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2026 Australian Junior Championship U18 Open

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31 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in Canberra, Australia. 8 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2073, and top seed was Reyaansh Chakrabarty (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2271).

Reyaansh Chakrabarty (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2271) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Yifei Hu (6.5) and Joel Leong (6.5). Chakrabarty shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Owen Macmullin (1763) beat Saisiddharth Naraharasetty (CM, 2077), a +314-point gap.

Location
🇦🇺Canberra, Australia
Dates
17 Jan 2026 → 25 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺FMReyaansh Chakrabarty2271
Avg top 10
2,073
Participants
31
Titled players · 8
FM×2
CM×5
WFM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇦🇺Australia×28
🇫🇷France×1
🇧🇹Bhutan×1
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇦🇺AUS·2271
    8.0pts·2334perf+10.6
  • 🥈
    🇦🇺AUS·2054
    6.5pts·2164perf+52.4
  • 🥉
    🇦🇺AUS·1963
    6.5pts·2187perf+78.5

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Reyaansh Chakrabarty led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
13
6
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Reyaansh Chakrabarty never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Reyaansh Chakrabarty beat FM Yifei Hu (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Reyaansh Chakrabarty 3 wins (R7–R9)FM Yifei Hu 3 wins (R7–R9)CM Joel Leong 4 wins (R5–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMReyaansh Chakrabarty*
1
½
½
2FMYifei Hu
0
*
0
1
3CMJoel Leong
½
1
*
0
4Ethan Chang
½
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Chakrabarty, ReyaanshFM2271AUS+14B+16N=3B+2N+7B=4N+5B+8B+9N8.044.548.542.252334+10.6
2Hu, YifeiFM2054AUS+10N=17B+8N−1B+9N−3B+18N+4B+7B6.544.548.532.002164+52.4
3Leong, JoelCM1963AUS+26B+24N=1NF+13B+2N+7N+16B−4N6.541.043.529.502187+78.5
4Chang, Ethan2052AUS+28B+19N+23B=7N=5B=1B=16N−2N+3B6.043.544.526.502114+28.4
5Gao, ArthurCM2199AUS=18N+29B=17N+24B=4N+19B−1N=9B+16B6.038.038.521.002119-27.6
6Wang, DanielCM2111AUS−15N=20B=28N+12B+14N=8B−9N+17B+13N5.536.537.523.001922-66.6
7Rupasinghe, Sayum1973AUS+20B+15N+13B=4B−1N=16N−3B+19B−2N5.044.048.022.002006+14.0
8Williams, Oliver1878AUS=29N+18B−2B=21N+11B=6N+13B−1N=10B5.042.543.021.002053+70.2
9Gong, Leo1898AUS+31N−13B=15B+18N−2B+24N+6B=5N−1B5.042.042.017.752015+47.1
10Eleutherios, Thomas1945AUS−2B=22N=12N+30B=21B=14N+24B=11N=8N5.037.037.016.751860-34.4
11Thurner, AnyaWFM1841NZL−13N=12B=20N+27B−8N+22B+17N=10B=18B5.035.537.018.501856+7.6
12Cheng, Jerry1668AUS−23N=11N=10B−6N+28B=15B+26N=20B+19N5.034.035.016.751916+109.2
13Cheng, Larry1759AUS+11B+9N−7N+19B−3N=17B−8N+21B−6B4.540.044.020.001952+87.2
14He, Andrew1946AUS−1N+25B=21B+15N−6B=10B−19N+24N=17B4.538.041.017.001940-5.8
15Fu, Charles1875AUS+6B−7B=9N−14B=22N=12N=21B=26N+20N4.537.039.519.751870-2.8
16Horlin-Smith, Alexander1886AUS+22B−1B+27NF+17N=7B=4B−3N−5N4.046.047.515.001954+26.8
17Chen, AustinCM1953AUS+27B=2N=5B+23N−16B=13N−11B−6N=14N4.039.541.015.751874-34.0
18Iddon, Atash2047AUS=5B−8N+22B−9B+25N+21N−2BF=11N4.039.042.016.501883-59.2
19Horikawa, Masaki1966AUS+25N−4B+30B−13N+20B−5N+14B−7N−12B4.038.038.011.501789-72.8
20Fasakin, Olamide1840AUS−7N=6N=11B+28B−19N=23N+22B=12N−15B4.036.537.514.501814-13.2
21Jain, Shaurya1978AUS−24N+26B=14N=8B=10N−18B=15N−13N+27B4.033.034.513.501793-82.4
22Padma Yonten Gyalpo1684BHU−16N=10B−18N+26B=15B−11N−20N+27B+28N4.030.531.59.751778+41.2
23Yelkhovsky, Daniil1900AUS+12B+30N−4N−17B−24N=20B+25NFF3.529.029.010.001743-48.0
24Macmullin, Owen1763AUS+21B−3B+29N−5N+23B−9B−10N−14B−25N3.037.538.08.001897+46.8
25Lockwood, Isaac0AUS−19B−14N=26NF−18B+27N−23B=28N+24B3.024.024.56.2517350.0
26Fasakin, Olaoluwa1726AUS−3N−21N=25B−22N=27B+28N−12B=15BF2.529.529.55.501613-45.2
27Ramprasad, Nachiket1538AUS−17NF−16B−11N=26N−25B+28B−22N−21N1.527.527.52.251584+9.2
28Kadouch, Ezechiel1691FRA−4NF=6B−20N−12N−26B−27N=25B−22B1.031.531.54.251378-86.8
29Naraharasetty, SaisiddharthCM2077AUS=8B−5N−24BFFFFFF0.517.017.02.501673-58.0
30Thompson, Selby1525AUSF−23B−19N−10NFFFFF0.012.512.50.001116-10.0
31Pan, Renee Yang1670AUS−9BFFFFFFFF0.05.05.00.001098-8.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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