2025 Oceanic Youth Championship U8 Open

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19 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 13 Dec 2025 to 17 Dec 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. Top 10 Elo average was 934, and top seed was Aidan Batyrbekov (🇦🇺 AUS, 1613).

Nicholas Yuileng Chen (🇦🇺 AUS, 1605) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Brian Yang (7.0) and Aidan Batyrbekov (6.5). Chen won solo starting round 5.

Location

🇦🇺Brisbane, Australia

Dates

13 Dec 2025 → 17 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺Aidan Batyrbekov1613

Avg top 10

934

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇦🇺Australia×12

Top 3

🥇
Nicholas Yuileng Chen
🇦🇺AUS·1605
8.5pts·2353perf+72.0
🥈
Brian Yang
🇦🇺AUS·1611
7.0pts·1784perf+42.0
🥉
Aidan Batyrbekov
🇦🇺AUS·1613
6.5pts·1459perf-35.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Nicholas Yuileng Chen led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Chen8.5Yang7Batyrbekov6.5Shen6Wong5.5Jyothi Nikhil5.5

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Nicholas Yuileng Chen never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nicholas Yuileng Chen beat Brian Yang (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Nicholas Yuileng Chen 8 wins (R1–R8)Brian Yang 3 wins (R7–R9)Aidan Batyrbekov 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Nicholas Yuileng Chen	*	1	1	½
2Brian Yang	0	*	1	—
3Aidan Batyrbekov	0	0	*	1
4Alden Shen	½	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chen, Nicholas Yuileng	1605	AUS	+13N	+18B	+2N	+9B	+3B	+8N	+6B	+5N	=4N	8.5	43.0	45.5	42.50	2353	+72.0
2	Yang, Brian	1611	AUS	+12B	+6N	−1B	+7N	=8B	=5N	+3B	+9N	+10N	7.0	44.5	48.5	35.00	1784	+42.0
3	Batyrbekov, Aidan	1613	AUS	+8N	+7B	+9N	+5B	−1N	+4B	−2N	=6B	+11N	6.5	46.5	50.5	32.25	1459	-35.6
4	Shen, Alden	0	AUS	−11B	+16N	+?B	+12N	=5B	−3N	+8B	+7N	=1B	6.0	41.0	41.0	23.50	1412	0.0
5	Wong, Zachary	0	AUS	+15B	+10N	+6B	−3N	=4N	=2B	=9N	−1B	+8B	5.5	47.0	50.0	26.25	1556	0.0
6	Jyothi Nikhil, Neev	1462	AUS	+17N	−2B	−5N	+14B	+13N	+10B	−1N	=3N	+9B	5.5	43.5	46.5	22.25	1575	+31.2
7	FIDE 3287246	0	—	+?B	−3N	+11B	−2B	−10N	+19N	+15B	−4B	+12N	5.0	36.0	36.0	12.00	786	0.0
8	Chen, Kevin	0	AUS	−3B	+11N	+19B	+10N	=2N	−1B	−4N	+13B	−5N	4.5	45.5	46.5	16.50	1501	0.0
9	Liu, Preston	1524	AUS	+16B	+19N	−3B	−1N	+12B	+15N	=5B	−2B	−6N	4.5	43.0	44.0	13.75	770	-70.0
10	Fu, Francis	1528	AUS	+14N	−5B	+18N	−8B	+7B	−6N	=13N	+11N	−2B	4.5	38.5	41.0	16.75	735	-39.6
11	Smerdon, Leonard	0	AUS	+4N	−8B	−7N	−13B	+14N	+18B	+?N	−10B	−3B	4.0	36.0	36.0	12.00	774	0.0
12	FIDE 3299562	0	—	−2N	+17B	+14N	−4B	−9N	−13B	+16N	+15N	−7B	4.0	35.5	38.5	12.50	768	0.0
13	Chen, Ian	0	AUS	−1B	−?N	+16B	+11N	−6B	+12N	=10B	−8N	−17B	3.5	37.0	37.0	13.25	1253	0.0
14	FIDE 3299228	0	—	−10B	+15N	−12B	−6N	−11B	+17N	+19B	=18N	−?B	3.5	27.5	27.5	8.25	694	0.0
15	Subhash, Ryan	0	AUS	−5N	−14B	+17N	+19B	+?N	−9B	−7N	−12B	−16N	3.0	29.5	29.5	4.00	724	0.0
16	FIDE 3299589	0	—	−9N	−4B	−13N	+17B	−18N	−?B	−12B	+19N	+15B	3.0	27.5	27.5	7.00	724	0.0
17	FIDE 3299597	0	—	−6B	−12N	−15B	−16N	−19N	−14B	+18N	+?B	+13N	3.0	26.0	26.0	6.00	659	0.0
18	FIDE 4331761	0	—	F	−1N	−10B	−?N	+16B	−11N	−17B	=14B	+19N	2.5	27.5	27.5	5.75	760	0.0
19	FIDE 4333217	0	—	F	−9B	−8N	−15N	+17B	−7B	−14N	−16B	−18B	1.0	29.0	29.0	3.00	724	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chen, Nicholas YuilengAUS
+72.0
8.5 pts · #2
2Yang, BrianAUS
+42.0
7.0 pts · #1
3Jyothi Nikhil, NeevAUS
+31.2
5.5 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Liu, PrestonAUS
-70.0
4.5 pts · #12
2Fu, FrancisAUS
-39.6
4.5 pts · #16
3Batyrbekov, AidanAUS
-35.6
6.5 pts · #5