2025 Kingston Open Rounds 3-7
Open SwissStandard
29 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 Jul 2025 to 28 Aug 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. Top 10 Elo average was 1665, and top seed was Leon Leontyev (🇦🇺 AUS, 1830).
Tim Anderson (🇦🇺 AUS, 1799) won with 4.5/7, ahead of James Hill (4.0) and Yestay Kurmanov (3.5). Anderson won solo starting round 5.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
31 Jul 2025 → 28 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×21
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTim Anderson led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
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R5–R7 · LEAD HELD
Tim Anderson held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Tim Anderson drew with James Hill (Black).
R3–R5 · WIN STREAK
Tim Anderson won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tim Anderson | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2James Hill | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Yestay Kurmanov | — | — | * | — |
| 4FIDE 3294579 | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anderson, Tim | 1799 | AUS | F | F | +17N | +7B | +21N | =2N | +5B | 4.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 11.50 | 1959 | +21.6 |
| 2 | Hill, James | 1734 | AUS | F | F | +5N | =21B | +8N | =1B | +15B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 11.00 | 1946 | +22.0 |
| 3 | Kurmanov, Yestay | 1613 | AUS | F | F | =22B | +6N | +14B | −5B | +9N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 8.75 | 1760 | +19.6 |
| 4 | FIDE 3294579 | 0 | — | F | F | +?B | =?N | +?B | −7N | +6B | 3.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1565 | 0.0 |
| 5 | See, Daniel | 0 | AUS | F | F | −2B | +19N | +22B | +3N | −1N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 7.00 | 1669 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Reardon, Rhys | 1470 | AUS | F | F | +26N | −3B | +10N | +12B | −4N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 815 | -12.4 |
| 7 | FitzRoy, Herschel | 1660 | AUS | F | F | +14B | −1N | F | +4B | +22N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 7.00 | 1722 | +10.4 |
| 8 | Leontyev, Leon | 1830 | AUS | F | F | +15N | F | −2B | +21B | +19N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.50 | 1831 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Le, Richard Minh | 0 | AUS | F | F | +11N | −15B | +25N | +?B | −3B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 867 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Beecroft, Monty | 0 | AUS | F | F | −?B | +?N | −6B | +?N | +23B | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 670 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 3294587 | 0 | — | F | F | −9B | =13N | +27B | −14N | +24B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.75 | 1488 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 3268926 | 0 | — | F | F | =25N | F | +23B | −6N | +26B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 670 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 3268977 | 0 | — | F | F | +?N | =11B | −18N | −?B | +?N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 674 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Staines, Sebastian | 1461 | AUS | F | F | −7N | +18B | −3N | +11B | F | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.50 | 1458 | -1.2 |
| 15 | Kemelfield, Harley | 1719 | AUS | F | F | −8B | +9N | F | +16B | −2N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1575 | -22.8 |
| 16 | Geyman, Liam | 1535 | AUS | F | F | −21N | +25B | F | −15N | +17N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 892 | -23.6 |
| 17 | Kitonga, Jack | 0 | AUS | F | F | −1B | +?N | F | +?N | −16B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 868 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1475 | AUS | F | F | +23B | −14N | +13B | F | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 663 | -20.8 |
| 19 | FIDE 3268829 | 0 | — | F | F | +?N | −5B | +?N | F | −8B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1030 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Li, Nigel | 1571 | AUS | F | F | +27B | −22N | =24B | =23N | F | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 1521 | -5.6 |
| 21 | Fu, Ken | 1665 | AUS | F | F | +16B | =2N | −1B | −8N | F | 1.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 1638 | -3.4 |
| 22 | Mi, Sura | 1521 | AUS | F | F | =3N | +20B | −5N | F | −7B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.75 | 1616 | +14.4 |
| 23 | Arora, Daanish | 0 | AUS | F | F | −18N | +26B | −12N | =20B | −10N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 1330 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 3268942 | 0 | — | F | F | −?N | −?B | =20N | +25B | −11N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1572 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Bhatia, Sannah | 0 | AUS | F | F | =12B | −16N | −9B | −24N | =?B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.25 | 736 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 3268837 | 0 | — | F | F | −6B | −23N | +?B | F | −12N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 670 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Calvez, Gael | 1513 | AUS | F | F | −20N | +28B | −11N | F | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 772 | -16.8 |
| 28 | Mussared, Jeff | 0 | AUS | F | F | +?N | −27N | −?B | F | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 713 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 3294617 | 0 | — | F | F | −?N | −?B | F | −?N | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 854 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Hill, JamesAUS+22.04.0 pts · #1
- 2Anderson, TimAUS+21.64.5 pts · #3
- 3Kurmanov, YestayAUS+19.63.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Geyman, LiamAUS-23.62.0 pts · #18
- 2Kemelfield, HarleyAUS-22.82.0 pts · #13
- 3Ramprasad, NachiketAUS-20.82.0 pts · #23