2025 Ryde Eastwood Winter Swiss Rounds 1-4
38 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 04 Jun 2025 to 25 Jun 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1874, and top seed was Terrence Tang (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2143).
Terrence Tang (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2143) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Robert A Watson (3.0) and Aidan Malcolm (3.0). Tang broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: John Shu (1588) beat Alexander Wolfson (1714), a +126-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsCM Terrence Tang led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
CM Terrence Tang never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
CM Terrence Tang beat Aidan Malcolm (Black).
CM Terrence Tang 4 wins (R1–R4)Aidan Malcolm 3 wins (R1–R3)Jongmin Lim 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMTerrence Tang | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2Aidan Malcolm | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Jongmin Lim | — | — | * | — |
| 4Robert A Watson | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tang, TerrenceCM | 2143 | AUS | +35B | +4N | +2B | +3N | 4.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 2568 | +7.6 |
| 2 | Watson, Robert A | 1810 | AUS | +20N | +15B | −1N | +9B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 5.50 | 1951 | +10.4 |
| 3 | Malcolm, Aidan | 1729 | NZL | +21B | +11N | +12B | −1B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 2000 | +26.0 |
| 4 | Tay, Mason | 1774 | AUS | +13N | −1B | +20N | +15B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 1855 | +5.2 |
| 5 | Jain, Kamal | 1661 | AUS | +10B | −17N | +23B | +12N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 5.50 | 1897 | +16.8 |
| 6 | Lim, Jongmin | 0 | AUS | F | +19N | +8B | +11N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 2503 | +27.4 |
| 7 | Daniel, Suria | 1583 | AUS | −22N | +13B | +33N | +25B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 2451 | +23.6 |
| 8 | Mohseni, Xerix | 1826 | AUS | +28B | =14N | −6N | +27B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1628 | -29.6 |
| 9 | Vyshnivetskyy, Vlad | 1770 | AUS | +19B | +34N | =14B | −2N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1640 | -19.2 |
| 10 | Mahajan, Zariya | 0 | AUS | −5N | =32B | +24N | +26B | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 2.25 | 1644 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Steinitz, Steven | 1757 | AUS | +16N | −3B | +22N | −6B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1517 | -18.2 |
| 12 | Wong, Benjamin | 1706 | AUS | +37N | +18B | −3N | −5B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1534 | -13.8 |
| 13 | Ye, Roy | 0 | AUS | −4B | −7N | +21B | +33N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1540 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Barilla, Michael | 1583 | AUS | +24N | =8B | =9N | F | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.50 | 1798 | +21.6 |
| 15 | He, Enock | 1567 | AUS | +36B | −2N | +38B | −4N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 992 | -17.2 |
| 16 | Daniel, Ariye | 1457 | AUS | −11B | −23N | +19B | +34N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1495 | +4.4 |
| 17 | Rusakov, JeanFM | 2035 | AUS | +32N | +5B | F | F | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 2488 | +9.2 |
| 18 | Madan, Kyra | 1586 | AUS | +33B | −12N | +34B | F | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 906 | -13.6 |
| 19 | Xu, Kevin | 1527 | AUS | −9N | −6B | −16N | +37B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 856 | -41.2 |
| 20 | Pisarev, Alex | 0 | AUS | −2B | F | −4B | +22N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 992 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Shu, John | 1588 | AUS | −3N | −24B | −13N | +32B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 0.50 | 1722 | +9.6 |
| 22 | Shanmugavel, Kannan | 0 | AUS | +7B | −?N | −11B | −20B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1650 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Kuncoro, Harvey | 1576 | AUS | −31N | +16B | −5N | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1567 | -5.2 |
| 24 | Tracey, Todd | 0 | AUS | −14B | +21N | −10B | −28N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1468 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Chiara, Vincenzo | 1651 | AUS | F | −27B | +32N | −7N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1651 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Quek, Bob | 1556 | AUS | −30B | +36N | −29B | −10N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1034 | -6.8 |
| 27 | Von Dinklage, David | 0 | AUS | F | +25N | −?B | −8N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1695 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Podnar, Adam | 1561 | AUS | −8N | F | F | +24B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1026 | -7.2 |
| 29 | Kuncoro, Leo | 1790 | AUS | F | F | +26N | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2356 | +8.4 |
| 30 | Siva Sankaran, Anup Kumar | 1878 | AUS | +26N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2356 | +2.6 |
| 31 | Anup Kumar, Vihaan | 1959 | AUS | +23B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2376 | +3.6 |
| 32 | Wolfson, Alexander | 1714 | AUS | −17B | =10N | −25B | −21N | 0.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 1.25 | 974 | -53.2 |
| 33 | FIDE 3292746 | 0 | — | −18N | F | −7B | −13B | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 787 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Wang, Jennifer (yuxian) | 0 | AUS | F | −9B | −18N | −16B | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 805 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Ross, Darryl | 1549 | AUS | −1N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1149 | -1.6 |
| 36 | FIDE 3292720 | 0 | — | −15N | −26B | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 761 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Reichel, Max | 0 | AUS | −12B | −?N | F | −19N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 817 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Zhu, Terry | 0 | AUS | F | F | −15N | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 766 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Lim, JongminAUS+27.43.0 pts · #3
- 2Malcolm, AidanNZL+26.03.0 pts · #2
- 3Daniel, SuriaAUS+23.63.0 pts · #24
- 1Wolfson, AlexanderAUS-53.20.5 pts · #35
- 2Xu, KevinAUS-41.21.0 pts · #28
- 3Mohseni, XerixAUS-29.62.5 pts · #8
- R4+126 Elo gap