2025 Box Hill Open Rounds 2-5
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91 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 28 Nov 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 9 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2068, and top seed was Kai Jie Soo (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2269).
Haran Salasan (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2080) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Kai Jie Soo (3.5) and Zhi Yu (Paul) He (3.0). Salasan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Benjamin Akok (1534) beat Andrew Cantos (1798), a +264-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
07 Nov 2025 → 28 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 9
FM×4
CM×4
WFM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇦🇺Australia×82
🇳🇿New Zealand×2
🇮🇳India×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
93
43
17
4
2
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 3.5/5. Salasan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (10.5).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
CM Haran Salasan drew with FM Kai Jie Soo (White).
R3 · LATE SURGE
FM Cheng Dai was #18 at R3, climbed to #3 over the final stretch.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMHaran Salasan | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2FMKai Jie Soo | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3FMCheng Dai | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Zhi Yu (Paul) He | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salasan, HaranCM | 2080 | AUS | F | +29B | +4N | =2B | +40N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 8.75 | 2235 | +16.2 |
| 2 | Soo, Kai JieFM | 2269 | AUS | F | +28N | +66B | =1N | +30B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.75 | 2316 | +1.6 |
| 3 | He, Zhi Yu (Paul) | 1924 | NZL | F | +32N | +35B | =5N | =21B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.75 | 2013 | +19.6 |
| 4 | Buhagiar, Aden | 1783 | AUS | F | +43N | −1B | +35N | +28B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.00 | 1917 | +15.4 |
| 5 | Dai, ChengFM | 2176 | AUS | F | +37B | =31N | =3B | +36N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.50 | 2023 | -10.0 |
| 6 | Dragicevic, DomagojFM | 2111 | AUS | F | +34N | +33B | −14N | +39B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.00 | 1974 | -8.6 |
| 7 | Chai, Kang | 1821 | AUS | F | +76B | +36N | −11B | +38N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 1996 | +17.2 |
| 8 | Zafirakos, JesseCM | 2102 | AUS | F | +19N | +17B | +30N | — | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 2639 | +11.8 |
| 9 | Zhang, Nathan | 1498 | AUS | F | +52B | +34B | −28N | +67B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 1750 | +48.8 |
| 10 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1583 | AUS | F | +20N | +60B | −33N | +74B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 1749 | +31.6 |
| 11 | Gao, ArthurCM | 2120 | AUS | F | +56N | +39B | +7N | — | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 2575 | +14.0 |
| 12 | Zhao, LucasCM | 1767 | AUS | F | +71B | +72N | −40B | +22N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.50 | 1734 | -8.4 |
| 13 | Sun, Martin | 0 | AUS | F | +86N | +32B | −19N | +44B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.00 | 1741 | +35.6 |
| 14 | Wang, Cunmeng | 1949 | AUS | F | +67B | +38N | +6B | F | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.00 | 2630 | +48.8 |
| 15 | Dissanayake, Vidushi | 1814 | AUS | F | +73N | −30B | +67N | +33B | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.00 | 1928 | +10.4 |
| 16 | Chi, Jaden | 1453 | AUS | F | +69N | −21B | +71N | +56B | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.50 | 1750 | +28.4 |
| 17 | Wu, Alice | 1655 | AUS | F | +84B | −8N | +42B | +66N | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1983 | +43.6 |
| 18 | Huang, Victoria | 1530 | AUS | F | +88B | +37N | +29B | F | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2414 | +72.0 |
| 19 | Rathore, Akshobhya | 1690 | AUS | F | −8B | +50N | +13B | =31N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.00 | 1856 | +34.8 |
| 20 | Liu, Preston | 1516 | AUS | F | −10B | +49N | +41B | =58N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.75 | 1600 | +12.0 |
| 21 | Solomontchik, Daniel | 1891 | AUS | F | F | +16N | +31B | =3N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.50 | 2044 | +19.2 |
| 22 | Zheng, Bonney | 1582 | AUS | F | =64B | +89N | +24B | −12B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.25 | 1654 | +6.8 |
| 23 | Ozernov, Michael | 1473 | AUS | F | =61N | +59B | +77N | −48B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.25 | 1767 | +23.0 |
| 24 | Zhang, Ethan | 1491 | AUS | F | +78N | =56B | −22N | +72B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.75 | 1430 | -5.6 |
| 25 | Thulasidas, Manish | 0 | AUS | F | =62N | −61B | +78N | +77B | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.75 | 1649 | +22.8 |
| 26 | Zhang, Kaylin | 1431 | AUS | F | +85N | −73B | =60N | +69B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 739 | -13.6 |
| 27 | Wang, Adelyn | 1482 | AUS | F | +90B | −29N | +84B | =57N | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1401 | -5.6 |
| 28 | Rehill, Paul | 1643 | AUS | F | −2B | +41N | +9B | −4N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1720 | +4.6 |
| 29 | Flude, David A | 1626 | AUS | F | −1N | +27B | −18N | +45B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1612 | -3.6 |
| 30 | Datar, TejasFM | 2062 | AUS | F | +57B | +15N | −8B | −2N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1997 | -6.0 |
| 31 | Dissanayake, Himath | 1844 | SRI | F | +51N | =5B | −21N | =19B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.75 | 1837 | -1.2 |
| 32 | Marathe, Satish | 1638 | AUS | F | −3B | −13N | +55B | +42N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1646 | +3.6 |
| 33 | Zhang, Jayden | 1730 | AUS | F | +68B | −6N | +10B | −15N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1724 | -5.2 |
| 34 | Clark, Peter | 1633 | AUS | F | −6B | −9N | +52B | +47N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1534 | -9.4 |
| 35 | Akok, Benjamin | 1534 | AUS | F | +48B | −3N | −4B | +62N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1737 | +16.0 |
| 36 | Jansen, Tony | 1698 | AUS | F | +59N | −7B | +47N | −5B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1768 | +6.2 |
| 37 | Cook, Geoff L | 1613 | AUS | F | −5N | −18B | +61N | +46B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1566 | -5.8 |
| 38 | Liu, Ronald | 1788 | AUS | F | +74N | −14B | +43N | −7B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1740 | -12.4 |
| 39 | Katakam, Deethya Sai | 1726 | AUS | F | +75B | −11N | +63B | −6N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 1793 | +1.6 |
| 40 | Chibnall, AlanaWFM | 1882 | AUS | F | +58B | F | +12N | −1B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.50 | 1959 | +6.2 |
| 41 | Fan, Aiden | 1611 | AUS | F | +55B | −28B | −20N | +60B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 1407 | -34.0 |
| 42 | Fan, Xinyao | 1705 | AUS | F | +70N | +54B | −17N | −32B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1626 | -17.2 |
| 43 | Shirawala, Sahar | 1626 | AUS | F | −4B | +75N | −38B | +68N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1550 | -10.8 |
| 44 | Wang, Yufan(GD) | 1554 | CHN | F | +83N | +65B | F | −13N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 1503 | -6.0 |
| 45 | Guo, Audrey | 1444 | AUS | F | +79B | =58N | =57B | −29N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1571 | +31.6 |
| 46 | Katakam, Aadhya Sai | 1498 | AUS | F | +82B | =57N | =58B | −37N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1474 | -7.6 |
| 47 | Song, Olivia | 1542 | AUS | F | +53B | +84N | −36B | −34B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 857 | -24.8 |
| 48 | Cantos, Andrew | 1798 | AUS | F | −35N | F | +68B | +23N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.50 | 1513 | -28.0 |
| 49 | Liu, Jason | 0 | AUS | F | −80N | −20B | +82N | +70B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1332 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Mao, Yimin | 1616 | AUS | F | +87N | −19B | +70N | −51B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1527 | -17.2 |
| 51 | Le, Ingrid | 1585 | AUS | F | −31B | −68N | +88B | +50N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1811 | +36.0 |
| 52 | Carter, John | 0 | AUS | F | −9N | +85B | −34N | +91B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1372 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Yuan, Erin | 0 | AUS | F | −47N | +87B | −59N | +79B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1515 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Tran, Kenny | 1769 | AUS | F | +81B | −42N | +75B | F | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1591 | -17.2 |
| 55 | Nandakumar, Vedant | 1417 | AUS | F | −41N | +86B | −32N | +85N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 822 | -18.4 |
| 56 | Milic, James | 1663 | AUS | F | −11B | =24N | +72B | −16N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 1390 | -22.0 |
| 57 | Kolak, Tanya | 1596 | AUS | F | −30N | =46B | =45N | =27B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.25 | 1505 | -9.2 |
| 58 | Dissanayake, Naveen | 1647 | AUS | F | −40N | =45B | =46N | =20B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.25 | 1503 | -29.2 |
| 59 | Tai, Ethan | 1595 | NZL | F | −36B | −23N | +53B | =63N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1272 | -55.6 |
| 60 | Ng, Pavle-Jay | 0 | AUS | F | +?B | −10N | =26B | −41N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.25 | 1425 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Jiang, Rachel | 0 | AUS | F | =23B | +25N | −37B | −?N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.75 | 1402 | 0.0 |
| 62 | Mondal, Jahnavi | 1445 | AUS | F | =25B | +81N | F | −35B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.25 | 1305 | -13.6 |
| 63 | Fan, Licheng | 1470 | AUS | F | −66N | +74B | −39N | =59B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1616 | +11.6 |
| 64 | Mao, Victoria | 0 | AUS | F | =22N | +69B | −76N | −?B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1285 | 0.0 |
| 65 | Xiao, Sridatta | 0 | AUS | F | +?B | −44N | =?B | F | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1500 | 0.0 |
| 66 | Jathar, Ved | 1790 | AUS | F | +63B | −2N | F | −17B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.50 | 1656 | -22.4 |
| 67 | Mrinalini S | 1591 | IND | F | −14N | +80B | −15B | −9N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1473 | -28.0 |
| 68 | Wan, Oscar | 0 | AUS | F | −33N | +51B | −48N | −43B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1493 | 0.0 |
| 69 | FIDE 3296962 | 0 | — | F | −16B | −64N | +81B | −26N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 630 | 0.0 |
| 70 | Liao, Rita (xueru) | 0 | AUS | F | −42B | +79N | −50B | −49N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1472 | +5.6 |
| 71 | Pisal, Ranjit | 0 | AUS | F | −12N | F | −16B | +83N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1455 | 0.0 |
| 72 | Lian, Hongxuan | 0 | AUS | F | +89B | −12B | −56N | −24N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 857 | 0.0 |
| 73 | Gajula, Hemanth | 1530 | AUS | F | −15B | +26N | F | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 1661 | +4.8 |
| 74 | Shabani, Bahman | 0 | AUS | F | −38B | −63N | +89B | −10N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 811 | -60.0 |
| 75 | Lin, Le-Syuan | 1486 | AUS | F | −39N | −43B | −54N | +88N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1501 | +4.0 |
| 76 | Zhou, Emma | 1595 | AUS | F | −7N | F | +64B | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1022 | -8.8 |
| 77 | Zhou, Teng | 1482 | AUS | F | +91N | F | −23B | −25N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1316 | -25.6 |
| 78 | Britto, Roger | 0 | AUS | F | −24B | −?N | −25B | +87N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1268 | 0.0 |
| 79 | Shah, Swaraa | 0 | AUS | F | −45N | −70B | +87N | −53N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1302 | -27.2 |
| 80 | Mondal, Chiranjib | 1420 | AUS | F | +49B | −67N | F | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 792 | -10.8 |
| 81 | Weerakkody, Celosha | 0 | AUS | F | −54N | −62B | −69N | +89N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 804 | 0.0 |
| 82 | Cabral, Jake | 0 | AUS | F | −46N | −?N | −49B | +86N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 688 | 0.0 |
| 83 | Franco Sageman, Pascal | 1491 | AUS | F | −44B | +90N | F | −71B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 755 | -16.0 |
| 84 | FIDE 3295435 | 0 | — | F | −17N | −47B | −27N | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 753 | 0.0 |
| 85 | Win, Noel May Thu | 0 | AUS | F | −26B | −52N | F | −55B | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 617 | 0.0 |
| 86 | FIDE 3276546 | 0 | — | F | −13B | −55N | F | −82B | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 87 | Devlin, Phil | 0 | AUS | F | −50B | −53N | −79B | −78B | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 739 | -28.8 |
| 88 | Ihalagedara, Thehan | 0 | AUS | F | −18N | F | −51N | −75B | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 729 | -72.8 |
| 89 | Rajan, Viaan | 0 | AUS | F | −72N | −22B | −74N | −81B | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 796 | 0.0 |
| 90 | FIDE 3297780 | 0 | — | F | −27N | −83B | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 673 | 0.0 |
| 91 | Kwong, Harvey | 1459 | AUS | F | −77B | F | F | −52N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 674 | -17.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Huang, VictoriaAUS+72.03.0 pts · #8
- 2Wang, CunmengAUS+48.83.0 pts · #9
- 3Zhang, NathanAUS+48.83.0 pts · #16
Top rating losers
- 1Ihalagedara, ThehanAUS-72.80.0 pts · #86
- 2Shabani, BahmanAUS-60.01.0 pts · #77
- 3Tai, EthanNZL-55.61.5 pts · #70
Biggest upsets
- R2+264 Elo gap
- R5+210 Elo gap
- R4+162 Elo gap