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2026 South Australian Championship Rounds 5-8

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10 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 03 Mar 2026 to 24 Mar 2026 in Adelaide, Australia. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1926, and top seed was William Jordan (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2035).

William Jordan (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2035) won with 3.5/8, ahead of Ethan Retnaraja (3.5) and Jamie D Charters (3.5). Jordan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

Location
🇦🇺Adelaide, Australia
Dates
03 Mar 2026 → 24 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺FMWilliam Jordan2035
Avg top 10
1,926
Participants
10
Titled players · 2
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×7
🇬🇧England×2
🇵🇹Portugal×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 8 rounds

Jamie D Charters led from R7 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race narrowed from 10 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
10
10
10
10
5
3
1
3
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
R7–R8 · LEAD HELD

Jamie D Charters held the sole lead from R7 through R8 without losing it.

R5–R7 · WIN STREAK

Jamie D Charters won 3 in a row (R5–R7).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
3🇦🇺FMJordan, William2035*½1113.55.757.5+17.42271
2🇦🇺Retnaraja, Ethan1919½*1113.54.256.0+29.02270
1🇬🇧Charters, Jamie D1933*1½113.53.754.5+52.42211
4🇦🇺Min, Ren (Alex)20040*1113.01.004.5+9.62118
5🇵🇹Abdurramane, Danial Germano18800*1012.01.506.0+6.21899
6🇦🇺CMJindal, Tarush19180½0*11.52.7510.0-16.01818
8🇦🇺Almutawa, Ayman1894000*11.00.0010.0-18.61738
7🇬🇧Foster, James C1923010*1.02.007.0-9.61803
10🇦🇺Phillips, Andrew18620000*0.00.0011.0-53.61176
9🇦🇺Wedding, William1894000*0.00.009.5-25.41136

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