2025 Norths NSW State Championship Rounds 1-4
Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 03 Jun 2025 to 24 Jun 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 9 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2154, and top seed was Jacek Stopa (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2326).
Jacek Stopa (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2326) won with 2.5/4, ahead of Bibek Thing (2.5) and George Wendi Xie (2.5). Stopa shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
03 Jun 2025 → 24 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 4 rounds
Titled players · 9
GM×1
IM×1
FM×3
CM×3
WCM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇦🇺Australia×7
🇳🇵Nepal×1
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 4 roundsTitle race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
2
1
2
3
R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
IM George Wendi Xie drew with GM Jacek Stopa (White).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 🇵🇱GMStopa, Jacek | 2326 | * | ½ | ½ | — | — | 1 | — | — | ½ | — | 2.5 | 4.25 | 7.0 | -2.2 | 2274 |
| 3 | 🇳🇵FMThing, Bibek | 2253 | ½ | * | — | 0 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2.5 | 3.75 | 7.0 | +1.2 | 2259 |
| 1 | 🇦🇺IMXie, George Wendi | 2322 | ½ | — | * | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2.5 | 3.25 | 5.0 | +2.9 | 2391 |
| 4 | 🇲🇳WCMBayasgalan, Khishigbaatar | 2258 | — | 1 | — | * | — | ½ | — | ½ | — | — | 2.0 | 3.75 | 5.0 | +0.4 | 2261 |
| 6 | 🇦🇺Chang, Ethan | 2058 | — | 0 | — | — | * | 0 | — | ½ | — | 1 | 1.5 | 1.00 | 5.5 | -2.8 | 2051 |
| 5 | 🇦🇺CMTang, Terrence | 2143 | 0 | — | — | ½ | 1 | * | — | — | — | — | 1.5 | 2.50 | 6.0 | +5.6 | 2214 |
| 7 | 🇦🇺CMWang, Daniel | 2030 | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | * | — | 1 | ½ | 1.5 | 0.75 | 3.5 | +18.4 | 2155 |
| 8 | 🇦🇺CMZheng, Tony | 2012 | — | 0 | — | ½ | ½ | — | — | * | — | — | 1.0 | 1.75 | 6.0 | +3.4 | 2065 |
| 9 | 🇦🇺FMNg, Clive | 1999 | ½ | — | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | — | * | — | 0.5 | 1.25 | 6.5 | -4.4 | 1953 |
| 10 | 🇦🇺FMCanfell, Gregory J | 2143 | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ½ | — | — | * | 0.5 | 0.75 | 5.5 | -15.4 | 1851 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Wang, DanielCMAUS+18.41.5 pts · #7
- 2Tang, TerrenceCMAUS+5.61.5 pts · #5
- 3Zheng, TonyCMAUS+3.41.0 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Canfell, Gregory JFMAUS-15.40.5 pts · #10
- 2Ng, CliveFMAUS-4.40.5 pts · #9
- 3Chang, EthanAUS-2.81.5 pts · #6