2025 Oceania Youth Championship U14 Open

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47 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 13 Dec 2025 to 17 Dec 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. 6 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1962, and top seed was Justin Xia (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2090).

Yuan Huang (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2014) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Bojun (Bryan) Yang (6.5) and Anh Kiet Nguyen (6.5). Huang clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Anuj Dani (1470) beat Buthsara Hettiarachchi (1920), a +450-point gap.

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

🇦🇺CMJustin Xia2090

Avg top 10

1,962

Participants

Titled players · 6

CM×6

Federations · 6 represented

🇦🇺Australia×38

🇳🇿New Zealand×5

🇻🇺Vanuatu×1

🇳🇨Unknown (NCL)×1

🇹🇴Tonga×1

🇫🇯Fiji×1

Top 3

🥇
CMYuan Huang
🇦🇺AUS·2014
7.0pts·2028perf+14.1
🥈
CMBojun (Bryan) Yang
🇦🇺AUS·1989
6.5pts·2026perf+26.4
🥉
CMAnh Kiet Nguyen
🇦🇺AUS·1986
6.5pts·2000perf+19.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

CM Yuan Huang led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Huang7Ni6.5Nguyen6.5Xia6.5Yang6.5Liu6.5

R7 · LEADER CHANGE16 Dec

CM Bojun (Bryan) Yang takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Yuan Huang lost to CM Lucas Ni (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Lucas Ni 4 wins (R1–R4)CM Anh Kiet Nguyen 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMYuan Huang	*	0	1	—
2CMLucas Ni	1	*	1	0
3CMAnh Kiet Nguyen	0	0	*	½
4CMJustin Xia	—	1	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Huang, YuanCM	2014	AUS	+24B	+14N	=8B	+28N	+10B	−5N	=6B	+11N	+3B	7.0	46.5	50.5	37.75	2028	+14.1
2	Yang, Bojun (Bryan)CM	1989	AUS	+26B	+11N	+7B	+4N	=5B	=6N	+10B	−3N	=8B	6.5	49.5	54.0	38.00	2026	+26.4
3	Nguyen, Anh KietCM	1986	AUS	+31N	+18B	+12N	−5N	+7B	=4N	+9B	+2B	−1N	6.5	49.5	53.5	36.75	2000	+19.2
4	Xia, JustinCM	2090	AUS	+27N	+6B	+16N	−2B	+15N	=3B	+5B	−7N	+10B	6.5	48.0	52.5	36.25	2044	-10.8
5	Ni, LucasCM	2003	AUS	+41N	+17B	+29N	+3B	=2N	+1B	−4N	−6B	+13N	6.5	47.5	50.0	33.75	2057	+30.8
6	Liu, Joshua	1840	AUS	+43B	−4N	+38B	+20N	+8B	=2B	=1N	+5N	=7B	6.5	47.5	49.5	33.00	1994	+70.8
