2025 NSW Open U1600

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76 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 06 Jun 2025 to 09 Jun 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1734, and top seed was Max (qixuan) Liu (🇦🇺 AUS, 1876).

Kamal Jain (🇦🇺 AUS, 1661) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Steven E Hemsley (6.0) and Isaac Huang (5.5). Jain won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Harvey Kuncoro (1576) beat Max (qixuan) Liu (1876), a +300-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Sydney, Australia

Dates

06 Jun 2025 → 09 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺Max (qixuan) Liu1876

Avg top 10

1,734

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇦🇺Australia×66

🇺🇸United States of America×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

Top 3

🥇
Kamal Jain
🇦🇺AUS·1661
6.5pts·2025perf+49.2
🥈
Steven E Hemsley
🇦🇺AUS·1651
6.0pts·1929perf+40.2
🥉
Isaac Huang
🇦🇺AUS·1621
5.5pts·1846perf+70.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Kamal Jain led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Jain6.5Hemsley6Huang5.5Beare5Parker5Murphy5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Kamal Jain held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Kamal Jain beat Steven E Hemsley (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Kamal Jain 5 wins (R1–R5)Steven E Hemsley 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Kamal Jain	*	1	—	—
2Steven E Hemsley	0	*	—	—
3Isaac Huang	—	—	*	½
4Nick Beare	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Jain, Kamal	1661	AUS	+13B	+51N	+9B	+41N	+2B	=12N	+5B	6.5	29.0	31.5	29.00	2025	+49.2
2	Hemsley, Steven E	1651	AUS	+34N	+43B	+7N	+4B	−1N	+10B	+22B	6.0	29.0	32.0	25.50	1929	+40.2
3	Huang, Isaac	1621	AUS	+69B	+68N	=6B	=21N	=8B	+16N	+12B	5.5	24.0	25.0	18.00	1846	+70.8
4	Soumik Burman Ray	1735	AUS	+37B	+25N	+8B	−2N	+16B	=6N	=11B	5.0	29.0	32.5	21.50	1827	+14.2
5	Ahamed Shiraz, M R	1492	SRI	+11B	+15N	−41B	+14N	+30B	+7B	−1N	5.0	29.0	32.0	22.50	1726	+73.6
6	Beare, Nick	1728	AUS	+30N	=17B	=3N	+19B	+15N	=4B	=8N	5.0	27.5	31.0	21.25	1778	+9.8
7	Parker, Trent	1748	AUS	+14B	+42N	−2B	+64N	+20B	−5N	+15N	5.0	27.0	29.0	18.00	1716	-3.4
8	Murphy, Emmet	1707	AUS	+40N	+19B	−4N	+57B	=3N	+36B	=6B	5.0	26.5	28.5	18.25	1776	+13.4
9	Jovanovski, Paul	1771	AUS	+23N	+29B	−1N	−15B	+57N	+24B	+19N	5.0	26.0	28.0	17.50	1723	-13.6
10	Patterson, Mark	1728	AUS	+57B	+24N	=16B	=20N	+41B	−2N	+23B	5.0	25.0	27.0	17.00	1752	+7.2
11	Dong, Archie	0	AUS	−5N	+73B	+29N	=25B	+18N	+31B	=4N	5.0	25.0	25.0	15.50	1615	0.0
12	Zhou, Scott	1657	AUS	=35B	+66N	+61B	+17N	+47B	=1B	−3N	5.0	24.5	25.5	15.00	1761	+14.0
13	Wang, Isaac (Yijun)	1450	AUS	−1N	+74B	=24B	+50N	=17B	+29N	+48B	5.0	23.5	23.5	13.00	1742	+74.8
14	Bullivant, Marc	1455	AUS	−7N	+39B	+58N	−5B	+73N	+41B	+26N	5.0	22.5	22.5	12.50	1628	+35.2
15	Kuncoro, Harvey	1576	AUS	+73B	−5B	+32N	+9N	−6B	+28N	−7B	4.0	27.5	27.5	12.50	1680	+30.4
