2025 Chess Artists Open Rounds 1-3
Open SwissStandard
23 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 09 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1724, and top seed was Anthony Hain (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2020).
Anthony Hain (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2020) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Tom Kalisch (2.5) and James Milic (2.5). Hain shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
09 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×23
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 3 players tied at 2.5/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 2.5/3. Hain takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMAnthony Hain | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2James Milic | — | * | — | ½ |
| 3Tom Kalisch | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Chanoch Serebryanski | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hain, AnthonyCM | 2020 | AUS | +13B | +5N | =2B | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4.25 | 1949 | -3.0 |
| 2 | Kalisch, Tom | 1749 | AUS | +19B | +8N | =1N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.25 | 1955 | +10.4 |
| 3 | Milic, James | 1666 | AUS | +16N | =4B | +17B | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 2312 | +12.0 |
| 4 | Serebryanski, Chanoch | 0 | AUS | +7B | =3N | =6B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 4.25 | 1717 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Rehill, Paul | 1659 | AUS | +18B | −1B | +13N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 1786 | +5.0 |
| 6 | Savige, Colin B | 1800 | AUS | =10N | +20B | =4N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1746 | -2.0 |
| 7 | Bambridge, Greg | 1628 | AUS | −4N | +19B | +14N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 2301 | +13.0 |
| 8 | Urban, Daniel | 0 | AUS | +?N | −2B | +20N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1659 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Buhagiar, Aden | 1761 | AUS | +14N | F | +15B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2346 | +9.2 |
| 10 | Beckman, John | 1548 | AUS | =6B | −15N | +21N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1639 | +7.0 |
| 11 | Dakic, Dusan | 1780 | AUS | +21B | =12N | F | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1748 | -1.4 |
| 12 | Fais, Ariana | 1578 | AUS | +23N | =11B | F | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1779 | +10.4 |
| 13 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1552 | AUS | −1N | +16B | −5B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1565 | -2.0 |
| 14 | Xia, Bella | 1507 | AUS | −9B | +22N | −7B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 896 | -20.0 |
| 15 | Lopata, Felix | 1594 | AUS | F | +10B | −9N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 1653 | +6.4 |
| 16 | Wang, Adelyn | 1485 | AUS | −3B | −13N | +22B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 808 | -24.8 |
| 17 | Akok, Benjamin | 1563 | AUS | +22B | F | −3N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 864 | -7.2 |
| 18 | Efron, Luca | 0 | AUS | −5N | −?B | +19N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1465 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Zuo, Sarah | 1503 | AUS | −2N | −7N | −18B | 0.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 891 | -20.8 |
| 20 | Mi, Sura | 1554 | AUS | F | −6N | −8B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 994 | -8.4 |
| 21 | Verma, Vivaan | 1531 | AUS | −11N | F | −10B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 863 | -26.8 |
| 22 | Zhao, Oscar | 0 | AUS | −17N | −14B | −16N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 707 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Zhou, Audrey | 0 | AUS | −12B | F | −?N | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 794 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bambridge, GregAUS+13.02.0 pts · #4
- 2Milic, JamesAUS+12.02.5 pts · #2
- 3Kalisch, TomAUS+10.42.5 pts · #9
Top rating losers
- 1Verma, VivaanAUS-26.80.0 pts · #20
- 2Wang, AdelynAUS-24.81.0 pts · #23
- 3Zuo, SarahAUS-20.80.0 pts · #16