2025 North Shore Club Championship Rounds 1-2
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43 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 18 Jun 2025 to 25 Jun 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand. 5 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1904, and top seed was Justin Zhide Wang (🇳🇿 NZL, CM, 2085).
Antonio Krstev (🇳🇿 NZL, 1885) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Cohen Young (2.0) and Ilias Angelo (Leo) Baker (2.0).
The biggest upset came in round 1: David Holland (1530) beat Luna Yuexiu Xu (WCM, 1778), a +248-point gap.
Location
🇳🇿Auckland, New Zealand
Dates
18 Jun 2025 → 25 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 2 rounds
Titled players · 5
CM×4
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇳🇿New Zealand×40
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇸🇬Singapore×1
Top 3
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Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krstev, Antonio | 1885 | NZL | +19B | +11N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2335 | +4.4 |
| 2 | Young, CohenCM | 2060 | NZL | +14B | +12N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2460 | +1.6 |
| 3 | Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)CM | 1992 | NZL | +27B | +13N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2396 | +3.4 |
| 4 | Jiang, Patrick Di | 1673 | NZL | +26N | +16B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2263 | +9.2 |
| 5 | Nimmakayala, Srirama Vikhyath | 1675 | NZL | +35B | +15N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2293 | +21.2 |
| 6 | Wang, Justin ZhideCM | 2085 | NZL | +34N | +18B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2485 | +6.4 |
| 7 | Metge, J. Nigel | 1905 | NZL | +36N | +17B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2389 | +2.6 |
| 8 | Price, Robert | 0 | NZL | +?N | +?B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1693 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Tao, Junqing Jerome | 1784 | NZL | =29N | +37B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1734 | -4.0 |
| 10 | Gunn, Neil J | 1749 | NZL | =28B | +38N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1529 | -5.6 |
| 11 | Holland, David | 1530 | NZL | +20N | −1B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1831 | +14.0 |
| 12 | Sussex, Taylor | 1606 | NZL | +31B | −2B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1886 | +12.8 |
| 13 | Liang, Ting | 1599 | NZL | +30N | −3B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1191 | -1.8 |
| 14 | Liu, Eric Jianchi | 0 | NZL | −2N | +?B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1847 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Gu, Isaac | 1498 | NZL | +39B | −5B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1692 | +20.0 |
| 16 | Park, Nigel | 0 | NZL | +?B | −4N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1646 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Pakenham, John | 1590 | NZL | +42B | −7N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1105 | -2.6 |
| 18 | Truong, Minh Nhat (sunny) | 1613 | NZL | +40B | −6N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1213 | -3.2 |
| 19 | Jiang, James Feng | 1540 | NZL | −1N | +36B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1086 | -4.4 |
| 20 | Xu, Luna YuexiuWCM | 1778 | NZL | −11B | +35N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1509 | -26.0 |
| 21 | Chen, Rex Xiaoyu | 1596 | NZL | F | +28N | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2329 | +16.4 |
| 22 | Tan, Ashriel Jia En | 0 | SGP | +?B | −?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1600 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Xu, Vera Jintian | 0 | NZL | −?N | +34B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1589 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Liu, William RuiCM | 2031 | NZL | +41N | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2432 | +3.2 |
| 25 | Zeng, Laker | 0 | NZL | −?N | +39N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1692 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Wang, Tairan (george) | 1463 | NZL | −4B | =31N | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1527 | +5.2 |
| 27 | Korolev, Aleksei | 1553 | NZL | −3N | =30B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1153 | -3.2 |
| 28 | Korolev, Maksim | 1517 | NZL | =10N | −21B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1477 | -5.2 |
| 29 | Lin, Sam | 1535 | NZL | =9B | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1781 | +12.4 |
| 30 | Maldeni, Raveen Lakmewan | 0 | NZL | −13B | =27N | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1384 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Isaac, Ceferino | 1769 | NZL | −12N | =26B | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1340 | -21.6 |
| 32 | Zeng, Lucky | 0 | NZL | =?B | −?N | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1407 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Xiang, Christopher | 0 | NZL | =?B | −?N | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1404 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Moshakova, Elena | 1585 | RUS | −6B | −23N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1185 | -1.6 |
| 35 | Saxena, Aryan | 1489 | NZL | −5N | −20B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 925 | -16.8 |
| 36 | FIDE 4331494 | 0 | — | −7B | −19N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 923 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Yang, Charlie | 1550 | NZL | F | −9N | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 981 | -8.4 |
| 38 | Gu, Marcus Zhenbo | 0 | NZL | F | −10B | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 948 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Sun, Oliver | 1712 | NZL | −15N | −25B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 696 | -30.8 |
| 40 | Hu, Nolan | 0 | NZL | −18N | −?N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 817 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Song, Quinn | 1567 | NZL | −24B | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1166 | -3.2 |
| 42 | Heard, Billy | 0 | NZL | −17N | −?N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 768 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Patros, Panos | 0 | NZL | −?B | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 852 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Nimmakayala, Srirama VikhyathNZL+21.22.0 pts · #1
- 2Gu, IsaacNZL+20.01.0 pts · #16
- 3Chen, Rex XiaoyuNZL+16.41.0 pts · #14
Top rating losers
- 1Sun, OliverNZL-30.80.0 pts · #31
- 2Xu, Luna YuexiuWCMNZL-26.01.0 pts · #8
- 3Isaac, CeferinoNZL-21.60.5 pts · #28
Biggest upsets
- R1+248 Elo gap
- R1+214 Elo gap
- R1+163 Elo gap