2025 Gold Coast Club Championship Rounds 2-5
25 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 29 Aug 2025 in Gold Coast, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1663, and top seed was Oleg Kitikov (🇰🇬 KGZ, 1747).
Oleg Kitikov (🇰🇬 KGZ, 1747) won with 3.0/5, ahead of Jonah Awad (3.0) and William Godfrey (3.0). Kitikov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Ruoshui Wang (1467) beat Morgan Lawson (1646), a +179-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 4 players tied at 3.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
4 players finish on 3.0/5. Kitikov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (6.5).
Oleg Kitikov 3 wins (R3–R5)Jonah Awad 3 wins (R3–R5)William Godfrey 3 wins (R3–R5)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kitikov, Oleg | 1747 | KGZ | F | F | +11N | +8N | +6B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 2283 | +10.4 |
| 2 | Awad, Jonah | 1746 | AUS | F | F | +8B | +14N | +9B | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 2425 | +52.0 |
| 3 | Godfrey, William | 0 | AUS | F | −16B | +22N | +25B | +20B | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.00 | 1468 | 0.0 |
| 4 | O`donnell, Joshua | 0 | AUS | F | +?B | −19N | +24B | +16B | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 1554 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Lucas, Peter | 1590 | AUS | F | =15B | −9N | +18N | +21B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.25 | 1671 | +6.6 |
| 6 | Wang, Ruoshui | 1467 | AUS | F | +24B | =17N | +19B | −1N | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1664 | +29.6 |
| 7 | Murthy, Pradeep | 1483 | AUS | F | +20B | =15N | +17B | F | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.25 | 1877 | +54.8 |
| 8 | Chen, Nicholas Yuileng | 1586 | AUS | F | +19B | −2N | −1B | +12N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1567 | +4.8 |
| 9 | Vagg, Adam | 1697 | AUS | F | F | +5B | +10B | −2N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1736 | +2.8 |
| 10 | Credland-Ballantyne, Oscar | 1639 | AUS | F | +23N | =14B | −9N | =15B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1646 | +17.2 |
| 11 | Godfrey, Michael | 1455 | AUS | F | +22B | −1B | −12N | +25N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 953 | -5.6 |
| 12 | Chilekampalli, Hanish Reddy | 0 | AUS | F | +25B | −21N | +11B | −8B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1392 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Huang, Darwin | 0 | AUS | F | =18N | +?B | =23N | F | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1495 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Breeden, Marek | 1645 | AUS | F | +21B | =10N | −2B | −17N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1514 | -14.8 |
| 15 | Goodman, Michael | 1741 | AUS | F | =5N | =7B | F | =10N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1555 | -30.0 |
| 16 | Tong, Max | 0 | AUS | F | +3N | =23B | F | −4N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1495 | +2.0 |
| 17 | Van Der Byl, Orsen | 1592 | AUS | F | F | =6B | −7N | +14B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 1540 | -4.4 |
| 18 | Cerfonteyn, Lyndon | 0 | AUS | F | =13B | +24N | −5B | F | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 790 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Lawson, Morgan | 1646 | AUS | F | −8N | +4B | −6N | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 701 | -27.6 |
| 20 | Yang, Louis | 1481 | AUS | F | −7N | F | +22B | −3N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 708 | -18.0 |
| 21 | Tong, Justin | 1556 | AUS | F | −14N | +12B | F | −5N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 818 | -34.8 |
| 22 | FIDE 3294765 | 0 | — | F | −11N | −3B | −20N | +24N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 662 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Beardmore, Steve | 1495 | AUS | F | −10B | =16N | =13B | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1322 | -18.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 3288790 | 0 | — | F | −6N | −18B | −4N | −22B | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 667 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 3294781 | 0 | — | F | −12N | F | −3N | −11B | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 649 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Murthy, PradeepAUS+54.82.5 pts · #3
- 2Awad, JonahAUS+52.03.0 pts · #2
- 3Wang, RuoshuiAUS+29.62.5 pts · #7
- 1Tong, JustinAUS-34.81.0 pts · #19
- 2Goodman, MichaelAUS-30.01.5 pts · #8
- 3Lawson, MorganAUS-27.61.0 pts · #18
- R4+179 Elo gap
- R4+109 Elo gap