2025 Fred Maris Cup Group A Rounds 4-6
Open SwissStandard
17 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 02 Jul 2025 to 16 Jul 2025 in Perth, Australia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 0.
Gyula Plaganyi (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 0) won with 3.0/6, ahead of Daniel Clarke (2.0) and Robert Maris (2.0). Plaganyi shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.
Location
🇦🇺Perth, Australia
Dates
02 Jul 2025 → 16 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
17
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×17
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsCM Gyula Plaganyi led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Co-leaders
19
19
19
5
2
1
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD
CM Gyula Plaganyi never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R4–R6 · WIN STREAK
CM Gyula Plaganyi won 3 in a row (R4–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMGyula Plaganyi | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Drew Brand | — | * | — | — |
| 3Robert Maris | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Daniel Clarke | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plaganyi, GyulaCM | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +15N | +3B | +2N | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2652 | +30.8 |
| 2 | Clarke, Daniel | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +11B | +6N | −1B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1958 | +12.6 |
| 3 | Maris, Robert | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +14B | −1N | +16B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 2005 | +9.2 |
| 4 | Brand, Drew | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +17N | −7B | +14N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 2038 | +35.2 |
| 5 | Janceski, Alex | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | =8B | +9B | F | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 1732 | -1.2 |
| 6 | Taylor, Leon | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +7N | −2B | −10N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1778 | -8.4 |
| 7 | Selby, Michael | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −6B | +4N | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1850 | -16.0 |
| 8 | Wolstencroft, Alan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | =5N | F | =11B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1774 | +2.2 |
| 9 | Sheikh, Suhail | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −5N | +13N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1768 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Gibson, Jacob | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +6B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2685 | +9.4 |
| 11 | O`shaughnessy, Dave | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −2N | F | =8N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1574 | -10.2 |
| 12 | Gough, Dylan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | =13B | F | F | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 1760 | +1.2 |
| 13 | Leonhardt, Wolfgang | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | =12N | F | −9B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1716 | -1.2 |
| 14 | Rahmani, Noor | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −3N | F | −4B | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1053 | -25.8 |
| 15 | Elkington, Derek | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −1B | F | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1043 | -10.6 |
| 16 | Verma, Abhinav | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1091 | -17.2 |
| 17 | Shamalka, Nimesh | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −4B | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1015 | -18.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Brand, DrewAUS+35.22.0 pts · #2
- 2Plaganyi, GyulaCMAUS+30.83.0 pts · #1
- 3Clarke, DanielAUS+12.62.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Rahmani, NoorAUS-25.80.0 pts · #15
- 2Shamalka, NimeshAUS-18.00.0 pts · #14
- 3Verma, AbhinavAUS-17.20.0 pts · #17