2025 Robert Pilgrim Open Rounds 1-4

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35 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 08 May 2025 to 29 May 2025 in Perth, Australia. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1847, and top seed was Andras Szijarto (🇭🇺 HUN, 2067).

Andras Szijarto (🇭🇺 HUN, 2067) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Saminda De Vas (3.5) and Angus Chen (3.0). Szijarto shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Yuqi (ricky) Huang (1648) beat Robert Baumgartner (1789), a +141-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Perth, Australia

Dates

08 May 2025 → 29 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 70 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 4 rounds

Top seed

🇭🇺Andras Szijarto2067

Avg top 10

1,847

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇦🇺Australia×30

🇭🇺Hungary×1

🇬🇭Ghana×1

🇳🇿New Zealand×1

Top 3

🥇
Andras Szijarto
🇭🇺HUN·2067
3.5pts·2042perf-1.4
🥈
Saminda De Vas
🇦🇺AUS·1929
3.5pts·2036perf+7.0
🥉
Angus Chen
🇦🇺AUS·1812
3.0pts·1995perf+38.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight 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

Szijarto3.5De Vas3.5Chen3Kinsman3Baumgartner2.5Huang2.5

R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/4. Szijarto takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (5.5).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Andras Szijarto won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Andras Szijarto	*	—	—	—
2Saminda De Vas	—	*	—	—
3Angus Chen	—	—	*	1
4Craig C Kinsman	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Szijarto, Andras	2067	HUN	=16B	+24N	+9B	+8N	3.5	5.5	6.5	5.75	2042	-1.4
2	De Vas, Saminda	1929	AUS	+23N	+26B	=5N	+17B	3.5	5.0	6.0	4.75	2036	+7.0
3	Chen, Angus	1812	AUS	+4B	=17N	=6B	+10N	3.0	7.5	9.0	7.00	1995	+38.0
4	Kinsman, Craig C	1870	AUS	−3N	+33N	+19B	+5B	3.0	7.0	7.5	4.50	1807	-3.8
5	Christian, Robin	1689	AUS	+14B	+18N	=2B	−4N	2.5	8.5	10.0	5.25	1853	+12.8
6	Baumgartner, Robert	1789	AUS	−7N	+25B	=3N	+29B	2.5	6.5	7.5	3.50	1760	-2.4
7	Huang, Yuqi (ricky)	1648	AUS	+6B	−12N	=18B	+23N	2.5	6.0	7.0	4.25	1847	+42.0
8	De Guzman, Jessie	1793	NZL	F	+16N	+13B	−1B	2.0	7.0	7.0	3.50	1949	+12.2
9	De Jong, Sjef	1599	AUS	+11N	+28B	−1N	F	2.0	6.5	6.5	3.00	1864	+11.8
10	Zhang, Yuxuan	1774	AUS	=22N	=21B	+20N	−3B	2.0	6.0	7.5	3.00	1651	-25.2
11	Bradley, Luke	0	AUS	−9B	−20N	+16B	+30N	2.0	5.0	6.0	2.50	1435	0.0
12	Shah Mansouri, Kevin	1821	AUS	F	+7B	F	+22N	2.0	4.0	4.0	4.00	2435	+20.4
13	De Vas, Yonal	1843	AUS	F	+34B	−8N	+21B	2.0	4.0	4.0	2.00	1722	-12.8
14	Riley, Matthew	0	AUS	−5N	+?B	+23N	F	2.0	3.5	3.5	1.00	1682	0.0
15	FIDE 3291502	0	—	+19B	+27N	F	F	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.50	1657	0.0
16	Sheridan, Wallace	1560	AUS	=1N	−8B	−11N	+33B	1.5	7.5	8.0	2.25	1684	+4.2
17	Huang, Hui	1774	AUS	+35N	=3B	F	−2N	1.5	6.5	6.5	1.50	1678	-4.8
18	Dunlop, Gordon	1761	AUS	+25N	−5B	=7N	F	1.5	6.0	6.0	2.25	1608	-11.6
19	Moseley, Paul	1545	AUS	−15N	+35B	−4N	=32B	1.5	6.0	6.0	0.50	1478	-4.6
20	Milovanovic, Stevica	1519	AUS	−28N	+11B	−10B	=24N	1.5	5.0	6.0	2.50	1459	-3.8
21	Yao, Ryan	1651	AUS	F	=10N	+27B	−13N	1.5	5.0	5.0	2.00	1769	+18.8
22	Ashok, Akash	1622	AUS	=10B	F	+34N	−12B	1.5	4.5	4.5	1.50	1605	-1.6
23	McGregor, Mike	1636	AUS	−2B	+31N	−14B	−7B	1.0	8.0	9.0	1.00	1556	-7.2
24	Williams, Joshua	1695	AUS	F	−1B	=32N	=20B	1.0	6.0	6.0	1.25	1561	-24.4
25	Klimczak, Joe	1488	AUS	−18B	−6N	+31B	F	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.00	1547	+6.0
26	Yeung, Evan	1701	AUS	+31B	−2N	F	F	1.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	1697	-0.2
27	Simonds, Marcus	1689	AUS	+30N	−15B	−21N	F	1.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	851	-11.0
28	Gunawan, Tjermin	1728	AUS	+20B	−9N	F	F	1.0	3.5	3.5	1.50	1559	-8.8
29	Liyanage, Nithuli	1711	AUS	F	F	+33B	−6N	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.50	989	-15.6
30	FIDE 3291510	0	—	−27B	F	+35N	−11B	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	889	0.0
31	Motu, Ben	1465	AUS	−26N	−23B	−25N	+35B	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	808	-37.6
32	De Vas, Senudi	1472	AUS	F	F	=24B	=19N	1.0	2.5	2.5	1.25	1620	+15.2
33	He, Kit	0	AUS	=34N	−4B	−29N	−16N	0.5	5.5	6.0	0.25	914	0.0
34	Kingsley Kofi Ketor	0	GHA	=33B	−13N	−22B	F	0.5	4.0	4.0	0.25	933	0.0
35	Rotter, Luca	0	AUS	−17B	−19N	−30B	−31N	0.0	4.0	5.0	0.00	795	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Huang, Yuqi (ricky)AUS
+42.0
2.5 pts · #5
2Chen, AngusAUS
+38.0
3.0 pts · #3
3Shah Mansouri, KevinAUS
+20.4
2.0 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Motu, BenAUS
-37.6
1.0 pts · #30
2Zhang, YuxuanAUS
-25.2
2.0 pts · #7
3Williams, JoshuaAUS
-24.4
1.0 pts · #19

Biggest upsets

R1+141 Elo gap
Huang, Yuqi (ricky)1648 beat Baumgartner, Robert1789
R2+129 Elo gap
De Jong, Sjef1599 beat Gunawan, Tjermin1728