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
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
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsIM 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
13
6
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
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+99.25.0 pts · #11
- 2Praveen, JeevaAUS+50.04.0 pts · #21
- 3Peach, BenAUS+47.85.0 pts · #12
Top rating losers
- 1Yelkhovsky, DaniilAUS-44.83.0 pts · #24
- 2Beaumont, DavidCMAUS-43.80.0 pts · #32
- 3Ni, LucasCMAUS-41.23.0 pts · #27
Biggest upsets
- R1+286 Elo gap
- R2+285 Elo gap
- R7+183 Elo gap