2025 Ryde Eastwood Classic Rounds 5-7
27 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 05 Nov 2025 to 19 Nov 2025 in Sydney, Australia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1838, and top seed was Arthur Huynh (🇦🇺 AUS, 1986).
Jeremy Plunkett (🇦🇺 AUS, 1966) won with 3.0/7, ahead of Kamal Jain (2.0) and Vlad Vyshnivetskyy (2.0). Plunkett broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Mason Tay (1726) beat Arthur Huynh (1986), a +260-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsJeremy Plunkett led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 31 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
Jeremy Plunkett never relinquished the lead after R7; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Jeremy Plunkett won 3 in a row (R5–R7).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plunkett, Jeremy | 1966 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +8N | +10B | +2B | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 2572 | +12.6 |
| 2 | Jain, Kamal | 1707 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +3N | +9B | −1N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1923 | +16.6 |
| 3 | Vyshnivetskyy, Vlad | 1737 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −2B | +15N | +22B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 1818 | +18.0 |
| 4 | Kuncoro, Harvey | 1551 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +16B | F | +5B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2366 | +18.8 |
| 5 | Pisarev, Alex | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +26N | +17B | −4N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1556 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Steinitz, Steven | 1729 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +19N | +25B | −14N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1780 | +6.4 |
| 7 | Watson, Robert A | 1799 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +25N | F | +16B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2354 | +9.2 |
| 8 | Lim, Jongmin | 1798 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −1B | +11N | =10B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.25 | 1882 | +3.8 |
| 9 | Wolfson, Alexander | 1661 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =11B | −2N | +12B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.25 | 1728 | +7.2 |
| 10 | Tay, Mason | 1726 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +23B | −1N | =8N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 1950 | +25.6 |
| 11 | Ball, ChristopherCM | 1840 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =9N | −8B | +13N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1701 | -11.6 |
| 12 | Yuan, Ryan Xu | 1621 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +15B | =20N | −9N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 1686 | +10.0 |
| 13 | He, Enock | 1569 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =24B | +18N | −11B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.25 | 1833 | +36.4 |
| 14 | Plaza-Quinteros, Francisco | 1912 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =22N | F | +6B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.25 | 1918 | +0.4 |
| 15 | Chiara, Vincenzo | 1640 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −12N | −3B | +21N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1505 | -9.6 |
| 16 | Agrawal, Kushagra | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −4N | +26B | −7N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1501 | -10.8 |
| 17 | FIDE 3277860 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | +19N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1534 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Malcolm, Aidan | 1767 | NZL | F | F | F | F | =20N | −13B | =23N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1658 | -11.4 |
| 19 | Podnar, Adam | 1524 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −6B | +27N | −17B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1578 | +6.4 |
| 20 | Wong, Benjamin | 1720 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =18B | =12B | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1713 | -2.0 |
| 21 | Quek, Bob | 1560 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +27B | F | −15B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1541 | -1.0 |
| 22 | Vujasin, Nikola | 1728 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =14B | F | −3N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1615 | -7.0 |
| 23 | Huynh, Arthur | 1986 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −10N | F | =18B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1598 | -21.2 |
| 24 | Kuncoro, Leo | 1850 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =13N | F | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1589 | -12.8 |
| 25 | Magesh, Devahuti | 1523 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −7B | −6N | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 934 | -20.4 |
| 26 | Magesh, Sharav | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −5B | −16N | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 766 | -17.6 |
| 27 | Tracey, Todd | 1488 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −21N | −19B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 737 | -31.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1He, EnockAUS+36.41.5 pts · #11
- 2Tay, MasonAUS+25.61.5 pts · #9
- 3Kuncoro, HarveyAUS+18.82.0 pts · #14
- 1Tracey, ToddAUS-31.20.0 pts · #25
- 2Huynh, ArthurAUS-21.20.5 pts · #23
- 3Magesh, DevahutiAUS-20.40.0 pts · #26
- R5+260 Elo gap
- R6+198 Elo gap