2025 Norths Purdy Major Rounds 8-9
Open SwissStandard
49 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Nov 2025 to 11 Nov 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 8 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1969, and top seed was Ethan Chang (🇦🇺 AUS, 2054).
Lucas Ni (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2013) won with 2.0/9, ahead of Soumik Burman Ray (2.0) and Tony Zheng (2.0). Ni shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 9: Fedrick Fernando Simarmata (1694) beat Chris J Sparks (1806), a +112-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
04 Nov 2025 → 11 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 8
CM×5
WCM×3
Federations · 4 represented
🇦🇺Australia×46
🇳🇵Nepal×1
🇮🇩Indonesia×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 4 players tied at 2.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 54 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
Co-leaders
54
54
54
54
54
54
54
18
4
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 2.0/9. Ni takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (1.5).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ni, LucasCM | 2013 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +36B | +16N | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2758 | +39.6 |
| 2 | Soumik Burman Ray | 1765 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +21N | +34N | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2449 | +13.4 |
| 3 | Zheng, TonyCM | 2009 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33B | +15B | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2698 | +13.4 |
| 4 | Siva Sankaran, Anup Kumar | 1883 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +35B | +42N | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2575 | +14.8 |
| 5 | Kuncoro, Leo | 1857 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +14N | =13B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 2058 | +22.0 |
| 6 | Chan, Darryl | 1783 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +23B | =33N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 2041 | +11.8 |
| 7 | Fedrick Fernando Simarmata | 1694 | INA | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =39N | +24B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 1928 | +28.4 |
| 8 | Huey, ChelseaWCM | 1746 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =12N | +44B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1952 | +17.6 |
| 9 | Talpade, Udit | 1765 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +48N | =12B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1918 | +8.0 |
| 10 | Lim, Jongmin | 1770 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +43B | =37B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1974 | +7.6 |
| 11 | Boss, Stephen | 1878 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +42N | =38N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2111 | +10.8 |
| 12 | Dingley, Justin | 1696 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =8B | =9N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1771 | +1.4 |
| 13 | Ball, ChristopherCM | 1827 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =22N | =5N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1935 | +4.2 |
| 14 | Su, Joey | 1897 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5B | +28N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1838 | -4.0 |
| 15 | He, Andrew | 1832 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +38B | −3N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 2014 | +12.0 |
| 16 | Huynh, Arthur | 1983 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +37N | −1B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1949 | -3.6 |
| 17 | Baterowicz, Mark | 1743 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +29N | −18B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1741 | +2.8 |
| 18 | Ding, Daniel (yulin) | 1746 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −19B | +17N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1670 | -2.8 |
| 19 | Pilowsky, Paul | 1659 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +18N | −26N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1716 | +3.6 |
| 20 | Murphy, Emmet | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +30B | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 2581 | +10.4 |
| 21 | Zhang, Oliver | 1609 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | +49N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1722 | +9.2 |
| 22 | Lama, MilanCM | 2014 | NEP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =13B | =36N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1880 | -7.6 |
| 23 | Ross, Jesse | 1790 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | +45N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1800 | -0.2 |
| 24 | Sparks, Chris J | 1806 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +46B | −7N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1654 | -5.2 |
| 25 | Chang, Ethan | 2054 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +31B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2550 | +5.6 |
| 26 | Qian, VickyWCM | 1869 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +19B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2451 | +15.2 |
| 27 | Welch, Ian | 1785 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =34B | =35N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1690 | -5.2 |
| 28 | Thuaux, Alexander | 1727 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +44N | −14B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1824 | -0.8 |
| 29 | He, Nathan | 1844 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −17B | +46N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1667 | -12.8 |
| 30 | Qian, Linda (Zhiling)WCM | 1748 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −20N | +43B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1698 | -9.2 |
| 31 | Vujasin, Nikola | 1745 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +47B | −25N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1930 | +8.4 |
| 32 | Williams, Oliver | 1871 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +45B | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 2583 | +15.6 |
| 33 | Anup Kumar, Vihaan | 1955 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | =6B | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1726 | -17.6 |
| 34 | He, Angela | 1691 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =27N | −2B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1584 | -3.6 |
| 35 | Le, Harry | 1678 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | =27B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1636 | -8.4 |
| 36 | Maleki, Aiden | 1884 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | =22B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1800 | -10.4 |
| 37 | Corona, Jonluke | 1993 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −16B | =10N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1728 | -21.2 |
| 38 | Huey, TobyCM | 1892 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −15N | =11B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1710 | -31.2 |
| 39 | Wenderoth, Will | 1727 | FRA | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =7B | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1661 | -3.6 |
| 40 | Zhou, Joe | 1666 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =41N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1622 | -0.8 |
| 41 | Zhou, Clara | 1642 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =40B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1651 | +1.6 |
| 42 | Garner, Stephen J | 1808 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11B | −4B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1087 | -16.8 |
| 43 | Zhou, Scott | 1662 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10N | −30N | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1006 | -10.6 |
| 44 | Glissan, Paul | 1784 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −28B | −8N | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1005 | -18.2 |
| 45 | Tay, Mason | 1711 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −32N | −23B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1033 | -34.4 |
| 46 | Turek, Matthew | 1654 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −24N | −29B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 967 | -13.4 |
| 47 | Arav, Callan | 1789 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −31N | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 950 | -22.4 |
| 48 | Jain, Kamal | 1710 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9B | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 962 | -8.4 |
| 49 | James, David | 1698 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −21B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 838 | -11.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ni, LucasCMAUS+39.62.0 pts · #1
- 2Fedrick Fernando SimarmataINA+28.41.5 pts · #11
- 3Kuncoro, LeoAUS+22.01.5 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Tay, MasonAUS-34.40.0 pts · #47
- 2Huey, TobyCMAUS-31.20.5 pts · #35
- 3Arav, CallanAUS-22.40.0 pts · #42
Biggest upsets
- R9+112 Elo gap
- R8+101 Elo gap