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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
Top seed
🇦🇺Nicholas Lee1704
Avg top 10
1,567
Participants
27
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×21
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Nivin Vinothkumar led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
12
6
2
1
2
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
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
Player1234
1Nivin Vinothkumar*
1
2Andy Luyen*
0
3Sanat Hegde
1
*
0
4Nicholas Lee
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vinothkumar, Nivin1532AUS+23N+6B+8N+12B=5N+4N5.519.020.518.501851+56.0
2Luyen, Andy1433AUS3N+27B+24N+17B+9N+5B5.015.515.511.001711+57.2
3Hegde, Sanat1676AUS+2B+13N=7B4N+8B+15N4.520.023.016.501706+8.1
4Lee, Nicholas1704AUS=5N+20B+15N+3B+12N1B4.520.022.014.501676-6.0
5Selva Muthukumar, Sahasra1434AUS=4B+14N+19B+7N=1B2N4.022.024.014.001686+78.8
6Arvind, Rithik Sai0AUS+14N1N=9B+10B=17N+13N4.018.521.012.5015300.0
7Prabhu, Srihari1468AUS+25B+19N=3N5B+11N=10B4.017.518.510.501642+36.8
8Rajiv, Manu Chakravarthy1458AUS+24N+9N1B=11B3N+17B3.519.520.58.751518+16.0
9Horikawa, Tomoki1566AUS+10N8B=6N+18B2B+20N3.518.520.510.001324-26.0
10Xu, James0AUS9B+25N+13B6N+19B=7N3.516.517.58.0015400.0
11Xi, Cheng1422AUS19B+16N+21B=8N7B+12N3.515.517.59.751421-2.0
12Mididuddi, Varshini1451AUS+26N+15B+17N1N4B11B3.019.020.06.5014630.0
13Hegde, Mahi1478AUS+27N3B10N+20B+14N6B3.017.017.05.001627+15.2
14Zhang, Kyle1577AUS6B5B+16N+22N13B+21N3.016.018.07.00657-52.8
15Zhang, Kelvin1535AUS+22B12N4B+21N+25N3B3.016.017.05.00815-47.6
16Bandara, Tivon0AUS17N11B14B+23N+22B+19N3.013.014.55.5013400.0
17Li, Jayden1484AUS+16B+21N12B2N=6B8N2.518.520.57.00650-64.8
18Tian, Eric1457AUS21B=23N+26B9N20N+25B2.510.011.02.75685-18.4
19Madoc, James1654AUS+11N7B5N+24B10N16B2.018.019.04.501314-52.8
20Nair Abhilash, Dhyan0AUSF4N+23B13N+18B9B2.015.015.04.0013400.0
21Koh, Caleb0AUS+18N17B11N15B+24N14B2.014.515.53.5012540.0
22FIDE 3278395015N24B+27N14B16N+26B2.011.011.01.007570.0
23FIDE 327850601B=18B20N16BF+27N1.513.013.01.2513010.0
24FIDE 329748908B+22N2B19N21BF1.014.514.52.007150.0
25FIDE 329578807N10BF+26N15B18N1.014.014.01.006850.0
26FIDE 3297497012BF18N25B+27B22N1.08.58.50.006580.0
27FIDE 3266966013B2N22BF26N23B0.012.512.50.006560.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets