2026 Sydney International Open - Championships

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34 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Sydney, Australia. 23 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2343, and top seed was Guha Mitrabha (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2505).

Guha Mitrabha (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2505) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Cristhian Camilo Rios Gomez (6.0) and Jacek Stopa (6.0). Mitrabha shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Rheyansh Reddy Annapureddy (FM, 2146) beat Aleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson (IM, 2346), a +200-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Sydney, Australia

Dates

08 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳GMGuha Mitrabha2505

Avg top 10

2,343

Participants

Titled players · 23

GM×5

IM×4

FM×5

CM×6

WFM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇦🇺Australia×22

🇳🇿New Zealand×2

🇵🇭Philippines×2

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇨🇦Canada×1

🇨🇴Colombia×1

🇻🇳Vietnam×1

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1

Top 3

🥇
GMGuha Mitrabha
🇮🇳IND·2505
7.0pts·2517perf+2.2
🥈
GMCristhian Camilo Rios Gomez
🇨🇴COL·2385
6.0pts·2423perf+5.6
🥉
GMJacek Stopa
🇵🇱POL·2342
6.0pts·2401perf+8.1

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Guha Mitrabha led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Mitrabha7Rios Gomez6Stopa6Mirzoev6Domalchuk-Jonasson6Annapureddy6

R5 · LEADER CHANGE10 Apr

GM Guha Mitrabha takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Guha Mitrabha drew with GM Cristhian Camilo Rios Gomez (White).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

GM Guha Mitrabha won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMGuha Mitrabha	*	½	½	½
2GMCristhian Camilo Rios Gomez	½	*	½	½
3GMJacek Stopa	½	½	*	½
4GMAzer Mirzoev	½	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Mitrabha, GuhaGM	2505	IND	+29N	=9B	+10B	+20N	+5B	=3N	=2B	=4N	+6B	7.0	44.5	47.0	35.25	2517	+2.2
2	Rios Gomez, Cristhian CamiloGM	2385	COL	+19N	+7B	=6N	=3B	=12N	=4B	=1N	=5B	+20N	6.0	46.0	50.0	32.25	2423	+5.6
3	Stopa, JacekGM	2342	POL	+24B	=16N	+13B	=2N	+7B	=1B	−5N	+12N	=4B	6.0	44.5	48.5	30.75	2401	+8.1
4	Mirzoev, AzerGM	2438	AZE	+21B	=13N	+16B	=5N	=6B	=2N	+12B	=1B	=3N	6.0	44.5	48.5	30.75	2408	-1.6
5	Domalchuk-Jonasson, AleksandrIM	2346	ISL	+30N	+22B	+12N	=4B	−1N	+13B	+3B	=2N	−7B	6.0	44.0	46.5	27.50	2403	+7.6
6	Le Tri KienCM	2280	VIE	+26B	+15N	=2B	=10N	=4N	=12B	+8B	+13N	−1N	6.0	43.0	47.0	29.25	2376	+24.4
7	Annapureddy, Rheyansh ReddyFM	2146	AUS	+27B	−2N	+26B	+8N	−3N	=22B	=20N	+14B	+5N	6.0	40.0	43.5	27.50	2282	+34.0
8	Arvola, Daniel	2017	NOR	−12N	+18B	+14N	−7B	+17N	+9B	−6N	=11N	+13B	5.5	40.5	45.0	26.00	2226	+97.2
9	Lane, Gary WIM	2200	AUS	+32B	=1N	−20B	=16N	+11B	−8N	=25B	+27N	+15B	5.5	38.0	40.0	22.75	2186	-1.2
10	Tao, TrevorIM	2339	AUS	+28N	+17B	−1N	=6B	−13N	=21B	=14N	+23B	=11N	5.0	39.5	42.5	21.25	2171	-16.9
11	Tang, TerrenceCM	2133	AUS	+14N	−12B	+30N	=22B	−9N	=23B	+18N	=8B	=10B	5.0	37.5	40.0	20.75	2156	+4.4
12	Antonio, Rogelio JrGM	2355	PHI	+8B	+11N	−5B	+15N	=2B	=6N	−4N	−3B	=14N	4.5	45.0	49.5	23.25	2217	-14.2
13	Stojic, DusanFM	2184	AUS	+18N	=4B	−3N	+17B	+10B	−5N	+22N	−6B	−8N	4.5	43.5	47.5	21.00	2215	+6.8
14	Yin, Wenlin	1970	AUS	−11B	+24N	−8B	+32N	=15B	+16N	=10B	−7N	=12B	4.5	39.0	41.0	17.50	2128	+34.0
15	Zheng, TonyCM	2037	AUS	+33N	−6B	+23N	−12B	=14N	=18B	+21N	=20B	−9N	4.5	37.0	38.5	16.00	2104	+13.8
16	Melamed, DanielFM	2115	AUS	+31N	=3B	−4N	=9B	=21N	−14B	F	+24N	+25B	4.5	36.5	36.5	18.25	2154	+7.8
17	Power, Ted	2049	AUS	+25B	−10N	+27B	−13N	−8B	=26N	−24B	+33N	+21B	4.5	34.5	36.0	15.00	2041	-5.3
18	Williams, Oliver	1991	AUS	−13B	−8N	+29N	=30B	+32B	=15N	−11B	=28N	+27B	4.5	31.0	33.0	13.00	2044	+24.4
19	Prithvi, Parthiv	2029	AUS	−2B	−27N	+34B	F	−23N	=32N	+28B	+29B	+22N	4.5	26.5	26.5	12.00	2104	+30.0
20	Cummings, David H.IM	2240	CAN	=23N	+29B	+9N	−1B	=22N	F	=7B	=15N	−2B	4.0	39.5	39.5	17.25	2179	-6.6
21	Lyu, Taifeng (Matt)	2029	AUS	−4N	=23B	+25B	=24N	=16B	=10N	−15B	+26N	−17N	4.0	36.5	40.5	16.75	2059	+8.4
22	Rusakov, JeanFM	2129	AUS	+34B	−5N	+32B	=11N	=20B	=7N	−13B	=25N	−19B	4.0	36.0	37.5	13.00	2065	-29.3
23	Anderson, BrendanCM	1998	AUS	=20B	=21N	−15B	=25N	+19B	=11N	=27B	−10N	=24B	4.0	35.0	38.5	16.75	2039	+8.2
24	Fan, ChloeWFM	2012	AUS	−3N	−14B	+31N	=21B	=27N	=28B	+17N	−16B	=23N	4.0	34.0	36.5	14.25	2007	-2.4
25	Cheng, Chao XinWFM	1931	AUS	−17N	+28B	−21N	=23B	+30N	=29B	=9N	=22B	−16N	4.0	32.0	34.5	13.50	2020	+21.0
26	Slater-Jones, HenryCM	2001	AUS	−6N	+31B	−7N	=27B	=28N	=17B	=29N	−21B	+33B	4.0	32.0	33.5	10.75	1996	-1.4
27	Chen, Dean	1983	AUS	−7N	+19B	−17N	=26N	=24B	+30B	=23N	−9B	−18N	3.5	37.0	39.5	13.00	1969	-9.2
28	Corona, Jonluke	2002	AUS	−10B	−25N	=33B	+34N	=26B	=24N	−19N	=18B	−30B	3.0	30.0	31.5	8.50	1892	-55.6
29	Wang, DanielCM	2029	AUS	−1B	−20N	−18B	F	+33N	=25N	=26B	−19N	=31B	2.5	32.0	32.0	6.75	1916	-50.9
30	Steadman, Michael V RFM	2012	NZL	−5B	+34N	−11B	=18N	−25B	−27N	−31B	F	+28N	2.5	30.0	30.0	6.75	1899	-25.6
31	He, Andrew	1963	AUS	−16B	−26N	−24B	=33N	−34B	F	+30N	=32B	=29N	2.5	22.5	22.5	5.50	1859	-44.4
32	Nonles, Ronald	1993	PHI	−9N	+33B	−22N	−14B	−18N	=19B	F	=31N	F	2.0	28.5	28.5	5.00	1864	-24.8
33	Rowe, Abigail	1868	NZL	−15B	−32N	=28N	=31B	−29B	=34N	F	−17B	−26N	1.5	24.5	24.5	3.50	1754	-40.4
34	Quek, KristineWFM	1966	AUS	−22N	−30B	−19N	−28B	+31N	=33B	F	F	F	1.5	20.0	20.0	3.25	1808	-24.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Arvola, DanielNOR
+97.2
5.5 pts · #8
2Yin, WenlinAUS
+34.0
4.5 pts · #16
3Annapureddy, Rheyansh ReddyFMAUS
+34.0
6.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Corona, JonlukeAUS
-55.6
3.0 pts · #28
2Wang, DanielCMAUS
-50.9
2.5 pts · #31
3He, AndrewAUS
-44.4
2.5 pts · #29

Biggest upsets

R9+200 Elo gap
FMAnnapureddy, Rheyansh Reddy2146 beat IMDomalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr2346
R6+183 Elo gap
Arvola, Daniel2017 beat IMLane, Gary W2200
R9+167 Elo gap
Arvola, Daniel2017 beat FMStojic, Dusan2184