16	Yuan, Winson	1656	AUS	+45N	+63B	=10N	+18B	−4N	−3B	=37N	4.0	26.0	28.0	13.25	1534	-32.8
17	Barilla, Michael	1583	AUS	+67B	=6N	+38B	−12B	=13N	=33N	=18B	4.0	26.0	27.0	13.25	1566	-3.6
18	McCarthy, Jasper	0	AUS	+27B	=20N	+42B	−16N	−11B	+50N	=17N	4.0	24.0	26.5	13.50	1629	0.0
19	Hegde, Sanat	1558	AUS	+72B	−8N	+59B	−6N	+44B	+20N	−9B	4.0	24.0	24.5	9.50	1518	-9.2
20	Wang, Caleb	1638	AUS	+32N	=18B	+65N	=10B	−7N	−19B	+57N	4.0	23.5	25.0	11.50	1614	-6.4
21	Dingley, Justin	1687	AUS	+60N	+53B	=31N	=3B	−22N	=23B	=36N	4.0	23.0	25.0	12.75	1668	-2.4
22	Moridi, Sam	0	AUS	+64B	−41N	+51B	+28N	+21B	F	−2N	4.0	22.5	24.5	12.50	1686	0.0
23	Shu, John	1588	AUS	−9B	+67N	=49B	+38N	+52B	=21N	−10N	4.0	22.5	23.5	10.25	1564	-16.0
24	Davis, Greg	0	AUS	+?B	−10B	=13N	=44N	+65B	−9N	+45B	4.0	22.5	22.5	8.50	1518	0.0
25	Zhang, Oliver	1564	AUS	+52N	−4B	F	=11N	+60B	=30N	+33B	4.0	21.5	21.5	12.25	1624	+8.8
26	Forace, Lee	1662	AUS	−59B	+35N	+60B	−30N	+34B	+53N	−14B	4.0	20.0	22.0	11.50	1525	-14.8
27	Ross, Darryl	1549	AUS	−18N	−32B	=39N	+66B	+58N	=38B	+54N	4.0	19.0	20.0	9.00	664	-12.4
28	Liu, Max (qixuan)	1876	AUS	+76N	=61B	=54N	−22B	+45N	−15B	+43N	4.0	18.5	18.5	8.25	1676	-37.6
29	Daniel, Suria	1583	AUS	+46B	−9N	−11B	+69N	+54N	−13B	=35N	3.5	24.0	25.0	8.25	1446	-23.2
30	Gregory, Jaden	1542	AUS	−6B	F	+55N	+26B	−5N	=25B	+31N	3.5	24.0	24.0	12.00	1608	+14.8
31	Dorrian, Benjamin	1592	AUS	+33B	+59N	=21B	−47N	+49B	−11N	−30B	3.5	21.5	23.5	10.00	1371	-31.2
32	Horikawa, Tomoki	0	AUS	−20B	+27N	−15B	+42N	−48B	=51N	+49B	3.5	20.5	23.0	10.75	1546	+24.4
33	Kevork, Leo	0	AUS	−31N	−36N	+67B	+55B	+43N	=17B	−25N	3.5	20.5	21.5	8.50	1487	0.0
34	Shettigar, Harsha	1507	AUS	−2B	−49N	+72B	+46N	−26N	+58B	=42B	3.5	20.5	21.0	7.00	1373	-17.2
35	Mahajan, Zariya	0	AUS	=12N	−26B	+62B	+61N	=53B	−48N	=29B	3.5	20.0	22.0	9.50	1540	0.0
36	Lade, Ian	1547	AUS	−63N	+33B	+45N	+54B	F	−8N	=21B	3.5	20.0	20.0	11.00	1617	+5.6
37	England, Tom	1492	AUS	−4N	+46B	F	−49N	+62B	+52N	=16B	3.5	19.0	19.0	9.50	1503	+0.8
38	Ye, Willson	0	AUS	F	+56B	−17N	−23B	+59N	=27N	+53B	3.5	19.0	19.0	9.00	1316	0.0
39	Prabhu, Srihari	0	AUS	−42B	−14N	=27B	−62N	+?N	+66B	+50B	3.5	17.5	17.5	5.50	1440	0.0
40	Rej, Alexander	1570	AUS	−8B	=72N	+66B	−53N	−50B	+67N	+52B	3.5	14.5	15.0	4.75	1410	-25.2
41	Pavlidis, Alexi	1607	AUS	F	+22B	+5N	−1B	−10N	−14N	+60B	3.0	27.5	27.5	11.00	1512	-27.2
42	Jeffreys, Roger W	1623	AUS	+39N	−7B	−18N	−32B	+71N	=44B	=34N	3.0	22.5	23.5	7.75	1300	-24.0
43	Meka, Prasanna Rithvik	1552	USA	+49B	−2N	=44B	=65N	−33B	+46N	−28B	3.0	22.0	23.5	7.75	965	-19.6
44	Zhu, Nicholas	0	AUS	F	=55B	=43N	=24B	−19N	=42N	+51B	3.0	19.0	19.0	8.75	1580	0.0
45	Daniel, Ariye	1457	AUS	−16B	+70N	−36B	+68N	−28B	+59B	−24N	3.0	18.5	19.5	4.00	887	-28.0
46	Huang, Daniel	0	AUS	−29N	−37N	+70B	−34B	+55N	−43B	+58N	3.0	18.0	19.0	5.50	735	0.0
47	Vujasin, Nikola	1693	AUS	F	+58B	+48N	+31B	−12N	F	F	3.0	17.5	17.5	8.50	1759	+5.2
48	Huang, Thomas	1654	AUS	+75N	F	−47B	F	+32N	+35B	−13N	3.0	15.0	15.0	7.00	1414	-38.0
49	Ung, Quy	0	AUS	−43N	+34B	=23N	+37B	−31N	−57B	−32N	2.5	21.0	23.0	9.00	1442	0.0
