2025 Gold Coast Club Championship Rounds 2-5

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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.

Location

🇦🇺Gold Coast, Australia

Dates

01 Aug 2025 → 29 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇰🇬Oleg Kitikov1747

Avg top 10

1,663

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇦🇺Australia×21

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1

Top 3

🥇
Oleg Kitikov
🇰🇬KGZ·1747
3.0pts·2283perf+10.4
🥈
Jonah Awad
🇦🇺AUS·1746
3.0pts·2425perf+52.0
🥉
William Godfrey
🇦🇺AUS
3.0pts·1468perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders

Kitikov3Awad3Godfrey3O`donnell3Murthy2.5Wang2.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 3.0/5. Kitikov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (6.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

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.

Top rating gainers

1Murthy, PradeepAUS
+54.8
2.5 pts · #3
2Awad, JonahAUS
+52.0
3.0 pts · #2
3Wang, RuoshuiAUS
+29.6
2.5 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Tong, JustinAUS
-34.8
1.0 pts · #19
2Goodman, MichaelAUS
-30.0
1.5 pts · #8
3Lawson, MorganAUS
-27.6
1.0 pts · #18

Biggest upsets

R4+179 Elo gap
Wang, Ruoshui1467 beat Lawson, Morgan1646
R4+109 Elo gap
Murthy, Pradeep1483 beat Van Der Byl, Orsen1592