2025 Tuggeranong Challengers Rounds 4-7 plus postponed
Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 Sept 2025 to 27 Oct 2025 in Canberra, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1567, and top seed was Thomas Huet (🇦🇺 AUS, 1670).
Mitchell Jones (🇦🇺 AUS, 1646) won with 3.0/7, ahead of Tim Hogben (3.0) and Nivin Vinothkumar (2.5). Jones won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Keith Mullumby (1435) beat Mitchell Jones (1646), a +211-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Canberra, Australia
Dates
29 Sept 2025 → 27 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×9
🇵🇱Poland×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 7 roundsTitle race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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5
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE20 Oct
Nivin Vinothkumar takes the sole lead (2.5/6).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Mitchell Jones beat Tim Hogben (White).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇦🇺Jones, Mitchell | 1646 | * | 1 | — | 1 | — | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 3.0 | 5.00 | 6.5 | +4.2 | 1688 |
| 2 | 🇦🇺Hogben, Tim | 1606 | 0 | * | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3.0 | 2.50 | 5.5 | +30.8 | 1755 |
| 3 | 🇦🇺Vinothkumar, Nivin | 1532 | — | — | * | — | 1 | ½ | — | — | — | 1 | 2.5 | 2.75 | 3.5 | +38.8 | 1798 |
| 5 | 🇦🇺Prabhu, Srihari | 1468 | 0 | — | — | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.50 | 7.5 | +29.2 | 1604 |
| 4 | 🇵🇱Walijewski, Lukasz Marcin | 1664 | — | — | 0 | 1 | * | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2.0 | 2.50 | 5.0 | -1.4 | 1646 |
| 6 | 🇦🇺Mullumby, Keith | 1435 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | — | * | — | — | — | — | 1.5 | 4.25 | 10.5 | +3.4 | 1474 |
| 7 | 🇦🇺Huet, Thomas | 1670 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | * | — | — | 1 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | -20.8 | 1470 |
| 8 | 🇦🇺Meier, Blake | 1570 | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | — | * | ½ | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 5.5 | -31.2 | 1350 |
| 9 | 🇦🇺Rawat, Aarav | 1597 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ½ | * | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 3.5 | -21.2 | 1395 |
| 10 | 🇦🇺Brown, Liam | 1477 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.5 | -38.0 | 816 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Vinothkumar, NivinAUS+38.82.5 pts · #3
- 2Hogben, TimAUS+30.83.0 pts · #2
- 3Prabhu, SrihariAUS+29.22.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Brown, LiamAUS-38.00.0 pts · #10
- 2Meier, BlakeAUS-31.20.5 pts · #8
- 3Rawat, AaravAUS-21.20.5 pts · #9
Biggest upsets
- R6+211 Elo gap
- R1+202 Elo gap
- R6+132 Elo gap