2025 Norths Seniors Rounds 1-4
25 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 03 Jun 2025 to 24 Jun 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1791, and top seed was Anthonie Pieter Luchtmeijer (🇦🇺 AUS, 1974).
Paul Glissan (🇦🇺 AUS, 1773) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Robert A Watson (3.5) and Bruce D Murray (3.0). Glissan took the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Ian B Wechsler (1636) beat Anthonie Pieter Luchtmeijer (1974), a +338-point gap.
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 3.5/4. Glissan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.5).
Paul Glissan won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Robert A Watson | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Paul Glissan | — | * | — | ½ |
| 3Mark Baterowicz | — | — | * | — |
| 4CMBruce D Murray | ½ | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glissan, Paul | 1773 | AUS | +19N | +6B | +5N | =3B | 3.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7.00 | 2051 | +24.0 |
| 2 | Watson, Robert A | 1810 | AUS | +8N | +14B | =3N | +12B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 7.00 | 2079 | +22.8 |
| 3 | Murray, Bruce DCM | 1886 | AUS | +17B | +9N | =2B | =1N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 7.00 | 1934 | +4.6 |
| 4 | Baterowicz, Mark | 1726 | AUS | =7B | =15N | +23B | +16N | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.25 | 1790 | +6.2 |
| 5 | Armstrong, Gary | 1705 | AUS | =18N | +13B | −1B | +17N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 4.25 | 1734 | +2.8 |
| 6 | Guilevitch, Boris | 1647 | AUS | +10B | −1N | −16B | +19N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1764 | +11.2 |
| 7 | Blower, Anthony | 1529 | AUS | =4N | =20B | =14N | =11B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 1733 | +20.6 |
| 8 | Wechsler, Ian B | 1636 | AUS | −2B | +21N | +10B | F | 2.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1900 | +19.6 |
| 9 | Pilowsky, Paul | 1701 | AUS | +21B | −3B | =18N | =15N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1644 | -6.2 |
| 10 | Luchtmeijer, Anthonie Pieter | 1974 | AUS | −6N | +19B | −8N | +23B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1620 | -31.2 |
| 11 | Canfell, Mike J | 1763 | AUS | F | +22N | =15B | =7N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.75 | 1700 | -4.4 |
| 12 | Garner, Stephen J | 1788 | AUS | +22B | +23N | F | −2N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1783 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Quek, Bob | 0 | AUS | F | −5N | +24N | +14B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 1683 | +6.8 |
| 14 | Stern, David | 1660 | AUS | +24B | −2N | =7B | −13N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1359 | -22.4 |
| 15 | Case, Ivan | 1602 | AUS | F | =4B | =11N | =9B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1730 | +10.4 |
| 16 | James, David | 1685 | AUS | F | =18B | +6N | −4B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 1641 | -3.4 |
| 17 | Cook, David | 1679 | AUS | −3N | +25B | =20N | −5B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.50 | 1669 | -1.8 |
| 18 | Ross, Darryl | 1549 | AUS | =5B | =16N | =9B | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1697 | +11.8 |
| 19 | Jeffreys, Roger W | 1623 | AUS | −1B | −10N | +21B | −6B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1540 | -9.8 |
| 20 | Einfeld, Stewart | 1780 | AUS | F | =7N | =17B | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1604 | -9.0 |
| 21 | Laurie, Robert | 1540 | AUS | −9N | −8B | −19N | +24B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 853 | -21.0 |
| 22 | Beeh, Tom | 1593 | AUS | −12N | −11B | +25N | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1609 | +1.0 |
| 23 | Aquilia, Sal | 1570 | AUS | F | −12B | −4N | −10N | 0.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1028 | -23.6 |
| 24 | FIDE 3292673 | 0 | — | −14N | F | −13B | −21N | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 786 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Aleksovski, Bosko | 0 | AUS | F | −17N | −22B | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 836 | -20.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Glissan, PaulAUS+24.03.5 pts · #2
- 2Watson, Robert AAUS+22.83.5 pts · #1
- 3Blower, AnthonyAUS+20.62.0 pts · #12
- 1Luchtmeijer, Anthonie PieterAUS-31.22.0 pts · #6
- 2Aquilia, SalAUS-23.60.0 pts · #22
- 3Stern, DavidAUS-22.41.5 pts · #21
- R3+338 Elo gap
- R1+327 Elo gap