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2026 Melbourne International Open - Masters

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24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. 23 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2375, and top seed was Guha Mitrabha (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2505).

Jairo Andres Hernandez Sanchez (🇨🇴 COL, IM, 2340) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Cristhian Camilo Rios Gomez (6.5) and Guha Mitrabha (6.5). Hernandez Sanchez shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Rheyansh Reddy Annapureddy (FM, 2146) beat Azer Mirzoev (GM, 2438), a +292-point gap.

Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
14 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇳GMGuha Mitrabha2505
Avg top 10
2,375
Participants
24
Titled players · 23
GM×4
IM×5
FM×6
CM×7
WGM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇦🇺Australia×15
🇨🇴Colombia×2
🇻🇳Vietnam×2
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇰🇷South Korea×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
10
4
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Cristhian Camilo Rios Gomez held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.5/9. Hernandez Sanchez takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Cristhian Camilo Rios Gomez drew with GM Guha Mitrabha (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hernandez Sanchez, Jairo AndresIM2340COL+16N=3B8B+12N+10N+5B=2N+7B=4B6.544.047.533.002462+15.3
2Rios Gomez, Cristhian CamiloGM2385COL+22B+10N+14B=8N+7B=3N=1B=4N=5B6.543.045.030.002483+12.1
3Mitrabha, GuhaGM2505IND+17B=1N+15B=7N+9B=2B=4N=6N+11B6.542.546.031.252482-1.2
4Nguyen, Quoc HyIM2420VIE+12B7N+20B=5B+15N+8N=3B=2B=1N6.043.546.028.252423+1.8
5Li, TedricIM2348AUS+19B+20N=7B=4N=8B1N+14B+11N=2N6.040.042.524.752391+12.2
6Mirzoev, AzerGM2438AZE+11N14B10B+22N+17B=7N+15N=3B=9N5.536.038.021.752343-9.7
7Chan, LuisFM2253AUS+21N+4B=5N=3B2N=6B+10N1N=8B5.046.549.024.502374+28.6
8Bjelobrk, IgorIM2388AUS=13N+23B+1N=2B=5N4B=11N=9B=7N5.044.046.024.252318-7.6
9Antonio, Rogelio JrGM2355PHI10N+22B=11N+16B3N=15B+13N=8N=6B5.037.539.519.252300-6.2
10Annapureddy, Rheyansh ReddyFM2146AUS+9B2B+6N=14N1B+18N7B=16N=15N4.539.042.519.252269+29.4
11Nguyen Thi Mai HungWGM2183VIE6B+18N=9B+17N=14B+19N=8B5B3N4.538.541.516.752296+25.2
12Xia, JustinCM2164AUS4N=21B+23N1B16N=22B=18B+19N+14B4.530.532.512.502161-3.0
13Dragicevic, DomagojFM2162AUS=8B15N19B=20N+22B+21N9B+14N=16B4.528.530.513.502185+5.4
14Soo, Kai JieFM2297AUS+18B+6N2N=10B=11N=16B5N13B12N3.539.543.015.252131-39.6
15Kiewra, KeatonIM2278USAF+13B3N+19N4B=9N6B=17N=10B3.538.538.514.002250-3.7
16Kalina, LeoCM2059AUS1B=17NF9N+12B=14N=19B=10B=13N3.535.035.514.002179+46.4
17Gao, ArthurCM2190AUS3N=16B+21N11B6N+20B=23N=15B18N3.532.034.09.502089-43.9
18Verma, RudraCM2016AUS14N11B22NF+23B10B=12N+21N+17B3.527.027.010.252104+24.4
19Thogata, RandheerFM2123AUS5N=24B+13N15B+20N11B=16N12BF3.029.529.59.002089-18.0
20Fruit, Joel Pierce2003KOR+24N5B4N=13B19B17N=21BF=23N2.528.028.05.002043+4.4
21Zhao, LucasCM2012AUS7B=12N17B=23NF13B=20N18B+22N2.527.527.56.501980-13.6
22Zafirakos, JesseCM2155AUS2N9N+18B6B13N=12NF=23B21B2.034.034.06.752002-32.8
23Hartley, JamesCM2027AUSF8N12B=21B18NF=17B=22N=20B2.023.523.55.251974-12.0
24Wallis, ChristopherFM2209AUS20B=19NFFFFFFF0.59.09.01.501870-17.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets