2026 Sydney International Open - Contenders

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82 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Sydney, Australia. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1725, and top seed was Nivin Vinothkumar (🇦🇺 AUS, 1773).

Isaac (Yijun) Wang (🇦🇺 AUS, 1680) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Benjamin Martin (7.0) and Chi Ngo Chan (7.0). Wang shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Chi Ngo Chan (1543) beat Nivin Vinothkumar (1773), a +230-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

🇦🇺Nivin Vinothkumar1773

Avg top 10

1,725

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇦🇺Australia×68

🇹🇼Chinese Taipei×3

🇮🇩Indonesia×2

🇮🇳India×2

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

🇸🇬Singapore×1

🇺🇸United States of America×1

🇨🇳China×1

Top 3

🥇
Isaac (Yijun) Wang
🇦🇺AUS·1680
7.5pts·1930perf+96.8
🥈
Benjamin Martin
🇦🇺AUS·1741
7.0pts·1884perf+31.4
🥉
Chi Ngo Chan
🇭🇰HKG·1543
7.0pts·1829perf+100.1

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Isaac (Yijun) Wang led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Wang7.5Martin7Khodjaev7Chan7Collins6.5Yi-Chen6.5

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Isaac (Yijun) Wang held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Isaac (Yijun) Wang beat Benjamin Martin (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Isaac (Yijun) Wang 6 wins (R1–R6)Benjamin Martin 3 wins (R1–R3)Yusuf Khodjaev 5 wins (R5–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Isaac (Yijun) Wang	*	1	0	—
2Benjamin Martin	0	*	—	—
3Yusuf Khodjaev	1	—	*	—
4Chi Ngo Chan	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Wang, Isaac (Yijun)	1680	AUS	+70B	+45N	+25B	+8B	+5N	+2N	=6B	+9B	−4N	7.5	48.0	51.0	40.75	1930	+96.8
2	Martin, Benjamin	1741	AUS	+81N	+19B	+15N	=11B	+20N	−1B	+14N	=5B	+9N	7.0	47.0	48.0	34.25	1884	+31.4
3	Chan, Chi Ngo	1543	HKG	+61N	+38B	−11N	+48B	+22N	=14B	=8N	+6N	+10B	7.0	43.5	47.0	35.25	1829	+100.1
4	Khodjaev, Yusuf	1669	AUS	+63N	+53B	−5N	−14B	+46N	+62B	+19N	+8B	+1B	7.0	41.0	44.0	32.00	1797	+54.4
5	Wei Yi-Chen	1624	TPE	+55B	+23N	+4B	+10N	−1B	=6N	+38B	=2N	=7B	6.5	50.0	53.5	36.00	1817	+73.2
6	Pu, Yu	1604	TPE	=18N	+66B	+47N	+22B	+11N	=5B	=1N	−3B	+34N	6.5	45.5	48.5	32.00	1736	+42.9
7	Collins, Immanuel	1684	AUS	=21N	+67B	=18N	+36B	+19N	+34B	−9N	+15B	=5N	6.5	42.0	45.0	30.75	1780	+46.0
8	Ye, Austin	1727	AUS	+32B	+41N	+12B	−1N	=10B	+26N	=3B	−4N	+35B	6.0	47.5	52.0	31.00	1769	+16.8
9	Doan, Peter	1702	AUS	+71B	+48N	−10B	+24N	+23B	+20N	+7B	−1N	−2B	6.0	46.0	49.0	28.50	1784	+20.0
