2025 ACT Chess Championship

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55 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 May 2025 to 02 Jun 2025 in Canberra, Australia. 3 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1965, and top seed was Terrence Tang (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2134).

Hui Li (🇲🇴 MAC, CM, 2041) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Michael Kethro (5.5) and Willis Lo (5.5). Li shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Owen Macmullin (1705) beat Vihaan Anup Kumar (1934), a +229-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Canberra, Australia

Dates

31 May 2025 → 02 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺CMTerrence Tang2134

Avg top 10

1,965

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×1

CM×2

Federations · 5 represented

🇦🇺Australia×48

🇳🇬Nigeria×2

🇲🇴Macau China×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇧🇹Bhutan×1

Top 3

🥇
CMHui Li
🇲🇴MAC·2041
5.5pts·2100perf+14.0
🥈
FMMichael Kethro
🇦🇺AUS·2096
5.5pts·2090perf+3.4
🥉
Willis Lo
🇦🇺AUS·2064
5.5pts·2226perf+16.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Li5.5Lo5.5Kethro5.5Pearce5Horikawa5Tang5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.5/7. Li takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Hui Li drew with Willis Lo (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Hui Li 3 wins (R1–R3)Willis Lo 5 wins (R1–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMHui Li	*	½	½	—
2Willis Lo	½	*	—	—
3FMMichael Kethro	½	—	*	½
4Tim Pearce	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Li, HuiCM	2041	MAC	+30N	+25B	+13N	=6B	=2B	+12N	=3N	5.5	27.5	30.5	22.50	2100	+14.0
2	Kethro, MichaelFM	2096	AUS	+15N	+12B	=4N	+22B	=1N	=6B	+23N	5.5	27.0	30.5	22.75	2090	+3.4
3	Lo, Willis	2064	AUS	+37B	+46N	+17B	F	+8N	+5N	=1B	5.5	24.0	24.0	21.25	2226	+16.8
4	Pearce, Tim	1794	AUS	+31B	+19N	=2B	−9N	+14B	+16N	=5B	5.0	27.0	30.0	20.25	1920	+21.2
5	Horikawa, Masaki	1902	AUS	+33N	+28B	=22N	+14B	+27N	−3B	=4N	5.0	24.5	27.5	17.75	1922	+12.4
6	Tang, TerrenceCM	2134	AUS	F	+41N	+16B	=1N	+13B	=2N	+24B	5.0	24.5	24.5	19.00	2121	+3.0
7	Kuncoro, Leo	1772	AUS	+50N	=18B	=14N	+28B	=24N	=23B	+15N	5.0	22.0	23.0	15.50	1872	+32.0
8	Fasakin, Oladoyin	1892	NGR	+21B	=11N	+20B	+10N	−3B	−24N	+12B	4.5	26.5	30.0	18.75	1807	-11.8
9	Eleutherios, Thomas	1873	AUS	+38N	−22B	+15N	+4B	−12N	+28B	=20N	4.5	23.5	26.0	16.50	1765	-33.2
10	Cheng, Jerry	1676	AUS	+42N	=27B	+18N	−8B	−23N	+44B	+22N	4.5	21.0	23.0	13.25	1755	+14.0
11	Radisich, Matt	1694	AUS	+40N	=8B	F	=29N	=20B	+26N	+19B	4.5	21.0	21.0	15.25	1876	+24.2
12	Fasakin, Olaoluwa	1709	AUS	+51B	−2N	+37B	+19N	+9B	−1B	−8N	4.0	27.0	28.0	12.50	1858	+50.8
13	Shuttleworth, Douglas	1749	AUS	+43B	+24N	−1B	+26N	−6N	=22B	=14N	4.0	25.0	27.0	12.75	1810	+10.0
14	Fasakin, Olamide	1665	AUS	+44B	+29N	=7B	−5N	−4N	+38B	=13B	4.0	24.5	26.5	12.00	1771	+33.2
15	Jain, Kamal	1645	AUS	−2B	+43N	−9B	+31N	+35B	+29N	−7B	4.0	24.0	26.0	11.00	1751	+14.4
16	Hegde, Lohit	1628	AUS	F	+36B	−6N	+18B	+25N	−4B	+28N	4.0	23.5	23.5	13.50	1808	+32.8
17	Macmullin, Owen	1705	AUS	+34N	+23B	−3N	−27B	+30N	−20B	+32N	4.0	22.5	25.5	12.50	1764	+20.4
18	Huang, Zhishuo	0	AUS	+26B	=7N	−10B	−16N	=41B	+31N	+38N	4.0	22.5	24.5	12.50	1628	0.0
19	Padma Yonten Gyalpo	1665	BHU	+48N	−4B	+34N	−12B	+47N	+25B	−11N	4.0	22.0	24.0	10.50	1647	-4.8
20	Hegde, Sanat	1565	AUS	F	+55B	−8N	+36B	=11N	+17N	=9B	4.0	20.5	20.5	11.50	1791	+43.6
21	Kuncoro, Harvey	1563	AUS	−8N	−40B	+55N	+34B	−28N	+42B	+30N	4.0	17.5	17.5	8.00	1662	+18.8
22	Ingham, Glenn	1675	AUS	+52B	+9N	=5B	−2N	=29B	=13N	−10B	3.5	26.5	27.5	11.50	1796	+16.0
23	Anup Kumar, Vihaan	1934	AUS	+45B	−17N	F	+38N	+10B	=7N	−2B	3.5	23.5	23.5	11.50	1787	-36.8
24	Vujasin, Nikola	1664	AUS	F	−13B	+40N	+46N	=7B	+8B	−6N	3.5	22.5	22.5	11.00	1844	+21.6
25	Yu, Leiming	1696	AUS	+35B	−1N	=38B	+41N	−16B	−19N	+39B	3.5	21.5	23.5	8.75	1521	-24.6
26	Scully, Mark	1667	AUS	−18N	+50B	+32N	−13B	+33N	−11B	=41N	3.5	20.5	21.5	8.00	1633	-4.2
27	Siva Sankaran, Anup Kumar	1867	AUS	+47B	=10N	F	+17N	−5B	F	+33N	3.5	18.5	18.5	11.25	1826	-2.8
28	Madoc, James	1690	AUS	+39B	−5N	+31B	−7N	+21B	−9N	−16B	3.0	25.5	28.0	9.50	1582	-35.2
29	Hosking, Ian	1847	AUS	+32N	−14B	+30N	=11B	=22N	−15B	F	3.0	22.0	22.0	10.00	1633	-32.2
30	McDonald, David	1620	AUS	−1B	+51N	−29B	+43N	−17B	+34N	−21B	3.0	21.5	22.5	6.00	1594	-16.0
31	Selva Muthukumar, Sahasra	1497	AUS	−4N	+48B	−28N	−15B	+40N	−18B	+42N	3.0	20.0	22.0	6.00	915	-27.6
32	Annamalai, Akshay	1502	AUS	−29B	+52N	−26B	−37N	+39B	+35N	−17B	3.0	19.0	20.0	6.50	915	-37.6
33	Vinothkumar, Nivin	1576	AUS	−5B	+35N	−46B	+42N	−26B	+53N	−27B	3.0	19.0	20.0	6.00	996	-36.8
34	Mididuddi, Varshini	1446	AUS	−17B	+45N	−19B	−21N	+54B	−30B	+40N	3.0	19.0	20.0	5.00	1387	-13.2
35	Zhang, Kyle	0	AUS	−25N	−33B	+50N	+45B	−15N	−32B	+54B	3.0	16.5	17.5	4.00	1454	0.0
36	Hegde, Mahi	0	AUS	F	−16N	+42B	−20N	−38B	+49B	+44N	3.0	16.0	16.0	5.50	1361	0.0
37	Gorantla, Karunya	1640	AUS	−3N	+49B	−12N	+32B	+53N	F	F	3.0	15.0	15.0	5.50	1680	+4.4
38	Ross, Darryl	1549	AUS	−9B	+39N	=25N	−23B	+36N	−14N	−18B	2.5	22.5	25.0	7.25	1470	-7.2
39	Lee, Cassandra	0	AUS	−28N	−38B	=49N	+52B	−32N	+45B	−25N	2.5	15.5	16.5	3.75	1388	0.0
40	Rajiv, Manu Chakravarthy	0	AUS	−11B	+21N	−24B	−47N	−31B	+43N	−34B	2.0	20.0	22.0	6.00	1394	0.0
41	Horikawa, Tomoki	1464	AUS	F	−6B	+44N	−25B	=18N	F	=26B	2.0	20.0	20.0	5.75	1469	-1.2
42	Tian, Eric	0	AUS	−10B	+47N	−36N	−33B	+43B	−21N	−31B	2.0	19.5	21.5	4.00	1427	0.0
43	Li, Jayden	1475	AUS	−13N	−15B	+48N	−30B	−42N	−40B	+49N	2.0	17.0	18.5	3.50	1428	-10.8
44	Prabhu, Srihari	0	AUS	−14N	F	−41B	+55B	+49N	−10N	−36B	2.0	15.0	15.0	1.50	1376	0.0
45	Teymant, Roy	1582	AUS	−23N	−34B	F	−35N	+52B	−39N	+53B	2.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	890	-15.8
46	Nwosu, Emeka	1747	NGR	+49N	−3B	+33N	−24B	F	F	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	4.50	1693	-12.0
47	Woollard, Kelvin	1528	AUS	−27N	−42B	+51N	+40B	−19B	F	F	2.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	1535	-1.0
48	Abir Vidhur Singh	0	IND	−19B	−31N	−43B	+51B	+55N	F	F	2.0	12.0	12.0	1.00	1329	0.0
49	Dunn, Paul	1470	AUS	−46B	−37N	=39B	+50N	−44B	−36N	−43B	1.5	14.5	15.5	2.25	1392	-8.6
50	Cunningham, Campbell	1478	AUS	−7B	−26N	−35B	−49B	−51N	+52N	F	1.0	15.0	15.0	1.00	789	-29.0
51	Gorantla, Krithika	1449	AUS	−12N	−30B	−47B	−48N	+50B	F	F	1.0	12.0	12.0	1.00	1391	-12.0
52	Lee, Ethan	0	AUS	−22N	−32B	F	−39N	−45N	−50B	+55N	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	759	0.0
53	FIDE 3292282	0	—	F	F	F	+54N	−37B	−33B	−45N	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	799	0.0
54	FIDE 3292290	0	—	F	F	F	−53B	−34N	+55B	−35N	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	646	0.0
55	Zhang, Kelvin	0	AUS	F	−20N	−21B	−44N	−48B	−54N	−52B	0.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	764	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Fasakin, OlaoluwaAUS
+50.8
4.0 pts · #13
2Hegde, SanatAUS
+43.6
4.0 pts · #25
3Fasakin, OlamideAUS
+33.2
4.0 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Annamalai, AkshayAUS
-37.6
3.0 pts · #47
2Anup Kumar, VihaanAUS
-36.8
3.5 pts · #16
3Vinothkumar, NivinAUS
-36.8
3.0 pts · #49

Biggest upsets

R2+229 Elo gap
Macmullin, Owen1705 beat Anup Kumar, Vihaan1934
R6+228 Elo gap
Vujasin, Nikola1664 beat Fasakin, Oladoyin1892
R6+202 Elo gap
Jain, Kamal1645 beat Hosking, Ian1847