2026 University of Sydney Chess Club Minor

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87 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 05 Jan 2026 to 08 Jan 2026 in Sydney, Australia. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1715, and top seed was Paul Glissan (🇦🇺 AUS, 1753).

Enock He (🇦🇺 AUS, 1626) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Tiva Dezh (6.0) and Marcus Bolton (6.0). He won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: William Lee (1422) beat Suria Daniel (1694), a +272-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Sydney, Australia

Dates

05 Jan 2026 → 08 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺Paul Glissan1753

Avg top 10

1,715

Participants

Federations · 5 represented

🇦🇺Australia×74

🇮🇩Indonesia×1

🇲🇳Mongolia×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

🇨🇳China×1

Top 3

🥇
Enock He
🇦🇺AUS·1626
6.0pts·1849perf+47.2
🥈
Tiva Dezh
🇮🇷IRI·1630
6.0pts·1895perf+41.6
🥉
Marcus Bolton
🇦🇺AUS
6.0pts·1632perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Dezh6Bolton6He6Xie5.5Radisich5.5Huang5.5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Tiva Dezh held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.0/7. He takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Tiva Dezh 6 wins (R1–R6)Marcus Bolton 6 wins (R2–R7)Enock He 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Tiva Dezh	*	—	0	—
2Marcus Bolton	—	*	—	—
3Enock He	1	—	*	—
4Leo Xie	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	He, Enock	1626	AUS	+12B	+65N	+29B	−16B	+10N	+9N	+2B	6.0	29.5	31.5	27.00	1849	+47.2
2	Dezh, Tiva	1630	IRI	+7N	+32B	+24N	+25B	+16N	+8B	−1N	6.0	28.5	32.5	26.50	1895	+41.6
3	Bolton, Marcus	0	AUS	−24B	+67N	+74N	+48B	+25N	+13B	+7N	6.0	23.0	25.0	21.00	1632	0.0
4	Radisich, Matt	1735	AUS	+14B	=40N	+39B	=28N	+5B	=6N	+20B	5.5	28.0	31.5	25.00	1821	+13.2
5	Huang, Isaac	1697	AUS	+68N	+27B	+23N	=8B	−4N	+38B	+19N	5.5	26.5	28.5	20.50	1802	+32.4
6	Xie, Leo	1561	AUS	+57N	−37B	+77N	+49B	+27N	=4B	+16N	5.5	23.0	24.5	18.25	1973	+88.4
7	Lee, William	1422	AUS	−2B	+80N	+30B	+21N	+18B	+11N	−3B	5.0	30.0	31.5	19.50	1833	+84.4
8	Ciarliero, Frank	1585	AUS	+50B	+35N	+21B	=5N	=11B	−2N	+28N	5.0	29.0	32.0	20.75	1793	+39.6
9	Reddy, Ashok	1679	AUS	+47N	=28B	+19N	+20B	=13N	−1B	+26N	5.0	28.0	31.0	20.50	1791	+42.0
10	Derlytsia, Maksym	0	AUS	−11B	+22N	+51B	+35N	−1B	+39N	+29B	5.0	27.0	30.0	19.00	1659	0.0
11	Daniel, Suria	1694	AUS	+10N	+26B	=37N	+58B	=8N	−7B	+27N	5.0	26.5	29.0	19.75	1734	+12.0
12	Chow, Ethan	0	AUS	−1N	+36B	+26N	−38B	+44N	+25B	+23N	5.0	25.5	29.0	19.50	1642	0.0
13	Rologas, Mitchell C	1608	AUS	+78B	=46N	+56B	+37N	=9B	−3N	+34B	5.0	24.5	26.0	15.75	1762	+36.8
14	Yang, Allen	0	AUS	−4N	+57B	+42N	−23B	+48N	+56B	+24N	5.0	22.5	25.0	15.50	1584	0.0
15	Tay, Mason	1695	AUS	+77B	−23N	+47B	=40N	=39B	+50N	+17B	5.0	21.5	23.0	15.50	1672	-4.3
16	Teng, Huey	1652	AUS	+54B	+51N	+18B	+1N	−2B	=17N	−6B	4.5	29.5	32.5	18.75	1669	+7.6
17	Chen, Bryce	1523	AUS	=38N	=31B	+79N	+32B	+24N	=16B	−15N	4.5	25.0	26.5	15.50	1698	+63.2
18	Gorantla, Karunya	1615	AUS	+45N	+79B	−16N	+31B	−7N	=23B	+38N	4.5	24.5	26.0	14.50	1566	-12.8
19	Nisha Raj, Taran	1565	AUS	=33N	+38B	−9B	+56N	+58N	+41B	−5B	4.5	24.0	26.5	14.00	1745	+58.3
20	Karunagaran, Arvend	1708	AUS	+71B	=56N	+46B	−9N	+37B	+33B	−4N	4.5	24.0	26.0	14.25	1568	-17.6
21	Hemsley, Steven E	1620	AUS	+59N	+49B	−8N	−7B	=31N	+78B	+53N	4.5	22.5	24.0	12.00	1552	-10.2
22	Thulasidas, Manish	1471	AUS	−37N	−10B	+57N	+68B	=42N	+79B	+41N	4.5	20.0	21.5	11.25	1798	+34.0
23	Ross, Bill	1479	AUS	+62N	+15B	−5B	+14N	=29B	=18N	−12B	4.0	29.0	31.5	16.75	1667	+20.6
24	Robinson, Andrew	1550	AUS	+3N	+44B	−2B	+50N	−17B	+47N	−14B	4.0	28.0	31.0	15.50	1584	+4.6
25	Zhou, Scott	1611	AUS	+53B	+52N	+43B	−2N	−3B	−12N	+51B	4.0	26.5	29.5	12.50	1768	+16.2
26	Yang, Brian	1652	AUS	+30B	−11N	−12B	+65N	+64B	+35N	−9B	4.0	25.5	27.5	12.50	1550	-16.0
27	Mahajan, Zariya	1536	AUS	+70B	−5N	+71B	+43N	−6B	+30N	−11B	4.0	25.5	27.5	11.50	1480	-11.6
28	Roseby, Andrew	1719	AUS	+81B	=9N	+73B	=4B	=41N	=29N	−8B	4.0	25.0	26.5	12.50	1647	-11.8
29	Fedrick Fernando Simarmata	1660	INA	+72N	+74B	−1N	+44B	=23N	=28B	−10N	4.0	24.5	26.5	11.50	1635	-5.2
30	Sridhar, Aditya	0	AUS	−26N	+72B	−7N	+61B	+36N	−27B	+48N	4.0	22.5	24.5	11.50	1537	0.0
31	Ung, Quy	1575	AUS	=58B	=17N	+69B	−18N	=21B	=43N	+73N	4.0	21.5	23.5	11.50	1620	+26.8
32	Wang, Isaac (Yijun)	1661	AUS	+63B	−2N	+66B	−17N	−47B	+65N	+50B	4.0	21.0	23.0	9.50	1465	-45.7
33	Jonon, Bat-Erdene	1518	MGL	=19B	−58N	+63B	+52N	+60B	−20N	=49B	4.0	20.0	22.5	11.75	1518	-1.6
34	Koike, Akito	1580	AUS	+60N	+42B	−58N	−41B	+55N	+66B	−13N	4.0	20.0	22.0	11.00	1553	-8.0
35	Shi, Lucas	1650	AUS	+75N	−8B	+68N	−10B	+77N	−26B	+66N	4.0	20.0	21.5	7.50	1602	-11.2
36	Zhang, Xiaoyao	1504	AUS	−65B	−12N	+80B	+71N	−30B	+67N	+47B	4.0	18.0	19.5	8.50	2340	+10.8
37	Wang, Weihong(HB)	0	CHN	+22B	+6N	=11B	−13B	−20N	=51N	=40B	3.5	28.0	31.0	15.75	1582	0.0
38	Glissan, Paul	1753	AUS	=17B	−19N	+78B	+12N	+40B	−5N	−18B	3.5	27.5	29.0	12.25	1498	-39.8
39	Fan, Aiden	1577	AUS	+86N	=41B	−4N	+59B	=15N	−10B	=45N	3.5	25.0	25.0	8.50	1648	+16.4
40	Fan, Licheng	1496	AUS	+85N	=4B	=41N	=15B	−38N	=45B	=37N	3.5	24.5	24.5	10.50	1633	+12.8
41	Ding, Daniel (yulin)	1692	AUS	+84B	=39N	=40B	+34N	=28B	−19N	−22B	3.5	24.0	25.0	10.50	1558	-46.7
42	Soliman, Soliman	1518	AUS	+83B	−34N	−14B	+54N	=22B	−53N	+59B	3.5	22.0	23.5	9.25	1599	+8.4
43	Ingham, Glenn	1724	AUS	+66N	+48B	−25N	−27B	=49N	=31B	=44N	3.5	21.5	23.5	10.25	1543	-32.6
44	Xi, Cheng	1454	AUS	+67B	−24N	+65B	−29N	−12B	+69N	=43B	3.5	20.5	22.5	7.75	1372	-11.2
45	Chandler, Luke	0	AUS	−18B	=61N	−59N	+85B	+52B	=40N	=39B	3.5	19.5	19.5	7.75	1459	0.0
46	Balaji, Kishan Sai	1479	AUS	+55N	=13B	−20N	−60B	−66B	+80N	+78N	3.5	18.5	20.0	8.50	1498	+2.4
47	Wu, Eleanor	1540	AUS	−9B	+81N	−15N	+62B	+32N	−24B	−36N	3.0	24.5	26.0	8.00	1378	-38.4
48	Senthil Kumar, Harendhra	1567	AUS	+87B	−43N	+54B	−3N	−14B	+70N	−30B	3.0	23.5	23.5	5.00	1612	+4.8
49	Karthikeyan, Dharshan	1503	AUS	+61B	−21N	+70B	−6N	=43B	F	=33N	3.0	22.5	24.5	8.25	1521	0.0
50	Vagh, Riyan	1434	AUS	−8N	+75B	+62N	−24B	+73N	−15B	−32N	3.0	22.5	24.5	6.50	1363	-16.4
51	Tracey, Michael J	1525	AUS	+64N	−16B	−10N	+72B	=79N	=37B	−25N	3.0	21.5	23.0	7.00	832	-14.2
52	Lakshman, Emmanuel	1421	AUS	+69N	−25B	=60N	−33B	−45N	+82B	=57N	3.0	18.5	20.0	6.00	765	-23.2
53	Abuelyamen, Aymen	0	AUS	−25N	F	+67B	F	+59N	+42B	−21B	3.0	18.5	18.5	8.00	1554	0.0
54	Bo, Jeremie	1500	AUS	−16N	+86B	−48N	−42B	−62N	+68B	+70N	3.0	17.5	17.5	4.00	779	-46.8
55	Nimbagiri, Vidvath	0	AUS	−46B	−70N	+81B	+69N	−34B	−73B	+79N	3.0	15.0	16.5	5.00	729	0.0
56	Campos Wagner, Fulvio Alberto	1427	AUS	+82N	=20B	−13N	−19B	F	−14N	+62B	2.5	23.5	25.0	6.25	1357	-8.8
57	Forbes, David	0	AUS	−6B	−14N	−22B	+76N	F	+61N	=52B	2.5	22.5	22.5	6.00	1411	0.0
58	Doan, Peter	1729	AUS	=31N	+33B	+34B	−11N	−19B	F	F	2.5	21.5	21.5	10.00	1581	-19.4
59	Gorantla, Krithika	1467	AUS	−21B	=63N	+45B	−39N	−53B	+81N	−42N	2.5	20.5	22.0	6.25	770	-43.2
60	Joseph, Alvin	0	AUS	−34B	+84N	=52B	+46N	−33N	F	F	2.5	19.0	20.0	6.00	1498	0.0
61	Chen, Osborn	1529	AUS	−49N	=45B	−64N	−30N	+63B	−57B	+81N	2.5	18.0	19.5	5.75	718	-20.8
62	Richardson, Thomas	0	AUS	−23B	+76N	−50B	−47N	+54B	=77N	−56N	2.5	17.5	19.0	5.75	1299	0.0
63	Arunsankar, Lochan Krrish	0	AUS	−32N	=59B	−33N	−75B	−61N	+87B	+80B	2.5	16.5	16.5	2.75	1221	0.0
64	Shahin, Simon	0	AUS	−51B	=78N	+61B	F	−26N	F	+76B	2.5	13.0	13.0	5.25	1451	0.0
65	Karunagaran, Sreyaa	0	AUS	+36N	−1B	−44N	−26B	+72N	−32B	−67B	2.0	23.5	25.5	6.00	1340	0.0
