2025 Ryde Eastwood Winter Swiss Rounds 5-7
29 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Jul 2025 to 16 Jul 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1797, and top seed was Terrence Tang (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2143).
Benjamin Wong (🇦🇺 AUS, 1706) won with 3.0/7, ahead of Terrence Tang (3.0) and Kevin Xu (2.0). Wong shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Benjamin Wong (1706) beat Robert A Watson (1810), a +104-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 3.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 40 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 3.0/7. Wong takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.0).
CM Terrence Tang 3 wins (R5–R7)Benjamin Wong 3 wins (R5–R7)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wong, Benjamin | 1706 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +27N | +7B | +8B | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2488 | +28.8 |
| 2 | Tang, TerrenceCM | 2143 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +28B | +15N | +14B | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2573 | +5.2 |
| 3 | Xu, Kevin | 1527 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +18N | −4B | +23N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 829 | -12.0 |
| 4 | Shu, John | 1588 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +26B | +3N | −15B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1639 | +0.8 |
| 5 | Chiara, Vincenzo | 1651 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −6B | +23B | +22N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 818 | -11.0 |
| 6 | Kuncoro, Harvey | 1576 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +5N | +29B | F | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2451 | +22.0 |
| 7 | Vyshnivetskyy, Vlad | 1770 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =13B | −1N | +16B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1661 | -14.0 |
| 8 | Watson, Robert A | 1810 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +14N | =9B | −1N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1744 | -8.0 |
| 9 | Malcolm, Aidan | 1729 | NZL | F | F | F | F | =25N | =8N | =10B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1726 | -3.2 |
| 10 | Madan, Kyra | 1586 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =24N | =11B | =9N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1755 | +30.4 |
| 11 | Kuncoro, Leo | 1790 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +17B | =10N | F | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1778 | -6.0 |
| 12 | Steinitz, Steven | 1757 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =22N | −14B | +19B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 955 | -9.6 |
| 13 | Tay, Mason | 1774 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =7N | F | +24B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 1889 | +17.2 |
| 14 | Jain, Kamal | 1661 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −8B | +12N | −2N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 1787 | +0.4 |
| 15 | Mohseni, Xerix | 1826 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | +4N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1895 | +7.2 |
| 16 | Podnar, Adam | 1561 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −20N | +21B | −7N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 850 | -30.4 |
| 17 | Mahajan, Zariya | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −11N | +22B | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1054 | -8.4 |
| 18 | Tracey, Todd | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −3B | −?N | +26B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Von Dinklage, David | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −?B | +?B | −12N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1648 | 0.0 |
| 20 | He, Enock | 1567 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +16B | F | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2354 | +20.4 |
| 21 | Wang, Jennifer (yuxian) | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +?N | −16N | −?B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 808 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Ye, Roy | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =12B | −17N | −5B | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1397 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Shanmugavel, Kannan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =?N | −5N | −3B | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1290 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Barilla, Michael | 1583 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =10B | F | −13N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1443 | -10.2 |
| 25 | Lim, Jongmin | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =9B | F | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1771 | -0.4 |
| 26 | FIDE 3292746 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | −4N | F | −18N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 829 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Daniel, Ariye | 1457 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −1B | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 906 | -8.0 |
| 28 | Daniel, Suria | 1583 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −2N | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1220 | -3.2 |
| 29 | FIDE 3292720 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 818 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Madan, KyraAUS+30.41.5 pts · #6
- 2Wong, BenjaminAUS+28.83.0 pts · #2
- 3Kuncoro, HarveyAUS+22.02.0 pts · #14
- 1Podnar, AdamAUS-30.41.0 pts · #19
- 2Vyshnivetskyy, VladAUS-14.01.5 pts · #5
- 3Xu, KevinAUS-12.02.0 pts · #28
- R7+104 Elo gap