2025 Oceania Youth Championship U16 Open

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38 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 13 Dec 2025 to 17 Dec 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2011, and top seed was William Rui Liu (🇳🇿 NZL, CM, 2092).

Kendrick Botong Zhang (🇳🇿 NZL, FM, 2030) won with 7.5/9, ahead of William Rui Liu (7.0) and Isaac Liu (7.0). Zhang shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Ernest Bashirov (1603) beat Tass Coracas (2004), a +401-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

🇳🇿CMWilliam Rui Liu2092

Avg top 10

2,011

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×1

CM×2

Federations · 3 represented

🇦🇺Australia×30

🇳🇿New Zealand×6

🇳🇨Unknown (NCL)×1

Top 3

🥇
FMKendrick Botong Zhang
🇳🇿NZL·2030
7.5pts·2233perf+87.2
🥈
CMWilliam Rui Liu
🇳🇿NZL·2092
7.0pts·2147perf+23.6
🥉
Isaac Liu
🇦🇺AUS·1891
7.0pts·2147perf+107.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Kendrick Botong Zhang led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Zhang7.5Liu7Liu7Peramunetilleke6Jain6Wang6— ex-leaders:Praveenled R4, #12

R5 · LEADER CHANGE15 Dec

Isaac Liu takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Kendrick Botong Zhang drew with CM William Rui Liu (White).