10	Vinothkumar, Nivin	1773	AUS	+52N	+54B	+9N	−5B	=8N	+18B	=34N	+22B	−3N	6.0	44.0	47.5	28.75	1709	-24.8
11	Ding, Daniel (yulin)	1713	AUS	+56B	+49N	+3B	=2N	−6B	=44N	F	+21B	+43N	6.0	41.5	41.5	29.50	1770	+20.4
12	Luo, Alex	0	AUS	+27B	+40N	−8N	=39B	−38N	+55B	=16N	+47B	+22N	6.0	39.0	42.5	27.00	1617	0.0
13	Hemsley, Steven E	1630	AUS	−49B	+70N	−33B	+72N	−32B	+65N	+50B	+44N	+19B	6.0	32.0	34.5	21.50	1645	+1.4
14	Oakley, Brett	1539	AUS	+65B	−25N	+45B	+4N	+40B	=3N	−2B	−35N	+39N	5.5	43.5	46.5	26.50	1688	+64.4
15	Hamilton, Kevin	0	AUS	+77B	+24N	−2B	=44N	+41B	−38N	+28B	−7N	+32B	5.5	41.0	43.0	23.00	1708	-23.6
16	Robinson, Andrew	1566	AUS	−45B	+72N	+58B	=33N	−44B	+63N	=12B	=32N	+36B	5.5	34.0	36.5	21.00	1645	+16.2
17	Gupta, Dhwani	1627	AUS	=64N	+57B	−20N	+66B	−18N	+54B	+53N	−34B	+37N	5.5	32.5	35.5	19.50	1619	-3.2
18	Dong, Archie	1604	AUS	=6B	+31N	=7B	=40N	+17B	−10N	=26B	=20N	=30B	5.0	44.5	49.0	26.75	1717	+54.0
19	Yip, Brendan	1686	AUS	+75B	−2N	+49B	+32N	−7B	+27N	−4B	+46N	−13N	5.0	44.0	46.5	20.00	1617	-29.2
20	He, Angela	1660	AUS	+28N	F	+17B	+30N	−2B	−9B	=36N	=18B	+33N	5.0	42.5	42.5	24.75	1712	+10.8
21	Veginati, Cherish	1491	AUS	=7B	+60N	=43B	−23N	+24B	=31N	+30B	−11N	=26B	5.0	42.0	45.5	24.00	1703	+99.2
22	Emry Prameswara Winputra	0	INA	+72B	+82N	+35B	−6N	−3B	+32N	+44B	−10N	−12B	5.0	41.0	41.0	15.50	1649	0.0
23	Gregory, Jaden	1516	AUS	+78N	−5B	+28N	+21B	−9N	=36B	−35N	=54B	+50N	5.0	39.0	40.5	19.50	1580	+23.2
24	Zeng, Louis	1704	AUS	+46N	−15B	+54N	−9B	−21N	+52B	+42N	=33B	=25N	5.0	38.5	42.0	20.75	1586	-48.0
25	Laurente, Allan	1697	AUS	+68N	+14B	−1N	=38B	=62N	−47B	+45B	=36N	=24B	5.0	38.0	41.0	21.00	1673	-10.4
26	Tang, William	1721	AUS	=42B	+79N	−30B	+64N	+33B	−8B	=18N	=37B	=21N	5.0	37.5	38.5	18.00	1560	-57.2
27	Ren, Joshua	1546	AUS	−12N	+37B	+69N	+35B	−34N	−19B	=29N	=51B	+65N	5.0	36.5	39.5	19.50	1615	+10.0
28	Lakshman, Emmanuel	1591	AUS	−20B	+65N	−23B	+74N	+39N	=35B	−15N	=29B	+48B	5.0	36.5	39.0	18.75	1590	-1.6
29	Descallar, Levi	1719	AUS	=58B	=33N	−32B	=45N	=50B	+78N	=27B	=28N	+44B	5.0	34.5	36.0	18.50	1558	-33.0
30	Russell, Ben	1666	AUS	=57N	+64B	+26N	−20B	−61N	+66B	−21N	+53B	=18N	5.0	33.5	36.5	18.75	1617	-24.0
31	Driscoll-Court, Brodie	1676	AUS	=66N	−18B	+67N	−61B	+57N	=21B	−37N	+64B	+55N	5.0	31.0	34.0	17.00	1631	-19.6
32	Thulasidas, Manish	1607	AUS	−8N	+59B	+29N	−19B	+13N	−22B	+62N	=16B	−15N	4.5	41.5	44.5	20.25	1655	+15.8
33	Sudhakar, Shaarav	1494	AUS	=39N	=29B	+13N	=16B	−26N	=42B	+51B	=24N	−20B	4.5	40.5	44.5	22.25	1579	+32.8
34	Van Der Meer, Andrew	1645	AUS	+50B	+44N	F	F	+27B	−7N	=10B	+17N	−6B	4.5	37.5	37.5	21.50	1713	+13.0
35	Teng, Huey	1752	AUS	F	+62B	−22N	−27N	+63B	=28N	+23B	+14B	−8N	4.5	37.5	37.5	19.00	1663	-27.2
