Wellington Chess Club Championships 2026 B Grade Round 1
Round-RobinStandard
8 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 25 Sept 2025 in Wellington, New Zealand. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1337, and top seed was Toleafoa Edward Tanoi (🇳🇿 NZL, 1884).
L. Ross Jackson (🇳🇿 NZL, 1824) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Leighton Nicholls (1.0) and Karthik Sethuramalingam (0.5). Jackson won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
Location
🇳🇿Wellington, New Zealand
Dates
25 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 1 rounds
Avg top 10
1,337
Participants
8
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇳🇿New Zealand×7
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇳🇿Jackson, L. Ross | 1824 | * | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +10.2 | 2634 |
| 2 | 🇳🇿CMNicholls, Leighton | 1869 | — | * | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +3.0 | 2374 |
| 3 | 🇳🇿Sethuramalingam, Karthik | 1775 | — | — | * | ½ | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | +2.4 | 1820 |
| 4 | 🇳🇿Benitez, Edgar | 1820 | — | — | ½ | * | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | -1.2 | 1775 |
| 5 | 🇮🇳Aadhav Dhamodharan | 1574 | — | 0 | — | — | * | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -6.0 | 1069 |
| 6 | 🇳🇿CMForster, William | 1834 | 0 | — | — | — | — | * | — | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -10.2 | 1024 |
| 7 | 🇳🇿Bakiyaraj, Nenian | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1084 |
| 8 | 🇳🇿Panth, Kishore | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | -12.4 | 820 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Jackson, L. RossNZL+10.21.0 pts · #1
- 2Nicholls, LeightonCMNZL+3.01.0 pts · #2
- 3Sethuramalingam, KarthikNZL+2.40.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Panth, KishoreNZL-12.40.0 pts · #8
- 2Forster, WilliamCMNZL-10.20.0 pts · #6
- 3Aadhav DhamodharanIND-6.00.0 pts · #5