2025 NSWCA October Weekender

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98 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Oct 2025 to 06 Oct 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 16 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2180, and top seed was Igor Bjelobrk (🇦🇺 AUS, IM, 2397).

Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan (🇲🇳 MGL, WCM, 2268) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Igor Bjelobrk (6.0) and Arthur Huynh (5.5). Bayasgalan won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Shing Hei Li (1803) beat Terrence Tang (CM, 2160), a +357-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Sydney, Australia

Dates

04 Oct 2025 → 06 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺IMIgor Bjelobrk2397

Avg top 10

2,180

Participants

Titled players · 16

IM×2

FM×4

CM×7

WCM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇦🇺Australia×87

🇳🇬Nigeria×1

🇮🇩Indonesia×1

🇲🇳Mongolia×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇺🇸United States of America×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

🇸🇬Singapore×1

Top 3

🥇
WCMKhishigbaatar Bayasgalan
🇲🇳MGL·2268
7.0pts·2823perf+31.8
🥈
IMIgor Bjelobrk
🇦🇺AUS·2397
6.0pts·2346perf-1.9
🥉
Arthur Huynh
🇦🇺AUS·1986
5.5pts·2186perf+32.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

WCM Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Bayasgalan7Bjelobrk6Kethro5.5Naraharasetty5.5Huynh5.5Lyu5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

WCM Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WCM Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan beat IM Igor Bjelobrk (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WCM Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan 7 wins (R1–R7)IM Igor Bjelobrk 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1WCMKhishigbaatar Bayasgalan	*	1	—	—
2IMIgor Bjelobrk	0	*	—	—
3FMMichael Kethro	—	—	*	—
4CMSaisiddharth Naraharasetty	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bayasgalan, KhishigbaatarWCM	2268	MGL	+26N	+19B	+10N	+25B	+2N	+6B	+8N	7.0	29.5	33.5	33.50	2823	+31.8
2	Bjelobrk, IgorIM	2397	AUS	+48B	+18N	+14B	+3N	−1B	+23N	+7B	6.0	31.5	35.0	28.00	2346	-1.9
3	Huynh, Arthur	1986	AUS	+60N	+24B	+20N	−2B	+19N	+11B	=4N	5.5	30.0	33.0	24.25	2186	+32.6
4	Naraharasetty, SaisiddharthCM	2051	AUS	+94B	+27N	=17B	+21N	+8B	=7N	=3B	5.5	28.5	29.5	22.00	2133	+26.0
5	Kethro, MichaelFM	2083	AUS	+41N	+43B	−7N	+20B	=30N	+32B	+17N	5.5	25.5	29.0	22.00	2071	-1.0
6	Hu, JasonFM	2152	AUS	+35B	=63N	+29B	+17N	+9B	−1N	=13B	5.0	29.0	32.0	21.00	2101	-1.6
7	Huang, YuanCM	1937	AUS	+75B	+40N	+5B	=9N	+36B	=4B	−2N	5.0	29.0	31.5	20.25	2147	+77.2
8	Power, Ted	1988	AUS	+61N	+53B	+85N	+11B	−4N	+12B	−1B	5.0	28.5	30.5	18.00	2193	+77.6
9	Le Tri KienCM	2260	VIE	+37N	+45B	+23N	=7B	−6N	+18B	=14N	5.0	27.5	31.0	21.00	2127	-17.0
10	Lyu, Taifeng (Matt)	1975	AUS	+81B	+31N	−1B	+29N	−12N	+51B	+28N	5.0	27.0	29.0	17.00	2041	+28.8
11	Plant, John Stuart	2045	AUS	+49B	+54N	+28B	−8N	+25B	−3N	+27B	5.0	26.0	29.0	18.50	2002	-3.6
12	Tang, TerrenceCM	2160	AUS	+38B	−28N	+37B	+27N	+10B	−8N	+25B	5.0	25.5	29.0	20.00	2024	-17.6
13	Verma, RudraCM	1893	AUS	+56N	−36B	+41N	=24B	+26N	+22B	=6N	5.0	25.0	28.0	19.75	1976	+32.0
14	Rusakov, JeanFM	1951	AUS	+52N	+51B	−2N	=22B	+92N	+53B	=9B	5.0	24.5	26.0	15.25	2077	+43.2
15	Bierkens, Pieter	2055	USA	+73N	+22B	−25N	+43B	−18N	+46B	+30N	5.0	24.0	26.5	18.00	1995	-6.8
16	Anderson, BrendanCM	2004	AUS	+55N	−20B	=26N	+73B	=21B	+68N	+63B	5.0	22.0	24.5	15.75	1928	-10.4
17	Siva Sankaran, Anup Kumar	1884	AUS	+62N	+57B	=4N	−6B	+24N	+36B	−5B	4.5	27.0	30.0	16.75	1971	+19.0
18	Fasakin, Oladoyin	1934	NGR	+79B	−2B	+52N	+40N	+15B	−9N	=23B	4.5	27.0	29.0	15.75	2084	+26.4
19	Coy, Rupert	1837	AUS	+58B	−1N	+35B	+50N	−3B	=42N	+53N	4.5	26.0	29.0	14.75	1953	+17.0
20	Malcolm, Aidan	1767	NZL	+87B	+16N	−3B	−5N	+55B	=35N	+64B	4.5	25.5	27.0	14.25	1924	+24.2
21	Huey, TobyCM	1927	AUS	=71B	+89N	+33B	−4B	=16N	=29N	+35B	4.5	24.5	26.0	14.75	1913	+2.8
