2025 Rooty Hill Spring Swiss Rounds 1-4
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65 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 29 Sept 2025 to 27 Oct 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1894, and top seed was Changhao Yu (🇦🇺 AUS, 2037).
Brendan Anderson (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 1867) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Baize Li (3.5) and Anup Kumar Siva Sankaran (3.0). Anderson broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Riyan Vagh (1423) beat Vansh Suvarna (1678), a +255-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
29 Sept 2025 → 27 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Titled players · 4
CM×3
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×61
🇪🇬Egypt×1
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsCM Brendan Anderson led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
25
8
3
1
R4–R4 · LEAD HELD
CM Brendan Anderson held the sole lead from R4 through R4 without losing it.
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
CM Brendan Anderson won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMBrendan Anderson | * | — | — | — |
| 2Baize Li | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Richard Zhang | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Vayum Goel | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anderson, BrendanCM | 1867 | AUS | +41B | +17N | +4B | +5N | 4.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 2628 | +21.8 |
| 2 | Li, Baize | 1770 | AUS | +33B | =6N | +25B | +3B | 3.5 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 8.00 | 2125 | +65.6 |
| 3 | Siva Sankaran, Anup Kumar | 1781 | AUS | +40B | +11N | +15B | −2N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 5.50 | 1883 | +0.4 |
| 4 | Gao, Terry | 1835 | AUS | +43N | +16B | −1N | +18B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 1898 | +20.4 |
| 5 | Verma, RudraCM | 1928 | AUS | +34N | +62B | +12N | −1B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 1952 | +15.6 |
| 6 | Zhang, Richard | 1981 | AUS | +47N | =2B | =21B | +15N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 5.75 | 1906 | +6.8 |
| 7 | Goel, Vayum | 1834 | AUS | −16N | +8B | +19N | +24B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 7.00 | 1832 | +12.4 |
| 8 | Cyriac, Jose | 1650 | AUS | +65B | −7N | +44B | +26N | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1722 | +12.2 |
| 9 | Woon, Ella | 1744 | AUS | F | +42N | +36B | +17N | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 2502 | +42.4 |
| 10 | Joseph, Arnold | 1534 | AUS | +59B | −40N | +?B | +49N | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 1553 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Sivaraj, Avinav | 1706 | AUS | +14N | −3B | +16N | =12B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 5.75 | 1787 | +10.6 |
| 12 | Marner, Gavin | 1874 | NZL | +20B | +23N | −5B | =11N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 5.25 | 1755 | -5.4 |
| 13 | Anup Kumar, Vihaan | 1870 | AUS | −15B | +50N | +22B | =21N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 4.00 | 1753 | -28.7 |
| 14 | Dobrota, Michael | 0 | AUS | −11B | +48N | =45B | +40N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 1703 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Jain, Kamal | 1702 | AUS | +13N | +27B | −3N | −6B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 1879 | +17.4 |
| 16 | Daniel, Suria | 1612 | AUS | +7B | −4N | −11B | +52N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 1621 | -3.7 |
| 17 | Qian, VickyWCM | 1869 | AUS | +55N | −1B | +43N | −9B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1730 | -27.6 |
| 18 | Brady, Kayden | 1565 | AUS | +?B | −28N | +23B | −4N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1001 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Yao, John | 1621 | AUS | −28B | +44N | −7B | +35N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 2.50 | 1689 | +3.8 |
| 20 | Vamja, Jatin | 1661 | AUS | −12N | F | +31B | +29B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.00 | 1740 | +12.8 |
| 21 | Thuaux, Alexander | 1770 | AUS | F | +46B | =6N | =13B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.75 | 1913 | +19.2 |
| 22 | Suvarna, Vansh | 1678 | AUS | +53N | +34B | −13N | −32B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1557 | +3.6 |
| 23 | Ranjitdev, Amitdev | 1412 | AUS | +56N | −12B | −18N | +37B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1024 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Jensen, Jack | 1637 | AUS | −57B | +33N | +40B | −7N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 1732 | +3.6 |
| 25 | Cabilin, JeffCM | 1846 | AUS | F | +54B | −2N | +42B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1811 | +0.2 |
| 26 | Daniel, Ariye | 1472 | AUS | +61N | −47B | +52N | −8B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 809 | -25.6 |
| 27 | Ramsis Barsoum, Steven | 1807 | EGY | F | −15N | +51B | +38N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.50 | 1732 | -9.6 |
| 28 | Bhaumik, Ronen | 1745 | AUS | +19N | +18B | F | F | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2450 | +5.2 |
| 29 | Madan, Kyra | 0 | AUS | F | +45N | +41B | −20N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1883 | +42.4 |
| 30 | Jansen, Michael | 1498 | AUS | +48B | −41N | =35B | =46N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1499 | +0.8 |
| 31 | Nisha Raj, Taran | 0 | AUS | F | +61B | −20N | +59B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 865 | -5.9 |
| 32 | Vagh, Riyan | 1423 | AUS | F | F | +61B | +22N | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2302 | +24.0 |
| 33 | Joseph, Baby | 1634 | AUS | −2N | −24B | +63N | =34B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 1448 | -9.4 |
| 34 | Muller, Hans P | 1710 | AUS | −5B | −22N | +60B | =33N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1389 | -24.0 |
| 35 | Sudhakar, Shaarav | 0 | AUS | F | +53B | =30N | −19B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1367 | -24.4 |
| 36 | Karthikeyan, Dharshan | 1452 | AUS | +63N | −43B | −9N | =45B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 1448 | -12.0 |
| 37 | Mutyala, Vikram | 1404 | AUS | =46N | +51B | F | −23N | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 1498 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Mahajan, Zariya | 1635 | AUS | =60N | +64B | F | −27B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1626 | -0.8 |
| 39 | Bhatt, Maria | 0 | AUS | −42B | =?N | F | +64B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1512 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Rupasinghe, Chanya | 1678 | AUS | −3N | +10B | −24N | −14B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 985 | -19.6 |
| 41 | Thite, Sameer | 1810 | AUS | −1N | +30B | −29N | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1571 | -16.0 |
| 42 | Ye, Roy | 1509 | AUS | +39N | −9B | F | −25N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 944 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Gorantla, Karunya | 1648 | AUS | −4B | +36N | −17B | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1598 | -10.4 |
| 44 | Gorantla, Krithika | 1550 | AUS | +58N | −19B | −8N | −50B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 819 | -48.8 |
| 45 | Warne, Alexander | 0 | AUS | F | −29B | =14N | =36N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1382 | -44.4 |
| 46 | Vaghela, Vihaan | 1402 | AUS | =37B | −21N | F | =30B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1405 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Mejares, Remeo | 1436 | AUS | −6B | +26N | F | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1672 | +1.0 |
| 48 | Thirumala, Tejith Reddy | 0 | AUS | −30N | −14B | F | +60N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 669 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Japesh, Aditya | 1655 | AUS | −51N | −55B | +64N | −10B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1374 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Moridi, Sam | 1629 | AUS | −54N | −13B | F | +44N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1663 | +0.8 |
| 51 | Suresh, Krishnan | 1640 | AUS | +49B | −37N | −27N | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1007 | -4.8 |
| 52 | Tran, Walton | 0 | AUS | F | +?N | −26B | −16B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 763 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Rajput, Neal | 0 | AUS | −22B | −35N | F | +63B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 751 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Kuncoro, Leo | 1834 | AUS | +50B | −25N | F | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1726 | -12.6 |
| 55 | Kuncoro, Harvey | 1614 | AUS | −17B | +49N | F | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1069 | -6.0 |
| 56 | Sweeney, Kieran | 1455 | AUS | −23B | +?N | F | −?N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 727 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Yu, Changhao | 2037 | AUS | +24N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2487 | +3.0 |
| 58 | Manche, Timothy | 0 | AUS | −44B | F | +?N | −?N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 745 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Manche, Samuel | 1417 | AUS | −10N | F | =?B | −31N | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1279 | 0.0 |
| 60 | Manche, Matthew | 0 | AUS | =38B | F | −34N | −48B | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1481 | 0.0 |
| 61 | FIDE 3278999 | 0 | — | −26B | −31N | −32N | −?B | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 636 | 0.0 |
| 62 | Balaji, Kishan Sai | 1614 | AUS | F | −5N | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1065 | -3.2 |
| 63 | FIDE 3292541 | 0 | — | −36B | F | −33B | −53N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 763 | 0.0 |
| 64 | Parmar, Yuvin | 1456 | AUS | F | −38N | −49B | −39N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 834 | -10.0 |
| 65 | Vella, Arthur | 1473 | AUS | −8N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 767 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Li, BaizeAUS+65.63.5 pts · #2
- 2Woon, EllaAUS+42.43.0 pts · #12
- 3Madan, KyraAUS+42.42.0 pts · #13
Top rating losers
- 1Gorantla, KrithikaAUS-48.81.0 pts · #55
- 2Warne, AlexanderAUS-44.41.0 pts · #46
- 3Anup Kumar, VihaanAUS-28.72.5 pts · #7
Biggest upsets
- R4+255 Elo gap
- R2+236 Elo gap
- R1+222 Elo gap