66	Zhang, Kaylin	1579	AUS	−43B	F	−32N	+82B	+46N	−34N	−35B	2.0	20.5	20.5	5.00	1378	-50.0
67	FIDE 573000213	0	—	−44N	−3B	−53N	F	+71B	−36B	+65N	2.0	20.5	20.5	4.00	683	0.0
68	Nimbagiri, Veda	0	AUS	−5B	+83N	−35B	−22N	−70B	−54N	+85B	2.0	20.5	20.5	1.50	779	0.0
69	Sriram, Krishaan	0	AUS	−52B	F	−31N	−55B	+87N	−44B	+72N	2.0	18.5	18.5	2.00	669	0.0
70	FIDE 573000191	0	—	−27N	+55B	−49N	−77B	+68N	−48B	−54B	2.0	18.0	19.5	5.00	742	0.0
71	FIDE 4934644	0	—	−20N	+82B	−27N	−36B	−67N	−72B	+86N	2.0	18.0	18.0	1.50	786	0.0
72	Wang, Jennifer (yuxian)	0	AUS	−29B	−30N	+83B	−51N	−65B	+71N	−69B	2.0	17.0	18.5	3.50	793	0.0
73	Mitchell, Ralph	1528	AUS	+80B	F	−28N	F	−50B	+55N	−31B	2.0	15.5	15.5	4.50	763	-27.4
74	Dwyer, Lachlan	1551	AUS	+76B	−29N	−3B	F	F	F	+82N	2.0	15.0	15.0	3.50	860	-14.0
75	Elkhoury, Angelo	0	AUS	−35B	−50N	F	+63N	F	F	+83B	2.0	13.5	13.5	4.00	743	0.0
76	Jayakumar, Sairam	0	AUS	−74N	−62B	−82N	−57B	+83N	+86B	−64N	2.0	12.5	12.5	1.50	752	0.0
77	Bo, Jamie	1591	AUS	−15N	F	−6B	+70N	−35B	=62B	F	1.5	21.5	21.5	3.25	840	-51.6
78	Moses, Nathan	1443	AUS	−13N	=64B	−38N	+87B	F	−21N	−46B	1.5	21.0	21.0	1.25	815	-45.6
79	Younes, Xavier	0	AUS	F	−18N	−17B	+84N	=51B	−22N	−55B	1.5	20.5	20.5	2.50	1372	0.0
80	FIDE 573000140	0	—	−73N	−7B	−36N	+86B	=82N	−46B	−63N	1.5	18.5	18.5	0.75	685	0.0
81	FIDE 3291910	0	—	−28N	−47B	−55N	=83B	+85N	−59B	−61B	1.5	16.5	16.5	0.75	764	0.0
82	FIDE 3291979	0	—	−56B	−71N	+76B	−66N	=80B	−52N	−74B	1.5	13.5	15.0	2.75	695	0.0
83	Te Whare, Cameron	0	AUS	−42N	−68B	−72N	=81N	−76B	+85B	−75N	1.5	13.0	13.0	0.75	717	0.0
84	Cubilla, Ed	1492	AUS	−41N	−60B	+86N	−79B	F	F	F	1.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	893	-9.6
85	FIDE 573000175	0	—	−40B	F	F	−45N	−81B	−83N	−68N	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	695	0.0
86	FIDE 3292533	0	—	−39B	−54N	−84B	−80N	F	−76N	−71B	0.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	721	0.0
87	FIDE 573000167	0	—	−48N	F	F	−78N	−69B	−63N	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	705	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Xie, LeoAUS
+88.4
5.5 pts · #8
2Lee, WilliamAUS
+84.4
5.0 pts · #21
3Chen, BryceAUS
+63.2
4.5 pts · #18

Top rating losers

1Bo, JamieAUS
-51.6
1.5 pts · #84
2Zhang, KaylinAUS
-50.0
2.0 pts · #58
3Bo, JeremieAUS
-46.8
3.0 pts · #80

Biggest upsets

R6+272 Elo gap
Lee, William1422 beat Daniel, Suria1694
R7+221 Elo gap
Thulasidas, Manish1471 beat Ding, Daniel (yulin)1692
R2+216 Elo gap
Ross, Bill1479 beat Tay, Mason1695