2025 Geelong Open

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75 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Geelong, Australia. 9 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2015, and top seed was Stephen J Solomon (🇦🇺 AUS, IM, 2184).

Domagoj Dragicevic (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2098) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Stephen J Solomon (4.5) and Jesse Zafirakos (4.0). Dragicevic shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Joshua Kai-En Huang (1412) beat Rodney M Jacobs (1842), a +430-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Geelong, Australia

Dates

15 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺IMStephen J Solomon2184

Avg top 10

2,015

Participants

Titled players · 9

IM×1

FM×1

CM×5

WIM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇦🇺Australia×60

🇮🇳India×2

🇮🇩Indonesia×1

🇨🇦Canada×1

🇳🇿New Zealand×1

Top 3

🥇
FMDomagoj Dragicevic
🇦🇺AUS·2098
4.5pts·2353perf+18.6
🥈
IMStephen J Solomon
🇦🇺AUS·2184
4.5pts·2251perf+3.5
🥉
CMJesse Zafirakos
🇦🇺AUS·2122
4.0pts·2125perf+2.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Solomon4.5Dragicevic4.5Zafirakos4Hartley4Coffey4Smith4

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Dragicevic takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Stephen J Solomon drew with FM Domagoj Dragicevic (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Stephen J Solomon 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Domagoj Dragicevic 4 wins (R1–R4)CM Jesse Zafirakos 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMStephen J Solomon	*	½	—	—
2FMDomagoj Dragicevic	½	*	1	—
3CMJesse Zafirakos	—	0	*	1
4CMJames Hartley	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Dragicevic, DomagojFM	2098	AUS	+20N	+36B	+9N	+3B	=2N	4.5	15.0	17.5	15.25	2353	+18.6
2	Solomon, Stephen JIM	2184	AUS	+22B	+13N	+4B	+17N	=1B	4.5	14.5	17.5	15.25	2251	+3.5
3	Zafirakos, JesseCM	2122	AUS	+25B	+44N	+6B	−1N	+13B	4.0	14.5	16.5	12.00	2125	+2.8
4	Millan, Reinier	1973	AUS	+18N	+12B	−2N	+32B	+21N	4.0	13.5	16.0	11.50	2023	+8.8
5	Smith, DeclanCM	2077	AUS	+48N	+14B	−10N	+30B	+15N	4.0	12.0	14.0	10.50	1954	-8.4
6	Hartley, JamesCM	1983	AUS	+33N	+30B	−3N	+18B	+43B	4.0	12.0	14.0	10.00	2017	+6.8
7	Nguyen, Anh KietCM	1936	AUS	F	+23B	+15N	+31B	+10N	4.0	12.0	12.0	12.00	2648	+30.4
8	Coffey, Ruari	1781	AUS	−30B	+56N	+14N	+20B	+12N	4.0	11.5	13.0	10.50	1897	+11.6
9	Hong, Xavier	1932	AUS	+26B	+63N	−1B	=19N	+17B	3.5	13.5	14.5	8.50	1900	-2.8
10	Chibnall, AlanaWFM	1886	AUS	+47N	=43B	+5B	+16N	−7B	3.5	13.0	15.0	10.00	1947	+10.8
11	Bekker, Gary DCM	1880	AUS	=23N	−16B	+51N	+40B	+35N	3.5	11.0	13.0	8.50	1798	-5.8
12	Goswami Sagargiri	1702	IND	+46B	−4N	+26B	+34N	−8B	3.0	13.5	15.5	7.50	1694	-1.2
13	Smith, Jack	1761	AUS	+27N	−2B	+47N	+45B	−3N	3.0	13.5	15.5	7.00	1904	+15.6
