2025 Vikings U1600

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41 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 21 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Canberra, Australia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1714, and top seed was Sanat Hegde (🇦🇺 AUS, 1804).

Trent Parker (🇦🇺 AUS, 1746) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Nicholas Lee (5.5) and Kyle Zhang (5.0). Parker shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Tomoki Horikawa (1402) beat Abhinav Vangala (1752), a +350-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Canberra, Australia

Dates

21 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺Sanat Hegde1804

Avg top 10

1,714

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇦🇺Australia×37

🇮🇳India×2

🇧🇹Bhutan×1

Top 3

🥇
Trent Parker
🇦🇺AUS·1746
5.5pts·2038perf+33.8
🥈
Nicholas Lee
🇦🇺AUS·1771
5.5pts·2003perf+44.4
🥉
Kyle Zhang
🇦🇺AUS·1479
5.0pts·1950perf+138.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Parker5.5Lee5.5Zhang5Sharma4Hegde4Louie4

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/6. Parker takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Trent Parker drew with Nicholas Lee (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Trent Parker 3 wins (R1–R3)Nicholas Lee 3 wins (R1–R3)Kyle Zhang 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Trent Parker	*	½	1	—
2Nicholas Lee	½	*	—	1
3Kyle Zhang	0	—	*	—
4Vaibhav Sharma	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Parker, Trent	1746	AUS	+10N	+13B	+3N	=2B	+6N	+4B	5.5	22.5	26.0	23.25	2038	+33.8
2	Lee, Nicholas	1771	AUS	+31B	+12N	+11B	=1N	+7B	+5N	5.5	20.5	22.5	19.75	2003	+44.4
3	Zhang, Kyle	1479	AUS	+4B	+8N	−1B	+17N	+11B	+9N	5.0	21.0	24.0	18.50	1950	+138.4
4	Hegde, Sanat	1804	AUS	−3N	+23B	+10N	+14B	+12N	−1N	4.0	21.5	24.0	13.50	1732	-18.8
5	Patterson, Mark	1692	AUS	+20N	+14B	+28N	−6B	+13N	−2B	4.0	19.5	21.5	12.00	1663	-3.0
6	Padma Yonten Gyalpo	1661	BHU	+39B	+16N	=7B	+5N	−1B	=21N	4.0	19.5	20.5	11.50	1755	+20.4
7	Sharma, Vaibhav	0	AUS	+34N	+25B	=6N	+18B	−2N	=13B	4.0	18.5	20.5	11.25	1623	0.0
8	Vangala, Abhinav	1752	AUS	+19N	−3B	−22N	+23B	+18N	+16B	4.0	16.5	19.0	11.50	1552	-38.8
9	Louie, Simon	1595	AUS	=23N	=22B	+20N	+26B	+16N	−3B	4.0	16.0	18.5	11.00	1596	+0.6
10	Selva Muthukumar, Sahasra	1618	AUS	−1B	+41N	−4B	+36N	+35B	+17N	4.0	15.5	15.5	6.00	1577	-6.8
11	Lee, Thiam Woon	1605	AUS	+24B	+29N	−2N	+22B	−3N	=12B	3.5	19.0	21.0	8.75	1554	-6.8
12	Wang, Isaac (Yijun)	1608	AUS	+40N	−2B	+19N	+28B	−4B	=11N	3.5	18.0	18.5	7.25	1454	-21.2
13	Annamalai, Akshay	1489	AUS	+41B	−1N	+24B	+35N	−5B	=7N	3.5	17.5	17.5	6.00	1524	+4.4
14	Mahajan, Zariya	1571	AUS	+37B	−5N	+36B	−4N	=15B	+24N	3.5	15.5	16.5	6.75	1538	-8.8
15	Mididuddi, Varshini	1494	AUS	=33B	=26N	−17B	+30N	=14N	+25B	3.5	13.5	15.5	8.50	1527	+8.8
