2025 Oceania Youth Championship U10 Open
50 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 13 Dec 2025 to 17 Dec 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1767, and top seed was Leo Kuncoro (🇦🇺 AUS, 1917).
Terrence Li (🇦🇺 AUS, 1893) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Zining (matthew) Jia (8.0) and Leo Kuncoro (6.5). Li shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Ethan Wu (1495) beat Huankai (eden) Xu (1766), a +271-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Zining (matthew) Jia held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.
2 players finish on 8.0/9. Li takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (48.5).
Zining (matthew) Jia beat Terrence Li (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Zining (matthew) Jia | * | 1 | 1 | ½ |
| 2Terrence Li | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Joey Su | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Leo Kuncoro | ½ | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Li, Terrence | 1893 | AUS | +15B | +6N | +12B | −2N | +3B | +8N | +11B | +9N | +7B | 8.0 | 48.5 | 54.0 | 46.00 | 2021 | +44.4 |
| 2 | Jia, Zining (matthew) | 1774 | AUS | +43B | +22N | +18B | +1B | +8N | =20B | +4N | =3N | +14B | 8.0 | 46.0 | 49.0 | 43.50 | 2034 | +97.3 |
| 3 | Kuncoro, Leo | 1917 | AUS | +34N | =10B | +23N | +17B | −1N | +13B | =9N | =2B | +15N | 6.5 | 47.5 | 51.5 | 34.00 | 1816 | -29.2 |
| 4 | Su, Joey | 1871 | AUS | +27N | +21B | −8N | =10B | +17N | +19N | −2B | +16B | +13N | 6.5 | 44.5 | 49.0 | 32.75 | 1755 | -38.4 |
| 5 | Le, Quang Minh | 1746 | AUS | +31B | +20N | =24B | =19N | =21B | −11N | +17B | =6N | +18B | 6.0 | 40.0 | 44.0 | 28.50 | 1685 | -25.2 |
| 6 | Zhang, Lucas | 1595 | NZL | +48N | −1B | −31N | +40B | +33N | +26B | =16N | =5B | +25N | 6.0 | 40.0 | 42.0 | 24.25 | 1694 | +46.4 |
| 7 | Song, Quinn | 1588 | NZL | −40N | +39B | =37N | +42B | =25N | +12N | +18B | +8B | −1N | 6.0 | 39.0 | 42.0 | 26.50 | 1722 | +51.2 |
| 8 | Xia, ChengYi | 1612 | AUS | +37B | +41N | +4B | +24N | −2B | −1B | +20N | −7N | =9B | 5.5 | 46.5 | 50.0 | 25.25 | 1718 | +37.2 |
| 9 | Xu, Huankai (eden) | 1766 | NZL | −23N | =28B | +34N | +31B | +10N | +21N | =3B | −1B | =8N | 5.5 | 43.0 | 47.0 | 26.25 | 1702 | -23.6 |
| 10 | Bansal, Azaan | 1592 | AUS | +46B | =3N | =32B | =4N | −9B | +37N | +19B | −14N | +20B | 5.5 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 24.00 | 1674 | +26.4 |
| 11 | Lin, Xianchen (Mason) | 1606 | AUS | −33N | =36B | +46N | +41B | +22N | +5B | −1N | −15B | +21N | 5.5 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 22.75 | 1678 | +20.0 |
| 12 | Ramanathan, Ashwin | 1660 | AUS | +36B | +33N | −1N | −20B | +23N | −7B | =39N | +34B | +22N | 5.5 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 22.25 | 1600 | -24.0 |
| 13 | Parker, Lucas | 1646 | AUS | −29B | +44N | +43B | +32N | =19B | −3N | +21B | +20N | −4B | 5.5 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 21.50 | 1662 | +5.2 |
| 14 | Kuncoro, Harvey | 1652 | AUS | =32N | −17B | −36N | +46B | +41N | +22B | +27N | +10B | −2N | 5.5 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 22.50 | 1565 | -32.4 |
