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2025 MCC Classic - Swiss Rounds 2-5

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39 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Sept 2025 to 22 Sept 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 2 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1815, and top seed was Anh Kiet Nguyen (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 1965).

James Arthur (🇦🇺 AUS, 1886) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Paul Rehill (3.5) and Lachlan Ho (3.0). Arthur won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: John Paul Cauchi (1598) beat Rad Chmiel (1736), a +138-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
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺CMAnh Kiet Nguyen1965
Avg top 10
1,815
Participants
39
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 7 represented
🇦🇺Australia×32
🇮🇳India×1
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇮🇩Indonesia×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇦🇺AUS·1886
    3.5pts·2054perf+30.8
  • 🥈
    🇦🇺AUS·1635
    3.5pts·1962perf+30.8
  • 🥉
    🇦🇺AUS·1902
    3.0pts·1997perf+9.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
39
13
4
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Rehill3.5Arthur3.5Ho3Fry2.5Yu2.5Hill2.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/5. Arthur takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.5).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Lachlan Ho won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Paul Rehill*———
2James Arthur—*
1
—
3Lachlan Ho—
0
*—
4Peter Fry———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Arthur, James1886AUSF+30N+14B=26N+3B3.57.57.56.752054+30.8
2Rehill, Paul1635AUSF+35B=5N+17B+22N3.57.07.05.751962+30.8
3Ho, Lachlan1902AUSF+4B+7N+18B−1N3.010.510.57.001997+9.2
4Hill, James1709AUSF−3N+15B+8N=27B2.59.09.05.251837+11.0
5Buhagiar, Aden1746AUSF−14N=2B+11N+30B2.59.09.05.251905+9.2
6Shanks, Jack1839AUSF=31B=19N+10B=7N2.58.08.05.251821-3.2
7Yu, Lok Lan1742AUSF+32B−3B+24N=6B2.58.08.03.751861+22.4
8Papadinis, Jim1670AUSF=13B+32N−4B+16N2.57.57.54.001708+2.2
9Fry, Peter1641AUSF=25B=28N+20B=23B2.56.56.54.251701+4.8
10Nowak, Ruben1667AUSF+34N+23B−6N=24B2.56.56.53.251808+15.0
11Le, Ingrid1596AUSF+29B=22N−5B+36N2.56.56.53.251645+10.8
12Clark, Peter1617AUSF+36N−13N=28B+25N2.56.06.03.251655+1.2
13Chmiel, Rad1736AUSF=8N+12B−21N=29B2.08.58.54.501639-7.8
14Lin, Jeffrey Rui Yang0NZLF+5B−1N−22B+31N2.08.58.53.5017460.0
15Kirk, Ian1605AUSF+16B−4N+35B−17N2.07.57.53.001467-10.6
16Bhavikkumar Thakkar1405INDF−15N+33B+34N−8B2.06.56.52.0015690.0
17Veldon, Rino1576AUSFF+37B−2N+15B2.06.06.02.501608+1.0
18Nguyen, Anh KietCM1965AUSF+38N+27B−3NF2.06.06.01.501931+6.8
19Pitono, Abraham1780CANF=24N=6B+30NF2.05.05.03.001860+4.8
20Kolak, Tanya1577AUSF+39N−30B−9N+33B2.04.54.51.001473-9.8
21Cauchi, John Paul1598AUSF+33NF+13BF2.03.03.03.002385+19.6
22Muchhala, Sohil1691AUSFF=11B+14N−2B1.59.59.53.251403-15.2
23Renaldo Wongso1768INAF−26B−10N+25B=9N1.58.08.02.751558-25.2
24Mortelecque, Romain1679FRAF=19B=31N−7B=10N1.58.08.02.751639-1.8
25Akok, Benjamin1486AUSF=9N+34B−23N−12B1.57.57.52.251575+4.0
26Pramod, Rishaan1681AUSF+23NF=1BF1.57.07.03.252009+28.8
27Dakic, Dusan1787AUSFF−18N+31B=4N1.57.07.02.251768-1.4
28Lovegrove, Adam1518AUSF=37N=9B=12N−32B1.56.56.52.751526+2.0
29Larkin, Morgan Michael0USAF−11NF+38B=13N1.54.54.51.0016790.0
30Kovacevic, Paul1700AUSF−1B+20N−19B−5N1.010.010.02.001559-14.8
31Bodke, Krishna1694AUSF=6N=24B−27N−14B1.07.57.52.001637-7.6
32Morris, Shaun0AUSF−7N−8BF+28N1.06.56.51.501521-22.0
33Savage, Craig1444AUSF−21B−16N+39B−20N1.06.06.00.00796-23.2
34Ramprasad, Nachiket1489AUSF−10B−25N−16B+39N1.06.06.00.00797-36.4
35Snow, Richard A1459AUSF−2N+39B−15NF1.06.06.00.00808-23.2
36Smith, Warren1485AUSF−12BF+37N−11B1.05.55.50.50808-12.8
37Lacey, Daniel0AUSF=28B−17N−36BF0.55.55.50.7512500.0
38Russell, PaulCM1727AUSF−18BF−29NF0.05.55.50.001089-5.8
39FIDE 32952060—F−20B−35N−33N−34B0.05.05.00.007120.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
2025 MCC Classic - Swiss Rounds 2-5 — Melbourne, Australia | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats