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2026 Melbourne International Open - Amateurs

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133 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. 5 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1941, and top seed was Khushal Lingineni (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 1997).

Tarush Jindal (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 1862) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Yu Pu (7.5) and Khushal Lingineni (7.0). Jindal won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Yu Pu (1604) beat Cunmeng Wang (1941), a +337-point gap.

Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
14 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺CMKhushal Lingineni1997
Avg top 10
1,941
Participants
133
Titled players · 5
CM×5
Federations · 8 represented
🇦🇺Australia×104
🇳🇿New Zealand×4
🇹🇼Chinese Taipei×3
🇨🇳China×3
🇸🇬Singapore×3
🇩🇪Germany×3
🇮🇪Ireland×2
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇦🇺AUS·1862
    7.5pts·2068perf+91.2
  • 🥈
    🇹🇼TPE·1604
    7.5pts·2153perf+148.8
  • 🥉
    🇦🇺AUS·1997
    7.0pts·2039perf+20.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
60
25
11
3
5
2
2
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Jindal takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Tarush Jindal 3+4 wins (R1–R3, R6–R9)Yu Pu 3 wins (R4–R6)Joshua Culbert 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R6–R8)

R5 · LATE SURGE

CM Tarush Jindal was #15 at R5, climbed to #1 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMTarush Jindal*——
1
2Yu Pu—*——
3Joshua Culbert——*—
4CMKhushal Lingineni
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Jindal, TarushCM1862AUS+88B+61N+37B=12N−23B+14N+15B+20N+3N7.545.549.040.502068+91.2
2Pu, Yu1604TPE=41B+89N=21B+44N+67B+26N=5B+8N+7B7.545.048.539.752153+148.8
3Lingineni, KhushalCM1997AUS+22B+44N+110B+11N=7B+8N+21B=23N−1B7.048.051.037.502039+20.8
4Solomontchik, Daniel1930AUS+64B+42N+67B+31N−12B=38N=22B+21N+23B7.042.546.535.251981+25.6
5Nguyen, Anh KietCM1994AUS+68N−81B+85B+100N+30N=39B=2N+17B+11N7.041.544.534.251919-14.8
6Culbert, Joshua1956AUS+104B+100N+24B=13N−20B+37N+59B+7N=35B7.041.544.533.251999+10.4
7Wang, Cunmeng1941AUS+40N+29B+17N+10B=3N+20B+23N−6B−2N6.550.555.537.501958+14.4
8Turner, Jai1876AUS+90N+43B=46N+81B+13N−3B+39N−2B+20B6.545.048.531.501910+9.8
9Charters, Jamie D1962ENG+33B=38N+25B=20N+51B=59N=35B=31N+24B6.543.047.534.501913-15.2
10Lim, Jongmin1841AUS+73B+14N+71B−7N−59B+43N+44B+25N=15B6.542.546.532.501879+11.0
11Hong, Xavier1853AUS+63N+19B+27N−3B−39N+52B+38B+26N−5B6.046.050.531.501883+8.0
12Hong, Wilbur1959AUS+77N+62B+56N=1B+4N−23B−20N+22N=16B6.046.050.032.251888-26.8
13Yap, Ray Jin1845MAS+55N+49B+39N=6B−8B−22N+19B=38N+42B6.045.050.032.001839+0.4
14Ramprasad, Nachiket1638AUS+130N−10B+86N+17B=28N−1B+34N+46B=26N6.045.045.025.501856+63.2
15Li, Terrence1897AUS−48N+120B+40N+62B=27N+28B−1N+39B=10N6.044.546.027.501832-22.4
16Grey, Tom1806IRL+111N−47B+48N−19B+76N+18B=29N+40B=12N6.042.545.028.251780-9.6
17Chan, Benny1801AUS+114B+76N−7B−14N+71B+58N+42B−5N+43B6.042.044.024.501828+14.8
18Nisha Raj, Taran1631AUS+119B−24N+70B=37N=42B−16N+53B+41N+38B6.040.542.526.001689+10.1
19Zhang, Daniel1668AUS+115B−11N+87B+16N−21B+56B−13N+69N+44B6.040.542.525.001835+70.4
20Pearce, Tim1754AUS+120N+102B+60N=9B+6N−7N+12B−1B−8N5.547.549.025.251901+36.8
21Buhagiar, Aden1802AUS+98N=58B=2N+49B+19N+129B−3N−4B=29N5.546.046.023.251773-5.0
22Nisban, Corwin1591SGP−3N+94B+131N=54B+81N+13B=4N−12B=36N5.544.044.022.251835+94.0
23Daffy, Joseph1891AUSF+112B+117N+46B+1N+12N−7B=3B−4N5.543.543.526.501965+18.8
24Dissanayake, Vidushi1820AUS+122N+18B−6N=43B−79N+72B+49N+32B−9N5.543.044.524.501768-19.2
25Qin, Lexuan1676CHN+72N=45B−9N+103B=46N+60B+30N−10B=27N5.542.545.524.751837+68.4
26Drogemuller, Mathew1766AUS−103N+121B+55N+58B+45N−2B+68N−11B=14B5.541.042.523.001709-10.2
27Shuttleworth, Douglas1761AUS+74B+57N−11B+71N=15B=45N+79B−35N=25B5.540.544.524.751791+9.2
28Malcolm, Aidan1803NZL−99B+41N+69B+93N=14B−15N−33B+63N+66B5.539.042.024.501688-22.0
29Bansal, Azaan1694AUS+70B−7N+114B−110N+78B+41N=16B=51N=21B5.539.041.023.251745+18.0
30Forster, WilliamCM1786NZL+87B−71N+88B+80N−5B+69N−25B=47N+58N5.537.541.022.001723-12.8
31Pitono, Abraham1839CAN+129N+52B+47N−4BFF+36N=9B+59N5.533.533.523.251960+21.4
32Fan, Xinyao1732AUS−102N+84B+129N+97B−68N=50B+89B−24N+57N5.533.033.018.001603-42.0
33Ha, Aeson1587AUS−9N−86B+124N=120B+122N+70B+28N=54B=45N5.532.533.517.751797+62.4
34Tran, Kenny1799AUS−57B−87N+123B=114N+109B+65N−14B+91N+61B5.531.533.018.001618-72.4
35Tan, Jin Chew Andrew1869SGPFF=64B+92N+129N+63B=9N+27B=6N5.531.531.522.501933+13.2
36Zheng, Matthew1713AUS−112N+123B+111N+129B−40N+97B−31B+79N=22B5.530.030.014.251646-28.4
37Esposito, David1789AUS+84N+48B−1N=18B+50N−6B−40N+85B=49N5.044.548.023.001622-29.8
38Neela, Maanas1699AUS+123N=9B+103N=45B+56N=4B−11N=13B−18N5.044.045.521.251803+49.6
39Ramanathan, Ashwin1744AUS+132B+75N−13B+101N+11B=5N−8B−15N=40B5.043.543.519.001741-1.0
40Mogullapalli, Advaith1584AUS−7B+105N−15B+74N+36B=51N+37B−16N=39N5.043.046.022.501779+77.8
41Van Rys, Hayden0AUS=2N−28B+90N+77B=54N−29B+52N−18B+68N5.042.546.022.7516600.0
42Davis, Sophie1689AUS+86N−4B+91N=60B=18N+57B−17N+55B−13N5.042.546.021.751700+2.0
43Rathore, Akshobhya1686AUS+127B−8N+57B=24N=60N−10B+72N+50B−17N5.042.543.519.501656-10.0
44Tai, Ethan1720NZL+121N−3B+109N−2B+104N+48B−10N+68B−19N5.042.043.516.501691-17.2
45Davis, Tony JCM1880AUS+69B=25N+92B=38N−26B=27B+61N−59N=33B5.040.043.522.751710-37.8
46Hill, James1774AUS+83B+99N=8B−23N=25B=85N+96B−14N=47B5.039.542.520.751676-17.0
47Rooke, Alex1628AUS+101B+16N−31B−51N−85B+83N+56N=30B=46N5.039.042.022.751805+33.6
48Gandhi, Ishaan1579AUS+15B−37N−16B+102N+100B−44N+67B+62B−54N5.038.541.520.501782+93.2
49Wang, Haohan1661CHN+96B−13N+83B−21N=99B+98N−24B+75N=37B5.037.040.019.001636-10.4
50Landow, Edan0AUS−117B+65N=76B+64N−37B=32N+93B−43N+80B5.036.038.021.2516740.0
51Ha, Timothy Huy Minh1776NZL+107N=103B=58N+47B−9N=40B+85N=29BF5.036.036.020.501691-14.0
52Lopata, Felix1636AUS+53B−31N+74B−67N+121B−11N−41B+99N+107B5.035.537.016.501686+19.6
53Hsu,Li-Chia0TPE−52N+122B=77N−79B=113N+92B−18N+82B+95N5.032.534.015.7516330.0
54Shirawala, Sahar1748AUSFF+73B=22N=41B=89N+75B=33N+48B5.032.532.522.751768+2.4
55Goldstein, Clio1548AUS−13B+115N−26B−121N+123B+101N+100B−42N+67B5.030.031.513.501615+20.8
56Bayliss, James1814AUS+78B+79N−12B+61N−38B−19N−47B+73N=64B4.539.043.018.751657-35.6
57Balaji, Sai Sivesh1498AUS+34N−27B−43N+113B+93B−42N+80B=60N−32B4.538.541.017.751717+97.6
58Wei Yi-Chen1624TPE+125B=21N=51B−26N+101B−17B=66N+89N−30B4.538.539.515.001582-8.7
59Fan, Aiden1703AUSFF+78B+75N+10N=9B−6N+45B−31B4.538.538.522.751893+54.0
60Kebbedies, Frank1850GER+65B+93N−20B=42N=43B−25NF=57B+77N4.537.537.519.251645-35.6
61Rehill, Paul1666AUS+124N−1B+102N−56B=63N+91B−45B+96N−34N4.537.038.013.251597-14.4
62Thomson, Kynan1698AUS+108B−12N+99B−15N−69B+78N+94B−48N=65B4.536.039.015.751606-42.4
63Rawat, Vivaan1557AUS−11B−70N+96B+105N=61B−35N+86B−28B+121N4.535.537.013.751626+15.2
64Zheng, Bonney1580AUS−4N+124B=35N−50B=103N−84B+120N+70B=56N4.534.535.513.001616+3.2
65Ashok, Arjun1551AUS−60N−50B=106N+90B+86N−34B=70N+116B=62N4.533.535.514.751641+15.2
66Deng, Vanessa1717AUS=85B−92N−101B+108N=114B+73N=58B+87N−28N4.530.532.515.501618-32.8
67Doll, Aron1800GER+97N+82B−4N+52B−2N−68B−48N+98B−55N4.041.044.516.001570-103.6
68Xia, Bella1588AUS−5B−74N+115B+87N+32B+67N−26B−44N−41B4.039.541.515.001665+21.6
69Chi, Jaden1572AUS−45N+106B−28N+112B+62N−30B+95N−19B−81N4.037.039.513.501621+14.4
70Qi, Jaden1400AUS−29N+63B−18N=122B+88B−33N=65B−64N+99B4.037.038.514.0015390.0
