2026 Australian Reserves

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99 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 05 Jan 2026 to 15 Jan 2026 in Sydney, Australia. 15 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2024, and top seed was Declan Smith (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2088).

Ryan Lane (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2065) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Joel Leong (8.5) and John Stuart Plant (8.0). Lane won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Men Tou Kenneth Law (1417) beat Nathan Hibberd (1888), a +471-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Sydney, Australia

Dates

05 Jan 2026 → 15 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺CMDeclan Smith2088

Avg top 10

2,024

Participants

Titled players · 15

CM×9

WIM×1

WFM×1

WCM×4

Federations · 6 represented

🇦🇺Australia×93

🇮🇷Iran×2

🇲🇾Malaysia×1

🇫🇷France×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
CMRyan Lane
🇦🇺AUS·2065
8.5pts·2181perf+31.8
🥈
CMJoel Leong
🇦🇺AUS·1963
8.5pts·2087perf+63.0
🥉
John Stuart Plant
🇦🇺AUS·2017
8.0pts·2119perf+29.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 8.5/11, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Lane8.5Leong8.5Prithvi8Lyu8Anderson8Plant8— ex-leaders:Stalkerled R6, #15

R6 · LEADER CHANGE09 Jan

Ian Stalker takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.5/11. Lane takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (73.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Ryan Lane 5 wins (R1–R5)CM Joel Leong 3+4 wins (R2–R4, R6–R9)Parthiv Prithvi 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMRyan Lane	*	—	—	½
2CMJoel Leong	—	*	—	½
3Parthiv Prithvi	—	—	*	0
4Taifeng (Matt) Lyu	½	½	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Lane, RyanCM	2065	AUS	+35N	+9B	+13N	+8B	+11N	−7B	+48N	−3B	=4N	+12B	+5N	8.5	73.5	78.5	59.00	2181	+31.8
2	Leong, JoelCM	1963	AUS	−29B	+84N	+39B	+50N	−18B	+38N	+21B	+52N	+8B	=4B	+3N	8.5	63.5	66.5	50.00	2087	+63.0
3	Plant, John Stuart	2017	AUS	+67N	+30B	+61N	+48B	=19N	=4B	+7N	+1N	+12B	−5B	−2B	8.0	69.5	73.5	49.75	2119	+29.8
