2025 Chess Artists Open Rounds 4-6
Open SwissStandard
22 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 30 Nov 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1727, and top seed was Anthony Hain (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2020).
Anthony Hain (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2020) won with 2.5/6, ahead of Paul Rehill (2.5) and Chanoch Serebryanski (2.5).
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
30 Nov 2025 → 21 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×22
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 3 players tied at 2.5/6, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 2.5/6. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chanoch Serebryanski | * | — | — | — |
| 2CMAnthony Hain | — | * | — | ½ |
| 3Paul Rehill | — | — | * | — |
| 4James Milic | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hain, AnthonyCM | 2020 | AUS | F | F | F | +9N | =4B | +6N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.50 | 1958 | -2.4 |
| 2 | Rehill, Paul | 1659 | AUS | F | F | F | +10N | =6B | +8N | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.75 | 1884 | +11.6 |
| 3 | Serebryanski, Chanoch | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +11N | =8B | +9N | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.50 | 1803 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Milic, James | 1666 | AUS | F | F | F | =8N | =1N | +12B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.75 | 1913 | +18.2 |
| 5 | Beckman, John | 1548 | AUS | F | F | F | −13B | +7N | +10B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 1561 | +0.8 |
| 6 | Bambridge, Greg | 1628 | AUS | F | F | F | +19B | =2N | −1B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 1753 | +7.6 |
| 7 | Mi, Sura | 1554 | AUS | F | F | F | =16N | −5B | +20N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1332 | -24.0 |
| 8 | Kalisch, Tom | 1749 | AUS | F | F | F | =4B | =3N | −2B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 1469 | -14.8 |
| 9 | Buhagiar, Aden | 1761 | AUS | F | F | F | −1B | +18N | −3B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.50 | 1814 | +2.4 |
| 10 | Urban, Daniel | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −2B | +19N | −5N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1470 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Dakic, Dusan | 1780 | AUS | F | F | F | −3B | F | +14N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 2298 | +3.2 |
| 12 | Lopata, Felix | 1594 | AUS | F | F | F | +21B | F | −4N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1608 | +1.6 |
| 13 | Akok, Benjamin | 1563 | AUS | F | F | F | +5N | F | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2347 | +9.6 |
| 14 | Xia, Bella | 1507 | AUS | F | F | F | +20N | F | −11B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 979 | -6.4 |
| 15 | Zhao, Oscar | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −?B | +22B | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 731 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Zuo, Sarah | 1503 | AUS | F | F | F | =7B | F | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1559 | +3.2 |
| 17 | Savige, Colin B | 1800 | AUS | F | F | F | =18B | F | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1608 | -4.8 |
| 18 | Cook, Geoff L | 1612 | AUS | F | F | F | =17N | −9B | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1584 | -1.2 |
| 19 | Fais, Ariana | 1578 | AUS | F | F | F | −6N | −10B | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 832 | -17.2 |
| 20 | Efron, Luca | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −14B | −?N | −7B | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 729 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1552 | AUS | F | F | F | −12N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 793 | -17.6 |
| 22 | Zhou, Audrey | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −?B | −15N | −?B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 696 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Milic, JamesAUS+18.22.0 pts · #3
- 2Rehill, PaulAUS+11.62.5 pts · #5
- 3Akok, BenjaminAUS+9.61.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Mi, SuraAUS-24.01.5 pts · #12
- 2Ramprasad, NachiketAUS-17.60.0 pts · #21
- 3Fais, ArianaAUS-17.20.0 pts · #19