2025 Norths Purdy Minor Rounds 8-9
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62 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Nov 2025 to 11 Nov 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 0.
Emma Zhang (🇦🇺 AUS, 0) won with 2.0/9, ahead of Ella Woon (2.0) and Cheuk Laam Bosco Cheung (2.0).
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
Avg top 10
0
Participants
62
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×58
🇳🇿New Zealand×2
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 9 players tied at 2.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 75 co-leaders at R4 to 9 at the finish.
Co-leaders
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
25
9
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
9 players finish on 2.0/9. Zhang takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhang, Emma | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +15N | +24B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2286 | +20.0 |
| 2 | Woon, Ella | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +39N | +21B | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2467 | +28.4 |
| 3 | Cheung, Cheuk Laam Bosco | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +25N | +60B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2341 | +31.6 |
| 4 | Lowe, Daniel | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +14B | +55N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2422 | +49.6 |
| 5 | Xie, Leo | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +58B | +20N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2405 | +41.2 |
| 6 | Maleki, Michael | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +57B | +16B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2228 | +28.8 |
| 7 | Corona, Fabrizio | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +54N | +17B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2574 | +14.6 |
| 8 | Kulkarni, Mahesh | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +42B | +41N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1562 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Xiong, Albert | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +56N | +54B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2445 | +60.8 |
| 10 | Gupta, Dhwani | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =11N | +18B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1823 | +18.0 |
| 11 | Pavlidis, Alexi | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =10B | +19N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1826 | +10.4 |
| 12 | Karthikeyan, Dharshan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +43B | =40N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1719 | +21.6 |
| 13 | Sheng, Ray | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +55N | =39B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1854 | +10.4 |
| 14 | Sunay Burman Ray | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | +35B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1536 | -12.4 |
| 15 | Suresh, Krishnan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | +29N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1548 | +6.8 |
| 16 | Gram, Otto | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +32B | −6N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 731 | -7.8 |
| 17 | Chang, Ike | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +27B | −7N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 801 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Stern, David | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +22B | −10N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1601 | -1.8 |
| 19 | Huang, Thomas | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +26N | −11B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1595 | -2.8 |
| 20 | Dai, Amanda Mingyu | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +40B | −5B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1553 | +0.4 |
| 21 | Wang, Isaac (Yijun) | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +49B | −2N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1678 | +7.2 |
| 22 | Goldstein, Clio | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −18N | +23B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1598 | +4.8 |
| 23 | Beeh, Tom | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33B | −22N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1580 | +1.0 |
| 24 | Cheng, Cyrus | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +59B | −1N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 687 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Aquilia, Sal | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | +59N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 820 | -14.8 |
| 26 | Hughes, Hugo | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −19B | +44N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1619 | +6.4 |
| 27 | Timmerman, Jonathan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −17N | +47B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1590 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Simpson, Sam | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −31N | +45B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1602 | -3.6 |
| 29 | Boccalatte, Mark | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +51N | −15B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 686 | -13.4 |
| 30 | Daniel, Ariye | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +34B | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2286 | +22.0 |
| 31 | Kuncoro, Harvey | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +28B | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2433 | +22.4 |
| 32 | Wang, Rhyk | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −16N | +57N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1428 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Threlfall, Leo | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −23N | +56B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1539 | -7.2 |
| 34 | Chegwidden, Lindsay | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −30N | +62B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 648 | -11.0 |
| 35 | Lowe, Adrian | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +61B | −14N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 849 | -7.0 |
| 36 | Daniel, Suria | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +46B | F | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2482 | +19.6 |
| 37 | Shi, Lucas | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +50N | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2449 | +21.2 |
| 38 | Madan, Kyra | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +48B | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2448 | +19.6 |
| 39 | Yuan, Winson | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | =13N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1569 | -16.0 |
| 40 | Gemenis, Jason | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −20N | =12B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1337 | -9.0 |
| 41 | Zhu, Maxwell | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =52N | −8B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1533 | -0.4 |
| 42 | Cheng, Kenneth | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8N | =43N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1539 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Blower, Anthony | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −12N | =42B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 709 | -10.8 |
| 44 | Yip, Brendan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =48N | −26B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1413 | -21.6 |
| 45 | Aleksovski, Bosko | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =50B | −28N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1448 | -8.4 |
| 46 | Liang, Xibing | 0 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −36N | =49B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1442 | -12.6 |
| 47 | Mahajan, Zariya | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =53B | −27N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1447 | -6.8 |
| 48 | Wechsler, Ian B | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =44B | −38N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1443 | -10.6 |
| 49 | Lade, Ian | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −21N | =46N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1452 | -6.4 |
| 50 | Renaud, Christopher | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =45N | −37B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1429 | -23.2 |
| 51 | FIDE 3297616 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −29B | =?N | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1345 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Agare, Jean-Yves | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =41B | F | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1542 | +0.2 |
| 53 | Xi, Cheng | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =47N | F | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1570 | +6.8 |
| 54 | Macklin, Jayne | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −7B | −9N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 710 | -64.8 |
| 55 | Srikaanth Srinivasan | 0 | IND | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −13B | −4B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 842 | -17.4 |
| 56 | Laurie, Robert | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9B | −33N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 712 | -20.2 |
| 57 | Jurd, Charles | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | −32B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 731 | -13.2 |
| 58 | White, Donald | 0 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 793 | -23.6 |
| 59 | Harrigan, Nicholas | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −24N | −25B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 722 | 0.0 |
| 60 | Ventura, Paul | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 820 | -8.4 |
| 61 | Dingley, Gary | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −35N | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 736 | 0.0 |
| 62 | Nesheli, Bahar | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | −34N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 676 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Xiong, AlbertAUS+60.82.0 pts · #6
- 2Lowe, DanielAUS+49.62.0 pts · #2
- 3Xie, LeoAUS+41.22.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Macklin, JayneAUS-64.80.0 pts · #62
- 2White, DonaldNZL-23.60.0 pts · #50
- 3Renaud, ChristopherAUS-23.20.5 pts · #43