2025 ANU Open Minor

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41 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 25 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2025 in Canberra, Australia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1680, and top seed was Kamal Jain (🇦🇺 AUS, 1755).

Sanat Hegde (🇦🇺 AUS, 1599) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Nicholas Lee (5.0) and Maximilian Windsor (4.5). Hegde shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Jayden Li (1464) beat Thiam Woon Lee (1653), a +189-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

Top seed

🇦🇺Kamal Jain1755

Avg top 10

1,680

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇦🇺Australia×39

🇮🇳India×1

🇧🇹Bhutan×1

Top 3

🥇
Sanat Hegde
🇦🇺AUS·1599
5.0pts·1897perf+76.0
🥈
Nicholas Lee
🇦🇺AUS·1639
5.0pts·1880perf+70.8
🥉
Maximilian Windsor
🇦🇺AUS·1669
4.5pts·1780perf+17.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Lee5Hegde5Windsor4.5Yang4.5Rawat4Hou4

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Hegde takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nicholas Lee drew with Sanat Hegde (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Sanat Hegde 3 wins (R1–R3)Maximilian Windsor 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Nicholas Lee	*	½	1	—
2Sanat Hegde	½	*	½	—
3Maximilian Windsor	0	½	*	—
4Teng Yang	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Hegde, Sanat	1599	AUS	+27B	+6N	+7B	=3B	+5N	=2N	5.0	21.5	23.5	18.75	1897	+76.0
2	Lee, Nicholas	1639	AUS	+32N	+16B	=5N	+15B	+3N	=1B	5.0	19.5	21.5	17.00	1880	+70.8
3	Windsor, Maximilian	1669	AUS	+10B	+9N	+28B	=1N	−2B	+14N	4.5	21.5	23.5	16.00	1780	+17.0
4	Yang, Teng	0	AUS	F	=20N	+10B	+16B	+15N	+6B	4.5	17.0	17.0	15.50	1648	0.0
5	Beare, Nick	1738	AUS	+24B	+12N	=2B	+13N	−1B	=11N	4.0	21.0	23.5	14.00	1719	-2.8
6	Hou, Charles	0	AUS	+41N	−1B	+21N	+17B	+7B	−4N	4.0	19.5	20.0	10.50	1644	0.0
7	Patterson, Mark	1734	AUS	+21N	+17B	−1N	+19B	−6N	+12B	4.0	18.5	21.5	12.50	1809	+8.6
8	Woo, Eric	0	AUS	+30B	−15N	+9B	+20N	−11B	+18N	4.0	17.0	19.0	12.00	1608	0.0
9	Rawat, Dhruv	1532	AUS	+29N	−3B	−8N	+32B	+16N	+25B	4.0	16.0	18.0	9.50	1770	+56.4
10	Mahajan, Zariya	1620	AUS	−3N	+38B	−4N	+29B	+37N	+17B	4.0	15.0	16.0	7.00	1728	+21.6
11	Yendluri, Rithvik Chowdary	1664	AUS	F	+36B	=19N	+28B	+8N	=5B	4.0	14.5	14.5	11.00	1708	+7.2
12	Teymant, Roy	1571	AUS	+40B	−5B	+27N	=18N	+13B	−7N	3.5	16.5	17.5	8.00	1679	+14.8
13	Gillard, Jason	1622	AUS	+31N	=19B	+14N	−5B	−12N	+33B	3.5	16.0	18.0	9.00	1542	-18.4
14	Padma Yonten Gyalpo	1659	BHU	+26B	=18N	−13B	+34N	+23B	−3B	3.5	16.0	18.0	8.50	1658	+0.4
15	Jain, Kamal	1755	AUS	F	+8B	+25N	−2N	−4B	+23N	3.0	18.5	18.5	9.00	1761	+0.2
16	Cunningham, Campbell	1449	AUS	+33B	−2N	+37B	−4N	−9B	+27N	3.0	17.5	18.5	5.00	1553	+11.4
