2025 Fred Maris Cup Group A Rounds 1-3
Open SwissStandard
18 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 11 Jun 2025 to 25 Jun 2025 in Perth, Australia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 0.
Robert Maris (🇦🇺 AUS, 0) won with 2.0/3, ahead of Leon Taylor (2.0) and Drew Brand (1.5). Maris shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇦🇺Perth, Australia
Dates
11 Jun 2025 → 25 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
18
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×18
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 2.0/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
5
6
2
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 2.0/3. Maris takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.5).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Leon Taylor drew with Robert Maris (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Leon Taylor | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Robert Maris | ½ | * | — | 1 |
| 3Daniel Clarke | — | — | * | — |
| 4Drew Brand | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maris, Robert | 0 | AUS | +3N | =5B | =2N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 3.25 | 2010 | +10.4 |
| 2 | Taylor, Leon | 0 | AUS | +8B | =4N | =1B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.75 | 1937 | +4.6 |
| 3 | Brand, Drew | 0 | AUS | −1B | +13N | =8B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1795 | +2.8 |
| 4 | Plaganyi, GyulaCM | 0 | AUS | +18N | =2B | F | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1880 | +1.0 |
| 5 | Selby, Michael | 0 | AUS | +13B | =1N | F | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 2030 | +3.2 |
| 6 | Rahmani, Noor | 0 | AUS | =10N | +12B | F | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 2012 | +2.4 |
| 7 | Clarke, Daniel | 0 | AUS | =14N | +9B | F | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 1945 | +7.6 |
| 8 | Curthoys, Edward | 0 | AUS | −2N | =16B | =3N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1678 | -5.2 |
| 9 | Leonhardt, Wolfgang | 0 | AUS | =15B | −7N | =13B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1692 | -5.6 |
| 10 | Shamalka, Nimesh | 0 | AUS | =6B | =17N | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1864 | +6.8 |
| 11 | Rafiei Darani, Daryoush | 0 | AUS | +16N | F | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 2552 | +11.6 |
| 12 | Verma, Abhinav | 0 | AUS | F | −6N | +14B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1848 | +1.6 |
| 13 | Janceski, Alex | 0 | AUS | −5N | −3B | =9N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 1574 | -16.0 |
| 14 | Wolstencroft, Alan | 0 | AUS | =7B | F | −12N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1622 | -5.8 |
| 15 | Elkington, Derek | 0 | AUS | =9N | F | F | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1766 | -2.8 |
| 16 | Gough, Dylan | 0 | AUS | −11B | =8N | F | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1617 | -7.0 |
| 17 | O`shaughnessy, Dave | 0 | AUS | F | =10B | F | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1802 | +0.8 |
| 18 | Sheikh, Suhail | 0 | AUS | −4B | F | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1042 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Rafiei Darani, DaryoushAUS+11.61.0 pts · #8
- 2Maris, RobertAUS+10.42.0 pts · #2
- 3Clarke, DanielAUS+7.61.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Janceski, AlexAUS-16.00.5 pts · #12
- 2Gough, DylanAUS-7.00.5 pts · #14
- 3Wolstencroft, AlanAUS-5.80.5 pts · #17