2025 Peter Stuart Memorial Reserve

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41 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1609, and top seed was Hugh McLeod (🇳🇿 NZL, 1653).

Linyu Wang (🇳🇿 NZL, 1550) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Manuelito Lara (5.0) and Joshua Barnes (4.5). Wang won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Geetham Addagada (1527) beat Chris Joel (1642), a +115-point gap.

Location

🇳🇿Auckland, New Zealand

Dates

20 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇳🇿Hugh McLeod1653

Avg top 10

1,609

Participants

Federations · 6 represented

🇳🇿New Zealand×36

🇮🇳India×1

🇨🇳China×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

🇮🇱Israel×1

🇵🇭Philippines×1

Top 3

🥇
Linyu Wang
🇳🇿NZL·1550
5.0pts·1791perf+51.2
🥈
Manuelito Lara
🇵🇭PHI·1568
5.0pts·2424perf+34.6
🥉
Joshua Barnes
🇳🇿NZL·1631
4.5pts·1729perf+29.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Wang5Lara5Barnes4.5Mukkattu4.5Guo4.5Mayer4.5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Wang takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Linyu Wang 4 wins (R3–R6)Manuelito Lara 5 wins (R1–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Linyu Wang	*	—	0	—
2Manuelito Lara	—	*	1	—
3Joshua Barnes	1	0	*	—
4Philip Mukkattu	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Wang, Linyu	1550	NZL	+40B	−3N	+18B	+17N	+13B	+7B	5.0	18.0	18.5	14.00	1791	+51.2
2	Lara, Manuelito	1568	PHI	+32B	+35N	+3B	+16B	F	+8N	5.0	15.0	15.0	15.00	2424	+34.6
3	Barnes, Joshua	1631	NZL	+24N	+1B	−2N	+23B	+7N	=5B	4.5	21.0	23.5	16.25	1729	+29.6
4	Guo, Anne Xuduo	1622	NZL	+29B	−9N	+6B	+10N	=11B	+12N	4.5	19.5	21.5	15.75	1731	+34.0
5	Mayer, Uri	1566	ISR	+28B	+12N	+17B	−7B	+16N	=3N	4.5	18.0	20.0	13.75	1770	+54.8
6	Mukkattu, Philip	1609	NZL	+15N	=23B	−4N	+24B	+27N	+11B	4.5	16.5	18.5	12.75	1685	+11.0
7	Beier, Thomas	1589	NZL	+33B	+22N	+9B	+5N	−3B	−1N	4.0	21.0	23.0	13.50	1560	-3.2
8	Liang, Ting	1599	NZL	+30B	−11N	+29B	+19N	+9B	−2B	4.0	17.5	19.5	11.00	1496	-11.0
9	Addagada, Geetham	1527	NZL	+39N	+4B	−7N	+31B	−8N	+16B	4.0	17.5	18.5	10.50	1675	+57.6
10	Rehansi, D P Sayuni Vonara	1561	NZL	+36N	−16B	+20N	−4B	+34N	+17N	4.0	15.0	16.5	9.00	1492	-8.4
11	Prince, Aaron	1494	NZL	+37N	+8B	=23N	=12B	=4N	−6N	3.5	19.0	20.0	10.25	1597	+27.6
12	McLeod, Hugh	1653	NZL	+25N	−5B	+26N	=11N	+21B	−4B	3.5	18.0	20.5	9.75	1545	-14.6
13	Moshakova, Elena	1585	RUS	−20N	+19B	+38N	+27B	−1N	=14B	3.5	16.5	17.5	7.75	1510	-6.2
14	Khanolkar, Aarush	1497	NZL	+34B	−17N	−19B	+30N	+18B	=13N	3.5	14.5	16.0	8.25	1394	-10.0
15	Ayaan Bhatia	1408	IND	−6B	−18N	=28B	+40N	+37B	+29N	3.5	12.5	13.0	4.50	1517	+11.2
16	Joel, Chris	1642	NZL	+31B	+10N	+21B	−2N	−5B	−9N	3.0	20.5	22.5	9.00	1528	-18.2
17	Hettiarachchi, Kisara	1590	NZL	+26N	+14B	−5N	−1B	+25N	−10B	3.0	19.5	22.0	8.50	1456	-37.2
18	Xu, Vera Jintian	0	NZL	−23N	+15B	−1N	+26B	−14N	+27B	3.0	17.0	19.0	8.00	1416	0.0
19	Rust, Tyler	0	NZL	+41B	−13N	+14N	−8B	+23N	F	3.0	16.5	17.0	6.50	1556	0.0
20	Hu, Nolan	0	NZL	+13B	−21N	−10B	−22N	+28B	+30N	3.0	15.5	17.5	7.50	1442	0.0
21	Song, Quinn	1567	NZL	+38N	+20B	−16N	+25B	−12N	F	3.0	15.0	16.0	6.50	1466	-16.0
22	Jia, Joseph	0	NZL	+27N	−7B	−25N	+20B	F	+24B	3.0	14.0	14.0	7.50	1498	0.0
23	Degapudi, Tamoghna Reddy	1503	NZL	+18B	=6N	=11B	−3N	−19B	=33N	2.5	18.5	20.5	8.00	1454	-7.6
24	Tang, Kevin	1442	NZL	−3B	=40N	+33B	−6N	+39B	−22N	2.5	15.0	15.5	3.25	1430	-1.2
25	Tan, Khim Tee	1478	NZL	−12B	+28N	+22B	−21N	−17B	=34N	2.5	14.5	16.0	5.75	803	-40.0
26	Price, Robert	0	NZL	−17B	+34N	−12B	−18N	+38B	=31N	2.5	13.0	14.0	3.50	1283	0.0
27	Zhou, Caius	1488	NZL	−22B	+32N	+35B	−13N	−6B	−18N	2.0	16.0	17.5	3.50	798	-27.6
28	Kannan, Vidhur	0	NZL	−5N	−25B	=15N	=36B	−20N	+38N	2.0	15.0	16.0	3.50	1211	0.0
29	Smith, Scott R	1424	NZL	−4N	+36B	−8N	+38B	F	−15B	2.0	14.5	14.5	2.50	743	-41.6
30	Heard, Billy	0	NZL	−8N	=39B	+37N	−14B	=31N	−20B	2.0	13.5	14.5	2.50	1294	0.0
31	Li, Hanxiao Lucas	1453	NZL	−16N	F	+40B	−9N	=30B	=26B	2.0	12.0	12.0	2.75	768	-24.8
32	Tanniru, Krishna Sowrya Chowd	0	NZL	−2N	−27B	+36N	−34B	=35N	=37B	2.0	11.5	12.5	2.75	727	0.0
33	Liu, Eric Jianchi	0	NZL	−7N	=37B	−24N	+35B	F	=23B	2.0	11.5	11.5	3.25	1238	0.0
34	Yang, Oscar	0	NZL	−14N	−26B	F	+32N	−10B	=25B	1.5	14.5	14.5	3.25	1235	0.0
35	Li, Fiona Chenxi	0	NZL	F	−2B	−27N	−33N	=32B	+39N	1.5	12.0	12.0	2.00	1368	0.0
36	Lin, Xin (Oliver)	0	NZL	−10B	−29N	−32B	=28N	+40B	F	1.5	10.5	10.5	1.50	687	0.0
37	Zuo, Yifeng	0	CHN	−11B	=33N	−30B	F	−15N	=32N	1.0	13.0	13.5	2.00	652	0.0
38	McRae, John	0	NZL	−21B	+41N	−13B	−29N	−26N	−28B	1.0	13.0	13.5	0.50	1325	0.0
39	Liang, David Ye Cheng	0	NZL	−9B	=30N	=41B	F	−24N	−35B	1.0	10.5	10.5	1.25	1204	-31.2
40	Robles Navarro, Andres	0	NZL	−1N	=24B	−31N	−15B	−36N	F	0.5	14.5	14.5	1.25	1134	0.0
41	Zhang, Huaicheng	1498	NZL	−19N	−38B	=39N	F	F	F	0.5	6.0	6.0	0.50	1425	-4.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Addagada, GeethamNZL
+57.6
4.0 pts · #4
2Mayer, UriISR
+54.8
4.5 pts · #5
3Wang, LinyuNZL
+51.2
5.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Smith, Scott RNZL
-41.6
2.0 pts · #37
2Tan, Khim TeeNZL
-40.0
2.5 pts · #36
3Hettiarachchi, KisaraNZL
-37.2
3.0 pts · #12

Biggest upsets

R6+115 Elo gap
Addagada, Geetham1527 beat Joel, Chris1642
R2+105 Elo gap
Prince, Aaron1494 beat Liang, Ting1599