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2025 October Invitational

Double Round-RobinStandard
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
01 Oct 2025 → 09 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Double RR · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺FMKai Jie Soo2269
Avg top 10
2,185
Participants
4
Titled players · 4
IM×1
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×4
Top 3
  • 🥇
    FMKai Jie Soo
    🇦🇺AUS·2269
    4.5pts·2350perf+11.6
  • 🥈
    IMTedric Li
    🇦🇺AUS·2198
    3.0pts·2180perf-5.6
  • 🥉
    CMLeo Kalina
    🇦🇺AUS·2170
    2.5pts·2133perf-12.8

How it unfolded

Top 4 · 6 rounds

FM Kai Jie Soo led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
2
1
1
2
1
1
#1#2#3#5R1R2R3R4R5R6Soo takes lead
Soo#1Li#2Kalina#3Zafirakos#4
R5 · LEADER CHANGE05 Oct

FM Kai Jie Soo takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R6 · DECISIVE LEAD09 Oct

FM Kai Jie Soo opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: IM Tedric Li); the title is out of reach before R6.

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

FM Kai Jie Soo 1.0–1.0 against IM Tedric Li (R2 0-1, R5 1-0) — decisive in 2/2.

Cross-table

#PlayerElo1234PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇦🇺FMSoo, Kai Jie2269*
10
11
1½
4.511.0015.0+11.62350
2🇦🇺IMLi, Tedric2198
10
*
0½
½1
3.08.7518.0-5.62180
3🇦🇺CMKalina, Leo2170
00
½1
*
10
2.56.5019.0-12.82133
4🇦🇺CMZafirakos, Jesse2102
½0
0½
10
*2.06.2520.0-2.42087

Key insights

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