| 15 | Nisha Raj, Taran | 1538 | AUS | −1N | +48B | =42B | −37N | +47B | +43N | +24B | +11N | −3B | 5.5 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 18.50 | 1777 | +57.2 |
| 16 | Stanton, John | 1545 | AUS | F | +35N | F | +49B | +31N | +25B | =6B | −4N | +26B | 5.5 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 21.50 | 1809 | +68.0 |
| 17 | Wang, Isaac (Yijun) | 1582 | AUS | =38B | +14N | +29B | −3N | −4B | +30N | −5N | =27B | +31N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 45.5 | 22.50 | 1676 | +40.8 |
| 18 | Addagada, Geetham | 1639 | NZL | +39N | +40B | −2N | +23B | −20N | +28B | −7N | +30B | −5N | 5.0 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 20.50 | 1617 | -4.0 |
| 19 | Ren, Joshua | 1443 | AUS | =30B | +38N | +25N | =5B | =13N | −4B | −10N | =24N | +36B | 5.0 | 40.5 | 44.0 | 21.75 | 1670 | +100.0 |
| 20 | Vijay, Ayaansh | 1544 | AUS | +47B | −5B | +40N | +12N | +18B | =2N | −8B | −13B | −10N | 4.5 | 44.5 | 46.5 | 20.00 | 1596 | +20.4 |
| 21 | Kirschbaum, Asher | 1568 | NZL | +49B | −4N | +33B | +26N | =5N | −9B | −13N | +39B | −11B | 4.5 | 41.0 | 42.5 | 16.50 | 1578 | -2.0 |
| 22 | Karthikeyan, Dharshan | 1544 | AUS | +50N | −2B | =41B | +29N | −11B | −14N | +35B | +38N | −12B | 4.5 | 40.0 | 41.0 | 14.75 | 1466 | -25.2 |
| 23 | Wu, Ethan | 1495 | AUS | +9B | +26N | −3B | −18N | −12B | =38N | =29B | +36N | =24B | 4.5 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 19.75 | 1614 | +50.8 |
| 24 | Zhu, Zane (Zichen) | 1599 | AUS | +35B | +42N | =5N | −8B | =28N | =27B | −15N | =19B | =23N | 4.5 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 19.25 | 1444 | -62.0 |
| 25 | Batyrbekov, Kaisar | 1682 | AUS | +44B | =29N | −19B | +36N | =7B | −16N | +28B | =26N | −6B | 4.5 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 18.50 | 1513 | -74.8 |
| 26 | Yendluri, Rithvik Chowdary | 1693 | AUS | +28N | −23B | +27N | −21B | +37B | −6N | +31N | =25B | −16N | 4.5 | 38.0 | 41.5 | 18.75 | 1499 | -83.2 |
| 27 | Wang, Noah | 1508 | AUS | −4B | +49N | −26B | +43N | +32B | =24N | −14B | =17N | =28B | 4.5 | 37.5 | 39.0 | 15.50 | 1571 | +21.6 |
| 28 | Wang, Ruoshui | 1482 | AUS | −26B | =9N | +30B | +38N | =24B | −18N | −25N | +33B | =27N | 4.5 | 37.0 | 40.5 | 19.25 | 1578 | +37.2 |
| 29 | Huang, Joshua Kai-En | 1420 | AUS | +13N | =25B | −17N | −22B | −30N | +47B | =23N | =32B | +39N | 4.5 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 17.50 | 1527 | +44.4 |
| 30 | Xie, Leo | 1666 | AUS | =19N | −32B | −28N | +44N | +29B | −17B | +37N | −18N | +38B | 4.5 | 35.0 | 38.0 | 17.00 | 1452 | -89.6 |
| 31 | Oakley, Brett | 1491 | AUS | −5N | +47B | +6B | −9N | −16B | +42N | −26B | +44N | −17B | 4.0 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 14.00 | 1463 | -14.0 |
| 32 | Lin, Xin (Oliver) | 1427 | NZL | =14B | +30N | =10N | −13B | −27N | −34B | =42B | =29N | +45B | 4.0 | 37.0 | 40.0 | 16.75 | 1530 | -0.4 |
| 33 | Li-Zeng, Richard | 0 | AUS | +11B | −12B | −21N | +45N | −6B | −36N | +43B | −28N | +44B | 4.0 | 35.5 | 38.5 | 14.50 | 1495 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Kovalenko, Kiy | 1543 | AUS | −3B | =46N | −9B | +35N | =38B | +32N | =36B | −12N | =42B | 4.0 | 35.5 | 38.0 | 14.25 | 1498 | -18.8 |
