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

Federations · 1 represented

🇦🇺Australia×12

Top 3

🥇
Sanat Hegde
🇦🇺AUS·1686
8.5pts·2053perf+95.2
🥈
Masaki Horikawa
🇦🇺AUS·2021
7.0pts·1969perf-9.2
🥉
Nivin Vinothkumar
🇦🇺AUS·1599
6.5pts·1781perf+72.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

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

Co-leaders

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

Player	1	2	3	4
1Sanat Hegde	*	1	1	1
2Masaki Horikawa	0	*	1	1
3Nivin Vinothkumar	0	0	*	1
4Owen Macmullin	0	0	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Hegde, Sanat	1686	AUS	+8B	+7N	+4B	+2B	+3N	+5B	=6N	+11N	+9B	8.5	41.5	44.5	42.00	2053	+95.2
2	Horikawa, Masaki	2021	AUS	+11B	+3N	+10B	−1N	+4B	+8N	F	+6B	+5N	7.0	41.0	44.0	32.50	1969	-9.2
3	Vinothkumar, Nivin	1599	AUS	+12N	−2B	+9N	+5B	−1B	+4N	+11B	+7N	=6N	6.5	42.5	45.5	27.50	1781	+72.8
4	Macmullin, Owen	1826	AUS	+6N	+5B	−1N	+10B	−2N	−3B	+9N	+13B	+14B	6.0	39.5	39.5	17.50	1634	-53.6
5	Li, Ethan	1589	AUS	+13B	−4N	+11B	−3N	+7B	−1N	+8B	+10N	−2B	5.0	42.5	43.5	15.50	1611	+3.6
6	Selva Muthukumar, Sahasra	1434	AUS	−4B	−10N	+13B	+12N	+9B	+7N	=1B	−2N	=3B	5.0	42.0	43.0	19.50	1667	+64.8
7	Zhang, Kyle	1577	AUS	+14N	−1B	+8N	=9B	−5N	−6B	+13N	−3B	+10B	4.5	36.5	36.5	9.75	1341	-73.2
8	Prabhu, Srihari	1430	AUS	−1N	+14B	−7B	+11N	+10N	−2B	−5N	−9B	+13N	4.0	35.5	35.5	7.00	1341	-24.8
9	Horikawa, Tomoki	1559	AUS	−10B	+13N	−3B	=7N	−6N	+14B	−4B	+8N	−1N	3.5	38.5	38.5	7.25	1398	-28.0
10	Nair Abhilash, Dhyan	0	AUS	+9N	+6B	−2N	−4N	−8B	−12B	+14N	−5B	−7N	3.0	38.0	38.0	8.50	1463	0.0
11	Zhang, Kelvin	1535	AUS	−2N	+12B	−5N	−8B	+14N	+13B	−3N	−1B	F	3.0	35.0	35.0	4.00	845	-75.2
12	Bandara, Tivon	0	AUS	−3B	−11N	+14B	−6B	+13N	+10N	F	F	F	3.0	25.5	25.5	4.00	722	0.0
13	FIDE 3266966	0	—	−5N	−9B	−6N	+14N	−12B	−11N	−7B	−4N	−8B	1.0	34.0	34.0	0.00	752	0.0
14	FIDE 3295788	0	—	−7B	−8N	−12N	−13B	−11B	−9N	−10B	F	−4N	0.0	28.0	28.0	0.00	769	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hegde, SanatAUS
+95.2
8.5 pts · #1
2Vinothkumar, NivinAUS
+72.8
6.5 pts · #3
3Selva Muthukumar, SahasraAUS
+64.8
5.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Zhang, KelvinAUS
-75.2
3.0 pts · #13
2Zhang, KyleAUS
-73.2
4.5 pts · #8
3Macmullin, OwenAUS
-53.6
6.0 pts · #4

Biggest upsets

R4+335 Elo gap
Hegde, Sanat1686 beat Horikawa, Masaki2021
R6+227 Elo gap
Vinothkumar, Nivin1599 beat Macmullin, Owen1826
R6+143 Elo gap
Selva Muthukumar, Sahasra1434 beat Zhang, Kyle1577