2025 Tuggeranong Challengers Rounds 1-3
Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 08 Sept 2025 to 22 Sept 2025 in Canberra, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1567, and top seed was Thomas Huet (🇦🇺 AUS, 1670).
Lukasz Marcin Walijewski (🇵🇱 POL, 1664) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Nivin Vinothkumar (3.0) and Aarav Rawat (2.0). Walijewski shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Nivin Vinothkumar (1532) beat Mitchell Jones (1646), a +114-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Canberra, Australia
Dates
08 Sept 2025 → 22 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 3 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×9
🇵🇱Poland×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 3 roundsCo-leaders
4
3
2
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Nivin Vinothkumar 3 wins (R1–R3)Lukasz Marcin Walijewski 3 wins (R1–R3)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 🇵🇱Walijewski, Lukasz Marcin | 1664 | * | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3.0 | 4.00 | 4.0 | +21.8 | 2360 |
| 1 | 🇦🇺Vinothkumar, Nivin | 1532 | — | * | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 2.0 | +66.4 | 2371 |
| 3 | 🇦🇺Rawat, Aarav | 1597 | 0 | — | * | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2.0 | 1.00 | 4.0 | +8.4 | 1650 |
| 4 | 🇦🇺Huet, Thomas | 1670 | — | — | — | * | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1.0 | +26.8 | 2340 |
| 8 | 🇦🇺Hogben, Tim | 1606 | 0 | 0 | — | — | * | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 6.0 | -28.4 | 1428 |
| 5 | 🇦🇺Brown, Liam | 1477 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | * | — | 1 | — | — | 1.0 | 1.00 | 6.0 | +1.2 | 1486 |
| 7 | 🇦🇺Jones, Mitchell | 1646 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | * | 1 | — | — | 1.0 | 1.00 | 6.0 | -14.6 | 1465 |
| 6 | 🇦🇺Meier, Blake | 1570 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | -28.4 | 1394 |
| 9 | 🇦🇺Mullumby, Keith | 1435 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | * | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | -16.0 | 812 |
| 10 | 🇦🇺Prabhu, Srihari | 1468 | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.0 | -28.4 | 769 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Vinothkumar, NivinAUS+66.43.0 pts · #1
- 2Huet, ThomasAUS+26.82.0 pts · #4
- 3Walijewski, Lukasz MarcinPOL+21.83.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Prabhu, SrihariAUS-28.40.0 pts · #10
- 2Meier, BlakeAUS-28.41.0 pts · #6
- 3Hogben, TimAUS-28.41.0 pts · #8
Biggest upsets
- R3+114 Elo gap