2025 Perth Minor

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35 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 Sept 2025 to 29 Sept 2025 in Perth, Australia. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1584, and top seed was Mark Howard (🇦🇺 AUS, 1703).

Roland Brockman (🇦🇺 AUS, 1550) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Yi Zhe Lim (5.5) and Wallace Sheridan (5.5). Brockman shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Senudi De Vas (1485) beat Mark Howard (1703), a +218-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Perth, Australia

Dates

26 Sept 2025 → 29 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺Mark Howard1703

Avg top 10

1,584

Participants

Federations · 5 represented

🇦🇺Australia×18

🇲🇾Malaysia×2

🇮🇳India×1

🇸🇬Singapore×1

🇻🇳Vietnam×1

Top 3

🥇
Roland Brockman
🇦🇺AUS·1550
5.5pts·1691perf+11.2
🥈
Yi Zhe Lim
🇲🇾MAS·1660
5.5pts·1650perf-2.8
🥉
Wallace Sheridan
🇦🇺AUS·1520
5.5pts·1801perf+30.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Sheridan5.5Lim5.5Brockman5.5Chu5Rithauddin Hussein Jamalatiff5While5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.5/7. Brockman takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Wallace Sheridan 3 wins (R4–R6)Yi Zhe Lim 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Wallace Sheridan	*	—	½	—
2Yi Zhe Lim	—	*	0	—
3Roland Brockman	½	1	*	½
4Wa Ching David Chu	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Brockman, Roland	1550	AUS	+30N	+10B	=9N	=4B	+12N	+2B	=3N	5.5	28.5	30.5	23.00	1691	+11.2
2	Lim, Yi Zhe	1660	MAS	+28B	+26N	+6B	+7N	=5B	−1N	+8B	5.5	27.5	30.0	22.00	1650	-2.8
3	Sheridan, Wallace	1520	AUS	=16N	+24B	=31N	+23B	+15B	+5N	=1B	5.5	23.5	25.0	19.75	1801	+30.0
4	Chu, Wa Ching David	1519	SGP	+19B	+27N	=5B	=1N	+7B	−6N	+10B	5.0	27.5	30.5	20.25	1555	+7.6
5	While, Lyndon	1608	AUS	+23N	+29B	=4N	+9B	=2N	−3B	+12N	5.0	27.5	29.5	18.75	1441	-27.2
6	Rithauddin Hussein Jamalatiff, Florentyna	1543	MAS	+33N	+34B	−2N	+13B	=8N	+4B	=7N	5.0	25.0	26.0	16.00	1567	+4.0
7	Sethuraman, Jaswanth Ram	1549	AUS	+20B	+8N	+17B	−2B	−4N	+29N	=6B	4.5	27.0	29.0	16.00	1499	-5.6
8	Sanjay, Dhruv	0	AUS	+22N	−7B	+10N	+16B	=6B	+18N	−2N	4.5	26.0	29.5	17.00	1301	0.0
9	Kazemian, Samyar	0	AUS	+21N	+31B	=1B	−5N	+11B	=15N	=17B	4.5	25.0	26.5	15.25	1609	0.0
10	Bartlett, Joshua	0	AUS	+12B	−1N	−8B	+28N	+26B	+25B	−4N	4.0	25.0	27.5	12.50	736	0.0
11	De Vas, Senudi	1485	AUS	F	+16B	=18N	=14B	−9N	+20N	+15B	4.0	22.5	22.5	14.25	2503	+31.2
12	FIDE 3285685	0	—	−10N	+33B	+29N	+34B	−1B	+14N	−5B	4.0	22.0	23.0	8.50	779	0.0
