2025 Chess Artists Winter Open Rounds 2-5
19 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 03 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1737, and top seed was Daniel Solomontchik (🇦🇺 AUS, 1902).
Daniel Solomontchik (🇦🇺 AUS, 1902) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Tom Kalisch (3.0) and Rishaan Pramod (3.0). Solomontchik broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Adelyn Wang (1487) beat Nathan Zhang (1747), a +260-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsDaniel Solomontchik led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Daniel Solomontchik never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Daniel Solomontchik 4 wins (R2–R5)Abraham Pitono 3 wins (R3–R5)Tom Kalisch 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Daniel Solomontchik | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Abraham Pitono | — | * | — | — |
| 3Tom Kalisch | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Rishaan Pramod | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomontchik, Daniel | 1902 | AUS | F | +15B | +5N | +11N | +2B | 4.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 2441 | +43.6 |
| 2 | Kalisch, Tom | 1737 | AUS | F | +10B | +12N | +3B | −1N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 1895 | +15.6 |
| 3 | Pramod, Rishaan | 1639 | AUS | F | +17N | +14B | −2N | +11B | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1851 | +35.2 |
| 4 | Pitono, Abraham | 1778 | CAN | F | F | +10N | +12B | +6N | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 2473 | +21.4 |
| 5 | Wang, Adelyn | 1487 | AUS | F | =7N | −1B | +13N | +16B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.25 | 1756 | +61.6 |
| 6 | Chmiel, Rad | 1759 | AUS | F | +13N | =7B | +14N | −4B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.25 | 1763 | +2.6 |
| 7 | Milic, James | 1647 | AUS | F | =5B | =6N | +18B | =9N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.25 | 1667 | +2.6 |
| 8 | Xia, Bella | 1488 | AUS | F | +16N | −11B | −10B | +18N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1614 | +24.4 |
| 9 | Cook, Geoff L | 1592 | AUS | F | −12B | F | +16N | =7B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1597 | -1.0 |
| 10 | Deng, Vanessa | 1604 | AUS | F | −2N | −4B | +8N | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1546 | -14.8 |
| 11 | Savige, Colin B | 1822 | AUS | F | F | +8N | −1B | −3N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1546 | -20.4 |
| 12 | Bambridge, Greg | 1631 | AUS | F | +9N | −2B | −4N | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1585 | -4.8 |
| 13 | Pasukov, Leo | 1704 | AUS | F | −6B | +15N | −5B | −17B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1365 | -30.8 |
| 14 | Lopata, Felix | 1580 | AUS | F | F | −3N | −6B | +15B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1537 | -8.0 |
| 15 | Beckman, John | 1574 | AUS | F | −1N | −13B | +19B | −14N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 896 | -20.2 |
| 16 | Zhang, Nathan | 1747 | AUS | F | −8B | +19N | −9B | −5N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 712 | -58.0 |
| 17 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1475 | AUS | F | −3B | F | F | +13N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1673 | +19.2 |
| 18 | Thankeshvaran, Lehit | 1501 | AUS | F | F | F | −7N | −8B | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 767 | -33.2 |
| 19 | Thankeshvaran, Criswin | 1440 | AUS | F | F | −16B | −15N | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 734 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Wang, AdelynAUS+61.62.5 pts · #6
- 2Solomontchik, DanielAUS+43.64.0 pts · #1
- 3Pramod, RishaanAUS+35.23.0 pts · #4
- 1Zhang, NathanAUS-58.01.0 pts · #18
- 2Thankeshvaran, LehitAUS-33.20.0 pts · #16
- 3Pasukov, LeoAUS-30.81.0 pts · #15
- R5+260 Elo gap
- R2+259 Elo gap
- R5+229 Elo gap