Wellington Chess Club Championships 2026 B Grade Rounds 2-5
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10 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 02 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2025 in Wellington, New Zealand. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1420, and top seed was Toleafoa Edward Tanoi (🇳🇿 NZL, 1884).
Edgar Benitez (🇳🇿 NZL, 1820) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Karthik Sethuramalingam (3.0) and Lucas Qu (2.5). Benitez broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Lucas Qu (1620) beat L. Ross Jackson (1824), a +204-point gap.
Location
🇳🇿Wellington, New Zealand
Dates
02 Oct 2025 → 23 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 4 rounds
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇳🇿New Zealand×9
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 4 roundsEdgar Benitez led from R4 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE23 Oct
Edgar Benitez takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R2–R4 · WIN STREAK
Edgar Benitez won 3 in a row (R2–R4).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 🇳🇿Benitez, Edgar | 1820 | * | — | ½ | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3.5 | 4.75 | 6.0 | +5.0 | 1915 |
| 1 | 🇳🇿Sethuramalingam, Karthik | 1775 | — | * | — | 1 | ½ | — | ½ | — | — | 1 | 3.0 | 4.25 | 6.0 | +43.6 | 1981 |
| 2 | 🇳🇿Qu, Lucas | 1620 | ½ | — | * | 0 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2.5 | 3.75 | 7.5 | +51.2 | 1871 |
| 3 | 🇳🇿Tanoi, Toleafoa Edward | 1884 | — | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 4.50 | 9.5 | -11.2 | 1775 |
| 4 | 🇳🇿CMNicholls, Leighton | 1869 | — | ½ | — | 0 | * | 1 | — | ½ | — | — | 2.0 | 4.00 | 8.0 | -3.2 | 1831 |
| 6 | 🇳🇿CMForster, William | 1834 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | * | — | 1 | — | — | 2.0 | 3.00 | 5.5 | +2.4 | 1877 |
| 9 | 🇳🇿Jackson, L. Ross | 1824 | 0 | ½ | 0 | — | — | — | * | — | 1 | — | 1.5 | 2.50 | 10.0 | -26.8 | 1465 |
| 7 | 🇳🇿Bakiyaraj, Nenian | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | ½ | 0 | — | * | ½ | — | 1.0 | 1.50 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 1568 |
| 8 | 🇳🇿Panth, Kishore | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1.0 | 0.75 | 6.5 | -4.4 | 1466 |
| 10 | 🇮🇳Aadhav Dhamodharan | 1574 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ½ | * | 0.5 | 0.50 | 8.5 | -27.2 | 898 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Qu, LucasNZL+51.22.5 pts · #2
- 2Sethuramalingam, KarthikNZL+43.63.0 pts · #1
- 3Benitez, EdgarNZL+5.03.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Aadhav DhamodharanIND-27.20.5 pts · #10
- 2Jackson, L. RossNZL-26.81.5 pts · #9
- 3Tanoi, Toleafoa EdwardNZL-11.22.0 pts · #3
Biggest upsets
- R2+204 Elo gap
- R3+109 Elo gap