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2026 Ballarat Spielvogel Memorial Rounds 1-4

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48 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 05 Feb 2026 to 26 Feb 2026 in Ballarat, Australia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Declan Smith (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 0) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Patrick Moon (3.5) and Patrick Cook (3.5). Smith broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇦🇺Ballarat, Australia
Dates
05 Feb 2026 → 26 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
48
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×39
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

CM Declan Smith led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
21
7
3
1
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R4–R4 · LEAD HELD

CM Declan Smith held the sole lead from R4 through R4 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Declan Smith 4 wins (R1–R4)Patrick Cook 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMDeclan Smith*
1
2Patrick Moon*
3Patrick Cook*
4Rodney M Jacobs
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Smith, DeclanCM0AUS+21B+14N+6B+4N4.08.010.010.002538+12.2
2Moon, Patrick0AUS+44N=5B+14N+10B3.57.57.56.0017110.0
3Cook, Patrick0AUS+43N+35B+13N=5B3.56.06.04.501921+18.6
4Stewart, Scott0AUS+11N+8B+7N1B3.010.012.58.501911+7.0
5Jyani, Vipin0AUS+33B=2N+24B=3N3.09.010.06.501764+7.4
6Jacobs, Rodney M0AUS+22N+29B1N+15B3.08.09.55.501901+9.2
7Loveband, Robert0AUS+12B+27N4B+18N3.07.59.56.501741-0.8
8Guha, Shanaya0AUS+32N4N+17B+13B3.07.08.05.001805+39.2
9Brotheridge, Jamie0AUS+20B+18N23B+16N3.06.08.06.001697+2.4
10Van Riel, Bas0AUS+42N=15B+34B2N2.56.57.02.501833+7.0
11Block, Nigel0AUS4B+37N+36B=19N2.56.07.03.0016190.0
12Wang, Ricky0AUS7N+45B=28B+34N2.55.55.51.7515780.0
13Song, Sam0AUS+17B+28N3B8N2.08.510.03.501521-48.8
14Marko, Paja0AUS+41N1B2B+37N2.08.59.52.001243-1.6
15Thomson, Kynan0AUS+47B=10N=19B6N2.07.57.52.251595-25.6
16Rajki, Steven0AUS19N+22B+35N9B2.07.08.03.0015930.0
17Sebastian, Davin0AUS13N+25B8N+32B2.07.08.03.00861-18.0
18Biju, Alberto0AUS+46N9B+32N7B2.07.07.01.001505-15.2
19Leckie, Michael0AUS+16BF=15N=11B2.06.56.54.251757+4.4
20Lambrou, Ryan0AUS9N+46B+29N26B2.06.56.51.501533+21.2
21Dissanayake, Methuja0AUS1N32B+40N+33B2.06.07.02.001692+14.8
22Thekkan, Maximus0AUS6B16N+48B+36N2.06.06.01.001631+6.0
23Perrin, Kevin J0AUSF+26B+9NF2.05.05.05.002410+15.8
24Wansapura, Minsadi Chamathka0AUS+48BF5N+28N2.04.54.51.5015330.0
25Cirvydas, Riley0AUS28B17N+39B+43N2.04.54.51.0013280.0
26Stickland, Peter0AUSF23N+47B+20N2.04.04.02.001559+0.6
27Barnett, Jasan0AUS+45N7B+33NF2.04.04.01.001624+18.8
28Laffey, Julian0AUS+25N13B=12N24B1.56.58.53.25979-2.4
29Oppenheim, Tom0AUS+36B6N20B=31N1.56.57.51.751440-3.8
30Ryan, Sue0AUS34N=42B+38NF1.52.52.51.251269-24.0
31FIDE 32955080FF+44N=29B1.51.51.50.7514660.0
32Inglis, James0AUS8B+21N18B17N1.07.09.02.0013260.0
33Jacob, Zachariah0AUS5N+44B27B21N1.07.07.00.00715-53.6
34Ivory, Trevor0AUS+30BF10N12B1.06.56.51.501622+10.8
35Yates, Anna0AUS+38B3N16BF1.06.56.51.00866-13.6
36Nawinprabhu, Mridul0AUS29N+43B11N22B1.06.06.00.00715-31.6
37Mewett, Lachlan0AUSF11B+46N14B1.04.54.50.0015470.0
38FIDE 3291669035NF30B+45N1.02.52.50.007230.0
39De Saram, Joshua0AUSFF25N+46B1.02.02.00.002244+17.6
40FIDE 3111108500FF21B+47N1.02.02.00.007080.0
41FIDE 3291618014B+48NFF1.02.02.00.008490.0
42Colgrave, Morgan0AUS10B=30NFF0.54.04.00.7514290.0
43FIDE 329765903B36NF25B0.06.56.50.007510.0
44FIDE 329280002B33N31B?N0.06.06.00.006750.0
45FIDE 3282511027B12NF38B0.05.55.50.006170.0
46Wansapura, Mindinu Sasen0AUS18B20N37B39N0.05.06.00.00706-50.0
47FIDE 3291650015NF26N40B0.05.05.00.008520.0
48FIDE 3286878024N41B22N?B0.05.05.00.007640.0

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