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2025 ACT Junior Championship

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14 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 01 Oct 2025 to 03 Oct 2025 in Canberra, Australia. Top 10 Elo average was 1626, and top seed was Masaki Horikawa (🇦🇺 AUS, 2021).

Sanat Hegde (🇦🇺 AUS, 1686) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Masaki Horikawa (7.0) and Nivin Vinothkumar (6.5). Hegde won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Sanat Hegde (1686) beat Masaki Horikawa (2021), a +335-point gap.

Location
🇦🇺Canberra, Australia
Dates
01 Oct 2025 → 03 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺Masaki Horikawa2021
Avg top 10
1,626
Participants
14
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Sanat Hegde led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Hegde8.5Horikawa7Vinothkumar6.5Macmullin6Selva Muthukumar5Li5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Sanat Hegde never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Sanat Hegde beat Masaki Horikawa (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Sanat Hegde 6 wins (R1–R6)Masaki Horikawa 3+4 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)Nivin Vinothkumar 3 wins (R6–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sanat Hegde*
1
1
1
2Masaki Horikawa
0
*
1
1
3Nivin Vinothkumar
0
0
*
1
4Owen Macmullin
0
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hegde, Sanat1686AUS+8B+7N+4B+2B+3N+5B=6N+11N+9B8.541.544.542.002053+95.2
2Horikawa, Masaki2021AUS+11B+3N+10B−1N+4B+8NF+6B+5N7.041.044.032.501969-9.2
3Vinothkumar, Nivin1599AUS+12N−2B+9N+5B−1B+4N+11B+7N=6N6.542.545.527.501781+72.8
4Macmullin, Owen1826AUS+6N+5B−1N+10B−2N−3B+9N+13B+14B6.039.539.517.501634-53.6
5Li, Ethan1589AUS+13B−4N+11B−3N+7B−1N+8B+10N−2B5.042.543.515.501611+3.6
6Selva Muthukumar, Sahasra1434AUS−4B−10N+13B+12N+9B+7N=1B−2N=3B5.042.043.019.501667+64.8
7Zhang, Kyle1577AUS+14N−1B+8N=9B−5N−6B+13N−3B+10B4.536.536.59.751341-73.2
8Prabhu, Srihari1430AUS−1N+14B−7B+11N+10N−2B−5N−9B+13N4.035.535.57.001341-24.8
9Horikawa, Tomoki1559AUS−10B+13N−3B=7N−6N+14B−4B+8N−1N3.538.538.57.251398-28.0
10Nair Abhilash, Dhyan0AUS+9N+6B−2N−4N−8B−12B+14N−5B−7N3.038.038.08.5014630.0
11Zhang, Kelvin1535AUS−2N+12B−5N−8B+14N+13B−3N−1BF3.035.035.04.00845-75.2
12Bandara, Tivon0AUS−3B−11N+14B−6B+13N+10NFFF3.025.525.54.007220.0
13FIDE 32669660—−5N−9B−6N+14N−12B−11N−7B−4N−8B1.034.034.00.007520.0
14FIDE 32957880—−7B−8N−12N−13B−11B−9N−10BF−4N0.028.028.00.007690.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets