2025 North Shore Club Championship Rounds 3-5
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53 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 09 Jul 2025 to 23 Jul 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand. 5 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1898, and top seed was William Rui Liu (🇳🇿 NZL, CM, 2069).
Justin Zhide Wang (🇳🇿 NZL, CM, 1981) won with 2.5/5, ahead of Neil J Gunn (2.5) and Daniel P Johns (2.5). Wang shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Ayaan Bhatia (1443) beat Leon Wang (1623), a +180-point gap.
Location
🇳🇿Auckland, New Zealand
Dates
09 Jul 2025 → 23 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 5
CM×4
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇳🇿New Zealand×50
🇮🇳India×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 6 players tied at 2.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 6 at the finish.
Co-leaders
58
58
18
3
6
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
6 players finish on 2.5/5. Wang takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (5.5).
R3 · LATE SURGE
Daniel P Johns was #19 at R3, climbed to #3 over the final stretch.
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wang, Justin ZhideCM | 1981 | NZL | F | F | +15N | +10B | =7N | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.50 | 2165 | +26.8 |
| 2 | Gunn, Neil J | 1777 | NZL | F | F | +18B | +25N | =8B | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.50 | 1969 | +14.6 |
| 3 | Johns, Daniel P | 1691 | NZL | F | F | =45B | +9N | +17B | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.75 | 1800 | +7.2 |
| 4 | Liu, William RuiCM | 2069 | NZL | F | F | +16B | =19N | +24B | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.25 | 2003 | -5.6 |
| 5 | Isaac, Ceferino | 1763 | NZL | F | F | +38N | +29B | =15N | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.75 | 1793 | +2.4 |
| 6 | Sun, Oliver | 1722 | NZL | F | F | +28N | =46B | +39B | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.25 | 1692 | -2.0 |
| 7 | Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)CM | 2031 | NZL | F | F | +24B | =8N | =1B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.25 | 2004 | -1.4 |
| 8 | Metge, J. Nigel | 1908 | NZL | F | F | +47N | =7B | =2N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1950 | +3.6 |
| 9 | Wang, Tilden | 1496 | NZL | F | F | +12N | −3B | +50N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 1740 | +40.0 |
| 10 | Krstev, Antonio | 1889 | NZL | F | F | +27B | −1N | +34N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 1864 | -0.8 |
| 11 | Truong, Minh Nhat (sunny) | 1690 | NZL | F | F | +30B | =17N | =16B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.50 | 1697 | +1.2 |
| 12 | Rehansi, D P Sayuni Vonara | 1565 | NZL | F | F | −9B | +44N | +31B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 688 | -24.4 |
| 13 | Wang, Cyrus | 1560 | NZL | F | F | =44B | =26N | +28B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1490 | -3.6 |
| 14 | Chen, Rex Xiaoyu | 1664 | NZL | F | F | −25B | +21N | +47B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 1635 | -3.6 |
| 15 | Nimmakayala, Srirama Vikhyath | 1757 | NZL | F | F | −1B | +27N | =5B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.25 | 1784 | +3.6 |
| 16 | Chen, Ryan Yueyan | 1624 | NZL | F | F | −4N | +36B | =11N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1744 | +14.4 |
| 17 | Lin, Sam | 1555 | NZL | F | F | +35N | =11B | −3N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1498 | -4.8 |
| 18 | Soriano, Dante | 1589 | NZL | F | F | −2N | =22B | +37N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.75 | 1652 | +3.0 |
| 19 | Tao, Junqing Jerome | 1772 | NZL | F | F | +31N | =4B | −41N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1860 | +6.8 |
| 20 | Korolev, Maksim | 1545 | NZL | F | F | −22N | +42B | =21B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.75 | 2246 | +14.8 |
| 21 | Patros, Panos | 0 | NZL | F | F | +48N | −14B | =20N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1412 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Maldeni, Raveen | 0 | NZL | F | F | +20B | =18N | F | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.25 | 1589 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Saxena, Aryan | 1474 | NZL | F | F | =26N | +48B | −29N | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1490 | +1.2 |
| 24 | Jiang, Patrick Di | 1747 | NZL | F | F | −7N | +33B | −4N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1754 | -2.4 |
| 25 | Gu, Claire Yuqi | 1587 | NZL | F | F | +14N | −2B | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 1716 | +13.6 |
| 26 | Hu, Nolan | 1496 | NZL | F | F | =23B | =13B | −32N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 1430 | -9.6 |
| 27 | Price, Robert | 1609 | NZL | F | F | −10N | −15B | +33N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1603 | -2.4 |
| 28 | Heard, Billy | 0 | NZL | F | F | −6B | +?B | −13N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1463 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Xiang, Christopher | 1557 | NZL | F | F | F | −5N | +23B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 1618 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Liu, Eric Jianchi | 1549 | NZL | F | F | −11N | +32B | −35B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1666 | +12.8 |
| 31 | Zeng, Laker | 0 | NZL | F | F | −19B | +?B | −12N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1529 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Sussex, Taylor | 1643 | NZL | F | F | −33N | −30N | +26B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1400 | -19.4 |
| 33 | Holland, David | 1538 | NZL | F | F | +32B | −24N | −27B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1541 | +0.2 |
| 34 | Barry, Jacob | 1629 | NZL | F | F | F | +37N | −10B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1714 | +4.0 |
| 35 | Park, Nigel | 0 | NZL | F | F | −17B | F | +30N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1547 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Gu, Isaac | 1514 | NZL | F | F | F | −16N | +40N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1595 | +8.8 |
| 37 | Jiang, James Feng | 1530 | NZL | F | F | +52N | −34B | −18B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1481 | -8.8 |
| 38 | Ayaan Bhatia | 1443 | IND | F | F | −5B | F | +51N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1693 | +24.0 |
| 39 | Moshakova, Elena | 1545 | RUS | F | F | F | +49B | −6N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 920 | -5.4 |
| 40 | Korolev, Aleksei | 1572 | NZL | F | F | +49N | −43B | −36B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 820 | -34.4 |
| 41 | Young, CohenCM | 2036 | NZL | F | F | F | F | +19B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2571 | +3.6 |
| 42 | Wang, Tairan (george) | 1447 | NZL | F | F | F | −20N | +49B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 744 | -14.8 |
| 43 | Xu, Luna YuexiuWCM | 1726 | NZL | F | F | F | +40N | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2365 | +11.0 |
| 44 | Gu, Marcus Zhenbo | 0 | NZL | F | F | =13N | −12B | F | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1368 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Liang, Ting | 1553 | NZL | F | F | =3N | F | F | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1690 | +3.8 |
| 46 | Xu, Vera Jintian | 1454 | NZL | F | F | F | =6N | F | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1720 | +12.8 |
| 47 | Hoang, Lucas | 1682 | NZL | F | F | −8B | F | −14N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 987 | -29.2 |
| 48 | FIDE 4331494 | 0 | — | F | F | −21B | −23N | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 672 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Zeng, Lucky | 0 | NZL | F | F | −40B | −39N | −42N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 718 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Pakenham, John | 1586 | NZL | F | F | F | F | −9B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 688 | -12.6 |
| 51 | Wang, Leon | 1623 | NZL | F | F | F | F | −38B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 643 | -29.2 |
| 52 | Song, Quinn | 1598 | NZL | F | F | −37B | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 737 | -23.2 |
| 53 | Chen, Eric | 0 | NZL | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1032 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Wang, TildenNZL+40.02.0 pts · #5
- 2Wang, Justin ZhideCMNZL+26.82.5 pts · #1
- 3Ayaan BhatiaIND+24.01.0 pts · #18
Top rating losers
- 1Korolev, AlekseiNZL-34.41.0 pts · #49
- 2Hoang, LucasNZL-29.20.0 pts · #51
- 3Wang, LeonNZL-29.20.0 pts · #44
Biggest upsets
- R5+180 Elo gap
- R3+105 Elo gap