3rd DAV Go Checkmate Year-End Chess Fiesta 2025 Standard Open FIDE
Open SwissStandard
31 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 17 Dec 2025 to 19 Dec 2025 in Singapore, Singapore. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1643, and top seed was James Attwood (🇦🇺 AUS, 1853).
Gabriel Yi Jia Lau (🇸🇬 SGP, 0) won with 6.5/8, ahead of James Attwood (6.0) and Hann Wei Alex Ooi (6.0). Lau clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Alexander Kwan (1520) beat Mithun Pranav (1748), a +228-point gap.
Location
🇸🇬Singapore, Singapore
Dates
17 Dec 2025 → 19 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Federations · 5 represented
🇸🇬Singapore×14
🇮🇳India×7
🇦🇺Australia×3
🇲🇾Malaysia×2
🇨🇳China×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsGabriel Yi Jia Lau led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R8 · LEADER CHANGE17 Dec
Gabriel Yi Jia Lau takes the sole lead (6.5/8).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Gabriel Yi Jia Lau beat Hann Wei Alex Ooi (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Gabriel Yi Jia Lau 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R6–R8)Hann Wei Alex Ooi 3 wins (R5–R7)James Attwood 6 wins (R1–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gabriel Yi Jia Lau | * | 1 | 0 | ½ |
| 2Hann Wei Alex Ooi | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3James Attwood | 1 | 0 | * | 0 |
| 4Shaunak Paramanik | ½ | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lau, Gabriel Yi Jia | 0 | SGP | +21N | +20B | +3B | −2N | =4B | +7N | +13N | +11B | 6.5 | 34.5 | 38.0 | 29.25 | 1756 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Attwood, James | 1853 | AUS | +16N | +10B | +7N | +1B | +6N | +9B | −3N | −4B | 6.0 | 37.0 | 41.0 | 29.50 | 1694 | -19.4 |
| 3 | Ooi, Hann Wei Alex | 1729 | MAS | +24N | +23B | −1N | =5B | +10B | +6N | +2B | =8N | 6.0 | 35.5 | 38.5 | 26.75 | 1801 | +22.4 |
| 4 | Shaunak Paramanik | 1644 | IND | +27N | =14B | +12N | =13B | =1N | =5B | =11N | +2N | 5.5 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 24.75 | 1825 | +48.8 |
| 5 | Siva Prakash, Subhaashini | 1489 | MAS | +29B | −6N | +26B | =3N | +17B | =4N | =8B | +9N | 5.5 | 32.0 | 33.5 | 20.25 | 1722 | +62.4 |
| 6 | Wan, Joshua | 0 | AUS | +15N | +5B | +14N | =9N | −2B | −3B | +20N | =7B | 5.0 | 35.0 | 38.5 | 21.75 | 1611 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Wu, Haoyang | 1587 | SGP | +22B | +26N | −2B | +23N | =9B | −1B | +16N | =6N | 5.0 | 32.5 | 34.5 | 17.25 | 1667 | +14.8 |
| 8 | Khor, Eng Yeow | 1472 | SGP | +28N | −13B | −11N | +18B | +12N | +20B | =5N | =3B | 5.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 19.75 | 1627 | +47.2 |
| 9 | Kwan, Alexander | 1520 | SGP | +30N | +19B | +13N | =6B | =7N | −2N | =10B | −5B | 4.5 | 34.0 | 35.5 | 16.75 | 1558 | +5.6 |
| 10 | Palaniappan, Adhi Somu | 1477 | SGP | +18N | −2N | +19B | +11B | −3N | +23B | =9N | −13B | 4.5 | 33.0 | 36.0 | 17.75 | 1604 | +32.8 |
| 11 | Wong, Shyun Fwu Aldrin | 1642 | SGP | −26B | +27N | +8B | −10N | +25B | +15N | =4B | −1N | 4.5 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 16.75 | 1645 | +1.0 |
| 12 | Loh, Weng Fook | 1655 | SGP | −14B | +24N | −4B | +26N | −8B | +17N | =15B | +23N | 4.5 | 28.5 | 30.5 | 14.00 | 1548 | -31.2 |
| 13 | Mithun Pranav | 1748 | IND | F | +8N | −9B | =4N | =15B | +14N | −1B | +10N | 4.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 18.25 | 1585 | -36.8 |
| 14 | Nitin Chandok | 0 | SGP | +12N | =4N | −6B | +16B | =20N | −13B | −23N | +28B | 4.0 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 15.00 | 1576 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Ng, Ching Ann James | 1453 | SGP | −6B | +31N | +21N | =20B | =13N | −11B | =12N | =16B | 4.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 11.50 | 1588 | +21.0 |
| 16 | Akhila, Anand | 1437 | IND | −2B | +29N | =17B | −14N | +27N | +24B | −7B | =15N | 4.0 | 28.0 | 29.5 | 10.50 | 1485 | +7.6 |
| 17 | Ehsan Manas | 1500 | IND | −19N | +30B | =16N | +21B | −5N | −12B | +29N | =18B | 4.0 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 10.50 | 1444 | -13.6 |
| 18 | Sapru, Tanush | 0 | AUS | −10B | −25N | +22B | −8N | +31B | +19N | =28B | =17N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 10.50 | 1151 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Rajendran, I | 0 | SGP | +17B | −9N | −10N | −24B | +21N | −18B | +26N | +30B | 4.0 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 11.00 | 1419 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Tan, Dezheng Daniel | 1507 | SGP | +31B | −1N | +25B | =15N | =14B | −8N | −6B | =22N | 3.5 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 8.75 | 1455 | -8.8 |
| 21 | Hritesh Maddila | 1546 | IND | −1B | +22N | −15B | −17N | −19B | =30N | +24N | +29B | 3.5 | 26.5 | 28.0 | 8.75 | 1328 | -34.8 |
| 22 | FIDE 5847877 | 0 | — | −7N | −21B | −18N | +30B | −28B | +31N | +27N | =20B | 3.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 5.25 | 1274 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Wu, Kun | 1473 | CHN | F | −3N | +28B | −7B | +24N | −10N | +14B | −12B | 3.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 9.00 | 1332 | -35.2 |
| 24 | Shaurik Paramanik | 1406 | IND | −3B | −12B | +30N | +19N | −23B | −16N | −21B | +31N | 3.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 5.50 | 768 | -60.4 |
| 25 | Tan, Yishun Edison | 1441 | SGP | F | +18B | −20N | +29B | −11N | +27B | F | F | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 7.50 | 774 | -26.0 |
| 26 | Janahan, Aathira | 0 | SGP | +11N | −7B | −5N | −12B | −29N | F | −19B | +27B | 2.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 6.50 | 1400 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Cheong, Lip Ghee | 0 | SGP | −4B | −11B | +31N | +28N | −16B | −25N | −22B | −26N | 2.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 2.00 | 740 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 5884756 | 0 | — | −8B | F | −23N | −27B | +22N | =29B | =18N | −14N | 2.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 6.25 | 674 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 547091614 | 0 | — | −5N | −16B | F | −25N | +26B | =28N | −17B | −21N | 1.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 3.00 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 35874783 | 0 | — | −9B | −17N | −24B | −22N | F | =21B | +31B | −19N | 1.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 1.75 | 1172 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Mihika Gupta | 0 | IND | −20N | −15B | −27B | F | −18N | −22B | −30N | −24B | 0.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 0.00 | 656 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Siva Prakash, SubhaashiniMAS+62.45.5 pts · #7
- 2Shaunak ParamanikIND+48.85.5 pts · #6
- 3Khor, Eng YeowSGP+47.25.0 pts · #12
Top rating losers
- 1Shaurik ParamanikIND-60.43.0 pts · #28
- 2Mithun PranavIND-36.84.0 pts · #10
- 3Wu, KunCHN-35.23.0 pts · #22
Biggest upsets
- R3+228 Elo gap
- R8+209 Elo gap
- R5+183 Elo gap