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9th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championships 2025 Standard-G16

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15 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 22 Jul 2025 to 28 Jul 2025 in Zhuhai,GuangDong, China. 2 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1723, and top seed was Sreekarthika Velmurugan (🇸🇬 SGP, WFM, 1987).

Sreekarthika Velmurugan (🇸🇬 SGP, WFM, 1987) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Thi Ngoc Chi Bui (7.5) and Jingyi Zhi (6.5). Velmurugan took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Pichamon Luttakunaporn (1440) beat Zilla Altofun Nisa (1633), a +193-point gap.

Location
🇨🇳Zhuhai,GuangDong, China
Dates
22 Jul 2025 → 28 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇬WFMSreekarthika Velmurugan1987
Avg top 10
1,723
Participants
15
Titled players · 2
WFM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇨🇳China×5
🇻🇳Vietnam×3
🇲🇳Mongolia×2
🇹🇭Thailand×1
🇮🇩Indonesia×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
🇸🇬Singapore×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WFM Sreekarthika Velmurugan led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Velmurugan takes lead
Velmurugan8Bui7.5Zhi6.5Regidor6Le4.5Mongoljin4.5
R4 · LEADER CHANGE24 Jul

WFM Sreekarthika Velmurugan takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Sreekarthika Velmurugan beat WCM Thi Ngoc Chi Bui (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WFM Sreekarthika Velmurugan 4 wins (R6–R9)WCM Thi Ngoc Chi Bui 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMSreekarthika Velmurugan*
1
½
½
2WCMThi Ngoc Chi Bui
0
*
1
1
3Jingyi Zhi
½
0
*
0
4Kaye Lalaine Regidor
½
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sreekarthika VelmuruganWFM1987SGP+14N+8B=4N+2B=3N+5B+10B+6N+12B8.038.040.534.252035+13.7
2Bui, Thi Ngoc ChiWCM1807VIE+9B+3N+15B−1N+5B+6N+4B=7N+10B7.539.041.031.251955+56.4
3Zhi, Jingyi1668CHN+13N−2B+7N+15B=1B+11N+8B−4N+5B6.538.540.523.001839+63.6
4Regidor, Kaye Lalaine1791PHI+11N+7B=1B−5N=6B+8N−2N+3B+9N6.040.543.525.251821+14.0
5Le, Dang Bao Ngoc1684VIE−7N+11B+12N+4B−2N−1N=6B+9B−3N4.542.045.017.251681-3.6
6Mongoljin, Davaadorj1588MGL−10N+14B+8N=9B=4N−2B=5N−1B+15N4.537.539.514.251700+41.2
7Li, Shutong1573CHN+5B−4N−3B+12N−14B=10NF=2B=13N3.536.036.014.251627+18.0
8Sheikh Abdullah Munshee, Ava Arabella1677MAS+12B−1N−6B+13N+15N−4B−3NF−14N3.035.535.58.001415-77.6
9Cao, Jiahui1640CHN−2N+13B=10N=6N−11BF+12B−5N−4B3.034.534.59.751504-52.0
10Ding, Aima1691CHN+6B−15N=9B−11NF=7B−1N+14B−2N3.034.034.010.251649-19.6
11Nisa, Zilla Altofun1633INA−4B−5N+14N+10B+9N−3B−13B−12NF3.031.531.58.501604-12.0
12Luttakunaporn, Pichamon1440THA−8NF−5B−7B+13N+15B−9N+11B−1N3.030.030.08.001402-11.2
13Emujin Enkhbayar0MGL−3B−9NF−8B−12B+14N+11N=15B=7B3.026.526.58.2515110.0
14Pham Nguyen Thai An1654VIE−1B−6N−11BF+7N−13B=15N−10N+8B2.530.030.07.501567-31.6
15Zhang, Mingen0CHNF+10B−2N−3N−8B−12N=14B=13N−6B2.033.033.05.7514170.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets