2025 St. George Swiss Round 9
Open SwissStandard
44 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held on 04 Nov 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 0.
Ashton Li (🇦🇺 AUS, 0) won with 1.0/9, ahead of John Karabatsos (1.0) and Justin Elsey (1.0).
Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
04 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
44
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×42
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 19 players tied at 1.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 61 co-leaders at R4 to 25 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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25
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
19 players finish on 1.0/9. Li takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Li, Ashton | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +25B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2622 | +21.2 |
| 2 | Karabatsos, John | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +38N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2391 | +8.0 |
| 3 | Elsey, Justin | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +30B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2397 | +17.2 |
| 4 | Stalker, Ian | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +39B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2804 | +11.6 |
| 5 | Babic, Michael S | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +28N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2728 | +13.0 |
| 6 | Sze-To, Jonas | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +27N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2363 | +4.2 |
| 7 | Vardakis, Emmanuel | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +34N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2342 | +7.8 |
| 8 | Swinton, Peter J | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +36N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2543 | +14.6 |
| 9 | Tang, TerrenceCM | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +35N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2849 | +7.6 |
| 10 | Kordahi, Nicholas | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +26B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2516 | +6.0 |
| 11 | Xu, Leo | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +37N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2480 | +14.4 |
| 12 | Rewais, Sarwat | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +32B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2517 | +7.2 |
| 13 | Escribano, Jose | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2570 | +11.6 |
| 14 | Power, Ted | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +24N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2614 | +7.2 |
| 15 | Barker, Geoff | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +31N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2609 | +6.4 |
| 16 | Zhou, Yik Wai | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +22B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2807 | +33.2 |
| 17 | Perez, Andres | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +23B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2763 | +28.8 |
| 18 | Allison, Brian C | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +29B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2481 | +9.0 |
| 19 | Dimitropoulos, Nick | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +21B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2377 | +9.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 3296652 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =?B | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1440 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Hyde, Geoff | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −19N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 812 | -9.0 |
| 22 | Plunkett, Jeremy | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −16N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 930 | -16.6 |
| 23 | Zworestine, Charles | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −17N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 997 | -14.4 |
| 24 | Shenoy, Trilok | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −14B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1281 | -7.2 |
| 25 | Jovanovski, Paul | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 999 | -10.6 |
| 26 | Nichas, John | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1069 | -6.0 |
| 27 | Nisha Raj, Taran | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 990 | -8.4 |
| 28 | Huseyin, Ertan John | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1017 | -26.0 |
| 29 | Lendvai, Tibor | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −18N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 915 | -9.0 |
| 30 | Beydoun, Maan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 847 | -17.2 |
| 31 | Saint, Graham D | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −15B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1140 | -6.4 |
| 32 | O`Donoghue, Malachi | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −12N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1018 | -7.2 |
| 33 | Paceskoski, Boris | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −13N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 911 | -23.2 |
| 34 | Gourlas, Dimitrios | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −7B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 825 | -15.6 |
| 35 | Plant, John Stuart | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1340 | -7.6 |
| 36 | Doan, Peter | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 769 | -14.6 |
| 37 | Lagarez, Christian | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 980 | -7.2 |
| 38 | Parissis, John | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 861 | -8.0 |
| 39 | Tefanis, Frank | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1147 | -11.6 |
| 40 | Wilkinson, Robert | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 644 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Glukhikh, Evgeny | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 786 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 3296610 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 832 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Currie, Ethan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 668 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Ali, Ameer | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 784 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zhou, Yik WaiAUS+33.21.0 pts · #16
- 2Perez, AndresAUS+28.81.0 pts · #17
- 3Li, AshtonAUS+21.21.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Huseyin, Ertan JohnAUS-26.00.0 pts · #30
- 2Paceskoski, BorisAUS-23.20.0 pts · #37
- 3Beydoun, MaanAUS-17.20.0 pts · #33