2025 Norths NSW State Championship Rounds 5-8 plus postponed
Round-RobinStandard
9 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 01 Jul 2025 to 29 Jul 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 8 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2156, and top seed was Jacek Stopa (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2326).
Terrence Tang (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2143) won with 2.5/8, ahead of George Wendi Xie (2.5) and Bibek Thing (2.0). Tang shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Clive Ng (FM, 1999) beat Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan (WCM, 2258), a +259-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
01 Jul 2025 → 29 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 8 rounds
Titled players · 8
GM×1
IM×1
FM×2
CM×3
WCM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇦🇺Australia×6
🇳🇵Nepal×1
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 9 · 8 roundsTitle race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
1
1
1
2
6
2
2
2
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
CM Terrence Tang lost to IM George Wendi Xie (White).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇦🇺CMTang, Terrence | 2143 | * | 0 | ½ | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2.5 | 3.50 | 7.0 | +10.2 | 2259 |
| 2 | 🇦🇺IMXie, George Wendi | 2322 | 1 | * | ½ | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2.5 | 3.50 | 4.5 | +4.0 | 2449 |
| 4 | 🇳🇵FMThing, Bibek | 2253 | ½ | ½ | * | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2.0 | 3.50 | 6.0 | +4.8 | 2314 |
| 3 | 🇵🇱GMStopa, Jacek | 2326 | — | — | — | * | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1.0 | +3.6 | 2858 |
| 6 | 🇦🇺FMNg, Clive | 1999 | 0 | — | — | — | * | 1 | — | ½ | — | 1.5 | 2.00 | 5.0 | +11.0 | 2138 |
| 5 | 🇲🇳WCMBayasgalan, Khishigbaatar | 2258 | — | — | — | — | 0 | * | ½ | — | 1 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 2.5 | -14.8 | 2062 |
| 7 | 🇦🇺CMWang, Daniel | 2030 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | ½ | * | ½ | — | 1.0 | 1.25 | 7.0 | -20.8 | 1974 |
| 8 | 🇦🇺CMZheng, Tony | 2012 | — | — | — | 0 | ½ | — | ½ | * | — | 1.0 | 1.25 | 4.5 | -0.8 | 2008 |
| 9 | 🇦🇺Chang, Ethan | 2058 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.0 | -30.4 | 1503 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ng, CliveFMAUS+11.01.5 pts · #6
- 2Tang, TerrenceCMAUS+10.22.5 pts · #1
- 3Thing, BibekFMNEP+4.82.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Chang, EthanAUS-30.40.0 pts · #9
- 2Wang, DanielCMAUS-20.81.0 pts · #7
- 3Bayasgalan, KhishigbaatarWCMMGL-14.81.5 pts · #5
Biggest upsets
- R1+259 Elo gap