50	Ross, Bill	1499	AUS	−58N	=52B	+56N	−13B	+40N	−18B	−39N	2.5	21.0	23.0	7.25	1515	+1.8
51	Ullah, Sami	1569	AUS	+74N	−1B	−22N	−52B	+70N	=32B	−44N	2.5	20.5	20.5	2.75	1370	-10.6
52	Hegde, Mahi	0	AUS	−25B	=50N	+?B	+51N	−23N	−37B	−40N	2.5	20.0	20.0	3.75	1360	0.0
53	Chang, Ike	0	AUS	+71B	−21N	F	+40B	=35N	−26B	−38N	2.5	19.5	19.5	6.25	1514	0.0
54	Wu, Ruixi (adela)	0	AUS	F	+62N	=28B	−36N	−29B	+65N	−27B	2.5	18.5	18.5	5.50	1318	0.0
55	FIDE 3291987	0	—	F	=44N	−30B	−33N	−46B	+72N	+65B	2.5	15.0	15.0	3.50	753	0.0
56	Hume-Grimm, Giorgio	0	AUS	F	−38N	−50B	+72N	=61B	−60N	+62B	2.5	12.5	12.5	3.50	1250	0.0
57	Tracey, Michael J	1566	AUS	−10N	F	+68B	−8N	−9B	+49N	−20B	2.0	22.5	22.5	3.50	911	-24.8
58	Tanner, Daniel	0	AUS	+50B	−47N	−14B	+59N	−27B	−34N	−46B	2.0	21.0	23.0	4.50	1297	0.0
59	Meng, Oscar (Ziqin)	0	AUS	+26N	−31B	−19N	−58B	−38B	−45N	+74N	2.0	20.0	20.0	4.00	1376	0.0
60	Xie, Leo	1580	AUS	−21B	F	−26N	+63B	−25N	+56B	−41N	2.0	19.5	20.5	4.50	832	-69.2
61	Jansen, Michael	1503	AUS	+70B	=28N	−12N	−35B	=56N	F	F	2.0	18.0	18.0	4.25	1574	+2.4
62	Liu, Hanchen	0	AUS	F	−54B	−35N	+39B	−37N	+69B	−56N	2.0	16.5	16.5	4.50	1486	0.0
63	Biazzo, Daniel	0	AUS	+36B	−16N	−64B	−60N	+68B	F	F	2.0	14.5	14.5	4.50	1372	0.0
64	Gan, Alvis	1472	AUS	−22N	+69B	+63N	−7B	F	F	F	2.0	12.0	12.0	3.00	1614	+13.6
65	Dai, Amanda Mingyu	0	AUS	F	+?N	−20B	=43B	−24N	−54B	−55N	1.5	16.0	16.0	1.50	1403	0.0
66	FIDE 3291936	0	—	F	−12B	−40N	−27N	+74B	−39N	F	1.0	17.0	17.0	0.00	791	0.0
67	Gorantla, Krithika	1417	AUS	−17N	−23B	−33N	F	+72B	−40B	F	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.50	795	-32.0
68	Zeng, Jacob	0	AUS	F	−3B	−57N	−45B	−63N	+71B	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	1.00	748	0.0
69	Nisha Raj, Taran	1478	AUS	−3N	−64N	+74B	−29B	F	−62N	F	1.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	760	-46.8
70	FIDE 3267806	0	—	−61N	−45B	−46N	+74N	−51B	F	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	712	0.0
71	FIDE 3291910	0	—	−53N	F	F	+?B	−42B	−68N	F	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	823	0.0
72	FIDE 3285855	0	—	−19N	=40B	−34N	−56B	−67N	−55B	F	0.5	17.0	17.0	1.75	1192	0.0
73	FIDE 3267776	0	—	−15N	−11N	F	F	−14B	F	F	0.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	716	0.0
74	FIDE 3291979	0	—	−51B	−13N	−69N	−70B	−66N	F	−59B	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	706	0.0
75	FIDE 3291871	0	—	−48B	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	854	0.0
76	Xu, Kevin	1527	AUS	−28B	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1077	-4.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Wang, Isaac (Yijun)AUS
+74.8
5.0 pts · #15
2Ahamed Shiraz, M RSRI
+73.6
5.0 pts · #8
3Huang, IsaacAUS
+70.8
5.5 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Xie, LeoAUS
-69.2
2.0 pts · #68
2Nisha Raj, TaranAUS
-46.8
1.0 pts · #69
3Huang, ThomasAUS
-38.0
3.0 pts · #47

Biggest upsets

R6+300 Elo gap
Kuncoro, Harvey1576 beat Liu, Max (qixuan)1876
R6+256 Elo gap
Ahamed Shiraz, M R1492 beat Parker, Trent1748
R7+207 Elo gap
Bullivant, Marc1455 beat Forace, Lee1662