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2025 SA City of Adelaide Championship Rounds 3-6

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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.

Location
🇦🇺Adelaide, Australia
Dates
05 Aug 2025 → 26 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺James Boyd-Norman2066
Avg top 10
1,862
Participants
34
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇦🇺Australia×30
🇮🇳India×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇬🇪Georgia×1
🇵🇰Pakistan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

James 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.

Co-leaders
34
34
11
4
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

James Boyd-Norman held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

James Boyd-Norman drew with Ethan Retnaraja (White).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

James Boyd-Norman won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1James Boyd-Norman*
½
1
2Ethan Retnaraja
½
*
3Pamith Kithmin Anattapathirana*
4CMTarush Jindal
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Boyd-Norman, James2066AUSFF+8N+3B+15N=2B3.510.010.08.502172+26.0
2Retnaraja, Ethan1942AUSFF=5B+9N+25B=1N3.09.09.06.002009+26.0
3Jindal, TarushCM1962AUSFF+24B1N+8B+5N3.09.09.05.502060+11.2
4Anattapathirana, Pamith Kithmin1464SRIFF+11N+21B10N+9N3.08.08.06.001951+42.2
5Almutawa, Ayman1839AUSFF=2N+19B+12N3B2.510.010.05.501951+9.4
6Schiavone, Emmanuel1655AUSFF+29B=7N+27B16N2.56.56.53.251668+3.8
7Thompson, Bradley Clark1727AUSFFF=6B+23N+17B2.56.06.04.751882+10.6
8Willoughby, Jack1772AUSFF1B+13N3N+12B2.010.510.54.001846+5.4
9Pattison, Hamish1719AUSFF+23N2B+14N4B2.09.59.53.501646-6.8
10Phillips, Andrew1855AUSFF25B+16N+4B15N2.08.08.05.001650-44.0
11Turcaj, Pavel1761AUSFF4B14N+22B+32B2.08.08.03.001414-26.2
12Cinco, Dino1699AUSFF+14B+24N5B8N2.07.57.53.001753+5.4
13Nguyen, Duc Hung1663AUSFF+31N8B=20N=18B2.07.07.03.001677+1.4
14Smith, Sam1576AUSFF12N+11B9B+26N2.07.07.03.001680+26.4
15Bhanav Shyam Sunitha1644INDFFF+25N1B+10B2.07.07.03.001980+47.2
16Harding, Gabriel1702AUSFFF10B+19N+6B2.06.56.54.501905+28.8
17Kasinathan, Raghavendran1564AUSFF+27B+18N24B7N2.06.56.53.001639+6.2
18Nagpal, Kavish1554AUSFF=20N17B+33B=13N2.06.56.52.501683+21.2
19Drogemuller, Mathew1830AUSFF+28B5N16B+29N2.06.56.52.001673-14.6
20Mdinaradze, Edgar1804GEOFF=18B+28N=13BF2.05.05.03.001766+1.2
21Ahmad Bilal Khan1714PAKFF+26N4NF+31B2.05.05.02.001682-2.8
22Hope, Simon0AUSFF=30N=26B11N+34B2.04.04.01.0014560.0
23Reiner, Declan1620AUSFF9B=33N7B+27N1.56.06.01.251568-5.4
24Bayliss, James1786AUSFF3N12B+17NF1.08.08.02.001636-13.4
25Lazarou, Michael1666AUSFF+10N15B2NF1.08.08.02.001682-0.2
26Atrens, Edvard1597AUSFF21B=22N=30B14B1.07.07.01.501292-19.4
27Guiney, Wayne Bertram1478AUSFF17N+30B6N23B1.07.07.01.001374-12.8
28Vogt, Brian0AUSFF19N20B29N+30N1.06.06.01.001412-52.4
29Whitney, Garth1410AUSFF6NF+28B19B1.05.55.51.001579+10.8
30Jeanes, David1466AUSFF=22B27N=26N28B1.05.05.01.501283-11.0
31Ahmed, Hussain1582AUSFF13B32N+34B21N1.05.05.00.00831-52.0
32Houston, Joshua1537AUSFFF+31BF11N1.03.03.01.001666+7.0
33Benham, Christopher J1746AUSFFF=23B18NF0.55.55.50.751407-17.8
34Aktapoda, John0AUSFFFF31N22N0.03.03.00.007830.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets