2025 Chess Artists Chess Excellence Open Rounds 5-6
31 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 15 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1926, and top seed was Igor Goldenberg (🇦🇺 AUS, IM, 2333).
Colin B Savige (🇦🇺 AUS, 1811) won with 2.0/6, ahead of Vanessa Deng (2.0) and Mikyle Khurram (2.0). Savige shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Vanessa Deng (1560) beat Abraham Pitono (1842), a +282-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 4 players tied at 2.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 32 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
4 players finish on 2.0/6. Savige takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (1.5).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savige, Colin B | 1811 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +15N | +21B | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2305 | +6.2 |
| 2 | Deng, Vanessa | 1560 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +24N | +14B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2485 | +50.4 |
| 3 | Khurram, Mikyle | 1778 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +25B | +10N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2650 | +23.6 |
| 4 | Rehill, Paul | 1640 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +29B | +26N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2304 | +14.4 |
| 5 | Goldenberg, IgorIM | 2333 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =7N | +11B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 2302 | -0.4 |
| 6 | Thankeshvaran, Criswin | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =8B | +27N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1590 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Soo, Kai JieFM | 2190 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =5B | +25N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2304 | +5.6 |
| 8 | Beckman, John | 1567 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =6N | +24B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2333 | +9.2 |
| 9 | Kalisch, Tom | 1742 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +30B | =12N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1796 | +3.6 |
| 10 | Buhagiar, Aden | 1808 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +13N | −3B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1717 | -5.2 |
| 11 | Xia, JustinCM | 1976 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +16N | −5N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 2122 | +10.0 |
| 12 | Chmiel, Rad | 1752 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =21N | =9B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1633 | -5.6 |
| 13 | Pramod, Rishaan | 1585 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −10B | +19B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1632 | -1.6 |
| 14 | Pitono, Abraham | 1842 | CAN | F | F | F | F | +26B | −2N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1591 | -12.2 |
| 15 | Scenna, George | 1481 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −1B | +28N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1674 | +18.8 |
| 16 | Davis, Tony JCM | 1905 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −11B | +22N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1801 | -4.6 |
| 17 | Wang, Adelyn | 1574 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +18B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2344 | +24.4 |
| 18 | Batyrbekov, Kaisar | 1552 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +28B | −17N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1508 | -4.0 |
| 19 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1562 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +27B | −13N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1612 | +17.2 |
| 20 | Bambridge, Greg | 1622 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +31N | F | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.00 | 2390 | +9.0 |
| 21 | Geyman, Liam | 1511 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =12B | −1N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1577 | +3.6 |
| 22 | Scenna, Luna | 1589 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =23N | −16B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1509 | -11.2 |
| 23 | Zhang, Nathan | 1401 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =22B | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1600 | +5.6 |
| 24 | Batyrbekov, Aidan | 1636 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −2B | −8N | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 769 | -36.0 |
| 25 | Solomontchik, Daniel | 1861 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −3N | −7B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1200 | -30.4 |
| 26 | Fais, Ariana | 1603 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −14N | −4B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 926 | -28.0 |
| 27 | Macmillan, Jonathan | 1570 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −19N | −6B | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 648 | -13.4 |
| 28 | Thankeshvaran, Lehit | 1572 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −18N | −15B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 711 | -44.4 |
| 29 | Kovalenko, Kiy | 1416 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −4N | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 816 | -9.2 |
| 30 | Xia, Bella | 1448 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −9N | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 933 | -6.8 |
| 31 | Cook, Geoff L | 1567 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −20B | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 826 | -9.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Deng, VanessaAUS+50.42.0 pts · #2
- 2Wang, AdelynAUS+24.41.0 pts · #10
- 3Khurram, MikyleAUS+23.62.0 pts · #3
- 1Thankeshvaran, LehitAUS-44.40.0 pts · #29
- 2Batyrbekov, AidanAUS-36.00.0 pts · #26
- 3Solomontchik, DanielAUS-30.40.0 pts · #28
- R6+282 Elo gap