14	Bodke, Krishna	1792	AUS	+38N	−5N	−8B	+55B	+45N	3.0	12.5	14.5	6.50	1845	+10.0
15	Thomson, Kynan	0	AUS	+37B	+68N	−7B	+44N	−5B	3.0	12.5	13.0	5.00	1827	0.0
16	Pitono, Abraham	1836	CAN	F	+11N	+19B	−10B	+31N	3.0	12.5	12.5	9.00	1882	+2.6
17	Sing, Caleb	1701	AUS	+54N	+59B	+58N	−2B	−9N	3.0	11.5	13.0	5.00	1919	+41.2
18	Ristic, Mio	1807	AUS	−4B	+61N	+69B	−6N	+50B	3.0	11.5	12.0	4.00	1719	-12.8
19	Conti, Tim Kelvin	0	AUS	+?N	+48B	−16N	=9B	=24B	3.0	11.5	11.5	5.25	1722	0.0
20	Tanner, Jonathan	0	AUS	−1B	+?N	+63B	−8N	+46B	3.0	11.5	11.5	3.00	1793	0.0
21	Sicat, Rodel	0	AUS	=56B	+28N	+45B	=43N	−4B	3.0	11.0	12.5	6.75	1664	0.0
22	Buhagiar, Aden	1761	AUS	−2N	+51B	−31N	+49B	+56N	3.0	11.0	12.5	5.50	1914	+14.6
23	Black, Nick	1809	AUS	=11B	−7N	+60B	=53N	+67B	3.0	11.0	12.0	5.25	1774	-7.2
24	Hessing, Rod	1614	AUS	−36N	=31B	+49N	+37B	=19N	3.0	10.5	12.5	7.25	2298	+13.6
25	Hari, Dhruv	1836	AUS	−3N	+53B	−32N	+51B	+57N	3.0	10.5	12.0	5.50	1933	+20.0
26	Wisnu Oktobrie Putra Subekti	0	INA	−9N	+52B	−12N	+64B	+61N	3.0	10.0	11.0	4.50	1628	0.0
27	Marko, Paja	1656	AUS	−13B	−34N	+62B	+72N	+58N	3.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	1780	+6.6
28	Parker, Lucas	1632	AUS	F	−21B	+52N	+71B	+32N	3.0	7.5	7.5	4.50	2255	+10.4
29	Cooke, John	0	AUS	−44B	+71N	=67B	+69N	=36B	3.0	6.0	6.0	2.25	1635	0.0
30	Szuveges, Narelle SWIM	1686	AUS	+8N	−6N	+35B	−5N	=53B	2.5	14.5	16.5	7.50	1790	+10.8
31	Heislers, Loki	0	AUS	+41B	=24N	+22B	−7N	−16B	2.5	13.0	15.5	7.00	1699	0.0
32	Ravulapati, Sai Pavan Kumar	0	AUS	+50B	=46N	+25B	−4N	−28B	2.5	12.0	14.0	6.00	1700	0.0
33	Cook, Patrick	1686	AUS	−6B	=35N	=50B	+63N	=34B	2.5	11.0	12.0	4.50	1541	-8.2
34	Rajcoomar, Avinash	0	AUS	+49N	+27B	−43N	−12B	=33N	2.5	10.5	12.5	6.25	1581	0.0
35	Vemula, Thamoghna	1486	AUS	+64N	=33B	−30N	+48B	−11B	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.25	1602	+18.8
36	Gill, Geoffrey	0	AUS	+24B	−1N	F	+?B	=29N	2.5	10.5	10.5	4.50	1787	0.0
37	Biju, Alberto	1545	AUS	−15N	+65B	=46B	−24N	+63B	2.5	9.0	10.0	3.00	1465	-7.6
38	Barrow, Nigel	1960	AUS	−14B	+39N	F	=57B	+47N	2.5	9.0	9.0	5.25	1675	-19.6
39	Francis, Indily	0	AUS	+60B	−38B	−54N	=42N	+69B	2.5	8.5	9.0	3.25	1687	0.0
40	Huang, Joshua Kai-En	1412	AUS	=68B	+62N	−44B	−11N	+59N	2.5	8.5	9.0	3.25	1661	+28.8
41	FIDE 3298639	0	—	−31N	−54B	+65N	=59B	+71N	2.5	7.0	7.0	1.75	1842	0.0
42	Sudharsun V	1604	IND	−57B	−45N	+74N	=39B	+68N	2.5	6.5	6.5	1.75	769	-44.0
43	Musson, Henry	1409	AUS	F	=10N	+34B	=21B	−6N	2.0	13.0	13.0	5.75	1616	+13.6
44	Trewin, Harrison	1749	AUS	+29N	−3B	+40N	−15B	F	2.0	12.5	12.5	5.50	1764	+0.8
45	Akok, Benjamin	1563	AUS	+75B	+42B	−21N	−13N	−14B	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.50	1594	+2.2
46	Kenmure, Jamie	1703	AUS	−12N	=32B	=37N	+52B	−20N	2.0	11.0	13.0	4.50	1568	-10.4
47	Nowak, Ruben	1659	AUS	−10B	+73N	−13B	+60N	−38B	2.0	10.5	10.5	1.50	1069	-14.4
48	Kaur, Mishleen	1502	AUS	−5B	−19N	+68B	−35N	+73N	2.0	10.0	10.0	0.50	894	-24.4
49	Barnett, Jasan	1449	AUS	−34B	+70N	−24B	−22N	+66B	2.0	9.5	10.0	1.50	887	-16.8
50	Kildea, James	0	AUS	−32N	+72B	=33N	=58B	−18N	2.0	9.5	9.5	2.00	1639	0.0
51	Yendru, Srikrishna	1640	AUS	+74B	−22N	−11B	−25N	+72B	2.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1024	-15.8
52	Ruaya, Rohan	1456	AUS	+66B	−26N	−28B	−46N	+64B	2.0	9.0	10.0	2.00	870	-18.0
53	Batyrbekov, Aidan	1627	AUS	+70B	−25N	F	=23B	=30N	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.25	1652	+4.0
54	Thekkan, Maximus	0	AUS	−17B	+41N	+39B	F	F	2.0	8.0	8.0	5.00	902	0.0
55	Kovalenko, Kiy	0	AUS	F	−66N	+70B	−14N	+65B	2.0	5.5	5.5	1.50	993	0.0
56	Corbeil, Serge	1623	AUS	=21N	−8B	F	+66N	−22B	1.5	11.0	11.0	2.50	970	-25.2
57	Yang, Yifan	1557	AUS	+42N	−58B	F	=38N	−25B	1.5	9.5	9.5	3.75	1713	+22.0
58	Leach, Alex	1799	AUS	F	+57N	−17B	=50N	−27B	1.5	9.5	9.5	2.50	1519	-44.0
59	Jacobs, Rodney M	1842	AUS	−63B	−17N	+66B	=41N	−40B	1.5	9.0	10.0	2.25	772	-32.2
60	FIDE 3227065	0	—	−39N	+64B	−23N	−47B	=70N	1.5	8.5	9.0	1.25	934	0.0
61	Laffey, Julian	1422	AUS	+65N	−18B	F	=67N	−26B	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.50	1540	+4.2
62	Todorovic, Michael	0	AUS	=69N	−40B	−27N	+73B	−?N	1.5	6.0	6.0	0.25	1215	0.0
63	Lees, Dane	0	AUS	+59N	−9B	−20N	−33B	−37N	1.0	11.5	13.0	1.50	1559	0.0
64	Veeragandham, Gowtham	0	AUS	−35B	−60N	+75B	−26N	−52N	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	670	0.0
65	FIDE 3298582	0	—	−61B	−37N	−41B	+75N	−55N	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	683	0.0
66	Subhash, Ryan	0	AUS	−52N	+55B	−59N	−56B	−49N	1.0	7.5	9.0	2.00	796	0.0
67	Vignesh, Prajeeth Balaji	1656	NZL	F	F	=29N	=61B	−23N	1.0	7.5	7.5	2.25	1422	-24.0
68	FIDE 3298574	0	—	=40N	−15B	−48N	F	−42B	0.5	10.0	10.0	1.25	1231	0.0
69	Dhar, Shubham	1497	AUS	=62B	F	−18N	−29B	−39N	0.5	10.0	10.0	0.75	1007	-5.6
70	FIDE 7143338	0	—	−53N	−49B	−55N	F	=60B	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	738	0.0
71	FIDE 7143460	0	—	F	−29B	F	−28N	−41B	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	838	0.0
72	FIDE 3298523	0	—	−?B	−50N	F	−27B	−51N	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	828	0.0
73	FIDE 3298493	0	—	F	−47B	−?N	−62N	−48B	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	781	0.0
74	FIDE 3298540	0	—	−51N	F	−42B	F	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	822	0.0
75	FIDE 3298507	0	—	−45N	−?B	−64N	−65B	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	763	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sing, CalebAUS
+41.2
3.0 pts · #19
2Nguyen, Anh KietCMAUS
+30.4
4.0 pts · #23
3Huang, Joshua Kai-EnAUS
+28.8
2.5 pts · #45

Top rating losers

1Sudharsun VIND
-44.0
2.5 pts · #64
2Leach, AlexAUS
-44.0
1.5 pts · #38
3Jacobs, Rodney MAUS
-32.2
1.5 pts · #74

Biggest upsets

R5+430 Elo gap
Huang, Joshua Kai-En1412 beat Jacobs, Rodney M1842
R3+191 Elo gap
WFMChibnall, Alana1886 beat CMSmith, Declan2077
R1+168 Elo gap
Bodke, Krishna1792 beat Barrow, Nigel1960