7	Hong, Wilbur	1840	AUS	+34N	+45B	−2N	+12B	−3N	+15B	+17N	+4B	=6N	6.5	45.0	46.5	30.25	1934	+44.0
8	Maleki, Aiden	1894	AUS	+25N	+15B	=1N	−10B	−6N	+28B	+23N	+16B	=2N	6.0	44.5	48.5	29.75	1886	+6.4
9	Harris, Eamon	1702	AUS	=23N	+35B	−10N	+25B	+31N	=17B	−3N	+29B	+15N	6.0	39.0	42.5	25.75	1833	+49.2
10	Wang, Zi Yao (kelvin)	1899	NZL	+22B	=28N	+9B	+8N	−1N	+19B	−2N	+18B	−4N	5.5	47.0	51.0	29.00	1863	-5.2
11	Wu, Elvis	1602	AUS	+46N	−2B	=23N	+34B	+16N	=13B	+29N	−1B	=14B	5.5	41.5	42.5	21.25	1911	+100.8
12	Nagpal, Kavish	1621	AUS	+39B	+13N	−3B	−7N	+30B	=24N	−16N	+31B	+23N	5.5	40.5	43.0	22.75	1762	+44.4
13	Hettiarachchi, Buthsara	1920	NZL	+37N	−12B	−28B	+22N	+36B	=11N	+30B	+19N	−5B	5.5	39.0	42.5	23.75	1692	-80.4
14	Liu, Haoqian (William)	1809	AUS	+44N	−1B	+37N	−15B	+27N	−29B	+33N	+32B	=11N	5.5	37.5	39.5	20.75	1746	-23.2
15	Tebbutt, Isaac	1599	AUS	+47B	−8N	+36B	+14N	−4B	−7N	+22B	+17N	−9B	5.0	44.0	45.0	20.00	1746	+55.6
16	Jindal, TarushCM	1973	AUS	+38B	+32N	−4B	=19N	−11B	+37N	+12B	−8N	=20B	5.0	41.0	44.5	21.50	1743	-74.0
17	Pai, Avaneesh	1731	AUS	+42N	−5N	+22B	=31B	+32N	=9N	−7B	−15B	+30N	5.0	41.0	43.5	20.50	1684	-22.4
18	Searle, William	1668	AUS	+20B	−3N	=25B	−30N	+40B	+34N	+24B	−10N	=19B	5.0	38.5	41.0	20.25	1612	-24.8
19	Chen, Martin	1661	AUS	=35N	=23B	+43N	=16B	+28N	−10N	+20B	−13B	=18N	5.0	38.0	40.0	20.00	1735	+20.4
20	Collins, Immanuel	0	AUS	−18N	+41B	+21N	−6B	=37N	+31B	−19N	+34B	=16N	5.0	37.5	40.0	19.25	1685	0.0
21	Nguyen, Phuc Bao Tam	1709	AUS	−36B	=30N	−20B	+44N	+25N	−23B	=34N	+35B	+28N	5.0	32.5	34.5	17.75	1610	-28.0
22	Williams, Elizabeth	1531	AUS	−10N	+46B	−17N	−13B	+47N	+35B	−15N	+44B	+29N	5.0	31.5	32.5	11.50	1620	+18.0
23	Pedros, Zachary	0	AUS	=9B	=19N	=11B	−24N	+38B	+21N	−8B	+26N	−12B	4.5	42.0	45.5	21.25	1648	0.0
24	Tanin, Erkut	1590	AUS	−1N	=34B	+44N	+23B	=29N	=12B	−18N	=28B	=27N	4.5	38.0	40.0	17.25	1600	-2.4
25	Vaurasi, Lionel	1520	FIJ	−8B	+33B	=18N	−9N	−21B	+38N	−26B	+40N	+43B	4.5	36.5	38.5	14.50	1614	+34.0
26	Xie, Mason Zixuan	1554	NZL	−2N	=44B	−34N	=35B	+43N	=33B	+25N	−23B	+37N	4.5	32.0	34.0	14.75	1649	+31.2
27	Xie, Jason Zihan	1591	NZL	−4B	−43N	+39B	+46N	−14B	=36N	+40B	=30N	=24B	4.5	31.0	32.0	12.00	1445	-50.0
28	Dani, Anuj	1470	AUS	+33N	=10B	+13N	−1B	−19B	−8N	+37B	=24N	−21B	4.0	42.5	46.0	18.00	1702	+92.4
29	Li, Baize	1848	AUS	+30B	+36N	−5B	=32N	=24B	+14N	−11B	−9N	−22B	4.0	41.0	44.5	17.25	1600	-106.4
