2025 Gosford Open

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56 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 25 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Gosford, Australia. 6 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2063, and top seed was Igor Bjelobrk (🇦🇺 AUS, IM, 2397).

Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan (🇲🇳 MGL, WCM, 2268) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Le Tri Kien (5.0) and Igor Bjelobrk (4.5). Bayasgalan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Benjamin Dorrian (1652) beat Ertan John Huseyin (1971), a +319-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Gosford, Australia

Dates

25 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺IMIgor Bjelobrk2397

Avg top 10

2,063

Participants

Titled players · 6

IM×1

CM×4

WCM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇦🇺Australia×51

🇲🇳Mongolia×3

🇻🇳Vietnam×1

🇳🇿New Zealand×1

Top 3

🥇
WCMKhishigbaatar Bayasgalan
🇲🇳MGL·2268
5.0pts·2325perf+12.0
🥈
CMLe Tri Kien
🇻🇳VIE·2260
5.0pts·2260perf+4.4
🥉
IMIgor Bjelobrk
🇦🇺AUS·2397
4.5pts·2200perf-8.5

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Kien5Bayasgalan5Anup Kumar4.5Verma4.5Bjelobrk4.5Gordon4.5

R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

CM Le Tri Kien held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Bayasgalan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Le Tri Kien lost to WCM Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMLe Tri Kien	*	0	—	—
2WCMKhishigbaatar Bayasgalan	1	*	½	1
3Vihaan Anup Kumar	—	½	*	—
4CMRudra Verma	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bayasgalan, KhishigbaatarWCM	2268	MGL	+18B	+4N	=5B	+17N	=3B	+2N	5.0	22.0	25.5	21.00	2325	+12.0
2	Le Tri KienCM	2260	VIE	+33N	+32B	+7N	+19B	+8N	−1B	5.0	19.0	21.5	16.50	2260	+4.4
3	Bjelobrk, IgorIM	2397	AUS	=6B	=15N	+9B	+24N	=1N	+34B	4.5	20.0	22.5	16.00	2200	-8.5
4	Verma, RudraCM	1893	AUS	+38N	−1B	+22N	+13B	+19N	=7B	4.5	19.0	21.0	14.00	2017	+35.2
5	Anup Kumar, Vihaan	1947	AUS	+26N	+53B	=1N	−8B	+36N	+16B	4.5	18.0	19.0	12.50	2035	+26.1
6	Gordon, Ben	1829	AUS	=3N	−51B	+35N	+48B	+52N	+13B	4.5	12.5	13.5	10.25	1969	+17.6
7	Broekhuyse, Paul	1902	AUS	+25B	+23N	−2B	+11N	=37B	=4N	4.0	19.5	22.0	13.50	1904	+1.0
8	Tang, TerrenceCM	2160	AUS	+9N	+45B	F	+5N	−2B	+15N	4.0	19.0	19.0	14.00	2167	+4.2
9	Welch, Ian	1784	AUS	−8B	+11N	−3N	+41B	+29N	+37N	4.0	18.0	20.0	11.50	1905	+13.2
10	Nisha Raj, Taran	1476	AUS	−14N	+41B	+29N	=36B	=32N	+22B	4.0	14.5	16.5	10.50	1765	+60.1
11	Xie, Leo	1536	AUS	+42N	−9B	+49N	−7B	+26N	+53B	4.0	14.0	15.0	7.00	1717	+33.6
12	Jain, Kamal	1707	AUS	−32N	−14B	+55N	+39B	+54N	+28B	4.0	12.0	12.5	6.50	1621	-6.8
13	Cox, Braiden	1706	AUS	+27B	=17N	+24B	−4N	+18B	−6N	3.5	19.0	22.0	11.25	1766	+10.4
14	Daniel, Suria	1683	AUS	+10B	+12N	−17B	−15N	+33B	=19N	3.5	18.5	21.0	12.25	1770	+22.3
15	Walsh, Michael	1701	AUS	=40N	=3B	+28N	+14B	=16N	−8B	3.5	18.5	20.5	11.50	1944	+56.4
16	Liu, Max (qixuan)	1790	AUS	+20B	=25N	=18B	+23N	=15B	−5N	3.5	18.0	21.0	11.50	1697	-21.6
17	Brown, Heath	1944	AUS	+22N	=13B	+14N	−1B	−34N	+40B	3.5	17.5	19.5	10.25	1818	-16.6
18	Duncan, Matthew	1745	AUS	−1N	+40B	=16N	+35B	−13N	+36B	3.5	17.0	19.0	8.75	1736	-8.0
19	Dorrian, Benjamin	1652	AUS	+47N	+39B	+51N	−2N	−4B	=14B	3.5	16.5	17.5	6.25	1812	+35.2
20	Roberts, Oliver	0	AUS	−16N	+42B	+38N	−37N	+27B	=23B	3.5	14.0	16.0	8.50	1616	0.0
21	Peers, Lachlan	0	AUS	+41N	=38B	−45N	−22B	+48N	+32B	3.5	11.5	12.5	6.50	1745	0.0
22	Tankel, Alan	1706	AUS	−17B	+30N	−4B	+21N	+24B	−10N	3.0	18.5	21.5	9.50	1506	-20.4
