2026 Australian Junior Championship U14 Open

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67 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in Canberra, Australia. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1837, and top seed was Tarush Jindal (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 1938).

Joshua Liu (🇦🇺 AUS, 1912) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Ian Li (7.0) and Anand Munkhbat (7.0). Liu won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Caleb Wang (1642) beat Tarush Jindal (CM, 1938), a +296-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Canberra, Australia

Dates

21 Jan 2026 → 25 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺CMTarush Jindal1938

Avg top 10

1,837

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇦🇺Australia×60

🇮🇳India×1

🇻🇳Vietnam×1

Top 3

🥇
Joshua Liu
🇦🇺AUS·1912
8.5pts·2182perf+84.4
🥈
Ian Li
🇦🇺AUS·1887
7.0pts·1963perf+31.6
🥉
Anand Munkhbat
🇦🇺AUS·1909
7.0pts·1874perf-5.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Joshua Liu led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Liu8.5Munkhbat7Li7Jindal6.5Nguyen6.5Tay6

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Joshua Liu never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Joshua Liu beat Anand Munkhbat (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Joshua Liu 7 wins (R1–R7)Ian Li 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Joshua Liu	*	1	1	—
2Anand Munkhbat	0	*	—	—
3Ian Li	0	—	*	1
4CMTarush Jindal	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Liu, Joshua	1912	AUS	+26N	+25B	+31N	+12B	+7N	+3B	+2N	=8B	+6N	8.5	47.5	52.0	49.00	2182	+84.4
2	Li, Ian	1887	AUS	+51N	+19B	+8N	=11B	+4N	+13B	−1B	=7N	+10B	7.0	49.5	53.0	38.75	1963	+31.6
3	Munkhbat, Anand	1909	AUS	+44B	+17N	=5B	+34N	+11B	−1N	=6B	+22B	+8N	7.0	47.5	51.5	36.75	1874	-5.0
4	Jindal, TarushCM	1938	AUS	+23B	+16N	=6B	+5N	−2B	+17N	+12B	−10N	+7B	6.5	48.0	53.0	37.00	1875	-20.4
5	Nguyen, Phuc Bao Tam	1681	AUS	+39N	+21B	=3N	−4B	−14N	+32B	+27N	+31B	+11N	6.5	44.0	48.0	32.50	1833	+63.6
6	Tay, Mason	1695	AUS	+24N	+37B	=4N	−8B	+21N	+16B	=3N	+13B	−1B	6.0	49.5	54.0	32.75	1849	+56.4
7	Arav, Callan	1771	AUS	+41N	+27B	+20N	+13B	−1B	=12N	+14B	=2B	−4N	6.0	49.0	53.0	31.75	1839	+27.6
8	Godinho, Isaac	1742	AUS	+42B	+22N	−2B	+6N	+38B	=56N	+11B	=1N	−3B	6.0	47.0	50.0	30.25	1844	+32.0
9	Phillipou, Peter	0	AUS	+40N	+28B	−11N	+32B	−12N	+36B	−13N	+24B	+22N	6.0	40.5	44.5	28.00	1543	0.0
10	Wang, Caleb	1642	AUS	+48B	−47N	−23B	+64N	+33B	+29N	+38B	+4B	−2N	6.0	39.0	41.0	25.50	1766	+35.6
11	Liu, Josh	1776	AUS	+43B	+14N	+9B	=2N	−3N	+31B	−8N	+15B	−5B	5.5	48.0	52.0	29.00	1793	+8.0
12	He, Nathan	1804	AUS	+36B	+30N	+47B	−1N	+9B	=7B	−4N	=17N	=14B	5.5	47.5	51.0	27.50	1691	-37.6
13	Tee, Benjamin	1745	AUS	+35B	+54N	+15B	−7N	+18B	−2N	+9B	−6N	=17B	5.5	46.0	49.0	27.25	1737	-2.0
