2025 MCC Classic - Round Robin Rounds 6-9 plus postponed
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 29 Sept 2025 to 20 Oct 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 9 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2098, and top seed was Kai Jie Soo (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2261).
Kai Jie Soo (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2261) won with 4.0/9, ahead of Randheer Thogata (2.5) and Declan Smith (2.5). Soo won solo starting round 2.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Thai Ly (1915) beat Cheng Dai (FM, 2177), a +262-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsFM Kai Jie Soo led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
FM Kai Jie Soo never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
FM Kai Jie Soo opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: CM Leo Kalina); the title is out of reach before R9.
FM Kai Jie Soo went unbeaten across 5 games (R2–R9).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇦🇺FMSoo, Kai Jie | 2261 | * | 1 | ½ | — | ½ | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 4.0 | 6.75 | 9.0 | +11.4 | 2345 |
| 4 | 🇦🇺FMThogata, Randheer | 2077 | 0 | * | — | — | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | — | — | 2.5 | 4.00 | 10.5 | +21.6 | 2114 |
| 3 | 🇦🇺CMSmith, Declan | 1959 | ½ | — | * | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2.5 | 4.50 | 9.0 | +27.6 | 2262 |
| 2 | 🇦🇺CMKalina, Leo | 2124 | — | — | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | — | — | — | 2.5 | 4.75 | 7.5 | +9.2 | 2171 |
| 5 | 🇦🇺FMYang, Ray | 2157 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 5.75 | 11.5 | -8.0 | 2102 |
| 6 | 🇦🇺FMAnnapureddy, Rheyansh Reddy | 2157 | 0 | ½ | — | ½ | — | * | — | — | ½ | — | 1.5 | 3.25 | 10.5 | -33.6 | 2057 |
| 8 | 🇦🇺Ly, Thai | 1915 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | * | ½ | 1 | — | 1.5 | 2.25 | 8.0 | +7.4 | 1999 |
| 7 | 🇦🇺WFMShen, Zhiyuan | 2024 | — | ½ | — | — | — | — | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1.5 | 2.25 | 6.0 | -5.8 | 1971 |
| 9 | 🇦🇺FMDai, Cheng | 2177 | — | — | — | — | — | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | — | 1.5 | 2.25 | 5.0 | -9.0 | 2049 |
| 10 | 🇦🇺WFMPhan, Nguyen Mai Chi | 2129 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | ½ | — | * | 0.5 | 0.75 | 9.5 | -22.2 | 1816 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Smith, DeclanCMAUS+27.62.5 pts · #3
- 2Thogata, RandheerFMAUS+21.62.5 pts · #4
- 3Soo, Kai JieFMAUS+11.44.0 pts · #1
- 1Annapureddy, Rheyansh ReddyFMAUS-33.61.5 pts · #6
- 2Phan, Nguyen Mai ChiWFMAUS-22.20.5 pts · #10
- 3Dai, ChengFMAUS-9.01.5 pts · #9
- R8+262 Elo gap
- R6+198 Elo gap
- R7+170 Elo gap