2025 SSCC David Ellis Cup Rounds 5-7
Open SwissStandard
12 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Sept 2025 to 16 Sept 2025 in Perth, Australia. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 0.
Hui Lam Teh (🇲🇾 MAS, 0) won with 3.0/7, ahead of David King (3.0) and Cecil Gwezere (1.5). Teh shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇦🇺Perth, Australia
Dates
02 Sept 2025 → 16 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
12
Federations · 4 represented
🇦🇺Australia×8
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
🇬🇭Ghana×1
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
Top 3
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- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 3.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 14 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
14
14
14
14
5
2
2
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 3.0/7. Teh takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.5).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Hui Lam Teh 3 wins (R5–R7)David King 3 wins (R5–R7)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hui Lam Teh | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2David King | — | * | — | — |
| 3Arvind Elamparithi | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Cecil Gwezere | 0 | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teh, Hui Lam | 0 | MAS | F | F | F | F | +3B | +9N | +5B | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 2605 | +22.6 |
| 2 | King, David | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +5B | +6N | +8N | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2477 | +14.6 |
| 3 | Gwezere, Cecil | 0 | ZIM | F | F | F | F | −1N | =4B | +10N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1596 | -8.6 |
| 4 | Elamparithi, Arvind | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +8B | =3N | F | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1897 | +22.4 |
| 5 | Soutar, Gavin | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −2N | +7B | −1N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1086 | -12.8 |
| 6 | De Heer, Alex | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +12N | −2B | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1788 | +8.0 |
| 7 | Mutsengi, Julius | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +11B | −5N | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 954 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Van Burgel, Bradley | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −4N | F | −2B | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 980 | -13.2 |
| 9 | Ellis, David | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1095 | -10.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 3295370 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 963 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Jayasinghe, Attiligoda | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −7N | F | −?N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 917 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Kingsley Kofi Ketor | 0 | GHA | F | F | F | F | −6B | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 831 | -23.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Teh, Hui LamMAS+22.63.0 pts · #1
- 2Elamparithi, ArvindAUS+22.41.5 pts · #3
- 3King, DavidAUS+14.63.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Kingsley Kofi KetorGHA-23.60.0 pts · #8
- 2Van Burgel, BradleyAUS-13.20.0 pts · #7
- 3Soutar, GavinAUS-12.81.0 pts · #11