2025 Byron Capital Darling Downs Open - Premier Division

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32 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Oct 2025 to 06 Oct 2025 in Toowoomba, Australia. 22 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2384, and top seed was Lucas Van Foreest (🇳🇱 NED, GM, 2525).

Mihajlo Radovanovic (🇷🇸 SRB, IM, 2422) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Anish Vivekananthan (6.5) and Rishi Sardana (6.0). Radovanovic won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Jeeva Praveen (1915) beat Dusan Stojic (FM, 2201), a +286-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Toowoomba, Australia

Dates

02 Oct 2025 → 06 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇳🇱GMLucas Van Foreest2525

Avg top 10

2,384

Participants

Titled players · 22

GM×3

IM×5

FM×7

CM×6

WFM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇦🇺Australia×28

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

🇺🇸United States of America×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

Top 3

🥇
IMMihajlo Radovanovic
🇷🇸SRB·2422
8.0pts·2658perf+22.5
🥈
IMAnish Vivekananthan
🇺🇸USA·2410
6.5pts·2394perf+1.6
🥉
IMRishi Sardana
🇦🇺AUS·2461
6.0pts·2424perf-2.3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Mihajlo Radovanovic led from R6; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Radovanovic8Vivekananthan6.5Van Foreest6Stopa6Sardana6Morris5.5

