2025 NSWCA August Weekender

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115 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 16 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 12 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2112, and top seed was Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan (🇲🇳 MGL, WCM, 2237).

Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan (🇲🇳 MGL, WCM, 2237) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Willis Lo (5.0) and Ted Power (5.0). Bayasgalan shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Benjamin Dorrian (1561) beat Rudra Verma (CM, 1878), a +317-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Sydney, Australia

Dates

16 Aug 2025 → 17 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇲🇳WCMKhishigbaatar Bayasgalan2237

Avg top 10

2,112

Participants

115

Titled players · 12

FM×6

CM×4

WCM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇦🇺Australia×99

🇲🇳Mongolia×2

🇫🇷France×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

🇳🇬Nigeria×1

🇯🇵Japan×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇺🇸United States of America×1

Top 3

🥇
WCMKhishigbaatar Bayasgalan
🇲🇳MGL·2237
5.5pts·2401perf+16.8
🥈
Willis Lo
🇦🇺AUS·2075
5.0pts·2263perf+26.8
🥉
Ted Power
🇦🇺AUS·1866
5.0pts·2214perf+102.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

WCM Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Bayasgalan5.5Lo5Power5Bierkens4.5Anup Kumar4.5Plant4.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE17 Aug

WCM Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WCM Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan beat Willis Lo (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WCM Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan 3 wins (R1–R3)Willis Lo 4 wins (R1–R4)Ted Power 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1WCMKhishigbaatar Bayasgalan	*	1	—	—
2Willis Lo	0	*	—	—
3Ted Power	—	—	*	—
4Pieter Bierkens	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bayasgalan, KhishigbaatarWCM	2237	MGL	+29N	+17B	+24N	=4B	+2N	+11B	5.5	21.0	24.5	22.25	2401	+16.8
2	Lo, Willis	2075	AUS	+77B	+28N	+10B	+14N	−1B	+4N	5.0	22.0	24.0	18.50	2263	+26.8
3	Power, Ted	1866	AUS	+35N	=11B	=25N	+16B	+47N	+13B	5.0	19.0	22.0	18.25	2214	+102.4
4	Melamed, DanielFM	2104	AUS	+43N	+6B	+42N	=1N	+5B	−2B	4.5	22.5	25.5	17.75	2165	+11.6
5	Plant, John Stuart	2048	AUS	=20B	+53N	+12B	+7N	−4N	+29B	4.5	20.5	23.5	17.00	2115	+10.6
6	Anup Kumar, Vihaan	1910	AUS	+51B	−4N	+69B	+18B	+49N	=30N	4.5	18.0	20.5	14.25	2062	+50.4
7	Wang, DanielCM	2019	AUS	+44B	=12N	+67B	−5B	+52N	+61N	4.5	17.5	20.0	13.50	2010	+3.2
8	Bierkens, Pieter	2058	USA	=45N	=52B	+55N	=24B	+25N	+27B	4.5	16.5	19.5	14.75	2021	-3.4
9	Dorrian, Benjamin	1561	AUS	+99N	−43B	+102N	+45B	=32N	+24B	4.5	14.5	15.5	10.75	1935	+91.2
10	Liu, EricFM	1991	AUS	+97N	+103B	−2N	=42B	+77N	+46B	4.5	14.5	15.5	9.00	2031	+14.4
11	Tang, TerrenceCM	2174	AUS	+46B	=3N	+37B	=13N	+14B	−1N	4.0	22.0	25.0	15.00	2106	-7.6
12	Huang, YuanFM	1888	AUS	+15N	=7B	−5N	+36B	+68N	=32B	4.0	20.0	22.5	14.00	2039	+49.2
13	Chang, Ethan	2083	AUS	=53B	+20N	+50B	=11B	+26N	−3N	4.0	19.5	22.5	14.00	1992	-20.8
14	Fasakin, Oladoyin	1891	NGR	+95N	+16B	+30N	−2B	−11N	+47B	4.0	19.5	21.0	12.00	2052	+25.2
15	Rej, TomekFM	2150	AUS	−12B	+75N	+74B	=17N	+21B	=19N	4.0	18.5	21.0	13.00	1912	-25.4
16	Tefanis, Frank	1966	AUS	+48B	−14N	+51B	−3N	+73B	+60N	4.0	18.0	20.5	11.50	1892	-9.2
17	Brown, Heath	1930	AUS	+82N	−1N	+72B	=15B	=44N	+42B	4.0	18.0	20.0	11.00	2021	+14.4
18	Hu, JasonFM	2176	AUS	=25N	+45B	=26B	−6N	+50B	+51N	4.0	17.5	20.5	12.50	1962	-24.4
19	Siva Sankaran, Anup Kumar	1882	AUS	−42N	+36B	=92N	+54B	+38N	=15B	4.0	17.0	19.0	13.00	1863	-2.2
20	He, Nathan	1821	AUS	=5N	−13B	=87N	+72B	+79B	+56N	4.0	16.0	18.0	10.75	1894	+22.8
21	Salimifar, Arian	0	IRI	−87N	+83B	+66N	+35B	−15N	+44B	4.0	15.5	17.5	11.50	1805	0.0
22	Lyu, Taifeng (Matt)	2013	AUS	+74B	−26N	+71B	=44N	=48B	+63N	4.0	15.0	17.5	11.00	1845	-39.2
23	Gorantla, Karunya	1597	AUS	+102B	−70N	−31B	+88N	+107B	+48N	4.0	12.0	13.0	7.00	1747	+31.6
24	Verma, RudraCM	1878	AUS	+70B	+34N	−1B	=8N	+69B	−9N	3.5	20.5	23.0	10.75	1923	+16.4
25	Corona, Jonluke	1997	AUS	=18B	+31N	=3B	=34N	−8B	+81N	3.5	20.5	22.5	11.75	1960	-5.6
26	Qian, VickyWCM	1775	AUS	+57N	+22B	=18N	F	−13B	+43B	3.5	18.0	18.0	12.00	2154	+94.4
27	Muirhead, Samuel	1827	ENG	=31B	+61N	−32B	+65N	+81B	−8N	3.5	17.5	19.5	9.75	1812	+0.4
28	Christie, Patrick	1905	AUS	+59N	−2B	=95N	=60B	+54N	=39B	3.5	17.5	19.0	10.00	1769	-34.0
29	Babic, Michael S	1822	AUS	−1B	=72N	+106B	+50N	+100B	−5N	3.5	17.0	18.0	6.75	1816	+0.2
30	Huynh, Arthur	1982	AUS	F	+80N	−14B	+43B	+39N	=6B	3.5	17.0	17.0	10.75	1980	+0.8
31	Tankel, Alan	1700	AUS	=27N	−25B	+23N	−49B	+105N	+68B	3.5	16.5	17.5	9.25	1735	+5.8
32	Plunkett, Jeremy	1974	AUS	=40N	+107B	+27N	F	=9B	=12N	3.5	16.5	16.5	10.50	1911	-5.6
33	Barker, Geoff	1956	AUS	+55N	−42B	+70N	=39B	=53N	=36B	3.5	16.0	18.5	10.50	1803	-21.6
34	Rusakov, JeanFM	1981	AUS	+62N	−24B	+82N	=25B	−46N	+58B	3.5	16.0	18.0	9.75	1865	-30.4
35	Patterson, Mark	1742	AUS	−3B	=47N	+93B	−21N	+96B	+100N	3.5	15.5	17.0	6.50	1812	+9.4
36	Jain, Kamal	1698	AUS	+105B	−19N	+56B	−12N	+110B	=33N	3.5	15.5	16.5	6.75	1763	+11.6
37	Chen, Dean	1898	AUS	F	+40B	−11N	+95B	=42N	+49B	3.5	15.0	15.0	9.50	1928	+10.8
38	Sheng, Ray	1730	AUS	+76N	=97B	−46B	+55N	−19B	+77N	3.5	14.5	16.0	8.25	1812	+21.2
39	Windsor, Maximilian	1692	AUS	=78B	+112N	+80B	=33N	−30B	=28N	3.5	14.5	14.5	6.50	1864	+26.4
40	Yang, Corey	1771	AUS	=32B	−37N	−79B	+78N	+71B	+73N	3.5	14.0	16.0	8.75	1791	+7.6
41	Acevski, Stevo	1808	AUS	−96B	−50N	+84B	+71N	=67B	+69N	3.5	12.5	14.0	8.25	1687	-17.8
42	Fasakin, Olamide	1710	AUS	+19B	+33N	−4B	=10N	=37B	−17N	3.0	20.5	24.0	11.50	1960	+72.8
43	He, Andrew	1854	AUS	−4B	+9N	+73B	−30N	+64B	−26N	3.0	19.0	21.5	10.00	1776	-22.8
44	Kuncoro, Leo	1874	AUS	−7N	+87B	+68N	=22B	=17B	−21N	3.0	19.0	21.0	8.50	1905	+12.0
45	Malcolm, Aidan	1767	NZL	=8B	−18N	+64B	−9N	=75B	+91N	3.0	18.5	20.5	8.50	1781	-0.8
46	Chek, Adrian CarlCM	1909	AUS	−11N	+54B	+38N	F	+34B	−10N	3.0	18.5	18.5	10.00	1969	+6.0
47	Barilla, Michael	1683	AUS	+111N	=35B	=52N	+59B	−3B	−14N	3.0	18.5	18.5	6.25	1718	+4.4
48	Doan, Peter	1789	AUS	−16N	+64B	=49N	+89B	=22N	−23B	3.0	18.0	20.0	8.50	1723	-20.4
49	Madan, Kyra	1558	AUS	=71B	+90N	=48B	+31N	−6B	−37N	3.0	17.0	19.0	8.25	1755	+56.4
50	Yendluri, Rithvik Chowdary	1670	AUS	+89N	+41B	−13N	−29B	−18N	+86B	3.0	17.0	19.0	7.50	1790	+21.6
51	Li, Baize	1786	AUS	−6N	+85B	−16N	+98B	+89N	−18B	3.0	16.5	18.0	5.50	1772	-4.8
52	Sze-To, Jonas	1752	AUS	F	=8N	=47B	+79N	−7B	+67N	3.0	16.5	16.5	8.25	1873	+14.6
53	Su, Joey	1880	AUS	=13N	−5B	+91N	+92B	=33B	F	3.0	16.0	16.0	7.75	1931	+17.2
54	Nguyen, Phuc Bao Tam	0	AUS	+56B	−46N	+88B	−19N	−28B	+110N	3.0	15.5	16.5	6.00	1670	0.0
55	Parker, Trent	1744	AUS	−33B	+96N	−8B	−38B	+101N	+83N	3.0	15.0	16.0	4.50	1757	+0.6
56	Mahajan, Zariya	1612	AUS	−54N	+114B	−36N	+91B	+80N	−20B	3.0	14.5	14.5	4.00	1717	+21.6
57	Boss, Stephen	1899	AUS	−26B	+63N	+81B	F	−61N	+72B	3.0	14.0	14.0	7.50	1690	-21.0
58	Fedrick Fernando Simarmata	0	INA	=68B	−81N	+94B	=75N	+65B	−34N	3.0	13.5	15.5	7.50	1661	0.0
59	He, Angela	1700	AUS	−28B	=73N	+78B	−47N	=85B	+84N	3.0	13.0	15.0	6.25	1657	-7.2
60	Fasakin, Olaoluwa	1697	AUS	−80B	=100N	+104B	=28N	+83B	−16B	3.0	13.0	14.0	5.50	1693	-1.2
61	Murphy, Emmet	1721	AUS	F	−27B	+101N	+103N	+57B	−7B	3.0	13.0	13.0	5.00	1902	+23.6
62	O`Donoghue, Malachi	1765	AUS	−34B	−67N	+90B	−69N	+98N	+85B	3.0	12.5	14.0	5.50	1631	-20.0
63	Mahara, Partap	0	NEP	+83N	−57B	−89N	+101B	+99N	−22B	3.0	12.5	13.5	4.50	1679	0.0
64	Shaw, Ralph	1663	AUS	+109B	−48N	−45N	+86B	−43N	+102B	3.0	12.0	13.0	4.00	1004	-18.8
65	Xi, Cheng	1438	AUS	−101N	+109B	+86N	−27B	−58N	+108B	3.0	10.5	11.5	4.00	910	-15.2
66	Liu, Mike	1651	AUS	=84B	=78N	−21B	+104N	+108B	F	3.0	10.0	10.0	4.00	1661	+2.0
67	Pavlidis, Alexi	1609	AUS	+86N	+62B	−7N	−77B	=41N	−52B	2.5	16.0	18.0	6.75	1681	+6.6
68	Zhu, Zane (Zichen)	1584	AUS	=58N	+98B	−44B	+74N	−12B	−31N	2.5	16.0	17.5	5.50	1655	+12.0
69	Sharkawy, Sam	1609	AUS	=98N	+115B	−6N	+62B	−24N	−41B	2.5	16.0	16.0	3.75	1611	-1.4
70	Hasegawa, Yuki	1750	JPN	−24N	+23B	−33B	+85N	=87B	−76N	2.5	15.5	17.5	7.00	1728	-3.4
71	Hemsley, Steven E	1692	AUS	=49N	+101B	−22N	−41B	−40N	+98B	2.5	15.5	16.5	4.00	1640	-9.8
72	Yuan, Winson	1627	AUS	+104B	=29B	−17N	−20N	+103B	−57N	2.5	15.5	16.5	3.75	1728	+26.8
73	Srikaanth Srinivasan	1571	IND	+114N	=59B	−43N	+82B	−16N	−40B	2.5	15.5	15.5	3.50	1665	+18.0
74	Wong, Benjamin	1735	AUS	−22N	+91B	−15N	−68B	=90N	+105B	2.5	14.5	15.5	4.00	1663	-14.6
75	Jain, Anshika	1694	AUS	−103N	−15B	+76N	=58B	=45N	=99B	2.5	14.0	15.0	6.25	1593	-12.0
76	Bitolkoski, Hristijan	0	MKD	−38B	+105N	−75B	=96N	F	+70B	2.5	11.5	12.5	4.25	1662	0.0
77	Watson, Robert A	1813	AUS	−2N	+106B	F	+67N	−10B	−38B	2.0	16.5	16.5	3.50	1709	-13.8
78	Shu, John	1601	AUS	=39N	=66B	−59N	−40B	+97N	−94B	2.0	15.0	16.5	4.75	1565	-20.0
79	Gandhi, Ishaan	1637	AUS	F	−82B	+40N	−52B	−20N	+88N	2.0	14.5	14.5	5.50	1588	-9.2
80	Esmaili, Ali	1809	AUS	+60N	−30B	−39N	F	−56B	+96N	2.0	14.5	14.5	4.50	1653	-21.0
81	Zhou, Clara	1640	AUS	F	+58B	−57N	+97B	−27N	−25B	2.0	14.5	14.5	4.50	1665	+2.8
82	Vujasin, Nikola	1779	AUS	−17B	+79N	−34B	−73N	−84B	+104N	2.0	14.0	15.0	3.00	1558	-33.4
83	Ullah, Sami	1565	AUS	−63B	−21N	+109N	+102B	−60N	−55B	2.0	14.0	15.0	2.00	921	-11.6
84	Xie, Leo	1550	AUS	=66N	−92B	−41N	=90B	+82N	−59B	2.0	13.5	15.5	4.50	1566	+4.0
85	Kuncoro, Harvey	1604	AUS	+88B	−51N	=97N	−70B	=59N	−62N	2.0	13.5	15.0	4.25	1502	-23.2
86	Gorantla, Krithika	0	AUS	−67B	+94N	−65B	−64N	+106B	−50N	2.0	13.5	14.5	3.00	1458	0.0
87	Punzet, Michael	1605	AUS	+21B	−44N	=20B	F	=70N	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	7.25	1690	+12.4
88	Sudhakar, Shaarav	0	AUS	−85N	+99B	−54N	−23B	+93N	−79B	2.0	13.0	14.5	3.50	1517	0.0
89	Wang, Isaac (Yijun)	1537	AUS	−50B	+113N	+63B	−48N	−51B	F	2.0	13.0	13.0	3.00	949	-28.0
90	Rej, Alexander	1545	AUS	=92N	−49B	−62N	=84N	=74B	=97B	2.0	12.5	14.0	4.00	1540	-2.0
91	Ross, Darryl	1541	AUS	+113B	−74N	−53B	−56N	+109N	−45B	2.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	949	-19.6
92	Woon, Ella	1668	AUS	=90B	+84N	=19B	−53N	F	F	2.0	11.0	11.0	5.00	1714	+8.4
93	Tuvshintugs Khishigbaatar	1641	MGL	+94B	−95B	−35N	−108N	−88B	+106N	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.00	1635	-0.8
94	Vardakis, Emmanuel	1630	AUS	−93N	−86B	−58N	F	+104B	+78N	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.00	1691	+6.0
95	Jensen, Jack	1682	AUS	−14B	+93N	=28B	−37N	F	F	1.5	15.5	15.5	3.75	1746	+5.2
96	Daniel, Suria	1639	AUS	+41N	−55B	−107N	=76B	−35N	−80B	1.5	14.5	15.5	4.75	1531	-25.2
97	Lagarez, Christian	1710	AUS	−10B	=38N	=85B	−81N	−78B	=90N	1.5	14.0	16.0	3.75	1497	-34.0
98	Daniel, Ariye	1440	AUS	=69B	−68N	+112B	−51N	−62B	−71N	1.5	13.5	13.5	1.25	1475	+6.4
99	Xu, Kevin	1467	AUS	−9B	−88N	F	+106N	−63B	=75N	1.5	13.0	13.0	2.25	1584	+18.0
100	Gan, Alvis	1486	AUS	+108N	=60B	F	F	−29N	−35B	1.5	11.0	11.0	2.50	1481	-1.2
101	Yik, Lucas	1592	AUS	+65B	−71N	−61B	−63N	−55B	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	3.00	1456	-28.0
102	Wang, Jennifer (yuxian)	0	AUS	−23N	F	−9B	−83N	+112B	−64N	1.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	1349	0.0
103	Welch, Ian	1811	AUS	+75B	−10N	F	−61B	−72N	F	1.0	12.5	12.5	2.50	1565	-25.6
104	Glukhikh, Evgeny	1425	AUS	−72N	+111B	−60N	−66B	−94N	−82B	1.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	874	-39.6
105	England, Tom	1493	AUS	−36N	−76B	+111N	F	−31B	−74N	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	911	-27.2
106	Udovitch, Elijah	1496	AUS	+110B	−77N	−29N	−99B	−86N	−93B	1.0	11.0	12.0	1.00	1390	-14.8
107	Wenderoth, Will	1750	FRA	F	−32N	+96B	F	−23N	F	1.0	11.0	11.0	1.50	1612	-22.8
108	Suresh, Krishnan	0	AUS	−100B	−110N	F	+93B	−66N	−65N	1.0	10.5	10.5	2.00	1284	0.0
109	Balaji, Kishan Sai	0	AUS	−64N	−65N	−83B	F	−91B	+112N	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	1313	0.0
110	Nisha Raj, Taran	1405	AUS	−106N	+108B	F	F	−36N	−54B	1.0	8.5	8.5	1.00	797	-20.8
111	FIDE 3295052	0	—	−47B	−104N	−105B	F	F	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	734	0.0
112	Mitchell, Ralph	1558	AUS	F	−39B	−98N	F	−102N	−109B	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	766	-39.2
113	FIDE 3295079	0	—	−91N	−89B	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	739	0.0
114	FIDE 3295060	0	—	−73B	−56N	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	792	0.0
115	Pentapati, Samanyu	0	AUS	F	−69N	F	F	F	F	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	809	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Power, TedAUS
+102.4
5.0 pts · #3
2Qian, VickyWCMAUS
+94.4
3.5 pts · #31
3Dorrian, BenjaminAUS
+91.2
4.5 pts · #34

Top rating losers

1Glukhikh, EvgenyAUS
-39.6
1.0 pts · #107
2Lyu, Taifeng (Matt)AUS
-39.2
4.0 pts · #48
3Mitchell, RalphAUS
-39.2
0.0 pts · #109

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