14	Fan, Xinyao	1685	AUS	+38N	−11B	=39N	+41B	+5B	+15N	−7N	=16B	=12N	5.5	42.5	46.5	27.50	1694	+2.4
15	Huang, Isaac	1697	AUS	+49N	+46B	−13N	+20B	=31N	−14B	+21N	−11N	+25B	5.5	41.0	44.5	25.75	1681	-4.0
16	Zhang, Oliver	1645	AUS	+59B	−4B	=26N	+35N	+23B	−6N	=24B	=14N	+47B	5.5	41.0	43.5	23.25	1687	+17.6
17	He, Enock	1626	AUS	+63N	−3B	=41N	+49B	+34N	−4B	+35N	=12B	=13N	5.5	41.0	43.0	22.00	1752	+44.8
18	Nagpal, Kavish	1666	AUS	−32N	+40B	+28N	+24B	−13N	+20B	−22N	+37B	=19N	5.5	40.5	44.5	26.75	1723	+12.4
19	Gandhi, Ishaan	1628	AUS	+55B	−2N	=35B	−33N	=26B	+44N	+53B	+38N	=18B	5.5	37.5	40.5	21.50	1527	-34.0
20	Wang, Kyler	0	AUS	+52N	+50B	−7B	−15N	+48B	−18N	=39N	+35B	+31N	5.5	37.0	40.5	21.50	1623	0.0
21	Sudhakar, Shaarav	1491	AUS	+66B	−5N	+64B	+47N	−6B	=53N	−15B	+33N	+32B	5.5	35.5	36.5	17.00	1525	+7.2
22	Zeng, Louis	0	AUS	+58N	−8B	−32N	+51B	+39N	+40B	+18B	−3N	−9B	5.0	40.5	43.5	20.00	1698	0.0
23	Zhang, Kyle	1625	AUS	−4N	+59B	+10N	=25B	−16N	+34B	−31N	=39B	+40N	5.0	40.0	42.5	21.50	1635	+4.0
24	Uudamkhishig, Togtmol	1617	AUS	−6B	+60N	+54B	−18N	+30B	=27B	=16N	−9N	+45B	5.0	40.0	42.5	19.75	1623	+1.6
25	Di, Elvin	1622	AUS	+61B	−1N	+43B	=23N	F	=33N	+36B	+40B	−15N	5.0	39.0	41.0	19.25	1613	-4.8
26	Horikawa, Tomoki	1461	AUS	−1B	+55N	=16B	−56N	=19N	+63B	−40N	+44B	+39N	5.0	37.5	39.5	18.50	1642	+56.8
27	Williams, Elizabeth	1548	AUS	+60B	−7N	+36B	−38N	+42B	=24N	−5B	=53N	+43B	5.0	37.0	39.5	19.00	1604	+9.6
28	Nguyen, Le	0	AUS	+56B	−9N	−18B	+59N	−53B	+55N	=33B	=30N	+38B	5.0	34.0	36.5	17.25	1655	0.0
29	Zhang, Chi Long	1490	AUS	=34B	=56N	+48B	−31B	+49N	−10B	−32N	+42N	+53B	5.0	33.5	36.5	17.75	1562	+13.2
30	Han, Terrance	1554	AUS	+62N	−12B	−49N	+63B	−24N	=48B	+52N	=28B	+41N	5.0	32.0	34.0	15.75	828	-49.2
31	Abhayaratna, James	1702	AUS	+64B	+45N	−1B	+29N	=15B	−11N	+23B	−5N	−20B	4.5	45.5	47.5	18.75	1655	-16.0
32	Bowens, Salahadeen	0	AUS	+18B	−34N	+22B	−9N	+45B	−5N	+29B	=47N	−21N	4.5	42.0	45.5	21.25	1487	0.0
33	Chen, Glor	1501	AUS	−50N	+62B	=37N	+19B	−10N	=25B	=28N	−21B	+52N	4.5	38.5	40.5	18.25	1437	-20.0
34	Ng, Pavle-Jay	0	AUS	=29N	+32B	+50N	−3B	−17B	−23N	−42B	+59N	+49B	4.5	38.0	40.5	16.50	1586	+39.2
35	Arvind, Rithik Sai	1594	AUS	−13N	+63B	=19N	−16B	+41N	+54B	−17B	−20N	+48B	4.5	38.0	40.0	15.25	1505	-22.4
36	Wang, Ian	0	AUS	−12N	+57B	−27N	+52B	+47B	−9N	−25N	+54B	=37N	4.5	36.0	39.0	15.25	1537	0.0
37	Gan, Alvis	1522	AUS	+65B	−6N	=33B	=53N	+44B	−38N	+43B	−18N	=36B	4.5	35.5	37.0	15.50	1597	+20.0
38	Chokkappan, Arnav	0	AUS	−14B	+42N	+46N	+27B	−8N	+37B	−10N	−19B	−28N	4.0	41.5	45.5	17.50	1577	0.0
39	Luyen, Andy	1482	AUS	−5B	+65N	=14B	=45N	−22B	+57N	=20B	=23N	−26B	4.0	39.5	41.0	14.50	1501	+4.4
40	Bhatt, Daivik Mehul	0	AUS	−9B	−18N	+61B	+54N	+43B	−22N	+26B	−25N	−23B	4.0	38.5	40.5	14.00	1610	0.0
41	Song, George	0	AUS	−7B	+61N	=17B	−14N	−35B	+51N	+49B	=45N	−30B	4.0	37.5	39.5	13.75	1422	0.0
42	Xiong, Jacky	0	AUS	−8N	−38B	+57N	+67B	−27N	−47B	+34N	−29B	+54N	4.0	34.0	34.0	10.50	1553	0.0
