2025 Box Hill Open Round 1
Open SwissStandard
66 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 24 Oct 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 8 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2068, and top seed was Kai Jie Soo (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2269).
Haran Salasan (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2080) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Vidushi Dissanayake (1.0) and Cheng Dai (1.0).
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
24 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 1 rounds
Titled players · 8
FM×4
CM×3
WFM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×61
🇳🇿New Zealand×2
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
Top 3
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Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salasan, HaranCM | 2080 | AUS | +36N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2479 | +1.6 |
| 2 | Dissanayake, Vidushi | 1814 | AUS | +37B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2243 | +4.0 |
| 3 | Dai, ChengFM | 2176 | AUS | +38N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2576 | +1.6 |
| 4 | He, Zhi Yu (Paul) | 1924 | NZL | +39B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2323 | +3.2 |
| 5 | Zhang, Jayden | 1730 | AUS | +40N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2231 | +6.0 |
| 6 | Gao, ArthurCM | 2120 | AUS | +41B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2520 | +3.2 |
| 7 | Dissanayake, Himath | 1844 | SRI | +42B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2239 | +1.6 |
| 8 | Lin, Le-Syuan | 1486 | AUS | +30B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2257 | +18.4 |
| 9 | Liu, Ronald | 1788 | AUS | +43B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2316 | +6.8 |
| 10 | Soo, Kai JieFM | 2269 | AUS | +44B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2669 | +1.6 |
| 11 | Wang, Cunmeng | 1949 | AUS | +45N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2350 | +3.2 |
| 12 | Buhagiar, Aden | 1783 | AUS | +46B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2244 | +2.4 |
| 13 | Tai, Ethan | 0 | NZL | +35N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2383 | +19.6 |
| 14 | Clark, Peter | 1633 | AUS | +47N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2218 | +4.4 |
| 15 | Datar, TejasFM | 2062 | AUS | +48N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2462 | +1.6 |
| 16 | Solomontchik, Daniel | 1891 | AUS | +49B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2290 | +3.2 |
| 17 | Katakam, Deethya Sai | 1726 | AUS | +50N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2282 | +8.0 |
| 18 | Wan, Oscar | 0 | AUS | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1789 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Shabani, Bahman | 0 | AUS | +?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1575 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Zafirakos, JesseCM | 2102 | AUS | +51B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2502 | +1.6 |
| 21 | Jathar, Ved | 1790 | AUS | +28N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2299 | +6.4 |
| 22 | Jansen, Tony | 1698 | AUS | +29B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2235 | +3.6 |
| 23 | Dragicevic, DomagojFM | 2111 | AUS | +31B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2511 | +1.6 |
| 24 | Chibnall, AlanaWFM | 1882 | AUS | +32N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2416 | +3.6 |
| 25 | Cantos, Andrew | 1798 | AUS | +33B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2292 | +5.6 |
| 26 | Akok, Benjamin | 1534 | AUS | +34N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2247 | +7.6 |
| 27 | Pisal, Ranjit | 0 | AUS | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1596 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Ihalagedara, Yehara | 1498 | AUS | −21B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 989 | -6.4 |
| 29 | Liao, Rita (xueru) | 0 | AUS | −22N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 893 | -7.2 |
| 30 | Kwong, Harvey | 1459 | AUS | −8N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 687 | -18.4 |
| 31 | Fan, Aiden | 1611 | AUS | −23N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1210 | -3.2 |
| 32 | Mao, Yimin | 1616 | AUS | −24B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1082 | -7.2 |
| 33 | Franco Sageman, Pascal | 1491 | AUS | −25N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 998 | -5.6 |
| 34 | Thulasidas, Manish | 0 | AUS | −26B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 734 | -15.2 |
| 35 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1583 | AUS | −13B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 790 | -19.6 |
| 36 | Ozernov, Michael | 1473 | AUS | −1B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1064 | -1.6 |
| 37 | Guo, Audrey | 1444 | AUS | −2N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1013 | -4.0 |
| 38 | Fan, Xinyao | 1705 | AUS | −3B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1304 | -3.2 |
| 39 | Katakam, Aadhya Sai | 1498 | AUS | −4N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1098 | -3.2 |
| 40 | Zhang, Kaylin | 1431 | AUS | −5B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 928 | -6.0 |
| 41 | Zhang, Nathan | 1498 | AUS | −6N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1045 | -3.2 |
| 42 | Mondal, Chiranjib | 1420 | AUS | −7N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1020 | -3.2 |
| 43 | Liu, Preston | 1516 | AUS | −9N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 988 | -6.8 |
| 44 | Song, Olivia | 1542 | AUS | −10N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1142 | -3.2 |
| 45 | Zhang, Ethan | 1491 | AUS | −11B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1092 | -3.2 |
| 46 | Mondal, Jahnavi | 1445 | AUS | −12N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 981 | -4.8 |
| 47 | Nandakumar, Vedant | 1417 | AUS | −14B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 835 | -8.8 |
| 48 | Wang, Michael (zining) | 1495 | AUS | −15B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1095 | -3.2 |
| 49 | Wang, Adelyn | 1482 | AUS | −16N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1075 | -3.2 |
| 50 | Zhou, Teng | 1482 | AUS | −17B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 926 | -8.0 |
| 51 | Huang, Victoria | 1530 | AUS | −20N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1131 | -3.2 |
| 52 | Xiao, Sridatta | 0 | AUS | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 808 | 0.0 |
| 53 | FIDE 3297780 | 0 | — | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 784 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Win, Noel May Thu | 0 | AUS | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 670 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Ihalagedara, Thehan | 0 | AUS | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 889 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Ng, Pavle-Jay | 0 | AUS | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 788 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Mao, Victoria | 0 | AUS | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 855 | 0.0 |
| 58 | Devlin, Phil | 0 | AUS | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 792 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Shah, Swaraa | 0 | AUS | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 807 | 0.0 |
| 60 | Jiang, Rachel | 0 | AUS | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 788 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Liu, Jason | 0 | AUS | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 730 | 0.0 |
| 62 | Cabral, Jake | 0 | AUS | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 835 | 0.0 |
| 63 | Carter, John | 0 | AUS | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 862 | 0.0 |
| 64 | FIDE 3276546 | 0 | — | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 846 | 0.0 |
| 65 | Sun, Martin | 0 | AUS | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1022 | 0.0 |
| 66 | Britto, Roger | 0 | AUS | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 827 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Tai, EthanNZL+19.61.0 pts · #13
- 2Lin, Le-SyuanAUS+18.41.0 pts · #8
- 3Katakam, Deethya SaiAUS+8.01.0 pts · #17
Top rating losers
- 1Ramprasad, NachiketAUS-19.60.0 pts · #38
- 2Kwong, HarveyAUS-18.40.0 pts · #30
- 3Thulasidas, ManishAUS-15.20.0 pts · #37