2025 UNSW vs the World

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35 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held on 19 Oct 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 5 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2021, and top seed was Terrence Tang (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2160).

Pritam Kundu (🇦🇺 AUS, 1880) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Leyao Zha (2.0) and Avinav Sivaraj (2.0). Kundu won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Chhattani Shourya (1633) beat Andrew He (1845), a +212-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Sydney, Australia

Dates

19 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Match · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺CMTerrence Tang2160

Avg top 10

2,021

Participants

Titled players · 5

FM×1

CM×4

Federations · 5 represented

🇦🇺Australia×30

🇮🇳India×2

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

🇰🇪Kenya×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
Pritam Kundu
🇦🇺AUS·1880
2.0pts·2805perf+53.6
🥈
Leyao Zha
🇦🇺AUS·1742
2.0pts·2667perf+53.6
🥉
Avinav Sivaraj
🇦🇺AUS·1727
2.0pts·2408perf+22.1

How the match unfolded

Game-by-game momentum · 2 games

G1 · FIRST DECISIVE19 Oct

Leyao Zha opens the score with the White. Early advantage to the underdog.

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kundu, Pritam	1880	AUS	+24N	+13B	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.50	2805	+53.6
2	Zha, Leyao	1742	AUS	+23N	+33B	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2667	+53.6
3	Sivaraj, Avinav	1727	AUS	+31N	+32B	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2408	+22.1
4	Wong, Benjamin	1720	AUS	+32N	+31B	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2408	+13.8
5	Corona, Jonluke	1971	AUS	+25B	=6N	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.25	2160	+19.6
6	Power, Ted	1988	AUS	+26N	=5B	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.25	2164	+18.4
7	Chhattani Shourya	1633	IND	+18B	=16N	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.50	2041	+21.0
8	Tang, TerrenceCM	2160	AUS	+19N	=17B	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.50	2226	+3.0
9	Anup Kumar, Vihaan	1947	AUS	=15N	+20B	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.50	2014	+5.3
10	Lim, Jongmin	1798	AUS	+34B	=14N	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.50	1880	+4.0
11	Dingley, Justin	1718	AUS	=14B	+34N	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.50	1880	+8.4
12	Miller, David	0	AUS	+33N	=23B	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1887	0.0
13	Anderson, BrendanCM	2004	AUS	+30B	−1N	1.0	2.0	2.5	0.50	1933	-4.0
14	Agrawal, Kabir	1700	AUS	=11N	=10B	1.0	1.5	3.0	1.50	1758	+6.0
15	Li, Shing Hei	1803	HKG	=9B	=29N	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.00	1916	+6.0
16	Kuncoro, Leo	1850	AUS	=27N	=7B	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.00	1680	-16.2
17	Wang, DanielCM	2020	AUS	=28B	=8N	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.00	2109	+9.6
18	He, Andrew	1845	AUS	−7N	+27B	1.0	1.5	2.0	0.50	1680	-17.2
19	Plant, John Stuart	2045	AUS	−8B	+28N	1.0	1.5	2.0	0.50	2109	+3.6
20	Rust, Edward	1838	AUS	+29B	−9N	1.0	1.5	2.0	0.50	1916	+8.4
21	Soham Tilekar	1601	IND	+22N	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2507	+12.8
22	Jain, Kamal	1707	AUS	−21B	+35N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1601	-5.8
23	Maleki, Aiden	1914	AUS	−2B	=12N	0.5	2.0	3.5	0.75	942	-29.2
24	Liu, EricFM	2005	AUS	−1B	=30N	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.25	1740	-28.0
25	Stalker, Ian	1946	AUS	−5N	=26B	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.25	1778	-8.8
26	Jiang, Benjamin Wise	1971	AUS	−6B	=25N	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.25	1774	-20.4
27	Hu, Edward	1727	AUS	=16B	−18N	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.50	1655	-3.4
28	Peramunetilleke, SethCM	2056	AUS	=17N	−19B	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.50	1840	-22.8
29	Siva Sankaran, Anup Kumar	1884	AUS	−20N	=15B	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.50	1628	-13.4
30	Huynh, Arthur	1986	AUS	−13N	=24B	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1812	-8.8
31	Zhou, Yik Wai	1604	AUS	−3B	−4N	0.0	2.0	4.0	0.00	924	-26.8
32	Tirth J Thakker	1612	KEN	−4B	−3N	0.0	2.0	4.0	0.00	924	-27.6
33	Oezdemir, Edwin-Daniel	1819	GER	−12B	−2N	0.0	2.0	3.5	0.00	942	-12.2
34	He, Angela	1672	AUS	−10N	−11B	0.0	1.5	3.0	0.00	958	-15.4
35	Sudhakar, Shaarav	1598	AUS	F	−22B	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	907	-14.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zha, LeyaoAUS
+53.6
2.0 pts · #2
2Kundu, PritamAUS
+53.6
2.0 pts · #4
3Sivaraj, AvinavAUS
+22.1
2.0 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Maleki, AidenAUS
-29.2
0.5 pts · #34
2Liu, EricFMAUS
-28.0
0.5 pts · #24
3Tirth J ThakkerKEN
-27.6
0.0 pts · #35

Biggest upsets

R1+212 Elo gap
Chhattani Shourya1633 beat He, Andrew1845
R1+172 Elo gap
Zha, Leyao1742 beat Maleki, Aiden1914
R1+125 Elo gap
Kundu, Pritam1880 beat FMLiu, Eric2005