2025 MCC Classic - Round Robin Rounds 2-5
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10 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Sept 2025 to 22 Sept 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 3.0/5, ahead of Leo Kalina (2.5) and Kai Jie Soo (2.5).
The biggest upset came in round 5: Declan Smith (CM, 1959) beat Rheyansh Reddy Annapureddy (FM, 2157), a +198-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
01 Sept 2025 → 22 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 5 rounds
Titled players · 9
FM×5
CM×2
WFM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×10
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 5 roundsCM Declan Smith led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Co-leaders
10
2
1
3
1
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD
CM Declan Smith held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.
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 | — | ½ | ½ | — | 1 | 3.0 | 4.00 | 5.5 | +28.2 | 2271 |
| 2 | 🇦🇺CMKalina, Leo | 2124 | — | * | — | 0 | — | — | ½ | — | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2.75 | 5.5 | +10.0 | 2177 |
| 3 | 🇦🇺FMSoo, Kai Jie | 2261 | — | — | * | — | — | — | 1 | ½ | — | 1 | 2.5 | 2.75 | 5.5 | +4.4 | 2308 |
| 4 | 🇦🇺FMThogata, Randheer | 2077 | — | 1 | — | * | — | — | ½ | — | ½ | — | 2.0 | 4.00 | 8.0 | +37.2 | 2261 |
| 6 | 🇦🇺FMAnnapureddy, Rheyansh Reddy | 2157 | 0 | — | — | — | * | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2.0 | 3.50 | 8.0 | -31.6 | 2052 |
| 5 | 🇦🇺FMYang, Ray | 2157 | — | — | — | — | 0 | * | — | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2.0 | 2.50 | 5.5 | -11.4 | 2065 |
| 9 | 🇦🇺FMDai, Cheng | 2177 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | — | — | * | — | — | — | 1.5 | 3.75 | 10.0 | -16.8 | 2015 |
| 8 | 🇦🇺Ly, Thai | 1915 | ½ | — | ½ | — | 0 | ½ | — | * | — | — | 1.5 | 3.75 | 9.5 | +13.0 | 2071 |
| 7 | 🇦🇺WFMPhan, Nguyen Mai Chi | 2129 | — | 0 | — | ½ | 1 | 0 | — | — | * | — | 1.5 | 3.00 | 8.5 | -7.6 | 2049 |
| 10 | 🇦🇺WFMShen, Zhiyuan | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | ½ | — | — | — | * | 0.5 | 1.00 | 10.0 | -17.6 | 1816 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Thogata, RandheerFMAUS+37.22.0 pts · #4
- 2Smith, DeclanCMAUS+28.23.0 pts · #1
- 3Ly, ThaiAUS+13.01.5 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Annapureddy, Rheyansh ReddyFMAUS-31.62.0 pts · #6
- 2Shen, ZhiyuanWFMAUS-17.60.5 pts · #10
- 3Dai, ChengFMAUS-16.81.5 pts · #9
Biggest upsets
- R5+198 Elo gap