2025 ACT Under 14 Championship
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27 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 29 Sept 2025 to 30 Sept 2025 in Canberra, Australia. Top 10 Elo average was 1567, and top seed was Nicholas Lee (🇦🇺 AUS, 1704).
Nivin Vinothkumar (🇦🇺 AUS, 1532) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Andy Luyen (5.0) and Sanat Hegde (4.5). Vinothkumar broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Sahasra Selva Muthukumar (1434) beat James Madoc (1654), a +220-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Canberra, Australia
Dates
29 Sept 2025 → 30 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×21
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsNivin Vinothkumar led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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6
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R4–R6 · LEAD HELD
Nivin Vinothkumar held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Nivin Vinothkumar 4 wins (R1–R4)Andy Luyen 5 wins (R2–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nivin Vinothkumar | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Andy Luyen | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Sanat Hegde | — | 1 | * | 0 |
| 4Nicholas Lee | 0 | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vinothkumar, Nivin | 1532 | AUS | +23N | +6B | +8N | +12B | =5N | +4N | 5.5 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 18.50 | 1851 | +56.0 |
| 2 | Luyen, Andy | 1433 | AUS | −3N | +27B | +24N | +17B | +9N | +5B | 5.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 11.00 | 1711 | +57.2 |
| 3 | Hegde, Sanat | 1676 | AUS | +2B | +13N | =7B | −4N | +8B | +15N | 4.5 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 16.50 | 1706 | +8.1 |
| 4 | Lee, Nicholas | 1704 | AUS | =5N | +20B | +15N | +3B | +12N | −1B | 4.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 14.50 | 1676 | -6.0 |
| 5 | Selva Muthukumar, Sahasra | 1434 | AUS | =4B | +14N | +19B | +7N | =1B | −2N | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 14.00 | 1686 | +78.8 |
| 6 | Arvind, Rithik Sai | 0 | AUS | +14N | −1N | =9B | +10B | =17N | +13N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 12.50 | 1530 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Prabhu, Srihari | 1468 | AUS | +25B | +19N | =3N | −5B | +11N | =10B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 10.50 | 1642 | +36.8 |
| 8 | Rajiv, Manu Chakravarthy | 1458 | AUS | +24N | +9N | −1B | =11B | −3N | +17B | 3.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 8.75 | 1518 | +16.0 |
| 9 | Horikawa, Tomoki | 1566 | AUS | +10N | −8B | =6N | +18B | −2B | +20N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 10.00 | 1324 | -26.0 |
| 10 | Xu, James | 0 | AUS | −9B | +25N | +13B | −6N | +19B | =7N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 8.00 | 1540 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Xi, Cheng | 1422 | AUS | −19B | +16N | +21B | =8N | −7B | +12N | 3.5 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 9.75 | 1421 | -2.0 |
| 12 | Mididuddi, Varshini | 1451 | AUS | +26N | +15B | +17N | −1N | −4B | −11B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 6.50 | 1463 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Hegde, Mahi | 1478 | AUS | +27N | −3B | −10N | +20B | +14N | −6B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 5.00 | 1627 | +15.2 |
| 14 | Zhang, Kyle | 1577 | AUS | −6B | −5B | +16N | +22N | −13B | +21N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 7.00 | 657 | -52.8 |
| 15 | Zhang, Kelvin | 1535 | AUS | +22B | −12N | −4B | +21N | +25N | −3B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 5.00 | 815 | -47.6 |
| 16 | Bandara, Tivon | 0 | AUS | −17N | −11B | −14B | +23N | +22B | +19N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 5.50 | 1340 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Li, Jayden | 1484 | AUS | +16B | +21N | −12B | −2N | =6B | −8N | 2.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 7.00 | 650 | -64.8 |
| 18 | Tian, Eric | 1457 | AUS | −21B | =23N | +26B | −9N | −20N | +25B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 2.75 | 685 | -18.4 |
| 19 | Madoc, James | 1654 | AUS | +11N | −7B | −5N | +24B | −10N | −16B | 2.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 4.50 | 1314 | -52.8 |
| 20 | Nair Abhilash, Dhyan | 0 | AUS | F | −4N | +23B | −13N | +18B | −9B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.00 | 1340 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Koh, Caleb | 0 | AUS | +18N | −17B | −11N | −15B | +24N | −14B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 3.50 | 1254 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 3278395 | 0 | — | −15N | −24B | +27N | −14B | −16N | +26B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 757 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 3278506 | 0 | — | −1B | =18B | −20N | −16B | F | +27N | 1.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.25 | 1301 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 3297489 | 0 | — | −8B | +22N | −2B | −19N | −21B | F | 1.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.00 | 715 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 3295788 | 0 | — | −7N | −10B | F | +26N | −15B | −18N | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.00 | 685 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 3297497 | 0 | — | −12B | F | −18N | −25B | +27B | −22N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 658 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 3266966 | 0 | — | −13B | −2N | −22B | F | −26N | −23B | 0.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 656 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Selva Muthukumar, SahasraAUS+78.84.0 pts · #2
- 2Luyen, AndyAUS+57.25.0 pts · #5
- 3Vinothkumar, NivinAUS+56.05.5 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Li, JaydenAUS-64.82.5 pts · #23
- 2Zhang, KyleAUS-52.83.0 pts · #25
- 3Madoc, JamesAUS-52.82.0 pts · #17
Biggest upsets
- R3+220 Elo gap
- R2+186 Elo gap
- R6+172 Elo gap