2025 UQ July Classic

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23 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 19 Jul 2025 to 20 Jul 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1833, and top seed was Ryan Liaw (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 1964).

Oscar Kirby (🇦🇺 AUS, 1766) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Ryan Liaw (4.5) and Isaac Liu (4.5). Kirby won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Yasmin Aryan (1493) beat Paul G Summers (1793), a +300-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Brisbane, Australia

Dates

19 Jul 2025 → 20 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺CMRyan Liaw1964

Avg top 10

1,833

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇦🇺Australia×21

🇵🇰Pakistan×1

Top 3

🥇
Oscar Kirby
🇦🇺AUS·1766
4.5pts·1954perf+50.4
🥈
CMRyan Liaw
🇦🇺AUS·1964
4.5pts·2130perf+29.2
🥉
Isaac Liu
🇦🇺AUS·1849
4.5pts·1968perf+36.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Liaw4.5Liu4.5Kirby4.5Lue3.5Tan3.5Windsor3.5

R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

CM Ryan Liaw held the sole lead from R3 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.5/6. Kirby takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Ryan Liaw drew with Isaac Liu (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMRyan Liaw	*	½	1	—
2Isaac Liu	½	*	½	—
3Oscar Kirby	0	½	*	—
4Chee Seng Lue	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kirby, Oscar	1766	AUS	+20B	+4N	−2B	+7N	=3N	+8B	4.5	18.5	20.0	13.25	1954	+50.4
2	Liaw, RyanCM	1964	AUS	+6N	+11B	+1N	=3B	+10B	F	4.5	18.0	18.0	15.75	2130	+29.2
3	Liu, Isaac	1849	AUS	+17B	+12N	=7B	=2N	=1B	+14N	4.5	17.0	19.0	13.00	1968	+36.8
4	Tan, Joseph	1716	AUS	+9N	−1B	−14N	=21B	+23N	+13B	3.5	14.0	14.0	6.25	1743	+5.6
5	Lue, Chee Seng	1755	AUS	F	+8B	−11N	=9B	+12N	+15B	3.5	13.5	13.5	9.50	1868	+15.6
6	Windsor, Maximilian	1669	AUS	−2B	+22N	=9B	+23N	−8N	+16B	3.5	13.5	13.5	4.50	1676	-1.0
7	Summers, Paul G	1793	AUS	+13N	+23B	=3N	−1B	−15N	=10B	3.0	17.0	17.0	6.25	1617	-44.8
8	Ahmad Abdullah	1705	PAK	F	−5N	+19B	+16N	+6B	−1N	3.0	15.0	15.0	7.00	1781	+21.6
9	Lee, Leon	1906	AUS	−4B	+19B	=6N	=5N	+11B	F	3.0	14.5	14.5	7.50	1823	-10.4
10	Renwick, Alex	1802	AUS	=15N	+16B	F	+11B	−2N	=7N	3.0	14.5	14.5	7.25	1764	-4.8
11	Vujasin, Nikola	1736	AUS	+22B	−2N	+5B	−10N	−9N	=19B	2.5	15.5	16.5	5.25	1712	-3.4
12	Jain, Kamal	1755	AUS	+21N	−3B	=13N	−15B	−5B	+22N	2.5	14.5	15.5	3.75	1336	-39.4
13	Stanton, John	1536	AUS	−7B	+17N	=12B	+20N	−14B	−4N	2.5	13.5	15.0	4.75	1578	+9.2
14	Woodrow, Daniel	1762	AUS	F	=18N	+4B	F	+13N	−3B	2.5	12.5	12.5	7.00	1834	+8.0
15	Aryan, Yasmin	1493	AUS	=10B	F	F	+12N	+7B	−5N	2.5	12.0	12.0	7.00	1871	+37.0
16	Xia, ChengYi	1477	AUS	F	−10N	+17B	−8B	+21N	−6N	2.0	13.0	13.0	3.50	1504	+3.2
17	Geffen, Zev	1610	AUS	−3N	−13B	−16N	F	+22B	+20N	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.50	821	-59.2
18	Turner, Jai	1855	AUS	=19N	=14B	+21N	F	F	F	2.0	5.5	5.5	3.50	1821	-2.0
19	Littleboy, Bruce	1879	AUS	=18B	−9N	−8N	−22B	=20B	=11N	1.5	12.0	13.0	3.00	1607	-56.4
20	Yang, Brian	0	AUS	−1N	−21B	+22N	−13B	=19N	−17B	1.5	12.0	13.0	1.75	1376	0.0
21	Heers, Matthew	0	AUS	−12B	+20N	−18B	=4N	−16B	F	1.5	11.5	11.5	3.25	1379	0.0
22	Barnard, Ross	0	AUS	−11N	−6B	−20B	+19N	−17N	−12B	1.0	12.0	13.5	1.50	1490	0.0
23	FIDE 3294455	0	—	F	−7N	F	−6B	−4B	F	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	926	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kirby, OscarAUS
+50.4
4.5 pts · #3
2Aryan, YasminAUS
+37.0
2.5 pts · #8
3Liu, IsaacAUS
+36.8
4.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Geffen, ZevAUS
-59.2
2.0 pts · #23
2Littleboy, BruceAUS
-56.4
1.5 pts · #16
3Summers, Paul GAUS
-44.8
3.0 pts · #10

Biggest upsets

R5+300 Elo gap
Aryan, Yasmin1493 beat Summers, Paul G1793
R4+262 Elo gap
Aryan, Yasmin1493 beat Jain, Kamal1755
R1+190 Elo gap
Tan, Joseph1716 beat Lee, Leon1906