43	Clouston, Magnus	1694	AUS	−11N	+51B	−25N	+58B	−40N	+66B	−37N	+57B	−27N	4.0	33.5	34.5	10.50	1342	-88.8
44	Nirvaan Jain	1432	IND	−3N	−58B	+62N	+50B	−37N	−19B	+66N	−26N	+59B	4.0	33.0	34.0	9.00	1449	+0.8
45	Nguyen Xuan Phuc Lam	0	VIE	+67N	−31B	=53N	=39B	−32N	=49B	+48N	=41B	−24N	4.0	32.0	32.0	10.75	1372	0.0
46	Brahmbhatt, Nav	1619	AUS	+53B	−15N	−38B	−48N	−57B	−62N	+61B	+66N	+55N	4.0	26.0	27.0	9.00	769	-44.8
47	Wang, Zimo	0	AUS	F	+10B	−12N	−21B	−36N	+42N	+50B	=32B	−16N	3.5	39.0	39.0	15.75	1539	0.0
48	Pramod, Parthiv	0	AUS	−10N	+67B	−29N	+46B	−20N	=30N	−45B	+51B	−35N	3.5	37.5	37.5	10.00	1431	0.0
49	Rajiv, Manu Chakravarthy	1466	AUS	−15B	+66N	+30B	−17N	−29B	=45N	−41N	+55B	−34N	3.5	36.5	37.5	11.00	1328	-32.0
50	Jain, Aaron	1463	AUS	+33B	−20N	−34B	−44N	=51B	+59N	−47N	−52B	+65N	3.5	31.5	33.0	10.25	1494	+6.8
51	Palihawadana, Nuhan	0	AUS	−2B	−43N	+66B	−22N	=50N	−41B	+60B	−48N	+61B	3.5	31.5	32.5	7.25	1408	0.0
52	Moser, William	0	AUS	−20B	−64N	+55B	−36N	=59B	+61N	−30B	+50N	−33B	3.5	30.5	32.5	9.75	1350	0.0
53	Szigetvari, Ryan	0	AUS	−46N	F	=45B	=37B	+28N	=21B	−19N	=27B	−29N	3.0	38.5	38.5	14.50	1356	0.0
54	Wales, Sam	1634	AUS	+57N	−13B	−24N	−40B	+58N	−35N	+62B	−36N	−42B	3.0	33.5	35.5	8.00	1404	-45.6
55	FIDE 573000523	0	—	−19N	−26B	−52N	+60B	+67N	−28B	+58N	−49N	−46B	3.0	32.0	32.0	5.50	734	0.0
56	Kuncoro, Leo	1886	AUS	−28N	=29B	+58N	+26B	F	=8B	F	F	F	3.0	29.0	29.0	13.50	1698	-17.5
57	Tian, Eric	1443	AUS	−54B	−36N	−42B	+65N	+46N	−39B	F	−43N	+62B	3.0	27.5	29.0	7.50	1411	-6.8
58	Lim, Jeric	0	AUS	−22B	+44N	−56B	−43N	−54B	+64N	−55B	−62N	+67B	3.0	26.0	26.0	6.00	1538	0.0
59	Hanson, Drew	1571	AUS	−16N	−23N	+60B	−28B	=52N	−50B	+65N	−34B	−44N	2.5	33.5	35.0	5.75	727	-112.0
60	FIDE 3295648	0	—	−27N	−24B	−59N	−55N	=65B	+67B	−51N	−61N	+66B	2.5	23.5	23.5	1.75	779	0.0
61	Koh, Caleb	0	AUS	−25N	−41B	−40N	+62B	−63N	−52B	−46N	+60B	−51N	2.0	28.5	30.5	4.50	819	0.0
62	Duncan, Atticus	0	AUS	−30B	−33N	−44B	−61N	F	+46B	−54N	+58B	−57N	2.0	28.5	28.5	7.00	1255	0.0
63	Bandara, Tivon	0	AUS	−17B	−35N	+65B	−30N	+61B	−26N	F	F	F	2.0	26.5	26.5	3.50	750	0.0
64	Li, Jayden	1410	AUS	−31N	+52B	−21N	−10B	−66N	−58B	+67N	F	F	2.0	23.5	23.5	3.50	814	-29.6
65	FIDE 573000540	0	—	−37N	−39B	−63N	−57B	=60N	F	−59B	+67N	−50B	1.5	22.0	22.0	1.25	694	0.0
66	FIDE 573000566	0	—	−21N	−49B	−51N	F	+64B	−43N	−44B	−46B	−60N	1.0	29.0	29.0	2.00	1244	0.0
67	FIDE 573000574	0	—	−45B	−48N	F	−42N	−55B	−60N	−64B	−65B	−58N	0.0	23.5	23.5	0.00	608	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Liu, JoshuaAUS
+84.4
8.5 pts · #1
2Nguyen, Phuc Bao TamAUS
+63.6
6.5 pts · #6
3Horikawa, TomokiAUS
+56.8
5.0 pts · #24

Top rating losers

1Hanson, DrewAUS
-112.0
2.5 pts · #60
2Clouston, MagnusAUS
-88.8
4.0 pts · #51
3Han, TerranceAUS
-49.2
5.0 pts · #64

Biggest upsets

R8+296 Elo gap
Wang, Caleb1642 beat CMJindal, Tarush1938
R5+176 Elo gap
Tian, Eric1443 beat Brahmbhatt, Nav1619
R7+172 Elo gap
Gan, Alvis1522 beat Clouston, Magnus1694