2025 Burwood U2200 FIDE Rounds 3-7
Open SwissStandard
51 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 Oct 2025 to 28 Nov 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 4 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1988, and top seed was John Stuart Plant (🇦🇺 AUS, 2045).
Arthur Huynh (🇦🇺 AUS, 1986) won with 4.5/7, ahead of Henry Cronin (4.0) and Aidan Malcolm (3.5). Huynh took the lead from round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Palash Rajpura (1444) beat Avinav Sivaraj (1727), a +283-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
31 Oct 2025 → 28 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 4
FM×2
CM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇦🇺Australia×39
🇳🇵Nepal×2
🇳🇿New Zealand×2
🇮🇷Iran×1
🇲🇲Myanmar×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsArthur Huynh led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Co-leaders
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE21 Nov
Arthur Huynh takes the sole lead (3.5/6).
R4–R7 · WIN STREAK
Arthur Huynh won 4 in a row (R4–R7).
R5 · FORMER LEADER FALL
Shing Hei Li held the sole lead at R5 but finished #31.
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huynh, Arthur | 1986 | AUS | F | F | =22N | +44B | +8N | +13B | +5N | 4.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 11.25 | 2186 | +21.4 |
| 2 | Cronin, Henry | 1933 | AUS | F | F | =12N | +6B | +21N | =5B | +23N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 11.00 | 2190 | +32.4 |
| 3 | Malcolm, Aidan | 1767 | NZL | F | F | +17B | =38N | +15B | −7B | +29N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 8.75 | 1905 | +14.2 |
| 4 | Kuncoro, Leo | 1850 | AUS | F | F | +26B | =40B | =6N | =31B | +22N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.75 | 2081 | +61.2 |
| 5 | Liu, EricFM | 2005 | AUS | F | F | +10B | =21B | +7N | =2N | −1B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 9.25 | 2047 | +11.2 |
| 6 | Vincent, AlainaWFM | 1957 | AUS | F | F | =9B | −2N | =4B | +30N | +13N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 8.25 | 1906 | -5.4 |
| 7 | Rusakov, JeanFM | 1951 | AUS | F | F | +11B | =9N | −5B | +3N | =21B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 9.25 | 2011 | +17.2 |
| 8 | Cox, James | 1627 | AUS | F | F | +34N | +16B | −1B | +25N | −10N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 7.50 | 1866 | +44.4 |
| 9 | Baghipour, Alborz | 1938 | IRI | F | F | =6N | =7B | +10N | =23B | =12N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 8.75 | 2005 | +9.6 |
| 10 | Power, Ted | 1988 | AUS | F | F | −5N | +19B | −9B | +35N | +8B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 8.00 | 1851 | -26.8 |
| 11 | Plunkett, Jeremy | 1966 | AUS | F | F | −7N | +12B | =31N | =21B | +16N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 8.25 | 1982 | +2.2 |
| 12 | Munkhbat, Anand | 1911 | AUS | F | F | =2B | −11N | +38B | +26N | =9B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 7.00 | 1905 | -0.8 |
| 13 | Li, Shing Hei | 1803 | HKG | F | F | +46N | +45B | +22N | −1N | −6B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.50 | 1871 | +5.0 |
| 14 | Sivaraj, Avinav | 1727 | AUS | F | F | =24N | =32N | +20B | −28N | +33B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 7.25 | 1388 | -34.0 |
| 15 | Tay, Mason | 1726 | AUS | F | F | −16N | +39B | −3N | +38B | +26B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1665 | -9.2 |
| 16 | Oezdemir, Edwin-Daniel | 1819 | GER | F | F | +15B | −8N | +43B | +45N | −11B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1648 | -13.6 |
| 17 | Xie, Leo | 1536 | AUS | F | F | −3N | +42B | −19N | +44N | +27B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1682 | +29.6 |
| 18 | Ha, Ibrahim | 0 | AUS | F | F | −48B | +29N | =25B | =27N | +30B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.25 | 1676 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Esposito, David | 1740 | AUS | F | F | +47B | −10N | +17B | F | +28N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.00 | 1781 | +4.0 |
| 20 | Balasubramanyam, Tarun | 0 | AUS | F | F | +?N | −43B | −14N | +?B | +?N | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 927 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Lama, MilanCM | 2018 | NEP | F | F | +23B | =5N | −2B | =11N | =7N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 7.00 | 1943 | -10.2 |
| 22 | Plant, John Stuart | 2045 | AUS | F | F | =1B | +48N | −13B | +24N | −4B | 2.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.75 | 1817 | -27.4 |
| 23 | Scott, Ridley | 1862 | AUS | F | F | −21N | +49B | +40N | =9N | −2B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1924 | +8.2 |
