2025 ANU Open

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40 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 25 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2025 in Canberra, Australia. 11 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2146, and top seed was Rishi Sardana (🇦🇺 AUS, IM, 2461).

Nomon Vos (🇦🇺 AUS, 1768) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Harry Press (4.5) and Junta Ikeda (4.5).

The biggest upset came in round 6: Nomon Vos (1768) beat Hui Li (CM, 2065), a +297-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Canberra, Australia

Dates

25 Jul 2025 → 27 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Avg top 10

2,146

Participants

Titled players · 11

GM×1

IM×1

FM×3

CM×4

WFM×2

Federations · 4 represented

🇦🇺Australia×36

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇳🇬Nigeria×1

🇲🇴Macau China×1

Top 3

🥇
Nomon Vos
🇦🇺AUS·1768
4.5pts·2120perf+104.8
🥈
Harry Press
🇦🇺AUS·2148
4.5pts·2389perf+24.8
🥉
IMJunta Ikeda
🇦🇺AUS·2351
4.5pts·2442perf+4.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 3 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Ikeda4.5Press4.5Vos4.5Kethro4Tang4Jiang4

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.5/6. Vos takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Junta Ikeda 3 wins (R1–R3)Harry Press 4 wins (R1–R4)Nomon Vos 3 wins (R4–R6)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Vos, Nomon	1768	AUS	−4B	+40N	=5B	+13N	+9N	+16B	4.5	18.0	18.0	12.00	2120	+104.8
2	Press, Harry	2148	AUS	+19B	+5N	+23B	+12N	−?B	=15N	4.5	16.5	16.5	14.75	2389	+24.8
3	Ikeda, JuntaIM	2351	AUS	+38B	+13N	+4B	−?N	=7N	+8B	4.5	16.0	16.0	14.00	2442	+4.8
4	Tang, TerrenceCM	2161	AUS	+1N	+20B	−3N	=8B	=16N	+21B	4.0	18.5	21.5	13.75	2129	-2.4
5	Jiang, Benjamin Wise	1961	AUS	+35N	−2B	=1N	+24B	+31N	=6B	4.0	17.5	19.0	10.25	1983	+10.0
6	Kethro, MichaelFM	2099	AUS	+17B	+11N	−?B	=23N	+10B	=5N	4.0	16.5	16.5	13.25	2135	+4.2
7	Stopa, JacekGM	2328	POL	F	+34N	+29B	+10N	=3B	=?N	4.0	11.5	11.5	9.25	2370	+2.7
8	Horikawa, Masaki	1986	AUS	+37B	−23N	+17B	=4N	+12B	−3N	3.5	17.5	19.0	10.00	2067	+28.4
9	Gatzen-O`keefe, Thomas	1842	AUS	+40B	=12N	=10B	=11N	−1B	+25N	3.5	17.5	17.5	7.75	1890	+7.4
10	Chibnall, AlanaWFM	1835	AUS	+28N	+14B	=9N	−7B	−6N	+33B	3.5	17.0	19.0	9.25	1971	+20.2
11	Fasakin, Oladoyin	1880	NGR	+22N	−6B	+30N	=9B	=21N	=18B	3.5	16.5	18.5	9.75	1933	+9.2
12	Litchfield, FrederickFM	2160	AUS	+27N	=9B	+18N	−2B	−8N	+29B	3.5	16.5	18.5	8.75	1973	-24.2
13	Verma, RudraCM	1863	AUS	+26N	−3B	=27N	−1B	+24N	+31B	3.5	16.0	18.0	8.00	1901	+8.8
14	Vincent, AlainaWFM	1969	AUS	+25B	−10N	−16B	+28N	+17B	=20N	3.5	15.0	17.0	9.00	1874	-11.8
15	Nguyen, Vu Ky AnhFM	2192	AUS	F	F	+28N	+27B	+18N	=2B	3.5	11.5	11.5	9.25	2260	+12.0
