2025 MCC Classic - Round Robin Round 1
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10 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 25 Aug 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 9 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2098, and top seed was Kai Jie Soo (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2261).
Declan Smith (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 1959) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Ray Yang (1.0) and Rheyansh Reddy Annapureddy (1.0). Smith won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Declan Smith (CM, 1959) beat Randheer Thogata (FM, 2077), a +118-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
25 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 1 rounds
Titled players · 9
FM×5
CM×2
WFM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×10
Top 3
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Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇦🇺CMSmith, Declan | 1959 | * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +13.2 | 2877 |
| 2 | 🇦🇺FMYang, Ray | 2157 | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +10.6 | 2977 |
| 3 | 🇦🇺FMAnnapureddy, Rheyansh Reddy | 2157 | — | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +12.8 | 2824 |
| 4 | 🇦🇺FMSoo, Kai Jie | 2261 | — | — | — | * | — | — | ½ | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | -3.8 | 2123 |
| 5 | 🇦🇺Ly, Thai | 1915 | — | — | — | — | * | ½ | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | +5.4 | 2129 |
| 6 | 🇦🇺WFMPhan, Nguyen Mai Chi | 2129 | — | — | — | — | ½ | * | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | -5.4 | 1915 |
| 7 | 🇦🇺CMKalina, Leo | 2124 | — | — | — | ½ | — | — | * | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | +7.6 | 2261 |
| 8 | 🇦🇺FMDai, Cheng | 2177 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -10.6 | 1357 |
| 9 | 🇦🇺FMThogata, Randheer | 2077 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -26.4 | 1160 |
| 10 | 🇦🇺WFMShen, Zhiyuan | 2024 | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -6.4 | 1357 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Smith, DeclanCMAUS+13.21.0 pts · #1
- 2Annapureddy, Rheyansh ReddyFMAUS+12.81.0 pts · #3
- 3Yang, RayFMAUS+10.61.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Thogata, RandheerFMAUS-26.40.0 pts · #9
- 2Dai, ChengFMAUS-10.60.0 pts · #8
- 3Shen, ZhiyuanWFMAUS-6.40.0 pts · #10
Biggest upsets
- R1+118 Elo gap