4	Lyu, Taifeng (Matt)	1949	AUS	+49B	−65N	+44B	+46N	+40B	=3N	+22B	+6N	=1B	=2N	=8N	8.0	68.5	72.5	52.25	2066	+66.0
5	Anderson, BrendanCM	1987	AUS	+24B	=22N	=38B	−18N	+65B	+50N	+26B	+58N	+20B	+3N	−1B	8.0	64.5	68.5	47.50	2088	+27.8
6	Prithvi, Parthiv	1918	AUS	+36N	+70B	−48N	+61B	+9N	+71B	=18N	−4B	+23N	=14B	+17N	8.0	61.5	65.5	45.75	2112	+111.2
7	Stalker, Ian	1931	AUS	+55B	+44N	+66B	=19B	+58N	+1N	−3B	−12N	=18B	=22N	+11N	7.5	65.5	69.5	44.75	2040	+29.8
8	Vincent, AlainaWFM	1934	AUS	+62B	+50N	+65B	−1N	+38B	=52N	=20B	+18B	−2N	+66N	=4B	7.5	62.0	66.0	39.25	2025	+24.6
9	Corona, Jonluke	1930	AUS	+41B	−1N	+59B	+49N	−6B	=51N	+37B	+69N	=11B	=40N	+21B	7.5	61.5	65.5	40.25	2005	+50.8
10	Maleki, Aiden	1900	AUS	+72B	−66N	=68B	=67N	+49B	=39N	+15B	=22N	=21B	+46N	+51B	7.5	53.0	57.0	39.75	2021	+60.8
11	He, Andrew	1946	AUS	+83B	+52N	+37B	+69N	−1B	−48B	+19N	=25B	=9N	+16N	−7B	7.0	63.0	66.0	38.00	2036	+50.8
12	Huang, YuanCM	2050	AUS	=27N	+32B	=71N	=30B	+82N	+31B	+69N	+7B	−3N	−1N	=40B	7.0	61.5	64.5	37.25	1993	-26.8
13	Zou, Xuyuan	1954	AUS	+42N	+78B	−1B	=65N	−22B	−29N	+62B	+39N	+69B	+20N	=14N	7.0	58.0	61.5	35.00	1968	+9.2
14	Plunkett, Jeremy	2005	AUS	−61B	−53N	+83B	+73N	−39B	+54N	+44B	+50N	+51B	=6N	=13B	7.0	54.5	57.5	35.00	1880	-28.2
15	Qiang, Vincent	1996	AUS	=32N	+76B	+57N	−58B	−71N	+60B	−10N	+68B	=28N	+36B	+27N	7.0	54.0	57.5	35.00	1958	-8.4
16	Christie, Patrick	1853	AUS	−76N	+99B	−42N	=45B	+53N	+32B	=36N	+27B	+48N	−11B	+66N	7.0	53.0	53.0	31.50	1961	+43.6
17	Baneshi, Kiamehr	1964	IRI	=54B	−88N	=77B	F	+56N	+42B	+70N	+29N	+49B	+18N	−6B	7.0	51.0	51.0	36.25	1924	-7.6
18	Ahmer, Axel	1885	AUS	+74N	−48B	+36N	+5B	+2N	+19B	=6B	−8N	=7N	−17B	=28N	6.5	69.5	73.5	43.25	2013	+39.0
19	Akulov, Alexey	1962	AUS	+59B	+46N	+26B	=7N	=3B	−18N	−11B	+24N	−22B	+50N	=23B	6.5	65.5	70.5	39.50	1953	-4.0
20	Williams, Oliver	1878	AUS	−73B	+72N	+41B	+21N	=28B	+37N	=8N	+48B	−5N	−13B	=25N	6.5	61.5	65.5	36.50	2007	+67.3
21	Munkhbat, Anand	1909	AUS	+63N	=71B	=88N	−20B	+61N	+27B	−2N	+55B	=10N	+30B	−9N	6.5	60.0	62.5	33.00	1912	+4.3
22	Li, Shing Hei	1853	HKG	+85N	=5B	−69N	+55B	+13N	+91B	−4N	=10B	+19N	=7B	F	6.5	59.0	59.0	35.50	2000	+40.4
23	Davis, Tony JCM	1888	AUS	+56B	−37N	−49B	+54N	=67B	+62N	+33B	+28N	−6B	=25B	=19N	6.5	58.0	62.0	35.00	1922	+11.4
24	Lim, Jongmin	1842	AUS	−5N	+85B	=25N	=53B	+76N	=40B	=31N	−19B	=41B	+49N	+37B	6.5	57.0	60.0	31.25	1859	+7.4
25	Jiang, Benjamin Wise	1960	AUS	=77B	=68N	=24B	+66N	−26B	+67N	+39B	=11N	=46B	=23N	=20B	6.5	56.0	59.5	33.25	1871	-46.4
26	Yelkhovsky, Daniil	1900	AUS	+95N	+43B	−19N	=82B	+25N	=58B	−5N	=36B	−31N	+68B	+60N	6.5	55.0	57.0	29.75	1932	+22.4
27	Woodrow, Daniel	1805	AUS	=12B	=28N	−51B	+94N	+46B	−21N	+34B	−16N	+38B	+57N	−15B	6.0	60.5	62.5	30.50	1913	+32.0
28	Barker, Geoff	1946	AUS	=45N	=27B	+63N	+47B	=20N	−69B	+30N	−23B	=15B	=35N	=18B	6.0	60.0	64.0	34.75	1889	-16.4
29	Tankel, Alan	1708	AUS	+2N	=40B	−31N	=78B	+57N	+13B	−58N	−17B	+44B	−51N	+50B	6.0	59.5	63.0	35.50	1934	+63.2
30	Babic, Michael S	1841	AUS	+94B	−3N	+54B	=12N	−69B	+43N	−28B	+65N	+37B	−21N	=33B	6.0	57.5	59.5	28.50	1916	+22.0
31	Parsonage, Ian PCM	1930	AUS	+84B	=73N	+29B	=37N	=52B	−12N	=24B	−49N	+26B	=43N	=35B	6.0	57.0	60.0	31.75	1889	-9.6
32	Liu, JoyWCM	1794	AUS	=15B	−12N	+56N	=76B	=33B	−16N	+53B	−37N	+65B	=41N	+74B	6.0	56.0	59.5	29.00	1843	+27.0
33	Broekhuyse, Paul	1903	AUS	−43N	+64B	−47N	+77B	=32N	+68B	−23N	+60B	−36N	+63B	=30N	6.0	53.0	56.5	27.50	1835	-19.8
34	Chek, Adrian CarlCM	1915	AUS	F	=54N	+53B	−52N	=43B	=47B	−27N	+42B	=55N	+56B	+36N	6.0	53.0	53.0	31.50	1874	-9.4
35	Hibberd, Nathan	1888	AUS	−1B	−41N	=86B	+90N	+45N	−36B	=56N	+83B	+82N	=28B	=31N	6.0	51.0	53.5	24.00	1780	-24.6
36	Truscott, Anthony J	2063	AUS	−6B	+97N	−18B	+89N	=44B	+35N	=16B	=26N	+33B	−15N	−34B	5.5	61.0	62.0	25.00	1835	-58.2
37	Tefanis, Frank	1989	AUS	+98N	+23B	−11N	=31B	+68N	−20B	−9N	+32B	−30N	+55B	−24N	5.5	61.0	61.5	25.00	1853	-39.2
38	Gong, Leo	1898	AUS	+99N	=82B	=5N	+42B	−8N	−2B	+47N	−66B	−27N	+54B	=43B	5.5	58.5	58.5	24.25	1820	-34.2
39	Gao, Terry	1801	AUS	−48N	+74B	−2N	+79B	+14N	=10B	−25N	−13B	−63N	+87B	+82N	5.5	56.5	59.5	24.25	1828	+14.8
40	Guo, David	1880	AUS	+87B	=29N	+73B	F	−4N	=24N	=66B	+61N	F	=9B	=12N	5.5	55.5	55.5	27.00	1902	+5.0
41	Law, Men Tou Kenneth	1417	MAS	−9N	+35B	−20N	=62B	−55N	=77N	+89B	+88B	=24N	=32B	=47N	5.5	53.5	56.0	24.00	1754	+141.6
42	Parker, Trent	1779	AUS	−13B	+80N	+16B	−38N	−50B	−17N	+74B	−34N	+83N	=67B	+68N	5.5	53.0	56.0	23.50	1793	+3.6
43	Esposito, David	1767	AUS	+33B	−26N	F	=57B	=34N	−30B	+78N	=70B	+71N	=31B	=38N	5.5	52.5	52.5	26.75	1914	+39.8
44	Oezdemir, Edwin-Daniel	1786	GER	+96N	−7B	−4N	+95B	=36N	=88B	−14N	+45B	−29N	=82B	+67N	5.5	51.0	52.0	18.00	1794	+1.6
45	Thite, Sameer	1768	AUS	=28B	−57N	F	=16N	−35B	+64N	=67B	−44N	+80B	+70N	+49B	5.5	50.5	50.5	25.50	1799	+8.0
46	Mann, Anthony	1816	AUS	+79N	−19B	+75N	−4B	−27N	+92B	+88N	+82B	=25N	−10B	F	5.5	50.0	50.0	18.75	1816	+2.0
47	Liu, Josh	1776	AUS	−52B	+83N	+33B	−28N	=93B	=34N	−38B	−76N	+84B	+72N	=41B	5.5	47.5	50.0	23.00	1830	+30.4
48	Smith, DeclanCM	2088	AUS	+39B	+18N	+6B	−3N	+51B	+11N	−1B	−20N	−16B	F	F	5.0	62.0	62.0	32.00	1959	-29.4
49	Li, Baize	1742	AUS	−4N	+81B	+23N	−9B	−10N	+79B	+93N	+31B	−17N	−24B	−45N	5.0	61.5	64.0	22.00	1798	+33.2
50	Kuncoro, Leo	1886	AUS	+75N	−8B	+95N	−2B	+42N	−5B	+84N	−14B	+54N	−19B	−29N	5.0	61.0	63.0	19.50	1781	-45.9
51	Chen, Dean	1879	AUS	+53B	F	+27N	F	−48N	=9B	=55N	+71B	−14N	+29B	−10N	5.0	57.5	60.0	27.25	1911	+14.4
52	Liaw, RyanCM	1964	AUS	+47N	−11B	+70N	+34B	=31N	=8B	+71N	−2B	F	F	F	5.0	54.0	54.0	26.25	1995	+6.2
53	Qian, Linda (Zhiling)WCM	1681	AUS	−51N	+14B	−34N	=24N	−16B	+85B	−32N	+78B	−60N	=65N	+79B	5.0	53.5	56.5	22.25	1776	+52.4
54	Qian, VickyWCM	1759	AUS	=17N	=34B	−30N	−23B	+83N	−14B	+79N	+91B	−50B	−38N	+72B	5.0	53.5	56.0	19.50	1794	+21.2
55	Ottley, Matthew	1749	AUS	−7N	F	+96B	−22N	+41B	+65N	=51B	−21N	=34B	−37N	+64B	5.0	52.0	52.0	20.50	1785	+21.2
56	Stokes, Mark C	1670	AUS	−23N	F	−32B	+86N	−17B	+87N	=35B	+67N	=61B	−34N	+65B	5.0	50.0	50.0	19.25	1797	+32.6
57	Solan, Jesse	1830	AUS	=64N	+45B	−15B	=43N	−29B	+76N	F	+92B	+77N	−27B	F	5.0	49.0	51.5	20.00	1765	-28.8
58	Tan, Oscar	1980	AUS	=88B	+77N	+92B	+15N	−7B	=26N	+29B	−5B	F	F	F	5.0	47.5	47.5	23.50	1940	-7.2
59	Huey, ChelseaWCM	1797	AUS	−19N	+79B	−9N	+75B	−91B	−84N	−76B	+73N	−72B	+80N	+83B	5.0	42.5	45.0	18.00	1644	-66.0
60	Christensen, Joshua	1779	AUS	−69B	F	F	+97N	+75B	−15N	+72B	−33N	+53B	+61N	−26B	5.0	42.0	42.0	18.50	1818	+10.0
61	Sze-To, Jonas	1809	AUS	+14N	F	−3B	−6N	−21B	+95B	+91N	−40B	=56N	−60B	+63N	4.5	57.0	59.0	18.50	1808	-0.8
62	Chisholm, Tom R	1831	AUS	−8N	F	=94B	=41N	+64B	−23B	−13N	+87N	=70B	+76N	F	4.5	48.5	48.5	16.75	1688	-28.0
63	Allison, Brian C	1724	AUS	−21B	+86N	−28B	−93N	+94B	=73N	−65B	+64N	+39B	−33N	−61B	4.5	46.5	48.5	17.00	1703	-6.0
64	Kuncoro, Harvey	1613	AUS	=57B	−33N	−67B	+96N	−62N	−45B	+85N	−63B	+78N	+88B	−55N	4.5	43.5	44.5	12.50	1691	+26.3
65	Chan, Darryl	1830	AUS	+81N	+4B	−8N	=13B	−5N	−55B	+63N	−30B	−32N	=53B	−56N	4.0	62.0	65.5	22.00	1701	-37.4
66	Lloyd, Angus	0	AUS	F	+10B	−7N	−25B	=70N	+78B	=40N	+38N	F	−8B	−16B	4.0	59.5	59.5	21.25	1843	0.0
67	Escribano, Jose	1743	AUS	−3B	F	+64N	=10B	=23N	−25B	=45N	−56B	+79N	=42N	−44B	4.0	58.0	58.0	20.50	1723	-7.2
68	Thuaux, Alexander	1820	AUS	F	=25B	=10N	+87N	−37B	−33N	+73B	−15N	+76B	−26N	−42B	4.0	55.0	55.0	17.50	1695	-51.2
69	Dekic, Biljana NWIM	1943	AUS	+60N	F	+22B	−11B	+30N	+28N	−12B	−9B	−13N	F	F	4.0	52.0	52.0	23.50	1912	-6.8
70	Xing, Zeqi	1786	AUS	+97B	−6N	−52B	+84N	=66B	=72N	−17B	=43N	=62N	−45B	F	4.0	49.5	50.5	13.00	1709	-38.0
71	Li, Terrence	1942	AUS	+86B	=21N	=12B	+91N	+15B	−6N	−52B	−51N	−43B	F	F	4.0	49.5	49.5	19.25	1834	-47.6
72	Carrigan, William	1722	AUS	−10N	−20B	+80N	+98B	=78N	=70B	−60N	−77B	+59N	−47B	−54N	4.0	49.0	49.5	12.75	1650	-19.2
73	Mayer, Frederick	0	AUS	+20N	=31B	−40N	−14B	=92N	=63B	−68N	−59B	−87B	+89N	=78N	4.0	47.5	50.0	17.25	1678	0.0
74	Dorrian, Benjamin	1675	AUS	−18B	−39N	−89B	−80B	F	+75N	−42N	+81B	+88N	+77B	−32N	4.0	43.0	43.0	13.50	1730	+23.2
75	Ramprasad, Nachiket	1538	AUS	−50B	+90N	−46B	−59N	−60N	−74B	−81N	+96B	=85N	=79B	+89B	4.0	39.5	40.5	9.25	1531	-10.8
76	Harding, Ben	0	AUS	+16B	−15N	F	=32N	−24B	−57B	+59N	+47B	−68N	−62B	F	3.5	54.0	54.0	20.50	1758	0.0
77	Wenderoth, Will	1719	FRA	=25N	−58B	=17N	−33N	F	=41B	+95B	+72N	−57B	−74N	F	3.5	48.5	48.5	15.50	1712	-6.4
78	Ong, Jonathan Si Seng	1827	AUS	+80B	−13N	F	=29N	=72B	−66N	−43B	−53N	−64B	+90N	=73B	3.5	46.0	46.0	13.00	1560	-98.8
79	Brockman, Roland	1555	AUS	−46B	−59N	+90B	−39N	+89B	−49N	−54B	+95N	−67B	=75N	−53N	3.5	44.0	46.0	9.00	1520	-10.2
80	Chang, Ike	0	AUS	−78N	−42B	−72B	+74N	−84B	+94N	−92N	+90B	−45N	−59B	=81N	3.5	39.0	41.0	10.25	1564	0.0
81	Ross, Darryl	1554	AUS	−65B	−49N	−84B	=85B	=86N	−89N	+75B	−74N	+96B	−83N	=80B	3.5	35.0	36.0	9.75	1506	-10.2
82	Indrawan, Brian Joseph	1608	AUS	+89B	=38N	=91B	=26N	−12B	F	F	−46N	−35B	=44N	−39B	3.0	51.5	51.5	12.50	1678	+20.8
83	Zhu, Zane (Zichen)	1580	AUS	−11N	−47B	−14N	F	−54B	+97N	+90B	−35N	−42B	+81B	−59N	3.0	48.0	48.0	7.00	1605	-1.6
84	Jain, Kamal	1681	AUS	−31N	−2B	+81N	−70B	+80N	+59B	−50B	F	−47N	F	F	3.0	41.0	41.0	12.00	1655	-6.8
85	Hogan, Steven	1654	AUS	−22B	−24N	−93B	=81N	+96B	−53N	−64B	−94N	=75B	F	+87N	3.0	38.5	38.5	7.75	1524	-36.2
86	England, Tom	1466	AUS	−71N	−63B	=35N	−56B	=81B	−90N	+94B	+89N	F	F	F	3.0	36.5	36.5	9.25	1529	+12.4
87	Karabatsos, John	1677	AUS	−40N	+93N	F	−68B	F	−56B	+96N	−62B	+73N	−39N	−85B	3.0	35.0	35.0	7.50	1566	-22.8
88	Murphy, Emmet	1779	AUS	=58N	+17B	=21B	F	F	=44N	−46B	−41N	−74B	−64N	F	2.5	48.5	48.5	15.50	1630	-30.4
89	Yum, Brenton	0	AUS	−82N	−95B	+74N	−36B	−79N	+81B	−41N	−86B	=90N	−73B	−75N	2.5	38.5	40.5	8.75	1419	0.0
90	Robertson, Samuel	1576	AUS	−91N	−75B	−79N	−35B	F	+86B	−83N	−80N	=89B	−78B	+96N	2.5	32.5	32.5	5.25	1462	-52.0
91	Salimifar, Arian	1867	IRI	+90B	F	=82N	−71B	+59N	−22N	−61B	−54N	F	F	F	2.5	30.5	30.5	9.00	1662	-76.8
92	Vujasin, Nikola	1737	AUS	+93B	F	−58N	F	=73B	−46N	+80B	−57N	F	F	F	2.5	28.5	28.5	8.00	1691	-4.6
93	Ireland, Stephen J	1908	AUS	−92N	−87B	+85N	+63B	=47N	F	−49B	F	F	F	F	2.5	23.5	23.5	10.25	1661	-39.4
94	Wolffs, Walter	1561	AUS	−30N	=98B	=62N	−27B	−63N	−80B	−86N	+85B	F	−96N	F	2.0	32.0	32.0	5.50	1507	-12.6
95	Milic, James	1674	AUS	−26B	+89N	−50B	−44N	+97B	−61N	−77N	−79B	F	F	F	2.0	32.0	32.0	3.50	1426	-38.8
96	Aquilia, Sal	1508	AUS	−44B	F	−55N	−64B	−85N	F	−87B	−75N	−81N	+94B	−90B	1.0	33.0	33.0	2.00	1283	-80.8
97	Suresh, Krishnan	1482	AUS	−70N	−36B	+99N	−60B	−95N	−83B	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	19.5	19.5	0.00	941	-39.2
98	Morgan, George	1771	AUS	−37B	=94N	F	−72N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	11.5	11.5	1.00	1485	-21.2
99	Aisa, Mario	0	AUS	−38B	−16N	−97B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	20.0	20.0	0.00	944	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Law, Men Tou KennethMAS
+141.6
5.5 pts · #57
2Prithvi, ParthivAUS
+111.2
8.0 pts · #3
3Williams, OliverAUS
+67.3
6.5 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Ong, Jonathan Si SengAUS
-98.8
3.5 pts · #88
2Aquilia, SalAUS
-80.8
1.0 pts · #96
3Salimifar, ArianIRI
-76.8
2.5 pts · #83

Biggest upsets

R2+471 Elo gap
Law, Men Tou Kenneth1417 beat Hibberd, Nathan1888
R8+362 Elo gap
Law, Men Tou Kenneth1417 beat Murphy, Emmet1779
R2+324 Elo gap
WCMQian, Linda (Zhiling)1681 beat Plunkett, Jeremy2005