2025 Norths Winter Classic Major Rounds 1-4
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40 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 03 Jun 2025 to 24 Jun 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 6 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1865, and top seed was Lucas Ni (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 1923).
Dean Chen (🇦🇺 AUS, 1883) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Lucas Ni (3.5) and Jongmin Lim (3.0). Chen shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Deves Manoji (1639) beat Will Wenderoth (1845), a +206-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
03 Jun 2025 → 24 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Titled players · 6
CM×3
WCM×3
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×39
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3
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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.
Co-leaders
15
5
2
2
R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 3.5/4. Chen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dean Chen | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2CMLucas Ni | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Jongmin Lim | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Aiden Maleki | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chen, Dean | 1883 | AUS | +15B | +16N | +3B | =2N | 3.5 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 8.75 | 2107 | +36.8 |
| 2 | Ni, LucasCM | 1923 | AUS | +14N | +6B | +7N | =1B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 8.75 | 2155 | +37.2 |
| 3 | Lim, Jongmin | 1740 | AUS | +38B | +23N | −1N | +15B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1915 | +18.0 |
| 4 | Huey, TobyCM | 1824 | AUS | +18B | F | +13N | +8N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 2490 | +38.4 |
| 5 | Maleki, Aiden | 1798 | AUS | =36N | +29B | =22N | +13B | 3.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.00 | 1853 | +10.0 |
| 6 | Tay, Mason | 1774 | AUS | +19B | −2N | =9B | +29N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 4.25 | 1901 | +26.8 |
| 7 | Ball, ChristopherCM | 1854 | AUS | +25B | +30N | −2B | =27N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 3.25 | 1851 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Kumar, Viney | 1751 | AUS | +37N | =22B | +19N | −4B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 1838 | +9.2 |
| 9 | Sze-To, Jonas | 1805 | AUS | +32N | −13B | =6N | +24B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 3.25 | 1801 | -0.8 |
| 10 | Williams, Oliver | 1872 | AUS | +24N | F | =17B | +16B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.50 | 2007 | +17.6 |
| 11 | Chan, Darryl | 1764 | AUS | =28B | =33N | +25B | =17N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 3.25 | 1833 | +7.2 |
| 12 | Liu, Josh | 1723 | AUS | −30B | +28N | +32B | =22N | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.25 | 1806 | +17.2 |
| 13 | Zhou, Scott | 1657 | AUS | +35B | +9N | −4B | −5N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1818 | +17.0 |
| 14 | Qian, VickyWCM | 1764 | AUS | −2B | +26N | +23B | −20B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1785 | +4.0 |
| 15 | Dingley, Justin | 1687 | AUS | −1N | +37B | +34B | −3N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 1711 | +2.2 |
| 16 | Huey, ChelseaWCM | 1734 | AUS | +34N | −1B | +33B | −10N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1743 | +2.0 |
| 17 | Ross, Jesse | 1731 | AUS | +26B | F | =10N | =11B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.00 | 1892 | +26.0 |
| 18 | Jain, Kamal | 1661 | AUS | −4N | +31B | −20N | +39B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1795 | +13.8 |
| 19 | Welch, Ian | 1856 | AUS | −6N | +40B | −8B | +38N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1740 | -12.2 |
| 20 | Su, Joey | 1895 | AUS | F | F | +18B | +14N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2513 | +21.2 |
| 21 | Vujasin, Nikola | 1693 | AUS | F | F | +37N | +33B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 2429 | +16.6 |
| 22 | Zhou, Joe | 1661 | AUS | F | =8N | =5B | =12B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1758 | +8.0 |
| 23 | Yuan, Winson | 1656 | AUS | +31N | −3B | −14N | =32B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 1.25 | 1657 | -1.2 |
| 24 | Ding, Daniel (yulin) | 1735 | AUS | −10B | =35N | +31B | −9N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 1.25 | 1748 | +1.6 |
| 25 | Gupta, Rohan | 1718 | AUS | −7N | +39B | −11N | =34B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.25 | 1626 | -21.6 |
| 26 | Gupta, Dhwani | 1659 | AUS | −17N | −14B | +40N | =28B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 1699 | +6.0 |
| 27 | Soumik Burman Ray | 1735 | AUS | +39N | F | F | =7B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1941 | +10.6 |
| 28 | Liu, Max (qixuan) | 1876 | AUS | =11N | −12B | F | =26N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1592 | -45.2 |
| 29 | Manoji, Deves | 1639 | AUS | F | −5N | +35B | −6B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.50 | 1681 | +6.0 |
| 30 | Dimitropoulos, Nick | 1649 | AUS | +12N | −7B | F | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1789 | +14.4 |
| 31 | Qian, Linda (Zhiling)WCM | 1817 | AUS | −23B | −18N | −24N | +37B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1478 | -70.8 |
| 32 | Lima, Marcel | 1656 | AUS | −9B | F | −12N | =23N | 0.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 0.75 | 1455 | -14.2 |
| 33 | Carollo, Robert | 1629 | AUS | F | =11B | −16N | −21N | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.25 | 1457 | -23.2 |
| 34 | Zhou, Clara | 1592 | AUS | −16B | F | −15N | =25N | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1440 | -20.4 |
| 35 | Wenderoth, Will | 1845 | FRA | −13N | =24B | −29N | F | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1404 | -66.0 |
| 36 | Shaw, William | 1683 | AUS | =5B | F | F | F | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1799 | +6.4 |
| 37 | Duker, Craig | 1630 | AUS | −8B | −15N | −21B | −31N | 0.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 937 | -28.8 |
| 38 | Woon, Ella | 1662 | AUS | −3N | F | F | −19B | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 998 | -25.6 |
| 39 | Gough, James | 1640 | AUS | −27B | −25N | F | −18N | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 905 | -49.2 |
| 40 | Zekic, Mirsad | 0 | AUS | F | −19N | −26B | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 961 | -20.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Huey, TobyCMAUS+38.43.0 pts · #5
- 2Ni, LucasCMAUS+37.23.5 pts · #2
- 3Chen, DeanAUS+36.83.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Qian, Linda (Zhiling)WCMAUS-70.81.0 pts · #31
- 2Wenderoth, WillFRA-66.00.5 pts · #35
- 3Gough, JamesAUS-49.20.0 pts · #40
Biggest upsets
- R3+206 Elo gap
- R1+188 Elo gap
- R1+161 Elo gap