| 24 | Escribano, Jose | 1718 | AUS | F | F | =14B | +27N | +36B | −22B | F | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.50 | 1811 | +8.6 |
| 25 | He, Angela | 1672 | AUS | F | F | F | +46B | =18N | −8B | +39N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 827 | -11.2 |
| 26 | Kukrka, Sasa | 1783 | AUS | F | F | −4N | +28N | +44B | −12B | −15N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1638 | -18.2 |
| 27 | Sudhakar, Shaarav | 1598 | AUS | F | F | =39N | −24B | +34N | =18B | −17N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.25 | 829 | -36.8 |
| 28 | Rajpura, Palash | 1444 | AUS | F | F | +41N | −26B | −30N | +14B | −19B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1631 | +42.4 |
| 29 | Pavlidis, Alexi | 1631 | AUS | F | F | F | −18B | +33N | +32N | −3B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 967 | -6.4 |
| 30 | Gupta, Dhwani | 1647 | AUS | F | F | +51N | −31N | +28B | −6B | −18N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.50 | 1625 | -5.6 |
| 31 | Pavalachandran, Ashvini | 1851 | SRI | F | F | −40N | +30B | =11B | =4N | F | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.25 | 1872 | +2.6 |
| 32 | O`halloran, Sean | 0 | AUS | F | F | −49N | =14B | =39N | −29B | +46N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.25 | 1415 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Dasari, Sahasraamshu | 0 | AUS | F | F | −?B | +?N | −29B | +42N | −14N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 832 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Leung, Marcus | 0 | AUS | F | F | −8B | +?N | −27B | +43N | F | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1463 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Kuncoro, Harvey | 1552 | AUS | F | F | F | +47N | +41B | −10B | F | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 1790 | +20.0 |
| 36 | England, Tom | 1491 | AUS | F | F | +37N | +51B | −24N | F | F | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 918 | -8.4 |
| 37 | FIDE 3298043 | 0 | — | F | F | −36B | +?N | F | F | +?B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 691 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Teh, Evan | 0 | AUS | F | F | +43N | =3B | −12N | −15N | F | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.75 | 1528 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Arora, Ekansh | 0 | AUS | F | F | =27B | −15N | =32B | =41N | −25B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.75 | 1462 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Nonles, Ronald | 2024 | PHI | F | F | +31B | =4N | −23B | F | F | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.75 | 1855 | -13.4 |
| 41 | Mavaram, Eashan | 1620 | NZL | F | F | −28B | +50N | −35N | =39B | F | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 702 | -52.4 |
| 42 | Rol Galileo Yang | 0 | MYA | F | F | F | −17N | =50B | −33B | +?N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.50 | 739 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Scalet, Noah | 0 | AUS | F | F | −38B | +20N | −16N | −34B | F | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 1019 | -12.0 |
| 44 | Koike, Akito | 1622 | AUS | F | F | +50B | −1N | −26N | −17B | F | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 969 | -40.0 |
| 45 | Jin, Yixi | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −13N | +49B | −16B | F | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1651 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Lakshman, Emmanuel | 0 | AUS | F | F | −13B | −25N | −47B | +50N | −32B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 938 | -18.0 |
| 47 | Gurung, Bibek | 0 | NEP | F | F | −19N | −35B | +46N | F | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 850 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Vujasin, Nikola | 1729 | AUS | F | F | +18N | −22B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.00 | 1245 | -2.6 |
| 49 | Jain, Kamal | 1707 | AUS | F | F | +32B | −23N | −45N | F | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1062 | -5.8 |
| 50 | Bowens, Salahadeen | 0 | AUS | F | F | −44N | −41B | =42N | −46B | =51B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 821 | 0.0 |
| 51 | FIDE 3298035 | 0 | — | F | F | −30B | −36N | −?B | −?B | =50N | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 758 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kuncoro, LeoAUS+61.23.5 pts · #3
- 2Cox, JamesAUS+44.43.0 pts · #22
- 3Rajpura, PalashAUS+42.42.0 pts · #20
Top rating losers
- 1Mavaram, EashanNZL-52.41.5 pts · #40
- 2Koike, AkitoAUS-40.01.0 pts · #49
- 3Sudhakar, ShaaravAUS-36.82.0 pts · #51
Biggest upsets
- R6+283 Elo gap
- R5+242 Elo gap
- R7+195 Elo gap