22	Kuncoro, Leo	1850	AUS	+76B	−15N	+86B	=14N	+44B	−13N	+39B	4.5	24.5	26.0	13.50	1927	+29.9
23	Liu, EricFM	2005	AUS	+95B	+68N	−9B	+54N	+51B	−2B	=18N	4.5	24.5	25.5	12.25	2033	+12.8
24	Fasakin, Olamide	1856	AUS	+91B	−3N	+93B	=13N	−17B	+71N	+42B	4.5	22.5	23.5	11.00	1806	-7.6
25	Cheok, Oliver	1913	SGP	+72B	+98N	+15B	−1N	−11N	+48B	−12N	4.0	28.0	28.0	11.00	1995	+22.8
26	Thuaux, Alexander	1733	AUS	−1B	+58N	=16B	+71N	−13B	+82N	=32N	4.0	26.5	28.5	12.00	1862	+44.0
27	He, Andrew	1844	AUS	+74N	−4B	+56N	−12B	+41N	+52B	−11N	4.0	25.0	27.5	12.00	1898	+20.0
28	Li, Shing Hei	1803	HKG	+83N	+12B	−11N	F	+50B	+37N	−10B	4.0	25.0	27.0	14.00	1999	+29.8
29	Arav, Callan	1793	AUS	+97N	+47B	−6N	−10B	+59N	=21B	=34N	4.0	25.0	25.0	10.75	1910	+36.0
30	Jiang, Benjamin Wise	1971	AUS	=39N	+88B	=92B	+31N	=5B	=63N	−15B	4.0	22.5	24.0	12.25	1862	-32.4
31	Lim, Jongmin	1798	AUS	+93N	−10B	+57N	−30B	=39N	+65B	=36N	4.0	22.0	23.0	10.50	1789	+0.8
32	Babic, Michael S	1804	AUS	+82N	−85B	=61N	+64B	+38N	−5N	=26B	4.0	21.0	23.0	12.00	1869	+9.8
33	Su, Joey	1875	AUS	+42B	=34B	−21N	−38N	=72B	+79N	+52B	4.0	21.0	23.0	11.75	1786	-28.0
34	Corona, Jonluke	1970	AUS	+80B	=33N	+71B	−36N	−53B	+66N	=29B	4.0	20.0	22.0	11.50	1801	-55.6
35	Murphy, Emmet	1744	AUS	−6N	+96B	−19N	+69B	+43N	=20B	−21N	3.5	25.0	26.0	9.75	1802	+8.8
36	Ong, Jonathan Si Seng	1802	AUS	+84B	+13N	F	+34B	−7N	−17N	=31B	3.5	24.5	24.5	13.00	1897	+26.0
37	Huey, ChelseaWCM	1780	AUS	−9B	+77N	−12N	+67B	+47N	−28B	=46N	3.5	24.0	26.5	10.75	1827	+10.8
38	Fasakin, Olaoluwa	1761	AUS	−12N	+83B	=45N	+33B	−32B	=44N	=47N	3.5	23.5	25.5	11.25	1890	+44.0
39	Sheng, Ray	1774	AUS	=30B	+44N	−63B	=66N	=31B	+40N	−22N	3.5	22.5	25.5	12.50	1838	+23.2
40	Qian, VickyWCM	1844	AUS	+59N	−7B	+42N	−18B	=65N	−39B	+75N	3.5	22.5	25.0	10.50	1618	-58.4
41	Dingley, Justin	1717	AUS	−5B	+69N	−13B	+86N	−27B	+96N	=44B	3.5	22.5	23.5	7.25	1777	+9.2
42	Emmanouel, Michalis	0	CYP	−33N	+80N	−40B	+56B	+73N	=19B	−24N	3.5	22.0	24.0	9.75	1773	0.0
43	Liu, Josh	1807	AUS	+69B	−5N	+74B	−15N	−35B	=72N	+82B	3.5	22.0	24.0	8.75	1767	-16.0
44	Anup Kumar, Vihaan	1947	AUS	=65N	−39B	+59N	+60B	−22N	=38B	=41N	3.5	21.0	24.0	11.00	1692	-66.0
45	Cantafio, Alexander	1942	AUS	+77B	−9N	=38B	=55N	=66B	−64N	+72B	3.5	20.0	22.5	9.75	1766	-60.4
46	Zhou, Yik Wai	1604	AUS	−57N	=72B	=65N	+83B	+62N	−15N	=37B	3.5	20.0	22.0	9.50	1685	+25.6
47	Brown, Heath	1944	AUS	+64B	−29N	−50B	+74N	−37B	+80N	=38B	3.5	20.0	22.0	9.25	1713	-39.8
48	Ottley, Matthew	1753	AUS	−2N	=79B	F	+87N	+49B	−25N	+59B	3.5	20.0	20.0	9.00	1768	-3.6
49	Jain, Kamal	1707	AUS	−11N	−67B	+77N	+57B	−48N	=89B	+71N	3.5	19.5	21.0	8.75	1651	-11.0