16	Dee, Kalman	0	AUS	+35N	−6B	+29N	+25B	−9B	−8N	3.0	16.5	18.0	6.00	1411	0.0
17	Madoc, James	1558	AUS	+38N	−28B	+15N	−3B	+29N	−10B	3.0	16.5	17.5	6.50	1406	-24.8
18	Jain, Kamal	1703	AUS	F	+33N	+21B	−7N	−8B	+28B	3.0	15.0	15.0	7.00	1770	+6.0
19	Abir Vidhur Singh	0	IND	−8B	+27N	−12B	−31B	+37N	+32B	3.0	14.0	15.0	5.50	1504	0.0
20	Prabhu, Srihari	1466	AUS	−5B	+37N	−9B	+40N	=25N	=26B	3.0	14.0	14.5	4.00	1394	-14.8
21	Beare, Nick	1735	AUS	F	+30B	−18N	=32B	+22N	=6B	3.0	13.5	13.5	7.50	1549	-17.6
22	Horikawa, Tomoki	1402	AUS	F	=9N	+8B	−11N	−21B	+30B	2.5	16.5	16.5	8.00	1585	+31.2
23	Arvind, Rithik Sai	1622	AUS	=9B	−4N	=33B	−8N	+36B	=35N	2.5	15.5	17.0	5.25	1457	-34.0
24	Karthikeyan, Dharshan	1510	AUS	−11N	+32B	−13N	+34B	=26N	−14B	2.5	15.0	17.0	5.25	1479	-12.0
25	Chiddy, Lance	1410	AUS	+36B	−7N	+39B	−16N	=20B	−15N	2.5	15.0	16.0	4.00	1475	+11.2
26	Chen, Louis	1652	AUS	F	=15B	+30N	−9N	=24B	=20N	2.5	15.0	15.0	6.50	1429	-48.8
27	Stubbs, Mark	1555	AUS	−30N	−19B	−38N	+41B	=32N	+29B	2.5	10.0	10.0	3.00	1430	-6.8
28	Adir Pratap Singh	0	IND	F	+17N	−5B	−12N	+31B	−18N	2.0	15.5	15.5	5.00	1547	0.0
29	Rahul, Amay	0	AUS	+32N	−11B	−16B	+39N	−17B	−27N	2.0	14.0	15.0	3.00	1451	0.0
30	Mackillop, Clive	0	AUS	+27B	−21N	−26B	−15B	+41N	−22N	2.0	14.0	14.0	2.50	1328	0.0
31	Bhasin, Gitansh	1534	AUS	−2N	+38B	−35B	+19N	−28N	F	2.0	13.0	13.0	4.00	972	-8.0
32	Cunningham, Campbell	1430	AUS	−29B	−24N	+41B	=21N	=27B	−19N	2.0	13.0	13.0	2.75	1475	+2.8
33	Mullumby, Keith	1449	AUS	=15N	−18B	=23N	+38B	F	F	2.0	10.0	10.0	4.00	1481	+2.0
34	Bhasin, Gaurish	1469	AUS	−7B	−36N	+37B	−24N	+40B	F	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.50	709	-17.6
35	Rippon, Mischa	0	AUS	−16B	F	+31N	−13B	−10N	=23B	1.5	15.0	15.0	3.25	1478	0.0
36	Cady, Christian	0	AUS	−25N	+34B	−14N	−10B	−23N	=40B	1.5	14.5	15.0	2.25	1297	0.0
37	Jain, Aaron	0	AUS	−14N	−20B	−34N	F	−19B	+38N	1.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	701	0.0
38	Zhang, Kelvin	0	AUS	−17B	−31N	+27B	−33N	F	−37B	1.0	10.5	11.5	2.50	1331	0.0
39	Hegde, Mahi	1467	AUS	−6N	+40B	−25N	−29B	F	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.50	735	-33.2
40	Bhatt, Maria	0	AUS	−12B	−39N	F	−20B	−34N	=36N	0.5	11.0	11.0	0.75	702	0.0
41	FIDE 3298809	0	—	−13N	−10B	−32N	−27N	−30B	F	0.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	723	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zhang, KyleAUS
+138.4
5.0 pts · #2
2Lee, NicholasAUS
+44.4
5.5 pts · #3
3Parker, TrentAUS
+33.8
5.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Chen, LouisAUS
-48.8
2.5 pts · #21
2Vangala, AbhinavAUS
-38.8
4.0 pts · #14
3Arvind, Rithik SaiAUS
-34.0
2.5 pts · #31

Biggest upsets

R3+350 Elo gap
Horikawa, Tomoki1402 beat Vangala, Abhinav1752
R1+325 Elo gap
Zhang, Kyle1479 beat Hegde, Sanat1804
R2+273 Elo gap
Zhang, Kyle1479 beat Vangala, Abhinav1752