2025 Oceania Youth Championship U12-U10-U8 Girls

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45 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 13 Dec 2025 to 17 Dec 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1593, and top seed was Charlotte Chen (🇦🇺 AUS, 1686).

Cindy Chen (🇦🇺 AUS, 1607) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Charlotte Chen (7.5) and Xintong Zhang (6.5). Chen won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Xintong Zhang (1435) beat Linyu Wang (1670), a +235-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

🇦🇺Charlotte Chen1686

Avg top 10

1,593

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇦🇺Australia×29

🇳🇿New Zealand×8

🇬🇺Guam×1

🇳🇷Nauru×1

Top 3

🥇
Cindy Chen
🇦🇺AUS·1607
8.5pts·1974perf+108.4
🥈
Charlotte Chen
🇦🇺AUS·1686
7.5pts·1799perf+46.4
🥉
Xintong Zhang
🇦🇺AUS·1435
6.5pts·1679perf+104.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Cindy Chen led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Chen8.5Chen7.5Zhang6.5Dudipalli6.5Liu6Wang6

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Cindy Chen never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Cindy Chen drew with Charlotte Chen (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Cindy Chen 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)Charlotte Chen 3 wins (R3–R5)Xintong Zhang 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Cindy Chen	*	½	1	1
2Charlotte Chen	½	*	—	1
3Xintong Zhang	0	—	*	½
4Hamsini Dudipalli	0	0	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chen, Cindy	1607	AUS	+37N	+4B	+3N	+20B	+10N	=2B	+8B	+6N	+5B	8.5	48.0	51.0	47.25	1974	+108.4
2	Chen, Charlotte	1686	AUS	+15B	=6N	+34B	+5N	+8B	=1N	+4B	+9N	=7B	7.5	49.0	52.5	42.25	1799	+46.4
3	Zhang, Xintong	1435	AUS	+41N	+9B	−1B	+11N	+7B	+28N	−5B	=4N	+16B	6.5	47.0	49.0	31.25	1679	+104.0
4	Dudipalli, Hamsini	1475	AUS	+44B	−1N	+31B	+19N	+29B	+6N	−2N	=3B	+22N	6.5	45.5	46.5	27.25	1476	-1.2
5	Liu, Clarissa	1547	AUS	+29N	=35B	+13N	−2B	=9N	+15B	+3N	+21B	−1N	6.0	47.0	50.5	30.00	1628	+32.4
6	Mahajan, Zariya	1525	AUS	+36N	=2B	+35N	=9B	+20N	−4B	+10N	−1B	+24N	6.0	46.0	49.5	28.00	1561	+11.6
7	Wang, Linyu	1670	NZL	+16N	+28B	−8N	+18B	−3N	=10B	+23N	+19B	=2N	6.0	44.0	48.0	29.50	1568	-27.6
8	Zhou, Emma	1558	AUS	+23B	+24N	+7B	=10B	−2N	=12B	−1N	+29N	=11B	5.5	47.5	51.5	27.25	1599	+11.2
9	Guo, Anne Xuduo	1543	NZL	+31B	−3N	+16B	=6N	=5B	+17N	+28B	−2B	=10N	5.5	45.5	49.5	26.75	1530	-4.0
10	Wang, Chloe	1611	AUS	+17B	+21N	+30B	=8N	−1B	=7N	−6B	+28N	=9B	5.5	45.0	49.0	26.00	1594	-6.0
11	Justo, Alexis Rian	1581	GUM	+14N	+26B	−20N	−3B	−15N	+33B	+17N	+18B	=8N	5.5	41.5	45.5	26.75	1451	-35.2
12	Zhao, Yuanyi (Rebecca)	1591	NZL	−20B	+19N	=15B	+34N	=17B	=8N	−14B	+23B	+21N	5.5	39.0	42.5	24.75	1662	+12.8
13	Liang, Nancy	1529	NZL	+40B	=34N	−5B	=17N	+16B	=19N	−22B	+15B	+30N	5.5	37.5	40.0	23.00	1609	+21.2
14	Wang, Iris	0	AUS	−11B	+44N	+21B	+32N	−28N	=18B	+12N	−22B	+19N	5.5	37.5	38.5	22.00	1541	0.0
15	Mao, Victoria	1405	AUS	−2N	+36B	=12N	=35B	+11B	−5N	+31B	−13N	+29B	5.0	41.5	45.0	21.50	1440	+7.2
16	Chu, Olivia	1401	AUS	−7B	+27N	−9N	+36B	−13N	+32B	+25N	+30B	−3N	5.0	40.5	44.0	20.50	1484	+29.2
17	Wu, Eleanor	0	AUS	−10N	+39B	+25N	=13B	=12N	−9B	−11B	+38N	+28B	5.0	38.5	41.0	19.00	1506	0.0