16	Li, HuiCM	2065	MAC	+24N	=18B	+14N	F	=4B	−1N	3.0	17.5	17.5	9.50	1977	-8.8
17	McClusky, Patrick	1834	AUS	−6N	+22B	−8N	+26B	−14N	+27B	3.0	16.5	18.5	7.50	1890	+16.4
18	Siva Sankaran, Anup Kumar	1916	AUS	+32B	=16N	−12B	+29N	−15B	=11N	3.0	15.5	17.5	7.25	1943	+4.0
19	Eleutherios, Thomas	1839	AUS	−2N	+35B	=20N	−21B	=22N	+30B	3.0	15.5	17.0	6.50	1854	+2.4
20	Ho, Lachlan	1881	AUS	+31B	−4N	=19B	F	+30N	=14B	3.0	14.5	14.5	7.25	1959	+10.0
21	Anup Kumar, Vihaan	1970	AUS	+36B	−?N	=34B	+19N	=11B	−4N	3.0	13.5	13.5	7.00	1958	-1.5
22	Cheng, Jerry	1690	AUS	−11B	−17N	=36B	+39N	=19B	+34N	3.0	12.5	12.5	3.75	1754	+22.0
23	Liaw, RyanCM	1964	AUS	+30N	+8B	−2N	=6B	F	F	2.5	14.0	14.0	7.50	2088	+26.8
24	Radisich, Matt	1712	AUS	−16B	=32N	+39B	−5N	−13B	+35N	2.5	14.0	14.0	2.50	1715	-1.8
25	Tankel, Alan	1687	AUS	−14N	−28B	+35N	+33B	=27N	−9B	2.5	13.0	14.5	4.50	1724	+4.6
26	Shuttleworth, Douglas	1759	AUS	−13B	=38N	+32B	−17N	+34B	F	2.5	11.0	11.0	4.00	1780	+3.4
27	Pearce, Tim	1827	AUS	−12B	+36N	=13B	−15N	=25B	−17N	2.0	16.0	17.5	4.50	1791	-10.8
28	Jago, Stephen	1601	AUS	−10B	+25N	−15B	−14B	−33N	+39N	2.0	15.0	15.0	2.50	1650	+3.4
29	Vujasin, Nikola	1736	AUS	F	+33B	−7N	−18B	+37N	−12N	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.50	1826	+7.2
30	Cheng, Larry	1739	AUS	−23B	+37N	−11B	+38N	−20B	−19N	2.0	13.5	14.5	2.50	1694	-14.8
31	Macmullin, Owen	1725	AUS	−20N	F	+38B	+34N	−5B	−13N	2.0	13.0	13.0	2.50	1785	+14.8
32	Walijewski, Lukasz Marcin	1625	POL	−18N	=24B	−26N	−35B	+39B	=37N	2.0	11.0	11.0	2.00	1553	-12.2
33	Clegg, Julius	1738	AUS	−?B	−29N	+40B	−25N	+28B	−10N	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1633	-28.4
34	Vos, Somon	1791	AUS	+39N	−7B	=21N	−31B	−26N	−22B	1.5	14.5	14.5	1.50	1599	-61.2
35	Fasakin, Olamide	1698	AUS	−5B	−19N	−25B	+32N	=36B	−24B	1.5	14.0	15.5	2.75	1571	-40.0
36	Fasakin, Olaoluwa	1760	AUS	−21N	−27B	=22N	−37B	=35N	=38B	1.5	11.0	12.0	2.75	1565	-61.2
37	Li, Ethan	1565	AUS	−8N	−30B	F	+36N	−29B	=32B	1.5	11.0	11.0	2.50	1616	+8.0
38	Lim, Jongmin	1785	AUS	−3N	=26B	−31N	−30B	F	=36N	1.0	12.5	12.5	2.00	1593	-25.8
39	Nisha Raj, Taran	1419	AUS	−34B	F	−24N	−22B	−32N	−28B	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	884	-36.4
40	Yu, Leiming	1671	AUS	−9N	−1B	−33N	F	F	F	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	983	-21.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Vos, NomonAUS
+104.8
4.5 pts · #3
2Horikawa, MasakiAUS
+28.4
3.5 pts · #12
3Liaw, RyanCMAUS
+26.8
2.5 pts · #23

Top rating losers

1Fasakin, OlaoluwaAUS
-61.2
1.5 pts · #34
2Vos, SomonAUS
-61.2
1.5 pts · #35
3Fasakin, OlamideAUS
-40.0
1.5 pts · #36

Biggest upsets

R6+297 Elo gap
Vos, Nomon1768 beat CMLi, Hui2065
R4+195 Elo gap
Li, Ethan1565 beat Fasakin, Olaoluwa1760
R5+174 Elo gap
Horikawa, Masaki1986 beat FMLitchfield, Frederick2160