −11N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1473 | -2.2 |
| 14 | Rigney, Heath | 1551 | AUS | −1N | +20B | F | −3N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1465 | -6.6 |
| 15 | Muchhala, Sohil | 1655 | AUS | F | +17B | F | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 2333 | +6.6 |
| 16 | Lovegrove, Adam | 1530 | AUS | −2N | =11B | F | −7N | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 851 | -13.4 |
| 17 | Bredin, Jonathan | 1533 | AUS | =7B | −15N | F | F | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1463 | -3.2 |
| 18 | FIDE 3294790 | 0 | — | −5N | F | −4B | −8B | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 797 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Shahadat, Aladean Kevin | 0 | AUS | F | −6B | −10N | −12B | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 773 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Bhavikkumar Thakkar | 1469 | IND | −10B | −14N | −13N | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 750 | -46.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Papadinis, JimAUS+24.43.5 pts · #1
- 2Mortelecque, RomainFRA+21.83.5 pts · #2
- 3Pramod, RishaanAUS+17.23.0 pts · #3
- 1Bhavikkumar ThakkarIND-46.80.0 pts · #19
- 2Lovegrove, AdamAUS-13.40.5 pts · #18
- 3Kirk, IanAUS-9.82.0 pts · #10
- R1+130 Elo gap