2025 Victorian Championship Reserves Rounds 2-4
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62 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 09 Aug 2025 to 23 Aug 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 11 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2033, and top seed was Leo Kalina (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2103).
Ray Yang (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2081) won with 3.0/4, ahead of Sahar Shirawala (3.0) and James Hartley (2.5). Yang shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Benjamin Akok (1499) beat Wilbur Hong (1863), a +364-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
09 Aug 2025 → 23 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Titled players · 11
FM×3
CM×7
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×56
🇰🇷South Korea×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 3.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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2
R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 3.0/4. Yang takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
FM Ray Yang 3 wins (R2–R4)Sahar Shirawala 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMRay Yang | * | — | — | — |
| 2Sahar Shirawala | — | * | — | — |
| 3CMJesse Zafirakos | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4CMJames Hartley | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yang, RayFM | 2081 | AUS | F | +42B | +27N | +24N | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2637 | +8.6 |
| 2 | Shirawala, Sahar | 1549 | AUS | F | +28N | +52B | +38N | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2462 | +54.8 |
| 3 | Hartley, JamesCM | 1996 | AUS | F | +23B | +15N | =5B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.75 | 2177 | +17.0 |
| 4 | Thogata, RandheerFM | 2046 | AUS | F | =22B | +19N | +11B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.75 | 2083 | +1.2 |
| 5 | Zafirakos, JesseCM | 2048 | AUS | F | +40N | +20B | =3N | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.25 | 2240 | +13.6 |
| 6 | Hong, Xavier | 1935 | AUS | F | =51B | +22N | +25B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.25 | 2169 | +34.4 |
| 7 | Akok, Benjamin | 1499 | AUS | F | +44N | =38B | +31N | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.00 | 2017 | +24.8 |
| 8 | Datar, TejasFM | 2058 | AUS | F | +10B | =29N | =12B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.75 | 1962 | -6.2 |
| 9 | Vu, Khanh | 0 | AUS | F | +13B | =23N | =30B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.50 | 1573 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Zhang, Daniel | 1681 | AUS | F | −8N | +21B | +39N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 1895 | +29.2 |
| 11 | Solomontchik, Daniel | 1902 | AUS | F | +30B | +41N | −4N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1908 | +11.6 |
| 12 | Poberezovsky, Daniel | 1960 | AUS | F | +37N | =24B | =8N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.75 | 2050 | +10.6 |
| 13 | Huang, Victoria | 1531 | AUS | F | −9N | +44B | +46N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 2229 | +16.4 |
| 14 | Nguyen, Anh KietCM | 1888 | AUS | F | −29B | +43N | +40N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.00 | 1886 | -8.0 |
| 15 | Salasan, HaranCM | 2020 | AUS | F | +58N | −3B | +37N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1958 | -6.4 |
| 16 | Wilford, Harry | 1833 | AUS | F | =39N | =45B | +47N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1795 | -6.8 |
| 17 | Hu, Tony | 1684 | AUS | F | −41B | +54N | +26B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1691 | -2.0 |
| 18 | Rathore, Akshobhya | 1657 | AUS | F | +46N | −37B | +48N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1588 | -8.8 |
| 19 | Liu, Ronald | 1729 | AUS | F | +57N | −4B | +51B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1913 | +25.2 |
| 20 | Kalina, LeoCM | 2103 | AUS | F | +53B | −5N | +58B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 2000 | -14.4 |
| 21 | Song, Olivia | 1584 | AUS | F | +60B | −10N | +62B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 888 | -14.0 |
| 22 | Lingineni, KhushalCM | 1830 | AUS | F | =4N | −6B | +34N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 1860 | +4.4 |
| 23 | Kurmanov, Yestay | 0 | AUS | F | −3N | =9B | +35N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1718 | +8.8 |
| 24 | Wang, Cunmeng | 2011 | AUS | F | +47N | =12N | −1B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1905 | -7.6 |
| 25 | Gibson, Kyle | 2003 | AUS | F | +33N | =39B | −6N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1741 | -17.8 |
| 26 | Zhang, Nathan | 1747 | AUS | F | =34N | +49B | −17N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 1616 | +18.4 |
| 27 | Cantos, Andrew | 1789 | AUS | F | +52N | −1B | =45N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1737 | -8.8 |
| 28 | Fan, Aiden | 1532 | AUS | F | −2B | =36N | +59B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1618 | +5.6 |
| 29 | Cheng, Chao XinWFM | 1953 | AUS | F | +14N | =8B | F | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 2207 | +31.6 |
| 30 | Wolffs, Walter | 1553 | AUS | F | −11N | +57B | =9N | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1638 | +3.2 |
| 31 | Hong, Wilbur | 1863 | AUS | F | +59B | =32N | −7B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1608 | -39.2 |
| 32 | Zheng, Matthew | 1593 | AUS | F | +48N | =31B | −42N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1597 | -1.6 |
| 33 | Clark, Peter | 1606 | AUS | F | −25B | =55N | +43B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.25 | 1682 | +2.8 |
| 34 | Kolak, Tanya | 1562 | AUS | F | =26B | +59N | −22B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1685 | +8.4 |
| 35 | Fan, Licheng | 1486 | AUS | F | +61B | =53N | −23B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 1503 | +1.0 |
| 36 | Cao, William | 0 | AUS | F | F | =28B | +57N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1520 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Buhagiar, Aden | 1788 | AUS | F | −12B | +18N | −15B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1761 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Zhang, Jayden | 1754 | AUS | F | =56B | =7N | −2B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 1403 | -54.4 |
| 39 | Wu, Alice | 1642 | AUS | F | =16B | =25N | −10B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1718 | +5.6 |
| 40 | Zhao, LucasCM | 1833 | AUS | F | −5B | +51N | −14B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 1830 | +2.0 |
| 41 | Marathe, Satish | 1741 | AUS | F | +17N | −11B | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 1776 | +7.2 |
| 42 | Windsor, Maximilian | 1669 | AUS | F | −1N | F | +32B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1850 | +6.0 |
| 43 | Chen, Wenzhi | 1567 | AUS | F | +49N | −14B | −33N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1590 | +0.8 |
| 44 | FIDE 3294625 | 0 | — | F | −7B | −13N | +61B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 694 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Gao, Ricky | 1703 | AUS | F | F | =16N | =27B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.75 | 1814 | +12.0 |
| 46 | Li, Harry | 1416 | AUS | F | −18B | +61N | −13B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 786 | -24.0 |
| 47 | Rehill, Paul | 1628 | AUS | F | −24B | +62N | −16B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1103 | -7.4 |
| 48 | FIDE 3294650 | 0 | — | F | −32B | +60N | −18B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 844 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Sucevic, Milic | 1561 | AUS | F | −43B | −26N | +60B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 729 | -22.0 |
| 50 | Hong, Liang | 1560 | AUS | F | F | F | +55B | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2286 | +7.8 |
| 51 | Fan, Xinyao | 0 | AUS | F | =6N | −40B | −19N | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1561 | -42.8 |
| 52 | Zhou, Zichen | 0 | AUS | F | −27B | −2N | =54B | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.25 | 1325 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Song, Mingeun | 1783 | KOR | F | −20N | =35B | F | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1604 | -19.6 |
| 54 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1475 | AUS | F | F | −17B | =52N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.25 | 912 | -8.8 |
| 55 | Suthakaran, Kesigan | 0 | AUS | F | F | =33B | −50N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1400 | -8.4 |
| 56 | Veldon, Rino | 1559 | AUS | F | =38N | F | F | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1760 | +4.8 |
| 57 | Yuan, Erin | 1411 | AUS | F | −19B | −30N | −36B | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 859 | -18.4 |
| 58 | Dakic, Dusan | 1778 | AUS | F | −15B | F | −20N | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1291 | -5.8 |
| 59 | Venkat, Nyra | 0 | AUS | F | −31N | −34B | −28N | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 874 | -67.6 |
| 60 | FIDE 3294633 | 0 | — | F | −21N | −48B | −49N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 772 | 0.0 |
| 61 | FIDE 3294641 | 0 | — | F | −35N | −46B | −44N | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 650 | 0.0 |
| 62 | FIDE 3279553 | 0 | — | F | F | −47B | −21N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 810 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Shirawala, SaharAUS+54.83.0 pts · #9
- 2Hong, XavierAUS+34.42.5 pts · #5
- 3Cheng, Chao XinWFMAUS+31.61.5 pts · #21
Top rating losers
- 1Venkat, NyraAUS-67.60.0 pts · #61
- 2Zhang, JaydenAUS-54.41.0 pts · #36
- 3Fan, XinyaoAUS-42.80.5 pts · #48
Biggest upsets
- R4+364 Elo gap
- R4+205 Elo gap