2025 Box Hill Friday Grades Rounds 6-7
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59 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Oct 2025 to 17 Oct 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1840, and top seed was Jesse Zafirakos (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2050).
Jesse Zafirakos (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2050) won with 2.0/7, ahead of Thien Dinh (2.0) and Benjamin Akok (2.0). Zafirakos shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Adelyn Wang (1438) beat Nathan Zhang (1645), a +207-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
03 Oct 2025 → 17 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×55
🇳🇿New Zealand×2
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 8 players tied at 2.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 75 co-leaders at R4 to 8 at the finish.
Co-leaders
75
75
75
75
75
28
8
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
8 players finish on 2.0/7. Zafirakos takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zafirakos, JesseCM | 2050 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +15B | +18B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2614 | +6.4 |
| 2 | Dinh, Thien | 1604 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +16B | +24N | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2330 | +36.8 |
| 3 | Akok, Benjamin | 1495 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +41B | +23N | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2371 | +22.0 |
| 4 | Gajula, Hemanth | 1539 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +26N | +45B | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2298 | +9.2 |
| 5 | Wang, Adelyn | 1438 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +27B | +49N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2244 | +36.8 |
| 6 | Dissanayake, Vidushi | 1779 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +19N | +53B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2585 | +37.2 |
| 7 | Tai, Ethan | 0 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +25N | +50B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2343 | +34.8 |
| 8 | Siva, Mrinalini | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | +?N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1507 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Liyanage, Tinuka | 1454 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +17N | =10N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 2368 | +28.4 |
| 10 | Zhou, Zichen | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | =9B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1413 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Marathe, Satish | 1705 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +49B | =43N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1721 | +8.8 |
| 12 | Liu, Preston | 1507 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +51B | =41N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1686 | +17.6 |
| 13 | Katakam, Deethya Sai | 1722 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | =44B | +52N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1843 | +11.6 |
| 14 | Rathore, Akshobhya | 1680 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +55N | =42B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1834 | +14.4 |
| 15 | Mehta, Malhaar Bipin | 1822 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | +29B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1879 | +1.2 |
| 16 | Huang, Emily | 1527 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | +34B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 758 | -18.0 |
| 17 | Thompson, Crispy | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −9B | +37B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 613 | -28.4 |
| 18 | Zhao, LucasCM | 1819 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +42B | −1N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1869 | +8.0 |
| 19 | Buhagiar, Aden | 1747 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −6B | +44N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1753 | -1.6 |
| 20 | Huang, Billy | 1878 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +21N | −31B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1793 | -2.4 |
| 21 | Milic, James | 1645 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −20B | +36N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1696 | +1.8 |
| 22 | Chi, Jaden | 1417 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +35B | −30N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 788 | -12.4 |
| 23 | Rehill, Paul | 1639 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +54N | −3B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1496 | -7.8 |
| 24 | Gupta, Aadyah | 1545 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +57B | −2B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1535 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Thompson, Selby | 1566 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −7B | +51N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1539 | +5.6 |
| 26 | Lian, Hongxuan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | +?N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1506 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Guo, Audrey | 1457 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | +56B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 675 | -18.4 |
| 28 | Kolak, Tanya | 1579 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −32B | +46N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1711 | +6.0 |
| 29 | Wu, Alice | 1666 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +43B | −15N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1737 | +8.4 |
| 30 | Zhou, Emma | 1612 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +22B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2247 | +12.4 |
| 31 | He, Zhi Yu (Paul) | 1931 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +20N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2616 | +14.0 |
| 32 | Dissanayake, Himath | 1856 | SRI | F | F | F | F | F | +28N | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2388 | +3.8 |
| 33 | Cook, Geoff L | 1613 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | =46N | =47B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1602 | -0.2 |
| 34 | Sun, Martin | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | −16N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1485 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Wan, Oscar | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −22N | +54B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1452 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Zheng, Bonney | 1437 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +50N | −21B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1630 | +6.0 |
| 37 | Devlin, Phil | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | −17N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 768 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Gajula, Karan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | −?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1442 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Carter, John | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1502 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Liu, Jason | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | −?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 620 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Ihalagedara, Yehara | 1523 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | =12B | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1332 | -17.2 |
| 42 | Clark, Peter | 1613 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −18N | =14N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1534 | -4.8 |
| 43 | Fan, Aiden | 1566 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −29N | =11B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1452 | -16.4 |
| 44 | Jansen, Tony | 1680 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | =13N | −19B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1561 | -6.6 |
| 45 | Katakam, Aadhya Sai | 1505 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | =48B | −4N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 730 | -18.4 |
| 46 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1507 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | =33B | −28B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1405 | -18.4 |
| 47 | Tanin, Erkut | 1687 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | =33N | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1608 | -0.8 |
| 48 | Ihalagedara, Thehan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | =45N | −?B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1278 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Zhang, Nathan | 1645 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −11N | −5B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 755 | -28.4 |
| 50 | Veldon, Rino | 1578 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −36B | −7N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 783 | -20.8 |
| 51 | Lin, Le-Syuan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −12N | −25B | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 703 | -38.4 |
| 52 | Shirawala, Sahar | 1546 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −13B | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 926 | -13.6 |
| 53 | Jathar, Ved | 1792 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1013 | -18.8 |
| 54 | Kwong, Harvey | 1489 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −23B | −35N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 843 | -10.4 |
| 55 | Dissanayake, Naveen | 1585 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −14B | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 889 | -17.6 |
| 56 | Shabani, Bahman | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | −27N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 657 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Dinh, Cuong | 1517 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −24N | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 734 | -9.4 |
| 58 | FIDE 3288650 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 618 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Cabral, Jake | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 682 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Dissanayake, VidushiAUS+37.22.0 pts · #2
- 2Dinh, ThienAUS+36.82.0 pts · #5
- 3Wang, AdelynAUS+36.82.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Lin, Le-SyuanAUS-38.40.0 pts · #43
- 2Thompson, CrispyAUS-28.41.0 pts · #48
- 3Zhang, NathanAUS-28.40.0 pts · #54
Biggest upsets
- R7+207 Elo gap
- R7+144 Elo gap
- R6+141 Elo gap