| 35 | Chen, Sijia | 0 | AUS | −24N | −16B | =47N | −34B | +46N | +41B | −22N | +37B | =40N | 4.0 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 12.25 | 1173 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Campos Wagner, Fulvio Alberto | 1433 | AUS | −12N | =11N | +14B | −25B | =42N | +33B | =34N | −23B | −19N | 3.5 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 15.75 | 1426 | -5.6 |
| 37 | Chen, Isaac | 0 | AUS | −8N | +45N | =7B | +15B | −26N | −10B | −30B | −35N | +46B | 3.5 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 14.00 | 1506 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Liang, David Ye Cheng | 0 | NZL | =17N | −19B | +39N | −28B | =34N | =23B | +45N | −22B | −30N | 3.5 | 35.5 | 38.5 | 13.25 | 1446 | +2.0 |
| 39 | Sheth, Adidev | 1417 | AUS | −18B | −7N | −38B | +50N | +45B | +44N | =12B | −21N | −29B | 3.5 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 9.75 | 1398 | -9.2 |
| 40 | Chen, Jayden | 1459 | NZL | +7B | −18N | −20B | −6N | −44B | −45N | +50B | +43N | =35B | 3.5 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 12.00 | 1390 | -27.2 |
| 41 | Luo, Roy | 0 | AUS | +45B | −8B | =22N | −11N | −14B | −35N | +46B | −42N | +49B | 3.5 | 33.5 | 35.0 | 9.25 | 1449 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Zhang, Aiden J | 0 | AUS | F | −24B | =15N | −7N | =36B | −31B | =32N | +41B | =34N | 3.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 12.00 | 1375 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Lakshman, Emmanuel | 1496 | AUS | −2N | +50B | −13N | −27B | +49N | −15B | −33N | −40B | +48N | 3.0 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 4.50 | 786 | -77.2 |
| 44 | Jayasinghe, Attiligoda | 1453 | AUS | −25N | −13B | +50N | −30B | +40N | −39B | +48N | −31B | −33N | 3.0 | 31.5 | 32.5 | 6.50 | 1287 | -47.2 |
| 45 | Lopatyuk, Leo | 1569 | GUM | −41N | −37B | +48N | −33B | −39N | +40B | −38B | +47N | −32N | 3.0 | 27.5 | 29.5 | 7.50 | 1268 | -62.4 |
| 46 | FIDE 3299554 | 0 | — | −10N | =34B | −11B | −14N | −35B | +50N | −41N | +48B | −37N | 2.5 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 5.00 | 1279 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Wang, Jamie | 0 | NZL | −20N | −31N | =35B | +48B | −15N | −29N | =49B | −45B | −50N | 2.0 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 4.75 | 711 | 0.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 3299120 | 0 | — | −6B | −15N | −45B | −47N | +50B | +49N | −44B | −46N | −43B | 2.0 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 2.50 | 724 | 0.0 |
| 49 | FIDE 80449174 | 0 | — | −21N | −27B | F | −16N | −43B | −48B | =47N | +50B | −41N | 1.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 2.00 | 730 | 0.0 |
| 50 | FIDE 3282384 | 0 | — | −22B | −43N | −44B | −39B | −48N | −46B | −40N | −49N | +47B | 1.0 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 2.00 | 674 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ren, JoshuaAUS+100.05.0 pts · #8
- 2Jia, Zining (matthew)AUS+97.38.0 pts · #1
- 3Stanton, JohnAUS+68.05.5 pts · #26
- 1Xie, LeoAUS-89.64.5 pts · #25
- 2Yendluri, Rithvik ChowdaryAUS-83.24.5 pts · #21
- 3Lakshman, EmmanuelAUS-77.23.0 pts · #46
- R1+271 Elo gap
- R3+259 Elo gap
- R3+239 Elo gap