2025 Chess Artists Winter Open Round 6
Open SwissStandard
13 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held on 31 Aug 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1697, and top seed was Daniel Solomontchik (🇦🇺 AUS, 1902).
Abraham Pitono (🇨🇦 CAN, 1778) won with 1.0/6, ahead of Felix Lopata (1.0) and James Milic (1.0). Pitono shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
31 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×12
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 5 players tied at 1.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 19 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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19
19
19
5
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
5 players finish on 1.0/6. Pitono takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pitono, Abraham | 1778 | CAN | F | F | F | F | F | +9B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2543 | +9.0 |
| 2 | Lopata, Felix | 1580 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +13N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2289 | +14.8 |
| 3 | Milic, James | 1647 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +11B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2447 | +10.0 |
| 4 | Pasukov, Leo | 1704 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +12N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2300 | +5.8 |
| 5 | Deng, Vanessa | 1604 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +10B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2289 | +12.0 |
| 6 | Pramod, Rishaan | 1639 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | =7N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1840 | +8.4 |
| 7 | Solomontchik, Daniel | 1902 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | =6B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1684 | -8.4 |
| 8 | Thankeshvaran, Criswin | 1440 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | =?B | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1503 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Kalisch, Tom | 1737 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 980 | -9.0 |
| 10 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1475 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 837 | -12.0 |
| 11 | Bambridge, Greg | 1631 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 844 | -10.0 |
| 12 | Zhang, Nathan | 1747 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 861 | -11.6 |
| 13 | Xia, Bella | 1488 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 786 | -14.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Lopata, FelixAUS+14.81.0 pts · #2
- 2Deng, VanessaAUS+12.01.0 pts · #5
- 3Milic, JamesAUS+10.01.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Xia, BellaAUS-14.80.0 pts · #13
- 2Ramprasad, NachiketAUS-12.00.0 pts · #10
- 3Zhang, NathanAUS-11.60.0 pts · #12