2025 MCC Bob Brooking Round Robin 4 Rounds 2-4
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8 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 10 Nov 2025 to 24 Nov 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1678, and top seed was Rad Chmiel (🇦🇺 AUS, 1727).
Paul Kovacevic (🇦🇺 AUS, 1689) won with 3.0/4, ahead of Leo Pasukov (2.5) and Robinson He (1.5). Kovacevic broke clear in the final round.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
10 Nov 2025 → 24 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 4 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×7
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 8 · 4 roundsPaul Kovacevic led from R4 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Co-leaders
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4
2
1
R4–R4 · LEAD HELD
Paul Kovacevic held the sole lead from R4 through R4 without losing it.
R2–R4 · WIN STREAK
Paul Kovacevic won 3 in a row (R2–R4).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇦🇺Kovacevic, Paul | 1689 | * | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 2.0 | +24.8 | 2463 |
| 2 | 🇦🇺Pasukov, Leo | 1672 | — | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2.5 | 3.75 | 4.5 | +22.0 | 1960 |
| 3 | 🇦🇺He, Robinson | 1689 | 0 | ½ | * | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 5.5 | +3.2 | 1686 |
| 5 | 🇦🇺Chmiel, Rad | 1727 | — | 0 | — | * | — | 1 | ½ | — | 1.5 | 1.75 | 4.5 | -9.4 | 1634 |
| 4 | 🇫🇷Mortelecque, Romain | 1646 | — | 0 | — | — | * | ½ | — | 1 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 4.0 | -0.2 | 1641 |
| 6 | 🇦🇺Batyrbekov, Kaisar | 1656 | — | — | — | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | — | 1.5 | 1.25 | 3.5 | +14.8 | 1681 |
| 7 | 🇦🇺Fry, Peter | 1658 | 0 | — | — | ½ | — | 0 | * | — | 0.5 | 0.75 | 6.0 | -16.8 | 1415 |
| 8 | 🇦🇺Papadinis, Jim | 1683 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.0 | -29.4 | 878 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kovacevic, PaulAUS+24.83.0 pts · #1
- 2Pasukov, LeoAUS+22.02.5 pts · #2
- 3Batyrbekov, KaisarAUS+14.81.5 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Papadinis, JimAUS-29.40.0 pts · #8
- 2Fry, PeterAUS-16.80.5 pts · #7
- 3Chmiel, RadAUS-9.41.5 pts · #5