23	Lynch, Blake	0	AUS	+28N	−7B	+26N	−16B	=40B	=20N	3.0	17.0	19.0	8.75	1739	0.0
24	Church, Alexander	0	AUS	+46N	+33B	−13N	−3B	−22N	+39B	3.0	15.5	17.0	6.00	1709	0.0
25	Murphy, Emmet	1744	AUS	−7N	=16B	+30N	−52B	+35N	=33B	3.0	15.5	16.5	8.50	1744	+0.8
26	Wettstein, Carla	1578	AUS	−5B	+50N	−23B	+46N	−11B	+44N	3.0	15.0	16.0	4.50	1656	+12.8
27	Clark, Neil	0	AUS	−13N	=35B	+46N	=32B	−20N	+54B	3.0	13.5	14.5	5.00	1595	0.0
28	Hemsley, Steven E	1683	AUS	−23B	+43N	−15B	+49N	+50B	−12N	3.0	13.5	14.5	4.00	1518	-13.0
29	Szlicht, Richard	0	AUS	+56B	−34N	−10B	+43N	−9B	+50N	3.0	13.5	13.5	3.00	1434	0.0
30	Ross, Bill	1500	AUS	+52N	−22B	−25B	−33N	+49B	+38N	3.0	11.5	12.5	4.00	1546	+5.2
31	Tuvshintugs Khishigbaatar	1640	MGL	−39N	−46B	−44B	+56N	+42N	+43B	3.0	9.5	9.5	4.00	815	-21.2
32	Christie, Patrick	1870	AUS	+12B	−2N	=34B	=27N	=10B	−21N	2.5	19.5	22.0	8.75	1793	-16.8
33	Watson, Robert A	1799	AUS	−2B	−24N	+43B	+30B	−14N	=25N	2.5	17.5	19.5	6.50	1691	-13.8
34	Sivaraj, Avinav	1727	AUS	−45N	+29B	=32N	F	+17B	−3N	2.5	15.5	16.5	7.75	1869	+19.8
35	Lilburn, Daryl	0	AUS	+49B	=27N	−6B	−18N	−25B	+48N	2.5	15.0	16.0	3.50	973	0.0
36	Zhou, Scott	1650	AUS	−50B	+55B	+39N	=10N	−5B	−18N	2.5	15.0	15.5	4.50	1351	-28.4
37	Russell, PaulCM	1723	AUS	F	F	+48N	+20B	=7N	−9B	2.5	12.5	12.5	6.50	1650	-3.8
38	Dibley, Shane E	1709	AUS	−4B	=21N	−20B	+47N	=44N	−30B	2.0	16.5	18.0	4.25	1526	-19.8
39	Lakshman, Emmanuel	0	AUS	+31B	−19N	−36B	−12N	+46B	−24N	2.0	16.0	17.5	4.50	1469	0.0
40	Tiffen, Rodney E	0	AUS	=15B	−18N	F	+42B	=23N	−17N	2.0	15.5	15.5	5.25	1524	0.0
41	Choijilsuren Khishigbaatar	1556	MGL	−21B	−10N	+56B	−9N	−43B	+49N	2.0	14.5	14.5	1.00	830	-32.8
42	Abuelyamen, Aymen	0	AUS	−11B	−20N	+47B	−40N	−31B	+56B	2.0	14.0	14.0	1.50	1421	0.0
43	White, Donald	0	NZL	+54N	−28B	−33N	−29B	+41N	−31N	2.0	13.5	14.5	3.00	1477	0.0
44	Mahajan, Zariya	1616	AUS	=55N	−48B	+31N	−53N	=38B	−26B	2.0	10.0	10.5	4.25	1545	-16.4
45	Siva Sankaran, Anup Kumar	1884	AUS	+34B	−8N	+21B	F	F	F	2.0	10.0	10.0	6.00	1944	+2.4
46	Gough, Joel	0	AUS	−24B	+31N	−27B	−26B	−39N	=47N	1.5	14.0	15.5	3.75	1559	0.0
47	Daniel, Ariye	1458	AUS	−19B	−49B	−42N	−38B	+56N	=46B	1.5	10.0	10.0	0.75	881	-17.6
48	Lever, Michael	0	AUS	F	+44N	−37B	−6N	−21B	−35B	1.0	15.0	15.0	2.00	1597	0.0
49	Inkin, Tatiana	0	AUS	−35N	+47N	−11B	−28B	−30N	−41B	1.0	14.5	16.0	1.50	1304	0.0
50	Mendis, Chamathsara	1522	AUS	+36N	−26B	F	F	−28N	−29B	1.0	11.5	11.5	2.50	1512	-1.6
51	Huseyin, Ertan John	1971	AUS	F	+6N	−19B	F	F	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	4.50	1741	-22.4
52	Morris, Matthew	0	AUS	−30B	F	F	+25N	−6B	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	3.00	1560	0.0
53	Morgan, Alistair	1612	AUS	F	−5N	F	+44B	F	−11N	1.0	10.5	10.5	2.00	1575	-7.2
54	Mendis, Nelum	0	AUS	−43B	+56N	F	F	−12B	−27N	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	907	0.0
55	Raines, Luke	0	AUS	=44B	−36N	−12B	F	F	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	1.00	1384	0.0
56	Shi, Alex Taiyang	0	AUS	−29N	−54B	−41N	−31B	−47B	−42N	0.0	11.5	12.5	0.00	752	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Nisha Raj, TaranAUS
+60.1
4.0 pts · #8
2Walsh, MichaelAUS
+56.4
3.5 pts · #9
3Verma, RudraCMAUS
+35.2
4.5 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Choijilsuren KhishigbaatarMGL
-32.8
2.0 pts · #53
2Zhou, ScottAUS
-28.4
2.5 pts · #46
3Huseyin, Ertan JohnAUS
-22.4
1.0 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R3+319 Elo gap
Dorrian, Benjamin1652 beat Huseyin, Ertan John1971
R6+230 Elo gap
Nisha Raj, Taran1476 beat Tankel, Alan1706
R5+217 Elo gap
Sivaraj, Avinav1727 beat Brown, Heath1944