2025 SA City of Adelaide Championship Rounds 1-2

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31 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 22 Jul 2025 to 29 Jul 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1842, and top seed was James Boyd-Norman (🇦🇺 AUS, 2066).

Andrew Phillips (🇦🇺 AUS, 1855) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Tarush Jindal (2.0) and James Bayliss (2.0). Phillips shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Sam Smith (1576) beat Mathew Drogemuller (1830), a +254-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Adelaide, Australia

Dates

22 Jul 2025 → 29 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺James Boyd-Norman2066

Avg top 10

1,842

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇦🇺Australia×27

🇮🇳India×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇬🇪Georgia×1

🇵🇰Pakistan×1

Top 3

🥇
Andrew Phillips
🇦🇺AUS·1855
2.0pts·2439perf+18.0
🥈
CMTarush Jindal
🇦🇺AUS·1962
2.0pts·2454perf+12.0
🥉
James Bayliss
🇦🇺AUS·1786
2.0pts·2390perf+9.8

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Phillips, Andrew	1855	AUS	+16B	+15N	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.00	2439	+18.0
2	Jindal, TarushCM	1962	AUS	+14B	+13N	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.00	2454	+12.0
3	Bayliss, James	1786	AUS	+22N	+10B	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.50	2390	+9.8
4	Boyd-Norman, James	2066	AUS	+26N	+11B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2484	+7.2
5	Willoughby, Jack	1772	AUS	+28B	+9N	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2357	+18.4
6	Lazarou, Michael	1666	AUS	+27N	+12B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2561	+12.6
7	Bhanav Shyam Sunitha	1644	IND	+23B	=8N	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.25	1852	+21.6
8	Almutawa, Ayman	1839	AUS	+29N	=7B	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1871	+1.4
9	Smith, Sam	1576	AUS	+18N	−5B	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.00	1801	+22.4
10	Ahmed, Hussain	1582	AUS	+17B	−3N	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.00	1753	+17.6
11	Cinco, Dino	1699	AUS	+19B	−4N	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.00	1811	+4.2
12	Turcaj, Pavel	1761	AUS	+20B	−6N	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.00	866	-12.6
13	Benham, Christopher J	1746	AUS	+30N	−2B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1715	-1.0
14	Anattapathirana, Pamith Kithmin	1464	SRI	−2N	+30B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1666	+8.6
15	Nguyen, Duc Hung	1663	AUS	+31N	−1B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1633	-1.2
16	Reiner, Declan	1620	AUS	−1N	+31B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1633	+0.8
17	Pattison, Hamish	1719	AUS	−10N	+25B	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.50	1573	-7.8
18	Drogemuller, Mathew	1830	AUS	−9B	+28N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1557	-13.2
19	Nagpal, Kavish	1554	AUS	−11N	+26B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1677	+13.2
20	Vogt, Brian	0	AUS	−12N	+27B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	961	0.0
21	Harding, Gabriel	1702	AUS	F	+24N	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2598	+25.2
22	Atrens, Edvard	1597	AUS	−3B	=23N	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.25	1439	-8.2
23	Guiney, Wayne Bertram	1478	AUS	−7N	=22B	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.25	1427	-4.8
24	Mdinaradze, Edgar	1804	GEO	=25N	−21B	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1438	-18.6
25	Kasinathan, Raghavendran	1564	AUS	=24B	−17N	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1566	+0.4
26	Schiavone, Emmanuel	1655	AUS	−4B	−19N	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.00	1005	-14.4
27	Hope, Simon	0	AUS	−6B	−20N	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.00	866	0.0
28	Houston, Joshua	1537	AUS	−5N	−18B	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.00	1001	-7.2
29	Ahmad Bilal Khan	1714	PAK	−8B	F	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1040	-13.2
30	Jeanes, David	1466	AUS	−13B	−14N	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	805	-13.6
31	Whitney, Garth	1410	AUS	−15B	−16N	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	839	-8.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Harding, GabrielAUS
+25.2
1.0 pts · #8
2Smith, SamAUS
+22.4
1.0 pts · #11
3Bhanav Shyam SunithaIND
+21.6
1.5 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Mdinaradze, EdgarGEO
-18.6
0.5 pts · #20
2Schiavone, EmmanuelAUS
-14.4
0.0 pts · #28
3Jeanes, DavidAUS
-13.6
0.0 pts · #26

Biggest upsets

R1+254 Elo gap
Smith, Sam1576 beat Drogemuller, Mathew1830
R1+137 Elo gap
Ahmed, Hussain1582 beat Pattison, Hamish1719
R2+102 Elo gap
Harding, Gabriel1702 beat Mdinaradze, Edgar1804