71Gupta, Aadyah1606AUS+126N+30B−10N−27B−17N=112B−91N+86B=74N4.037.038.013.251503-40.0
72Tan, Mia0AUS−25B=104N+107B=95N+80B−24N−43B+88N−79B4.034.037.013.7515960.0
73Zhang, Chi Long1544AUS−10N+128B−54N=86B=84N−66B+103N−56B+102N4.034.034.510.251546-5.2
74Zhang, Jason1488AUS−27N+68B−52N−40B−96N+124B+111N=76B=71B4.033.534.511.501568+21.5
75Afford, Thomas0AUS+113N−39B+82N−59B+95BF−54N−49B+90N4.033.033.013.5016660.0
76Quach, Vince1619AUS+118N−17B=50NF−16B=105N=99B=74N+87B4.032.532.513.001542-27.2
77He, Kit0AUS−12B+132N=53B−41N−91B+122N=98B+94N−60B4.032.532.59.2516100.0
78Beckman, John1535AUS−56N+118B−59N+116B−29N−62B+102N−95B+112N4.030.032.09.501484-11.6
79Kodituwakku, Damhiru1626AUS+133N−56BF+53N+24BF−27N−36B+72N4.030.030.014.501585-4.2
80Dissanayake, Naveen1630AUS+128N−110B+116N−30B−72N+102B−57N+112B−50N4.029.530.08.001534-27.6
81Jathar, Ved1725AUS+105B+5NF−8N−22B+99NFF+69B4.029.029.017.001797+11.4
82Thulasidas, Manish1607AUS+131B−67N−75B=91N=107B−94N+105B−53N+101B4.029.029.09.251464-35.6
83Ng, Pavle-Jay1494AUS−46N+113B−49N−104B+124N−47B=92N=111B+116N4.028.529.58.501468-11.2
84Jagannathan, Shashvath1434AUS−37B−32N+125B=88N=73B+64NFF+122B4.025.025.010.751626+56.8
85Sou, Jason0AUS=66N+95B−5N=117B+47N=46B−51B−37N−109B3.538.040.014.2516430.0
86Wilmoth, Flynn0AUS−42B+33N−14B=73N−65B+90B−63N−71N+114B3.537.039.013.0015050.0
87Bo, Jamie1495AUS−30N+34B−19N−68B+116N=117B+104N−66B−76N3.534.536.511.501534+12.8
88Chen, Yi Yang1563HKG−1N+130B−30N=84B−70N+106B=107N−72B=89B3.534.534.58.251453-25.6
89Altis, Thomas0AUSF−2B=104N+111B+117N=54B−32N−58B=88N3.533.533.510.2515860.0
90Wan, Oscar1564AUS−8B=108N−41B−65N+130B−86N+106B+105N−75B3.532.532.57.501491-19.6
91Fan, Licheng1498AUSFF−42B=82B+77N−61N+71B−34B+93N3.530.530.513.501615+16.4
92Clark, Peter1564AUSF+66B−45N−35BF−53N=83B+101N+96B3.530.530.513.001653+6.4
93Ansari, Sharjeel1660AUS+106N−60B+112N−28B−57N+120B−50N=121B−91B3.530.031.57.751473-35.6
94Arora, Daanish1409AUS−100B−22N−113N+125B+111N+82B−62N−77B=97N3.529.530.59.251509+30.0
95Foenander, Phillip1657IRLF−85N+108B=72B−75N+114N−69B+78N−53B3.529.529.511.001707+5.0
96Dong, Derek0AUS−49N+129B−63N+132N+74B=104B−46N−61B−92N3.529.529.55.5015120.0
97Manoj, Dev1509AUS−67B+125N−100B−32N+115B−36N−101B+120N=94B3.528.029.06.251449-20.4
98Biju, Alberto1522AUS−21B−101N+119B+131NF−49B=77N−67N+125B3.524.524.55.00954-25.2
99Annadasu, Shreyansh1531AUS+28N−46B−62N+118B=49N−81B=76N−52B−70N3.037.039.012.001544+1.2
100Zinn, August1695GER+94N−6B+97N−5B−48N+103B−55N−107BF3.037.037.010.001537-35.6
101Mann, Henry0AUS−47N+98B+66N−39B−58N−55B+97N−92B−82N3.035.038.511.5014810.0
102Sheridan, Wallace1476AUS+32B−20N−61B−48B+128N−80N−78B+114N−73B3.034.535.08.001429-11.2
103Liu, Preston1493AUS+26B=51N−38B−25N=64B−100N−73B+115NF3.034.534.512.251519+4.8
104Warren, Elizabeth1585AUS−6N=72B=89B+83N−44B=96N−87B−109N=106B3.033.536.511.001402-49.2
105Xiao, Sridatta1466AUS−81N−40B+126N−63B+118N=76B−82N−90B=108N3.030.031.06.501274-58.0
106Achuthan, Naraen0AUS−93B−69N=65B−107N+108B−88N−90N+130B=104N3.028.028.06.7513590.0
107Jalan, Sarvang1495AUS−51BF−72N+106B=82NF=88B+100N−52N3.027.527.59.751583+20.0
108Bo, Jeremie1418AUS−62N=90B−95N−66B−106N+126N−109B+124N=105B3.026.027.05.251334-23.2
109Akok, Benjamin1536AUS−110NF−44BF−34N−113B+108N+104B+85N3.025.525.59.501540-1.0
110Choo, Tong Neo1820SGP+109B+80N−3N+29BFFFFF3.019.519.512.501910+19.2
111Li, Harry1534AUS−16B+119N−36B−89N−94B+125N−74B=83NF2.530.531.55.001218-68.8
112Zhang, Nathan1439AUS+36B−23N−93B−69N+131B=71NF−80N−78B2.530.530.57.501423-8.4
113Graham, Zachary1638AUS−75B−83N+94B−57N=53B+109NFFF2.524.024.09.001486-32.4
114Wang, Noah1522AUS−17N+126B−29N=34B=66N−95B−116N−102B−86N2.033.534.56.001419-30.4
115Zhao, Oscar0AUS−19N−55B−68N+126B−97N−118B+130N−103BF2.026.026.01.007610.0
116Subhash, Ryan0AUSFF−80B−78N−87B+131N+114B−65N−83B2.022.022.02.0012670.0
117Hogan, Steven1635AUS+50NF−23B=85N−89B=87NFFF2.021.021.08.501501-7.6
118Stroessenreuther, Andrew0AUS−76B−78N+132B−99N−105B+115NFFF2.018.518.52.0012870.0
119Li, Donghan0AUS−18N−111B−98N−123N−126B+130NFF+120B2.016.016.01.5012820.0
120Yuan, Erin1486AUS−20B−15N+128B=33NF−93N−64B−97B−119N1.531.031.03.251264-51.2
121Sheth, Adidev1465AUS−44B−26NF+55B−52NFF=93N−63B1.528.528.56.751455+4.0
122Wang, Zimo1536AUS−24B−53N+130B=70N−33B−77BFF−84N1.528.528.52.00814-50.0
123Kaur, Mishleen1429AUS−38B−36N−34N+119B−55N=128BFFF1.525.525.52.25890-30.8
124FIDE 32889270—−61B−64N−33B+130N−83B−74N−125N−108BF1.026.526.50.007410.0
125FIDE 5730040650—−58N−97B−84N−94NF−111B+124BF−98N1.023.023.01.007050.0
126FIDE 5730040810—−71B−114N−105B−115N+119N−108BFFF1.016.016.02.007040.0
127FIDE 5730040300—−43NFFFFFFF+130B1.05.05.00.008880.0
128FIDE 5730040490—−80B−73N−120NF−102B=123NFFF0.516.516.50.7511510.0
129Hui, Hannah Hing Chi1539AUS−31B−96N−32B−36N−35B−21NFFF0.031.031.00.00992-38.8
130FIDE 32966790—−14B−88N−122N−124B−90N−119B−115B−106N−127N0.022.523.50.007770.0
131FIDE 32981160—−82NF−22B−98B−112N−116BFFF0.018.518.50.007410.0
132Moser, William1484AUS−39N−77B−118N−96BFFFFF0.014.514.50.00942-7.2
133Pan, Shilin0CHN−79BFFFFFFFF0.08.58.50.008260.0

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