2025 Gold Coast Club Championship Rounds 6-7
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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 05 Sept 2025 to 12 Sept 2025 in Gold Coast, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1644, and top seed was Oleg Kitikov (🇰🇬 KGZ, 1747).
Adam Vagg (🇦🇺 AUS, 1697) won with 2.0/7, ahead of Louis Yang (2.0) and Oscar Credland-Ballantyne (2.0). Vagg shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Oscar Credland-Ballantyne (1639) beat Oleg Kitikov (1747), a +108-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Gold Coast, Australia
Dates
05 Sept 2025 → 12 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×19
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 4 players tied at 2.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 26 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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26
26
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26
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4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 2.0/7. Vagg takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (1.5).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vagg, Adam | 1697 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +15B | +9N | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2351 | +12.2 |
| 2 | Yang, Louis | 1481 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +19N | +10B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2243 | +19.2 |
| 3 | Credland-Ballantyne, Oscar | 1639 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +20N | +18B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2430 | +44.4 |
| 4 | Huang, Darwin | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | +?B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1649 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Lawson, Morgan | 1646 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | =16B | +12N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 1477 | -3.8 |
| 6 | Awad, Jonah | 1746 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +18N | =7B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1933 | +21.2 |
| 7 | Goodman, Michael | 1741 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +21B | =6N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1729 | +0.8 |
| 8 | Tong, Justin | 1556 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +22B | =15N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1563 | +1.6 |
| 9 | Chen, Nicholas Yuileng | 1586 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +11B | −1B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1649 | +11.6 |
| 10 | Brown, Craig | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | −2N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 656 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Lucas, Peter | 1590 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −9N | +17B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 739 | -11.6 |
| 12 | Chilekampalli, Hanish Reddy | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | −5B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1541 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 3294781 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | +14N | −?B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 830 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 3294765 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | −13B | +?B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1484 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Murthy, Pradeep | 1483 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | =8B | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1424 | -14.4 |
| 16 | Beardmore, Steve | 1495 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | =5N | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1618 | +7.6 |
| 17 | O`donnell, Joshua | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | =?N | −11N | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1400 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Kitikov, Oleg | 1747 | KGZ | F | F | F | F | F | −6B | −3N | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 857 | -25.6 |
| 19 | Godfrey, Michael | 1455 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 656 | -19.2 |
| 20 | Wang, Ruoshui | 1467 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 784 | -15.2 |
| 21 | Godfrey, William | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −7N | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 917 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Cerfonteyn, Lyndon | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −8N | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 734 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Credland-Ballantyne, OscarAUS+44.42.0 pts · #1
- 2Awad, JonahAUS+21.21.5 pts · #4
- 3Yang, LouisAUS+19.22.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Kitikov, OlegKGZ-25.60.0 pts · #20
- 2Godfrey, MichaelAUS-19.20.0 pts · #16
- 3Wang, RuoshuiAUS-15.20.0 pts · #17
Biggest upsets
- R7+108 Elo gap