2025 North Shore Spring Tournament 2-5
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54 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Oct 2025 to 22 Oct 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1867, and top seed was William Rui Liu (🇳🇿 NZL, CM, 2063).
Junqing Jerome Tao (🇳🇿 NZL, 1887) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Patrick Di Jiang (3.5) and Justin Zhide Wang (3.5). Tao broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Gordon Schrader (1413) beat Tilden Wang (1575), a +162-point gap.
Location
🇳🇿Auckland, New Zealand
Dates
01 Oct 2025 → 22 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 3
CM×3
Federations · 4 represented
🇳🇿New Zealand×49
🇮🇳India×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇻🇳Vietnam×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsJunqing Jerome Tao led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
57
16
7
2
1
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD
Junqing Jerome Tao held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.
R2–R5 · WIN STREAK
Junqing Jerome Tao won 4 in a row (R2–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Junqing Jerome Tao | * | — | — | — |
| 2Patrick Di Jiang | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3CMJustin Zhide Wang | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Elena Moshakova | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tao, Junqing Jerome | 1887 | NZL | F | +25N | +35B | +10N | +5B | 4.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 2465 | +43.6 |
| 2 | Jiang, Patrick Di | 1809 | NZL | F | +17N | +31B | =3N | +10B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.75 | 2002 | +36.8 |
| 3 | Wang, Justin ZhideCM | 2034 | NZL | F | +32B | +33N | =2B | +11N | 3.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.75 | 2037 | +4.4 |
| 4 | Moshakova, Elena | 1532 | RUS | F | +51B | =6N | +52B | +15N | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.50 | 1788 | +13.6 |
| 5 | Krstev, Antonio | 1881 | NZL | F | +13N | +24B | +14N | −1N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.50 | 1841 | -2.0 |
| 6 | Zhang, Lucas | 1461 | NZL | F | +53N | =4B | +33N | =28B | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.50 | 1788 | +59.2 |
| 7 | Liu, William RuiCM | 2063 | NZL | F | F | +27B | +31N | +24B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2516 | +6.4 |
| 8 | Soriano, Dante | 1612 | NZL | F | −26B | +51N | +32B | +34N | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.00 | 1660 | +5.0 |
| 9 | Sun, Oliver | 1766 | NZL | F | +39N | F | +12B | =16N | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.00 | 1845 | +14.4 |
| 10 | Ambrocio, Jesus III | 1644 | NZL | F | +45B | +12N | −1B | −2N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1718 | +13.2 |
| 11 | Gunn, Neil J | 1795 | NZL | F | −24N | +13B | +18N | −3B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1776 | +0.8 |
| 12 | Korolev, Aleksei | 1536 | NZL | F | +38N | −10B | −9N | +25B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1644 | -2.0 |
| 13 | Saxena, Aryan | 1505 | NZL | F | −5B | −11N | +40B | +35N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1708 | +32.4 |
| 14 | Ha, Timothy Huy Minh | 1775 | NZL | F | +36B | +16N | −5B | F | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1733 | -1.2 |
| 15 | Maldeni, Raveen Lakmewan | 1684 | NZL | F | F | +37B | +29N | −4B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1470 | -21.6 |
| 16 | Korolev, Maksim | 1612 | NZL | F | +52N | −14B | =28N | =9B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1602 | +3.2 |
| 17 | Gu, Isaac | 1551 | NZL | F | −2B | +54N | F | +20B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1727 | +18.0 |
| 18 | Schrader, Gordon | 1413 | NZL | F | +48B | +45N | −11B | −21N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1644 | +22.4 |
| 19 | Yang, Charlie | 1542 | NZL | F | F | =30B | +27N | =45B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 1716 | +28.4 |
| 20 | Park, Nigel | 1694 | NZL | F | F | +50B | +26B | −17N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 1629 | -5.2 |
| 21 | Truong, Minh Nhat (sunny) | 1668 | NZL | F | F | F | +37N | +18B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2211 | +14.8 |
| 22 | Chen, Rex Xiaoyu | 1656 | NZL | F | F | F | +50N | +31B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2243 | +18.4 |
| 23 | Lin, Sam | 1529 | NZL | F | F | F | +46N | +47B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2420 | +51.2 |