36	Rajpura, Palash	1509	AUS	=73B	=42N	+82B	−7N	+56B	=23N	=20B	=25B	−16N	4.5	37.5	37.5	14.50	1534	+7.6
37	Naufal Rafi Athallah Ramadhan	0	INA	−40B	−27N	+65B	+58N	=51B	=41N	+31B	=26N	−17B	4.5	37.0	40.0	18.25	1585	0.0
38	Kuncoro, Harvey	1591	AUS	+74B	−3N	+50B	=25N	+12B	+15B	−5N	F	F	4.5	36.5	36.5	20.50	1611	+5.6
39	Sheridan, Wallace	1476	AUS	=33B	=58N	=55B	=12N	−28B	=56N	+68B	+45N	−14B	4.5	35.5	38.5	17.50	1546	+14.2
40	Yik, Lucas	1655	AUS	+37N	−12B	+68N	=18B	−14N	−53B	=66N	=59B	+63N	4.5	34.0	37.0	16.25	1556	-32.4
41	Ramprasad, Nachiket	1638	AUS	+59N	−8B	=63N	+57B	−15N	=37B	−46N	+66B	=54N	4.5	33.5	36.5	15.50	1608	-7.8
42	Zhu, Nicholas	1489	AUS	=26N	=36B	=62N	=47B	=55N	=33N	−24B	=63B	+53N	4.5	33.0	36.0	17.25	1575	+35.6
43	Manognya Param Koolath	1610	IND	−53N	+56B	=21N	−62B	+67N	+68B	+47N	F	−11B	4.5	31.5	34.5	16.00	1536	-14.2
44	Khodjaeva, Mary	1607	AUS	+80N	−34B	+46N	=15B	+16N	=11B	−22N	−13B	−29N	4.0	41.5	42.5	16.25	1551	-19.6
45	Wang, Iris	1608	AUS	+16N	−1B	−14N	=29B	+71N	+48B	−25N	−39B	=51N	4.0	41.0	44.0	17.00	1563	-21.6
46	Huang, Jedidiah	0	SGP	−24B	+77N	−44B	+60N	−4B	+49N	+41B	−19B	F	4.0	37.0	39.0	14.00	1620	0.0
47	Aisa, Mario	0	AUS	=79B	+73N	−6B	=42N	+49B	+25N	−43B	−12N	F	4.0	37.0	38.0	14.25	1587	0.0
48	Srikaanth Srinivasan	1580	IND	+69N	−9B	+53N	−3N	=54B	−45N	+56B	=55B	−28N	4.0	36.0	39.0	13.50	1497	-19.8
49	Meka, Prasanna Rithvik	1532	USA	+13N	−11B	−19N	+78B	−47N	−46B	+69N	−65B	+64N	4.0	34.0	35.5	13.50	1623	+18.4
50	Vagh, Riyan	1418	AUS	−34N	+80B	−38N	=69B	=29N	+76B	−13N	+62B	−23B	4.0	33.0	34.0	10.00	1408	-4.4
51	Mousavi, Amir	0	AUS	−54N	+52B	=61N	−63B	=37N	+69B	−33N	=27N	=45B	4.0	32.0	35.0	15.50	1436	0.0
52	Horikawa, Tomoki	1512	AUS	−10B	−51N	−74B	+75N	+72B	−24N	−59B	+56N	+68B	4.0	30.0	32.5	11.50	1700	+65.2
53	Lyu, Youxun	1588	CHN	+43B	−4N	−48B	=73N	+59B	+40N	−17B	−30N	−42B	3.5	38.5	41.0	13.75	1456	-50.0
54	Wang, Ruoshui	1558	AUS	+51B	−10N	−24B	F	=48N	−17N	+60B	=23N	=41B	3.5	37.5	37.5	14.25	1539	-9.6
55	Rej, Alexander	1597	AUS	−5N	+78B	=39N	F	=42B	−12N	+73B	=48N	−31B	3.5	34.5	34.5	10.50	1421	-47.6
56	Karthikeyan, Dharshan	1454	AUS	−11N	−43N	+75B	+76B	−36N	=39B	−48N	−52B	+74N	3.5	32.5	34.5	9.25	1328	-46.8
57	Arun, Adhvik	1496	AUS	=30B	−17N	+81B	−41N	−31B	−60N	−67N	+69B	+73N	3.5	32.0	33.0	9.00	1390	-32.8
58	Wang, Jonathan	1568	AUS	=29N	=39B	−16N	−37B	=69N	=64B	=76N	=67B	=70N	3.5	31.5	33.5	11.75	1485	-28.4
59	Gomatam Raghuram, Avyukth	0	AUS	−41B	−32N	F	=68B	−53N	=71B	+52N	=40N	+60B	3.5	30.5	33.5	12.75	1544	0.0
60	Zhou, Scott	1637	AUS	=67N	−21B	−64N	−46B	+70N	+57B	−54N	+72B	−59N	3.5	28.5	31.0	10.50	1504	-25.2
61	Gan, Alvis	1553	AUS	−3B	+75N	=51B	+31N	+30B	F	F	F	F	3.5	28.0	28.0	14.50	1795	+50.4
62	England, Tom	1487	AUS	+76B	−35N	=42B	+43N	=25B	−4N	−32B	−50N	F	3.0	37.0	39.0	11.25	1448	-8.8
63	Campos Wagner, Fulvio Alberto	1496	AUS	−4B	+76N	=41B	+51N	−35N	−16B	F	=42N	−40B	3.0	36.5	36.5	10.50	1355	-39.6
64	Chen, Taiming	1446	AUS	=17B	−30N	+60B	−26B	−68N	=58N	+74B	−31N	−49B	3.0	34.5	37.0	10.50	1423	-10.4
65	Hsu,Li-Chia	0	TPE	−14N	−28B	−37N	F	+77B	−13B	+75N	+49N	−27B	3.0	34.5	34.5	8.50	1501	0.0
66	Ye, Roy	1602	AUS	=31B	−6N	+79B	−17N	+73B	−30N	=40B	−41N	F	3.0	34.5	34.5	8.25	1372	-66.0
67	Zhang, Jason	1488	AUS	=60B	−7N	−31B	+81N	−43B	−73N	+57B	=58N	F	3.0	32.0	33.0	8.00	1560	+19.5
68	Ung, Quy	1516	AUS	−25B	+74N	−40B	=59N	+64B	−43N	−39N	=76B	−52N	3.0	31.5	33.5	8.25	1291	-60.0
69	Chen, Taiting	0	AUS	−48B	+71N	−27B	=50N	=58B	−51N	−49B	−57N	+80B	3.0	31.0	32.0	7.75	1376	0.0
70	Bhatt, Maria	1542	AUS	−1N	−13B	F	F	−60B	=72N	+77B	+78N	=58B	3.0	30.0	30.0	6.50	1460	-26.4
71	Mahajan, Zariya	1582	AUS	−9N	−69B	=73B	+79N	−45B	=59N	+78B	F	F	3.0	21.5	21.5	5.50	856	-32.0
72	Younes, Xavier	1498	AUS	−22N	−16B	+80N	−13B	−52N	=70B	+79N	−60N	F	2.5	29.0	29.0	3.50	1209	-58.8
73	Lyons, Cody	0	AUS	=36N	−47B	=71N	=53B	−66N	+67B	−55N	F	−57B	2.5	28.0	28.0	8.50	1451	0.0
74	Zeng, Jacob	0	AUS	−38N	−68B	+52N	−28B	−76N	+80B	−64N	=75B	−56B	2.5	27.5	28.5	6.25	1284	0.0
75	Tang, Spencer	1511	AUS	−19N	−61B	−56N	−52B	F	+77N	−65B	=74N	+76N	2.5	25.5	25.5	5.25	1297	-53.2
76	FIDE 573003778	0	—	−62N	−63B	F	−56N	+74B	−50N	=58B	=68N	−75B	2.0	25.0	25.0	5.75	1184	0.0
77	Tracey, Michael J	1487	AUS	−15N	−46B	−78N	+80B	−65N	−75B	−70N	+79B	F	2.0	21.5	21.5	2.00	806	-21.2
78	Roping, Arlxander	0	AUS	−23B	−55N	+77B	−49N	F	−29B	−71N	−70B	=79N	1.5	26.5	27.5	2.50	1261	0.0
79	Arunsankar, Lochan Krrish	0	AUS	=47N	−26B	−66N	−71B	−80N	F	−72B	−77N	=78B	1.0	22.0	22.0	2.75	778	0.0
80	FIDE 573003816	0	—	−44B	−50N	−72B	−77N	+79B	−74N	−81B	F	−69N	1.0	20.0	20.0	1.00	724	0.0
81	Chang, Ike	1603	AUS	−2B	F	−57N	−67B	F	F	+80N	F	F	1.0	16.0	16.0	1.00	776	-64.8
82	FIDE 573003824	0	—	F	−22B	−36N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	708	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chan, Chi NgoHKG
+100.1
7.0 pts · #7
2Veginati, CherishAUS
+99.2
5.0 pts · #16
3Wang, Isaac (Yijun)AUS
+96.8
7.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Ye, RoyAUS
-66.0
3.0 pts · #73
2Chang, IkeAUS
-64.8
1.0 pts · #82
3Ung, QuyAUS
-60.0
3.0 pts · #71

Biggest upsets

R9+230 Elo gap
Chan, Chi Ngo1543 beat Vinothkumar, Nivin1773
R5+213 Elo gap
Veginati, Cherish1491 beat Zeng, Louis1704
R4+206 Elo gap
Ren, Joshua1546 beat Teng, Huey1752