2025 Chess Artists Winter Open Round 1
Open SwissStandard
8 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 13 Jul 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. Top 10 Elo average was 1688, and top seed was Daniel Solomontchik (🇦🇺 AUS, 1902).
Vanessa Deng (🇦🇺 AUS, 1604) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Greg Bambridge (1.0) and Tom Kalisch (1.0). Deng won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Vanessa Deng (1604) beat Daniel Solomontchik (1902), a +298-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
13 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 1 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×8
Top 3
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Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deng, Vanessa | 1604 | AUS | +5B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2701 | +34.0 |
| 2 | Bambridge, Greg | 1631 | AUS | +6B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2503 | +11.8 |
| 3 | Kalisch, Tom | 1737 | AUS | +7N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2373 | +5.6 |
| 4 | Cook, Geoff L | 1592 | AUS | +8N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2558 | +14.4 |
| 5 | Solomontchik, Daniel | 1902 | AUS | −1N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 803 | -34.0 |
| 6 | Pasukov, Leo | 1704 | AUS | −2N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 835 | -11.8 |
| 7 | Beckman, John | 1574 | AUS | −3B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 937 | -5.6 |
| 8 | Chmiel, Rad | 1759 | AUS | −4B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 792 | -14.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Deng, VanessaAUS+34.01.0 pts · #1
- 2Cook, Geoff LAUS+14.41.0 pts · #4
- 3Bambridge, GregAUS+11.81.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Solomontchik, DanielAUS-34.00.0 pts · #5
- 2Chmiel, RadAUS-14.40.0 pts · #8
- 3Pasukov, LeoAUS-11.80.0 pts · #6
Biggest upsets
- R1+298 Elo gap
- R1+167 Elo gap