| 24 | Yehia, Ahmed Hassan | 0 | NZL | F | +11B | −5N | =34B | −7N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 1752 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Holland, David | 1566 | NZL | F | −1B | =36N | +49B | −12N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1579 | +0.4 |
| 26 | Wang, Cyrus | 1527 | NZL | F | +8N | −38B | −20N | =46B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.25 | 1545 | +3.6 |
| 27 | Patros, Panos | 1546 | NZL | F | =29B | −7N | −19B | +50N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 1513 | -8.8 |
| 28 | Johns, Daniel P | 1682 | NZL | F | F | =34N | =16B | =6N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1549 | -11.0 |
| 29 | Heard, Billy | 0 | NZL | F | =27N | +46B | −15B | F | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 1625 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Kirschbaum, Frank | 0 | NZL | F | F | =19N | +53B | F | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1750 | +8.8 |
| 31 | Hu, Nolan | 1442 | NZL | F | +47B | −2N | −7B | −22N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.50 | 1528 | +10.0 |
| 32 | Ayaan Bhatia | 1491 | IND | F | −3N | −41B | −8N | +43B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1012 | -22.4 |
| 33 | Price, Robert | 1596 | NZL | F | F | −3B | −6B | +36N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 950 | -28.0 |
| 34 | Pakenham, John | 1560 | NZL | F | F | =28B | =24N | −8B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 1449 | -5.6 |
| 35 | Vu Gia Hung | 1619 | VIE | F | +50N | −1N | F | −13B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1484 | -13.2 |
| 36 | Shepherd, Dylan | 0 | NZL | F | −14N | =25B | =47N | −33B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1433 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Wang, Tairan (george) | 1424 | NZL | F | F | −15N | −21B | +44N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 875 | -14.4 |
| 38 | Sussex, Taylor | 1614 | NZL | F | −12B | +26N | F | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 1588 | -1.6 |
| 39 | Tanniru, Krishna Sowrya Chowd | 1491 | NZL | F | −9B | −40N | F | +54B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 866 | -21.2 |
| 40 | Kirschbaum, Asher | 1591 | NZL | F | F | +39B | −13N | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1510 | -9.6 |
| 41 | Somaraju, Sai Vivan KarthikeyaCM | 1969 | NZL | F | F | +32N | F | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2369 | +3.2 |
| 42 | Song, Quinn | 1626 | NZL | F | F | =48N | F | =49B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1572 | -1.6 |
| 43 | Zeng, Lucky | 0 | NZL | F | F | F | +?B | −32N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1553 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Wang, Mitchell Xin-Wen | 0 | NZL | F | F | F | +?N | −37B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 613 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Wang, Tilden | 1575 | NZL | F | −10N | −18B | F | =19N | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1261 | -46.4 |
| 46 | Chen, Ryan Yueyan | 1656 | NZL | F | F | −29N | −23B | =26N | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.75 | 1329 | -34.0 |
| 47 | Gu, Claire Yuqi | 1596 | NZL | F | −31N | F | =36B | −23N | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 685 | -51.6 |
| 48 | Rehansi, D P Sayuni Vonara | 1539 | NZL | F | −18N | =42B | F | F | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1305 | -24.0 |
| 49 | Zeng, Laker | 1610 | NZL | F | F | F | −25N | =42N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1384 | -23.6 |
| 50 | Li, Fiona Chenxi | 0 | NZL | F | −35B | −20N | −22B | −27B | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 803 | -45.2 |
| 51 | FIDE 4331915 | 0 | — | F | −4N | −8B | F | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 761 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Gu, Marcus Zhenbo | 0 | NZL | F | −16B | F | −4N | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 755 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Wang, Leon | 1573 | NZL | F | −6B | F | −30N | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 782 | -38.8 |
| 54 | FIDE 4331494 | 0 | — | F | F | −17B | F | −39N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 717 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zhang, LucasNZL+59.23.0 pts · #4
- 2Lin, SamNZL+51.22.0 pts · #17
- 3Tao, Junqing JeromeNZL+43.64.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Gu, Claire YuqiNZL-51.60.5 pts · #50
- 2Wang, TildenNZL-46.40.5 pts · #41
- 3Li, Fiona ChenxiNZL-45.20.0 pts · #48
Biggest upsets
- R3+162 Elo gap
- R2+154 Elo gap
- R5+152 Elo gap