2025 MCC Bob Brooking Swiss Rounds 5-7
Open SwissStandard
17 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 Dec 2025 to 15 Dec 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1602, and top seed was Judd Niemann (🇦🇺 AUS, 1699).
Vince Quach (🇦🇺 AUS, 1584) won with 2.5/7, ahead of Ruben Nowak (2.0) and Ingrid Le (2.0). Quach clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Richard A Snow (1428) beat Judd Niemann (1699), a +271-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
01 Dec 2025 → 15 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Avg top 10
1,602
Participants
17
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×16
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsVince Quach led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 19 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
Co-leaders
19
19
19
19
6
2
1
R7–R7 · LEAD HELD
Vince Quach held the sole lead from R7 through R7 without losing it.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vince Quach | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Paul Rehill | — | * | 1 | — |
| 3Ingrid Le | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Ruben Nowak | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quach, Vince | 1584 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =7N | +11B | +2N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.75 | 1890 | +45.2 |
| 2 | Nowak, Ruben | 1638 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +10B | +5N | −1B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.00 | 1712 | +2.4 |
| 3 | Le, Ingrid | 1585 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −4N | +7B | +10N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.50 | 1763 | +19.6 |
| 4 | Rehill, Paul | 1643 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +3B | −10N | +12B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 1735 | +3.0 |
| 5 | Veldon, Rino | 1599 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +12N | −2B | +11N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1732 | +13.0 |
| 6 | Batyrbekov, Aidan | 1560 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +8B | +16N | F | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2365 | +16.8 |
| 7 | Clark, Peter | 1633 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =1B | −3N | +13N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.25 | 1605 | -0.6 |
| 8 | Warren, Elizabeth | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −6N | +?B | =9N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1628 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Snow, Richard A | 1428 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +?N | F | =8B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.75 | 1656 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Kolak, Tanya | 1596 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −2N | +4B | −3B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1547 | -4.6 |
| 11 | Bredin, Jonathan | 1541 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +13B | −1N | −5B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1457 | -7.8 |
| 12 | Morris, Shaun | 1637 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −5B | +15N | −4N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1465 | -19.2 |
| 13 | Bhavikkumar Thakkar | 0 | IND | F | F | F | F | −11N | +14N | −7B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1415 | -28.4 |
| 14 | Lacey, Daniel | 1439 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =17B | −13B | =15N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1377 | -12.0 |
| 15 | Lovegrove, Adam | 1506 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =16N | −12B | =14B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1409 | -7.6 |
| 16 | Akok, Benjamin | 1534 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =15B | −6B | F | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1369 | -10.0 |
| 17 | Chen, Wenzhi | 1538 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =14N | F | F | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1451 | +2.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Quach, VinceAUS+45.22.5 pts · #1
- 2Le, IngridAUS+19.62.0 pts · #3
- 3Batyrbekov, AidanAUS+16.82.0 pts · #14
Top rating losers
- 1Bhavikkumar ThakkarIND-28.41.0 pts · #7
- 2Morris, ShaunAUS-19.21.0 pts · #9
- 3Lacey, DanielAUS-12.01.0 pts · #8
Biggest upsets
- R5+271 Elo gap