17	Annamalai, Akshay	1464	AUS	+37B	−7N	+22B	−6N	+30B	−10N	3.0	17.0	18.0	6.00	1584	+24.4
18	Chen, Louis	0	AUS	+38N	=14B	=23N	=12B	=25N	−8B	3.0	16.0	17.0	7.00	1625	0.0
19	Zhang, Kyle	1548	AUS	+35B	=13N	=11B	−7N	F	+30N	3.0	15.0	15.0	7.25	1665	+31.6
20	Woollard, Kelvin	1527	AUS	=36N	=4B	+31N	−8B	F	+24N	3.0	14.5	14.5	7.50	2269	+8.4
21	Madoc, James	1662	AUS	−7B	+40N	−6B	+22N	F	+31B	3.0	14.0	14.0	6.00	1585	-7.6
22	Mao, Max	0	AUS	−23N	+41B	−17N	−21B	+29N	+35B	3.0	12.0	12.5	4.00	1535	0.0
23	Lee, Thiam Woon	1653	AUS	+22B	−28N	=18B	+26N	−14N	−15B	2.5	15.0	17.0	7.00	1399	-52.8
24	Selva Muthukumar, Sahasra	1469	AUS	−5N	=29B	+33N	−25B	+39N	−20B	2.5	13.5	14.5	4.00	1269	-34.8
25	Louie, Simon	1617	AUS	F	+39N	−15B	+24N	=18B	−9N	2.5	13.5	13.5	5.00	1463	-12.2
26	Horikawa, Tomoki	1487	AUS	−14N	F	+39B	−23B	=35N	+28N	2.5	10.5	10.5	3.75	1480	-2.8
27	Prabhu, Srihari	1505	AUS	−1N	+30N	−12B	−35B	+32N	−16B	2.0	15.5	17.0	4.00	1374	-42.0
28	Li, Jayden	1464	AUS	+34B	+23B	−3N	−11N	F	−26B	2.0	15.5	15.5	4.50	1523	+14.0
29	Rajiv, Manu Chakravarthy	1482	AUS	−9B	=24N	=41B	−10N	−22B	+38N	2.0	14.5	15.0	2.50	1330	-31.2
30	Mullumby, Keith	1452	AUS	−8N	−27B	+38N	+31B	−17N	−19B	2.0	14.0	15.0	3.00	705	-25.6
31	Luyen, Andy	0	AUS	−13B	+35N	−20B	−30N	+36B	−21N	2.0	13.0	14.5	3.00	1311	0.0
32	Mididuddi, Varshini	1433	AUS	−2B	−37N	+40B	−9N	−27B	+39N	2.0	13.0	14.0	2.00	1289	-34.4
33	Zhang, Kelvin	0	AUS	−16N	F	−24B	+41N	+34B	−13N	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.50	1428	0.0
34	Le Cong, Joshua	1500	AUS	−28N	F	+36B	−14B	−33N	+37B	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.50	1425	-12.0
35	Ankith Arun Aswath	1491	IND	−19N	−31B	F	+27N	=26B	−22N	1.5	12.5	12.5	3.25	1513	+3.6
36	Kong, Alec	0	AUS	=20B	−11N	−34N	−39B	−31N	+41N	1.5	12.0	12.5	2.00	1451	0.0
37	Tian, Eric	1527	AUS	−17N	+32B	−16N	F	−10B	−34N	1.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	1253	-69.6
38	Frew, Avery	0	AUS	−18B	−10N	−30B	−40N	+41B	−29B	1.0	12.0	12.5	0.50	1250	0.0
39	Wang, Jennifer (yuxian)	0	AUS	F	−25B	−26N	+36N	−24B	−32B	1.0	11.0	11.0	1.50	702	0.0
40	Feng, Echo	1435	AUS	−12N	−21B	−32N	+38B	F	F	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.00	755	-41.2
41	Dunn, Paul	1461	AUS	−6B	−22N	=29N	−33B	−38N	−36B	0.5	12.5	13.5	1.00	1482	+0.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hegde, SanatAUS
+76.0
5.0 pts · #6
2Lee, NicholasAUS
+70.8
5.0 pts · #1
3Rawat, DhruvAUS
+56.4
4.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Tian, EricAUS
-69.6
1.0 pts · #32
2Lee, Thiam WoonAUS
-52.8
2.5 pts · #29
3Prabhu, SrihariAUS
-42.0
2.0 pts · #22

Biggest upsets

R2+189 Elo gap
Li, Jayden1464 beat Lee, Thiam Woon1653
R5+139 Elo gap
Hegde, Sanat1599 beat Beare, Nick1738
R3+135 Elo gap
Hegde, Sanat1599 beat Patterson, Mark1734