2025 SA Checkmate Open

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27 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 11 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1939, and top seed was James Boyd-Norman (🇦🇺 AUS, 2066).

Ren (Alex) Min (🇦🇺 AUS, 1966) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Alexander Horlin-Smith (4.5) and Tarush Jindal (4.5). Min won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: William Carrigan (1637) beat Kevin Sheldrick (1988), a +351-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Adelaide, Australia

Dates

11 Jul 2025 → 13 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺James Boyd-Norman2066

Avg top 10

1,939

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×1

CM×2

Federations · 4 represented

🇦🇺Australia×24

🇮🇳India×1

🇬🇧England×1

🇬🇪Georgia×1

Top 3

🥇
Ren (Alex) Min
🇦🇺AUS·1966
5.0pts·2162perf+29.0
🥈
Alexander Horlin-Smith
🇦🇺AUS·1884
4.5pts·2023perf+46.4
🥉
CMTarush Jindal
🇦🇺AUS·1962
4.5pts·2056perf+32.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Ren (Alex) Min led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Min5Horlin-Smith4.5Almutawa4.5Jindal4.5Jordan4Rogers3.5

R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Ren (Alex) Min held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ren (Alex) Min beat Alexander Horlin-Smith (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ren (Alex) Min 4 wins (R1–R4)Alexander Horlin-Smith 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ren (Alex) Min	*	1	—	½
2Alexander Horlin-Smith	0	*	—	½
3Ayman Almutawa	—	—	*	—
4CMTarush Jindal	½	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Min, Ren (Alex)	1966	AUS	+13N	+17B	+10N	+2B	=3N	=8B	5.0	18.5	21.0	17.00	2162	+29.0
2	Horlin-Smith, Alexander	1884	AUS	+20B	+19N	+5B	−1N	+9B	=3B	4.5	19.0	21.0	13.75	2023	+46.4
3	Jindal, TarushCM	1962	AUS	+26B	=11N	+16B	+5N	=1B	=2N	4.5	19.0	19.0	12.75	2056	+32.0
4	Almutawa, Ayman	1839	AUS	+21B	−5N	+15B	=12N	+7B	+18N	4.5	15.5	17.5	12.00	1960	+19.2
5	Jordan, WilliamFM	2063	AUS	+14N	+4B	−2N	−3B	+24N	+10B	4.0	19.5	20.5	11.50	1972	-9.8
6	Davis, Tony JCM	1903	AUS	=7N	=18B	+11B	−8N	=12B	+15N	3.5	15.5	18.0	10.00	1851	-6.4
7	Chen, Charlotte	1591	AUS	=6B	−8N	+27N	+23B	−4N	+17B	3.5	15.5	15.5	5.75	1803	+60.8
8	Sheldrick, Kevin	1988	AUS	−19B	+7B	+24N	+6B	F	=1N	3.5	15.0	15.0	10.50	1887	-7.6
9	Rogers, Thomas	1785	AUS	+27B	=16N	+12B	F	−2N	+11N	3.5	13.0	13.0	7.25	1921	+19.4
10	Boyd-Norman, James	2066	AUS	+15B	=12N	−1B	=11N	+20B	−5N	3.0	17.5	19.5	7.50	1841	-63.6
11	Bayliss, James	1786	AUS	+23N	=3B	−6N	=10B	+16N	−9B	3.0	17.0	18.5	7.75	1846	+10.0
12	Charters, Jamie D	1839	ENG	+25N	=10B	−9N	=4B	=6N	=22B	3.0	16.5	17.5	7.50	1783	-16.0
13	Tannish Mahesh	1634	IND	−1B	F	+25N	−15N	+19B	+21B	3.0	12.5	13.5	5.00	1756	+15.4
14	Chen, Cindy	1653	AUS	−5B	=21N	=20B	=22N	=15B	+27N	3.0	12.5	12.5	4.25	1651	-4.8
15	Zhang, Jack	1720	AUS	−10N	+22B	−4N	+13B	=14N	−6B	2.5	17.0	19.0	6.50	1718	-5.6
16	Maria, Alistair	1882	AUS	+22N	=9B	−3N	F	−11B	+20N	2.5	15.0	15.0	5.75	1730	-35.6
17	Mdinaradze, Edgar	1804	GEO	+24B	−1N	=23B	+21N	−18B	−7N	2.5	14.5	15.5	3.75	1594	-30.6
18	Drogemuller, Mathew	1830	AUS	F	=6N	+19B	F	+17N	−4B	2.5	12.5	12.5	6.25	1890	+12.4
19	Carrigan, William	1637	AUS	+8N	−2B	−18N	−24B	−13N	+26B	2.0	14.5	14.5	3.50	1612	-13.2
20	Kasinathan, Raghavendran	1564	AUS	−2N	=25B	=14N	+26B	−10N	−16B	2.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	1629	+12.4
21	Brockman, Roland	1550	AUS	−4N	=14B	+26N	−17B	=25B	−13N	2.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	1553	-0.6
22	Nagpal, Kavish	1554	AUS	−16B	−15N	F	=14B	+23N	=12N	2.0	12.5	12.5	4.50	1643	+18.0
23	Xia, ChengYi	1477	AUS	−11B	F	=17N	−7N	−22B	+24B	1.5	12.0	12.0	2.25	1495	+0.7
24	Parikh, Pradyun	1501	AUS	−17N	F	−8B	+19N	−5B	−23N	1.0	15.0	16.5	2.00	1498	-4.8
25	Colliver, Scott	1547	AUS	−12B	=20N	−13B	F	=21N	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1454	-20.0
26	Atrens, Edvard	1597	AUS	−3N	F	−21B	−20N	F	−19N	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	878	-33.2
27	Jeanes, David	1466	AUS	−9N	F	−7B	F	F	−14B	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	877	-14.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chen, CharlotteAUS
+60.8
3.5 pts · #9
2Horlin-Smith, AlexanderAUS
+46.4
4.5 pts · #2
3Jindal, TarushCMAUS
+32.0
4.5 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Boyd-Norman, JamesAUS
-63.6
3.0 pts · #14
2Maria, AlistairAUS
-35.6
2.5 pts · #17
3Atrens, EdvardAUS
-33.2
0.0 pts · #27

Biggest upsets

R1+351 Elo gap
Carrigan, William1637 beat Sheldrick, Kevin1988
R6+213 Elo gap
Chen, Charlotte1591 beat Mdinaradze, Edgar1804
R3+179 Elo gap
Horlin-Smith, Alexander1884 beat FMJordan, William2063