2025 Norths Purdy Major Rounds 1-3

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52 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 09 Sept 2025 to 23 Sept 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 8 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1975, and top seed was Ethan Chang (🇦🇺 AUS, 2054).

Darryl Chan (🇦🇺 AUS, 1783) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Ethan Chang (3.0) and Toby Huey (3.0). Chan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Darryl Chan (1783) beat Lucas Ni (CM, 2013), a +230-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Sydney, Australia

Dates

09 Sept 2025 → 23 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 3 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺Ethan Chang2054

Avg top 10

1,975

Participants

Titled players · 8

CM×5

WCM×3

Federations · 4 represented

🇦🇺Australia×49

🇳🇵Nepal×1

🇮🇩Indonesia×1

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
Darryl Chan
🇦🇺AUS·1783
3.0pts·2669perf+36.6
🥈
Ethan Chang
🇦🇺AUS·2054
3.0pts·2623perf+25.6
🥉
CMToby Huey
🇦🇺AUS·1892
3.0pts·2537perf+35.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Chan3Huey3Chang3Maleki2.5He2Lim2

R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.0/3. Chan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Darryl Chan 3 wins (R1–R3)CM Toby Huey 3 wins (R1–R3)Ethan Chang 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chan, Darryl	1783	AUS	+27B	+10N	+8B	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.00	2669	+36.6
2	Chang, Ethan	2054	AUS	+37N	+5B	+6N	3.0	4.0	4.5	4.50	2623	+25.6
3	Huey, TobyCM	1892	AUS	+15B	+42N	+7B	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.00	2537	+35.2
4	Maleki, Aiden	1884	AUS	=24N	+28B	+23N	2.5	3.0	4.0	3.25	2095	+30.0
5	Ball, ChristopherCM	1827	AUS	+22B	−2N	+30B	2.0	5.0	6.0	3.00	1992	+13.0
6	Boss, Stephen	1878	AUS	+33N	+16B	−2B	2.0	5.0	6.0	3.00	2051	+13.8
7	Lim, Jongmin	1770	AUS	+46N	+18B	−3N	2.0	5.0	5.0	2.00	1968	+15.8
8	Siva Sankaran, Anup Kumar	1883	AUS	+45N	+21B	−1N	2.0	5.0	5.0	2.00	1897	+0.8
9	He, Andrew	1832	AUS	=11B	+26N	=12B	2.0	4.0	5.5	3.50	1912	+13.2
10	Ni, LucasCM	2013	AUS	+34N	−1B	+28N	2.0	4.0	5.0	2.00	1897	-15.6
11	Dingley, Justin	1696	AUS	=9N	=17B	+41N	2.0	4.0	4.5	2.50	1957	+20.8
12	Anup Kumar, Vihaan	1955	AUS	+44N	=13B	=9N	2.0	4.0	4.0	2.00	1905	-7.6
13	Talpade, Udit	1765	AUS	+43B	=12N	=14B	2.0	4.0	4.0	2.00	1933	+13.4
14	Garner, Stephen J	1808	AUS	+47N	=23B	=13N	2.0	3.5	3.5	1.75	1941	+10.4
15	Huey, ChelseaWCM	1746	AUS	−3N	+52B	+39N	2.0	3.5	3.5	0.50	1957	+34.0
16	Zheng, TonyCM	2009	AUS	+29B	−6N	+31B	2.0	3.0	4.0	2.00	1978	-2.2
17	Kuncoro, Leo	1857	AUS	=38B	=11N	+27B	2.0	3.0	3.5	2.25	1812	-6.8
18	Luchtmeijer, Anthonie Pieter	1939	AUS	+48B	−7N	+29B	2.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1930	-0.6
19	Williams, Oliver	1871	AUS	+25B	F	+43N	2.0	2.5	2.5	1.50	2495	+21.6
20	Liu, Josh	1801	AUS	−28N	+35B	+51N	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.00	1844	+6.4
21	Ross, Jesse	1790	AUS	+49B	−8N	+42B	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1855	+5.4
22	Le, Harry	1678	AUS	−5N	+44B	+50N	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1910	+37.2
