2025 Norths Seniors Rounds 5-9
25 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 01 Jul 2025 to 29 Jul 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 3.5/9, ahead of Bruce D Murray (3.5) and Mark Baterowicz (3.0). Glissan shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Paul Glissan (1773) beat Anthonie Pieter Luchtmeijer (1974), a +201-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 3.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 25 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Paul Glissan held the sole lead from R7 through R9 without losing it.
2 players finish on 3.5/9. Glissan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).
Paul Glissan won 3 in a row (R5–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paul Glissan | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2CMBruce D Murray | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Mark Baterowicz | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4David Cook | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glissan, Paul | 1773 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +11B | +3N | +14B | −7N | =4B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 8.50 | 1947 | +25.2 |
| 2 | Murray, Bruce DCM | 1886 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +20B | +21N | =3B | =13N | =7B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.75 | 1857 | -3.4 |
| 3 | Baterowicz, Mark | 1726 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +19N | −1B | =2N | +11B | =5N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.75 | 1811 | +11.0 |
| 4 | James, David | 1685 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −14N | +17B | +18N | =8B | =1N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.50 | 1800 | +15.6 |
| 5 | Pilowsky, Paul | 1701 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =18B | =10N | =20B | +9N | =3B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 6.50 | 1723 | +10.6 |
| 6 | Cook, David | 1679 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =12N | +15B | =16B | −19N | +18B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.50 | 1651 | -3.0 |
| 7 | Garner, Stephen J | 1788 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +13B | F | F | +1B | =2N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.25 | 2059 | +19.8 |
| 8 | Canfell, Mike J | 1763 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +16B | +20N | −11B | =4N | F | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.50 | 1775 | +1.8 |
| 9 | Aquilia, Sal | 1570 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =23B | +12B | +25N | −5B | −15N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.25 | 1535 | -3.2 |
| 10 | Einfeld, Stewart | 1780 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =24N | =5B | +23B | =20N | F | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.75 | 1717 | -6.0 |
| 11 | Watson, Robert A | 1810 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −1N | −14B | +8N | −3N | +19B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1678 | -21.8 |
| 12 | Stern, David | 1660 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =6B | −9N | F | +23N | =13B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1630 | -1.0 |
| 13 | Armstrong, Gary | 1705 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −7N | F | +21B | =2B | =12N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.75 | 1744 | +3.6 |
| 14 | Luchtmeijer, Anthonie Pieter | 1974 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +4B | +11N | −1N | F | F | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.00 | 1886 | -4.0 |
| 15 | Case, Ivan | 1602 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | F | +22N | +9B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 1706 | +7.4 |
| 16 | Ross, Darryl | 1549 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −8N | +24B | =6N | F | =21B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1672 | +14.0 |
| 17 | Aleksovski, Bosko | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +22B | −4N | F | F | +23B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1722 | +7.2 |
| 18 | Blower, Anthony | 1529 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =5N | =19B | −4B | =21N | −6N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.75 | 1495 | -7.2 |
| 19 | Quek, Bob | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −3B | =18N | F | +6B | −11N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 1614 | +4.4 |
| 20 | Wechsler, Ian B | 1636 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −2N | −8B | =5N | =10B | F | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.75 | 1574 | -8.4 |
| 21 | Guilevitch, Boris | 1647 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | −13N | =18B | =16N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.75 | 1479 | -19.0 |
| 22 | Laurie, Robert | 1540 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −17N | F | +24N | −15B | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1487 | -2.4 |
| 23 | Jeffreys, Roger W | 1623 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =9N | F | −10N | −12B | −17N | 0.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.25 | 1325 | -23.8 |
| 24 | Beeh, Tom | 1593 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =10B | −16N | −22B | F | F | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1337 | -19.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 3292673 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9B | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 746 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Glissan, PaulAUS+25.23.5 pts · #1
- 2Garner, Stephen JAUS+19.82.5 pts · #9
- 3James, DavidAUS+15.63.0 pts · #6
- 1Jeffreys, Roger WAUS-23.80.5 pts · #23
- 2Watson, Robert AAUS-21.82.0 pts · #10
- 3Beeh, TomAUS-19.00.5 pts · #24
- R7+201 Elo gap