18	Zuo, Emma	1439	AUS	−19B	+40N	+22B	−7N	+42B	=14N	=29B	−11N	+31B	5.0	36.5	38.5	17.75	818	-19.6
19	Li, Fiona Chenxi	0	NZL	+18N	−12B	+26N	−4B	+25N	=13B	+24N	−7N	−14B	4.5	43.0	47.5	21.25	1529	0.0
20	Zhang, Kaylin	0	AUS	+12N	+25B	+11B	−1N	−6B	−24B	−30N	+32N	=26B	4.5	43.0	47.0	21.75	1531	0.0
21	Zuo, Sarah	1482	AUS	+39N	−10B	−14N	+33B	+35N	=23B	+26N	−5N	−12B	4.5	39.0	41.5	16.75	1352	-26.4
22	Tse, Ishtar Yuying	0	NZL	−34B	F	−18N	+37B	=24N	+27B	+13N	+14N	−4B	4.5	38.0	38.0	20.75	1393	0.0
23	Bhatia, Sannah	0	AUS	−8N	+43B	−28N	+38B	+30B	=21N	−7B	−12N	+34B	4.5	35.5	37.5	14.25	1435	0.0
24	Venkat, Nyra	1454	AUS	+43N	−8B	+38N	−28B	=22B	+20N	−19B	+34N	−6B	4.5	35.0	37.0	14.75	1312	-28.8
25	Xia, Bella	1528	AUS	+27B	−20N	−17B	+31N	−19B	+42N	−16B	=35N	+36B	4.5	34.5	36.5	15.75	601	-26.4
26	Mondal, Jahnavi	1425	AUS	+45B	−11N	−19B	+41N	+32B	=29N	−21B	=27B	=20N	4.5	33.5	33.5	12.50	1407	-2.4
27	Wang, Charlotte	0	AUS	−25N	−16B	=39N	+44B	+34B	−22N	+36B	=26N	=37B	4.5	31.0	32.0	13.00	1362	0.0
28	Xu, Vera Jintian	1501	NZL	+42B	−7N	+23B	+24N	+14B	−3B	−9N	−10B	−17N	4.0	43.0	45.0	16.50	1298	-51.6
29	Wang, Grace	0	AUS	−5B	+45N	+40B	+30N	−4N	=26B	=18N	−8B	−15N	4.0	39.0	39.0	11.25	1323	0.0
30	Ong, Yun Li (Charlotte)	1528	AUS	+33N	+38B	−10N	−29B	−23N	+35B	+20B	−16N	−13B	4.0	36.5	39.0	14.50	713	-62.4
31	Ashik, Alyna	0	AUS	−9N	+41B	−4N	−25B	+45N	+37B	−15N	+33B	−18N	4.0	35.5	35.5	9.00	1187	0.0
32	Yuan, Erin	1534	AUS	−35N	+33B	+37N	−14B	−26N	−16N	+42B	−20B	+41N	4.0	32.0	34.0	11.00	1283	-40.4
33	FIDE 3280047	0	—	−30B	−32N	+44B	−21N	+41B	−11N	+40B	−31N	+35B	4.0	30.0	31.0	9.00	731	0.0
34	Wang, Jennifer (yuxian)	1420	AUS	+22N	=13B	−2N	−12B	−27N	+38B	+39N	−24B	−23N	3.5	39.0	41.5	12.25	1245	-30.0
35	Zuo, Ella	0	AUS	+32B	=5N	−6B	=15N	−21B	−30N	+44N	=25B	−33N	3.5	38.0	39.0	12.75	1404	0.0
36	Huang, Elianna	0	AUS	−6B	−15N	+45B	−16N	=37N	+41B	−27N	+44B	−25N	3.5	31.0	31.0	4.50	1085	0.0
37	Tan, Mia	0	AUS	−1B	+42N	−32B	−22N	=36B	−31N	F	+39B	=27N	3.0	33.5	33.5	8.50	769	-22.4
38	Zhou, Guangzhao (allison)	0	NZL	F	−30N	−24B	−23N	=40B	−34N	+43N	−17B	+39B	2.5	28.5	28.5	5.75	668	0.0
39	FIDE 3299520	0	—	−21B	−17N	=27B	−42N	+43B	+40N	−34B	−37N	−38N	2.5	27.5	29.5	6.75	634	0.0
40	Simic, Fedra	0	AUS	−13N	−18B	−29N	+43B	=38N	−39B	−33N	F	+45B	2.5	25.5	25.5	3.25	675	0.0
41	FIDE 3299546	0	—	−3B	−31N	F	−26B	−33N	−36N	+45B	+42N	−32B	2.0	28.5	28.5	2.00	663	0.0
42	FIDE 3299511	0	—	−28N	−37B	+43N	+39B	−18N	−25B	−32N	−41B	F	2.0	27.0	27.0	4.50	676	0.0
43	FIDE 3299538	0	—	−24B	−23N	−42B	−40N	−39N	F	−38B	+45N	+44B	2.0	19.5	19.5	1.00	655	0.0
44	FIDE 527056759	0	—	−4N	−14B	−33N	−27N	F	+45B	−35B	−36N	−43N	1.0	29.5	29.5	0.00	674	0.0
45	Ruaiti, Maria Rose	0	NRU	−26N	−29B	−36N	F	−31B	−44N	−41N	−43B	−40N	0.0	23.5	23.5	0.00	624	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chen, CindyAUS
+108.4
8.5 pts · #2
2Zhang, XintongAUS
+104.0
6.5 pts · #3
3Chen, CharlotteAUS
+46.4
7.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Ong, Yun Li (Charlotte)AUS
-62.4
4.0 pts · #39
2Xu, Vera JintianNZL
-51.6
4.0 pts · #28
3Yuan, ErinAUS
-40.4
4.0 pts · #25

Biggest upsets

R5+235 Elo gap
Zhang, Xintong1435 beat Wang, Linyu1670
R5+176 Elo gap
Mao, Victoria1405 beat Justo, Alexis Rian1581
R4+146 Elo gap
Zhang, Xintong1435 beat Justo, Alexis Rian1581