R5–R8 · WIN STREAK

FM Kendrick Botong Zhang won 4 in a row (R5–R8).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMKendrick Botong Zhang	*	½	½	—
2CMWilliam Rui Liu	½	*	½	—
3Isaac Liu	½	½	*	½
4Savin Kavindu Peramunetilleke	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Zhang, Kendrick BotongFM	2030	NZL	+29N	+18B	=3N	=2B	+10N	+22B	+12N	+4B	=5N	7.5	44.5	48.5	38.50	2233	+87.2
2	Liu, William RuiCM	2092	NZL	=14N	+24B	+7B	=1N	+4B	=3N	=11B	+10N	+16N	7.0	46.0	50.0	37.75	2147	+23.6
3	Liu, Isaac	1891	AUS	+37B	+4N	=1B	+15N	+11B	=2B	=17N	+12B	=6N	7.0	46.0	48.0	35.50	2147	+107.2
4	Wang, Cunmeng	1992	AUS	+27N	−3B	+9N	+30B	−2N	+23B	+13N	−1N	+11B	6.0	45.0	48.5	27.00	1980	+2.0
5	Jain, Shaurya	1958	AUS	+31N	+38B	−10N	=22B	=17N	=13B	+23N	+14B	=1B	6.0	38.5	38.5	23.00	1999	+20.8
6	Peramunetilleke, Savin Kavindu	1897	AUS	+20N	−13B	−30N	+31B	+36N	=10B	+22N	+17B	=3B	6.0	37.0	39.0	24.50	2024	+52.0
7	Gordon, Ben	1847	AUS	+30N	+12B	−2N	=13B	−22N	+27B	−10N	+29B	+17N	5.5	38.5	42.0	23.50	1971	+53.2
8	Wang, Justin ZhideCM	2012	NZL	−25B	+28N	−23N	+9B	=14N	+15B	−16B	+26N	+12N	5.5	37.5	41.5	26.00	1843	-63.6
9	Bashirov, Ernest	1603	AUS	−11B	+37N	−4B	−8N	+34B	+28N	=18B	+24N	+19B	5.5	36.0	38.0	19.25	1910	+92.4
10	Wilson, Dion A	1980	NZL	+32B	+16N	+5B	−11N	−1B	=6N	+7B	−2B	=14N	5.0	47.0	50.5	25.50	1945	-14.0
11	Praveen, Jeeva	1965	AUS	+9N	+23B	+13N	+10B	−3N	−12B	=2N	=16B	−4N	5.0	45.5	49.5	25.50	1962	+0.8
12	Zou, Xuyuan	1965	AUS	+33B	−7N	+25B	+18N	+19B	+11N	−1B	−3N	−8B	5.0	43.5	46.5	21.00	1926	-14.4
13	Lyu, Taifeng (Matt)	2004	AUS	+36B	+6N	−11B	=7N	=15B	=5N	−4B	+20N	=23N	5.0	42.0	44.0	22.75	1868	-54.8
14	Shen, Owen	1820	AUS	=2B	−15N	=31B	+32N	=8B	+19N	+24B	−5N	=10B	5.0	40.5	44.0	22.50	1928	+51.2
15	Harding, Gabriel	1785	AUS	=22N	+14B	+17N	−3B	=13N	−8N	+33B	−23B	+25N	5.0	39.0	42.0	21.00	1912	+58.8
16	Horlin-Smith, Alexander	1888	AUS	+34N	−10B	+38N	−17B	=30N	+25B	+8N	=11N	−2B	5.0	37.0	37.0	16.25	1883	-2.4
17	Li, Ian	1907	AUS	+35B	=19N	−15B	+16N	=5B	+18N	=3B	−6N	−7B	4.5	43.5	46.0	20.75	1857	-20.0
18	Yelkhovsky, Daniil	1931	AUS	+21N	−1N	+32B	−12B	+26N	−17B	=9N	=22B	=24N	4.5	39.0	42.5	18.75	1812	-33.4
19	Coracas, Tass	2004	AUS	+26N	=17B	=22N	=23B	−12N	−14B	+31N	+30B	−9N	4.5	35.5	39.0	17.25	1765	-90.8
20	Phun, Levi	0	AUS	−6B	+36N	−24B	=25N	+29N	−26B	+27N	−13B	+33B	4.5	34.0	36.0	15.00	1757	0.0
21	Koulanov, Aleksey	1515	NZL	−18B	=26B	−27N	+35N	−25B	−31B	+37N	+36B	+30N	4.5	28.0	30.0	12.00	1559	+10.0
22	Power, Ted	2062	AUS	=15B	+25N	=19B	=5N	+7B	−1N	−6B	=18N	F	4.0	43.0	47.0	19.50	1892	-66.8
23	Kirby, Oscar	1856	AUS	F	−11N	+8B	=19N	+24B	−4N	−5B	+15N	=13B	4.0	41.0	41.0	19.25	1957	+43.6
24	Anup Kumar, Vihaan	1937	AUS	=28B	−2N	+20N	+27B	−23N	+30B	−14N	−9B	=18B	4.0	38.5	42.0	16.25	1625	-108.8
25	Lee, Timothy	1685	AUS	+8N	−22B	−12N	=20B	+21N	−16N	=26B	+33N	−15B	4.0	37.5	40.5	17.25	1765	+24.8
26	Yang, Minchen	1649	AUS	−19B	=21N	+35B	=28N	−18B	+20N	=25N	−8B	=27N	4.0	35.5	38.0	15.25	1643	-13.6
27	Lin, Matthew	1643	AUS	−4B	=35N	+21B	−24N	+28B	−7N	−20B	+34N	=26B	4.0	35.0	37.5	14.25	1663	+0.8
28	Geffen, Zev	1538	AUS	=24N	−8B	+29N	=26B	−27N	−9B	+36N	+31B	F	4.0	34.5	36.5	13.50	1720	+68.0
29	Kodituwakku, Binuka	1770	AUS	−1B	=31N	−28B	+33N	−20B	=32N	+35B	−7N	+34B	4.0	34.0	36.5	11.50	1624	-54.8
30	Nguyen, Novak	0	NCL	−7B	+33N	+6B	−4N	=16B	−24N	+32B	−19N	−21B	3.5	39.0	42.0	15.00	1730	0.0
31	Phang, Yang-Hian	1577	AUS	−5B	=29B	=14N	−6N	=32B	+21N	−19B	−28N	+37B	3.5	37.5	39.5	12.75	1621	+7.2
32	Liu, Mike	1624	AUS	−10N	+34B	−18N	−14B	=31N	=29B	−30N	=37B	+38N	3.5	30.0	30.0	7.25	1576	-14.8
33	Choi, Kyan	1592	NZL	−12N	−30B	+34N	−29B	+38N	+36B	−15N	−25B	−20N	3.0	30.5	30.5	4.50	1530	-15.6
34	Lilley, Hamish	0	AUS	−16B	−32N	−33B	+37B	−9N	=35N	+38B	−27B	−29N	2.5	29.5	29.5	3.25	1239	0.0
35	Karthikeyan, Shivam	1512	AUS	−17N	=27B	−26N	−21B	=37N	=34B	−29N	+38B	F	2.5	27.5	27.5	4.25	1331	-36.0
36	Barnes, Rossi	1644	AUS	−13N	−20B	+37N	+38B	−6B	−33N	−28B	−21N	F	2.0	31.5	31.5	2.00	908	-87.2
37	Moses, Nathan	0	AUS	−3N	−9B	−36B	−34N	=35B	+38N	−21B	=32N	−31N	2.0	31.0	31.0	3.00	1315	0.0
38	FIDE 240000060	0	—	F	−5N	−16B	−36N	−33B	−37B	−34N	−35N	−32B	0.0	26.5	26.5	0.00	902	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Liu, IsaacAUS
+107.2
7.0 pts · #3
2Bashirov, ErnestAUS
+92.4
5.5 pts · #21
3Zhang, Kendrick BotongFMNZL
+87.2
7.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Anup Kumar, VihaanAUS
-108.8
4.0 pts · #31
2Coracas, TassAUS
-90.8
4.5 pts · #23
3Barnes, RossiAUS
-87.2
2.0 pts · #37

Biggest upsets

R9+401 Elo gap
Bashirov, Ernest1603 beat Coracas, Tass2004
R8+334 Elo gap
Bashirov, Ernest1603 beat Anup Kumar, Vihaan1937
R1+327 Elo gap
Lee, Timothy1685 beat CMWang, Justin Zhide2012