23	Corona, Jonluke	1993	AUS	+30B	=14N	−4B	1.5	4.5	5.5	2.00	1854	-22.4
24	Wenderoth, Will	1727	FRA	=4B	+38N	F	1.5	3.0	3.0	1.75	1963	+24.4
25	Thuaux, Alexander	1727	AUS	−19N	=37B	+40N	1.5	2.5	3.0	0.75	1765	+6.0
26	Tay, Mason	1711	AUS	=39B	−9B	+45N	1.5	2.5	2.5	0.25	1806	+15.2
27	Jain, Kamal	1710	AUS	−1N	+45B	−17N	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1669	-3.0
28	Ding, Daniel (yulin)	1746	AUS	+20B	−4N	−10B	1.0	4.5	6.5	2.00	1775	+3.6
29	Su, Joey	1897	AUS	−16N	+47B	−18N	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1755	-22.0
30	Qian, VickyWCM	1869	AUS	−23N	+46B	−5N	1.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	1714	-24.8
31	Welch, Ian	1785	AUS	−32N	+33B	−16N	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.00	1787	-0.6
32	Lama, MilanCM	2014	NEP	+31B	F	F	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	2585	+4.2
33	Armstrong, Gary	1712	AUS	−6B	−31N	+46B	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1662	-4.0
34	Arav, Callan	1789	AUS	−10B	F	+38N	1.0	2.5	2.5	0.50	1834	+4.0
35	Murphy, Emmet	0	AUS	F	−20N	+47B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1747	+0.2
36	Huynh, Arthur	1983	AUS	F	+40B	F	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2459	+2.6
37	Soumik Burman Ray	1765	AUS	−2B	=25N	F	0.5	4.5	4.5	0.75	1698	-4.2
38	Turek, Matthew	1654	AUS	=17N	−24B	−34B	0.5	3.5	4.5	1.00	1518	-9.2
39	He, Nathan	1844	AUS	=26N	F	−15B	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.75	1536	-32.4
40	Pilowsky, Paul	1659	AUS	=41B	−36N	−25B	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.25	1566	-6.8
41	Sparks, Chris J	1806	AUS	=40N	F	−11B	0.5	2.5	2.5	0.25	1485	-17.0
42	Fedrick Fernando Simarmata	1694	INA	F	−3B	−21N	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1041	-24.8
43	Zhou, Scott	1662	AUS	−13N	F	−19B	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1018	-11.8
44	Vujasin, Nikola	1745	AUS	−12B	−22N	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1017	-16.4
45	Baterowicz, Mark	1743	AUS	−8B	−27N	−26B	0.0	3.5	4.5	0.00	968	-28.0
46	James, David	1698	AUS	−7B	−30N	−33N	0.0	3.0	4.0	0.00	984	-23.0
47	He, Angela	1691	AUS	−14B	−29N	−35N	0.0	3.0	4.0	0.00	1016	-20.2
48	Qian, Linda (Zhiling)WCM	1748	AUS	−18N	F	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1139	-10.0
49	Zhang, Oliver	1609	AUS	−21N	F	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	990	-10.8
50	Glissan, Paul	1784	AUS	F	F	−22B	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	878	-12.8
51	Zhou, Joe	1666	AUS	F	F	−20B	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1001	-6.4
52	Kumar, Viney	1759	AUS	F	−15N	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	946	-10.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Le, HarryAUS
+37.2
2.0 pts · #12
2Chan, DarrylAUS
+36.6
3.0 pts · #1
3Huey, TobyCMAUS
+35.2
3.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1He, NathanAUS
-32.4
0.5 pts · #41
2Baterowicz, MarkAUS
-28.0
0.0 pts · #51
3Qian, VickyWCMAUS
-24.8
1.0 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R2+230 Elo gap
Chan, Darryl1783 beat CMNi, Lucas2013
R2+169 Elo gap
Lim, Jongmin1770 beat Luchtmeijer, Anthonie Pieter1939
R2+131 Elo gap
Boss, Stephen1878 beat CMZheng, Tony2009