13	Luong, Daniel	0	AUS	−15B	+20N	+?B	−6N	+19B	−17N	+23B	4.0	22.0	22.0	10.00	821	0.0
14	Nikhil Vijay Rodrigues	0	IND	=24N	+?B	=15B	=11N	=17B	−12B	+25N	4.0	21.0	21.0	10.00	1603	0.0
15	Howard, Mark	1703	AUS	+13N	=18B	=14N	+25B	−3N	=9B	−11N	3.5	25.5	28.5	13.00	701	-30.4
16	Jayasinghe, Attiligoda	0	AUS	=3B	−11N	+32B	−8N	+22B	+24N	−18B	3.5	24.0	25.5	10.75	1308	-24.0
17	Ashok, Akash	1618	AUS	F	+25B	−7N	=18B	=14N	+13B	=9N	3.5	23.5	24.5	13.00	719	-25.6
18	Ho Gia Bao	0	VIE	F	=15N	=11B	=17N	+24B	−8B	+16N	3.5	22.0	22.0	12.00	1602	0.0
19	Wang, Walter	0	AUS	−4N	−23B	+30N	+?B	−13N	+26N	=24B	3.5	20.0	20.0	6.50	1525	0.0
20	FIDE 3261484	0	—	−7N	−13B	+?N	=21B	+34N	−11B	+?N	3.5	17.0	17.0	2.75	702	0.0
21	FIDE 3296865	0	—	−9B	+35N	−24B	=20N	+31N	−?B	+28B	3.5	16.0	16.0	6.75	1550	0.0
22	FIDE 3296873	0	—	−8B	=32N	+35B	−24N	−16N	+31B	+34N	3.5	15.0	16.0	4.25	1592	0.0
23	FIDE 3274900	0	—	−5B	+19N	+26B	−3N	−25N	+34B	−13N	3.0	24.0	25.0	7.50	762	0.0
24	FIDE 3296784	0	—	=14B	−3N	+21N	+22B	−18N	−16B	=19N	3.0	23.5	27.0	10.75	716	0.0
25	Dadras, Ethan	0	AUS	+?B	−17N	+27B	−15N	+23B	−10N	−14B	3.0	21.0	21.0	6.00	861	0.0
26	Uudamkhishig, Togtmol	0	AUS	+?N	−2B	−23N	+31B	−10N	−19B	+30N	3.0	19.5	19.5	3.50	1616	0.0
27	FIDE 3296814	0	—	+?N	−4B	−25N	−29B	−28B	+35N	+32B	3.0	15.0	15.0	2.50	1525	0.0
28	Tran, Henry	0	AUS	−2N	+?B	−34N	−10B	+27N	=?B	−21N	2.5	17.0	17.0	3.00	860	0.0
29	FIDE 3296768	0	—	F	−5N	−12B	+27N	+?B	−7B	−?N	2.0	16.5	16.5	3.00	751	0.0
30	FIDE 537028669	0	—	−1B	−?N	−19B	=33N	=?B	+32N	−26B	2.0	15.0	15.0	2.25	749	0.0
31	Riley, Matthew	1571	AUS	+32B	−9N	=3B	−26N	−21B	−22N	F	1.5	21.5	21.5	4.25	1516	-3.2
32	Nagaa, Vidhith	0	AUS	−31N	=22B	−16N	−?N	+33B	−30B	−27N	1.5	15.0	15.0	3.25	772	0.0
33	FIDE 3274918	0	—	−6B	−12N	−?N	=30B	−32N	F	+35B	1.5	13.5	13.5	2.00	735	0.0
34	FIDE 3296881	0	—	F	−6N	+28B	−12N	−20B	−23N	−22B	1.0	21.5	21.5	2.50	743	0.0
35	FIDE 3296547	0	—	F	−21B	−22N	+?B	−?N	−27B	−33N	1.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	727	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1De Vas, SenudiAUS
+31.2
4.0 pts · #12
2Sheridan, WallaceAUS
+30.0
5.5 pts · #2
3Brockman, RolandAUS
+11.2
5.5 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Howard, MarkAUS
-30.4
3.5 pts · #35
2While, LyndonAUS
-27.2
5.0 pts · #11
3Ashok, AkashAUS
-25.6
3.5 pts · #25

Biggest upsets

R7+218 Elo gap
De Vas, Senudi1485 beat Howard, Mark1703
R5+183 Elo gap
Sheridan, Wallace1520 beat Howard, Mark1703
R6+110 Elo gap
Brockman, Roland1550 beat Lim, Yi Zhe1660