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2025 New Zealand Women's Championship

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31 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 10 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand. 9 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1826, and top seed was Isabelle Yixuan Ning (🇳🇿 NZL, CM, 2117).

Emily Cathay Gan (🇳🇿 NZL, WCM, 1721) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Luna Yuexiu Xu (4.5) and Nadia Braganza (4.5).

The biggest upset came in round 4: Weiyang Cadence Yu (WCM, 1642) beat Isabelle Yixuan Ning (CM, 2117), a +475-point gap.

Location
🇳🇿Auckland, New Zealand
Dates
10 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇿CMIsabelle Yixuan Ning2117
Avg top 10
1,826
Participants
31
Titled players · 9
CM×1
WIM×1
WFM×1
WCM×6
Federations · 5 represented
🇳🇿New Zealand×25
🇨🇳China×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 5 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.

Co-leaders
12
4
1
2
3
5
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Feng4.5Braganza4.5Sun4.5Gan4.5Xu4.5Ning4
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 4.5/6. Gan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WCM Sophia Feng 3 wins (R4–R6)WFM Nadia Braganza 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WCMSophia Feng*
2WFMNadia Braganza*
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3WCMWanyao Sarah Sun*
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4WCMEmily Cathay Gan
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gan, Emily CathayWCM1721NZL+15B+22N+12B=4N=3B=8N4.519.021.014.501873+36.8
2Xu, Luna YuexiuWCM1857NZL13B+20N+22B+9N+6B=3N4.517.519.514.251822-5.2
3Braganza, NadiaWFM1843NZL=19N+23B+10N+18B=1N=2B4.517.519.513.751860+3.8
4Sun, Wanyao SarahWCM1789NZL+27N+14B=18N=1B=8N+10B4.517.518.513.001851+12.8
5Feng, SophiaWCM1876NZL+28N18B=19N+23B+12B+11N4.513.514.510.751802-12.8
6Methmani, NelunikaWIM1740SRI+17N=13B=7N+16B2N+12B4.017.520.512.501837+11.4
7Ning, Isabelle YixuanCM2117NZL+11B=9N=6B12N+13B+14N4.017.020.013.251846-60.4
8Huang, Ziyu1789CHN+31B12N+24B+13N=4B=1B4.017.017.09.501712-15.6
9Xu, Laura1690NZL+21N=7B=13N2B+22N=16B3.517.019.09.501736+7.2
10Tang, Tracy1649NZL=20B+29N3B+15N+19B4N3.517.017.57.251607-7.6
11Guo, Anne Xuduo1638NZL7N=21B+17N+25B+18N5B3.516.518.58.751856+38.8
12Yu, Weiyang CadenceWCM1642NZL+30N+8B1N+7B5N6N3.021.021.58.501762+25.6
13Zhao, Yuanyi (Rebecca)1579NZL+2N=6N=9B8B7N+23B3.020.022.010.251763+56.4
14Ng, Lok Jim (Lauren)1650NZL+24N4N15B+17B+27N7B3.016.517.56.001643-5.2
15Lin, Sophia Zilan0NZL1N+25B+14N10B16N+22B3.016.018.07.0016740.0
16Li, Olivia1641NZLF=19B+28N6N+15B=9N3.014.014.07.001644+1.2
17Zhang, Cynthia0NZL6B+30N11B14N+26B+27N3.013.514.03.5014260.0
18Yue, Annie1684NZL+26B+5N=4B3N11BF2.519.019.08.751705+3.6
19Saglam, Azra Sena1536NZL=3B=16N=5BF10N+20B2.518.020.58.501662+21.2
20Corporal, Joyce0PHI=10N2B+21NF+31B19N2.515.515.54.2515340.0
21Ongcoy, Reniza0NZL9B=11N20B+29N23N+24B2.513.514.04.2513520.0
22Moshakova, Elena1531RUS+25N1B2N+24B9B15N2.017.519.54.001588+4.6
23Rehansi, D P Sayuni Vonara1538NZLF3N+29B5N+21B13N2.015.015.03.00956-29.2
24Brand, Miriam0NZL14B+27B8N22N+25B21N2.013.514.53.0015750.0
25McNabb, Ashlee-Deanna1834NZL22B15N+26B11N24N+30B2.012.513.02.50789-64.0
26FIDE 4330293018N28B25N+30B17N+29B2.09.09.51.009080.0
27Xu, Vera Jintian1404NZL4B24NF+31N14B17B1.012.512.50.001509+7.2
28Lourenco, EvaWCM1608NZL5B+26N16BFFF1.09.59.52.00949-13.0
29Dissanayake, W D Srimathie I0NZLF10B23N21B=30N26N0.510.510.50.257940.0
30FIDE 4332610012B17BF26N=29B25N0.510.510.50.259390.0
31Li, Fiona Chenxi0NZL8NFF27B20NF0.08.08.00.00813-24.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets