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2025 Norbert Muller Cup Group A Rounds 3-5 plus postponed

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6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Nov 2025 to 26 Nov 2025 in Perth, Australia. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1588, and top seed was Ashvin Balavignan (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2023).

Ashvin Balavignan (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2023) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Gyula Plaganyi (2.0) and Stijn Verlinden (2.0). Balavignan won solo starting round 3.

Location
🇦🇺Perth, Australia
Dates
05 Nov 2025 → 26 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺CMAshvin Balavignan2023
Avg top 10
1,588
Participants
6
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×5
🇱🇹Lithuania×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

CM Ashvin Balavignan led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
1
1
#1#2#3#6R1R2R3R4R5
Balavignan#1Plaganyi#2Verlinden#3Fokaite#4Elkington#5Gibson#6
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

CM Ashvin Balavignan never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · DECISIVE LEAD12 Nov

CM Ashvin Balavignan opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: CM Gyula Plaganyi); the title is out of reach before R5.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Ashvin Balavignan beat CM Gyula Plaganyi (White).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇦🇺CMBalavignan, Ashvin2023*111—½3.55.255.5+37.62238
2🇦🇺CMPlaganyi, Gyula19010*—1—12.01.505.0+12.02047
3🇦🇺Verlinden, Stijn00—*—112.01.505.0+17.22059
4🇱🇹Fokaite, Gabriele181800—*1—1.01.006.5-2.01795
5🇦🇺Elkington, Derek1858——00*11.00.503.5-6.01778
6🇦🇺Gibson, Jacob1927½00—0*0.51.758.5-31.41606

Key insights

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