50	Wong, Benjamin	1720	AUS	−85N	+82B	+47N	−19B	−28N	=56B	+89N	3.5	19.0	20.5	8.50	1782	+8.8
51	Welch, Ian	1784	AUS	+70B	−14N	+88B	F	−23N	−10N	+55B	3.0	24.5	26.0	7.50	1745	-4.8
52	Sivaraj, Avinav	1727	AUS	−14B	+70N	−18B	+93N	+54B	−27N	−33N	3.0	23.5	24.5	7.00	1704	-7.9
53	Esposito, David	1740	AUS	+90B	−8N	F	+61B	+34N	−14N	−19B	3.0	23.0	23.0	8.50	1824	+12.6
54	Fedrick Fernando Simarmata	1670	INA	+67N	−11B	+62N	−23B	−52N	=75B	=56N	3.0	21.5	24.0	8.75	1685	-2.8
55	Tankel, Alan	1706	AUS	−16B	=87N	+72N	=45B	−20N	+62B	−51N	3.0	21.5	23.0	8.00	1750	+5.2
56	Steinthal, Joshua	1621	AUS	−13B	+84N	−27B	−42N	+86B	=50N	=54B	3.0	21.0	22.5	6.75	1662	+8.4
57	Daniel, Ariye	1458	AUS	+46B	−17N	−31B	−49N	=76B	=78N	+81B	3.0	20.5	22.5	8.00	1614	+48.4
58	Xie, Leo	1536	AUS	−19N	−26B	+95B	=78N	−64N	+73B	=61N	3.0	19.5	20.5	6.25	1651	+38.0
59	Eremenko, Sergei	0	AUS	−40B	+75N	−44B	+80N	−29B	+81N	−48N	3.0	19.0	21.0	6.50	1665	0.0
60	Ding, Daniel (yulin)	1750	AUS	−3B	=91N	+76B	−44N	=79B	+74N	−68B	3.0	19.0	20.5	6.75	1676	-29.2
61	Zhou, Scott	1650	AUS	−8B	+90N	=32B	−53N	−71B	+91N	=58B	3.0	19.0	20.5	6.50	1635	-4.8
62	Gorantla, Karunya	1662	AUS	−17B	+78N	−54B	+84N	−46B	−55N	+87B	3.0	18.5	20.0	6.00	1453	-52.8
63	Zha, Leyao	1742	AUS	+96N	=6B	+39N	F	F	=30B	−16N	3.0	18.5	18.5	9.00	1964	+54.0
64	Woon, Ella	1678	AUS	−47N	+97B	F	−32N	+58B	+45B	−20N	3.0	18.5	18.5	6.50	1748	+20.0
65	Zhou, Clara	1642	AUS	=44B	−92N	=46B	+88N	=40B	−31N	=84B	3.0	18.0	19.5	7.75	1633	-4.8
66	Jurac, Anthony	1714	AUS	F	−71N	+89B	=39B	=45N	−34B	+77N	3.0	17.5	17.5	7.50	1741	+3.6
67	Wang, Isaac (Yijun)	1532	AUS	−54B	+49N	−68B	−37N	−81B	+86N	+80B	3.0	17.0	18.5	7.00	1608	+22.4
68	Esmaili, Ali	1788	AUS	+86N	−23B	+67N	F	F	−16B	+60N	3.0	17.0	17.0	7.50	1840	+7.8
69	Yik, Lucas	1564	AUS	−43N	−41B	+81B	−35N	−80B	+93N	+79B	3.0	16.5	17.5	5.00	1605	+12.4
70	Suresh, Krishnan	1447	AUS	−51N	−52B	−80B	−81N	+94B	+97N	+96B	3.0	12.0	12.0	2.00	1584	+43.6
71	Daniel, Suria	1683	AUS	=21N	+66B	−34N	−26B	+61N	−24B	−49B	2.5	23.5	26.5	8.25	1691	-1.6
72	Yuan, Winson	1684	AUS	−25N	=46N	−55B	+90B	=33N	=43B	−45N	2.5	21.5	23.0	7.00	1669	-9.2
73	Tay, Mason	1726	AUS	−15B	=76N	+91B	−16N	−42B	−58N	+88B	2.5	20.5	22.0	4.25	1592	-39.2
74	Yip, Brendan	1610	AUS	−27B	+94N	−43N	−47B	+90N	−60B	=78B	2.5	18.0	19.0	3.75	1648	+8.0
75	Robinson, Andrew	1547	AUS	−7N	−59B	−90N	+94N	+87B	=54N	−40B	2.5	17.5	18.5	4.00	1602	+3.8
76	Mahajan, Zariya	1616	AUS	−22N	=73B	−60N	−82B	=57N	+95B	=83N	2.5	17.0	18.0	4.75	1563	-22.0