R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Mihajlo Radovanovic never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Mihajlo Radovanovic beat IM Anish Vivekananthan (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Mihajlo Radovanovic 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R6–R8)IM Anish Vivekananthan 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMMihajlo Radovanovic	*	1	—	1
2IMAnish Vivekananthan	0	*	—	—
3GMLucas Van Foreest	—	—	*	—
4GMJacek Stopa	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Radovanovic, MihajloIM	2422	SRB	+18N	+10B	+7N	+2B	=6N	+3B	+4N	+8B	=9N	8.0	45.5	49.5	44.00	2658	+22.5
2	Vivekananthan, AnishIM	2410	USA	+28N	+12B	−3B	−1N	+14B	+17N	+6N	=13B	+11N	6.5	43.5	46.0	29.50	2394	+1.6
3	Sardana, RishiIM	2461	AUS	+15N	+19B	+2N	−6B	=8N	−1N	+16B	=4B	+13N	6.0	45.5	49.5	30.25	2424	-2.3
4	Stopa, JacekGM	2335	POL	=30B	+24N	=8N	=10B	+15N	+6B	−1B	=3N	+12N	6.0	42.5	44.5	27.25	2357	+4.9
5	Van Foreest, LucasGM	2525	NED	+11B	−17N	=13N	+12B	=10N	=7B	=9N	+16B	+6N	6.0	41.0	45.0	30.50	2348	-15.9
6	Morris, JamesIM	2416	AUS	+27B	+9N	+17B	+3N	=1B	−4N	−2B	+7N	−5B	5.5	47.5	50.5	28.00	2401	0.0
7	Liu, YiFM	2297	AUS	+22N	+16B	−1B	=11N	+18B	=5N	=8N	−6B	+15N	5.5	43.0	46.5	24.75	2299	+4.8
8	Zhao, Zong-YuanGM	2454	AUS	=24B	+20N	=4B	=17N	=3B	+10N	=7B	−1N	+19B	5.5	42.5	45.5	25.25	2329	-11.6
9	Rodgers, JackFM	2183	AUS	+29N	−6B	=15N	=22B	=11B	+18N	=5B	+19N	=1B	5.5	40.5	43.0	24.00	2247	+15.0
10	Zhu, Harvey (Hanchen)	2184	AUS	+25B	−1N	+14B	=4N	=5B	−8B	+20N	−11B	+17N	5.0	43.5	46.5	22.00	2235	+24.0
11	Leong, BenjaminCM	2057	AUS	−5N	+23B	+19N	=7B	=9N	−13B	+17B	+10N	−2B	5.0	41.5	45.0	22.00	2284	+99.2
12	Ooi, JaydenFM	2162	AUS	+14B	−2N	=20B	−5N	+30B	+22N	=19B	+21N	−4B	5.0	39.0	41.0	18.50	2192	+13.2
13	Chakrabarty, ReyaanshFM	2279	AUS	=26B	+30N	=5B	=18N	=17B	+11N	=21B	=2N	−3B	5.0	38.5	40.5	20.75	2239	-6.4
14	Peach, Ben	1877	AUS	−12N	+28B	−10N	+26B	−2N	+27B	−15N	+18B	+20N	5.0	35.0	37.5	16.50	2093	+47.8
15	Lane, RyanCM	2045	AUS	−3B	+32N	=9B	+20N	−4B	−19N	+14B	+23N	−7B	4.5	39.5	39.5	15.25	2120	+14.2
16	Melamed, DanielFM	2116	AUS	+31N	−7N	=21B	=28B	=22N	+23B	−3N	−5N	+24B	4.5	34.0	34.5	12.00	2126	-0.2
17	Hu, YifeiFM	2240	AUS	+23N	+5B	−6N	=8B	=13N	−2B	−11N	+22B	−10B	4.0	42.0	45.5	18.25	2200	-17.2
18	Shen, ZhiyuanWFM	2000	AUS	−1B	+25N	+24B	=13B	−7N	−9B	=30N	−14N	+28B	4.0	37.5	39.5	12.00	2050	+8.0
19	Solomon, Stephen JIM	2197	AUS	+32N	−3N	−11B	=29B	+28N	+15B	=12N	−9B	−8N	4.0	36.5	36.5	10.75	2082	-13.2
20	Praveen, Jeeva	1915	AUS	+21N	−8B	=12N	−15B	=27N	+25B	−10B	+24N	−14B	4.0	35.0	38.0	14.00	2034	+50.0
21	Stojic, DusanFM	2201	AUS	−20B	+26N	=16N	+27B	F	F	=13N	−12B	+25N	4.0	27.5	27.5	13.75	2093	-16.8
22	Jain, Shaurya	1940	AUS	−7B	=31N	+26B	=9N	=16B	−12B	=24N	−17N	=29B	3.5	33.0	33.5	11.00	1995	+17.6
23	Retnaraja, Ethan	1919	AUS	−17B	−11N	+25B	=30N	+24B	−16N	+28N	−15B	−26N	3.5	29.5	31.5	9.50	1941	+6.0
24	Yelkhovsky, Daniil	2005	AUS	=8N	−4B	−18N	+32B	−23N	+26N	=22B	−20B	−16N	3.0	34.0	34.0	7.50	1927	-44.8
25	Chen, Dean	1908	AUS	−10N	−18B	−23N	F	+29B	−20N	+27N	+30B	−21B	3.0	28.0	28.0	7.50	1921	0.0
26	Wang, Lachlan	1926	AUS	=13N	−21B	−22N	−14N	F	−24B	+32N	=29B	+23B	3.0	27.0	27.0	7.25	1918	-11.2
27	Ni, LucasCM	1997	AUS	−6N	=29B	F	−21N	=20B	−14N	−25B	+32B	+30N	3.0	26.5	26.5	5.25	1920	-41.2
28	Stalker, Ian	1946	AUS	−2B	−14N	+32B	=16N	−19B	+29N	−23B	F	−18N	2.5	30.0	30.0	4.75	1893	-14.2
29	Davis, Tony JCM	1903	AUS	−9B	=27N	=30B	=19N	−25N	−28B	F	=26N	=22N	2.5	26.5	26.5	7.75	1864	-9.6
30	Li, Ian	1943	AUS	=4N	−13B	=29N	=23B	−12N	F	=18B	−25N	−27B	2.0	32.0	32.0	8.00	1870	-35.6
31	Chen, AustinCM	1846	AUS	−16B	=22B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	14.0	14.0	1.75	1835	-1.6
32	Beaumont, DavidCM	1914	AUS	−19B	−15B	−28N	−24N	F	F	−26B	−27N	F	0.0	20.0	20.0	0.00	1219	-43.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Leong, BenjaminCMAUS
+99.2
5.0 pts · #11
2Praveen, JeevaAUS
+50.0
4.0 pts · #21
3Peach, BenAUS
+47.8
5.0 pts · #12

Top rating losers

1Yelkhovsky, DaniilAUS
-44.8
3.0 pts · #24
2Beaumont, DavidCMAUS
-43.8
0.0 pts · #32
3Ni, LucasCMAUS
-41.2
3.0 pts · #27

Biggest upsets

R1+286 Elo gap
Praveen, Jeeva1915 beat FMStojic, Dusan2201
R2+285 Elo gap
FMHu, Yifei2240 beat GMVan Foreest, Lucas2525
R7+183 Elo gap
CMLeong, Benjamin2057 beat FMHu, Yifei2240