30	Ruhan Bulchandani	1499	AUS	−29N	=21B	+35N	+18B	−12N	+32B	−13N	=27B	−17B	4.0	38.5	42.0	17.25	1620	+40.4
31	Annapureddy, Dhruthin Reddy	1536	AUS	−3B	+39N	+40B	=17N	−9B	−20N	+36B	−12N	=32B	4.0	38.0	40.5	13.00	1549	-0.8
32	Ong, Joshua	1593	AUS	+40N	−16B	+45N	=29B	−17B	−30N	+39B	−14N	=31N	4.0	32.5	34.0	10.50	1459	-41.2
33	Barnes, Joshua	1740	NZL	−28B	−25N	+42B	−36N	+46B	=26N	−14B	=43N	+44B	4.0	28.5	29.5	8.75	1443	-121.6
34	Gan, Alvis	1485	AUS	−7B	=24N	+26B	−11N	+41N	−18B	=21B	−20N	=42N	3.5	38.5	41.0	13.00	1583	+36.4
35	Lo, Addison	0	AUS	=19B	−9N	−30B	=26N	+45B	−22N	+46B	−21N	=38N	3.5	34.5	35.5	9.00	1364	0.0
36	Staines, Sebastian	1420	AUS	+21N	−29B	−15N	+33B	−13N	=27B	−31N	F	+39B	3.5	34.5	34.5	13.75	1596	+36.8
37	Zhang, Jason	1535	AUS	−13B	+47N	−14B	+45N	=20B	−16B	−28N	+39N	−26B	3.5	33.5	34.5	7.50	937	-56.0
38	Chen, Bryce	1536	AUS	−16N	+42B	−6N	=43B	−23N	−25B	=41N	+47N	=35B	3.5	31.0	32.0	7.50	1509	-7.2
39	Bellier Pontais, Temoe	0	NCL	−12N	−31B	−27N	+42N	=44B	+41B	−32N	−37B	−36N	2.5	30.0	32.0	6.00	1374	0.0
40	Ng, Pavle-Jay	0	AUS	−32B	F	−31N	=41B	−18N	+43B	−27N	−25B	+46N	2.5	27.5	27.5	4.25	1338	0.0
41	Brdaric, Nikolaj	1584	AUS	−5B	−20N	+47B	=40N	−34B	−39N	=38B	=45N	F	2.5	26.0	26.0	4.75	1386	-32.4
42	Vincent, Alvin	1468	AUS	−17B	−38N	−33N	−39B	F	−45N	+47B	+46N	=34B	2.5	22.0	22.0	3.75	1294	-30.8
43	Zhang, Ethan	1483	AUS	−6N	+27B	−19B	=38N	−26B	−40N	F	=33B	−25N	2.0	35.0	35.0	8.25	1472	-9.2
44	Koyande, Dhruv	1476	AUS	−14B	=26N	−24B	−21B	=39N	F	+45B	−22N	−33N	2.0	32.5	32.5	5.00	1254	-46.8
45	Tonutonu Donald	0	TGA	F	−7N	−32B	−37B	−35N	+42B	−44N	=41B	−47N	1.5	25.5	25.5	3.75	1389	0.0
46	Cunningham, Jasper	0	AUS	−11B	−22N	F	−27B	−33N	+47B	−35N	−42B	−40B	1.0	28.5	28.5	1.00	786	0.0
47	Nand Ishaan	0	VAN	−15N	−37B	−41N	F	−22B	−46N	−42N	−38B	+45B	1.0	24.5	24.5	1.50	738	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Wu, ElvisAUS
+100.8
5.5 pts · #22
2Dani, AnujAUS
+92.4
4.0 pts · #20
3Liu, JoshuaAUS
+70.8
6.5 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Barnes, JoshuaNZL
-121.6
4.0 pts · #30
2Li, BaizeAUS
-106.4
4.0 pts · #17
3Hettiarachchi, ButhsaraNZL
-80.4
5.5 pts · #10

Biggest upsets

R3+450 Elo gap
Dani, Anuj1470 beat Hettiarachchi, Buthsara1920
R5+371 Elo gap
Wu, Elvis1602 beat CMJindal, Tarush1973
R4+320 Elo gap
Staines, Sebastian1420 beat Barnes, Joshua1740