77	Lade, Ian	1557	AUS	−45N	−37B	−49B	+95N	=84B	+88N	−66B	2.5	17.0	18.0	3.50	1525	-4.6
78	Sudhakar, Shaarav	1598	AUS	−88N	−62B	+79N	=58B	−82N	=57B	=74N	2.5	15.5	17.0	6.25	1534	-22.0
79	Gupta, Dhwani	1647	AUS	−18N	=48N	−78B	+97B	=60N	−33B	−69N	2.0	20.5	20.5	3.25	1552	-38.8
80	Dorrian, Benjamin	1652	AUS	−34N	−42B	+70N	−59B	+69N	−47B	−67N	2.0	20.0	23.0	6.00	1621	-12.4
81	Balaji, Kishan Sai	1466	AUS	−10N	−93B	−69N	+70B	+67N	−59B	−57N	2.0	20.0	21.0	6.00	1446	-10.4
82	Madan, Kyra	1627	AUS	−32B	−50N	F	+76N	+78B	−26B	−43N	2.0	20.0	20.0	5.00	1588	-13.2
83	Kuncoro, Harvey	1551	AUS	−28B	−38N	+94B	−46N	=88B	−84N	=76B	2.0	17.0	18.0	3.00	1558	-2.0
84	Karlidag, Kayra Kaan	0	TUR	−36N	−56B	F	−62B	=77N	+83B	=65N	2.0	17.0	17.0	4.75	1515	0.0
85	Xie, George WendiIM	2333	AUS	+50B	+32N	−8B	F	F	F	F	2.0	12.5	12.5	7.50	2076	-7.3
86	Tracey, Michael J	1541	AUS	−68B	+95N	−22N	−41B	−56N	−67B	=90N	1.5	18.5	19.5	1.75	1449	-15.8
87	Keuning, Patrick J	0	AUS	−20N	=55B	F	−48B	−75N	+90B	−62N	1.5	18.0	18.0	3.00	1471	0.0
88	Lakshman, Emmanuel	0	AUS	+78B	−30N	−51N	−65B	=83N	−77B	−73N	1.5	17.5	19.5	3.50	1461	0.0
89	Mitchell, Ralph	1519	AUS	F	−21B	−66N	F	+93B	=49N	−50B	1.5	15.5	15.5	2.75	1574	+8.8
90	Gorantla, Krithika	1550	AUS	−53N	−61B	+75B	−72N	−74B	−87N	=86B	1.5	15.0	16.5	3.25	1436	-34.4
91	Shettigar, Harsha	1490	AUS	−24N	=60B	−73N	−96B	+97N	−61B	−94N	1.5	15.0	15.0	1.50	1454	-13.6
92	Escribano, Jose	0	AUS	F	+65B	=30N	F	−14B	F	F	1.5	12.0	12.0	5.00	1855	+10.0
93	Ullah, Sami	1550	AUS	−31B	+81N	−24N	−52B	−89N	−69B	−95N	1.0	18.0	19.0	2.00	1349	-31.8
94	Patterson, Mark	1754	AUS	−4N	−74B	−83N	−75B	−70N	F	+91B	1.0	17.0	17.0	1.50	1345	-60.6
95	Hemsley, Steven E	1683	AUS	−23N	−86B	−58N	−77B	F	−76N	+93B	1.0	15.0	15.0	1.00	1362	-49.0
96	Gregory, Jaden	1559	AUS	−63B	−35N	F	+91N	F	−41B	−70N	1.0	14.5	14.5	1.50	1388	-44.4
97	Wang, Jennifer (yuxian)	1491	AUS	−29B	−64N	F	−79N	−91B	−70B	F	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	811	-70.4
98	FIDE 3296890	0	—	F	−25B	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1113	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Power, TedAUS
+77.6
5.0 pts · #15
2Huang, YuanCMAUS
+77.2
5.0 pts · #11
3Zha, LeyaoAUS
+54.0
3.0 pts · #56

Top rating losers

1Wang, Jennifer (yuxian)AUS
-70.4
0.0 pts · #97
2Anup Kumar, VihaanAUS
-66.0
3.5 pts · #66
3Patterson, MarkAUS
-60.6
1.0 pts · #96

Biggest upsets

R2+357 Elo gap
Li, Shing Hei1803 beat CMTang, Terrence2160
R3+345 Elo gap
Power, Ted1988 beat IMXie, George Wendi2333
R5+307 Elo gap
Suresh, Krishnan1447 beat Patterson, Mark1754