2025 ACT Winter Bootcamp Standard
35 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 09 Jul 2025 to 10 Jul 2025 in Canberra, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1617, and top seed was Masaki Horikawa (🇦🇺 AUS, 1986).
Thomas Eleutherios (🇦🇺 AUS, 1839) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Isaac Eldridge (4.5) and Masaki Horikawa (4.5). Eleutherios won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Varshini Mididuddi (1433) beat Padma Yonten Gyalpo (1659), a +226-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsThomas Eleutherios led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Thomas Eleutherios never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Thomas Eleutherios beat Isaac Eldridge (White).
Thomas Eleutherios 5 wins (R1–R5)Isaac Eldridge 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas Eleutherios | * | 1 | ½ | — |
| 2Isaac Eldridge | 0 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Masaki Horikawa | ½ | 0 | * | — |
| 4Padma Yonten Gyalpo | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eleutherios, Thomas | 1839 | AUS | +16N | +14B | +7N | +2B | +5N | =3N | 5.5 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 21.25 | 1948 | +19.2 |
| 2 | Eldridge, Isaac | 0 | AUS | +27N | +12B | +3N | −1N | =4B | +14B | 4.5 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 16.25 | 1761 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Horikawa, Masaki | 1986 | AUS | +21B | +17N | −2B | +23N | +6N | =1B | 4.5 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 15.25 | 1944 | -1.6 |
| 4 | Padma Yonten Gyalpo | 1659 | BHU | +15B | +20N | −6B | +13N | =2N | +5B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 16.25 | 1637 | -3.2 |
| 5 | Hegde, Sanat | 1599 | AUS | +28B | +23N | +13N | +6B | −1B | −4N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 12.50 | 1609 | +1.2 |
| 6 | Mididuddi, Varshini | 1433 | AUS | +19N | +26B | +4N | −5N | −3B | +16B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 13.00 | 1676 | +60.8 |
| 7 | Spencer, Daniel | 0 | AUS | +25B | +?N | −1B | =12N | +19B | =11N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 9.25 | 1466 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Li, Ethan | 1565 | AUS | =31B | +18N | +10B | =11N | =9B | =17N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 13.25 | 1631 | +10.4 |
| 9 | Zhang, Kyle | 1548 | AUS | +32B | =11N | =22B | +20N | =8N | =10B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 12.00 | 1524 | -2.8 |
| 10 | Rajiv, Manu Chakravarthy | 1482 | AUS | =18B | +31N | −8N | +24B | +12B | =9N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 11.00 | 1530 | +7.6 |
| 11 | Chen, Louis | 0 | AUS | +?N | =9B | +?N | =8B | =14N | =7B | 4.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 7.75 | 1557 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Wheeler, Mason | 1477 | AUS | +29N | −2N | +25B | =7B | −10N | +27B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 9.00 | 682 | -19.6 |
| 13 | Prabhu, Srihari | 1505 | AUS | +34N | +22N | −5B | −4B | =27N | +26B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 6.75 | 1460 | -6.8 |
| 14 | Luyen, Andy | 0 | AUS | +?B | −1N | +28B | +?N | =11B | −2N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 4.50 | 1040 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Lee, Ethan | 0 | AUS | −4N | −24B | +34N | =?B | +?N | +?B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 860 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Feng, Echo | 1435 | AUS | −1B | −25N | +18B | +32N | +23B | −6N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 7.00 | 834 | -23.2 |
| 17 | Horikawa, Tomoki | 1487 | AUS | +33N | −3B | =19N | F | +22B | =8B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 8.00 | 1533 | +1.2 |
| 18 | Lehmann, Ethan | 0 | AUS | =10N | −8B | −16N | +29B | +?N | =23B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 5.25 | 1221 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Palihawadana, Nuhan | 0 | AUS | −6B | +?N | =17B | +?B | −7N | =20N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.00 | 1267 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Pham, Andrew | 0 | AUS | +?N | −4B | +?N | −9B | =26N | =19B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.75 | 1295 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Deng, Isaac | 0 | AUS | −3N | +33B | −24N | +?B | −?N | +29B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 1187 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Mao, Max | 0 | AUS | +?N | −13B | =9N | +?B | −17N | =?N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 1240 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Bhatt, Daivik Mehul | 0 | AUS | +24N | −5B | +?N | −3B | −16N | =18N | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.00 | 874 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Pedregosa, Max | 0 | AUS | −23B | +15N | +21B | −10N | −?B | =25N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 7.75 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Hanson, Drew | 0 | AUS | −7N | +16B | −12N | −26B | +?N | =24B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.25 | 1344 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Lee, Cassandra | 1495 | AUS | +35B | −6N | −30B | +25N | =20B | −13N | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.00 | 669 | -43.2 |
| 27 | FIDE 3294145 | 0 | — | −2B | +35N | −?B | +28N | =13B | −12N | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.25 | 1298 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 3294170 | 0 | — | −5N | +34B | −14N | −27B | =33N | +?B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.75 | 799 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 3294285 | 0 | — | −12B | −?B | +?N | −18N | +32B | −21N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.50 | 677 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 3294293 | 0 | — | =?N | =?B | +26N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 1515 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Ni, Hannah | 0 | AUS | =8N | −10B | +?B | F | F | F | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1331 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 3294269 | 0 | — | −9N | −?B | +33N | −16B | −29N | =?B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 692 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 3294196 | 0 | — | −17B | −21N | −32B | +?N | =28B | −?N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.25 | 687 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 3294250 | 0 | — | −13B | −28N | −15B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 3294315 | 0 | — | −26N | −27B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 695 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Mididuddi, VarshiniAUS+60.84.0 pts · #1
- 2Eleutherios, ThomasAUS+19.25.5 pts · #4
- 3Li, EthanAUS+10.44.0 pts · #5
- 1Lee, CassandraAUS-43.22.5 pts · #23
- 2Feng, EchoAUS-23.23.0 pts · #34
- 3Wheeler, MasonAUS-19.63.5 pts · #27
- R3+226 Elo gap