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2025 SA City of Adelaide Championship Rounds 7-9

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31 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Sept 2025 to 16 Sept 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1854, and top seed was James Boyd-Norman (🇦🇺 AUS, 2066).

Tarush Jindal (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 1962) won with 3.0/9, ahead of Edvard Atrens (3.0) and Raghavendran Kasinathan (3.0). Jindal shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Ayman Almutawa (1839) beat James Boyd-Norman (2066), a +227-point gap.

Location
🇦🇺Adelaide, Australia
Dates
02 Sept 2025 → 16 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺James Boyd-Norman2066
Avg top 10
1,854
Participants
31
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇦🇺Australia×28
🇮🇳India×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇵🇰Pakistan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 3.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 34 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
34
34
34
34
34
34
13
5
3
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.0/9. Jindal takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Raghavendran Kasinathan 3 wins (R7–R9)CM Tarush Jindal 3 wins (R7–R9)Edvard Atrens 3 wins (R7–R9)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Jindal, TarushCM1962AUSFFFFFF+24B+6N+8B3.04.04.04.002592+26.8
2Atrens, Edvard1597AUSFFFFFF+5N+28N+25B3.02.52.52.502349+31.0
3Kasinathan, Raghavendran1564AUSFFFFFF+28B+12N+23B3.01.51.51.502435+34.2
4Almutawa, Ayman1839AUSFFFFFF+15N+13N=9B2.53.53.52.752087+16.2
5Vogt, Brian0AUSFFFFFF2B+17B+14N2.05.05.02.001534-10.0
6Retnaraja, Ethan1942AUSFFFFFF+23B1B+24N2.04.04.01.001966+9.2
7Nguyen, Duc Hung1663AUSFFFFFF+29N+20B10N2.02.52.51.001794+10.6
8Harding, Gabriel1702AUSFFFFFF+16N=24B1N1.54.54.51.251841+12.8
9Phillips, Andrew1855AUSFFFFFF+13BF=4N1.53.53.52.252147+33.2
10Pattison, Hamish1719AUSFFFFFF=27NF+7B1.52.52.52.251864+8.2
11Drogemuller, Mathew1830AUSFFFFFF+12B=23N18B1.52.52.51.251743-6.0
12Ahmad Bilal Khan1714PAKFFFFFF11N3B+19N1.05.55.51.001483-33.2
13Boyd-Norman, James2066AUSFFFFFF9N4B+16N1.05.05.01.001706-51.6
14Ahmed, Hussain1582AUSFFFFFF+22B21N5B1.04.04.01.001437-14.8
15Anattapathirana, Pamith Kithmin1464SRIFFFFFF4B16B+26N1.04.04.00.501632+3.4
16Bayliss, James1786AUSFFFFFF8B+15N13B1.03.53.51.001664-10.8
17Aktapoda, John0AUSFFFFFF19B5N+28B1.03.03.00.0013630.0
18Thompson, Bradley Clark1727AUSFFFFFFFF+11N1.02.02.01.502615+12.2
19Jeanes, David1466AUSFFFFFF+17NF12B1.02.02.01.00898-3.4
20Turcaj, Pavel1761AUSFFFFFF+30N7NF1.02.02.00.001686-2.0
21Schiavone, Emmanuel1655AUSFFFFFFF+14BF1.01.01.01.002331+7.0
22Guiney, Wayne Bertram1478AUSFFFFFF14NF+31N1.01.01.00.00731-14.0
23Willoughby, Jack1772AUSFFFFFF6N=11B3N0.56.56.50.751496-21.6
24Bhanav Shyam Sunitha1644INDFFFFFF1N=8N6B0.56.56.50.751621-12.8
25Reiner, Declan1620AUSFFFFFF=26BF2N0.53.53.50.251379-12.2
26Nagpal, Kavish1554AUSFFFFFF=25NF15B0.52.52.50.251399-21.2
27Lazarou, Michael1666AUSFFFFFF=10BFF0.51.51.50.751704+0.6
28Whitney, Garth1410AUSFFFFFF3N2B17N0.07.07.00.00759-12.2
29Smith, Sam1576AUSFFFFFF7BFF0.03.03.00.00863-15.6
30Cinco, Dino1699AUSFFFFFF20BFF0.02.52.50.00922-9.6
31Hope, Simon0AUSFFFFFF?NF22B0.02.02.00.006810.0

Key insights

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