2025 Victorian Championship Reserves Rounds 8-9
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51 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Oct 2025 to 18 Oct 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 10 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2026, and top seed was Leo Kalina (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2103).
Khushal Lingineni (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 1830) won with 2.0/9, ahead of Jesse Zafirakos (2.0) and Lucas Zhao (2.0).
The biggest upset came in round 9: Khushal Lingineni (CM, 1830) beat Ray Yang (FM, 2081), a +251-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
04 Oct 2025 → 18 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Titled players · 10
FM×3
CM×7
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×50
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 14 · 9 roundsTitle race narrowed from 63 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lingineni, KhushalCM | 1830 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +17N | +18B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2746 | +39.2 |
| 2 | Zafirakos, JesseCM | 2048 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +43N | +16B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2833 | +16.2 |
| 3 | Zhao, LucasCM | 1833 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +37N | +44N | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2617 | +45.2 |
| 4 | Solomontchik, Daniel | 1902 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +45N | +43B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2631 | +35.6 |
| 5 | Thogata, RandheerFM | 2046 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +19B | =9N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 2309 | +19.6 |
| 6 | Fan, Xinyao | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =21N | +29B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 1832 | +12.8 |
| 7 | Zhang, Nathan | 1747 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =14N | +26B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 2339 | +25.2 |
| 8 | Gao, Ricky | 1703 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =15N | +40B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.00 | 1977 | +23.6 |
| 9 | Datar, TejasFM | 2058 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +44B | =5B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2228 | +8.6 |
| 10 | Fan, Aiden | 1532 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +51N | =15B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1915 | +30.8 |
| 11 | Sucevic, Milic | 1561 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +50B | =14N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2362 | +11.2 |
| 12 | Shirawala, Sahar | 1549 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +49N | =37B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1853 | +26.0 |
| 13 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1475 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +48N | =38B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1781 | +10.4 |
| 14 | Vu, Khanh | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =7B | =11B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1482 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Hong, Wilbur | 1863 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =8B | =10N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1680 | -17.6 |
| 16 | Nguyen, Anh KietCM | 1888 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +23B | −2N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 2022 | +4.0 |
| 17 | Dakic, Dusan | 1778 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | +34N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1746 | -2.2 |
| 18 | Yang, RayFM | 2081 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +32B | −1N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1873 | -11.0 |
| 19 | Kalina, LeoCM | 2103 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | +20B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 2051 | -12.4 |
| 20 | Hartley, JamesCM | 1996 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +24B | −19N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 2051 | +3.4 |
| 21 | Rehill, Paul | 1628 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =6B | =39N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1697 | +2.8 |
| 22 | Suthakaran, Kesigan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +35B | −30N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1640 | +16.4 |
| 23 | Hong, Xavier | 1935 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −16N | +25B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1857 | -8.4 |
| 24 | Poberezovsky, Daniel | 1960 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −20N | +28N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1819 | -5.2 |
| 25 | Zhang, Jayden | 1754 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33B | −23N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1736 | +0.8 |
| 26 | Chen, Wenzhi | 1567 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +42B | −7N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 645 | -25.2 |
| 27 | Fan, Licheng | 1486 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +39B | −31N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1744 | +13.0 |
| 28 | Wu, Alice | 1642 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +38N | −24B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1857 | +20.0 |
| 29 | Clark, Peter | 1606 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +47B | −6N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 904 | -8.0 |
| 30 | Windsor, Maximilian | 1669 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +22B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2275 | +3.6 |
| 31 | Cantos, Andrew | 1789 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +27B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2270 | +5.2 |
| 32 | Liu, Ronald | 1729 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −18N | +45B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1840 | +4.0 |
| 33 | Huang, Victoria | 1531 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −25N | +46B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1652 | +12.4 |
| 34 | Akok, Benjamin | 1499 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +46N | −17B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1686 | +7.6 |
| 35 | Song, Olivia | 1584 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −22N | +47B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 675 | -23.6 |
| 36 | Wilford, Harry | 1833 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +41N | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2568 | +16.0 |
| 37 | Hu, Tony | 1684 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | =12N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1493 | -20.0 |
| 38 | Buhagiar, Aden | 1788 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −28B | =13N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1426 | -18.6 |
| 39 | Rathore, Akshobhya | 1657 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −27N | =21B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1364 | -33.6 |
| 40 | Zhang, Daniel | 1681 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =41B | −8N | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 1566 | -14.8 |
| 41 | Zheng, Matthew | 1593 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =40N | −36B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1584 | -19.2 |
| 42 | FIDE 3279553 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −26N | =?B | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 739 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Salasan, HaranCM | 2020 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | −4N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1196 | -24.4 |
| 44 | Wang, Cunmeng | 2011 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9N | −3B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1114 | -43.6 |
| 45 | Kurmanov, Yestay | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | −32N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1039 | -15.2 |
| 46 | Hong, Liang | 1560 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −34B | −33N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 733 | -22.4 |
| 47 | Zhou, Zichen | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −29N | −35N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 789 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Cao, William | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −13B | −?N | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 783 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Marathe, Satish | 1741 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −12B | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 807 | -21.6 |
| 50 | Venkat, Nyra | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11N | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 718 | -22.4 |
| 51 | Kolak, Tanya | 1562 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10B | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 810 | -9.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zhao, LucasCMAUS+45.22.0 pts · #1
- 2Lingineni, KhushalCMAUS+39.22.0 pts · #3
- 3Solomontchik, DanielAUS+35.62.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Wang, CunmengAUS-43.60.0 pts · #51
- 2Rathore, AkshobhyaAUS-33.60.5 pts · #37
- 3Chen, WenzhiAUS-25.21.0 pts · #49
Biggest upsets
- R9+251 Elo gap
- R8+192 Elo gap
- R9+178 Elo gap