2025 SA City of Adelaide Championship Rounds 3-6
34 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 05 Aug 2025 to 26 Aug 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1862, and top seed was James Boyd-Norman (🇦🇺 AUS, 2066).
James Boyd-Norman (🇦🇺 AUS, 2066) won with 3.5/6, ahead of Ethan Retnaraja (3.0) and Tarush Jindal (3.0). Boyd-Norman won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Pamith Kithmin Anattapathirana (1464) beat Pavel Turcaj (1761), a +297-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsJames Boyd-Norman led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
James Boyd-Norman held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.
James Boyd-Norman drew with Ethan Retnaraja (White).
James Boyd-Norman won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1James Boyd-Norman | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Ethan Retnaraja | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Pamith Kithmin Anattapathirana | — | — | * | — |
| 4CMTarush Jindal | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boyd-Norman, James | 2066 | AUS | F | F | +8N | +3B | +15N | =2B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 8.50 | 2172 | +26.0 |
| 2 | Retnaraja, Ethan | 1942 | AUS | F | F | =5B | +9N | +25B | =1N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.00 | 2009 | +26.0 |
| 3 | Jindal, TarushCM | 1962 | AUS | F | F | +24B | −1N | +8B | +5N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.50 | 2060 | +11.2 |
| 4 | Anattapathirana, Pamith Kithmin | 1464 | SRI | F | F | +11N | +21B | −10N | +9N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.00 | 1951 | +42.2 |
| 5 | Almutawa, Ayman | 1839 | AUS | F | F | =2N | +19B | +12N | −3B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1951 | +9.4 |
| 6 | Schiavone, Emmanuel | 1655 | AUS | F | F | +29B | =7N | +27B | −16N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.25 | 1668 | +3.8 |
| 7 | Thompson, Bradley Clark | 1727 | AUS | F | F | F | =6B | +23N | +17B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.75 | 1882 | +10.6 |
| 8 | Willoughby, Jack | 1772 | AUS | F | F | −1B | +13N | −3N | +12B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1846 | +5.4 |
| 9 | Pattison, Hamish | 1719 | AUS | F | F | +23N | −2B | +14N | −4B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1646 | -6.8 |
| 10 | Phillips, Andrew | 1855 | AUS | F | F | −25B | +16N | +4B | −15N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 1650 | -44.0 |
| 11 | Turcaj, Pavel | 1761 | AUS | F | F | −4B | −14N | +22B | +32B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1414 | -26.2 |
| 12 | Cinco, Dino | 1699 | AUS | F | F | +14B | +24N | −5B | −8N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1753 | +5.4 |
| 13 | Nguyen, Duc Hung | 1663 | AUS | F | F | +31N | −8B | =20N | =18B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1677 | +1.4 |
| 14 | Smith, Sam | 1576 | AUS | F | F | −12N | +11B | −9B | +26N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1680 | +26.4 |
| 15 | Bhanav Shyam Sunitha | 1644 | IND | F | F | F | +25N | −1B | +10B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1980 | +47.2 |
| 16 | Harding, Gabriel | 1702 | AUS | F | F | F | −10B | +19N | +6B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.50 | 1905 | +28.8 |
| 17 | Kasinathan, Raghavendran | 1564 | AUS | F | F | +27B | +18N | −24B | −7N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1639 | +6.2 |
| 18 | Nagpal, Kavish | 1554 | AUS | F | F | =20N | −17B | +33B | =13N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 1683 | +21.2 |
| 19 | Drogemuller, Mathew | 1830 | AUS | F | F | +28B | −5N | −16B | +29N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1673 | -14.6 |
| 20 | Mdinaradze, Edgar | 1804 | GEO | F | F | =18B | +28N | =13B | F | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 1766 | +1.2 |
| 21 | Ahmad Bilal Khan | 1714 | PAK | F | F | +26N | −4N | F | +31B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1682 | -2.8 |
| 22 | Hope, Simon | 0 | AUS | F | F | =30N | =26B | −11N | +34B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1456 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Reiner, Declan | 1620 | AUS | F | F | −9B | =33N | −7B | +27N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 1568 | -5.4 |
| 24 | Bayliss, James | 1786 | AUS | F | F | −3N | −12B | +17N | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1636 | -13.4 |
| 25 | Lazarou, Michael | 1666 | AUS | F | F | +10N | −15B | −2N | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1682 | -0.2 |
| 26 | Atrens, Edvard | 1597 | AUS | F | F | −21B | =22N | =30B | −14B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1292 | -19.4 |
| 27 | Guiney, Wayne Bertram | 1478 | AUS | F | F | −17N | +30B | −6N | −23B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1374 | -12.8 |
| 28 | Vogt, Brian | 0 | AUS | F | F | −19N | −20B | −29N | +30N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1412 | -52.4 |
| 29 | Whitney, Garth | 1410 | AUS | F | F | −6N | F | +28B | −19B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1579 | +10.8 |
| 30 | Jeanes, David | 1466 | AUS | F | F | =22B | −27N | =26N | −28B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1283 | -11.0 |
| 31 | Ahmed, Hussain | 1582 | AUS | F | F | −13B | −32N | +34B | −21N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 831 | -52.0 |
| 32 | Houston, Joshua | 1537 | AUS | F | F | F | +31B | F | −11N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1666 | +7.0 |
| 33 | Benham, Christopher J | 1746 | AUS | F | F | F | =23B | −18N | F | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1407 | -17.8 |
| 34 | Aktapoda, John | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −31N | −22N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 783 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Bhanav Shyam SunithaIND+47.22.0 pts · #19
- 2Anattapathirana, Pamith KithminSRI+42.23.0 pts · #3
- 3Harding, GabrielAUS+28.82.0 pts · #15
- 1Vogt, BrianAUS-52.41.0 pts · #28
- 2Ahmed, HussainAUS-52.01.0 pts · #33
- 3Phillips, AndrewAUS-44.02.0 pts · #11
- R3+297 Elo gap
- R6+255 Elo gap
- R4+250 Elo gap