2025 Tuggeranong Challengers Rounds 8-9 plus postponed
Round-RobinStandard
9 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Nov 2025 to 17 Nov 2025 in Canberra, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1555, and top seed was Thomas Huet (🇦🇺 AUS, 1670).
Aarav Rawat (🇦🇺 AUS, 1597) won with 2.0/9, ahead of Lukasz Marcin Walijewski (1.5) and Liam Brown (1.5). Rawat shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 9: Liam Brown (1477) beat Tim Hogben (1606), a +129-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Canberra, Australia
Dates
03 Nov 2025 → 17 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Avg top 10
1,555
Participants
9
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×8
🇵🇱Poland×1
Top 3
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- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 9 · 9 roundsAarav Rawat led from R8 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 10 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.
Co-leaders
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R8 · LEADER CHANGE03 Nov
Aarav Rawat takes the sole lead (2.0/8).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇦🇺Rawat, Aarav | 1597 | * | — | — | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2.0 | 2.00 | 3.0 | +28.4 | 1750 |
| 3 | 🇵🇱Walijewski, Lukasz Marcin | 1664 | — | * | — | 1 | — | ½ | — | — | — | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2.0 | +3.4 | 1740 |
| 2 | 🇦🇺Brown, Liam | 1477 | — | — | * | — | 0 | ½ | — | — | 1 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 2.0 | +5.2 | 1508 |
| 6 | 🇦🇺Jones, Mitchell | 1646 | 1 | 0 | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 2.00 | 3.5 | -1.2 | 1623 |
| 7 | 🇦🇺Prabhu, Srihari | 1468 | 0 | — | 1 | — | * | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.50 | 3.5 | +4.4 | 1505 |
| 5 | 🇦🇺Mullumby, Keith | 1435 | — | ½ | ½ | — | — | * | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.50 | 3.0 | +5.6 | 1558 |
| 4 | 🇦🇺Vinothkumar, Nivin | 1532 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | * | 1 | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | -22.4 | 1541 |
| 8 | 🇦🇺Meier, Blake | 1570 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | * | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | -7.6 | 965 |
| 9 | 🇦🇺Hogben, Tim | 1606 | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.5 | -28.8 | 640 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Rawat, AaravAUS+28.42.0 pts · #1
- 2Mullumby, KeithAUS+5.61.0 pts · #5
- 3Brown, LiamAUS+5.21.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Hogben, TimAUS-28.80.0 pts · #9
- 2Vinothkumar, NivinAUS-22.41.0 pts · #4
- 3Meier, BlakeAUS-7.60.0 pts · #8
Biggest upsets
- R9+129 Elo gap